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Ura Kazuhiro
| Faculty of Fisheries Sciences Marine Life Science Aquaculture Biology | Professor |
Researcher basic information
■ Degree■ URL
researchmap URLホームページURL■ Various IDs
J-Global ID■ Research Keywords and Fields
Research Keyword
- Nuclear receptor
- yolk protein
- gametogenesis
- プロテアアーゼ
- ウニ
- セルラーゼ
- 棘皮動物
- 人工餌料開発
- 消化酵素
- エゾバフンウニ
- 消化吸収
- 卵巣
- 雌特異タンパク質
- 精巣
- 栄養細胞
- 局在
- 精製
- 主要卵黄タンパク質
- 特異抗体
- コラーゲン
- イトヨ
- 骨再生
- 内分泌
- 生理学
- 骨代謝
- バイオマーカー
- タンパク質
- 主要卵黄タンパク質(MYP)
- 組織再生医療
- ウロコ
- 角膜再生
- 細胞・組織
- BMP
- Life Science, Aquatic bioproduction science
- Life Science, Aquatic life science
- Environmental Science/Agriculture Science, Chemical substance influence on environment
- Environmental Science/Agriculture Science, Radiation influence
- 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- Potential role of COUP-TF in regulating major yolk protein gene expression in sea urchin.
Ichiro Higuchi; Shiori Tsue; Yudai Kitano; Osamu Nishimiya; Masashi Hosokawa; Fumiaki Beppu; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
General and comparative endocrinology, 376, 114867, 114867, Jan. 2026, [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal, Major yolk protein (MYP) serves as a critical nutrient reservoir for gonadal development in sea urchins, but the transcriptional regulation of its encoding gene remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we cloned and analyzed the MYP promoter from Mesocentrotus nudus and found two conserved elements with putative binding sites for the orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TF (chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor). We cloned the full-length cDNA encoding COUP-TF from M. nudus (MnCOUP-TF). The cDNA encoded a 472-amino acid protein highly homologous to other COUP-TF/SVP subfamily members. RT-PCR and qPCR analyses revealed that transcripts of both MnCOUP-TF and MYP were present in several tissues, including gonads, and their levels exhibited a significant positive correlation during gonadal maturation (R2 = 0.6764, p < 0.01). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated specific binding of MnCOUP-TF to the MYP promoter, and transactivation assays showed that MnCOUP-TF activates transcription through these sites. Furthermore, total lipids extracted from gonadal tissue enhanced MnCOUP-TF-dependent reporter activity in a dose-dependent manner. This enhancement was comparable to the effect of 9-cis-retinoic acid, a compound known to activate COUP-TF at high concentrations, although it is not considered to be a physiological COUP-TF ligand. These results suggest that MnCOUP-TF regulates MYP expression in a ligand-dependent manner and that endogenous activators may be present in gonadal lipids. To our knowledge, this is the first molecular evidence implicating COUP-TF in yolk protein gene regulation in sea urchins, providing new insights into nuclear receptor-mediated control of reproduction in marine invertebrates. - Identification and expression of nuclear receptor genes during nutritive phagocyte development in sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus gonads
Kazuhiro Ura; Shiori Tsue; Takushi Sato; Seishi Hagihara; Mizuha Satoh; Ichiro Higuchi; Heng Wang; Osamu Nishimiya; Shigeho Ijiri; Yasuaki Takagi
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 366, 114715, 114715, Elsevier BV, Apr. 2025, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
Scientific journal - Nuclear receptor gene expression during early gametogenesis in sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus gonads
Shuichiro Watanabe; Ken Matsuzaki; Utano Shimizu; Ichiro Higuchi; Takashi Todo; Yasuaki Takagi; Kazuhiro Ura
Fisheries Science, 90, 6, 907, 924, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 10 Jun. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
Scientific journal - Valorization of sturgeon skin to produce biomedical-grade gelatin
Md Rashidul Islam; Shunji Yunoki; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 39, 101612, 101612, Elsevier BV, Jun. 2024
Scientific journal - Effects of self-assembled type II collagen fibrils on the morphology and growth of pre-chondrogenic ATDC5 cells
Linyan Shi; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 6, 2, 100450, 100450, Elsevier BV, Jun. 2024
Scientific journal - Fibroblast-activating potency of a hydrolysate of purified collagen and a tissue hydrolysate from sturgeon skin
Naoya Terauchi; Dawei Meng; Wen Li; Haruto Inada; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Fisheries Science, 89, 4, 527, 535, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 12 May 2023
Scientific journal - Production and antioxidant activity of peptides from sturgeon head
Md Rashidul Islam; Wen Li; Yumi Ogata; Takeya Yoshioka; Kazuhiro Ura; Takagi Yasuaki
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 31, 100944, 100944, Elsevier BV, Apr. 2023
Scientific journal - Industrial application of fish cartilaginous tissues.
W. Li; K. Ura; Y. Takagi
Current Research in Food Science, 5, 698, 709, Elsevier BV, 2022, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Cloning of cDNA encoding a newly recognized apolipoprotein-like protein and its expression in the northern sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus.
T. Yuhi; O. Nishimiya; K. Ohno; A. Takita; T. Inoguchi; K. Ura; Y. Takagi
Fisheries Science, 88, 259, 273, Jan. 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
English - Antioxidant and fibroblast-activating activities of the by-product of skate chondroitin extractive production
Wen Li; Naoya Terauchi; Dawei Meng; Nobuyuki Miyamoto; Naonobu Tsutsumi; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 23, 100499, 100499, Elsevier BV, Oct. 2021
Scientific journal - Free radical scavenging activity of type II collagen peptides and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides from by-products of mottled skate processing
Wen Li; Taishi Kobayashi; DaWei Meng; Nobuyuki Miyamoto; Naonobu Tsutsumi; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Food Bioscience, 41, 100991, 100991, Elsevier BV, 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Feasibility of collagens obtained from bester sturgeon Huso huso × Acipenser ruthenus for industrial use
Xi Zhang; Huiyan Zhang; Shigeru Toriumi; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Aquaculture, 529, 735641, 735641, Elsevier BV, Dec. 2020
Scientific journal - Effects of phosphate ion concentration on in-vitro fibrillogenesis of sturgeon type I collagen
Dawei Meng; Wen Li; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 148, 182, 191, Elsevier BV, Apr. 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
Scientific journal - Purity and properties of gelatins extracted from the head tissue of the hybrid kalamtra sturgeon
Md. Rashidul Islam; Tomoharu Yuhi; Dawei Meng; Takeya Yoshioka; Yumi Ogata; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Food Science and technology, 142, 110944, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Major yolk protein binds folic acid in a sea urchin
Kazuhiro Ura; Takahiro Gotoh; Yudai Kitano; Osamu Nishimiya; Yasuaki Takagi
Aquacult. Sci., 68, 4, 309, 315, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
English, Scientific journal - Optimization of extraction of gelatin from the head of kalamtra sturgeon (Huso dauricus × Acipenser scherenkii × Acipenser transmontanus).
