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2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Regulation of biological defense responses via linear ubiquitin chains and its contribution to disease onset

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18K06967
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 49010:Pathological biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionOsaka City University

Principal Investigator

Oikawa Daisuke  大阪市立大学, 大学院医学研究科, 准教授 (20455330)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 徳永 文稔  大阪市立大学, 大学院医学研究科, 教授 (00212069)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords直鎖状ユビキチン鎖 / 炎症性疾患
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, linear ubiquitin chains produced by LUBAC have been attracting attention as a new regulator of defense responses, including NF-kB. In this study, the applicant identified a specific inhibitor of LUBAC, clarified the details of its molecular basis, and showed that it inhibits the growth of a specific type of B-cell lymphoma and the pathogenesis of psoriasis. We have also demonstrated that linear ubiquitin chains contribute to NF-kB activation by TCR stimulation in T cells, that NDP52 regulates NF-kB activity and TNF-a-induced apoptosis in a ubiquitin-binding capacity-dependent manner, and that NDP52 cooperates with linear ubiquitin chains in the regulation of Salmonella degradation (xenophagy).

Free Research Field

病態医化学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

細胞内で直鎖状ユビキチン鎖を産生する唯一のユビキチンリガーゼであるLUBACの機能破綻は、様々な疾患の発症と密接に関連する事が数多く報告されている。特に、ABC-DLBCL(活性化B細胞様びまん性大細胞型B細胞リンパ腫)は薬の効きにくい悪性リンパ腫であることが知られ、また、乾癬に対しても未だ有効な治療法は確立されておらず、現在、新たな視点に基づいた創薬ターゲットの創出が急務とされている。本研究において申請者らが同定した新規LUBAC阻害剤(HOIPIN)は、B細胞リンパ腫や乾癬の病態を抑制する事から、今後、これら疾患に対する新たな治療薬シーズとしての医療応用を期待したい。

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Published: 2022-01-27  

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