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勝 義直 (カツ ヨシナオ)
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■ 論文- Comparison of transcriptional activation by corticosteroids of human MR (Ile-180) and haplotype (Val-180).
Yoshinao Katsu; Jiawen Zhang; Ya Ao; Patricia Donnellan; Michael E Baker
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 816, 153689, 153689, 2026年06月04日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), While the human mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) regulates electrolyte homeostasis through aldosterone activation of the kidney MR, the MR also is highly expressed in the brain, where the MR is activated by cortisol. Here, we report the half-maximal response (EC50) and fold-activation by cortisol, aldosterone and other corticosteroids of human MR rs5522, a haplotype containing valine at codon 180 instead of isoleucine found in wild-type MR (Ile-180). MR rs5522 (Val-180) has been studied for actions in the human brain involving coping with stress and depression. We compared the EC50 and fold-activation by corticosteroids of MR rs5522 and wild-type MR transfected into HEK293 cells with either the TAT3 promoter or the MMTV promoter. Parallel studies investigated the binding of MR antagonists, spironolactone and progesterone, to MR rs5522 to investigate their use as antagonists of MR rs5522. In HEK293 cells with the MMTV promoter, MR rs5522 had a slightly higher EC50 compared to wild-type MR and a similar fold-activation for all corticosteroids. In contrast, in HEK293 cells with the TAT3 promoter, MR rs5522 had a higher EC50 (lower affinity) and fold-activation for cortisol compared to wild-type MR (Ile-180), while compared to wild-type MR, the EC50s of MR rs5522 for aldosterone and corticosterone were slightly lower and fold-activation was higher. Spironolactone and progesterone had similar antagonist activity for MR rs5522 and MR (Ile-180) in the presence of MMTV and TAT3 promoters in HEK293 cells indicating these antagonists are potential regulators of brain MR rs5522 to treat hyperactivity that contributes to chronic fatigue syndrome. - Transcriptional Activation of Estrogen Receptor-Alpha and Estrogen Receptor-Beta from Elephant Shark (Callorhynchus milii).
Ya Ao; Haruka Narita; Wataru Takagi; Susumu Hyodo; Michael E Baker; Yoshinao Katsu
Genes, 17, 3, 2026年03月17日, [査読有り], [責任著者], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Humans and other vertebrates contain two estrogen receptors (ERs), ERa and ERb. Among cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays, skates), which are chondrichthyans that evolved about 425 million years ago, only activation by steroids of ERb orthologs has been characterized. To remedy this gap in understanding estrogen signaling in chondrichthyans, we studied estrogen activation of orthologs of human ERa and ERb from elephant shark (Callorhynchus milii). METHODS/RESULTS: Unexpectedly, we found that C. milii contained three estrogen-responsive ERa genes: ERa1 (596 amino acids), ERa2 (600 amino acids), and ERa3 (599 amino acids) with strong sequence similarity to each other. We also found an estrogen-unresponsive gene, ERa4 (561 amino acids), with a 39 amino acid deletion in the DNA-binding domain. An estrogen-responsive ERb ortholog (580 amino acids) was also present in C. milii. The three active C. milii ERas are of similar length to human ERa (595 amino acids); however, C. milii ERb is longer than human ERb (530 amino acids). We studied transcriptional activation of ERa and ERb by estradiol (E2), the main reproductive estrogen in humans. We also studied estrone (E1), the main postmenopausal estrogen, and estriol (E3), which is synthesized during pregnancy. We determined the half-maximal response (EC50) and fold-activation to E2, E1, and E3 of C. milii ERa1, ERa2, ERa3, and ERb. Among these estrogens, E2 had the lowest EC50 for all four ERs. Fold-activation by E2 and E3 was similar for ERa1, ERa2, ERa3, and ERb. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, estrogen activation of C. milii ERa and ERb was similar to that for human ERa and ERb, indicating substantial conservation of the vertebrate ER during the 425 million years since the divergence of cartilaginous fish and humans from a common ancestor. - Human and zebrafish mineralocorticoid receptors reporter cell assays to assess the activity of chemicals.
Anna Toso; Abdelhay Boulahtouf; Marina Grimaldi; Audrey Sansaloni; Yoshinao Katsu; Michael E Baker; Aurélie Escande; Clémentine Garoche; Selim Aït-Aïssa; Patrick Balaguer
iScience, 28, 11, 113764, 113764, 2025年11月21日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The action of environmental chemicals (ECs) on the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) has been suggested to impair physiological processes regulated by this nuclear receptor. However, it remains understudied both as a target of ECs and with respect to potential species-specific differences. In this regard, we have developed reporter cell lines to identify the response to different steroids, ECs, and urban wastewater (WW) sample extracts of human MR (hMR) and zebrafish MR (zfMR). Most of the steroids had a higher efficacy on zfMR than hMR, while the ECs were antagonists to both hMR and zfMR, with a lower potency on the latter. Interestingly, WW sample extracts revealed the presence of MR activity with a greater activity on zfMR compared to hMR, suggesting the presence of steroids in WW. These screening tools have proven to be powerful tools for characterizing the interaction of chemicals with MRs and revealing their presence in environmental samples. - Functional characterizations of thermosensitive TRPV channels from Holocephalan elephant shark, Callorhinchus milii, illuminate the ancestral thermosensory system in vertebrates.
Sumika Otake; Shigeru Saito; Xiaozhi Lin; Claire T Saito; Satomi Kohno; Wataru Takagi; Susumu Hyodo; Makoto Tominaga; Yoshinao Katsu
The Journal of experimental biology, 2025年02月07日, [査読有り], [責任著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Homeostasis and survival of various animal species have been affected by changes in environmental temperature, causing animals to evolve physiological systems for sensing ambient and body temperature. Temperature-sensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channels have multimodal properties that are activated by physical stimuli such as temperature, as well as by various chemical substances. Our goal is to understand the diversity of the vertebrate thermosensory system by characterizing the temperature-sensitive TRPV channels of the elephant shark, which belongs to the holocephali of the cartilaginous fishes. Since elephant sharks are basal jawed vertebrates, analysis of elephant shark TRPs is critical to understanding the evolution of thermosensory systems in vertebrate lineages. We found that temperature stimulation activated elephant shark TRPVs in an electrophysiological analysis similar to the mammalian orthologue. The thermal activation threshold of elephant shark TRPV1 (31°C) was similar to the thresholds reported for several other fish species, but was much lower than that of mammalian orthologs. Strikingly, the elephant shark TRPV4 was a cooling-activated channel with a threshold of 20°C, whereas, in several tetrapods, it is activated by warmth. These results suggest that the temperature sensitivity of TRPV4 has changed in vertebrate evolutionary lineages. Furthermore, we also found the elephant shark possesses heat-evoked TRPV3, which has a threshold of 42°C, which is absent in more derived teleost fishes. Taken together, our findings elucidate that the vertebrate-type thermosensory system has already emerged in the common ancestor of jawed vertebrates, although their temperature sensing ranges were different from those of mammals. - Lysine-Cysteine-Serine-Tryptophan inserted into the DNA-binding domain of human mineralocorticoid receptor increases transcriptional activation by aldosterone.
Yoshinao Katsu; Jiawen Zhang; Michael E Baker
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 243, 106548, 106548, 2024年10月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Due to alternative splicing in an ancestral DNA-binding domain (DBD) of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), humans contain two almost identical MR transcripts with either 984 amino acids (MR-984) or 988 amino acids (MR-988), in which their DBDs differ by only four amino acids, Lys,Cys,Ser,Trp (KCSW). Human MRs also contain mutations at two sites, codons 180 and 241, in the amino terminal domain (NTD). Together, there are five distinct full-length human MR genes in GenBank. Human MR-984, which was cloned in 1987, has been extensively studied. Human MR-988, cloned in 1995, contains KCSW in its DBD. Neither this human MR-988 nor the other human MR-988 genes have been studied for their response to aldosterone and other corticosteroids. Here, we report that transcriptional activation of human MR-988 by aldosterone is increased by about 50 % compared to activation of human MR-984 in HEK293 cells transfected with the TAT3 promoter, while the half-maximal response (EC50) is similar for aldosterone activation of MR-984 and MR-988. Transcriptional activation of human MR also depends on the amino acids at codons 180 and 241. Interestingly, in HEK293 cells transfected with the MMTV promoter, transcriptional activation by aldosterone of human MR-988 is similar to activation of human MR-984, indicating that the promoter has a role in the regulation of the response of human MR-988 to aldosterone. The physiological responses to aldosterone and other corticosteroids in humans with MR genes containing KCSW and with differences at codons 180 and 241 in the NTD warrant investigation. - Novel Evolution of Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Humans Compared to Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangutans.
Yoshinao Katsu; Jiawen Zhang; Michael E Baker
Genes, 15, 6, 2024年06月12日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We identified five distinct full-length human mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) genes containing either 984 amino acids (MR-984) or 988 amino acids (MR-988), which can be distinguished by the presence or absence of Lys, Cys, Ser, and Trp (KCSW) in their DNA-binding domain (DBD) and mutations at codons 180 and 241 in their amino-terminal domain (NTD). Two human MR-KCSW genes contain either (Val-180, Val-241) or (Ile-180, Val-241) in their NTD, and three human MR-984 genes contain either (Ile-180, Ala-241), (Val-180, Val-241), or (Ile-180, Val-241). Human MR-KCSW with (Ile-180, Ala-241) has not been cloned. In contrast, chimpanzees contain four MRs: two MR-988s with KCSW in their DBD, or two MR-984s without KCSW in their DBD. Chimpanzee MRs only contain (Ile180, Val-241) in their NTD. A chimpanzee MR with either (Val-180, Val-241) or (Ile-180, Ala-241) in the NTD has not been cloned. Gorillas and orangutans each contain one MR-988 with KCSW in the DBD and one MR-984 without KCSW, and these MRs only contain (Ile-180, Val-241) in their NTD. A gorilla MR or orangutan MR with either (Val-180, Val-241) or (Ile-180, Ala-241) in the NTD has not been cloned. Together, these data suggest that human MRs with (Val-180, Val-241) or (Ile-180, Ala-241) in the NTD evolved after humans and chimpanzees diverged from their common ancestor. Considering the multiple functions in human development of the MR in kidney, brain, heart, skin, and lungs, as well as MR activity in interaction with the glucocorticoid receptor, we suggest that the evolution of human MRs that are absent in chimpanzees may have been important in the evolution of humans from chimpanzees. Investigation of the physiological responses to corticosteroids mediated by the MR in humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans may provide insights into the evolution of humans and their closest relatives. - N-terminal domain influences steroid activation of the Atlantic sea lamprey corticoid receptor.