M. R. Islam; T. Yuhi; K. Ura; Y. Takagi
Appl. Sci., 10, 19, 6660, 6660, MDPI AG, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal, To develop a new method for extracting gelatin from the sturgeon head, the conditions for pretreatment and extraction were optimized. Treatment at 65 °C (3–3.5 h) was enough to separate the head into mixed tissues (skin, scales, pectoral fins, muscle, bones, gills, and small cartilage pieces), skull cartilage, and liquid. From the intensities of α-, β- and γ-bands and yields, the optimized pretreatment conditions for type A and type B gelatin were 0.05 M HCl (1 h) and 0.1 M NaOH (1 h), respectively. The best extraction conditions were: (1) for type A gelatin: with distilled water (DW) (w/v 1:5) at 35 °C, pH 7 when stirring at 200 rpm for 3 h, and (2) for type B gelatin: with DW (w/v 1:5) at 50 °C, pH 8 when stirring at 200 rpm for 1 h. After the decalcification of extracted residues with 0.05 M HCl for 3 h, re-extraction of gelatin was possible. Under the best extraction conditions, yields of type A and B gelatins were 5.01 and 7.25% (dry gelatin weight/wet sample weight), respectively. Thus, it is possible to extract an industrial amount of gelatin from sturgeon heads, making them valuable by-products. - 配合飼料によるキタムラサキウニ養殖 北海道・岩手県における実証試験
浦 和寛; 萩野裕貴; 中川紅実; 濱 遥香
養殖ビジネス, 41, 44, Dec. 2019, [Invited], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
Japanese - Antioxidant activity of proteins extracted from red alga dulse harvested in Japan [IF:1.552]
N.Sato; T.Furuta; T.Takeda; Y.Miyabe; K.Ura; Y.Takagi; H.Yasui; Y.Kumagai; H.Kishimura
Journal of Food Biochemistry, 43, 2, e12709, e12709, Wiley, Feb. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Self-assembled collagen fibrils from the swim bladder of Bester sturgeon enable alignment of MC3T3-E1 cells and enhance osteogenic differentiation.
Moroi S; MiuraT; Tamura T; Zhang X; Ura K; Takagi Y
Mater. Sci. Engineer. C, 104, 109925, 2019, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Purification and biochemical characterization of a vitellogenin-like protein from sea urchin.
Nishimiya O; Teraoka Y; Gotoh T; Yuhi T; Higuchi I; Ura K; Takagi Y
Fish. Sci., 85, 1, 127, 135, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author, Corresponding author]
English, Scientific journal - 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.
Meng D; Tanaka H; Kobayashi T; Hatayama H; Zhang X; Ura K; Yunoki S; Takagi Y
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 131, 572, 580, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author], [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. - Quantitative changes of major yolk protein in the coelomic fluid and gonads of the sea urchin, Mesocentrotus nudus, during the reproductive cycle.
Ura K; Suzuki N; Numata H; Tsue S; Satoh M; Takei N; Higuchi I; Yuhi T; Nishimiya O; Takagi Y
Bull. Fish. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., 69, 29, 36, 2019, [Lead author, Corresponding author]
English, Research institution - Properties of collagen extracted from Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii and assessment of collagen fibrils in vitro
Zhang X; Adachi S; Ura K; Takagi Y
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 137, 809, 820, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Anti-obesity effects of chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides from the skate Raja pulchra.
Li W; Kobayashi T; Moroi S; Kotake H; Ikoma T; Saeki H; Ura K; Takagi Y
Carbohydr. Polym., 214, 303, 310, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Consumption of the edible sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus attenuates body weight gain and hepatic lipid accumulation in mice
Yamamoto, Ryoko; Minami, Hisanori; Matsusaki, Hiromi; Sakashita, Mami; Morita, Naoki; Nishimiya, Osamu; Tsutsumi, Naonobu; Hosokawa, Masashi; Itabashi, Yutaka; Matsui, Toshiro; Ura, Kazuhiro
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, 47, 40, 47, Aug. 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author, Corresponding author]
English, Scientific journal - Detection and identification of furan fatty acids from fish lipids by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Hajime Uchida; Yutaka Itabashi; Ryuichi Watanabe; Ryoji Matsushima; Hiroshi Oikawa; Toshiyuki Suzuki; Masashi Hosokawa; Naonobu Tsutsumi; Kazuhiro Ura; Donato Romanazzi; Matthew R. Miller
Food Chemistry, 252, 84, 91, Elsevier Ltd, 30 Jun. 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
English, Scientific journal - Localization of major yolk protein in the digestive tract of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
Yuki Okashita; Heng Wang; Shiori Tsue; Osamu Nishimiya; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 83, 5, 803, 810, Sep. 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - The reproductive cycle and transcription-level changes in the major yolk protein of wild northern sea urchin, Mesocentrotus nudus, in southern Hokkaido.
