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ヒト骨発生機構の理解に基づく組織再生研究基盤の構築

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21H04952
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 90:Biomedical engineering and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

鄭 雄一  東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 教授 (30345053)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 大庭 伸介  大阪大学, 大学院歯学研究科, 教授 (20466733)
酒井 崇匡  東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 教授 (70456151)
北條 宏徳  東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 准教授 (80788422)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-05 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥40,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥31,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,450,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥10,660,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,460,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥11,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,610,000)
Keywords骨再生 / 幹細胞 / 1細胞解析 / バイオマテリアル / 一細胞解析 / hPSCs / 骨誘導 / ヒト多能性幹細胞 / ゲノム編集
Outline of Research at the Start

これまで再生医療の基礎研究では、主に齧歯類がモデル動物として用いられてきましたが、ヒトと齧歯類の間で骨再生性シグナルに対する反応性が異なることが分かってきました。そこで本研究では、当研究室が確立したヒト多能性幹細胞の三次元骨組織誘導法を用いて、ヒト骨発生機構を解明します。ヒトとマウスの骨発生機構の比較解析をすることで、ヒト骨発生に重要なシグナル因子を明らかにします。さらに、得られたシグナル因子をバイオマテリアルと統合することで、骨再生性足場ユニットを創製し、骨再生効果を実証します。これによりヒト骨発生機構の理解に基づく新たな骨組織再生法の確立を目指します。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

2023年度は、これまでに行った一細胞マルチオーム解析(Single Cell RNA-seq+Single Cell ATAC-seq)により得られた候補因子について、機能喪失実験系を用いて、骨発生に重要な有望因子群を同定した。具体的には、ヒト間葉系幹細胞において、候補遺伝子に対するsiRNAレンチウイルスを導入し遺伝子ノックダウンを行った。RT-qPCRにより遺伝子ノックダウン効果を確認した後、Bulk RNA-seq解析による遺伝子発現解析を行った。その結果、転写因子ZEB2のノックダウンにより、ALP、IBSP、SP7などの骨芽細胞分化マーカーの発現が有意に抑制されることが明らかになった。さらに、ZEB2の骨組織における発現を組織学的に解析する目的でRNA scopeを行った。その結果、ヒト多能性幹細胞由来骨組織において、ZEB2はSP7陽性骨芽細胞に一部共局在していた。マウス胎児骨組織においても同様の結果が得られた。
次に足場材料として、本研究チームが開発中のTetra-PEGゲルを用いた検討を行った。その結果、水溶性高分子であるPEGの網目が大量の水を保持したPEGハイドロゲルにおいて、新しい相分離現象「ゲル・ゲル相分離」(Gel-Gel Phase Separation,GGPS)を発見した。ゲル・ゲル相分離により、希薄ゲルの中に100マイクロメートル程度の濃厚ゲルの繊維状網目が張り巡らされ、細胞外マトリックス類似のスポンジ構造を持つ「ゲル・ゲル相分離材料」が形成されることが示唆された。さらに、ゲル・ゲル相分離材料をモデル動物の皮下に埋め込んだところ、周囲から細胞が入り込み、血管を含む脂肪組織が形成された。

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

骨発生に重要な新規転写因子を同定した。さらに再生医療への応用が期待される新規ハイドロゲルの開発に成功しつつある。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

当初の予定通り研究を進める。新規転写因子については、そのin vivo機能解析のためノックアウトマウス解析を行う。また、新規ハイドロゲルを用いた骨再生効果の検証を進める。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Comments on the Screening Results   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 17 results,  Open Access: 12 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] 南カリフォルニア大学/コネティカット大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Injectable phase-separated tetra-armed poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel scaffold allows sustained release of growth factors to enhance the repair of critical bone defects2024

    • Author(s)
      Nepal Shant、Si Jinyan、Ishikawa Shohei、Nishikawa Masaki、Sakai Yasuyuki、Akimoto Aya M.、Okada Hiroyuki、Ohba Shinsuke、Chung Ung-il、Sakai Takamasa、Hojo Hironori
    • Journal Title