Yoshinao Katsu; Xiaozhi Lin; Ruigeng Ji; Ze Chen; Yui Kamisaka; Koto Bamba; Michael E Baker
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 228, 106249, 106249, 2023年04月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Lampreys are jawless fish that evolved about 550 million years ago at the base of the vertebrate line. Modern lampreys contain a corticoid receptor (CR), the common ancestor of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), which first appear in cartilaginous fish, such as sharks. Until recently, 344 amino acids at the amino terminus of adult lamprey CR were not present in the lamprey CR sequence in GenBank. A search of the recently sequenced lamprey germline genome identified two CR sequences, CR1 and CR2, containing the 344 previously un-identified amino acids. CR1 also contains a novel four amino acid insertion in the DNA-binding domain (DBD). We studied corticosteroid and progesterone activation of CR1 and CR2 and found their strongest response was to 11-deoxycorticosterone and 11-deoxycortisol, the two circulating corticosteroids in lamprey. Based on steroid specificity, both CRs are close to elephant shark MR and distant from elephant shark GR. HEK293 cells that were transfected with full-length CR1 or CR2 and the MMTV promoter have about 3-fold higher steroid-mediated activation compared to HEK293 cells transfected with these CRs and the TAT3 promoter. Deletion of the amino-terminal domain (NTD) of lamprey CR1 and CR2 to form truncated CRs decreased transcriptional activation by about 70% in HEK293 cells that were transfected with MMTV, but increased transcription by about 6-fold in cells transfected with TAT3. This indicated that the promoter has an important effect on NTD regulation of transcriptional activation of the CR by steroids. Our results also indicate that the entire lamprey CR sequence is needed for an accurate determination of steroid-mediated transcription. - Reduced steroid activation of elephant shark GR and MR after inserting four amino acids from the DNA-binding domain of lamprey corticoid receptor-1.
Yoshinao Katsu; Jiawen Zhang; Michael E Baker
PloS one, 18, 8, e0290159, 2023年, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Atlantic sea lamprey contains two corticoid receptors (CRs), CR1 and CR2, that have identical amino acid sequences, except for a four amino acid insert (Thr-Arg-Gln-Gly) in the CR1 DNA-binding domain (DBD). Steroids are stronger transcriptional activators of CR2 than of CR1 suggesting that the insert reduces the transcriptional response of lamprey CR1 to steroids. The DBD in elephant shark mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which are descended from a CR, lack these four amino acids, suggesting that a CR2 is their common ancestor. To determine if, similar to lamprey CR1, the presence of this insert in elephant shark MR and GR decreases transcriptional activation by corticosteroids, we inserted these four CR1-specific residues into the DBD of elephant shark MR and GR. Compared to steroid activation of wild-type elephant shark MR and GR, cortisol, corticosterone, aldosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone and 11-deoxycortisol had lower transcriptional activation of these mutant MR and GR receptors, indicating that the absence of this four-residue segment in the DBD in wild-type elephant shark MR and GR increases transcriptional activation by corticosteroids. - Regulation by Progestins, Corticosteroids, and RU486 of Transcriptional Activation of Elephant Shark and Human Progesterone Receptors: An Evolutionary Perspective.
Xiaozhi Lin; Wataru Takagi; Susumu Hyodo; Shigeho Ijiri; Yoshinao Katsu; Michael E Baker
ACS pharmacology & translational science, 5, 2, 52, 61, 2022年02月11日, [査読有り], [責任著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigated progestin and corticosteroid activation of the progesterone receptor (PR) from elephant shark, a cartilaginous fish belonging to the oldest group of jawed vertebrates. Comparison with the human PR provides insights into the evolution of steroid activation of the human PR. At 1 nM steroid, the elephant shark PR is activated by progesterone, 17-hydroxy-progesterone, 20β-hydroxy-progesterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone (21-hydroxyprogesterone), and 11-deoxycortisol. The human PR, in comparison, is activated at 1 nM steroid, only by progesterone and 11-deoxycorticosterone, indicating increased progestin and corticosteroid specificity during the evolution of the human PR. RU486, an important clinical antagonist of the human PR, did not inhibit progesterone activation of the elephant shark PR. Cys-528 in the elephant shark PR corresponds to Gly-722 in the human PR, which is essential for RU486 inhibition of the human PR. Confirming the importance of Cys-528 in the elephant shark PR, RU486 inhibited progesterone activation of the Cys528Gly mutant PR. To investigate the physiological relevance of Gly-722 in the human PR and Cys-528 in the elephant shark PR, we studied steroid activation of the Gly722Cys human PR and Cys528Gly elephant shark PR. Compared to the wild-type human PR, there was an increase in the activation of human Gly722Cys PR by11-deoxycortisol and a decrease in activation by corticosterone, which may have been important in selection for the mutation corresponding to the human glycine-722 PR that first evolved in the platypus PR, a basal mammal. - Cloning of nine glucocorticoid receptor isoforms from the slender African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi).
Yoshinao Katsu; Shin Oana; Xiaozhi Lin; Susumu Hyodo; Laurent Bianchetti; Michael E Baker
PloS one, 17, 8, e0272219, 2022年, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We wanted to clone the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) from slender African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) for comparison to the P. dolloi mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), which we had cloned and were characterizing, as well as for comparison to the GRs from humans, elephant shark and zebrafish. However, although sequencing of the genome of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), as well as, that of the West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) were reported in the first three months of 2021, we could not retrieve a GR sequence with a BLAST search of GenBank, when we submitted our research for publication in July 2021. Moreover, we were unsuccessful in cloning the GR from slender African lungfish using a cDNA from the ovary of P. dolloi and PCR primers that had successfully cloned a GR from elephant shark, Xenopus and gar GRs. On October 21, 2021 the nucleotide sequence of West African lungfish (P. annectens) GR was deposited in GenBank. We used this GR sequence to construct PCR primers that successfully cloned the GR from the slender spotted lungfish. Here, we report the sequences of nine P. dolloi GR isoforms and explain the basis for the previous failure to clone a GR from slender African lungfish using PCR primers that cloned the GR from elephant shark, Xenopus and gar. Studies are underway to determine corticosteroid activation of these slender African lungfish GRs. - Aldosterone and dexamethasone activate African lungfish mineralocorticoid receptor: Increased activation after removal of the amino-terminal domain
Yoshinao Katsu; Shin Oana; Xiaozhi Lin; Susumu Hyodo; Michael E. Baker
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 215, 2022年01月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Diversification of mineralocorticoid receptor genes in a subterranean rodent, the naked mole-rat
Kaori Oka; Hidemasa Bono; Asato Kuroiwa; Shusuke Fujioka; Atsushi Shimizu; Yoshinao Katsu; Kyoko Miura
Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 66, 4, 299, 311, Bioscientifica, 2021年04月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) inhabit subterranean burrows in savannas and are thus unable to access free water. To identify their mechanism of osmoregulation in xeric environments, we molecularly cloned and analyzed the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) gene, required for hormone-dependent regulation of genes contributing to body fluid homeostasis. Most vertebrates harbor a single MR homolog. In contrast, we discovered that MR is duplicated in naked mole-rats. The amino acid sequence of naked mole-rat MR1 is 90% identical to its mouse ortholog, and MR1 is abundantly expressed in the kidney and the nervous system. MR2 encodes a truncated protein lacking DNA- and ligand-binding domains of MR1 and is expressed in diverse tissues. Although MR2 did not directly transactivate gene expression, it increased corticosteroid-dependent transcriptional activity of MR1. Our results suggest that MR2 might function as a novel regulator of MR1 activity to fine-tune MR signaling in naked mole-rats. - N-terminal domain regulates steroid activation of elephant shark glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors.
Yoshinao Katsu; Islam M D Shariful; Xiaozhi Lin; Wataru Takagi; Hiroshi Urushitani; Satomi Kohno; Susumu Hyodo; Michael E Baker
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 210, 105845, 105845, 2021年02月27日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Orthologs of human glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and human mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) first appear in cartilaginous fishes. Subsequently, the MR and GR diverged to respond to different steroids: the MR to aldosterone and the GR to cortisol and corticosterone. We report that cortisol, corticosterone and aldosterone activate full-length elephant shark GR, and progesterone, which activates elephant shark MR, does not activate elephant shark GR. However, progesterone inhibits steroid binding to elephant shark GR, but not to human GR. Together, this indicates partial functional divergence of elephant shark GR from the MR. Deletion of the N-terminal domain (NTD) from elephant shark GR (truncated GR) reduced the response to corticosteroids, while truncated and full-length elephant shark MR had similar responses to corticosteroids. Swapping of NTDs of elephant shark GR and MR yielded an elephant shark MR chimera with full-length GR-like increased activation by corticosteroids and progesterone compared to full-length elephant shark MR. Elephant shark MR NTD fused to GR DBD + LBD had similar activation as full-length MR, indicating that the MR NTD lacked GR-like NTD activity. We propose that NTD activation of human GR evolved early in GR divergence from the MR. - Progesterone: An enigmatic ligand for the mineralocorticoid receptor.
Michael E Baker; Yoshinao Katsu
Biochemical pharmacology, 177, 113976, 113976, 2020年07月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The progesterone receptor (PR) mediates progesterone regulation of female reproductive physiology, as well as gene transcription in non-reproductive tissues, such as brain, bone, lung and vasculature, in both women and men. An unusual property of progesterone is its high affinity for the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), which regulates electrolyte transport in the kidney in humans and other terrestrial vertebrates. In humans, rats, alligators and frogs, progesterone antagonizes activation of the MR by aldosterone, the physiological mineralocorticoid in terrestrial vertebrates. In contrast, in elephant shark, ray-finned fishes and chickens, progesterone activates the MR. Interestingly, cartilaginous fishes and ray-finned fishes do not synthesize aldosterone, raising the question of which steroid(s) activate the MR in cartilaginous fishes and ray-finned fishes. The simpler synthesis of progesterone, compared to cortisol and other corticosteroids, makes progesterone a candidate physiological activator of the MR in elephant sharks and ray-finned fishes. Elephant shark and ray-finned fish MRs are expressed in diverse tissues, including heart, brain and lung, as well as, ovary and testis, two reproductive tissues that are targets for progesterone, which together suggests a multi-faceted physiological role for progesterone activation of the MR in elephant shark and ray-finned fish. The functional consequences of progesterone as an antagonist of some terrestrial vertebrate MRs and as an agonist of fish and chicken MRs are not fully understood. The physiological activities of progesterone through binding to vertebrate MRs merits further investigation. - Oil dispersant Corexit 9500 is weakly estrogenic, but does not skew the sex ratio in Alligator mississippiensis.
