2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The mechanism of enhanced OXPHOS after the EMT
Project/Area Number |
19K23877
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0901:Oncology and related fields
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Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
Principal Investigator |
Handa Haruka 北海道大学, 医学研究院, 特任助教 (00844721)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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Keywords | 上皮間葉転換 / ミトコンドリア |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is well-known to be involved in cancer malignant progression that confers tumour cells resistance against various types of cancer treatments. This study showed that the OXPHOS level was changed after normal EMT. A certain protein whose expression level was changed after EMT might be involved in the enhancement of OXPHOS.
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Free Research Field |
分子生物学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
癌の悪性度進展に上皮間葉転換が深くかかわることが知られている。本研究では,正常細胞における上皮間葉転換を利用し,ミトコンドリア内代謝における変化を見出し,さらにその分子メカニズムを明らかにする手がかりとしてミトコンドリア外膜タンパク質を同定した。今後,この分子の癌細胞EMTにおける意義を明らかにすることで,国民病といわれる癌に新たな治療法を提案しうる。
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