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Tanaka Hiroyuki
| Faculty of Fisheries Sciences Marine Life Science Marine Biotechnology and Microbiology | Assistant Professor |
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Research Keyword
- invertebrate
- molecular biology
- 水産化学
- タンパク質の構造・機能相関
- 生体高分子
- Marine biochemistry(6302)
- Structure-function relationships of protein(5802)
- Biopolymer(4706)
- Life Science, Aquatic life science
- Life Science, Functional biochemistry
- Nanotechnology/Materials, Bio chemistry
- Bachelor's degree program, School of Fisheries Sciences
- Master's degree program, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
- Doctoral (PhD) degree program, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
Research activity information
■ Papers- Nonmuscular Troponin-I is required for gastrulation in sea urchin embryos.
Mai Kamata; Yuri Taniguchi; Junko Yaguchi; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Shunsuke Yaguchi
Developmental dynamics, 253, 624, 658, 2024, [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal, BACKGROUND: Gastrulation is one of the most important events in our lives (Barresi and Gilbert, 2020, Developmental Biology, 12th ed.). The molecular mechanisms of gastrulation in multicellular organisms are not yet fully understood, since many molecular, physical, and chemical factors are involved in the event. RESULTS: Here, we found that one of muscle components, Troponin-I (TnI), is expressed in future gut cells, which are not muscular cells at all, and regulates gastrulation in embryos of a sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. When we block the function of TnI, the invagination was inhibited in spite that the gut-cell specifier gene is normally expressed. In addition, blocking myosin activity also induced incomplete gastrulation. CONCLUSION: These results strongly suggested that TnI regulates nonmuscular actin-myosin interactions during sea urchin gastrulation. So far, Troponin system is treated as specific only for muscle components, especially for striated muscle, but our data clearly show that TnI is involved in nonmuscular event. It is also reported that recent sensitive gene expression analysis revealed that Troponin genes are expressed in nonmuscular tissues in mammals (Ono et al., Sci Data, 2017;4:170105). These evidences propose the new evolutionary and functional scenario of the involvement of Troponin system in nonmuscular cell behaviors using actin-myosin system in bilaterians including human being. - Effects of omecamtiv mecarbil on the contractile properties of skinned porcine left atrial and ventricular muscles
Tomohiro Nakanishi; Kotaro Oyama; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa; Shuya Ishii; Takako Terui; Shin’ichi Ishiwata; Norio Fukuda
Frontiers in Physiology, 13, Frontiers Media SA, 23 Aug. 2022, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal, Omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) is a novel inotropic agent for heart failure with systolic dysfunction. OM prolongs the actomyosin attachment duration, which enhances thin filament cooperative activation and accordingly promotes the binding of neighboring myosin to actin. In the present study, we investigated the effects of OM on the steady-state contractile properties in skinned porcine left ventricular (PLV) and atrial (PLA) muscles. OM increased Ca2+ sensitivity in a concentration-dependent manner in PLV, by left shifting the mid-point (pCa50) of the force-pCa curve (ΔpCa50) by ∼0.16 and ∼0.33 pCa units at 0.5 and 1.0 μM, respectively. The Ca2+-sensitizing effect was likewise observed in PLA, but less pronounced with ΔpCa50 values of ∼0.08 and ∼0.22 pCa units at 0.5 and 1.0 μM, respectively. The Ca2+-sensitizing effect of OM (1.0 μM) was attenuated under enhanced thin filament cooperative activation in both PLV and PLA; this attenuation occurred directly via treatment with fast skeletal troponin (ΔpCa50: ∼0.16 and ∼0.10 pCa units in PLV and PLA, respectively) and indirectly by increasing the number of strongly bound cross-bridges in the presence of 3 mM MgADP (ΔpCa50: ∼0.21 and ∼0.08 pCa units in PLV and PLA, respectively). It is likely that this attenuation of the Ca2+-sensitizing effect of OM is due to a decrease in the number of “recruitable” cross-bridges that can potentially produce active force. When cross-bridge detachment was accelerated in the presence of 20 mM inorganic phosphate, the Ca2+-sensitizing effect of OM (1.0 μM) was markedly decreased in both types of preparations (ΔpCa50: ∼0.09 and ∼0.03 pCa units in PLV and PLA, respectively). The present findings suggest that the positive inotropy of OM is more markedly exerted in the ventricle than in the atrium, which results from the strongly bound cross-bridge-dependent allosteric activation of thin filaments. - The effect of alkaline pretreatment on the biochemical characteristics and fibril-forming abilities of types I and II collagen extracted from bester sturgeon by-products.
