High throughput screening of the rice cultivars for the improvement of intestinal barrier

• Project/Area Number: 26660002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science in genetics and breeding
• Research Institution: Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: KATO KIYOAKI 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 教授 (60271748)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TOKUJI YOSHIHIKO 帯広畜産大学, 食品科学研究部門, 准教授 (90322883)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 米アレルギー / 腸管バリア / ムチン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We identifed the two rat genes which were down-regulated in rat after feeding rice cultivar Yukihikari. The present results will facilitate the development of the high throughput screening of the rice cultivars for the improvement of intestinal barrier.