K. Ura; H. Wang; T. Hori; S. Aizawa; S. Tsue; M. Satoh; N. Takei; K. Hoshino; I. Higuchi; S. Sanuki; T. Yuhi; O. Nishimiya; Y. Takagi
Aquacult. Sci., 65, 3, 232, 237, 日本水産増殖学会, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English - Genetic characterization of Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii and its hybrid caught around Hokkaido
Noriko Azuma; Seishi Hagihara; Masaki Ichimura; Yasuaki Takagi; Kazuhiro Ura; Shinji Adachi
ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 64, 1, 139, 144, Jan. 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Genetic characterization of Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii) and its hybrid caught around Hokkaido
Noriko Azuma; Seishi Hagihara; Masaki Ichimura; Yasuaki Takagi; Kazuhiro Ura; Shinji Adachi
Ichthyological Research, 64, 1, 139, 144, Jan. 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Characterization of type I and II procollagen alpha 1chain in Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii) and comparison of their gene expression
Xi Zhang; Noriko Azuma; Seishi Hagihara; Shinji Adachi; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
GENE, 579, 1, 8, 16, Mar. 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - The major yolk protein in sea urchin egg yolk granules is a glycoprotein complex
Heng Wang; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 81, 6, 1127, 1134, Nov. 2015, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Identification, cDNA cloning, and expression analysis of dermatopontin in the goldfish Carassius auratus
Norihiko Komatsu; Nobuhiro Ogawa; Kurin Iimura; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 80, 6, 1249, 1256, Nov. 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Biochemical characterisation and assessment of fibril-forming ability of collagens extracted from Bester sturgeon Huso huso x Acipenser ruthenus
Xi Zhang; Mika Ookawa; Yongkai Tan; Kazuhiro Ura; Shinji Adachi; Yasuaki Takagi
FOOD CHEMISTRY, 160, 305, 312, Oct. 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Lack of hormonal stimulation prevents the landlocked Biwa salmon (Oncorhynchus masou subspecies) from adapting to seawater
Takuro Nakajima; Haruka Shimura; Miyuki Yamazaki; Yasuhiro Fujioka; Kazuhiro Ura; Akihiko Hara; Munetaka Shimizu
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 307, 4, R414, R425, Aug. 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - 1P132 Broadband dielectric relaxation of the aqueous solution of tilapia and sturgeon collagen(07. Water & Hydration & Electrolyte,Poster,The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan(BSJ2014))
Kawamata Hiroshi; Kuwaki Shunsuke; Mizuno Masanori; Urasawa Kazunari; Mishina Tomobumi; Ikoma Toshiyuki; Tanaka Junzo; Zhang Xi; Adachi Shinji; Ura Kazuhiro; Azuma Noriko; Takagi Yasuaki; Nozaki Ryusuke
Seibutsu Butsuri, 54, 1, S162, The Biophysical Society of Japan General Incorporated Association, 2014
English - Spatiotemporal expression of the dermatopontin gene in zebrafish Danio rerio
Yongkai Tan; Kurin Iimura; Tetsuro Sato; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
Gene, 516, 2, 277, 284, 10 Mar. 2013, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Developmental structure of the vertebral column, fins, scutes and scales in bester sturgeon, a hybrid of beluga Huso huso and sterlet Acipenser ruthenus
X. Zhang; K. Shimoda; K. Ura; S. Adachi; Y. Takagi
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 81, 6, 1985, 2004, Nov. 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
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 - Expression Patterns of runx2, sparc, and bgp During Scale Regeneration in the Goldfish Carassius auratus
Kurin Iimura; Hidekazu Tohse; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION, 318B, 3, 190, 198, May 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Proteolytic Enzyme Subtilase in the Digestive Organs of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
Kazuhiro Ura; Syuto Hasegawa; Eri Tanaka; Takahiro Gotoh; Takao Ojima; Yasuaki Takagi
ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 295, 1, 73, 77, Jan. 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Scale calcification in the goldfish in vitro: histological and quantitative analysis
Nobuhiro Ogawa; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 76, 2, 189, 198, Mar. 2010
English, Scientific journal - Discrimination of Origins of Aquacultured Scallops and Rainbow Trout Using Trace Elemental Fingerprints of Shells and Otoliths
KOBAYASHI Yutaka; TAKAMURA Takumi; SHIMONO Isao; URA Kazuhiro; TAKAGI Yasuaki
Aquaculture Science, 57, 2, 271, 278, Japanese Society for Aquaculture Science, 2009, [Peer-reviewed]
Japanese, Compositions of the trace elements in bivalve shells and fish otoliths, both of which are made of calcium carbonate crystals, largely reflect those of elements in the environment, and thus, may be "foot prints" of the individuals' environmental life histories. In the present study, the trace elemental compositions of these tissues were applied to the discrimination of production places of the aquacultured scallop Patinopecten yessoensis and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Concentrations of lithium, manganese, strontium and barium in the aquacultured, 2+-year old scallop shells, which were from Otsuchi and Yamada in Iwate prefecture and Shikabe and Shiriuchi in Hokkaido, were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. By MANOVA analysis, the discrimination accuracy was 81.3%; 9 individuals, mostly from Otsuchi, out of 48 ones were mis-discriminated. Similarly, elemental concentrations of the otoliths from Hachimantai in Iwate and Nanae in Hokkaido were quantified. The discrimination accuracy by MANOVA was 95.5%; two individuals out of 44 ones were mis-discriminated. These data suggest that elemental compositions of bivalve shells and fish otoliths are useful keys to estimate their origins in the aquacultured species, although variations of the compositions by the production year should be carefully studied further. - Differentiation and maturation of sea urchin gonad
YAMANO K
Bulletin of Fisheries Research Agency, 26, 26, 129, 134, 水産総合研究センター, Dec. 2008
Japanese, 近年のウニ類の漁獲量は一万数千トンを推移しており、北海道を中心とした北日本ではエゾバフンウニ、キタムラサキウニ、九州を中心とした西日本ではアカウニが主要な漁獲対象となっている。これらのウニの資源増大を図るため、種苗生産・放流も長年に渡って実施されている。ウニ類の漁業生産はもっぱら漁獲に依っており、一部、養殖が行われているケースもあるが、養殖による生産量は極めて少なく漁業統計には現れない程度に過ぎない。食品としてのウニを見た場合、ウニは水産物の中でも特異な性質を有している。すなわちウニ類では生殖巣(卵巣及び精巣)だけが食される。また食用に適した生殖巣は、栄養物を生殖巣内に十分に蓄積しているが成熟期に入る前の未成熟な状態のものである。このため食品としての品質や歩留まりは成熟状態と密接に関連しており、良質の生殖巣を得られる時期、いわゆる旬は、種毎に限られた季節となる。本課題では、ウニの生殖巣の分化及び生殖巣の発達・成熟に関する研究を実施した。 - Immunohistochemical changes in production of pituitary hormones during artificial maturation of female Japanese eel Anguilla japonica
Yuichi Ozaki; Koichi Ishida; Koji Saito; Kazuhiro Ura; Shinji Adachi; Kohei Yamauchi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 73, 3, 574, 584, Jun. 2007, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Teleost fish scales: A unique biological model for the fabrication of materials for corneal stroma regeneration
Yasuaki Takagi; Kazuhiro Ura
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 7, 3, 757, 762, Mar. 2007, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Scale regeneration and calcification in goldfish Carassius auratus : quantitative and morphological processes
OHIRA YASUHARU; SHIMIZU MOTOHIRO; URA KAZUHIRO; TAKAGI YASUAKI
Fisherys Sci., 73, 1, 46, 54, 01 Feb. 2007
English - Scale regeneration and calcification in the gold fish Carassius auratus: quantitative and morphological process.
Y. Ohira; M. Shimizu; K. Ura; Y. Takagi
Fish. Sci., 73, 574, 584, 2007, [Peer-reviewed] - Smolt Specific Protein : Changes in the Serum Levels During Smoltification and the Effect of Thyroxine on the Serum Levels in the Masu Salmon, Oncorhynchus masou
URA Kazuhiro; HARA Akihiko; YAMAUCHI Kohei
水産増殖, 54, 4, 429, 435, 水産増殖談話会, 20 Dec. 2006
English, サクラマスの血清タンパク質において、銀化変態時に出現する分子量約80,000の銀化特異タンパク質を免疫生化学的手法により検出するとともに、このタンパク質に対する特異抗体を得た。抗体を用いてサクラマスの銀化変態期における銀化特異タンパク質の血中量の変化を調べた。その結果、銀化変態期に血中甲状腺ホルモン量の変化に伴い銀化特異タンパク質の血中量は増加し銀化最盛期に最大値を示した。また、銀化前の稚魚に甲状腺ホルモンを投与すると、この銀化特異タンパク質の血中量は増加した。これらの結果から、この銀化特異タンパク質はサクラマスの銀化度合いを調べるための生物学的指標の一つになる可能性が示された。また、このタンパク質は甲状腺ホルモンにより合成されることが明らかとなった。 - Hypoxic conditions induce centrum defects in red sea bream Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel)
Y Sawada; M Hattori; N Sudo; K Kato; Y Takagi; K Ura; M Kurata; T Okada; H Kumai
AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, 37, 8, 805, 812, Jun. 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Smolt specific protein: Changes in the serum levels during smoltification and the effect of thyroxine on the synthesis in the masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou.