Nicole A McNabb; Melissa C Bernhard; Arnold Brunell; Russell H Lowers; Yoshinao Katsu; Demetri D Spyropoulos; Satomi Kohno
Journal of applied toxicology : JAT, 40, 2, 245, 256, 2020年02月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, vast quantities of a chemical dispersant Corexit 9500 were applied in remediation efforts. In addition to the acute toxicity, it is essential to evaluate Corexit further with a broader scope of long-term sublethal endocrine endpoints. The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is an excellent organism for such an endeavor. It exhibits temperature-dependent sex determination, in which egg incubation temperatures during a thermosensitive period (TSP) in embryonic development determine the sex of embryos. Estrogen signals play a critical role in this process. For example, a single exposure to exogenous estrogen during the TSP overrides the effects of temperature and leads to skewed sex ratios. At a concentration of 100 ppm, Corexit significantly induced transcriptional activity of both alligator nuclear estrogen receptors 1 and 2 in vitro in reporter gene assays. To investigate the estrogenic effects of Corexit on gonadal development, alligator eggs were exposed to Corexit at environmentally relevant concentrations (0.25, 2.5 and 25 ppm) before the TSP in ovo. Exposure to Corexit at 0.25 and 25 ppm significantly delayed hatching and growth. Corexit exposure at any treatment level did not affect sex ratios or testicular mRNA abundance as measured at 1-week post-hatching, suggesting that the combination of Corexit components did not synergize enough to induce ovarian development in ovo. These results point to a need for further investigations on individual and combined components of Corexit to understand better their long-term effects on the development and reproductive health of alligators and other coastal aquatic wildlife. - Transcriptional activation of elephant shark mineralocorticoid receptor by corticosteroids, progesterone, and spironolactone.
Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Kaori Oka; Xiaozhi Lin; Sumika Otake; Nisha E Pillai; Wataru Takagi; Susumu Hyodo; Byrappa Venkatesh; Michael E Baker
Science signaling, 12, 584, 2019年06月04日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is a nuclear receptor and part of a large and diverse family of transcription factors that also includes receptors for glucocorticoids, progesterone, androgens, and estrogens. The corticosteroid aldosterone is the physiological activator of the MR in humans and other terrestrial vertebrates; however, its activator is not known in cartilaginous fish, the oldest group of extant jawed vertebrates. Here, we analyzed the ability of corticosteroids and progesterone to activate the full-length MR from the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii). On the basis of their measured activities, aldosterone, cortisol, 11-deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, 11-deoxcortisol, progesterone, and 19-norprogesterone are potential physiological mineralocorticoids. However, aldosterone, the physiological mineralocorticoid in humans and other terrestrial vertebrates, is not found in cartilaginous or ray-finned fish. Although progesterone activates MRs in ray-finned fish, progesterone does not activate MRs in humans, amphibians, or alligator, suggesting that during the transition to terrestrial vertebrates, progesterone lost the ability to activate the MR. Both elephant shark MR and human MR are expressed in the brain, heart, ovary, testis, and other nonepithelial tissues, suggesting that MR expression in diverse tissues evolved in the common ancestor of jawed vertebrates. Our data suggest that 19-norprogesterone- and progesterone-activated MR may have unappreciated functions in reproductive physiology. - Evolution of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor.
Baker ME; Katsu Y
Vitamins and hormones, 109, 17, 36, 2019年, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
研究論文(学術雑誌) - Functional distinctions associated with the diversity of sex steroid hormone receptors ESR and AR.
Yukiko Ogino; Saki Tohyama; Satomi Kohno; Kenji Toyota; Gen Yamada; Ryohei Yatsu; Tohru Kobayashi; Norihisa Tatarazako; Tomomi Sato; Hajime Matsubara; Anke Lange; Charles R Tyler; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Shinichi Miyagawa
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 184, 38, 46, 2018年11月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Sex steroid hormones including estrogens and androgens play fundamental roles in regulating reproductive activities and they act through estrogen and androgen receptors (ESR and AR). These steroid receptors have evolved from a common ancestor in association with several gene duplications. In most vertebrates, this has resulted in two ESR subtypes (ESR1 and ESR2) and one AR, whereas in teleost fish there are at least three ESRs (ESR1, ESR2a and ESR2b) and two ARs (ARα and ARβ) due to a lineage-specific whole genome duplication. Functional distinctions have been suggested among these receptors, but to date their roles have only been characterized in a limited number of species. Sexual differentiation and the development of reproductive organs are indispensable for all animal species and in vertebrates these events depend on the action of sex steroid hormones. Here we review the recent progress in understanding of the functions of the ESRs and ARs in the development and expression of sexually dimorphic characteristics associated with steroid hormone signaling in vertebrates, with representative fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. - Evolution of human, chicken, alligator, frog, and zebrafish mineralocorticoid receptors: Allosteric influence on steroid specificity.
Katsu Y; Oka K; Baker ME
Science signaling, 11, 537, 2018年07月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Although multiple steroid ligands of the glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progestin families bind to and regulate the activity of mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs), the responses to these ligands differ across species. To understand how the different domains of MRs contribute to the ligand-induced activation or inhibition of MR activity, we studied the response to eight steroids (aldosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, corticosterone, progesterone, 19-norprogesterone, and spironolactone) of human, chicken, alligator, frog, and zebrafish full-length MRs and truncated MRs, which lacked the N-terminal domain (NTD) and DNA binding domain (DBD). Compared to full-length MRs, some truncated MRs were not activated by the steroids, and others required higher steroid concentrations for activation. Progesterone, 19-norprogesterone, and spironolactone did not activate full-length or truncated human, alligator, or frog MRs. However, at 10 nM, these steroids activated full-length chicken and zebrafish MRs, whereas at 100 nM, these steroids had little activity for truncated chicken MRs, but they retained activity for truncated zebrafish MRs. This suggests that regulation of the activation of the chicken MR by progestin resides in the NTD-DBD and that of the zebrafish MR resides in the hinge-LBD. Zebrafish and chicken MRs contain a serine corresponding to Ser810 in human MR, which is required for the antagonist activity of progesterone for human MR, suggesting a previously uncharacterized mechanism of regulation of progestin activation of chicken and zebrafish MRs. These findings suggest that progesterone may be a physiological activator of chicken and zebrafish MRs. - Characterization and comparison of transcriptional activities of the retinoid X receptors by various organotin compounds in three prosobranch gastropods; Thais clavigera, Nucella lapillus and Babylonia japonica
Hiroshi Urushitani; Yoshinao Katsu; Hiroyuki Kagechika; Ana C.A. Sousa; Carlos M. Barroso; Yasuhiko Ohta; Hiroaki Shiraishi; Taisen Iguchi; Toshihiro Horiguchi
Aquatic Toxicology, 199, 103, 115, Elsevier B.V., 2018年06月01日, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Divergent responsiveness of two isoforms of the estrogen receptor to mixtures of contaminants of emerging concern in four vertebrates
Satomi Kohno; Yoshinao Katsu; Nicholas Cipoletti; Lina C. Wang; Zachary G. Jorgenson; Shinichi Miyagawa; Heiko L. Schoenfuss
Journal of Applied Toxicology, 38, 5, 705, 713, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018年05月01日, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Progesterone activation of zebrafish mineralocorticoid receptor may influence growth of some transplanted tumors
Yoshinao Katsu; Michael E. Baker
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, 13, E2908, E2909, National Academy of Sciences, 2018年03月27日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Feminizing effects of exposure to Corexit-enhanced water-accommodated fraction of crude oil in vitro on sex determination in Alligator mississippiensis.
Williams CE; McNabb NA; Brunell A; Lowers RH; Katsu Y; Spyropoulos DD; Kohno S
General and comparative endocrinology, 2017年12月, [査読有り] - Evolution of the mineralocorticoid receptor: sequence, structure and function
Michael E. Baker; Yoshinao Katsu
JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, 234, 1, T1, T16, 2017年07月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of hagfish estrogen receptors
Osamu Nishimiya; Yoshinao Katsu; Hiroyuki Inagawa; Naoshi Hiramatsu; Takashi Todo; Akihiko Hara
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 165, Pt B, 190, 201, 2017年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Characterization of evolutionary trend in squamate estrogen receptor sensitivity
Ryohei Yatsu; Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Takeshi Mizutani; Yukiko Ogino; Yasuhiko Ohta; Jan Myburgh; Johannes H. van Wyk; Louis J. Guillette; Shinichi Miyagawa; Taisen Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 238, 88, 95, 2016年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of the aryl hydrocarbon receptors and aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocators in the American alligator
Kaori Oka; Satomi Kohno; Yasuhiko Ohta; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi; Yoshinao Katsu
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 238, 13, 22, 2016年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Corticosteroid and progesterone transactivation of mineralocorticoid receptors from Amur sturgeon and tropical gar
Akira Sugimoto; Kaori Oka; Rui Sato; Shinji Adachi; Michael E. Baker; Yoshinao Katsu
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 473, 20, 3655, 3665, 2016年10月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Evolution of corticosteroid specificity for human, chicken, alligator and frog glucocorticoid receptors
Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Kaori Oka; Michael E. Baker
STEROIDS, 113, 38, 45, 2016年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - A second estrogen receptor from Japanese lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum) does not have activities for estrogen binding and transcription
Yoshinao Katsu; Paul A. Cziko; Charlie Chandsawangbhuwana; Joseph W. Thornton; Rui Sato; Koari Oka; Yoshio Takei; Michael E. Baker; Taisen Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 236, 105, 114, 2016年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - TRPV4 associates environmental temperature and sex determination in the American alligator
Ryohei Yatsu; Shinichi Miyagawa; Satomi Kohno; Shigeru Saito; Russell H. Lowers; Yukiko Ogino; Naomi Fukuta; Yoshinao Katsu; Yasuhiko Ohta; Makoto Tominaga; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5, 18581, 2015年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Allosteric role of the amino-terminal A/B domain on corticosteroid transactivation of gar and human glucocorticoid receptors
Kaori Oka; Andree Hoang; Daijiro Okada; Taisen Iguchi; Michael E. Baker; Yoshinao Katsu
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 154, 112, 119, 2015年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Identification and Characterization of the Androgen Receptor From the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
Shinichi Miyagawa; Ryohei Yatsu; Satomi Kohno; Brenna M. Doheny; Yukiko Ogino; Hiroshi Ishibashi; Yoshinao Katsu; Yasuhiko Ohta; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 156, 8, 2795, 2806, 2015年08月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Understanding the Molecular Basis for Differences in Responses of Fish Estrogen Receptor Subtypes to Environmental Estrogens
Saki Tohyama; Shinichi Miyagawa; Anke Lange; Yukiko Ogino; Takeshi Mizutani; Norihisa Tatarazako; Yoshinao Katsu; Masaru Ihara; Hiroaki Tanaka; Hiroshi Ishibashi; Tohru Kobayashi; Charles R. Tyler; Taisen Iguchi
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 49, 12, 7439, 7447, 2015年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) from the Japanese wrinkled frog, Rana rugosa.