Dawei Meng; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Taishi Kobayashi; Hirosuke Hatayama; Xi Zhang; Kazuhiro Ura; Shunji Yunoki; Yasuaki Takagi
International journal of biological macromolecules, 131, 572, 580, 15 Jun. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal, Non-mammalian collagens have attracted increasing attention for industrial and biomedical use. We have therefore evaluated extraction conditions and the biochemical properties of collagens from aquacultured sturgeon. Pepsin-soluble type I and type II collagen were respectively extracted from the skin and notochord of bester sturgeon by-products, with yields of 63.9 ± 0.19% and 35.5 ± 0.68%. Collagen extraction efficiency was improved by an alkaline pretreatment of the skin and notochord (fewer extraction cycles were required), but the final yields decreased to 56.2 ± 0.84% for type I and 31.8 ± 1.13% for type II. Alkaline pretreatment did not affect the thermal stability or triple-helical structure of both types of collagen. Types I and II collagen formed re-assembled fibril structures in vitro, under different conditions. Alkaline pretreatment slowed down the formation of type I collagen fibrils and specifically inhibited the formation of thick fibril-bundle structures. In contrast, alkaline pretreatment did not change type II collagen fibril formation. In conclusion, alkaline pretreatment of sturgeon skin and notochord is an effective method to accelerate collagen extraction process of types I and II collagen without changing their biochemical properties. However, it decreases the yield of both collagens and specifically changes the fibril-forming ability of type I collagen. - Smooth muscle-like Ca2+-regulation of actin–myosin interaction in adult jellyfish striated muscle
Hiroyuki Tanaka; Shiori Ishimaru; Yasuhiro Nagatsuka; Keisuke Ohashi
Scientific Reports, 8, 1, 7776, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Dec. 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal, Cnidaria is an animal phylum, whose members probably have the most ancestral musculature. We prepared and characterized, for the first time to our knowledge, native actomyosin from the striated myoepithelium of the adult moon jelly Aurelia sp. The actomyosin contained myosin, paramyosin-like protein, Ser/Thr-kinase, actin, and two isoforms of tropomyosin, but not troponin, which is known to activate contraction dependent on intracellular Ca2+ signaling in almost all striated muscles of bilaterians. Notably, the myosin comprised striated muscle-type heavy chain and smooth muscle-type regulatory light chains. In the presence of Ca2+, the Mg-ATPase activity of actomyosin was stimulated and Ser21 of the regulatory light chain was concomitantly phosphorylated by the addition of calmodulin and myosin light chain kinase prepared from chicken smooth muscle. Collectively, these results suggest that, similar to smooth muscle, the contraction of jellyfish striated muscle is regulated by Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of the myosin light chain. - Troponin-I is present as an essential component of muscles in echinoderm larvae
Shunsuke Yaguchi; Junko Yaguchi; Hiroyuki Tanaka
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 43563, Mar. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Ca2+-binding properties and regulatory roles of lobster troponin C sites II and IV
Hiroyuki Tanaka; Hiroki Takahashi; Takao Ojima
FEBS LETTERS, 587, 16, 2612, 2616, Aug. 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Structure of the Ca 2 +-saturated C-terminal domain of scallop troponin C in complex with a troponin i fragment
Yusuke S Kato; Fumiaki Yumoto; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takuya Miyakawa; Yumiko Miyauchi; Daijiro Takeshita; Yoriko Sawano; Takao Ojima; Iwao Ohtsuki; Masaru Tanokura