K. Ura; A. Hara; K. Yamauchi
Aquacult. Sci., 54, 4, 429, 436, Japanese Society for Aquaculture Science, 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Antiserum against the smolt specific protein (MW: 80, 000) was obtained by immunological methods in the masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou. Using this antiserum, changes in the concentration of smolt specific protein were investigated during smoltification. The levels of smolt specific protein increased as smoltification progressed, and peaked at the time of full-smolts. The serum thyroxine levels followed closely the changes in the specific protein levels. Thyroxine treatment led to a significant increase in the serum smolt specific protein levels. These results suggest that smolt specific protein is one of specific indicators for assessment of smolt quality, and that it is synthesized under the control of the thyroid hormone. - Metallothionein gene expression in the larvae of Caenorhabditis elegans is a potential biomarker for cadmium and mercury
H. Shimada; N. Tominaga; S. Kohra; H. Ishibashi; Y. Mitsui; K. Ura; K. Arizono
Trace Elements and Electrolytes, 20, 4, 240, 243, Dec. 2003, [Peer-reviewed]
Scientific journal - Caenorhabditis elegans responses to specific steroid hormones
N Tominaga; K Ura; M Kawakami; T Kawaguchi; S Kohra; Y Mitsui; T Iguchi; K Arizono
JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE, 49, 1, 28, 33, Feb. 2003, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Metallothionein gene expression in the larvae of Caenorhabditis elegans is a potential biomarker for cadmium and mercury
H Shimada; N Tominaga; S Kohra; H Ishibashi; Y Mitsui; K Ura; K Arizono
TRACE ELEMENTS AND ELECTROLYTES, 20, 4, 240, 243, 2003, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Aquatic acute toxicity testing using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
K Ura; T Kai; S Sakata; T Iguchi; K Arizono
JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE, 48, 6, 583, 586, Dec. 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - A novel seminal plasma glycoprotein of a teleost, the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), contains a partial von Willebrand factor type D domain and a zona pellucida-like domain
K Mochida; T Matsubara; T Andoh; K Ura; S Adachi; K Yamauchi
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, 62, 1, 57, 68, May 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Sensing of chemical substances using gene expression patterns in Caenorhabditis elegans
T Matsuno; K Ura; R Sonoda; Y Kohara; H Uesugi; K Arizono; T Iguchi; N Tominaga
SENSORS AND MATERIALS, 14, 7, 395, 406, 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Changes in transcript levels of gill cortisol receptor during smoltification in wild masu salmon, oncorhynchus masou
Shinya Mizuno; Kazuhiro Ura; Yoshifumi Onodera; Haruhisa Fukada; Naoyuki Misaka; Akihiko Hara; Shinji Adachi; Kohei Yamauchi
Zoological Science, 18, 6, 853, 860, Aug. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - サケ科魚類の海水適応能の発達とその内分泌制御機構(第3回MRI(Marine Research Institute)シンポジウム「Marine ecophysiology」)
浦 和寛
MRIレポート : 長崎大学水産学部附属海洋資源教育研究センター年報 : annual report of Marine Research Institute, Nagasaki University, 3, 23, 23, 長崎大学, Apr. 2001
Japanese - Ultrastructural changes in gill chloride cells during smoltification in wild and hatchery-reared masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou
S Mizuno; K Ura; T Okubo; Y Chida; N Misaka; S Adachi; K Yamauchi
FISHERIES SCIENCE, 66, 4, 670, 677, Aug. 2000, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Immunohistochemical study on changes in gill Na+/K+-ATPase alpha-subunit during smoltification in the wild masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou
K Ura; S Mizuno; T Okubo; Y Chida; N Misaka; S Adachi; K Yamauchi
FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 17, 1-6, 397, 403, Dec. 1997, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Transition of serum vitellogenin cycle in Sakhalin taimen (Hucho perryi)
N Hiramatsu; M Shimizu; H Fukada; M Kitamura; K Ura; H Fuda; A Hara
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-PHARMACOLOGY TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY, 118, 2, 149, 157, Oct. 1997, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Sipmle Purification of Growth Hormone from Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Fukada Haruhisa; Gen Koichiro; Hiramatsu Naoshi; Ura Kazuhiro; Hara Akihiko
Bulletin of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 47, 2, 31, 39, 北海道大学, Dec. 1996
Japanese - Localization of Na+, K+-ATPase in tissues of rabbit and teleosts using an antiserum directed against a partial sequence of the alpha-subunit
K Ura; K Soyano; N Omoto; S Adachi; K Yamauchi
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 13, 2, 219, 227, Apr. 1996, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AGAINST SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES OF SALMONID GTH-I AND GTH-II BETA-SUBUNITS
T IKEUCHI; K MOCHIDA; K URA; S ADACHI; K YAMAUCHI
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 12, 3, 317, 323, Jun. 1995, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - THE EFFECT OF CORTISOL ADMINISTRATION ON BLOOD-PLASMA IMMUNOGLOBULIN-M (IGM) CONCENTRATIONS IN MASU SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS-MASOU)
M NAGAE; H FUDA; K URA; H KAWAMURA; S ADACHI; A HARA; K YAMAUCHI
FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 13, 1, 41, 48, May 1994, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - SERUM THYROID-HORMONE, GUANINE AND PROTEIN PROFILES DURING SMOLTIFICATION AND AFTER THYROXINE TREATMENT IN THE MASU SALMON, ONCORHYNCHUS-MASOU
K URA; A HARA; K YAMAUCHI