Kodama M; Suda M; Sakamoto D; Iwasaki T; Matsuo Y; Uno Y; Matsuda Y; Nakamura Y; Maekawa S; Katsu Y; Nakamura M
Endocrinology, 156, 5, 1914, 1923, 2015年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1; ERα), not ESR2 (ERβ), modulates estrogen-induced sex reversal in the American alligator, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination.
Kohno S; Bernhard MC; Katsu Y; Zhu J; Bryan TA; Doheny BM; Iguchi T; Guillette LJ J
Endocrinology, 156, 5, 1887, 1899, 2015年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Expression of Ptger4b, a Prostaglandin E-2 Receptor Indispensable for Ovulation of the Medaka Oryzias latipes, Is Regulated by a Genomic Mechanism Involving Nuclear Progestin Receptor
Akane Hagiwara; Katsueki Ogiwara; Yoshinao Katsu; Takayuki Takahashi
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION, 90, 6, 2014年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Differing Species Responsiveness of Estrogenic Contaminants in Fish Is Conferred by the Ligand Binding Domain of the Estrogen Receptor
Shinichi Miyagawa; Anke Lange; Ikumi Hirakawa; Saki Tohyama; Yukiko Ogino; Takeshi Mizutani; Yoshihiro Kagami; Teruhiko Kusano; Masaru Ihara; Hiroaki Tanaka; Norihisa Tatarazako; Yasuhiko Ohta; Yoshinao Katsu; Charles R. Tyler; Taisen Iguchi
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 48, 9, 5254, 5263, 2014年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Possible involvement of insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 3 in zebrafish oocyte maturation as a novel cyclin B1 mRNA-binding protein that represses the translation in immature oocytes
Kazuki Takahashi; Tomoya Kotani; Yoshinao Katsu; Masakane Yamashita
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 448, 1, 22, 27, 2014年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Nuclear progesterone receptor is involved in the LH-induced expression of Ptger4b, a prostaglandin E-2 receptor indispensable for ovulation of the medaka
A. Hagiwara; K. Ogiwar; Y. Katsu; T. Takahashi
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (ICCE 2013), 29, 34, 2014年, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス) - Cloning and characterization of the retinoic acid receptor-like protein in the rock shell, Thais clavigera
Hiroshi Urushitani; Yoshinao Katsu; Yasuhiko Ohta; Hiroaki Shiraishi; Taisen Iguchi; Toshihiro Horiguchi
Aquatic Toxicology, 142-143, 403, 412, 2013年10月15日, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Establishment of transactivation assay systems using fish, amphibian, reptilian and human thyroid hormone receptors
Tomohiro Oka; Naoko Mitsui-Watanabe; Norihisa Tatarazako; Yuta Onishi; Yoshinao Katsu; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yukiko Ogino; Ryohei Yatsu; Satomi Kohno; Minoru Takase; Yukio Kawashima; Yasuhiko Ohta; Yasunobu Aoki; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
Journal of Applied Toxicology, 33, 9, 991, 1000, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2013年09月01日, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Cloning, expression and functional characterization of carp, Cyprinus carpio, estrogen receptors and their differential activations by estrogens
Yoshinao Katsu; Anke Lange; Shinichi Miyagawa; Hiroshi Urushitani; Norishisa Tatarazako; Yukio Kawashima; Charles R. Tyler; Taisen Iguchi
JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, 33, 1, 41, 49, 2013年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of the corticoid receptors from the American alligator
Kaori Oka; Satomi Kohno; Hiroshi Urushitani; Louis J. Guillette; Yasuhiko Ohta; Taisen Iguchi; Yoshinao Katsu
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 365, 2, 153, 161, 2013年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - p21 and Notch Signalings in the Persistently Altered Vagina Induced by Neonatal Diethylstilbestrol Exposure in Mice
Takeshi Nakamura; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yoshinao Katsu; Takeshi Mizutani; Tomomi Sato; Takashi Takeuchi; Taisen Iguchi; Yasuhiko Ohta
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE, 74, 12, 1589, 1595, 2012年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Sequential Changes in the Expression of Wnt- and Notch-related Genes in the Vagina and Uterus of Ovariectomized Mice after Estrogen Exposure
Takeshi Nakamura; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yoshinao Katsu; Tomomi Sato; Taisen Iguchi; Yasuhiko Ohta
IN VIVO, 26, 6, 899, 906, 2012年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Wnt family genes and their modulation in the ovary-independent and persistent vaginal epithelial cell proliferation and keratinization induced by neonatal diethylstilbestrol exposure in mice
Takeshi Nakamura; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Takeshi Mizutani; Tomomi Sato; Ken-Ichirou Morohashi; Takashi Takeuchi; Taisen Iguchi; Yasuhiko Ohta
TOXICOLOGY, 296, 1-3, 13, 19, 2012年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Gene expression profiles in the testis associated with testis-ova in adult Japanese medaka (Oryziaslatipes) exposed to 17α-ethinylestradiol.
Hirakawa I; Miyagawa S; Katsu Y; Kagami Y; Tatarazako N; Kobayashi T; Kusano T; Mizutani T; Ogino Y; Takeuchi T; Ohta Y; Iguchi T
Chemosphere, 87, 7, 668, 674, 2012年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Comparative responsiveness to natural and synthetic estrogens of fish species commonly used in the laboratory and field monitoring
Anke Lange; Yoshinao Katsu; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yukiko Ogino; Hiroshi Urushitani; Tohru Kobayashi; Toshiaki Hirai; Janice A. Shears; Masaki Nagae; Jun Yamamoto; Yuta Ohnishi; Tomohiro Oka; Norihisa Tatarazako; Yasuhiko Ohta; Charles R. Tyler; Taisen Iguchi
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 109, 250, 258, 2012年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Altered gonadal expression of TGF-β superfamily signaling factors in environmental contaminant-exposed juvenile alligators.
Moore BC; Milnes MR; Kohno S; Katsu Y; Iguchi T; Woodruff TK; Guillette LJ J
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 127, 1-2, 58, 63, 2011年10月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Cloning and characterization of retinoid X receptor (RXR) isoforms in the rock shell, Thais clavigera
Hiroshi Urushitani; Yoshinao Katsu; Yasuhiko Ohta; Hiroaki Shiraishi; Taisen Iguchi; Toshihiro Horiguchi
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 103, 1-2, 101, 111, 2011年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Metabolomics Reveals Target and Off-Target Toxicities of a Model Organophosphate Pesticide to Roach (Rutilus rutilus): Implications for Biomonitoring
Andrew D. Southam; Anke Lange; Adam Hines; Elizabeth M. Hill; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Charles R. Tyler; Mark R. Viant
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 45, 8, 3759, 3767, 2011年04月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen receptors in medaka (Oryzias latipes) and estrogenic environmental contaminants: An in vitro-in vivo correlation
Tapas Chakraborty; Yoshinao Katsu; Lin Yan Zhou; Shinichi Miyagawa; Yoshitaka Nagahama; Taisen Iguchi
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 123, 3-5, 115, 121, 2011年02月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Differential expression of three estrogen receptor subtype mRNAs in gonads and liver from embryos to adults of the medaka, Oryzias latipes
Tapas Chakraborty; Yasushi Shibata; Lin-Yan Zhou; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Yoshitaka Nagahama
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 333, 1, 47, 54, 2011年02月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning of anti-Müllerian hormone from the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.
