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Eradication of radioresistant cancer stem cells by inhibiting the AKT survival signaling pathway.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24510063
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Risk sciences of radiation/Chemicals
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Public Health

Principal Investigator

SHIMURA Tsutomu  国立保健医療科学院, その他部局等, その他 (40463799)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords放射線 / がん
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Radioresistance, which is a major cause of failure of radiotherapy (RT), is proposed as one of the intrinsic characteristics of cancer stem cells (CSCs) whose unique DNA damage response (DDR), efficient DNA repair and resistance to apoptosis are thought to confer the phenotype. We have isolated surviving CSCs by exposure to long-term fractionated radiation for 82 days from HepG2 cells (82FR-31NR cells). 82FR-31NR cells exhibited CSC properties, such as high expression of CSC marker CD133 and the ABC transporters (MDR1 and BCRP1), and high tumorigenic potential after transplantation into nude mice. 82FR-31NR cells showed efficient DNA repair of radiation-induced DNA damage and radioresistance with activation of the AKT signaling pathway. Therefore, inhibition of the AKT pathway by an AKT inhibitor, resulted in radiosensitization of 82FR-31NR cells. Combination of fractionated RT and reagents targeting the AKT pathway to eradicate CSCs would be effective therapeutic modality.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (15 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 15 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] DNA damage signaling guards against perturbation of cyclin D1 expression triggered by low-dose long-term fractionated radiation.2015

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Kobayashi J, Komatsu K, Kunugita N.
    • Journal Title

      Oncogenesis

      Volume: 3

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] RAD18 Activates the G2/M Checkpoint through DNA Damage Signaling to Maintain Genome Integrity after Ionizing Radiation Exposure.2015

    • Author(s)
      Sasatani M, Xu Y, Kawai H, Cao L, Tateishi S, Shimura T, Li J, Iizuka D, Noda A, Hamasaki K, Kusunoki Y, Kamiya K.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0117845

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Wilms' tumor gene WT1 promotes homologous recombination- mediated DNA damage repair2015

    • Author(s)
      Oji Y, Kobayashi J, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Mol Carcinog

      Volume: in press Issue: 12 Pages: 1758-71

    • DOI

      10.1002/mc.22248

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Public Health Activities for Mitigation of Radiation Exposures and Risk Communication Challenges after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Journal of Radiation Research2015

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Yamaguchi I, Terada H, Kengo O, Svendsen E.R., Kunugita N.
    • Journal Title

      J Radiat Res

      Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Pages: 422-429

    • DOI

      10.1093/jrr/rrv013

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Radiation Occupational Health Interventions Offered to Radiation Workers in Response to the Complex Catastrophic Disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.2015

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Yamaguchi I, Terada H, Okuda K, Svendsen E.R., Kunugita N.
    • Journal Title

      J Radiat Res

      Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Pages: 413-421

    • DOI

      10.1093/jrr/rru110

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] AKT-mediated enhanced aerobic glycolysis causes acquired radioresistance by human tumor cells.2014

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Noma N, Sano Y, Ochiai Y, Oikawa T, Fukumoto M, Kunugita N.
    • Journal Title

      Radiotherapy and Oncology

      Volume: 112 Pages: 302-307

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Nuclear accumulation of cyclin D1 following long-term fractionated exposures to low-dose ionizing radiation in normal human diploid cells.2014

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Hamada N, Sasatani M, Kamiya K, Kunugita N.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Cycle

      Volume: 13 Pages: 1248-55

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Nuclear accumulation of cyclin D1 following long-term fractionated exposures to low-dose ionizing radiation in normal human diploid cells. Cell Cycle2014

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Hamada N, Sasatani M, Kamiya K, Kunugita N
    • Journal Title

      Cell Cycle

      Volume: 13 Issue: 8 Pages: 1248-1255

    • DOI

      10.4161/cc.28139

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 長期放射線被爆とサイクリンD12014

    • Author(s)
      志村勉、欅田尚樹
    • Journal Title

      生体の科学

      Volume: 65 Pages: 176-181

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The role of cyclin D1 in response to long-term exposure to ionizing radiation2013

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Fukumoto M, Kunugita N
    • Journal Title

      Cell Cycle

      Volume: 12 Issue: 17 Pages: 2738-2743

    • DOI

      10.4161/cc.25746

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 長期放射線被ばくによるサイクリンD1 発現制御の破綻2013