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY, 107, 4, 607, 612, Apr. 1994, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON SERUM-PROTEINS IN JUVENILE MASU SALMON, ONCORHYNCHUS-MASOU
K URA; A HARA; H KAWAMURA; K YAMAUCHI
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 107, 2, 225, 229, Feb. 1994, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - CHANGES IN CONCENTRATIONS OF SERUM THYROXINE, SKIN AND SERUM GUANINE, AND TOTAL SERUM-PROTEIN IN THE MASU SALMON DURING SMOLTIFICATION
K URA; A HARA; K YAMAUCHI
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 59, 7, 1225, 1229, Jul. 1993
Japanese, Scientific journal - Purification and quantification of albumin-like protein (a1-protein) from
K. Ura; A. Hara; K. Yamauchi
Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ., 44, 3, 95, 104, Hokkaido University, 1993
English - Changes in Concentrations of Serum Thyroxine, Skin and Serum Guanine, and Total Serum Protein in the Masu Salmon during Smoltification
Kazuhiro Ura; Kohei Yamauchi; Akihiko Hara
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 59, 7, 1225, 1229, 1993, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal
- ウニ殻を原料とした施肥材から溶出する栄養塩の定量とマコンブSaccharina japonica配偶体への影響評価
丸山恒哉; 工藤勲; 樋口一郎; 水田浩之; 都木靖彰; 浦和寛, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM), 2025, 2025 - ウニ用配合飼料に用いる海藻代替材料の探索
山本梨乃; 井戸篤史; 井戸篤史; 樋口一郎; 都木靖彰; 浦和寛, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM), 2024, 2024 - マナマコの新規卵黄タンパク質の同定
西川奈歩; 樋口一郎; 渡邊周一郎; 都木靖彰; 浦和寛, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM), 2023, 2023 - ウニ殻から溶出する栄養塩の測定
丸山恒哉; 工藤勲; 樋口一郎; 水田浩之; 都木靖彰; 浦和寛, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM), 2023, 2023 - キタムラサキウニMYP遺伝子プロモーター領域における核内受容体COUP-TF結合能の解析
北野雄大; 樋口一郎; 細川雅史; 浦和寛; 都木靖彰, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集, 2020, 2020 - キタムラサキウニMYP遺伝子プロモーター領域における核内受容体COUP-TFの機能解析
北野雄大; 樋口一郎; 細川雅史; 浦和寛; 都木靖彰, 日本水産学会北海道支部大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM), 2020 (CD-ROM), 2020 - ウニ生殖巣投与がマウスの体重および肝臓の脂肪蓄積に及ぼす影響
山元涼子; 南久則; 松崎弘美; 坂下真実; 森田直樹; 西宮攻; 堤尚信; 細川雅史; 板橋豊; 松井利郎; 浦和寛, 日本食品科学工学会大会講演集, 65th, 2018 - キタムラサキウニMYP遺伝子プロモーター領域における核内受容体COUP-TF結合能の解析
樋口一郎; 津江志緒莉; 西宮攻; 浦和寛; 都木靖彰, 日本水産学会北海道支部大会講演要旨集, 2017, 2017 - Discrimination of Origins of Aquacultured Scallops and Rainbow Trout Using Trace Elemental Fingerprints of Shells and Otoliths
KOBAYASHI Yutaka; TAKAMURA Takumi; SHIMONO Isao; URA Kazuhiro; TAKAGI Yasuaki, Aquaculture Science, 57, 2, 271, 278, 20 Jun. 2009
Compositions of the trace elements in bivalve shells and fish otoliths, both of which are made of calcium carbonate crystals, largely reflect those of elements in the environment, and thus, may be "foot prints" of the individuals' environmental life histories. In the present study, the trace elemental compositions of these tissues were applied to the discrimination of production places of the aquacultured scallop Patinopecten yessoensis and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Concentrations of lithium, manganese, strontium and barium in the aquacultured, 2+-year old scallop shells, which were from Otsuchi and Yamada in Iwate prefecture and Shikabe and Shiriuchi in Hokkaido, were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. By MANOVA analysis, the discrimination accuracy was 81.3%; 9 individuals, mostly from Otsuchi, out of 48 ones were mis-discriminated. Similarly, elemental concentrations of the otoliths from Hachimantai in Iwate and Nanae in Hokkaido were quantified. The discrimination accuracy by MANOVA was 95.5%; two individuals out of 44 ones were mis-discriminated. These data suggest that elemental compositions of bivalve shells and fish otoliths are useful keys to estimate their origins in the aquacultured species, although variations of the compositions by the production year should be carefully studied further., Japanese Society for Aquaculture Science, Japanese - Purification of subtilase from short-spined sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
浦 和寛; 田中 恵梨; 東藤 孝; 後藤 孝弘; 清水 幹博; 尾島 孝男; 都木 靖彰, Bulletin of fisheries sciences, Hokkaido University, 58, 3, 21, 28, Feb. 2009
We purified a subtilase from digestive system of short spined sea urchin Strongylocentortus intermedius by a combination of ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The molecular weight of purified subtilase on SDS-PAGE under both reducing and nonreducing conditions was 35,000. Antiserum against subtilase specifically immunostained its antigen. By Western blot analysis, immunoreactive with this antibody were observed in stomach and intestine., 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院 = Research Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japanese - Effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on the embryonic development of striped jack, Pseudocaranx dentex
Yoshifumi Sawada; Kazuhiro Higuchi; Yutaka Haga; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasunori Ishibashi; Michio Kurata; Hirofumi Miyatake; Shigekazu Katayama; Manabu Seoka, NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 74, 2, 144, 151, Mar. 2008
Japanese - cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of BMP2, Runx2, sparc in the goldfish regenerating scales
Kurin Iimura; Hidekazu Tohse; Kazuhiro Ura; Yasuaki Takagi, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23, 12, 1180, 1181, Dec. 2006
English, Summary international conference - Induction of centrum defects in amberjack Seriola dumerili by exposure of embryos to hypoxia
Y Sawada; M Hattori; M Iteya; Y Takagi; K Ura; M Seoka; K Kato; M Kurata; H Mitatake; S Katayama; H Kumai, FISHERIES SCIENCE, 72, 2, 364, 372, Apr. 2006
English - ビスフェノールA関連化合物が線虫 C.elegans の幼生に及ぼす影響
前田浩江; 古賀由香里; 中本貴士; 浦和寛; 高良真也; 吉原新一; 井口泰泉; 有薗幸司, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 6th, 2003 - センチュウ C.elegans の成長・成熟に及ぼす金属類の影響