Urushitani H; Katsu Y; Miyagawa S; Kohno S; Ohta Y; Guillette LJ Jr; Iguchi T
Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 333, 2, 190, 199, 2011年02月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Chromosome Mapping of Reptilian Estrogen Receptors
Yoshinao Katsu; Kazumi Matsubara; Satomi Kohno; Yoichi Matsuda; Michihisa Toriba; Kaori Oka; Louis J. Guillette; Yasuhiko Ohta; Taisen Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 151, 12, 5710, 5720, 2010年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Transcriptional activity and biological effects of mammalian estrogen receptor ligands on three hepatic estrogen receptors in Mozambique tilapia
L. K. Davis; Y. Katsu; T. Iguchi; D. T. Lerner; T. Hirano; E. G. Grau
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 122, 4, 272, 278, 2010年10月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of ligand- and species-specificity of amphibian estrogen receptors
Yoshinao Katsu; Ena Taniguchi; Hiroshi Urushitani; Shinichi Miyagawa; Minoru Takase; Kaoru Kubokawa; Osamu Tooi; Tomohiro Oka; Noriaki Santo; Jan Myburgh; Akira Matsuno; Taisen Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 168, 2, 220, 230, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Cloning and functional characterization of Chondrichthyes, cloudy catshark, Scyliorhinus torazame and whale shark, Rhincodon typus estrogen receptors
Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Haruka Narita; Hiroshi Urushitani; Koudai Yamane; Akihiko Hara; Tonya M. Clauss; Michael T. Walsh; Shinichi Miyagawa; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 168, 3, 496, 504, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen Receptor ESR1 Is Indispensable for the Induction of Persistent Vaginal Change by Neonatal 5alpha-Dihydrotestosterone Exposure in Mice
Shinichi Miyagawa; Yoshinao Katsu; Yasuhiko Ohta; Tamotsu Sudo; Dennis B. Lubahn; Taisen Iguchi
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION, 82, 3, 497, 503, 2010年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Potential Contributions of Heat Shock Proteins to Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in the American Alligator
S. Kohno; Y. Katsu; H. Urushitani; Y. Ohta; T. Iguchi; L. J. Guillette
SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, 4, 1-2, 73, 87, 2010年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen-Dependent Transactivation of Amphioxus Steroid Hormone Receptor via Both Estrogen and Androgen Response Elements
Yoshinao Katsu; Kaoru Kubokawa; Hiroshi Urushitani; Taisen Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 151, 2, 639, 648, 2010年02月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Influences of Sex, Incubation Temperature, and Environmental Quality on Gonadal Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Messenger RNA Expression in Juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
Brandon C. Moore; Matthew R. Milnes; Satomi Kohno; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Louis J. Guillette
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION, 82, 1, 194, 201, 2010年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Environmental Health Impacts of Equine Estrogens Derived from Hormone Replacement Therapy
Charles R. Tyler; Amy L. Filby; Lisa K. Bickley; Rob I. Cumming; Richard Gibson; Pierre Labadie; Yoshinao Katsu; Katherine E. Liney; Janice A. Shears; Vanessa Silva-Castro; Hiroshi Urushitani; Anke Lange; Matthew J. Winter; Taisen Iguchi; Elizabeth M. Hill
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 43, 10, 3897, 3904, 2009年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Sexual Reprogramming and Estrogenic Sensitization in Wild Fish Exposed to Ethinylestradiol
Anke Lange; Gregory C. Paull; Tobias S. Coe; Yoshinao Katsu; Hiroshi Urushitani; Taisen Iguchi; Charles R. Tyler
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 43, 4, 1219, 1225, 2009年02月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - From Reptilian Phylogenomics to Reptilian Genomes: Analyses of c-Jun and DJ-1 Proto-Oncogenes
Y. Katsu; E. L. Braun; L. J. Guillette; T. Iguchi
CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH, 127, 2-4, 79, 93, 2009年, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Evolutionary Analysis of Estrogen Receptors from Phylogenetically Ancient Fish
Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Susumu Hyodo; Shigeho Ijiri; Shinji Adachi; Akihiko Hara; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 149, 12, 6300, 6310, 2008年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Commonality in Signaling of Endocrine Disruption from Snail to Human
Taisen Iguchi; Yoshinao Katsu
BIOSCIENCE, 58, 11, 1061, 1067, 2008年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Altered sexual development in roach (Rutilus rutilus) exposed to environmental concentrations of the pharmaceutical 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol and associated expression dynamics of aromatases and estrogen receptors
Anke Lange; Yoshinao Katsu; Rie Ichikawa; Gregory C. Paull; Laura L. Chidgey; Tobias S. Coe; Taisen Iguchi; Charles R. Tyler
TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 106, 1, 113, 123, 2008年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - The influence of non-toxic concentrations of DDT and DDE on the old world vulture estrogen receptor alpha
Vinny Naidoo; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 159, 2-3, 188, 195, 2008年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen receptor subtypes selectively mediate female mouse reproductive abnormalities induced by neonatal exposure to estrogenic chemicals
Takeshi Nakamura; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Taisen Iguchi
TOXICOLOGY, 253, 1-3, 117, 124, 2008年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Toxicogenomics and Ecotoxicogenomics: Studying Chemical Effects and Basic Biology in Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Taisen Iguchi; Hajime Watanabe; Yoshinao Katsu
Toxicogenomics: A Powerful Tool for Toxicity Assessment, 143, 158, John Wiley and Sons, 2008年10月14日, [査読有り]
英語, 論文集(書籍)内論文 - Novel approaches for the study of vertebrate steroid hormone receptors
Satomi Kohno; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Louis J. Guillette
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, 48, 4, 527, 534, 2008年10月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Activation of steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR, NR1I2) and its orthologs in laboratory, toxicologic, and genome model species
Matthew R. Milnes; Adriana Garcia; Emily Grossman; Felix Grun; Jason Shiotsugu; Michelle M. Tabb; Yukio Kawashima; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Taisen Iguchi; Bruce Blumberg
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, 116, 7, 880, 885, 2008年07月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Gene expression patterns in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) exposed to environmental contaminants
Satomi Kohno; Dieldrich S. Bermudez; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Louis J. Guillette
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 88, 2, 95, 101, 2008年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Increased posthatching mortality and loss of sexually dimorphic gene expression in alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from a contaminated environment
Matthew R. Milnes; Teresa A. Bryan; Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Brandon C. Moore; Taisen Iguchi; Louis J. Guillette
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION, 78, 5, 932, 938, 2008年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning and characterization of estrogen, androgen, and progesterone nuclear receptors from a freshwater turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)
Yoshinao Katsu; Rie Ichikawa; Toshitaka Ikeuchi; Satomi Kohno; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 149, 1, 161, 173, 2008年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Vacuolar degeneration of skeletal muscle in transgenic mice overexpressing ORP150
Tomohiro Kobayashi; Yuko Takita; Atsuko Suzuki; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Yasuhiko Ohta
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE, 70, 1, 115, 118, 2008年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - In vitro assessment of transcriptional activation of the estrogen and androgen receptors of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis
Yoshinao Katsu; Megumi Hinago; Kiyoaki Sone; Hiroshi Urushitani; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 276, 1-2, 10, 17, 2007年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Patterns of vertebrate isochore evolution revealed by comparison of expressed mammalian, avian, and crocodilian genes
Jena L. Chojnowski; James Franklin; Yoshinao Katsu; Taisen Iguchi; Louis J. Guillette; Rebecca T. Kimball; Edward L. Braun
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, 65, 3, 259, 266, 2007年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Toxicogenomics and ecotoxicogenomics for studying endocrine disruption and basic biology
Taisen Iguchi; Hajime Watanabe; Yoshinao Katsu
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 153, 1-3, 25, 29, 2007年08月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Functional associations between two estrogen receptors, environmental estrogens, and sexual disruption in the roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Yoshinao Katsu; Anke Lange; Hiroshi Urushitani; Rie Ichikawa; Gregory C. Paull; Laura L. Cahill; Susan Jobling; Charles R. Tyler; Taisen Iguchi
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 41, 9, 3368, 3374, 2007年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Medaka (Oryzias latipes) for use in evaluating developmental effects of endocrine active chemicals with special reference to gonadal intersex (testis-ova).
Urushitani H; Katsu Y; Kato Y; Tooi O; Santo N; Kawashima Y; Ohta Y; Kisaka Y; Lange A; Tyler CR; Johnson RD; Iguchi T
Environmental sciences : an international journal of environmental physiology and toxicology, 14, 211, 233, 5, 2007年, [査読有り] - The roach (Rutilus rutilus) as a sentinel for assessing endocrine disruption.
