2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Innate immunity regulation by prothymosin alpha -mimetics
| Project/Area Number |
25670061
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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 |
Environmental and hygienic pharmacy
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
UEDA Hiroshi 長崎大学, 医歯薬総合研究科(薬学系), 教授 (00145674)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUNAGA Hayato 長崎大学, 医歯薬総合研究科(薬学系), 客員研究員 (20437833)
TANAKA Yoshimasa 長崎大学, 医歯薬総合研究科(薬学系), 准教授 (90280700)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | DAMPs / 生理活性物質 / 受容体 / スクリーニング |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Prothymosin alpha; (ProTa) is a robustness protein, which inhibits brain ischemia (injury) -induced neuronal and vascular damages. Using retinal ischemia model in mice, we found that preconditioning treatment with ProTa blocks microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in experiments using histological, electrophysiological and expressed gene analyses. We also clarified the underlying mechanisms through an activation of TLR4-mediated TRIF-IRF3 pathway, but not of MyD88-NFkB pathway. Furthermore, in order to search for small compounds possessing similar beneficial compounds, we successfully developed TLR4-mediated IRF3-responsive reporter assay system based on secretary alkaline-phosphatase activity in HEK293 cells.
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| Free Research Field |
DAMPsと神経免疫薬理学
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