| Project/Area Number |
22591245
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Dermatology
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMIZU Kazuhiro 長崎大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 准教 (80170968)
SATO Shinichi 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 教授 (20215792)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Keywords | 強皮症 / 膚硬化 / ストン脱アセチル化酵素 / モデルマウス / トリコスタチンA / 皮膚硬化 / ヒストン脱アセチル化酵素 / トリコスタチンＡ / ピストン脱アセチル化酵素 |
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| Research Abstract |
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is connective tissue disorder characterized by severe fibrosis of the skin and various internal organs. Tight skin (TSK/+) mouse is a putative murine model of SSc characterized by excessive collagen deposition in skin. Bleomycin-induced SSc model mouse, which is another model of SSc, is established using subcutaneous bleomycin treatment. TSA was injected subcutaneously into the back of the TSK/+, bleomycin-induced SSc model mice, and wild type mice. TSA significantly decreased the development of TSK mouse skin fibrosis by reducing the hypodermal thickness. Furthermore, skin mRNA expressions of type I collagen and fibrogenic cytokines were markedly attenuated by TSA administration. However, TSA could not decrease the skin sclerosis of bleomycin-induced SSc model. These results suggest that TSA decreases skin fibrosis only in TSK mouse by regulating expression of collagen and fibrogenic cytokines and does not affect systemic immune level. The effect of TSA for skin sclerosis may depend on the pathogenesis of sclerosis.
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