Tyler CR; Lange A; Paull GC; Katsu Y; Iguchi T
Environmental sciences : an international journal of environmental physiology and toxicology, 14, 235, 253, 5, 2007年, [査読有り] - Cloning and differential expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase genes in the self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and male mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus
Edward F. Orlando; Yoshinao Katsu; Shinichi Miyagawa; Taisen Iguchi
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 37, 2, 353, 365, 2006年10月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning of estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha; ESR1) of the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus
Yoshinao Katsu; Satomi Kohno; Tomohiro Oka; Naoko Mitsui; Osamu Tooi; Noriaki Santo; Hiroshi Urushitani; Yukio Fukumoto; Kazushi Kuwabara; Kazuhide Ashikaga; Shinji Minami; Shigeaki Kato; Yasuhiko Ohta; Louis J. Guillette; Taisen Iguchi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 257-8, 84, 94, 2006年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Effects of bisphenol A given neonatally on reproductive functions of male rats
Hideo Kato; Tadakazu Furuhashi; Masami Tanaka; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Yasuhiko Ohta; Taisen Iguchi
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, 22, 1, 20, 29, 2006年07月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Phosphorylation of the p34(cdc2) target site on goldfish germinal vesicle lamin B3 before oocyte maturation
A Yamaguchi; Y Katsu; M Matsuyama; M Yoshikuni; Y Nagahama
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 85, 6, 501, 517, 2006年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Tissue-specific expression of Clec2g in mice
Y Katsu; T Iguchi
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 85, 5, 345, 354, 2006年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Application of ecotoxicogenomics for studying endocrine disruption in vertebrates and invertebrates
Taisen Iguchi; Hajime Watanabe; Yoshinao Katsu
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, 114, 101, 105, 2006年04月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Molecular cloning of estrogen receptor alpha of the Nile crocodile
Y Katsu; J Myburgh; S Kohno; GE Swan; LJ Guillette; T Iguchi
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 143, 3, 340, 346, 2006年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Ontogenic expression of estrogen receptor-alpha in female rat corneas
Hideo Kato; Kazuyoshi Naito; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Yasuhiko Ohta; Taisen Iguchi
OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH, 38, 6, 361, 365, 2006年, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Effects of an androgenic growth promoter 17 beta-trenbolone on masculinization of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis affinis)
K Sone; M Hinago; M Itamoto; Y Katsu; H Watanabe; H Urushitani; O Tooi; LJ Guillette; T Iguchi
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 143, 2, 151, 160, 2005年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Phosphorylation of the p34(cdc2) target site on goldfish germinal vesicle lamin B3 before oocyte maturation
Akihiko Yamaguchi; Yoshinao Katsu; Michiyasu Yoshikuni; Michiya Matsuyama; Yoshitaka Nagahama
CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 29, 65, 65, 2004年05月, [査読有り]
英語 - Persistent gene expression in mouse vagina exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol
S. Miyagawa; A. Suzuki; Y. Katsu; M. Kobayashi; M. Goto; H. Handa; H. Watanabe; T. Iguchi
J Mol Endocrinol, 32, 663, 677, 2004年04月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Evaluation of estrogenic activity in diets for experimental animals using in vitro assay
H Kato; T Iwata; Y Katsu; H Watanabe; Y Ohta; T Iguchi
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 52, 5, 1410, 1414, 2004年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen-independent activation of erbBs signaling and estrogen receptor alpha in the mouse vagina exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol
S Miyagawa; Y Katsu; H Watanabe; T Iguchi
ONCOGENE, 23, 2, 340, 349, 2004年01月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Bisphenol A exerts thyroid-hormone-like effects on mouse oligodendrocyte precursor cells
C Seiwa; J Nakahara; T Komiyama; Y Katsu; T Iguchi; H Asou
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 80, 1, 21, 30, 2004年, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Involvement of Xenopus Pumilio in the translational regulation that is specific to cyclin B1 mRNA during oocyte maturation
S Nakahata; T Kotani; K Mita; T Kawasaki; Y Katsu; Y Nagahama; M Yamashita
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, 120, 8, 865, 880, 2003年08月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Expression of a novel C-type lectin in the mouse vagina
Y Katsu; DB Lubahn; T Iguchi
ENDOCRINOLOGY, 144, 6, 2597, 2605, 2003年06月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Cloning and characterization of estrogen receptor alpha in mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus
H Urushitani; M Nakai; H Inanaga; Y Shimohigashi; A Shimizu; Y Katsu; T Iguchi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 203, 1-2, 41, 50, 2003年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Early estrogen exposure induces abnormal development of Fundulus heteroclitus
H Urushitani; A Shimizu; Y Katsu; T Iguchi
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY, 293, 7, 693, 702, 2002年12月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Estrogen-independent expression of neuropsin, a serine protease in the vagina of mice exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol
Y Katsu; E Takasu; T Iguchi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 195, 1-2, 99, 107, 2002年09月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Bisphenol-A administration during pregnancy results in fetal exposure in mice and monkeys
K. Uchida; A. Suzuki; Y. Kobayashi; D. L. Buchanan; T. Sato; H. Watanabe; Y. Katsu; J. Suzuki; K. Asaoka; C. Mori; K. Arizono; T. Iguchi
Journal of Health Science, 48, 6, 579, 582, 公益社団法人日本薬学会, 2002年04月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Placental transfer of bisphenol-A (BPA) was studied in mice and Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata). BPA was found in maternal and fetal sera, liver, brain, uteri, testes and placenta as early as 30 min after a single subcutaneous (s.c.) injection to 17 days of pregnancy in mice. BPA was also found in fetal liver, kidney, and brain of Japanese monkeys 1 hr after a single s.c. injection to 150 days of pregnancy. These results clearly indicate that the maternal placental barrier can not protect the fetus from the consequences of BPA exposure in these species. - Developmental effects of perinatal exposure to bisphenol-A and diethylstilbestrol on reproductive organs in female mice
A Suzuki; A Sugihara; K Uchida; T Sato; Y Ohta; Y Katsu; H Watanabe; T Iguchi
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, 16, 2, 107, 116, 2002年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Low dose effect of in utero exposure to bisphenol A and diethylstilbestrol on female mouse reproduction
S Honma; A Suzuki; DL Buchanan; Y Katsu; H Watanabe; T Iguchi
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, 16, 2, 117, 122, 2002年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Developmental toxicity of estrogenic chemicals on rodents and other species
Taisen Iguchi; Hajime Watanabe; Yoshinao Katsu; Takeshi Mizutani; Shinichi Miyagawa; Atsuko Suzuki; Satomi Kohno; Kiyoaki Sone; Hideo Kato
Congenital anomalies, 42, 2, 94, 105, 2, 2002年, [査読有り]
英語 - Immunological detection and characterization of poly(A) polymerase, poly(A)-binding protein and cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein in goldfish and Xenopus oocytes
Nakahata S; Mita K; Katsu Y; Nagahama Y; Yamashita M
Zoological Science, 18, 3, 337, 343, 社団法人 日本動物学会, 2001年, [査読有り]
英語, Cytoplasmic polyadenylation regulates translational activation of dormant cyclin B1 mRNA stored in immature oocytes, a process required for the initiation of oocyte maturation in goldfish and Xenopus. As a first step towards understanding the molecular mechanisms of translational activation of cyclin B1 during oocyte maturation, we have isolated cDNA clones encoding proteins involved in cytoplasmic polyadenylation and produced specific antibodies against recombinant proteins. These include poly (A) polymerase (PAP), poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) and cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein (CPEB). Monoclonal antibodies raised against goldfish PAP recognized several forms of PAP in goldfish and Xenopus oocytes. Besides ordinary PAPs with high molecular weight (ca. 100 kDa), the antibodies also detected those with low molecular weight (ca. 40 kDa) that are present specifically in the cytoplasm, raising new players that might be responsible for cytoplasmic polyadenylation. An antibody against goldfish PABP showed for the first time in Xenopus oocytes the protein expression of PABPII, another PABP distinct from the well-characterized PABPI. Monoclonal antibodies raised against Xenopus CPEB recognized both unphosphorylated 62-kDa and phosphorylated 64-kDa forms but did not cross-react with goldfish CPEB, which was specifically detected by anti-goldfish CPEB monoclonal antibodies produced previously. The cDNAs, recombinant proteins and antibodies produced in this study are expected to provide useful tools for investigating the regulatory mechanisms of cyclin B1 translation during oocyte maturation in goldfish and Xenopus. - Biochemical identification of Xenopus pumilio as a sequence-specific cyclin B1 mRNA-binding protein that physically interacts with a nanos homolog, Xcat-2, and a cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein
Nakahata S; Katsu Y; Mita K; Inoue K; Nagahama Y; Yamashita M
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276, 24, 20945, 20953, 2001年, [査読有り] - Ca2+ is required for phosphorylation of clam p82/CPEB in vitro: Implications for dual and independent roles of MAP and Cdc2 kinases
Y Katsu; N Minshall; Y Nagahama; N Standart
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 209, 1, 186, 199, 1999年05月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - Translational regulation of cyclin B mRNA by 17 alpha,20 beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (maturation-inducing hormone) during oocyte maturation in a teleost fish, the goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Katsu Y; Yamashita M; Nagahama Y
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 158, 1-2, 79, 85, 1999年, [査読有り] - Isolation and characterization of goldfish Y box protein, a germ-cell-specific RNA-binding protein
Katsu Y; Yamashita M; Nagahama Y
European Journal of Biochemistry, 249, 3, 854, 861, 1997年, [査読有り] - Initiation of cyclin B degradation by the 26S proteasome upon egg activation
Tokumoto T; Yamashita M; Tokumoto M; Katsu Y; Horiguchi R; Kajiura H; Nagahama Y
Journal of Cell Biology, 138, 6, 1313, 1322, 1997年, [査読有り] - REGULATION OF OOCYTE GROWTH AND MATURATION IN FISH
NAGAHAMA Y; YOSHIKUNI M; YAMASHITA M; TOKUMOTO T; KATSU Y
Current Topics in Develop. Biol., 30, 103, 145, 1995年, [査読有り] - MOLECULAR-CLONING AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GOLDFISH CYCLIN-A DURING OOCYTE MATURATION
KATSU Y; YAMASHITA M; HIRAI T; TOKUMOTO T; KAJIURA H; NAGAHAMA Y
Developmental Biology, 170, 2, 616, 625, 1995年, [査読有り] - ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLDFISH CDC2, A CATALYTIC COMPONENT OF MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR
KAJIURA H; YAMASHITA M; KATSU Y; NAGAHAMA Y
Development Growth & Differentiation, 35, 6, 647, 654, 1993年, [査読有り] - BEHAVIOR OF THE COMPONENTS OF MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR, CDC2 KINASE AND CYCLIN-B, DURING OOCYTE MATURATION OF GOLDFISH
KATSU Y; YAMASHITA M; KAJIURA H; NAGAHAMA Y
Developmental Biology, 160, 1, 99, 107, 1993年, [査読有り] - A FISH HOMOLOG OF THE CDC2-RELATED PROTEIN P40(MO15) - ITS CDNA CLONING AND EXPRESSION IN OOCYTES
ONOE S; YAMASHITA M; KAJIURA H; KATSU Y; JIANG JQ; NAGAHAMA Y
Biomedical Research-Tokyo, 14, 6, 441, 444, 1993年, [査読有り] - MEIOSIS-REINITIATION-INDUCING FACTOR OF TETRAHYMENA FUNCTIONS UPSTREAM OF M-PHASE-PROMOTING FACTOR
M FUJISHIMA; Y KATSU; E OGAWA; M SAKIMURA; M YAMASHITA; Y NAGAHAMA
JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY, 39, 6, 683, 690, 1992年11月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌) - INDUCTION OF REINITIATION OF MEIOSIS IN AMPHIBIAN BUFO AND XENOPUS OOCYTES BY INJECTION OF M-PHASE EXTRACTS OF CILIATE TETRAHYMENA NEEDS THE RECIPIENT PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS
M FUJISHIMA; KODAMA, I; M HORI; M HORI; Y KATSU; R IMAI
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH, 193, 1, 155, 160, 1991年03月, [査読有り]
英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- 軟体動物前鯉類RXRの転写活性誘導における有機スズ化合物の影響
漆谷博志; 勝義直; 太田康彦; 白石寛明; 井口泰泉; 堀口敏宏, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 16th, 2013年 - 軟体動物前鰓類RXRを用いた有機スズ化合物による転写活性誘導差異
漆谷博志; 勝義直; 勝義直; 太田康彦; 白石寛明; 井口泰泉; 堀口敏宏, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 15th, 2012年 - レポータージーンアッセイ法を用いたイボニシ貝新規RAR様遺伝子の性状決定
漆谷博志; 勝義直; 太田康彦; 白石寛明; 井口泰泉; 堀口敏宏, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 14th, 2011年 - イボニシ貝新規RXR遺伝子を用いたレポータージーンアッセイ法等による性状決定
漆谷博志; 勝義直; 太田康彦; 井口泰泉; 白石寛明; 堀口敏宏, 環境ホルモン学会研究発表会プログラム・要旨集, 13th, 2010年 - レポータージーンアッセイを利用した魚類エストロゲン受容体の種特異性.
