2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies on cell death and survival signals via connexin channels during cell injury
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17390118
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Experimental pathology
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Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine |
Principal Investigator |
OYAMADA Masahito Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Associate Professor (30183255)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HARADA Yoshinori Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Instructor (10381956)
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Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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Keywords | connexin / gap functions / cell death / cell survival / CALI / multi-photon microscopy / GFP / intercellular communication |
Research Abstract |
Gap junctions are considered to play an important role in moderating cell death and survival. Genetic approaches to the connexins (Cxs) such as gene knockouts and RNA interference, which ultimately reduce Cx levels in the entire cell, have provided direct evidence that gap junctional intercellular communication is essential for cell survival. However, it is possible that one kind of Cx performs different functions depending on its location and/or a particular stage of temporal events. Such spatiotemporal differences in protein function are difficult to analyze with conventional genetic approaches. In this study, we have developed multiphoton excitation-evoked chromophore-assisted laser inactivation (MP-CALI),that specific gap junctions made of Cx-enhanced green fluorescent protein(EGFP)can be spatiotemporally inactivated by brief laser irradiation. Experiments were performed on a pair of HeLa cells connected via a small gap junction plaque (length, <1 μm)consisting of Cx43-EGFP. While
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junctional currents were measured using the dual whole-cell voltage-clamp -method, a single point of the Cx43-EGFP plaque was irradiated with 850-nm femtosecond laser light with a laser irradiance of 2.7 MW/cm^2for 380 ms. We found that during the laser irradiation, the gap junction current decreased "○80%. However the same irradiation did not change gap junctional currents between HeLa cell pairs expressing Cx43 tagged with monomeric red fluorescent protein(mRFP),indicating that MP-CALI at a wavelength of 850 nm specifically inactivates gap junctions made of Cx-EGFP. We also found that MPCALI can inhibit dye coupling between specifically selected cell pairs. MP-CALI of Cx43-EGFP showed a laser power dependent decrease of gap junction current i.e., the threshold laser power for current reduction is between 1.0 and 1.3 MW/cm2. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers, edaravone and sodium azide, impaired the MP-CALI response, indicating involvement of ROS in MP-CALI. Thus, MP-CALI could be useful for the elucidation of new Cx functions. Less
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Research Products
(74 results)
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[Journal Article] Connexin43 knockdown accelerates wound healing but inhibits mesenchymal transition after corneal endothelial injury in vivo2008
Author(s)
Nakano, Y., Ovamada, M., Dai, P., Nakagami, T., Kinoshita, S., Takamatsu, T
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Journal Title
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49
Pages: 93-104
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[Journal Article] Changes in the intracellular Ca^<2+> dynamics and gap junctional communication in injured hearts (in Japanese)2007
Author(s)
Tanaka, H., Ovamada, M., Tsujii, E., Mani, H., Nakagami, T., Fujiwara, K., Takamatsu, T
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Journal Title
Jpn J Electrocardiology 27
Pages: 230-236
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[Journal Article] Acute aortic dissection presenting as a neurologic disorder2006
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Kawarabuki, K., Sakakibara, T., Hirai, M., Shirasu, M., Kohara, I., Tanaka, H., Ovamada, M., Takamatsu, T., Murayama, Y., Yamaki, T
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J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 15
Pages: 26-29
Description
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[Journal Article] Gap junctions mediate glucose transport between GLUT1-positive and -negative cells in the spiral Embus of the rat cochlea2006
Author(s)
Matsunami, T., Suzuki, T., Hisa, Y., Takata, K., Takamatsu, T., Ovamada, M
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Journal Title
Cell Commun Adhes 13
Pages: 93-102
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[Journal Article] excitation-evoked chromophore-assisted laser inactivation using green fluorescent protein2005
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Tanabe, T., Ovamada, M., Fujita, K., Dai, P., Tanaka, H., Takamatsu, T., Multiphoton
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Journal Title
Nat Methods 2
Pages: 503-505
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[Journal Article] In situ Ca^<2+> dynamics of Purkinje fibers and its interconnection with subjacent ventricular myocytes2005
Author(s)
Hamamoto, T., Tanaka, H., Mani, H., Tanabe, T., Fujiwara, K., Nakagami, T., Horie, M., Ovamada, M., Takamatsu, T
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Journal Title
J Mol Cell Cardiol 38
Pages: 561-569
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[Presentation] Acceleration of wound healing and inhibition of mesenchymal transition after corneal endothelial injury in vivo by connexin43 knockdown2007
Author(s)
Nakano, Y., Ovamada, M., Dai, P., Kinoshita, S., Takamatsu, T
Organizer
Gap Junction Conference
Place of Presentation
Elsinore, Denmark
Year and Date
20070804-09
Description
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[Presentation] Spatiotemporal inhibition of gap-junctional communication by multiphoton excitation-evoked chromophore -assisted laser inactivation (MP-CALI)2007
Author(s)
Ovamada, M., Tanabe, T., Yamaoka, Y., Dai, P., Tanaka, H., Takamatsu, T.
