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内分泌攪乱物質の晩発的影響とフィードバック機構破綻におけるエピゲノム解析の展開

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21791037
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Embryonic/Neonatal medicine
Research InstitutionKagawa University

Principal Investigator

割田 克彦  Kagawa University, 医学部, 助教 (40452669)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2011
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
KeywordsビスフェノールA(BPA) / マウス視床下部 / Dnmt1 / Dnmt3a / Dnmt3b / MeCP2 / GnRH / エピジェネティクス / 生殖内分泌 / 内分泌攪乱化学物質 / 下垂体 / ライディッヒ細胞 / StAR遺伝子 / 精巣 / ステロイドホルモン産生系
Research Abstract

胎仔期にホルモン様物質に曝露し,その影響が時間を経て第2次性徴以降に現れる晩発効果は,細胞分裂を経ても表現型を維持する機構,すなわち,遺伝子発現記憶を司るエピジェネティクスと密接に関わっているものと推察される.本研究は,これまでの研究を更に発展させ,内分泌撹乱作用を有する環境因子ビスフェノールA(BPA)と遺伝子発現記憶との関連性について,分子生物学的に解析を行った.具体的には,Mouse Hypothalamic Cell Line N-44を用いて,0.02-200μMのBPAを3時間曝露し,DNAメチルトランスフェラーゼDnmt1, Dnmt3a, Dnmt3b,およびメチル化DNA結合蛋白質MeCP2(e1), MeCP2(e2)の遺伝子発現変化を検討した.更に,性腺刺激ホルモン(GnRH)の遺伝子発現量を検討し,BPAが視床下部-下垂体-性腺軸に及ぼす影響の解析を行った.その結果,BPA 20μMの曝露でMeCP2(e1)の遺伝子発現が有意に増加し,更にBPA 200μMの曝露ではMeCP2(e2), Dnmt3bの有意な発現増加が観察された.一方,GnRHの遺伝子発現は,0.02-20μMのBPA曝露では有意差がみられなかったが,200μMの曝露において顕著な発現低下がみられた.以上より,マウス胎仔視床下部細胞において,BPAは約20-200μMの濃度でDNAのメチル化状態を変化させる可能性が示された.とくにDmmt3bは,ゲノムのCpG配列に新たなメチル化模様を書き込むことで知られており,メチル化DNA結合蛋白質MeCP2の増加とともに,メチル化により制御を受ける遺伝子の発現変化をもたらすことが推察された.また,マウス胎仔視床下部細胞のGnRH遺伝子発現は,20-200μM BPA曝露において,毒性を発現する閾値が存在するものと考えられた.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2010 Annual Research Report
  • 2009 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2011 2010 2009

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Immunohistochemical Detection of Phosphatidylserine and Thrombospondin on Denucleating Erythroblasts in Rat Bone Marrow.2011

    • Author(s)
      Yokoyama, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

      Volume: (Epub ahead of print)

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Direct effects of diethylstilbestrol on the gene expression of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in testicular Leydig cells.2010

    • Author(s)
      Warita, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Life sciences

      Volume: 87 Pages: 281-285

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Epigenetic abnormality of SRY gene in the adult XY female with pericentric inversion of the Y chromosome2010

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuhashi, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Congenital Anomalies (Kyoto)

      Volume: 50 Pages: 85-94

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Global gene profiling and comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of a 46,XY female with pericentric inversion of the Y chromosome2010

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuhashi
    • Journal Title

      Congenital anomalies 50

      Pages: 40-51

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] When does the sex ratio of offspring of the paternal 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure decrease : In the spermatozoa stage or at fertilization?2010

    • Author(s)
      Ishihara
    • Journal Title

      Reproductive toxicology 29

      Pages: 68-73

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fetal and neonatal exposure to three typical environmental chemicals with different mechanisms of action : Mixed exposure to phenol, phthalate, and dioxin cancels the effects of sole exposure on mouse midbrain dopaminergic nuclei2009

    • Author(s)
      Tanida
    • Journal Title

      Toxicology letters 189

      Pages: 40-47

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Morphological analyses of sex differences and age-related changes in C3H mouse midbrain2009

    • Author(s)
      Tanida
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of veterinary medical science 71

      Pages: 855-863

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Anterograde synaptic transport of neuronal tracer enzyme (WGA-HRP) : Further studies with Rab3A-siRNA in rats2009

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi
    • Journal Title

      Biomedical Research 20

      Pages: 149-154

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Direct effects of diethylstilbestrol on the gene expression of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in testicular Leydig cells.2010

    • Author(s)
      Warita, et al.
    • Organizer
      The 6th International Symposium on Hormonal Carcinogenesis
    • Place of Presentation
      シェラトン・グランデ・トーキョーベイ・ホテル(浦安)
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Activin A and eCG recover reproductive dysfunction induced by neonatal exposure to an estrogenic endocrine disruptor in adult male mice2009

    • Author(s)
      Warita
    • Organizer
      6th International Symposium on Electron Microscopy in Medicine and Biology 2009
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学(兵庫)
    • Year and Date
      2009-09-16
    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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