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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Clinical application of autophagy-inducing factors from food supplements

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23580417
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Basic veterinary science/Basic zootechnical science
Research InstitutionShiga University of Medical Science (2012-2013)
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (2011)

Principal Investigator

MORIMURA Toshifumi  滋賀医科大学, 分子神経科学研究センター, 助教 (20333338)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) INOUE Ken  独立行政法人 国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 疾病研究第二部, 室長 (30392418)
Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywordsオートファジー / 小胞体ストレス / ミスフォールド蛋白質 / 食品成分
Research Abstract

Accumulation of misfolded protein is a common pathological feature of many neurodegenerative disorders. Activation of autophagy is focused on an effective therapy against these diseases. Based on safety, I tried to perform clinical application of autophagy-inducing factors derived from food supplements. I first screened autophagy-inducing supplements from a food library using green fluorescence protein fused with microtuble associated protein 1 light chain 3, and identified three novel autophagy-induceing factors.
I also contributed to clarify protective effects of curcumin, an effective component of the curry spice tumeric, and known as an autophagy-inducing food supplement, against Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease caused by endoplasmic reticulum stress. Furthermore, I demonstrated that chloroquine, which is used as an anti-maralia drug and well-known as an anti-autophagy compound, attenuates endoplasmic reticulum stress of the same disease by blocking protein translation.

  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Presentation (10 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Attenuation of endoplasmic reticulum stress in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease by an anti-malaria medicine, cloroquine2014

    • Author(s)
      Morimura T, Numata Y, Nakamura S, Hirano E, Gotoh L, Goto YI, Urushitani M, Inoue K.
    • Journal Title

      Exp. Biol. Med. (Maywood)

      Volume: 239 Pages: 489-501

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Aberrant assembly of RNA recognition motif 1 links to pathogenic conversion of TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43)2013

    • Author(s)
      Shodai A, Morimura T, Ido A, Uchida T, Ayaki T, Takahashi R, Kitazawa S, Suzuki S, Shirouzu M, Kigawa T, Muto Y, Yokoyama S, Takahashi R, Kitahara R, Ito H, Fujiwara N, Urushitani M.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem

      Volume: 288 Pages: 14886-14905

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Depletion of molecular chaperones from the endoplasmic reticulum and fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus associated with pathogenesis in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease2013

    • Author(s)
      Numata Y, Morimura T, Nakamura S, Hirano E, Kure S, Goto YI, Inoue K.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem

      Volume: 288 Pages: 7451-7466

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Conserved acidic amino acid residues in a second RNA recognition motif regulate assembly and function of TDP-432012

    • Author(s)
      Shodai A, Ido A, Fujiwara N, Ayaki T, Morimura T, Oono M, Uchida T, Takahashi R, Ito H, Urushitani M.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 7 Pages: e52776

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of curcumin in a mouse model of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease2012

    • Author(s)
      Yu LH, Morimura T, Numata Y, Yamamoto R, Inoue N, Antalfy B, Goto Y, Deguchi K, Osaka H, Inoue K.
    • Journal Title

      Mol. Genet. Metab

      Volume: 106 Pages: 108-114

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] More than ER stress : molecular mechanism for misfolded PLP1 that impacts subcellular dynamics and clinical severity of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease2013

    • Author(s)
      Numata Y, Morimura T, NakamuraS, Hirano E, Kure S, Goto Y, Inoue K.
    • Organizer
      62rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston, USA(一般)
    • Year and Date
      20131022-26
  • [Presentation] Preclinical studies for the treatment of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease with clinically applicable compounds, curumin and chloroquine2013

    • Author(s)
      Inoue K, Morimura T,Numata Y,Yu L-H, Gotoh L, Yamamoto R, Inoue N, Antalfy B, Deguchi K, Osaka H, Goto Y.
    • Organizer
      23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona, Spain (一般)
    • Year and Date
      20130608-11
  • [Presentation] Treating Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease with clinically applicable compounds, curumin and chloroquine : preclinical studies2012

    • Author(s)
      Inoue K, Morimura T, Numata Y, Yu, H, Gotoh L, Yamamoto R, Inoue N, Antalfy B, Deguchi K, Osaka H, Goto Y.
    • Organizer
      62nd Annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-08
  • [Presentation] Pelizaeus-Merzbacher病の治療法開発への試み2012

    • Author(s)
      井上健、守村敏史、沼田有里佳、Li-Hua Yu、後藤玲央、山本良子、井上直子、出口貴美子、小坂仁、後藤雄一
    • Organizer
      第57回日本人類遺伝学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-10-26
  • [Presentation] 培養細胞モデルを用いたALSにおけるTDP-43の分子的機構の解析2012

    • Author(s)
      内田司,井戸明美,小代明美,大野美樹、守村敏史,高橋良輔,漆谷真
    • Organizer
      第35回神経科学大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-19
  • [Presentation] 小胞体ストレス関連疾患(Pelizaeus-Merzbacher病)における、小胞体からのシャペロンの排除2012

    • Author(s)
      沼田有里佳,守村敏史,有馬恵里子,後藤雄一,井上健
    • Organizer
      第35回神経科学大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-19
  • [Presentation] 小胞体ストレス型Pelizaeus-Merzbacher病に対する抗マラリア薬であるクロロキンの応用2012

    • Author(s)
      守村敏史、沼田由里佳、有馬恵里子、後藤玲央、後藤雄一、井上健
    • Organizer
      第35回神経科学大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-19
  • [Presentation] テトラサイクリン誘導性にTDP-43を発現するヒト神経由来細胞の樹立とその応用2012

    • Author(s)
      内田司,井戸明美,小代明美,守村敏史,高橋良輔,漆谷真
    • Organizer
      第53回日本神経学会学術大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2012-05-25
  • [Presentation] フレームシフト変異によるPLP1mRNAの不安定化:軽症型Pelizaeus-Merzbacher病の分子病態2011

    • Author(s)
      沼田有里佳、守村敏史、畠山英之、横田睦美、後藤雄一、涌澤圭介、植松貢、大沼晃、井上健
    • Organizer
      第56回人類遺伝学会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2011-11-12
  • [Presentation] 小胞体ストレスを標的としたPelizaeus-Merzbacher病に対する治療薬の確立2011

    • Author(s)
      守村敏史、沼田由里佳、有馬恵里子、後藤雄一、井上健
    • Organizer
      第33回日本神経科学大会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜(一般)
    • Year and Date
      2011-09-11
  • [Book] ミスフォールド蛋白質による神経細胞死と治療戦略辻本賀英(編)遺伝子医学MOOK別冊細胞死研究の今—疾患との関わり、創薬に向けてのアプローチ2013

    • Author(s)
      守村敏史、高橋良輔、漆谷真
    • Total Pages
      44-51
    • Publisher
      メディカルドウ社
  • [Book] Molecular target therapy against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In K. Segawa & R. Ijichi (Eds.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Hauppauge, NY2012

    • Author(s)
      Urushitani M, Morimura T.
    • Total Pages
      85-108
    • Publisher
      Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

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Published: 2015-07-16  

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