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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of functional analysis of genes in cells using functional nucleic acids

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12305052
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 生物・生体工学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

TAIRA Kazunari  University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (10261778)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KAWASAKI Hiroaki  University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Assistant, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助手 (60332623)
KURATA Hiroyuki  University of Kyusyu Institute technology, Faculty of computer Science and System Engineering, Associate Professor, 情報工学部, 助教授 (90251371)
AWAI Shigenori  University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助教授 (10168544)
MIYAGISHI Makoto  University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Assistant, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助手 (30323538)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2003
KeywordsRibozyme / Gene Discovery / apoptosis / Alzheimer Disease / Metastasis
Research Abstract

Now that the sequences of many genomes are available, methods are required for the rapid identification of functional genes. We describe here a simple system for the isolation of genes that function in the tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)-mediated pathway of apoptosis, using RNA helicase-associated ribozyme libraries with randomized substrate-binding arms. Because target-site accessibility considerably limits the effective use of intracellular ribozymes, the effectiveness of a conventional ribozyme library has been low. To overcome this obstacle, we attached to ribozymes an RNA motif (poly(A)-tail) able to interact with endogenous RNA helicase(s) so that the resulting helicase-attached, hybrid ribozymes can more easily attack target sites regardless of their secondary or tertiary structures. When the phenotype of cells changes upon introduction of a ribozyme library, genes responsible for these changes may be identified by sequencing the active ribozyme clones. In the case of TNF-α-mediated apoptosis, when a ribozyme library was introduced into MCF-7 cells, surviving clones were completely or partially resistant to TNF-α-induced apoptosis. We identified many pro-apoptotic genes and partial sequences of previously uncharacterized genes using this method. Our gene discovery system should be generally applicable to the identification of functional genes in various systems such as cancer metastasis.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Onuki, R., Bando, Y., Suyama, E., Katayama, T., Kawasaki, H., Baba, T., Tohyama, M., Taira, K.: "Involvement of an RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in tunicamycin-induced apoptosis and Alzheimer's disease."EMBO J.. 23. 959-968 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Suyama, E., Kawasaki, H., Nakajima, M., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes involved in cell invasion by using a library of randomized hybrid ribozymes."Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 100. 5616-5621 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Suyama, E., Kawasaki, H., Kasaoka, T., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes responsible for cell migraion by a library of randomized ribozymes."Cancer Res.. 63. 119-124 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Kawasaki, H., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes by hybrid ribozymes that couple cleavage activity with the unwinding activity of an endogenous RNA helicase."EMBO Rep.. 3. 443-450 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Kawasaki, H., Onuki, R, Suyama, E., Taira, K: "Identification of genes that function in the TNF-alpha-mediated apoptotic pathway using randomized hybrid ribozyme libraries."Nature Biotechnology. 20. 376-380 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Kawasaki, H., Kuwabara, T., Taira, K.: "Tumor-Suppressing Viruses, Genes, and Drugs : Innovative Cancer Therapy Approaches"Academic Press. 27 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Warashina, M., Kuwabara, T., Kawasaki, H., Ohkawa, J., Taira.K: "RNA"Elsevier Science. 31 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Onuki, R., Bando, Y., Suyama, E., Katayama, T., Kawasaki, H., Baba, T., Tohyama, M., Taira, K.: "Involvement of an RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in tunicamycin-induced apoptosis and Alzheimer's disease."EMBO J.. 23. 959-968 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Suyama, E., Kawasaki, H., Nakajima, M., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes involved in cell invasion by using a library of randomized hybrid ribozymes."Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 100. 5616-5621 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Suyama, E., Kawasaki, H., Kasaoka, T., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes responsible for cell migraion by a library of randomized ribozymes."Cancer Res. 63. 119-124 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Kawasaki, H., Taira, K: "Identification of genes by hybrid ribozymes that couple cleavage activity with the unwinding activity of an endogenous RNA helicase."EMBO Rep.. 3. 443-450 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Kawasaki, H., Onuki, R., Suyama, E., Taira, K.: "Identification of genes that function in the TNF-alpha-mediated apoptotic pathway using randomized hybrid ribozyme libraries."Nature Biotechnology. 20. 376-380 (2002)

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