      Regenerative Therapy

      Volume: 25 Pages: 24-34

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.reth.2023.11.008

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Stem cell-based modeling and single-cell multiomics reveal gene-regulatory mechanisms underlying human skeletal development2023

    • Author(s)
      Tani Shoichiro, Okada Hiroyuki, Onodera Shoko, Chijimatsu Ryota, Seki Masahide, Suzuki Yutaka, Xin Xiaonan, Rowe David W., Saito Taku, Tanaka Sakae, Chung Ung-il, Ohba Shinsuke, Hojo Hironori
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports

      Volume: 42 Issue: 4 Pages: 112276-112276

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112276

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Runt-related Transcription Factors and Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Skeletal Development and Diseases2023

    • Author(s)
      Hojo Hironori、Ohba Shinsuke
    • Journal Title

      Current Osteoporosis Reports

      Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 485-492

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11914-023-00808-4

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Modeling of intramembranous ossification using human pluripotent stem cell-derived paraxial mesoderm derivatives.2023

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda Y., Tani S., Moriishi T., Kuroda A., Matsuo Y., Saeki N., Inui-Yamamoto C., Abe M., Maeda T., Rowe DW., Chung UI., Hojo H., Matsushita Y., Sawase T., Ohba S.
    • Journal Title

      Regenerative Therapy

      Volume: 24 Pages: 536-546

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.reth.2023.09.017

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Percolation-induced gel-gel phase separation in a dilute polymer network2023

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa Shohei、Iwanaga Yasuhide、Uneyama Takashi、Li Xiang、Hojo Hironori、Fujinaga Ikuo、Katashima Takuya、Saito Taku、Okada Yasushi、Chung Ung-il、Sakumichi Naoyuki、Sakai Takamasa
    • Journal Title

      Nature Materials

      Volume: 22 Issue: 12 Pages: 1564-1570

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41563-023-01712-z

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Single-cell RNA sequencing unravels heterogeneity of skeletal progenitors and cell-cell interactions underlying the bone repair process2022

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama Mika、Okada Hiroyuki、Seki Masahide、Suzuki Yutaka、Chung Ung-il、Ohba Shinsuke、Hojo Hironori
    • Journal Title

      Regenerative Therapy

      Volume: 21 Pages: 9-18

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.reth.2022.05.001

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sp7 Action in the Skeleton: Its Mode of Action, Functions, and Relevance to Skeletal Diseases2022

    • Author(s)
      Hojo Hironori、Ohba Shinsuke
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 23 Issue: 10 Pages: 5647-5647

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms23105647

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Runx2 regulates chromatin accessibility to direct the osteoblast program at neonatal stages2022

    • Author(s)
      Hojo Hironori, Saito Taku, He Xinjun, Guo Qiuyu, Onodera Shoko, Azuma Toshifumi, Koebis Michinori, Nakao Kazuki, Aiba Atsu, Seki Masahide, Suzuki Yutaka, Okada Hiroyuki, Tanaka Sakae, Chung Ung-il, McMahon Andrew P., Ohba Shinsuke
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports

      Volume: 40 Issue: 10 Pages: 111315-111315

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111315

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Orally administrable peptides derived from egg yolk promote skeletal repair and ameliorate degenerative skeletal disorders in mouse models2022

    • Author(s)
      Kitaura Yoshiaki、Nakamura Utano、Awada Chihiro、Yamaguchi Motonori、Kim Mujo、Ikeda Yuki、Matsuo Yuki、Moriishi Takeshi、Sawase Takashi、Chung Ung-il、Hojo Hironori、Ohba Shinsuke
    • Journal Title

      Regenerative Therapy

      Volume: 21 Pages: 584-595

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.reth.2022.11.002

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Involvement of activator protein-1 family members in β-catenin and p300 association on the genome of PANC-1 cells2022

    • Author(s)
      Doi Tomomitsu、Hojo Hironori、Ohba Shinsuke、Obayashi Kunie、Endo Motoyoshi、Ishizaki Toshimasa、Katoh Akira、Kouji Hiroyuki
    • Journal Title