守田文代; 中本貴士; 古賀由香里; 木村宏和; 浦和寛; 冨永伸明; 甲斐利典; 佐々木一志; 井口泰泉, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 6th, 2003 - 線虫(C. elegans)の成長に及ぼすベンゾ(a)ピレンの影響
中本貴士; 浦和寛; 古賀由香里; 甲斐利典; 坂田幸子; 冨永伸明; 井口泰泉; 有薗幸司, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 5th, 2002 - ナイルテラピア精しょう中の高分子糖タンパク質の遺伝子クローニング
持田和彦; 松原孝博; 安藤忠; 浦和寛; 足立伸次; 山内こう平, 日本水産学会大会講演要旨集, 2001, 2001 - EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE AND CORTISOL ON GILL CHLORIDE CELLS IN MASU SALMON(Physiology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Ura K.; Onodera Y.; Mizuno S.; Hara A.; Adachi S.; Yamauchi K., Zoological science, 16, 105, 105, 1999
Zoological Society of Japan, English - 第3回ORIシンポジウムに参加して
浦 和寛, 日本比較内分泌学会ニュース = Newsletter of Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, 88, 41, 42, Feb. 1998
Japanese
- 海洋生物圏環境科学特論Ⅱ, 2024年, 修士課程, 環境科学院
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- Biomedical application of fish collagen: Development of the bone-mimetic collagen-fibril coating on the titan-made bone implant
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
05 Apr. 2021 - 31 Mar. 2025
都木 靖彰; 浦 和寛; 東藤 正浩
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Hokkaido University, 21H04731 - 低コストウニ用配合飼料の開発を目指した核内受容体COUP-TFのリガンドの特定
科学研究費助成事業
01 Apr. 2021 - 31 Mar. 2024
浦 和寛
本研究の最終目標は、低コストウニ用配合飼料の開発を目指している。この最終目標を実現するために、本研究では、ウニ生殖巣の肥大に伴う栄養の合成・蓄積に最も関与している核内受容体COUP-TFのリガンドを特定することを第一目的とする。COUP-TFは、無脊椎動物から脊椎動物において存在し、タンパク質・糖・脂質類の合成を制御しているが、未だ生体内のリガンドは不明である。ウニ生殖巣の肥大時にタンパク質、糖、脂質類の合成・蓄積が核内受容体の制御により成されている科学的根拠を基にして、本研究で明らかにするCOUP-TFのリガンドを含む低コスト天然素材を用いウニ用配合飼料を設計に応用する。
MYPプロモーター領域DNAと蛍光タンパク質を組み込んだプラスミドベクター(pGL4.10)およびキタムラサキウニCOUP-TFの発現ベクター(pcDNA3.1)を動物細胞に導入し共発現させるレポーターアッセイ系を構築した。マウスCOUP-TFのレポーターアッセイ系では、レチノイン酸で活性が認められることが報告されている。ウニ生殖巣から総脂質を抽出し、総脂質を添加した結果、濃度依存的に活性が上昇した。このことから、ウニ生殖巣の総脂質中にウニCOUP-TFのリガンドが存在することが示された。さらに、ウニ生殖巣総脂質をシリカゲルクロマトグラフィーにより4つの分画に分けた (Fraction1-4)。各フラクションをレポーターアッセイ系で活性を評価した結果、Fraction1で他の分画に比べ最も高い活性が認められた。また、Fraction1の活性度合いは、レチノイン酸添加群より活性が高かった。Fracation1を薄層クロマトグラフィーで解析した結果、Fracation1はレチノイン酸を含まないことが明らかになった。これらのことから、レチノイン酸以外がCOUP-TFのリガンドである可能性が示された。
日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 21K05778 - Development of scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering using marine collagen: beyond the paradigm
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
09 Jul. 2021 - 31 Mar. 2023
都木 靖彰; 浦 和寛
小課題1.チョウザメ脊索Ⅱ型コラーゲン(NC)を用いたⅡ型コラーゲン線維コート技術の開発: 本研究室で開発されたチョウザメ浮袋コラーゲン(SBC)を用いた線維コート技術 (Moroi et al., DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109925) を基盤としてNCの線維コート技術を開発した(線維コートとは、コラーゲン原線維を培養容器底面に一様にコーティングする技術で、生体組織のコラーゲン性基質と細胞とのインタラクションの研究を可能にする新技術である)。Ⅱ型コラーゲン溶液の濃度、線維化バッファー(リン酸バッファー)の濃度、pH、インキュベーション温度などを最適化することで、世界で初めてⅡ型コラーゲンの線維コートに成功した。また、マウス軟骨前駆細胞ATDC5を用いた培養試験を実施し、Ⅱ型コラーゲン分子コートと比較して線維コート上では細胞増殖速度が低下する一方で軟骨基質産生を示すアルシアンブルー染色が強陽性となる(=前軟骨細胞から成熟軟骨細胞への分化が促進される)ことを確認した。今後軟骨細胞遺伝子発現量を定量する。
小課題2.NCを用いた3次元足場ゲルの開発: 市販のブタⅠ型コラーゲンのゲル化法を参考に、細胞毒性の低い架橋剤ゲニピンを添加することで、NCを用いてNC原線維から成るゲルとNC分子からなるゲルの合成に成功した。今後ゲルの粘弾性や細胞培養への応用技術を開発する。
小課題3.SBCもしくはNCを用いた軟骨細胞spheroid作成技術の開発: SBCを用いてマウス由来前骨芽細胞MC3T3-E1をスフェロイド化する技術を応用し、ATDC5細胞のスフェロイド化に挑戦した。しかし、MC3T3-E1がスフェロイド化する条件ではATDC5細胞はスフェロイド化しなかった。本技術開発には別のアイディアが必要であると思われる。
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Hokkaido University, 21K19130 - Formation of collagen bandles with micron-order diameter in sturgeon collagen: the mechanism of formation and bioactivity
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
28 Jun. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2022
Takagi Yasuaki
The micron-order bundles are the morphology of collagen observed in animal bodies and give stiffness to the tissue. Thus, clarifying the bundle formation mechanism will support the development of cellular scaffolds that have the mechanical strength required for tissue engineering. Since mammalian collagens do not form such bundles in vitro, we use the sturgeon collagen, that can form bundles, and developed key technologies, such as high-speed AFM and digital microscopies, which enable us to directly observe the process of micron-order bundle formation in vitro. In addition, the technology to regulate the diameter of collagen fibrils and bundles by changing NaCl and phosphate buffer concentrations, coating collagen bundles or fine fibrils on cell-culture wells, and culturing the cells on the surface were developed. These technologies are powerful tools to further clarify the bundle formation mechanism and the effects of bundles on cellular functions in the future.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Hokkaido University, 19K22322 - Studies to find a mechanism of gonadal growth stimulation in sea urchin
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2014 - 31 Mar. 2017
Takagi Yasuaki; URA Kazuhiro; TODO Takashi
We developed organ culture system using the sea urchin gonads for analysis of endocrine system during the gonadal growth. To date, it is well known that growth of gonad by synthesis and stored of MYP. The aim of this present study is identification of hormonal chemicals to induce the gonadal growth in sea urchin. We performed organ culture using the sea urchin gonads in the coelomic fluids of sea urchin, we measured MYP mRNA levels in the gonads by qPCR after incubation for 3days. The levels of MYP mRNA were no changing after incubation. It is suggested that MYP synthesis by nuclear receptor in gonads. Moreover, we extracted total lipids fraction form the gonads of sea urchin, and then gonads were incubated in the medium containing total lipids. However, NYP mRNA was no induced in this experiment. In the present study, we can’t identify the gonadal stimulation hormone in sea urchin. In future, we will try the comparison of colemic fluids compounds during gonadl growth.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, 26660167 - Sea urchin has steroid hormone metabolism ?
