2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of free fatty acid receptors on the differentiation of human skeletal myogenesis.
Project/Area Number |
15K08229
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
General pharmacology
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Research Institution | Tottori University (2016-2017) Shiga University of Medical Science (2015) |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
森野 勝太郎 滋賀医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (90444447)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SAKURAI Hidetoshi 京都大学, iPS細胞研究所, 准教授 (80528745)
TAWA Masashi 滋賀医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (10510274)
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Research Collaborator |
IWASAKI Hirotaka
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | 骨格筋細胞 / 脂肪酸受容体 / 血管内皮細胞 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we have established human induced-pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells transfected with MyoD expression vector, which differentiate to myotubes with more than 80% efficiencies (MyoD-hiPS cells). Using this system, we have detected a unique microRNA, miR-494 which was downregulated after myogenic induction. To explore the therapeutic potential of miR-494, we investigated the role of miR-494 during human skeletal myogenesis. In MyoD-hiPS cells transfected with miR-494 precursor, the level of type IIa myofiber marker proteins specifically decreased, while no change in the total number of cells was observed. In contrast, the expression of both type I and type IIx myofiber markers was unaffected by miR-494 overexpression. Furthermore, miR-494 overexpression suppressed mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate concomitant with the inhibition of myotube formation. These results suggest that miR-494 could be a therapeutic target for muscular diseases, such as sarcopenia.
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Free Research Field |
薬理学
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