      Heliyon

      Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Pages: e08890-e08890

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08890

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A neomorphic variant in SP7 alters sequence specificity and causes a high-turnover bone disorder2022

    • Author(s)
      Lui Julian C.、Raimann Adalbert、Hojo Hironori、Dong Lijin、Roschger Paul、Kikani Bijal、Wintergerst Uwe、Fratzl-Zelman Nadja、Jee Youn Hee、Haeusler Gabriele、Baron Jeffrey
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 700-700

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-022-28318-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Star-Polymer-DNA Gels Showing Highly Predictable and Tunable Mechanical Responses2022

    • Author(s)
      Ohira Masashi、Katashima Takuya、Naito Mitsuru、Aoki Daisuke、Yoshikawa Yusuke、Iwase Hiroki、Takata Shin‐ichi、Miyata Kanjiro、Chung Ung‐il、Sakai Takamasa、Shibayama Mitsuhiro、Li Xiang
    • Journal Title

      Advanced Materials

      Volume: 34 Issue: 13 Pages: 2108818-2108818

    • DOI

      10.1002/adma.202108818

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Control of osteocyte dendrite formation by Sp7 and its target gene osteocrin2021

    • Author(s)
      Wang JS, Kamath T, Mazur CM, Mirzamohammadi F, Rotter D, Hojo H, Castro CD, Tokavanich N, Patel R, Govea N, Enishi T, Wu Y, da Silva Martins J, Bruce M, Brooks DJ, Bouxsein ML, Tokarz D, Lin CP, Abdul A, Macosko EZ, Fiscaletti M, Munns CF, Ryder P, Kost-Alimova M, Byrne P, Cimini B, Fujiwara M, Kronenberg HM, Wein MN.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 6271-6271

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-021-26571-7

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Induction and expansion of human PRRX1+ limb-bud-like mesenchymal cells from pluripotent stem cells2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamada Daisuke、Nakamura Masahiro、Takao Tomoka、Takihira Shota、Yoshida Aki、Kawai Shunsuke、Miura Akihiro、Ming Lu、Yoshitomi Hiroyuki、Gozu Mai、Okamoto Kumi、Hojo Hironori、Kusaka Naoyuki、Iwai Ryosuke、Nakata Eiji、Ozaki Toshifumi、Toguchida Junya、Takarada Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      Nature Biomedical Engineering

      Volume: 5 Issue: 8 Pages: 926-940

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41551-021-00778-x

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Mesenchymal stromal cells in the bone marrow niche consist of multi-populations with distinct transcriptional and epigenetic properties2021

    • Author(s)
      Kanazawa Sanshiro、Okada Hiroyuki、Hojo Hironori、Ohba Shinsuke、Iwata Junichi、Komura Makoto、Hikita Atsuhiko、Hoshi Kazuto
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 15811-15811

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-94186-5

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Temperature Dependence of Polymer Network Diffusion2021

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Fujiyabu, Takamasa Sakai, Ryota Kudo, Yuki Yoshikawa, Takuya Katashima, Ung-il Chung, Naoyuki Sakumichi
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Letters

      Volume: 127 Issue: 23 Pages: 237801-237801

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevlett.127.237801

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On-demand retrieval of cells three-dimensionally seeded in injectable thioester-based hydrogels2021

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa Shohei、Kamata Hiroyuki、Chung Ung-il、Sakai Takamasa
    • Journal Title

      RSC Advances

      Volume: 11 Issue: 38 Pages: 23637-23643

    • DOI

      10.1039/d1ra01934a

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Modeling of skeletal development using human pluripotent stem cells and exploring the gene regulatory networks2023

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Hojo
    • Organizer
      The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 運動器発のサブセルラーシーケンスで細胞生物学の常識に挑む2023