勝義直; 井口泰泉, 環境ホルモン学会ニュースレター, 10, 4, 6, 2008年 - Commonality and difference in mechanisms of endocrine disruption in various animal species.
Iguchi, T; Katsu, Y, BioScience, 58, 1061, 1067, 2008年 - Developmental reproductive effects of exposure to pharmaceutical steroids in the aquatic environment: Studies on mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis affinis), roach (Rutilus rutilus) and medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Iguchi, T; Katsu, Y; Urushitani, H; Lange, A; Tyler, C.R, J. Marine Sci. Technol., 15, 29, 36, 2007年 - Analysis of the ligand-specificity of the estrogen and androgen receptors of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis.
Katsu, Y; Hinago, M; Sone, K; Guillette, L.J.Jr; Iguchi, T, Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., 276, 10, 17, 2007年 - Endocrine disrupting organotin compounds are potent inducers of imposex in gastropods and adipogenesis in vertebrates.
Iguchi, T; Katsu, Y; Horiguchi, T; Watanabe, H; Blumberg, B; Ohta, Y, Mol. Cell. Toxicol., 3, 1, 10, 2007年 - Molecular cloning of estrogen receptor A and B of raucous toad
Ena Taniguchi; Yoshinao Katsu; Noriaki Santou; Osamu Tooi; Taisen Iguchi; Akira Matsuno, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23, 12, 1213, 1213, 2006年12月
英語, 研究発表ペーパー・要旨(国際会議) - Molecular cloning and expression of DM domain genes from the water flea, Daphnia magna
Yasuhiko Kato; Kaoru Kobayashi; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Taisen Iguchi, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23, 12, 1182, 1182, 2006年12月
英語, 研究発表ペーパー・要旨(国際会議) - Moelcular cloning of reptile steroid hormone receptors
Yoshinao Katsu; Rie Ichikawa; Toshitaka Ikeuchi; Louis Guillette; Taisen Iguchi, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23, 12, 1216, 1216, 2006年12月
英語, 研究発表ペーパー・要旨(国際会議) - Expression of wnt family genes in mouse vagina exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol
Takeshi Nakamura; Yoshinao Katsu; Hajime Watanabe; Taisen Iguchi, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23, 12, 1216, 1216, 2006年12月
英語, 研究発表ペーパー・要旨(国際会議) - Molecular cloning of the estrogen and progesterone receptors of the American alligator
Y Katsu; DS Bermudez; EL Braun; C Helbing; S Miyagawa; MP Gunderson; S Kohno; TA Bryan; LJ Guillette; T Iguchi, GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 136, 1, 122, 133, 2004年03月
英語 - Estrogen Receptor Binding Assay for Evaluation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Marine Fish
Nakai M; Yokota H; Urushitani H; Asai D; Katsu Y; Eto C; Yakabe Y; Iguchi T; Shimohigashi Y, Marine Biotechnology, 6, S137-141, 2004年 - Estrogenic Regulation of Gene Expression of Ras Family (ENDOCRINE SYSTEM) (GENERAL SESSION BY POSTER PRESENTATION) (Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting)
Kato Hideo; Ohta Yasuhiko; Katsu Yoshinao; Watanabe Hajime; Iguchi Taisen, Journal of toxicological sciences, 28, 4, 319, 319, 2003年10月31日
日本毒性学会, 英語 - CLONING, EXPRESSION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA mRNA IN MUMMICHOG, FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
URUSHITANI H.; NAKAI M.; INANAGA H.; SHIMOHIGASHI Y.; SHIMIZU A.; KATSU Y.; IGUCHI T., Proceedings of the Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, 18, 63, 63, 2003年08月08日
英語 - MOLECULAR CLONING OF THE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR, C-JUN AND DJ-1 OF THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
KATSU Yoshinao; GUNDERSON Mark; GUILLETTE JR. Louis J.; IGUCHI Taisen, Proceedings of the Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, 18, 69, 69, 2003年08月08日
英語 - A NOVEL C-TYPE LECTIN EXPRESSION IN STRATIFIED AND CORNIFIED EPITHELIAL CELLS(Endocrinology,Abstracts of papers presented at the 74^
Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Katsu Yoshinao; Iguchi Taisen, Zoological science, 20, 12, 1611, 1611, 2003年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語ESTROGEN-INDEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF ErbBs SIGNALING AND ESTROGEN RECEPTOR α IN THE MOUSE VAGINA EXPOSED NEONATALLY TO DIETHYLSTILBESTROL(Endocrinology,Abstracts of papers presented at the 74^Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Miyagawa Shinichi; Katsu Yoshinao; Watanabe Hajime; Iguchi Taisen, Zoological science, 20, 12, 1606, 1606, 2003年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語A NOVEL C-TYPE LECTIN IDENTIFIED IN THE MOUSE VAGINA(Endocrinology)(Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Katsu Yoshinao; Iguchi Taisen, Zoological science, 19, 12, 1491, 1491, 2002年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語CHANGES IN EXPRESSION OF ErbBs AND THEIR LIGANDS IN NEONATALLY DES-EXPOSED MOUSE VAGINA(Endocrinology)(Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Miyagawa Shinichi; Katsu Yoshinao; Watanabe Hajime; Iguchi Taisen, Zoological science, 19, 12, 1492, 1492, 2002年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語Developmental effects of estrogenic agents on mouse reproductive tracts(IV. Reproductive embryotoxicology : Present and future)
Iguchi T.; Katsu Y.; Watanabe H., Congenital anomalies, 41, 3, 233, 234, 2001年09月
日本先天異常学会, 英語A novel C-type lectin identified in the mouse vagina by differential display.(Endocrinology)(Proceeding of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Katsu Y.; Takasu E.; Watanabe H.; Iguchi T., Zoological science, 18, 13, 13, 2001年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語XENOPUS PUMILIO HAS A ROLE IN TRANSLATIONAL REPRESSION OF CYCLIN B1 mRNA(Developmental Biology)(Proceeding of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Nakahata Shingo; Mita Koichi; Katsu Yoshinao; Nagahama Yoshitaka; Yamashita Masakane, Zoological science, 18, 62, 62, 2001年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語Characterization of protein expression in female reproductive tracts of mice exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol.(Endocrinology)(Proceeding of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Miyagawa S.; Satoh M.; Watanabe H.; Katsu Y.; Dobashi K.; Oh-Ishi M.; Maeda T.; Iguchi T., Zoological science, 18, 20, 20, 2001年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語Developmental effects of estrogenic agents on mice, fish and frogs: a mini review.
Iguchi, T; Watanabe, H; Katsu, Y, Horm. Behav., 40, 2, 248, 251, 2001年
Elsevier BVMPFとEg2によるCPEBのリン酸化
勝義直; 山下正兼; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 71st, 2000年アフリカツメガエルPumilio蛋白質の認識配列の決定とCPEBとの相互作用
中畑新吾; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝; 山下正兼, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 71st, 2000年キンギョ卵母細胞型核ラミンB3の部位特異的リン酸化とその役割
山口明彦; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 71st, 2000年XENOPUS PUMILIO IS A SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC CYCLIN B1 MRNA-BINDING PROTEIN AND INTERACTS WITH CPEB(Developmental Biology)Proceedings of the Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan :
Nakahata S.; Katsu Y.; Nagahama Y.; Yamashita M., Zoological science, 17, 61, 61, 2000年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語GOLDFISH GV LAMIN B3 : SITE-SPECIFIC PHOSPHORYLATION AND ITS POSSIBLE ROLE DURING OOCYTE MATURATION(Developmental Biology)Proceedings of the Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan :
Yamaguchi Akihiko; Katsu Yoshinao; Nagahama Yoshitaka, Zoological science, 17, 57, 57, 2000年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語PHOSPHORYLATION OF GOLDFISH CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN(CPEB) BY EG2 AND MPF(Developmental Biology)Proceedings of the Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan :
Katsu Y.; Yamashita M.; Nagahama Y., Zoological science, 17, 61, 61, 2000年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語キンギョCPEBのクローニングとサイクリンBmRNAに存在するCPEB結合配列の解析
