2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effect of BDNF on fatty acid homeositasis during brain development
| Project/Area Number |
26461635
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Embryonic/Neonatal medicine
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| Research Institution | Kagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 脂肪酸 / 発達 / BDNF / 脳 / 肝臓 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
It is suggested that lower dietary intake of nutrients such as fatty acids during the development is related to the vulnerability to the on-set of psychiatric disorders. However, brain fatty acid homeostasis in the neonatal period has not been fully understand. In this study, we tried to elucidate the brain lipid homeostasis in this period. As a result, it was found that saturated fatty acids are actively desaturated in neonatal brain, that BDNF (Brain-derived neurotrophic factor) is involved in liver SCD-1 activity and can participate in systemic fatty acid homeostasis, and that BDNF induces the expression of HPA axis-related protein.
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| Free Research Field |
胎児・新生児医学
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