2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of the principle of alternative mRNA splicing evoked by calcium signaling.
Project/Area Number |
17K19232
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Agricultural chemistry and related fields
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
Masuda Seiji 京都大学, 生命科学研究科, 准教授 (20260614)
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Project Period (FY) |
2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
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Keywords | 選択的スプライシング / カルシウム |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Calcium signaling is well known as a second messenger in the cell. Part of the signal is delivered into the nucleus and evoked the specific set of gene transcription. However, there is no information whether calcium signaling affect the regulation of alternative mRNA splicing at the genome wide revel. Alternative mRNA splicing produces more proteins than genes encoding proteins. The use of alternative mRNA splicing becomes frequent when living organisms acquire a complexity in their body. In this study, the regulation of alternative mRNA splicing was examined when calcium signaling was induced.
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Free Research Field |
細胞生物学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
カルシウムシグナルはセカンドメッセンジャーとして細胞代謝、遺伝子発現に影響を与える。しかし遺伝子がコードする数以上のタンパク質を生み出す仕組みである選択的mRNAスプライシングに影響を与えるかについて分かっていなかった。今回の研究は、カルシウムシグナルが選択的mRNAスプライシングにどのような影響を持つかを明らかにすることによってこれまでにない新しい概念を提示でき、他のセカンドメッセンジャー研究にも影響を及ぼすことが期待される。
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