Biological Chemistry, 394, 1, 55, 68, Jan. 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Different Ca2+-sensitivities between the EF-hands of T- and L-plastins
Takuya Miyakawa; Hiroto Shinomiya; Fumiaki Yumoto; Yumiko Miyauchi; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima; Yusuke S. Kato; Masaru Tanokura
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 429, 3-4, 137, 141, 3-4, 14 Dec. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Purification and biochemical characterization of a cellulase from the digestive organs of the short-spined sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
Syuto Hasegawa; Kazuhiro Ura; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima; Yasuaki Takagi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 78, 5, 1107, 1115, Sep. 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - cDNA cloning of an alginate lyase from a marine gastropod Aplysia kurodai and assessment of catalytically important residues of this enzyme
Mohammad Matiur Rahman; Akira Inoue; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima
BIOCHIMIE, 93, 10, 1720, 1730, Oct. 2011, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - cDNA cloning and bacterial expression of an endo-beta-1,4-mannanase, AkMan, from Aplysia kurodai
Umme Afsari Zahura; Mohammad Matiur Rahman; Akira Inoue; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 159, 4, 227, 235, Aug. 2011, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Proteomic analysis of inviable salmonid hybrids between female masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou masou and male rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss during early embryogenesis
L. Zheng; H. Tanaka; S. Abe
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 78, 5, 1508, 1528, May 2011, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Isolation and characterization of two alginate lyase isozymes, AkAly28 and AkAly33, from the common sea hare Aplysia kurodai
Mohammad Matiur Rahman; Akira Inoue; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 157, 4, 317, 325, Dec. 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - An endo-beta-1,4-mannanase, AkMan, from the common sea hare Aplysia kurodai
Umme Afsari Zahura; Mohammad Matiur Rahman; Akira Inoue; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 157, 1, 137, 143, Sep. 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Protein kinase A-dependent modulation of Ca2+ sensitivity in cardiac and fast skeletal muscles after reconstitution with cardiac troponin
Douchi Matsuba; Takako Terui; Jin O-Uchi; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima; Iwao Ohtsuki; Shin' ichi Ishiwata; Satoshi Kurihara; Norio Fukuda
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, 133, 6, 571, 581, Jun. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Comparative study on general properties of alginate lyases from some marine gastropod mollusks
Mami Hata; Yuya Kumagai; Mohammad Matiur Rahman; Satoru Chiba; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Akira Inoue; Takao Ojima
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 75, 3, 755, 763, May 2009, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Preparation of beta-1,3-glucanase from scallop mid-gut gland drips and its use for production of novel heterooligosaccharides
Yuya Kumagai; Akira Inoue; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Takao Ojima
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 74, 5, 1127, 1136, Oct. 2008, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Structure-function relationships of molluscan troponin T revealed by limited proteolysis
