2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Isolation of genes involved in carcinogenesis of spermat ogonial stem cells
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12670227
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Experimental pathology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan Organization For Medical Research The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Kiyoko Tokyo Metropolitan Organization For Medical Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, tumor biochemistry research, 東京都臨床医学総合研究所, 研究員 (40124474)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HARA Takahiko Tokyo Metropolitan Organization For Medical Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, tumor biochemistry research, 東京都臨床医学総合研究所, 研究員 (80280949)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | RDA / JSD / W / Wv / cDNA microarry / spermatogonia / Lipocalin / in situ hybridization / FACS |
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| Research Abstract |
Spermatogensis is initiated by the interaction of germ cells and somatic cells in the seminiferous tubules. We attempted to identify genes which are specifically expressed in jsd/jsd mutant mouse testis containing only type A spermatogonial germ cells and Sertoli cells, but not in W/Wv test is where Sertoli cells and few germ cells are present. By taking advantage of cDNA microarrays and representational difference analysis, we isolated 20 known genes and 4 novel genes. Representatives are genes for lipocalin family members (prostaglandin D synthetase and 24p3) and tumor suppressors (protein phosphatase TD14 and Sui1). All of these jsd/jsd derived 24 genes were highly expressed not only in jsd/jsd test is but also in cryptorchid test is, indicating that the selective gene expression is not directly caused by a yet uncharacterized jsd gene product, but rather correlated with cessation of spermatogonial differentiation. In situ hybridization analyses and flow cytometric sorting followed by reverse transcriptase-PCRrevealed that these genes are expressed in both spermatogonial germ cells and somatic cells in developing gonad and adult testis. As mRNAs of these jsd/jsd-derived genes were barely detectable in W/Wv testis, we proposethat expression of a group of testicular genes are regulated by the presence of early spermatogonial germ cells.
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