2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on hypoxia-inducible factor and its regulatory factor
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22580152
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Food science
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| Research Institution | Osaka Women's Junior College |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAJI Ryoichi 大阪府立大学, 生命環境科学研究科(系), 教授 (00244666)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 低酸素 / がん / 低酸素誘導因子 / 機能性食品成分 |
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| Research Abstract |
Hypoxia is a key factor in tumorigenesis. Hypoxia induces theexpression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which is a transcriptional factor forhypoxia-responsive genes. HIF is a heterodimeric protein composed of HIF-α and HIF-β.The α subunit (HIF-2α) is limiting factor for HIF expression because HIF-2α is stablyexpressed in hypoxia, but not in normoxia. In the present study, we demonstrate thatKLHL20 enhances the expression of HIF-2α and that HIF-2α down-regulates theexpression of estrogen receptor α in normoxia. Based on these results, we constructed acell-based bioassay system for hypoxic response and determined anti-hypoxic activity offood components.
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Research Products
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