Hiroyuki Tanaka; Hisoka Suzuki; Iwao Ohtsuki; Takao Ojima
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS, 1784, 7-8, 1037, 1042, Jul. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Spectroscopic and ITC study of the conformational change upon Ca2+-binding in TnC C-lobe and TnI peptide complex from Akazara scallop striated muscle
Fumiaki Yumoto; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Koji Nagata; Yumiko Miyauchi; Takuya Miyakawa; Takao Ojima; Masaru Tanokura
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 369, 1, 109, 114, Apr. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Isolation and primary structure of a cellulase from the Japanese sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus
Yukiko Nishida; Ken-ichi Suzuki; Yuya Kumagai; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Akira Inoue; Takao Ojima
BIOCHIMIE, 89, 8, 1002, 1011, Aug. 2007, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Ca2+-bound C-terminal lobe of troponin C in complex with a troponin I-derived peptide fragment from Akazara scallop
Fumiaki Yumoto; Koji Nagata; Yumiko Miyauchi; Takao Ojima; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Kiyoyoshi Nishita; Iwao Ohtsuki; Masaru Tanokura
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND CRYSTALLIZATION COMMUNICATIONS, 63, 535, 537, Jun. 2007, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Drastic Ca2+ sensitization of myofilament associated with a small structural change in troponin I in inherited restrictive cardiomyopathy
F Yumoto; QW Lu; S Morimoto; H Tanaka; N Kono; K Nagata; T Qjima; F Takahashi-Yanaga; Y Miwa; T Sasaguri; K Nishita; M Tanokura; Ohtsuki, I
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 338, 3, 1519, 1526, Dec. 2005, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Comparative studies on the functional roles of N- and C-terminal regions of molluskan and vertebrate troponin-I
Hiroyuki Tanaka; Yuhei Takeya; Teppei Doi; Fumiaki Yumoto; Masaru Tanokura; Iwao Ohtsuki; Kiyoyoshi Nishita; Takao Ojima
FEBS Journal, 272, 17, 4475, 4486, Sep. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Functional importance of Ca2+-deficient N-terminal lobe of molluscan troponin C in troponin regulation
T Doi; A Satoh; H Tanaka; A Inoue; F Yumoto; M Tanokura; Obtsuki, I; K Nishita; T Ojima
ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 436, 1, 83, 90, Apr. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs encoding walleye pollack alpha-skeletal actin isoforms
Hiroyuki TANAKA; Yuichi MAEZAWA; Takao OJIMA; Kiyoyoshi NISHITA
Fisheries Science, 70, 1, 198, 200, Feb. 2004, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
English, Scientific journal - Amino acid sequence of phospholipase A(2) from the pyloric ceca of starfish Asterina pectinifera
H Kishimura; T Ojima; H Tanaka; K Hayashi; K Nishita
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 66, 1, 104, 109, Feb. 2000, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Amino Acid Sequence of Troponin-I from Akazara Scallop Striated Adductor Muscle
H. Tanaka; T. Ojima; K. Nishita
Journal of Biochemistry, 124, 2, 304, 310, 01 Aug. 1998, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
English, Scientific journal - Amino Acid Sequence of C-Terminal 17 kDa CNBr-Fragment of Akazara Scallop Troponin-I
Takao Ojima; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Kiyoyoshi Nishita
The Journal of Biochemistry, 117, 1, 158, 162, Jan. 1995, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Cloning and Sequence of a cDNA Encoding Akazara Scallop Troponin C
T. Ojima; H. Tanaka; K. Nishita
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 311, 2, 272, 276, Jun. 1994, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Amino acid sequence of troponin C from scallop striated adductor muscle.