Organizer
Gap Junction Conference
Place of Presentation
Elsinore, Denmark
Year and Date
20070804-09
Description
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[Presentation] Roles of gap junctions in glucose transport between GLUT1-positive and -negative cells in the rat cochlea2006
Author(s)
Suzuki, T., Matsunami, T., Hisa, Y., Takata, K., Takamatsu, T., Ovamada, M
Organizer
International Conference: Physiological and Pathological Importance of Gap Junctions
Place of Presentation
Tokyo
Year and Date
20061120-23
Description
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[Presentation] Simultaneous imaging of the single-myocyte optical action potentials and intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in Langendorff-perfused rat heart by a novel dualimaging confocal microscopy2006
Author(s)
Fujiwara, K., Tanaka, H., Nakagami, T., Mani H., Tanabe, T., Ovamada, M., Takamatsu, T
Organizer
Scientific Sessions 2006 American Heart Association
Place of Presentation
Chicago, USA
Year and Date
20061112-15
Description
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[Presentation] In situ confocal visualization of intracellular calcium dynamics at the Purkinje-ventricular interconnection of the Langendorff-perfused rat heart2006
Author(s)
Fujiwara, K., Tanaka, H., Hamamoto, T., Mani, H., Nakagami, T., Ovamada, M., Takamatsu, T
Organizer
World Congress of Cardiology
Place of Presentation
Barcelona, Spain
Year and Date
20060902-06
Description
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[Presentation] Multiphoton Excitation-evoked Chromophore -assisted Laser Inactivation Using Green Fluorescent Protein2005
Author(s)
Tanabe, T., Ovamada, M., Fujita, K., Dai, P., Tanaka, H., Takamatsu, T
Organizer
The American Society for Cell Biology 45th Annual Meeting
Place of Presentation
San Francisco, USA
Year and Date
20051210-20051214
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[Presentation] Young's modulus of primary cilia measured with optical tweezers2005
Author(s)
Harada, Y., Ota, T., DaiM, P., Tanaka, H., Ovamada, M., Kawata, S., Takamatsu, T
Organizer
The American Society for Cell Biology 45th Annual Meeting
Place of Presentation
San Francisco, USA
Year and Date
20051210-14
Description
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[Presentation] Irrevresible myocardial injury by Ca^<2+> paradox induces contraction band necrosis in the working heart by influx through the Na-Ca^<2+> exchange2005
Author(s)
Mani, H., Tanaka, H., Tanabe, T., Nakagami, T., Fujiwara, K., Dai P, Ovamada, M., Takamatsu
Organizer
Scientific Sessions 2005 American Heart Association
Place of Presentation
Dallas, Texas, USA
Year and Date
20051112-16
Description
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[Presentation] Gap junctions between GLUT1-positive and -negative cells in the cochlea: Their possible roles in intercellular transport of glucose over the blood-inner ear barrier2005
Author(s)
Suzuki ,T., Matsunami, T, Hisa, Y., Takata, K., Takamatsu, T., Ovamada, M
Organizer
Gap Junction Conference 2005
Place of Presentation
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Year and Date
20050813-18
Description
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