2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Optogenetic application by using diverse rhodopsins of animals
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25650117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Animal physiology/Animal behavior
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| Research Institution | Osaka City University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 光遺伝学 / Gタンパク質共役型受容体 / ロドプシン / Gタンパク質 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Optogenetics is a technology that can control neural activity by light. Optogenetic potentials of three kinds of animal rhodopsins having the photoregeneration ability were investigated in the cultured cells. The results indicated that the rhodopsins having the photoregeneration ability were suitable for optogenetic tools. In addition, we found that mosquito Opn3 bound to 13-cis-retinal, which is ubiquitously present in animal bodies. The experimental data showed that the 13-cis-retinal binding ability and photoregeneration ability contributed to optogenetic application of mosquito Opn3.
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| Free Research Field |
動物生理・行動
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