2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Elucidation of mechanisms for neuronal death caused by mutant genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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15590908
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Neurology
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
NIIKURA Takako Keio University, Department of Medicine, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (10301491)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | neurodegenerative disease / amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / neuronal death / superoxide dismutase / ALS2 / alsin |
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| Research Abstract |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a progressive fatal neurodegenerative disease that is characterized with specific degeneration of motor neurons. Specific mutations in superoxide dismutase 1(SOD1) are associated with approximately 20% of familial ALS(FALS) cases. SOD1 mutants are considered to cause motoneuronal death by ‘gain of toxic function'. On the other hand, alsin encoded by another FALS-responsible gene, ALS2, is considered to cause ALS by ‘loss of function', because FALS-linked mutations in ALS2 are recessively inherited. Based on the hypothesis that alsin contributes neuroprotection, we examined whether wild-type alsin protect cells from SOD1 mutants-induced toxicity. We found that co-expression of alsin with FALS-linked SOD1 mutant drastically suppressed SOD1 mutants-induced cell death in motoneuronal cell line. Further, the wild-type alsin binds to FALS- linked SOD1 mutants, but not to wild-type SOD1, suggesting that neuroproptection of alsin correlates with complex formation with SOD1 mutants.
We also found that ADNF, a nine-residue polypeptide, suppressed motoneuronal death caused by FALS-linked SOD1 mutants in vitro and improved motor performance of G93A-SOD1 transgenic mice, a model of FALS.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] A Humanin derivative, S14G-HN, prevents amyloid-β-induced memory impairment in mice.2005
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Tajima H, Kawasumi M, Chiba T, Yamada M, Yamashita K, Nawa M, Kita Y, Kouyama K, Aiso S, Matsuoka M, Niikura T, Nishimoto I.
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J.Neurosci.Res. 79(5)
Pages: 714-723
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[Journal Article] Neuroprotective effect of activity-dependent neurotrophic factor, ADNF, against toxicity by familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked mutant SOD1 in vitro and in vivo.2005
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Chiba T, Hashimoto Y, Tajima H, Yamada M, Kato R, Niikura T, Terashita K, Schulman H, Aiso S, Kita Y, Matsuoka M, Nishimoto I.
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J.Neurosci.Res. 78(4)
Pages: 542-552
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[Journal Article] Molecular characterization of neuronal cell death by Alzheimer's amyloid-b peptides via D75NTR/PLAIDD.2004
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Hashimoto Y, Kaneko Y, Tsukamoto E, Frankowski H, Kouyama K, Kita Y, Niikura T, Aiso S, Bredesen DE, Matsuoka M, Nishimoto I.
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J.Neurochem. 90(3)
Pages: 549-558
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[Journal Article] Humanin antagonists : mutants that interfere with dimerization inhibit neuroproteiction by Humanin.2004
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Hashimoto Y, Terashita K, Niikura T, Yamagishi Y, Ishizaka M, Kanekura K, Chiba T, Yamada M, Kita Y, Aiso S, Matsuoka M#, Nishimoto I.
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Journal Title
Eur.J.Neurosci. 19(9)
Pages: 2356-2364
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[Journal Article] Analysis of neurons created from wild-type and Alzheimer's mutation knock-in embryonic stem cells by a highly efficient differentiation protocol.2004
Author(s)
Abe Y, Kouyama K, Tomita T, Tomita Y, Ban N, Nawa M, Matsuoka M, Niikura T, Aiso S, Kita Y, Iwatsubo T, Nishimoto I.
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J.Nuerosci. 23(24)
Pages: 8513-8525
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[Journal Article] Implanted cannula-mediated repetitive administration of Aβ25-35 into the mouse cerebral ventricle effectively impairs spatial working memory.
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Yamada M, Chiba T, Sasabe J, Nawa M, Tajima H, Niikura T, Terashita K, Aiso S, Kita Y, Matsuoka M, Nishimoto I.
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Behavioral Brain Research (in press)
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