K. Nishita; H. Tanaka; T. Ojima
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269, 5, 3464, 3468, Feb. 1994, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal - Purification and Characterization of a Novel 160 kDa Actin-Binding Protein from Surf Clam Foot Muscle.
Satoru Chiba; Takao Ojima; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Kiyoyoshi Nishita
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 59, 10, 1783, 1791, 1993, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Cyanogen Bromide Fragments of Akazara Scallop Mr 52,000 Troponin-I1
Takao Ojima; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Kiyoyoshi Nishita
The Journal of Biochemistry, 108, 4, 519, 521, Oct. 1990, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
- Comparative study on general properties of alginate lyases from some marine gastropod mollusks
RAHMAN Mohammad Matiur, 日本水産學會誌 = Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries, 76, 4, 580, 580, 15 Jul. 2010
Japanese - エゾアワビ肝膵臓におけるアルギン酸代謝に関する研究
木本雄太; 熊谷祐也; 澤辺智雄; 田中啓之; 井上晶; 尾島孝男, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集, 2010, 2010 - 1P149 Regulatory roles of inhibitory region of Akazara scallop troponin-I
Tanaka H; Ohtsuki I; Ojima T, Biophysics, 45, 1, S69, 19 Oct. 2005
The Biophysical Society of Japan, Japanese - 2P149 Functional analysis of NH_2- and COOH- terminal regions of Akazara scallop troponin-T
Suzuki H; Tanaka H; Ohtsuki I; Ojima T, Biophysics, 45, 1, S157, 19 Oct. 2005
The Biophysical Society of Japan, Japanese
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- Investigation for regulatory mechanisms of cnidarian muscle contraction
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2024
田中 啓之
ミズクラゲ横紋筋から精製したミオシンの画分に少量含まれていることが確認された新規カルシウムイオン結合タンパク質、AaCBPを認識する抗体を精製した。また、ミズクラゲ横紋筋アクトミオシンの構成成分であるものの、機能が不明なパラミオシン様タンパク質について、C末端断片を大腸菌発現させ、ウサギに免疫して抗血清を作製した。これらの抗体を用いて、ウェスタンブロッティングや免疫染色を行い、これらのタンパク質の発現解析を行った。また、ミズクラゲのポリプや成体の下傘、上傘、口腕など各種の組織・部位からのRT-PCRによる発現解析も行った。それらの結果、これらのタンパク質はいずれも横紋筋を含む組織に特異的に発現しており、横紋筋に特有の形態形成、収縮や収縮の調節等に関与している可能性が示された。特に、AaCBPに関しては、サルコメア構造の中でもミオシンフィラメントの部位に存在することが明らかとなった。また、横紋筋から抽出・精製した天然アクトミオシンには、AaCBPが結合していること、そしてそれは、天然アクトミオシンにキモトリプシンを作用させてミオシンの重鎖が切断されると遊離することも示された。以上の結果から、AaCBPはミオシンに結合して機能するタンパク質であると考えられ、筋細胞への刺激伝達時に細胞内で濃度が上昇するカルシウムイオンを結合して、情報をミオシンに伝達し、アクチン-ミオシン相互作用を促進して筋収縮を引き起こすという、筋収縮調節機構の存在が示唆された。
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 19K06755 - Regulatory mechanisms for echinoderm muscle contraction
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2012 - 31 Mar. 2016
Tanaka Hiroyuki; HADANO Junji; MORITA Takahiro; NOTO Kouki; ZUSHI Hideki; HATTORI Kazuki
Most of the musculature in echinoderms are smooth muscle and the contraction of which is believed to be regulated by the phosphorylation of myosin light chain depending on intracellular Ca2+ concentration as in the case of other smooth muscles in higher animals. In this study, troponin which is known as an actin-linked regulatory protein of striated muscles was revealed to be present in the various smooth muscles of sea urchin. The subunits of sea urchin troponin were obtained by the expression system constructed in Escherichia coli and were confirmed to be functional in vitro, even though they are lacking some regions which are known to be essential for the Ca2+-dependent activation of vertebrate striated muscle contraction. Therefore, the sea urchin troponin should activate the contraction by the acting mechanisms different from those of vertebrate troponin.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 24580293 - Temperature adaptation and regulatory mechanisms of molluscan muscle contraction
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2008 - 2011
