2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Mechanism that govern the intracellular dynamics and elimination of extrachromosomal genetic element
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14340238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
遺伝
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| Research Institution | HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIMIZU noriaki Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (10216096)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Gene Amplification / Extrachromosomal Element / Replication Initiation Region / Matrix Attachment Region / Micronuclei / DMs / HSR |
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| Research Abstract |
Gene amplification plays a pivotal role in malignant transformation of human cells. The amplified genes localize either at extrachromsomal DMsorchromosomal HSR. DMs are autonomously replicating acentric extrachromosomal chromatin. We previously found that the plasmid having a mammalian replication initiation region and a matrix attachment region efficiently generated DMs and/or HSR, de novo. We also found that the human cancer cells lose tumor phenotype and normalized, if the DMs were eliminated. The elimination was mediated by the specific incorporation of DMs into the cytoplasmic micronuclei. The inclusion into the micronuclei depended on a novel intracellular behavior of DMs during the cell cycle progression. The behavior and the elimination of DMs is common among abroad spectrum of autonomously replicating extrachromosomal genetic element. In this study, we advanced our understanding upon the molecular mechanism that govern the behavior and the elimination of extrachromosomal element. Furthermore, we applied the understanding to the basic biological study on the nucleus, as well as to the technology to produce recombinant protein. Specifically, we did the following studies, and obtained many achievements from each of these. 1) Study on the molecular mechanism underlying the intracellular behavior of DMs that led to the inclusion into the micronuclei. 2) Study on the behavior and the elimination of DNA molecule placed at the nucleus or the cytoplasm by microinjection. 3) Study on the mechanism of gene amplification mediated by the autonomously replicating extrachromosomal molecule. 4) Study on the gene expression from the amplified genetic region. 5) Study on the application of our efficient gene amplification system to the technology on recombinant protein production. 6) Study on the functional structure of the interphase cell nucleus by using a novel feature of HSR that was generated by our plasmid-based amplification system.
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Research Products
(9 results)