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2013 - 31 Mar. 2016
Ura Kazuhiro; TAKAGI Yasuaki; IJIRI Shigeho
It is still unclear that the endocrine system such as synthesize and/or embolism of steroid hormones during the period of gonadal growth in sea urchin. This study aimed to identify genes involved in gonadal growth and to investigate gene expression in the period of gonadal growth in sea urchin. RNA-seq analysis using next-generation sequencer was carried out on growing gonads of the Northern sea urchin, Mesocentrotus nudus. BLASTn analysis identified 22 transcripts potentially involved endocrine factors such as nuclear receptor (NR) and 21 transcripts of P450 in the growing gonad. However, the homologous genes as ER, AR, P450scc, P450c17, P450arom were not observed in sea urchin. In these analysis, it is suggested that sea urchin has no sex steroid hormones as same as vertebrate. These results suggested that sea urchin synthesized steroid hormones as same as other insects.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, 25660159 - Is there gonadal stimulation hormone in sea urchins?
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2011 - 2013
TAKAGI Yasuaki; URA Kazuhiro; TODO Takashi
Sea urchin gonadal growth is characterized by intragonadal nutrient storage and the use of the stored nutrient for gametogenesis. Before gametogenesis initiation, gonads increase in size by accumulating nutrients such as proteins, lipids and carbohydrates in nutritive phagocytes that fill the gonadal lumina of both sexes. The major protein is termed major yolk glycoprotein or major yolk protein (MYP), which is a glycoprotein having molecular weight of 160-180 kDa, and has significant roles in gametogenesis. However, we have no information about gonadal development mechanisms, as well as the regulation mechanism on the synthesis of MYP in gonads. Therefore, to understand the mechanisms of gonadal development, we developed quantitative PCR system of MYP mRNA expression as well as an organ culture systems using sea urchin gonads. These techniques will enable a endocrinological research on gonadal developments in the sea urchin.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, 23658152 - Digestive physiology to development the artificial diet for sea urchin.
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2010 - 2012
URA Kazuhiro; TAKAGI Yasuaki
Subtilase and cellulase exhibited hydrolytic activity toward carboxymethyl cellulose with optimum temperature and pH at 30 °C and pH 8.0, respectively. The thermal stability was characterized and temperature at which activity decreased to50% by the 30 min treatment at pH 7.0 was 32 °C. The isolated cellulase activity was remained at high level at 5-20 °C which is growth temperature of the short-spined sea urchin. Thus, we confirmed that a cellulase of the short-spined sea urchin is adaptiveenzyme around low water temperature.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 22580194 - Studies on the mechanism of collagen fibril assembly in fish scales
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2009 - 2012
TAKAGI Yasuaki; IKOMA Toshiyuki; URA Kazuhiro
Using MS analysis, scale SLRPs, which were possible regulators of 3-dimensinal architecture of teleost fish collagen, were identified. After the cDNA cloning of SLRPs, localization of their mRNAs were clarified. We also revealed a negative correlation between collagen denaturation temperature (DT) and contents of α3-subunit, as well as positive correlation between DT and hydroxylation ratio of proline residues in the collagen. Thus, these two factors seem to be the major regulators of DT of fish collagen. Artificial fibrillogenesis of collagen under magnetic field enabled a synthesis of a material having relatively aligned collagen fibrils, whose viscoelasticity and tensile strength were highest under 4 T and 12 T, respectively. High-density meso-porous new material was also synthesized using fish collagen.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, 21380116 - Studies on the cellular mechanism of collagen fibril alignment in the regenerating scales of goldfish : toward the bioinspired fabrication of artificial cornea
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2006 - 2008
TAKAGI Yasuaki; URA Kazuhiro; IKOMA Toshiyuki
ウロコのコラーゲンを用いて再生医療用人工基質の合成をめざして、生物学と材料科学の両面から研究を推進した。生物学的アプローチにより鱗形成細胞分化の分子機構、コラーゲン配向を制御する候補分子、組織ごとのコラーゲンα鎖組成を明らかにした。また、材料科学的アプローチにより、ブタ及びティラピアコラーゲン線維配向ゲルを高磁場内で実現するとともに、湿潤環境下による乾燥により10~20wt%の高密度化に成功した。
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, 18380109 - ウニにインスリンはあるのか?
科学研究費助成事業
2006 - 2007
都木 靖彰; 浦 和寛
我が国の水産業において、水産無脊椎動物は重要な増養殖対象動物としての位置を占めており、種苗生産・放流や養殖が盛んに行われている種も多い。近年、日本沿岸域における水産生物資源、特に無脊椎動物の資源量は減少傾向にあることから、今後は優良品種の育種や高度で効率的な増養殖技術の開発が必要になると考えられるが、水産無脊椎動物においてそのような試みは著しく立ち遅れている。その大きな理由として、水産無脊椎動物の成長や成熟を制御する内分泌系に関する基礎的知見が極めて少ないといえる。比較的研究されているウニでも、糖質・脂質・タンパク質の代謝を制御する内的因子(ホルモンなど)の存在の有無や、それらの作用機序について正確に把握されていないのが現状である。本研究は、ウニをモデル生物として選定し、無脊椎動物の内分泌機構の解明に着手するものである。
今年度は、エゾバフンウニ消化器官において、モルモット抗ブタインスリン抗血清を用いて免疫組織化学的解析を行った。その結果、胃において消化管内腔側の上皮細胞の小さな顆粒に陽性反応が認められた。また、卵巣、精巣、放射神経にも免疫陽性反応が認められた。このことからエゾバフンウニにインスリン様物質が局在している可能性が示された。
日本学術振興会, 萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 18658075 - Establishment of the evaluation system for endocrine-disrupting chemimals using stickleback
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2006 - 2007
NAGAE Masaki; HARA Akihiko; SOYANO Kiyoshi; URA Kazushiro
Male stickleback produce a glue protein named "spiggin" that is used as a cementing substance for the building of its nest. The synthesis of spiggin is strongly controlled by androgen. Therefore, spiggin is a useful biomarker to evaluate androgenic activity of environmental chemicals, in addition to vitellogenin, precursor of yolk protein produced from the liver by the estrogenic stimulation. In this study, we established the highly sensitive quantification system for both spiggin and vitellogenin to evaluate sex-hormonal effect of chemicals.
