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Elucidation of the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases based on AIRE and development of novel therapies for the autoimmune diseases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H03699
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 54020:Connective tissue disease and allergy-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokushima

Principal Investigator

MATSUMOTO Mitsuru  徳島大学, 先端酵素学研究所, 教授 (60221595)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 森本 純子  徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部(医学域), 助教 (20451396)
松本 穣  徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部(医学域), 講師 (30836250)
西嶋 仁  徳島大学, 先端酵素学研究所(次世代), 助教 (60425410)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Keywords自己免疫疾患 / AIRE / 遺伝子改変マウス / 胸腺 / I型糖尿病
Outline of Research at the Start

AIRE欠損症は比較的稀な自己免疫疾患であるが、AIREという単一遺伝子の異常による自己免疫病態を示すため、疾患モデルマウスを作製して病気のメカニズムを研究できるメリットがある。主としてAIRE欠損マウスを用いた研究から、AIREは胸腺における負の選択とTregの産生にはたらくと考えられているが、詳細なメカニズムは依然、不明である。AIREの真の機能を明らかにするためには、転写調節因子であるAIREの標的遺伝子が何であるかを明らかにする必要がある。本申請ではAIREの標的遺伝子を同定するための遺伝子改変マウスを樹立するとともに、最先端の方法論を導入し、AIRE機能の全貌解明を図る。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

AIRE deficiency is a relatively rare autoimmune disease, but since it exhibits an autoimmune pathology due to a single gene abnormality called AIRE, it has the advantage of being able to create disease model mice and study the disease mechanism. Based mainly on studies using AIRE-deficient mice, AIRE is thought to play a role in negative selection and generation of Tregs in the thymus, but the detailed mechanism remains unclear. In order to clarify the true function of AIRE, it is necessary to clarify the target gene of AIRE, which is a transcriptional regulatory factor. In this application, we will establish genetically modified mice to identify the target genes of AIRE and introduce cutting-edge methodology to elucidate the full picture of AIRE functions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

AIREは胸腺髄質上皮細胞(mTEC)で発現する転写調節因子である。AIREの機能異常に基づく疾患病態の解明は、AIRE欠損症のみならず、他の自己免疫疾患の原因究明にもつながるトレランスの実態解明に直結する。しかしながら、AIRE遺伝子の同定から20年以上が経った今もAIREがどのようなメカニズムによって自己寛容の成立に寄与しているかは不明である。AIREが転写調節因子であることから、AIRE機能の全貌解明にはAIREの標的遺伝子を明らかにすることが何よりも重要である。本研究では自己寛容の成立機構にはたらくAIREの標的遺伝子ネットワークを最先端の遺伝子解析技術を用いてその解明を試みた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] NIH(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universidade do Porto(ポルトガル)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] NIAID(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Cooperative but distinct role of medullary thymic epithelial cells and dendritic cells in the production of regulatory T-cells in the thymus2023

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto J, Matsumoto M, Oya T, Tsuneyama K, Matsumoto M
    • Journal Title

      J. Immunol.

      Volume: - Issue: 11 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.4049/jimmunol.2200780

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting Aire and tissue-restricted antigens at single-cell resolution2023

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto M, Yoshida H, Tsuneyama K, Oya T and Matsumoto M
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Immunology

      Volume: - Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.3389/fimmu.2023.1176450

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] AIRE illuminates the feature of medullary thymic epithelial cells in thymic carcinoma.2023

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto M, Ohmura T, Hanibuchi Y, Ichiyama-Shimizu M, Saijyo Y, Ogawa H, Miyazawa R, Morimoto J, Tsuneyama K, Matsumoto M, Oya T.
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Medicine

      Volume: 3 Issue: 8 Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.1002/cam4.5777

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Dispensable role of Aire in the CD11c+ conventional dendritic cells for antigen presentation and shaping the transcriptome.2023

    • Author(s)
      Miyazawa M, Nagao J, Morioka K, Matsumoto M, Morimoto J, Yoshida M, Oya T, Tsuneyama K, Yoshida H, Tanaka Y, Matsumoto M.
    • Journal Title

      Immunohorizons

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 140-158

    • DOI

      10.4049/immunohorizons.2200103

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A novel method to identify Post-Aire stages of medullary thymic epithelial cell differentiation2021

    • Author(s)
      Ferreirinha P, Ribeiro C, Morimoto J, Landry JJM, Matsumoto M, Meireles C, White AJ, Ohigashi I, Araujo L, Benes V, Takahama Y, Anderson G, Matsumoto M, Alves N
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Immunology

      Volume: 51 Issue: 2 Pages: 311-318

    • DOI

      10.1002/eji.202048764

    • NAID

      120007153322

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Aberrant type 1 immunity drives susceptibility to mucosal fungal infection2021

    • Author(s)
      T Break, V Oikonomou, N Dutzan, J Desai, M Swidergall, T Freiwald, D Chauss, O Harrison, J Alejo, D Williams, S Pittaluga, C-C Lee, N Bouladoux, M Swamydas, K Hoffman, T Greenwell-Wild, V Bruno, L Rosen, W Lwin, A Renteria, S Pontejo, J Shannon, I Myles, P Olbrich, E Ferre, M Schmitt, D Martin, M Matsumoto, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Science

