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1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION THROUGH HYALURONAN RECEPTORS IN HUMAN SYNOVIAL CELLS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09672245
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Biological pharmacy
Research InstitutionHEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO

Principal Investigator

TAMOTO Koichi  HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO,FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 薬学部, 助教授 (50088861)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NOCHI Hiromi  HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO,FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES,LECTUR, 薬学部, 助手 (30183552)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Keywordshyaluronan / rheumatoid arthritis / synovial cells / fibroblast / hyaluronan receptor / cyclooxygenase 2 / prostaglandine E2 / monoclonal antibody
Research Abstract

The spontaneous and IL-lalpha-induced prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) generation in human synovial cells from a patient of rheumatoid arthritis (RASCs) were inhibited by high-molecular-weighthyaluronates (HAs) in a molecular-weight-and concentration-dependent maimer. On the otherhand, HAs with lower molecular sizes than 4x1O^4 Da, especially HA oligomers, rather augmented PGE2 generation. The inhibitory and stimulatory effects of HAs on PGE2 generation were due to the signaling events via HA receptor that control negatively or positively the transcription of COX2 gene. In noninflammatory cells, human dermal fibroblast (HDF), HA oligomers failed to induce the expression of COX2 protein, suggessting that certain inflammatory signals may be required for the action of HA oligomers. When HA-binding proteins were isolatedfrom RASC and HDF, a various types of membrane proteins that did not required Ca^<2+> and Mg^<2+> for their HA-binding ability were identified. Newly prepared monoclonal antibodies directed to these HA-binding proteins never inhibited the expression of COX2 protein but some of the antibodies rather induced the expression of COX2 protein in RASC and HDF.These results suggest that the extent of cross-linkage of HA receptors that mediated by a single HA molecule may determine the property of intracellular signals that regulate the transcription of COX2 gene. The binding of HA oligomer to a single HA receptor molecule may not be enough to generate signals that may induce the expression of COX2 protein. We could not have a evidence that the elevation of concentration in intracellular free calcium ion and the activation of MAP kinase are involved in the signaling pathway through HA receptors which regulates the transcription of COX2 gene.

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  • [Publications] Fumikazu Okajima: "Stimulatory and inhibitory actions of lysophoshatidylcholine,sdepending on its fatty acid residue, on the phospholipase C-Ca^<2+> system in HL-60 leukemia cells." Biochem.J.336. 491-500 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Koichi Sato: "Down regulation of mRNA expression of Edg-3, a putative sphingosine 1- phosphale receptor coupled to Ca^<2+> signaling, during differentiation of HL60 leukemia cells." Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun.253. 253-256 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hiromi Nochi: "The inhibitory effect of terfenadine on FcεRI-mediated degrarulation in mast cells : induction of giant granule formation and Inhibition of calcium relea〓" Prog.Med.18. 116-125 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hiromi Nochi, Yukiko Tokumitsu, Yoki Mori, and Koichi Tamoto: "Molecular-weight-dependent inhibitory and stimulatory effects of hyaluronates on the expression of cyclooxygenase 2 in human synovial cells of rheumatoid arthritis" (submitted).

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  • [Publications] Hiromi Nochi, Nobuyuki Nagasaki, Yasumitsu Shimada, Yoki Mori, and Koichi Tamoto: "Possible role of CR3 in the mechanism of zymosan phagocytosis by guinea pig macrophages." (in preparation).

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  • [Publications] Hiromi Nochi, Shuichi Komatsu, Takahisa Shinomiya, Yoki Mori, and Koichi Tamoto: "Characterization of hyaluronate-binding proteins on guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes." (in preparation).

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  • [Publications] Fumikazu Okajima, Koichi Sato, Hideaki Tomura, Atsusi Kuwabara, Hiromi Nochi, Koichi Tamoto, Yoichi Kondo, Yukiko Tokumitsu, and Michio Ui: "Stimulatory and inhibitory actions of lysophosphatidylcholine, depending on its fatty acid residue, on the phospholipase C-Ca^<2+> system in HL60 leukemia cells." Biochem.J.336. 491-500 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Koichi Sato, Naoya Murata, Junko Kon, Hideaki Tomura, Hiromi Nochi, Koichi Tamoto, Mizuho Osada, Hideo Ohta, Yukiko Tokumitsu, Michio Ui, and Fumikazu Okajima: "Downregulation of mRNA expression of Edg-3, a putative sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor coupled to Ca^<2+> signaling, during differentiation of HL60 leukemia cells." Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun.253. 253-256 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hiromi Nochi, Misa Suzuki, and Koichi Tamoto: "The inhibitory effect of terfenadine on FceRI-mediated degranulation in mast cells : Induction of giant granule formation and inhibition of intracellular calcium release" Prog.Med.18. 116 (1998)

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Published: 1999-12-08  

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