    • Author(s)
      志村勉、野間直十、佐野由衣、落合泰史、及川利幸、角田智、福本学、欅田尚樹
    • Journal Title

      放射線生物研究

      Volume: 48 Pages: 323-335

    • NAID

      40019928917

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 放射線生物学から見た低線量放射線の生体影響2013

    • Author(s)
      志村勉
    • Journal Title

      保健医療科学

      Volume: 62 Pages: 189-195

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Cyclin D1 overexpression perturbs DNA replication and induces replication-associated DNA double-strand breaks in acquired radioresistant cells.2013

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Ochiai Y, Noma N, Oikawa T, Sano Y, Fukumoto M.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Cycle

      Volume: 12 Pages: 773-82

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Distribution of artificial radionuclides in abandoned cattle in theeva cuation zone of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant2013

    • Author(s)
      Fukuda T, Kino Y, Abe Y, Yamashiro H, Kuwahara Y, Nihei H, Sano Y, Irisawa A, Shimura T, Fukumoto M, Shinoda H, Obata Y, Saigusa S, Sekine T, Isogai E, Fukumoto M.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 8(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0054312

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Activation of the AKT/cyclin D1/Cdk4 survival signaling pathway in radioresistant cancer stem cells.2012

    • Author(s)
      Shimura T, Noma N, Oikawa T, Ochiai Y, Kakuda S, Kuwahara Y, Takai Y, Takahashi A, Fukumoto M.
    • Journal Title

      Oncogenesis

      Volume: 8

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Perturbation of AKT/cyclin D1 signaling pathway by oxidative stresses following low dose long-term fractionated radiation in normal human fibroblasts.2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsutomu Shimura, Megumi Sasatani, Kenji Kamiya, Hidehiko Kawai, Naoki Kunugita.
    • Organizer
      The 5th International Symposium Biological Effects of Low Dose Radiation
    • Place of Presentation
      Hiroshima
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-02 – 2015-03-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] AKT経路を標的としたがん細胞の放射線耐性の抑制2014

    • Author(s)
      志村 勉、桑原 義和、福本 学
    • Organizer
      第57回日本放射線影響学会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-01 – 2014-10-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 放射線高感受性細胞を用いた低線量放射線応答の解析2014

    • Author(s)
      志村 勉、小林 純也、小松 賢志、欅田 尚樹
    • Organizer
      第57回日本放射線影響学会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-01 – 2014-10-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] AKT経路を標的としたがん細胞の放射線耐性の抑制2014

    • Author(s)
      志村 勉
    • Organizer
      第43回放射線による制癌シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      京都
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-11 – 2014-07-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cyclin D1 as a molecular marker and possible molecular radioprotection target for long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsutomu Shimura, Megumi Sasatani, Kenji Kamiya, Nobuyuki Hamada, Naoki Kunugita
    • Organizer
      The 4th International Symposium Hiroshima-Nagasaki collaborative research on radiation disaster medicine
    • Place of Presentation
      hirosima
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 低線量長期放射線によるサイクリンD1発現制御の破綻2013

    • Author(s)
      志村 勉、笹谷めぐみ、神谷研二、浜田信行、欅田 尚樹
    • Organizer
      第56回日本放射線影響学会
    • Place of Presentation
      青森
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Eradication of radioresistant tumors by inhibiting the AKT survival signaling pathway2013

    • Author(s)
      Tsutomu Shimura, Naoto Noma, Toshiyuki Oikawa, Yasushi Ochiai, Yui Sano, Satoshi Kakuda, Manabu Fukumoto
    • Organizer
      3rd International symposium Biological effects of low dose radiation
    • Place of Presentation
      Hiroshima
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 低線量放射線に対するサイクリンD1の応答の解析2012

    • Author(s)
      志村勉、桑原 義和、福本 学、寺田 宙、欅田 尚樹
    • Organizer
      第55回日本放射線影響学会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Eradication of radioresistant tumors by inhibiting the AKT survival signaling pathway.2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsutomu Shimura, Naoto Noma, Toshiyuki Oikawa, Yasushi Ochiai, Satoshi Kakuda, Yoshikazu Kuwahara, Yoshihiro Takai and Manabu Fukumoto
    • Organizer
      The joint symposium of the 7th international symposium network of the institute network and the 45th IDAC symposium, the 2nd symposium for joint usage/research center of aging
    • Place of Presentation
      Sendai
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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