2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Elucidation of cancer bone infiltration and metastasis via FLRT2 and evaluation of possibility of bone metastasis prevention by Flrt2 control.
Project/Area Number |
21K21071
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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 |
0907:Oral science and related fields
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Research Institution | University of the Ryukyus |
Principal Investigator |
Shirakawa Jumpei 琉球大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (90782996)
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Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 口腔扁平上皮癌 / 局所骨浸潤 / 遠隔骨転移 / 破骨細胞 / 骨芽細胞 / FLRT2 / 分泌タンパク質 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In osteoblasts, Flrt2 expression significantly decreased in differentiation induction experiments. RNA-sequencing of tumor tissue from clinical specimens showed several up and down regulating genes. And significant up regulation of FLRT2 by analysis of genes whose expression was altered in the group showing vascular invasion was detected. As a result of reexamination of the expression in several oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines, the expression and secretory proteins differed greatly depending on the cell line. Over expression of FLRT2 in osteoblast cell line MC3T3E1 and cancer cell line SKN3 resulted in decreased proliferation and differentiation in osteoblasts and increased proliferation in cancer cells. These results indicate that FLRT2 promotes osteoclasts and suppresses osteoblasts, and contributes to the proliferation of cancer cells.
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Free Research Field |
口腔外科
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
FLRT2の発現は癌の種類によって異なり口腔癌における検討は多くはなされていなかった。今回の研究で脈管浸潤を示した検体でその発現の増加が見られたことは本研究の仮説と合致する。既報の破骨細胞における作用に加え骨芽細胞ではその発現が分化の過程で減少していくこと、過剰発現により分化を抑制することが明らかとなったことで癌細胞により分泌されるFLRT2が骨代謝細胞に作用する可能性が示唆された。 これはFLRT2が癌の予後因子の候補となるだけでなく分子標的治療の対象としても大変重要であり今後の口腔癌治療に寄与することが期待できる。
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