TANAKA Hiroyuki; OJIMA Takao
We revealed that molluscan troponin-tropomyosin, the regulatory protein of muscle contraction, functions through the novel molecular mechanism that is different from those known for vertebrate troponin-tropomyosin. In addition, we suggested that the novel mechanism is present in arthropods and echinoderms and ubiquitous for invertebrate animals. Furthermore, we revealed that molluscs express various isoforms of the regulatory proteins, the biochemical properties of which are significantly different from each other. We proposed that the presence of these isoforms should be associated with the temperature adaptation of the molluscs and the difference of the locomotor habits of molluscan species.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 20580217 - Study on the metabolic pathways for seaweed polysaccharides in abalone
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2007 - 2010
OJIMA Takao; INOUE Akira; TANAKA Hiroyuki; SAWABE Tomoo
Herbivorous marine gastropods like abalone and sea hare possess various polysaccharide-degrading enzymes which can degrade seaweeds' polysaccharides such as alginate, laminaran, mannan, xylane, and cellulose to oligo- and monosaccharides. These saccharides are considered to be metabolized via glycolytic pathway and TCA cycle. In the present study, we isolated several polysaccharide-degrading enzymes, e.g., alginate lyase, laminarinase and mannanase, from abalone and sea hare and investigated their biological roles in the metabolism of seaweeds' polysaccharides in gastropods.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, 19380117 - イガイ類の付着機構に関する生化学的研究
科学研究費助成事業
2003 - 2005
田中 啓之
イガイ類の付着は足から分泌されるタンパク質が硬化して形成される足糸によって行われる。この足糸タンパク質は、生合成から分泌に至るまでの間に細胞内で様々な翻訳後修飾を受けることが知られている。本研究では、翻訳後修飾に関わる酵素や分泌に関与するタンパク質を明らかにするため、足糸タンパク質と相互作用するタンパク質を、酵母Two-Hybrid systemを用いてスクリーニングすることにした。
函館湾においてイガイ類を採取し、まず、既報のPCR法によって種の同定を行った。その結果、採取した10個体はいずれもムラサキイガイであることを確認した。次に、そのうち1個体の足よりmRNAを分離してcDNAの合成を行った後、PCRによって2種類の足糸タンパク質(MGFP1およびMGFP2)をコードするcDNAの増幅を行った。MGFP1-cDNAの増幅産物については、様々なサイズを示したが、5'端側から分析した部分塩基配列はいずれも相同で、既報の配列にほぼ一致した。一方、MGFP2-cDNAの増幅産物についても、様々なサイズのものが得られ、同様に5'端側の相同性は高かったが、3'端側の繰り返し領域は、繰り返し単位の欠損や重複により、少なくとも3つの配列パターンに分類されることがわかった。さらに、これらのアイソフォームは異なる複数の遺伝子にコードされていることが示唆された。これらの結果は、MGFP2の基本構造が種を超えて保存されているとする既報の知見とは異なっていた。また、配列も既報のものとはアミノ酸配列レベルで約85%の相同性を示すに留まり、異なっていることがわかった。さらに、MGFP1およびMGFP2をコードするこれらのcDNAをBaitベクターにサブクローニングする一方、cDNAライブラリーをPreyベクターに構築して酵母Two-Hybrid systemによるスクリーニングの準備をした。
日本学術振興会, 若手研究(B), 北海道大学, 15780139 - Studies on primary structures and genes of cellulases from marine invertebrates
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2003 - 2005
OJIMA Takao; KISHIMURA Hideki; TANAKA Hiroyuki
Distribution of cellulases in marine invertebrates was investigated by measuring the cellulase activity (CMCase activity) of digestive fluids from various invertebrates. Accordingly, herbivorous invertebrates such as abalone, sea urchin, and scallop were found to possess cellulases, whereas carnivorous invertebrates like starfish and Neptune snail were considered to possess no cellulases. Subsequently, cellulases (endo-1,4-β-glucanases) were isolated from abalone, sea urchin, and scallop by conventional column chromatographies and their cDNA and structural genes were cloned to deduce their primary structure. According to the deduced structures, the abalone, sea urchin, and scallop enzymes were classified to glycoside hydrolase family 9 (GHF9) as in case of termite and crayfish cellulases previously reported. Phylogenetic analysis of cellulase genes indicated that abalone, sea urchin, and scallop cellulases were derived from a common ancestral gene along with arthropod enzymes. In the abalone digestive fluid, an isozyme