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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Production of a chicken resistant strain using antiviral Mx gene

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14360161
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Applied animal science
Research InstitutionHOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

WATANABE Tomomasa  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Agriculture, Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (10100174)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MORI Tadashi  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Agriculture, Inst., 大学院・農学研究科, 助手 (30230072)
ASANO Atsushii  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Veterinary Medicine, Inst., 大学院・獣医学研究科, 助手 (90312404)
SUZUKI Keita  Hokkaido Univ., Field Scientific Center, Inst., 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター, 助手 (60261335)
OHARA Mutsuo  Hokkaido Livestock Center, Group Head, 企画調整室, 室長
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
KeywordsChicken / Mx gene / Jungle fowl / Amino acid substitution / Infectious experiment / Galliformes / Polymorphism / Domestication
Research Abstract

We have reported the polymorphism of antiviral Mx gene in the chicken, and that the specific amino acid substitution at position 631 corresponds to the differential antiviral activity. Namely, the chicken Mx gene is a resistant character in the case of Ash at the position 631 against the infectious experiment using influenza virus and vesicular stomatitis virus, and is sensitive in the case of Ser. In this study, we have established the simple method of genetic diagnosis whether each chicken carry the resistant or sensitive Mx gene by PCR-RLFP (restriction enzyme length fragment polymorphism) using genomic DNA extracted from one-drop of blood. As the result of determination in 500 indivuduals of the chicken commercial breeds, about 50% of them carry the resistant Mx gene and also about 50% have the sensitive Mx gene. In addition, it was demonstrated by the nucleotide sequence analysis of last exon that the Mx gene from only a jungle fowl (red jungle fowl) coded the resistant type of Ash, but those from the all other jungle fowl (red, gray and green jungle fowl) did the sensitive type of Ser. Furthermore, another birds (Galliformes) such as Japanese quail and and turkey carry the sensitive type of Ser. Therefore, from these results, the sensitive Mx gene was considered as the ancestor type in the bird, and the resistant Mx gene might appear with domestication of chicken.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002

All Journal Article (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] Intercellular localization and their antiviral property of canine Mx proteins.2005

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura T., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Interferon Cytokine Research 25

      Pages: 169-173

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Intercellular localization and their antiviral property of canine Mx proteins.2005

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura T., Asano A., Okano S., Ko J.H., Kon Y., Watanabe T, Agui T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 25

      Pages: 169-173

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Native antiviral specificity of chicken Mx protein depends on amino acids variation at position 631.2004

    • Author(s)
      Ko JH., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical Genetics 35

      Pages: 119-122

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Genetic polymorphisms and antiviral activity in the bovine Mx1 gene.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nakatsu Y., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Animal Genetics 35

      Pages: 182-187

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Native antiviral specificity of chicken Mx protein depends on the amino acid variation at position 631.2004

    • Author(s)
      Ko J.H., Takada A., Mitsuhashi T., Agui T, Watanabe T.
    • Journal Title

      Animal Genetics 35

      Pages: 119-122

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Genetic polymorphisms and antiviral acitivity in the bovine Mx gene.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nakatsu Y., Yamada K., Ueda J., Onogi A., Ables G.P., Nishibori M., Takada A., Hata H., Sawai K., Tanabe Y., Morita N., Daikohara M, Watanabe T.
    • Journal Title

      Animal Genetics 35

      Pages: 182-187

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Mouse Mx2 gene : organization mRNA expression and the role of the interferon-response promoter in its regulation.2003

    • Author(s)
      Asano A., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Gene 306

      Pages: 105-113

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Mouse Mx2 gene : organization mRNA expression and the role of the Interferon-response promoter in its regulation.2003

    • Author(s)
      Asano A., Jin H.K, Watanabe T.
    • Journal Title

      Gene 306

      Pages: 105-113

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Polymorphisms and the differential antiviral activity of the chicken Mx gene.2002

    • Author(s)
      Ko JH., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Genome Research 12

      Pages: 595-601

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Polymorphisms and the antiviral property of porcine Mx1 protein.2002

    • Author(s)
      Asano A., Watanabe T.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 64

      Pages: 1085-1089

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Polymorphisms and the differential antiviral acitivity of the chicken Mx gene.2002

    • Author(s)
      Ko J.H., Jin H.K., Asano A., Takada A., Ninimiya A., Kida H., Hokiyama H., Ohara M., Tsuzuki M., Nishibori M., Mizutani M, Watanabe T.
    • Journal Title

      Genome Research 12

      Pages: 595-601

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Polymorphisms and the antiviral property of porcine Mx1 protein.2002

    • Author(s)
      Asano A., Morozumi T., Hamajima N, Watanabe T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Veterinary Medical, Science 64

      Pages: 1081-1083

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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