      Volume: 371 Issue: 6526 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1126/science.aay5731

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Aireを基軸とする自己免疫疾患の病態解明2020

    • Author(s)
      森本純子、宮澤龍一郎、松本 穣、松本 満
    • Journal Title

      別冊BIO Clinica

      Volume: 1 Pages: 90-95

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 胸腺上皮細胞を対象とする自己免疫疾患への橋渡し研究の可能性2020

    • Author(s)
      森本純子、松本 穣、宮澤龍一郎、松本 満
    • Journal Title

      Precision Medicine 橋渡し研究の推進

      Volume: 1 Pages: 92-97

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Tissue-specific autoimmunity controlled by Aire in thymic and peripheral tolerance mechanisms2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto Minoru、Tsuneyama Koichi、Morimoto Junko、Hosomichi Kazuyoshi、Matsumoto Mitsuru、Nishijima Hitoshi
    • Journal Title

      International Immunology

      Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Pages: 117-131

    • DOI

      10.1093/intimm/dxz066

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Development of a new monoclonal antibody specific to mouse Vg6 chain2019

    • Author(s)
      Hatano S, Tun X, Noguchi N, Yue D, Yamada H, Sun X, Matsumoto M, Yoshikai Y.
    • Journal Title

      Life Sci Alliance

      Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.26508/lsa.201900363

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ヒトAIREを発現させたNODマウスに認められる自己免疫応答2019

    • Author(s)
      西嶋 仁、松本 満
    • Journal Title

      臨床免疫・アレルギー科

      Volume: 71 Pages: 490-496

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Aire suppresses CTLA-4 expression from medullary thymic epithelial cells to avoid autoimmunity2023

    • Author(s)
      Junko Morimoto, Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CONTROVERSIES IN RHEUMATOLOGY AND AUTOIMMUNITY
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Autoimmune pathology caused by the abnormal function of thymic epithelial cells2022

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      第51回日本免疫学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Elucidation of the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease: from serology toward molecular biology2022

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      The 8th IMCR Symposium on Endocrine and Metabolism : Beyond the Frontiers of Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 胸腺髄質上皮細胞からDCへの抗原転移におけるAireの役割2021

    • Author(s)
      森本 純子、松本 満
    • Organizer
      第40回日本胸腺研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Aireレポーターマウスを用いた胸腺内Aire発現樹状細胞の解析2021

    • Author(s)
      松本 穣、尾矢剛志、松本 満
    • Organizer
      第40回日本胸腺研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Tissue-specific autoimmunity controlled by Aire, a gene response for APECED2021

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Matsumoto, Hitoshi Nishijima, Junko Morimoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      The Virtual World Conference on Rare Diseases
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Aire-dependent establishment of self-tolerance studied by genetically modified mice2019

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuru Matsumoto, Junko Morimoto, Minoru Matsumoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Ryuichiro Miyazawa, Hitoshi Nishijima
    • Organizer
      EMBO Workshop ThymE
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Tissue-specific autoimmunity controlled by Aire in thymic and peripheral tolerance mechanisms2019

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Matsumoto, Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      The 18th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 胸腺におけるネオ・セルフ生成機構2019

    • Author(s)
      松本 満
    • Organizer
      第92回日本生化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Aire-dependent establishment of self-tolerance2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto M, Morimoto J, Matsumoto M, Tsuneyama K, Miyazawa R, Nishijima H
    • Organizer
      The 17th International Congress of Immunology
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 胸腺髄質上皮細胞に発現する転写調節因子Aireを用いた自己免疫病態の解析2019

    • Author(s)
      松本 満
    • Organizer
      第29回日本内分泌学会臨床内分泌代謝Update
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Aireを高発現する胸腺髄質上皮細胞の免疫学的機能とトランスクリプトーム解析2019

    • Author(s)
      西嶋 仁、杉田瑞季、森本純子、松本 穣、松本 満
    • Organizer
      第42回日本分子生物学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Antigen transfer from thymic epithelial cells to DCs contributes to the production of thymic Tregs2019

    • Author(s)
      Junko Morimoto, Hitoshi Nishijima, Minoru Matsumoto, Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      第48回日本免疫学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Characterization of Aire-expressing DCs with a high-sensitivity and high-fidelity Aire-reporter strain2019

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Matsumoto, Hitoshi Nishijima, Ryuichiro Miyazawa, Junko Morimoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Mitsuru Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      第48回日本免疫学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Thymus Transcriptome and Cell Biology2019

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Matsumoto, Pedro M. Rodrigues, Laura Sousa, Koichi Tsuneyama, Mitsuru Matsumoto, Nuno L. Alves
    • Total Pages
      31
    • Publisher
      Springer International Publishing
    • ISBN
      9783030120399
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 徳島大学先端酵素学研究所免疫病態学分野ホームページ

    • URL

      https://www.tokushima-autoimmunity.com

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 徳島大学先端酵素学研究所免疫病態学分野

    • URL

      https://www.tokushima-autoimmunity.com

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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