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2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

New mechanisms of perinatal cardiovascular regulation by class II PI3K

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18K15010
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 48020:Physiology-related
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

Aki Sho  金沢大学, 医学系, 助教 (80767210)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywordsホスホイノシタイド / PI3キナーゼ / エンドサイトーシス / 循環調節 / 平滑筋収縮
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Class II phosphoinositide3-kinases (PI3Ks), PI3K-C2α andPI3K-C2β, are highly homologous and distinct from class I and class III PI3Ks in catalytic products and domain structures. In contrast to class I and class III PI3Ks, physiological roles of class II PI3Ks are not fully understood. We studied the phenotypes of cardiomyocyte or smooth muscle–specific knockout (KO) mice of PI3K-C2α and PI3K-C2β. Cardiomyocyte specific PI3K-C2α and PI3K-C2β double KO(DKO) mice show heart failure due to collapse of the sarcomere structure and abnormally mitochondrial accumulation. In smooth muscle–specific KO mice show that the pup numbers from single PI3K- C2α–KO and single PI3K-C2β–KO mothers were similar to those of control, but those from double KO(DKO)mothers were smaller compared with control.

Free Research Field

生理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

PI3Kは3つのクラスが存在し、I型PI3KはPI(3,4,5)P3を産生して細胞遊走や細胞増殖に関与し、III型PI3KはPI(3)Pを産生してオートファジーを制御する。一方II型PI3Kの機能は、申請者のグループがPI3K-C2α KOマウスを報告するまで不明であった。内皮細胞においてPI3K-C2αは主としてPI(3,4)P2を産生し、受容体エンドサイトーシスに必須である。II型PI3Kは、I型・III型PI3Kとは異なる、独自の生命維持機能を担っている。II型PI3K機能の類似の研究はなく、周生期適応におけるII型PI3K機能の解明により、PIによる膜動現象制御の理解が進展する。

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Published: 2021-02-19  

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