2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Whether H2S is EDRF or not : Possibility of deep sea bivalves as experimental animal
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24659102
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
General physiology
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| Research Institution | Dokkyo Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
SEO Yoshiteru 獨協医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (90179317)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MARUYAMA Tadashi 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 海洋•極限環境生物圏領域, プログラムディレクター (90373464)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 内皮細胞性血管弛緩因子 / 深海性海洋生物 / 化学合成共生動物 / MRI / 血流計測 / 循環器 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to test whether H2S is the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) or not, we plan to use deep sea bivalves as model animals, since these bivalves live in a high H2S environment. MRI methods to analyse cardiovascular functions were developed by using Mytilus galloprovincialis. Bathymodiolus japonicus and Bathymodiolus platifrons presented higher tolerance to H2S compared with Mytilus. Therefore, deep sea bivalves must be useful experimental animal for analysing EDRF.
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