Molecular mechanism controlling PDX1 expression in vivo

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19591067
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Metabolomics
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: FUJITANI Yoshio Juntendo University, 医学部, 准教授 (30433783)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HIROTAKA Watada 順天堂大学, 医学部, 准教授 (60343480)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 転写因子 / 糖尿病 / 膵β細胞

Research Abstract

我々は、膵発生とβ細胞機能を制御する遺伝子PDX1の発現調節機構を明らかにすべく、先行研究において、PDX1遺伝子5'上流に種をこえて保存されたエンハンサー領域(AreaI-II-III)を同定した。本研究では、この領域の膵内分泌細胞分化における意義を明らかにするため、この領域を膵分泌前駆細胞のみにおいて欠損するマウスを作製し、その解析をすすめた。この領域は内分泌前駆細胞からβ細胞分化に必要であることが現在、明らかになりつつある。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Carbonic anhydrase II-positive pancreatic cells are progenitors for both endocrine and exocrine pancreas after birth (2008)
  • Author(s): Inada A, Nienaber C, Katsuta H, Fujitani Y, Levine J, Morita R, Sharma A, Bonner-Weir S
  • Journal Title: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105 Pages: 19915-19919
• [Journal Article] Dose-dependent requirement of patched homologue 1 in mouse pancreatic beta cell mass (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakayama S, Arakawa M, Uchida T, Ogihara T, Kanno R, Ikeda F, Azuma K, Hirose T, Kawamori R, Fujitani Y, Watada H
  • Journal Title: Diabetologia 51 Pages: 1883-1892
• [Journal Article] Combined expression of transcription factors induces AR42J-B13 cells to differentiate into insulin-producing cells (2008)
  • Author(s): Ogihara T, Fujitani Y, Uchida T, Kanno R, Choi JB, Hirose T, Kawamori R, Watada H
  • Journal Title: Endocr J 55 Pages: 691-698
• [Journal Article] Pdx-1 and Ptf1a concurrently determine fate specification of pancreatic multipotent progenitor cells (2008)
  • Author(s): Burlison JS, Long Q, Fujitani Y, Wright CV, Magnuson MA
  • Journal Title: Dev Biol 316 Pages: 74-86
• [Journal Article] Tissue-specific deletion of c-Jun in the pancreas has limited effects on pancreas formation (2007)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto K, Miyatsuka T, Tanaka A, Toyoda S, Kato K, Shiraiwa T, Fujitani Y, Yamasaki Y, Hori M, Matsuhisa M, Matsuoka TA, Kaneto H
  • Journal Title: BiochemBiophys Res Commun 363 Pages: 908-914
• [Journal Article] Establishment of a non-invasive mouse reporter model for monitoring in vivo pdx-1 promoter activity (2007)
  • Author(s): Shiraiwa T, Kaneto H, Miyatsuka T, Kato K, Yamamoto K, Kawashima A, Kajimoto Y, Matsuoka TA, Matsuhisa M, Yamasaki Y, Fujitani Y
  • Journal Title: Biochem Biophys Res Commun 361 Pages: 739-744
• [Journal Article] Role of PDX-1 and MafA as a potential therapeutic target for diabetes (2007)
  • Author(s): Kaneto H, Miyatsuka T, Fujitani Y, Noguchi H, Song KH, Yoon KH, Matsuoka TA
  • Journal Title: Diabetes Res Clin Pract 77 Pages: S127-137
• [Journal Article] Ptf1a binds to and activates area III, a highly conserved region of the Pdx1 promoter that mediates early pancreas-wide Pdx1 expression (2007)
  • Author(s): Wiebe PO, Kormish JD, Roper VT, Fujitani Y, Alston NI, Zaret KS, Wright CV, Stein RW, Gannon M
  • Journal Title: Mol Cell Biol 27 Pages: 4093-4104
• [Presentation] Effect of Hedgehog Signal Intensity on pancreas Morphogenesis (2007)
  • Author(s): Nakayama S, Watada H, Fujitani Y, Igarashi Y, Iwashita N, Ikeda F, Kanno R, Uchida T, Ogihara T, Motoyama J and Kawamori R
  • Organizer: American Diabetes Association's 67th Scientific sessions
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago
  • Year and Date: 20070622-26
• [Presentation] Susan Bonner-Weir「膵上皮細胞からのβ細胞の分化」 (2007)
  • Author(s): 稲田明理, 藤谷与士夫, 勝田仁
  • Organizer: 第19回分子糖尿病学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Year and Date: 2007-12-08
• [Presentation] Regulation of pancreatic islet cell fate by transcription factors and GI hormones (2007)
  • Author(s): Fujitani Y
  • Organizer: The 5^<th> CatholicInternational Stem Cell Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-01
• [Book] 新時代の糖尿病学(1)-病因・診断・治療研究の進歩-「膵β細胞の発生・分化機構」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 藤谷与士夫
  • Total Pages: 8
  • Publisher: 日本臨床
• [Book] 特集膵β細胞発生分化にかかわる転写因子の発現調節と機能「膵および膵外におけるPtf1aの発現調節と機能」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 藤谷与士夫
  • Total Pages: 8
  • Publisher: 科学評論社