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2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Chordate steroid receptor is ancient in the acoel

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20K21429
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 44:Biology at cellular to organismal levels, and related fields
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Sakamoto Tatsuya  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 教授 (10294480)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 濱田 麻友子  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 准教授 (40378584)
坂本 浩隆  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 准教授 (20363971)
前嶋 翔  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 特任助教 (10773286)
片山 侑駿  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 特任助教 (00837601)
Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2022-03-31
Keywords進化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We isolated and characterized the steroid hormone receptors (SRs) of the acoel Praesagittifera naikaiensis, which belongs to a clade (Xenacoelomorpha) that could be a sister group to other animals with bilateral symmetry (Bilateria) or could belong within deuterostomes, closely related to a group that includes sea stars (Ambulacraria). The P. naikaiensis genome contains two SRs: PnEER, an ortholog of the vertebrate estrogen-related receptors, and PnSR, an ortholog of the vertebrate receptors for androgens, progestins, and corticosteroids. PnSR does not activate transcription in response to conventional steroid hormones of vertebrate. These genes are expressed in the statocyst and gonad specifically, suggesting an ancient role in behaviours affected by environmental stimuli and germ cell development.

Free Research Field

生体制御学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

非モデル生物の遺伝子解読が行われているが、祖先分子~機能的原点への着目は少ない。珍無腸動物は原始左右相称動物で、統合された機能とその制御分子が出現したともいえる。単純な体制の祖先型の解明は、普遍的機能に繋がろう。生殖制御が普遍的とされれば、多様な有用動物の養殖や環境ホルモン検出系への応用等も期待される。行動制御となれば、本能行動の内分泌制御の基礎になりうる。また、珍無腸動物の“細胞外液”の獲得が、転写因子からの核内受容体を介す内分泌系の分化を促したともいえる。生体制御全般に新概念を提唱しよう。
ムチョウウズムシは飼育・解析が簡便で新モデルに期待できる。適応生物学、生殖生物学など幅広く貢献できる。

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Published: 2023-01-30  

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