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2010 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

ナメクジウオの内分泌機構の解明と脊椎動物との比較内分泌学研究

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20370026
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

窪川 かおる  東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 特任教授 (30240740)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 安東 宏徳  新潟大学, 理学部, 准教授 (60221743)
新村 芳人  東京医科歯科大学, 難治疾患研究所, 准教授 (90396979)
Keywords生体調節 / 進化 / 甲状腺 / 下垂体 / ゲノム / 脊索動物 / 遺伝子発現 / 糖タンパク質ホルモン
Research Abstract

脊椎動物に特有な内分泌機構の進化を,脊椎動物に近縁で同じ脊索動物門に属するナメクジウオを材料として研究する.本研究の成果を含む今までの報告で,ナメクジウオは脊椎動物の内分泌機構の祖先型をもつことが明らかとなっている.本研究の目的は,ナメクジウオの新しい性ステロイドの同定,代謝経路の完成,受容体分子の局在とリガンド結合様式、成熟・性分化への性ステロイドの機能の解明を行ない,脊椎動物の生殖内分泌機構の起源を明らかにすることである,本年度は,性ステロイドのうち5α還元ステロイド代謝経路の存在部位の証拠を得るために,in situハイブリダイゼーション法で神経索と卵巣での遺伝子発現を調べた.神経索での発現は得られず,若い卵母細胞でのみ発現していた.神経索での発現遺伝子を調べるため,頭部で発現している遺伝子について次世代シーケンサーを使って網羅的に解析し,遺伝子探索を行っている.また,このデータからは日本産ナメクジウオとフロリダ産ナメクジウオのcDNA配列の比較ができたので,今後の遺伝子を使った研究に役立つと考えられる.一方,ナメクジウオの産卵様式はフェロモン分泌が関係する可能性があり,フェロモン物質の同定は出来ていないが,まず嗅覚受容体(OR)について研究を進めた,その結果,ナメクジウオは明確な嗅覚器をもたないにもかかわらず、そのゲノム配列から30種以上の脊椎動物型のOR遺伝子配列が見出され,そのいくつかについて遺伝子発現を調べたところ,皮膚の特定部位に見られるとともに,神経系に見られた.本年は最終年度のため,本研究の成果を整理し,ナメクジウオの神経索が脊椎動物の内分泌器官の多くの機能をもち,生殖の調節にも関連していることを明らかにしたいと考えている.

  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2012 2011 2010

All Journal Article (15 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 14 results) Presentation (7 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Amphioxus Connectin Exhibits Merged Structure as Invertebrate Connectin in I-Band Region and Vertebrate Connectin in A-Band Region2011

    • Author(s)
      Otsuka, S.
    • Journal Title

      JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

      Volume: 409 Pages: 415-426

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sialome analysis of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma belcheri, a key organism for vertebrate evolution2011

    • Author(s)
      Guerardel, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Glycobiology

      Volume: 22 Pages: 479-491

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of the Reproductive Endocrine System in Chordates2010

    • Author(s)
      Kubokawa, K.
    • Journal Title

      INTEGRATTVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

      Volume: 50 Pages: 53-62

  • [Journal Article] Functional Characteristics of Amphioxus Troponin in Regulation of Muscle Contraction2010

    • Author(s)
      Dennisson, J.G.
    • Journal Title

      ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

      Volume: 27 Pages: 461-469

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Estrogen-Dependent Transactivation of Amphioxus Steroid Hormone Receptor via Both Estrogen and Androgen Response Elements2010

    • Author(s)
      Katsu, Y.
    • Journal Title

      ENDOCRINOLOGY

      Volume: 151 Pages: 639-648

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Elevation of Kiss2 and its receptor gene expression in the brain and pituitary of grass puffer during the spawning season2010

    • Author(s)
      Shahjahan, Md
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 169 Pages: 48-57

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Expression of GnRH genes is elevated in discrete brain loci of chum salmon before initiation of homing behavior and during spawing migration2010

    • Author(s)
      Onuma, T.A.
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 168 Pages: 356-368

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Aggregating behavior of the grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles, observed in aquarium during the spawning period2010

    • Author(s)
      Motohashi, E.
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 27 Pages: 559-564

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Differential expression of three types of gonadotropin-releasing hormone genes during the spawning season in grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles2010

    • Author(s)
      Shahjahan, Md
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 167 Pages: 153-163

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Changes in gene expression for GH/PRL/SL family hormones in the pituitaries of homing chum salmon during ocean migration through upstream migration2010

    • Author(s)
      Onuma, T.A.
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 166 Pages: 537-548

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Changes in the plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-I from the onset of spawning migration through upstream migration in chum salmon2010

    • Author(s)
      Onuma, T.A.
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 165 Pages: 237-243

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] hzAnalyzer : detection, quantification, and visualization of contiguous homozygosity in high-density genotyping datasets2010

    • Author(s)
      Johnson, T.A.
    • Journal Title

      Genome Biology

      Volume: 12 Pages: R12

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Difference in gene duplicability may explain the difference in overall structure of protein-protein interaction networks among eukaryotes2010

    • Author(s)
      Hase, T.
    • Journal Title

      BMC Evolution of Biology

      Volume: 10 Pages: 358

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Dynamic evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes2010

    • Author(s)
      Nakagawa, S.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA

      Volume: 107 Pages: 6382-6387

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Degeneration of olfactory receptor gene repertories in primates : No direct link to full trichromatic vision2010

    • Author(s)
      Matsu, A.
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Biol.Evol.

      Volume: 27 Pages: 1192-1200

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ナメクジウオにみる内分泌調節系の祖先型2011

    • Author(s)
      窪川かおる
    • Organizer
      第35回日本比較内分泌学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2011-11-23
  • [Presentation] サクラマスGnRH受容体遺伝子の発現に対するIGF-Iの影響2010

    • Author(s)
      持永聖也
    • Organizer
      第35回日本比較内分泌学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20101118-20101120
  • [Presentation] ナメクジウオの神経索における内分泌関連遺伝子の発現とその局在2010

    • Author(s)
      窪川かおる
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第81回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20100923-20100925
  • [Presentation] トラフグのNPYオーソログ遺伝子の特徴付け並びに摂食制御への関与2010

    • Author(s)
      松田恒平
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第81回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20100923-20100925
  • [Presentation] Neuroendocrine mechanisms of spawning migration in salmonids2010

    • Author(s)
      Ando, H.
    • Organizer
      9th International Congress of the Biology of Fish
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20100705-20100709
  • [Presentation] Regulation of spatial and temporal organization of embryonic GnRH neurons by IGF signaling in zebrafish2010

    • Author(s)
      Onuma, T.A.
    • Organizer
      The 92nd Annual Meeting of Endocrine Society
    • Place of Presentation
      San Diego, USA
    • Year and Date
      20100619-20100622
  • [Presentation] IGF-IによるサクラマスGnRH受容体遺伝子の発現調節2010

    • Author(s)
      持永聖也
    • Organizer
      第63回日本動物学会九州支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20100522-20100523
  • [Book] 興奮する匂い、食欲をそそる匂い~遺伝子が解き明かす匂いの最前線~2012

    • Author(s)
      新村芳人
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      技術評論社

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Published: 2013-06-26  

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