Budget Amount *help |
¥16,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,720,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
α-Dystroglycan (α-DG) is a cell surface glycoprotein that serves as a receptor for extracellular matrix components such as laminin. The α-DG-ligand interaction is mediated by a unique O-mannose-linked glycan attached to α-DG, and the glycosylation deficiency of α-DG causes several forms of congenital muscular dystrophies associated with cobblestone lissencephaly, classified as dystroglycanopathy. In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanism for the unique O-mannose-linked glycan expression. We also revealed initial pathological events in the developing brain of Pomgnt2-knockout mouse as a dystroglycanopathy model.
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