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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Integrated analyses of virulence factors from Staphylococcus aureusaiming to pursue novel pathogenic mechanisms and chemotherapy based on new concept

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22590402
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Bacteriology (including Mycology)
Research InstitutionJuntendo University

Principal Investigator

BABA Tadashi  順天堂大学, 医学部, 准教授 (30317458)

Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Keywords黄色ブドウ球菌 / 赤血球溶解毒素 / β-ヘモリジン / ヒトケラチノサイト / アトピー性皮膚炎 / nybomycin / キノロン / gyrase
Research Abstract

On the way to pursue novel pathogenic mechanisms that can be candidates for targets of novel chemotherapy, I found ・-hemolysin, known as an erythrolytic toxin from Staphylococcus aureus, damages human keratinocytes. This result suggests that the toxin is presumably involved in atopic dermatitis that is worsened by S. aureus infection, and the finding may lead to further understanding of the disease and its therapy. I also played part in research on re-evaluation of nybomycin, that had been isolated from actinobacteria over 50 years ago, and showed that the substance specifically inhibits function of mutated bacterial DNA gyrase that was no longer inactivated by fluoroquinolones, whereas nybomycin-resistant DNA gyrase acquired fluoroquinolone susceptibility, indicating fluoroquinolones and nybomicin have mutually complementary functions. Such substance against known antibiotic was designated ‘reverse antibiotic’, being expected to open new era of antibiotic chemotherapy. It should be noted that the results described above were obtained cooperative researches with scientists who were originally out of this project.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010

All Journal Article (6 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (2 results) (of which Overseas: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Beta-hemolysin promotes skin colonization of Staphylococcus aureus2013

    • Author(s)
      Katayama Y, Baba T, Sekine M, Fukuda M, and Hiramatsu K
    • Journal Title

      J Bacteriol

      Volume: 195 Pages: 1194-1203

  • [Journal Article] Curing bacteria of antibiotic resistance: reverse antibiotics, a novel class of antibiotics in nature2012

    • Author(s)
      Hiramatsu K, Igarashi M, Morimoto Y, Baba T, Umekita M, Akamatsu Y
    • Journal Title

      Int J Antimicrob Agents

      Volume: 39 Pages: 478-85

  • [Journal Article] Expression and Functional Characterization of Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene-I-Like Receptors of Mast Cells in Response to Viral Infection2012

    • Author(s)
      Fukuda M, Ushio H, Kawasaki J, Niyonsaba F, Takeuchi M, Baba T, Hiramatsu K, Okumura K, Ogawa H
    • Journal Title

      J Innate Immun

      Volume: (Epub ahead of print)

  • [Journal Article] Transcription and translation products of the cytolysin gene psm-mec on the mobile genetic element SCCmec regulate Staphylococcus aureus virulence2011

    • Author(s)
      Kaito C, Saito Y, Nagano G, Ikuo M, Omae Y, Hanada Y, Han X, Kuwahara-Arai K, Hishinuma T, Baba T, Ito T, Hiramatsu K, Sekimizu K
    • Journal Title

      PLos Pathg

      Volume: 7 Pages: e1001267

  • [Journal Article] 黄色ブドウ球菌 MHC 様分子が貪食などの宿主免疫系に及ぼす影響について2011

    • Author(s)
      関根 美和・馬場 理・片山 由紀・平松啓一
    • Journal Title

      順天堂医学

      Volume: 57(3)

  • [Journal Article] Staphylococcus aureus membrane and diacylated lipopeptide induce thymic stromal lymphopoietin in keratinocytes through the Toll-like receptor 2-Toll-like receptor 6 pathway2010

    • Author(s)
      Anh Tuan Vu, Tadashi Baba, Xue Chen, Tuan Anh Le, Hirokazu Kinoshita, Yang Xie, Seiji Kamijo, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Shigaku Ikeda, Hideoki Ogawa, Ko Okumura, Toshiro Takai
    • Journal Title

      J. allergy clin immunol

      Volume: 126 Pages: 985-93

  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 新規化合物、DNAジャイレース阻害剤及びその用途2013

    • Inventor(s)
      平松啓一(順天堂大学)森本ゆふ(順天堂大学) 馬場 理 (順天堂大学)早川勇夫(順天堂大学
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      順天堂大学
    • Industrial Property Number
      特願 2013-88008
    • Filing Date
      20130300
    • Overseas
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 毒素検出方法2012

    • Inventor(s)
      大石金成(デンカ生研) 馬場 理 (順天堂大学)平松啓一(順天堂大学)中臣康雄(デンカ生研)
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      デンカ生研・順天堂大学
    • Patent Publication Number
      特開2013-053154
    • Filing Date
      2012-12-04
    • Overseas

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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