1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Structural and functional analysis of a cystine/glutamate-specific carrier protein of plasma membrane
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04670136
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
General medical chemistry
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
ISHII Tetsuro Inst.Basic Med.Sci., Associ Prof., 基礎医学系, 助教授 (20111370)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
BANNAI Shiro Inst.Basic Med.Sci., Prof., 基礎医学系, 教授 (70019579)
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Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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Keywords | Cystine / Stress protein / Amino acid transport / cDNA / Macrophage |
Research Abstract |
Stress agents induces cystine transport activity in mouse macrophages cultured in vitro. The induction of cystine entry into the cells enhances synthesis of glutathione, an anti-oxidative cellular substance. We tried to clone the carrier of cystine by the differential screening to select stress-induced clones. We constructed a directional cDNA library from 1.5-3 kb fraction of mouse macrophage mRNA.We selected total 800 clones from about 8x10^4 phage plaques. We could not detect any expression of the cystine transport activity in Xenopus laevis oocytes after microinjection of cRNAs synthesized from those cDNAs. Although we could not isolate a cNDA clone encodnig cystine carrier, we have succeeded in the cloning of a stress-induced 23 kDa protein named MSP23. This protein belongs to a new type of antioxidative proteins. Additionally we found that two other known proteins were induced upon exposure to oxidative stress. We also obtained a few cDNA clones that encode novel stress-induced proteins.
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[Publications] Ishii, T., Nakayama, K., Sato, H., Miura, K., Yamada, M., Matsue, M., Sugita, Y., and Bannai, S: "Expression of mouse cystine transpoter in Xenopus oocyte." In frontiers and new horizons in amino acid research.(Takai, K., e d.). 447-450 (1992)
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[Publications] Ishii, T., Yamada, M., Sato, H., Matsue, M., Taketani, S., Nakayama, K., Sugita, Y., and Bannai, S.: "Cloning and characterization of a 23-kDa stress-induced mouse peritoneal macrophage protein." J.Biol.Chem.268. 18633-18636 (1993)
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