possessing a family-II carbohydrate-binding module in the N-terminus was found. This enzyme is the first animal cellulase possessing the family-II CBM in the N-terminus of the GHF9-type catalytic domain. Degrading abilities of the invertebrate cellulases toward cello-oligosaccharides were investigated. The abalone cellulase could degrade trisaccharide to disaccharide and glucose ; however, the sea urchin and scallop enzymes could not. Thus smallest substrate was trisaccharide for the abalone enzyme but tetrasaccharide for sea urchin and scallop enzymes. Further, when tetrasaccharide was allowed to react, the abalone enzyme split it into two moles of disaccharide, while the sea urchin and scallop enzymes split into trisaccharide and glucose as well as 2 moles of disaccharide. Therefore, the catalytic mechanism of invertebrate cellulases was considered to vary depending on the animal species although the enzymes all belong to GHF9.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, 15380138 - 軟体動物アルギン酸リアーゼの起源と遺伝子構造に関する研究
科学研究費助成事業
2003 - 2004
尾島 孝男; 岸村 栄毅; 田中 啓之
本年度は、アワビ・エンド型アルギン酸リアーゼ(HdAly)の構造遺伝子を染色体DNAライブラリーからクローニングし、そのイントロンとエキソンの配置を解析した。構造遺伝子の塩基配列とcDNAの塩基配列とを比較した結果、HdAlyの構造遺伝子は2784bpから成り、2つのイントロンで分断された3つのエキソンから構成されることが明らかになった。イントロンの位置は5'-非翻訳領域内部および分泌シグナルと触媒部位の連結部位にそれぞれ存在していた。なお、HdAlyの触媒部位のコード領域は1つのエキソンから構成されていたが、これはHdAlyの構造遺伝子の起源が比較的新しいことを示すものと考えられる。一方、本年度はエゾアワビ消化液から新たにエキソ型のアルギン酸リアーゼHdAlexを単離した。HdAlexはSDS-PAGEで分子量約36,000の単一バンドを示し、poly(M)-blockを特異的に分解した。また、ポリマンヌロン酸分子の還元末端より2番目のグリコシド結合を切断することが明らかになった。次いでアワビ肝膵臓cDNAライブラリーからHdAlexのcDNAをクローン化し、その塩基配列を分析した。その結果、cDNAの翻訳領域822bpからHdAlex前駆体の273残基のアミノ酸配列が演繹された。さらに、HdAlexは翻訳後修飾により256アミノ酸残基から成る成熟体に変換されることが明らかになった。HdAlexのアミノ酸配列は、アワビのエンド型リアーゼHdAlyと67.2%、サザエのエンド型リアーゼと61.8%、およびクロレラウィルス・アルギン酸リアーゼ(CL2)と34.1%の相同性を示した。これらの結果より、エンド型とエキソ型のアルギン酸リアーゼ遺伝子が共通の祖先遺伝子から分化したことが強く示唆された。
日本学術振興会, 萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 15658061 - cDNA Cloning and Amino Acid Sequence of Myosin and Actin of valuable Fishes for Food Industry
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1998 - 2001
NISHITA Kiyoyoshi; TANAKA Hiroyuki; OJIMA Takao
The cDNA libraries were constructed from dorsal muscle of four species of fishes. In case of salmon, the libraries were also constructed from dark and cardiac muscles. Then, the cDNAs for the myosin heavy chains and actins were cloned and amplified by PCR. Nucleotide sequences were determined by thermal cycle sequencing. Results obtained were as follows;
1. Two species of myosin heavy chain cDNA clones were found in the salmon ordinary muscle. The nucleotide sequences of the both clones were determined and deduced the complete amino acid sequences of 1,937 residues. The sequences show low homology as 71 % and dispersed amino acid replacements. 2. The myosin cDNA clone was prepared from salmon dark muscle and cardiac muscle. From their nucleotide sequences, amino acid sequences of 246 residues were deduced According to the sequence comparison and database search, one of the clones found in the salmon ordinary muscle was concluded to be identical with the dark muscle myosin clone. 3. From the cDNA library of the ordinary muscle of arabesque greenling, two species of cDNA clones encoding ordinary muscle myosin and dark muscle myosin were obtained. Thereby, complete amino acid sequence of 1931 residues of the "dark muscle type" myosin was determined. The sequence of 832 residues of the "dark muscle type" was also determined. 4. As for the mackerel, partial amino acid sequences of 245 residues were determined of the both ordinary and dark muscle type myosins. 5. Three species of actin cDNA clones of salmon, walleye pollack, and arabesque greenling were obtained and determined the nucleotide sequences deducing the complete amino acid sequences of 375 residues. 6. The sequence comparison and discussion on the fish myosins and actins were made from various viewpoints. Two manuscripts were made and submitted.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, 10306013 - 軟体動物トロポニンIのN端伸長領域の存在意義の研究