    • Author(s)
      岡田 寛之, 照井 悠太, 小俣 康徳, 関 真秀, 谷 彰一郎, 宮原 潤也, 真壁 健太, 寺島 明日香, 金澤 三四朗, 細沼 雅弘, 矢野 文子, 小野寺 晶子, 鍛治屋 浩, 斎藤 琢, 鈴木 穣, 岡部 幸司, Roland Baron, 田中 栄, 鄭 雄一, 北條 宏徳
    • Organizer
      第41回 日本骨代謝学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Injectable phase-separated tetra-armed polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel scaffold allows sustained release of signaling factors to enhance the repair of cranial bone defects2023

    • Author(s)
      Shant Nepal, Jinyan Si, Shohei Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Okada, Shinsuke Ohba, Ung-il Chung, Takamasa Sakai, Hironori Hojo
    • Organizer
      ASBMR 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) in skeletal development using human Pluripotent Stem Cells (PSCs) and future perspective for clinical applications2023

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Hojo
    • Organizer
      International Congress of Osteoporosis
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Subcellular sampling and sequencing by iSCseq connects transcriptomics with morphological, physical, and physiological findings in osteoimmunology2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Okada, Yuta Terui , Yasunori Omata, Masahide Seki , Shoichiro Tani, Junya Miyahara, Kenta Makabe, Asuka Terashima, Sanshiro Kanazawa, Masahiro Hosonuma, Shoko Onodera, Fumiko Yano, Hiroshi Kajiya, Taku Saito, Yutaka Suzuki, Koji Okabe, Roland Baron, Sakae Tanaka, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo
    • Organizer
      Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting “Single Cell Analyses 2023”
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Elucidating gene regulatory mechanisms underlying human skeletal development using human pluripotent stem cell-derived bone tissuesand single-cell multiome analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Shoichiro Tani, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Taku Saito, Sakae Tanaka, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo and Shinsuke Ohba
    • Organizer
      ECTS 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ELUCIDATING GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS UNDERLYING HUMAN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT BY INTEGRATING SINGLE-CELL DYNAMICS OF CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY AND GENE EXPRESSION2022

    • Author(s)
      Shoichiro Tani, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo and Shinsuke Ohba
    • Organizer
      ISSCR 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Elucidating Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Human Skeletal Development by Integrating a Model of Human Endochondral Bones and Single-cell Multiomics2022

    • Author(s)
      Shoichiro Tani, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Taku Saito, Sakae Tanaka, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo and Shinsuke Ohba
    • Organizer
      ASBMR 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] EXPLORING HUMAN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT USING AN INDUCED HUMAN BONE TISSUE DERIVED FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS2021

    • Author(s)
      Shoichiro Tani, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo and Shinsuke Ohba
    • Organizer
      ISSCR 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Understanding a Mechanism Underlying Bone Repair Process by Combinational Analysis of Lineage Tracing and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing2021

    • Author(s)
      Mika Nakayama, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Ung-il Chung, Shinsuke Ohba, Hironori Hojo
    • Organizer
      ISSCR 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "ELUCIDATING HUMAN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT BY INTEGRATING SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS AND BONE TISSUE INDUCTION USING HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS"2021

    • Author(s)
      Shoichiro Tani, Hiroyuki Okada, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Taku Saito, Sakae Tanaka, Ung-il Chung, Hironori Hojo and Shinsuke Ohba
    • Organizer
      ISSCR tokyo
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒト多能性幹細胞を用いた骨形成過程の再現と応用2021

    • Author(s)
      "谷 彰一郎, 岡田 寛之, 関 真秀, 鈴木 穣, 齊藤 琢, 田中 栄, 鄭 雄一, 北條 宏徳, 大庭 伸介 "
    • Organizer
      第36回日本整形外科学会基礎学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒト多能性幹細胞由来3次元骨組織誘導法と単一細胞解析を用いたヒト骨形成機構の探索2021

    • Author(s)
      谷 彰一郎, 岡田 寛之, 齊藤 琢, 田中 栄, 鄭 雄一, 北條 宏徳, 大庭 伸介
    • Organizer
      第39回日本骨代謝学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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