Highly sensitive quantification system for spiggin mRNA was established using real-time RT-PCR technique. This system enables precise and high sensitive quantification. Vitellogenin, biomarker for estrogenic stimulation, was also purified by several chromatographic techniques. Specific antibody against vitellogenin was also raised. Furthermore, vitellogenin quantification system was established using the method of chemiluminescent-linked immunosorbent assay. This system also enables high sensitive quantification same with spiggin assay system. In addition to these preparations for quantification systems for the biomarkers, the detail condition for in vivo exposure test using stickleback was determined. Using MT as a control androgen, we performed exposure test. As a result, only 3 days exposure at a MT concentration 0.1 and 1 μg/L was efficient for spiggin mRNA expression in kidney. Next, MT exposure was performed under three different water temperature (5, 10 and 15℃) to know the effect of water temperature on spiggin mRNA expression. Exposure at 15℃ induced maximal MT effect on spiggin mRNA expression, the others, particular in exposure at 5℃, markedly diminished MT effect. This result suggests that at least water temperature from 10℃ and up is necessary to perform high sensitive detection of androgenic activity using spiggin as a biomarker.
The present established systems will be powerful tools for the evaluation of the endocrine disrupting potency of chemicals.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Nagasaki University, 18510060 - ウニ生殖巣における栄養細胞の生理機能解析
科学研究費助成事業
2005 - 2006
浦 和寛
北海道において経済的価値の高いウニは養殖事業の最適種の一つであり、ウニの種苗生産技術は、ほぼ確立さているものの、食品的価値の高いサイズまで効率的に飼育する中間育成技術の確立には至っていない。本研究では、ウニ類の新たな養殖技術に応用するための第一歩として、ウニ類の生殖生理学の基礎的知見の集積を目的としている。本年度では、エゾバフンウニをモデル生物とし、生殖巣の発達に関与するタンパク質の同定と遺伝子配列の決定を行った。多くの卵生動物では、卵黄中に個体発生に必要な栄養源として卵黄タンパク質を蓄積している。ウニ類においても卵黄タンパク質は存在するが、それらの機能などは詳細にされていない。ウニ類において興味深いのは、魚類では主要な卵黄タンパク質は雌特異的に存在するが、ウニ類においては雌雄生殖巣内に共通に存在することが知られている。本研究では、雌特異タンパク質として分子量約33kDaのタンパク質(YP33kDa)を免疫生化学手法により同定し、粗精製を行った後にN末端アミノ酸配列を解読した。解読したアミノ酸配列をもとにプライマーを作製し、RACE-PCR法によりcDNAのクローニングを行い、アミノ酸348残基をコードする全長1044bpのcDNAを得た。アミノ酸配列の解析の結果、脊椎動物の神経細胞に発現している細胞接着機能を有する。
Fasciclinタンパク質と相同性を持っていた。これらのことから、YP33kDaは受精時の精子との細胞接着に関与している可能性が示唆された。次に、YP33kDaの遺伝子の発現解析を行った。YP33kDaについては、雌生殖巣のみで発現が認められた。これらの結果から、今回同定されたタンパク質はエゾバフンウニ生殖巣の発達機構解明のための分子マーカーとして有用であると示された。
日本学術振興会, 若手研究(B), 北海道大学, 17780150 - 魚類の再生鱗をモデルとした脊椎動物の骨再生機構研究の新展開
科学研究費助成事業
2004 - 2005
都木 靖彰; 浦 和寛
1.昨年にひきつづき、キンギョの鱗再生にともない発現するRunx2(Cbfa1)およびBMP2,4遺伝子の塩基配列決定をおこなった。Runx2は4種のアイソフォームの全塩基配列を決定した。BMP2はほぼ70%程度の配列の決定を終えた。キンギョRunx2遺伝子はこれまでに報告されたゼブラフィッシュRunx2bと最も高い相同性(約90%)を示した。BMP2および4のcDNA断片はゼブラフィッシュBMP2および4と高い相同性を示した。
2.鱗有機基質の主成分であるキンギョI型コラーゲンα鎖cDNA塩基配列を決定した。3種のα1(I)cDNA(α1(I)-A,B,C)を得、α1(I)-Aはその全塩基配列を、α1(I)-B,Cはその70%を決定した。α2(I)も3種のcDNAを得、それらの全塩基配列を決定した。α3(I)は1種類の全塩基配列を決定した。キンギョα鎖は、ゼブラフィッシュα鎖と約90%、哺乳類のα鎖と約70%の相同性を示した。また、分子系統樹ではα3(I)がα1(I)から分岐していることが確認された。さらに、既報の脊椎動物I型コラーゲンα鎖のPro残基数とコラーゲン変性温度の関係を近似式で表し、Y=0.3853X-44.712(r=0.9916)を得た。ここで、Y:変成温度(℃)、X:アミノ酸1000残基あたりのPro残基数である。この式を用いてキンギョのコラーゲンの変成温度を推定したところ、変成温度は三量体を構成するα鎖の組成で異なり、α3(I)鎖を多く含むと変成温度が高くなることが示された。
3.低リン・低カルシウム条件下におかれたキンギョの再生鱗の有機基質の微細構造解析をおこなった。リン酸カルシウム結晶は、非コラーゲン性有機基質の電子密度の高い物質中で形成され、成長することを明らかにした。
日本学術振興会, 萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 16658077 - Analysis of sea urchin digestive system for the development artifical feed
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2004 - 2005
SHIMIZU Motohiro; TAKAGI Yasuaki; OJIMA Takao; URA Kazuhiro
The sea urchin is an important coastal fisheries resource in Hokkaido. Unfortunately, they have been decrease in natural stocks, and therefore aquaculture techniques are required. In order to develop possible culture methods, physiological roles of digestive canal under artificial conditions should be revealed. However, there is little information on the fine structure and physiological roles of the digestive canal of the sea urchin. Following results were obtained.
1.The digestive canal of the sea urchin has following five parts, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestine and rectum. In the epithelium layer of the pharynx and esophagus, two types of granular cells stained with PAS and/or alcian blue were observed. Some granules observed in pharynx and esophagus were also stained with Hematoxylin. In epithelium layer of stomach, one type of granules were found. These granules were secreted in apical region of cytoplasm.
2.In order to obtain information about carnivorous actions of sea urchin, we investigated the occurrence of proteases in the sea urchin viscera and purified a major protease. N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences of the protease showed 37.9-55.2% identity to those of subtilisin-like alkaline serine protease, i.e. a subtilase. We determined the entire amino acid sequence of the protease using cDNAs amplified by PCR from cDNA library using degenerated primers. The mature sea urchin subtilase was considered to consist of 311 residues with calculated molecular mas of 32,270 Da. Primary structure of catalytic domain of the sea urchin subtilase showed 33-46% identity with those of bacterial subtilases such as subtilisin, proteinase K, and aqualysin.
3.In this study, we attempted to isolate and characterize a cellulose from sea urchin. A cDNA library from sea urchin digestive tracts was constructed and cDNA encoding SnEG54 were amplified by the PCR using degenerate primers designed from the partial amino acid sequences of SnEG54. By overlapping the amino acid sequence of 444 residues was deduced from the coding region. The amino acid sequence of mature SnEG54 showed 57, 55 and 51% identity with the corresponding regions of termite, sea squirt, and abalone cellulases, respectively.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 16580140