科学研究費助成事業
1999 - 2000
田中 啓之
1.ホタテガイ類TnIの一次構造と機能の相関の検討
アカザラガイTnIのcDNAを鋳型として種々の領域をPCR増幅し、それらを発現ベクターに組み込んで大腸菌によるTnI断片発現系を構築した。現在、N端伸長領域を含む断片の発現には至っておらず、脊椎動物TnIと相同性を示すC端側の領域に含まれる残基130-292、残基130-252および残基231-292の領域について発現を行った。さらにこれらの領域に相当するウサギTnIの領域についても同様にして発現系を構築した。これらの断片のTnCとの結合能を比較した結果、残基231-292について、ウサギTnIではCa依存的な強い結合が認められるのに対し、アカザラガイTnIでは全く結合しないなどの大きな相異が認められた。従って、アカザラガイTnIの収縮調節における作用機構は脊椎動物TnIのそれとは異なっていることが示唆された。
2.N端伸長領域と相互作用する蛋白質の酵母Two-Hybrid systemによる検索
アカザラガイTnIのN端伸長領域にあたる残基1-129、脊椎動物TnIと相同性を示す残基130-292およびTnC結合部位である残基130-183の領域をコードするDNAを調製し、それらをpHybLex/Zeoベクターに組み込んで酵母EGY48(pSH18-34)を形質転換した。さらにそれらをpYESTrp2ベクターに構築したアカザラガイ横紋筋cDNAライブラリーで形質転換し、Leu非要求性およびLacZの発現を指標として、上述の領域と相互作用する蛋白質を検索した。その結果、残基130-292に関してはTnCおよびTnTが、残基130-183に関してはTnCが相互作用蛋白質として検出されるなど予想通りの結果が得られる一方で、N端伸長領域である残基1-129に関しては相互作用蛋白質を検出するには至らなかった。
日本学術振興会, 奨励研究(A), 北海道大学, 11760144 - Amino Acid Sequence Analysis of Fish Myosin
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1995 - 1997
NISHITA Kiyoyoshi; TANAKA Hiroyuki; OJIMA Takao
We have determined the sequence of 1-1287 amino acids of walleye pollack myosin by cDNA cloning. In this year, the homology between the sequences determined with cDNA and myosin protein, and modified amino acid were investigated. Heavy meromyosin (HMM) was prepared by alpha-chymotryptic digestion of walleye pollack myofibrils and its light chains were removed with urea-acetone. By digestion of HMM with CNBr, lysylendopeptidase, arginylendopeptidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, and trypsin, 6,37,14,6, and 5 peptides, respectively, were obtained. From these peptides, 725 amino acid residues were sequenced by automated Edman method. Accordingly, 355 and 370 residues in S-1 and S-2 regions, respectively, were sequenced. Walleye pollack myosin was found to possess unmodified lysine at the position 35 where the monomethyl lysine exists in chicken myosin and the sequence homology around it is 52-57% to vertebrate myosins. Further, trimethyl lysine was detected at 550 and the homology around it is 71-81%. Moreover, the sequence ^<834>Val-Tyr-Tyr-Lys-Ile-Lys^<839> in the S-2 region waspredicted to be formed beta-sheet structure instead of alpha-helix of carp and rabbit myosins. Existence of two myosin protein isoforms were suggested in adding to two other isoforms of the cDNA clones.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, 07456093 - ホタテガイ類トロポニンの一次構造決定と一次構造・機能相関の研究
科学研究費助成事業
1996 - 1996
田中 啓之
アカザラガイ横紋閉殻筋トロポニンの一次構造を決定することができた。このトロポニンIはアミノ酸292個からなり、端はアセチル化によってブロックされていた。分子量は34,678と計算され、従来SDS電気泳動法で見積もられてきた52,000に比べ小さいことがわかったが、これはこのトロポニンIがGluに非常に富んだ領域を持ち、電気泳動において異常な移動度を示すためであると推測された。アカザラガイトロポニンIの一次構造を既に一次構造が報告されている他種のトロポニンIのそれと比較すると、C端側の領域(残基134-292)が脊椎動物トロポニンIに対し26-30%、また節足動物トロポニンIに対し39%の相同性を示すことがわかった。特にこのC端側領域の中でも脊椎動物トロポニンIにおいてアクチンやトロポニンCとの結合部位と考えられている部位については他種トロポニンIとの相同性が高かった。一方、N端部分は脊椎動物骨格筋トロポニンIに比べて約130残基、また節足動物トロポニンIに比べて約50から110残基も突出しており、この突出したN端領域(残基1-133)はGluとArgに富んだ特異な配列からなっていた。また、配列データベースの検索により、このN端領域の中でも残基76-115の領域がトロポニンTやカルデスモンのトロポミオシン結合部位と相同性を示すことが検出され、トロポミオシンとの相互作用の機能を担っている可能性が示唆された。そこで、アカザラガイトロポニンIをCNBr消化しN端断片(残基1-129)とC端断片(残基158-292)を調製し、これらのトロポミオシン・アクチン複合体ととの結合性を超遠心共沈法によって検討したが、C端断片がトロポミオシン・アクチン複合体と結合する一方で、N端断片は結合せず、N端領域にトロポミオシンとの相互作用機能が存在することを証明するには至らなかった。
日本学術振興会, 奨励研究(A), 北海道大学, 08760194 - 水産生物タンパク質の構造、機能および発現の解析
Competitive research funding - Structural, functional, and expressional analysis of protein in marine organisms
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