勝義直; 山下正兼; 小川和男; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 70th, 1999年アフリカツメガエル卵成熟誘起におけるPumilio蛋白質の関与
中畑新吾; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝; 山下正兼, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 70th, 1999年PUMILIO IS A CANDIDATE PROTEIN INVOLVED IN TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF CYCLIN B1 mRNA DURING XENOPUS OOCYTE MATURATION(Developmental Biology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Nakahata S.; Katsu Y.; Nagahama Y.; Yamashita M., Zoological science, 16, 62, 62, 1999年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語MOLECULAR CLONING OF GOLDFISH CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN (CPEB)(Developmental Biology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Katsu Y.; Yamashita M.; Ogawa K.; Nagahama Y., Zoological science, 16, 62, 62, 1999年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語ホッキ貝卵におけるMAP kinaseとcdc2 kinaseによるp82 CPEBのリン酸化
勝義直; CORNALL N; 長浜嘉孝; STANDART N, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 69th, 1998年HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION OF P82 CPEB BY MAP KINASE AND CDC2 KINASE IN THE CLAM, SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA(Developmental Biology)(Proceedings of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :
Katsu Y.; Cornall N.; Nagahama Y.; Standart N., Zoological science, 15, 82, 82, 1998年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語サイクリンのBmRNA結合タンパク質
勝義直; 山下正兼; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 67th, 1996年卵成熟過程におけるキンギョサイクリンBの翻訳開始機構
勝義直; 山下正兼; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 65th, 1994年キンギョcdc2活性化リン酸化酵素(p40MO15)の単離
尾上伸二; 山下正兼; 梶浦弘子; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 64th, 1993年キンギョサイクリンAのクローニングと卵成熟過程における変化
勝義直; 山下正兼; 平井俊朗; 梶浦弘子; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 64th, 1993年キンギョcdc2キナーゼのcDNAクローニングと卵成熟過程における挙動
梶浦弘子; 山下正兼; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝, 日本動物学会大会予稿集, 64th, 1993年キンギョcdc2活性化リン酸化酵素(p40M015)cDNAの単離
尾上伸二; 山下正兼; 梶浦弘子; 勝義直; 長浜嘉孝, 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集, 16th, 1993年Behavior of the components of maturation-promoting factor, cdc2 kinase and cyclin B, during oocyte maturation of goldfish
KATSU Y., Dev Biol, 159, 1, 9, 1993年CYCLIN B IN FISH OOCYTES : ITS APPEARANCE DURING OOCYTE MATURATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MECHANISM OF MPF ACTIVATION.(Developmental Biology)Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoologiacal Socistry of Japan :
Katsu Y.; Yamashita M.; Kajiura H.; Nagahama Y., Zoological science, 9, 6, 1162, 1162, 1992年
Zoological Society of Japan, 英語 ■ 主な担当授業MEIOSIS-REINITIATION-INDUCING SUBSTANCE OF STARFISH OOCYTES FOUND IN PARAMECIUM : Cytology and Morphology :
katsu Y.; Fujishima M., Zoological science, 7, 6, 1163, 1163, 1990年
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■ 共同研究・競争的資金等の研究課題- 肉鰭類の副腎ステロイド受容体の解析
科学研究費助成事業
2023年04月01日 - 2026年03月31日
勝 義直
本研究は、「肉鰭類の副腎ステロイド受容体の解析」を目的として実施されています。ステロイドホルモン受容体は、核内受容体遺伝子スーパーファミリーに属しているホルモン依存的な転写制御因子です。そして、2つのグループである「性ステロイドホルモン受容体」と「副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体」に大別することができます。このうち「副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体」は、ヒトでは代謝・電解質制御・免疫など広範囲の生理作用に関与していることが分かっています。それでは、ヒトが持つステロイドホルモン受容体は生物進化においてどの生物の段階から出現したのでしょうか。また、ヒトで認められる受容体の生理的機能はどの生物でも同じなのでしょうか。このようなステロイドホルモン受容体それ自身と受容体が有する生理機能の成立に関わる根本的な問いかけの答えは今もって得られていません。以上のことを踏まえて、脊椎動物の進化の指標となる生物からのステロイドホルモン受容体遺伝子の単離と受容体タンパク質の機能解析を行います。特に肉鰭類であるハイギョやシーラカンスに着目しステロイドホルモン受容体の解析を進めます。
一般的に副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体は糖質コルチコイド受容体と鉱質コルチコイド受容体の2種類が知られています。本年度は、脊椎動物の進化の指標動物である肉鰭類のハイギョから私たちのグループが単離に成功した副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体である糖質コルチコイド受容体をもちいて、様々なステロイドに対する応答を調べました。その結果、ハイギョの糖質コルチコイド受容体は、別のタイプの副腎ステロイド受容体である鉱質コルチコイド受容体のリガンド(アルドステロン)に強く応答することが判明しました。この結果は、副腎ステロイド受容体の分子進化と適応に関するこれまで知られていない重要な知見を提供するものです。
日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 23K05839 - ステロイドホルモン受容体タンパク質の機能進化の解明
科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)
2019年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
勝 義直; 漆谷 博志
本研究は、「ステロイドホルモン受容体タンパク質の機能進化の解明」を目的として実施されています。ステロイドホルモン受容体は、核内受容体遺伝子スーパーファミリーに属しているホルモン依存的な転写制御因子です。そして、2つのグループである「性ステロイドホルモン受容体」と「副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体」に大別することができます。このうち「副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体」は、ヒトでは代謝・電解質制御・免疫など広範囲の生理作用に関与していることが分かっています。それでは、ヒトが持つステロイドホルモン受容体は生物進化においてどの生物の段階から出現したのでしょうか。また、ヒトで認められる受容体の生理的機能はどの生物でも同じなのでしょうか。このようなステロイドホルモン受容体それ自身と受容体が有する生理機能の成立に関わる根本的な問いかけの答えは今もって得られていません。以上のことを踏まえて、脊椎動物の進化の指標となる生物からのステロイドホルモン受容体遺伝子の単離と受容体タンパク質の機能解析を行い、「ステロイドホルモン受容体タンパク質の機能進化の解明」を目指しています。
本年度は、脊椎動物の進化の指標動物である軟骨魚類から「副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体遺伝子」の単離を試み、高等脊椎動物で認められる2種類の副腎ステロイドホルモン受容体である「鉱質コルチコイド受容体」と「糖質コルチコイド受容体」という2種類のcDNAの単離に成功しました。さらに、鉱質コルチコイド受容体に関しては、様々なステロイドホルモンに対する応答性を詳細に調べ、他の脊椎動物との比較、およびタンパク質のドメイン構造の機能についても解析を進めました。また、遺伝子発現解析を行い、生殖腺における高発現を見出しました。この結果は、これまで知られていない新たな機能を示唆する重要な知見を提供するものです。
日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 19K06734 - 生物進化に伴う副腎ステロイド受容体の機能進化の解明
科学研究費補助金(基盤研究(C))
2014年 - 2016年
勝 義直
副腎ステロイド受容体は、副腎皮質から分泌される副腎ステロイドと結合して動物の内分泌の恒常性維持の機構に関与している。しかし、高等脊椎動物で認められる副腎ステロイド受容体による内分泌恒常性維持機構は生物進化のどの段階から出現したのかは未だ不明である。本研究課題は、生物進化における副腎ステロイド受容体遺伝子の出現と機能獲得のプロセスの解明を目指した。その結果、ガーやチョウザメという古代魚の進化段階からヒトと同様に副腎ステロイド受容体遺伝子を持つこと、また機能的にもヒトの受容体と同等の能力を有することを明らかにした。以上の成果は副腎ステロイド受容体の分子進化を解明する上で重要な手がかりとなる。
文部科学省, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 研究代表者, 競争的資金, 26440159 - 生物進化に伴うエストロゲン受容体の遺伝子重複と機能獲得の解明
科学研究費補助金(基盤研究(C))
2011年 - 2013年
勝 義直
女性ホルモンであるエストロゲンは、脊椎動物の生殖活動の基盤となるステロイドホルモンである。本研究課題は、このエストロゲンの受容体である「エストロゲン受容体」が生物進化のどの段階から出現したのか、リガンド依存的な転写制御因子としての機能はどのように獲得されたのか、というエストロゲン受容体の成立に関わる根本問題を解決する為に行われている。平成23年度は生物進化の分岐点に位置する無顎類であるヤツメウナギと軟骨魚類であるゾウギンザメからエストロゲン受容遺伝子の単離を試みた。これまでに脊索動物であるヤツメウナギからエストロゲン受容体遺伝子の単離に成功しているが、リガンドであるエストロゲンとは結合できず、従って転写活性化能を持っていないことが判明している。そこで、平成23年度はまず最も下等な脊椎動物であると考えられている無顎類のヤツメウナギからエストロゲン受容体遺伝子の単離を試みた。その結果、ヤツメウナギは高等脊椎動物が2種類のエストロゲン受容体を持つのと同様に、2種類のエストロゲン受容体遺伝子を持っていることを世界に先駆けて確認した。それに引き続き、軟骨魚類であるゾウギンザメからも2種類のエストロゲン受容体遺伝子の単離に成功した。これらの結果は、生物が脊椎動物へと進化した際に遺伝子重複によって2種類のエストロゲン受容体が出現したことが示唆される。これまで高等脊椎動物が持つ2種類のエストロゲン受容体遺伝子は生物進化のどの段階で起こった出来事であるのかは、不明であったが今回の結果は脊椎動物への進化と同時に起こったことを物語っており、遺伝子出現という一つの謎が解明されたことを意味すると考えている。
文部科学省, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 研究代表者, 競争的資金, 23570067 - アメリカワニを用いたハ虫類における内分泌かく乱物質の生殖影響に関する基礎的研
科学研究費助成事業
2009年 - 2011年
太田 康彦; 勝 義直; 竹内 崇師; 井口 泰泉
温度依存性の性分化を示すアメリカンアリゲーターの温度感受性期間における生殖腺・生殖輸官系の組織形態アトラスを作成するとともに性ホルモン受容体の発現と局在を明らかにした。さらに温度感受性に関係する因子(主としてヒートショックタンパク質とミュラー管退縮ホルモン)を分子生物学的に同定して、ワニにおける性分化機構の一端を証明した。これらの結果は内分泌かく乱物質のハ虫類における生殖影響評価に貢献すると思われる。
日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 鳥取大学, 21510068 - 性ホルモン受容体の分子進化
科学研究費補助金
2008年 - 2010年
性ホルモン受容体は、進化上いつから存在するのか、DNAとの結合能力やホルモンとの結合能力は、どの生物段階から備わったのかを調べる。
競争的資金 - 爬虫類の性決定・性分化の分子機構解析
科学研究費助成事業
2005年 - 2006年
勝 義直; 井口 泰泉
爬虫類である全てのワニ類と大部分のカメ類の性決定は、環境要因(外気の温度)によって決定する事が分かっている。しかし、この性染色体によらない温度依存的性決定の分子機構については、ほとんどわかっていない。本研究は、この爬虫類の性決定・性分化の分子機構を解析することを目的として行なわれた。本年度は、温度と密接に関連する遺伝子の候補として、熱ショックタンパク類の関連遺伝子のクローニングを行なった。これまでの研究からも予想されたが、鳥類のHSPとの相同性が高いと言う事が判明した。さらに、ワニは初期発生の一定の時期(ステージ19から24まで)の温度が重要で、この時期に性が決定する事が分かっている。オスになる温度、メスになる温度でそれぞれ処理した初期胚から生殖腺を摘出し、今回得られたHSP群の発現パターンを調べたところ、いずれのHSPもすでにステージ19から発現している事がわかった。さらに、その発現量は発生にしたがって増減することはなく、ほぼ一定のままであった。また、オスとメスでの差は観察できなかった。この結果は、温度依存性の性決定機構をもつワニでは、その性決定にはHSPは関与しないのではないかということを示唆している。しかし、メスへの分化に必要と考えられているエストロゲン受容体のか活性化機構にはHSPが関連することも知られているので、今後、さらに局在などを調べ性決定とHSPの関連を詳細に調べる必要があると考えている。さらに、オスへの分化に必要だと考えられる、抗ミュラー管ホルモン(AMH)遺伝子の全長のクローニングに成功した。また転写調節領域の単離も完了しており、今後どのように温度からの刺激がどのようにAMHの発現調節に繋がっていくのかを解析していく予定である。
日本学術振興会, 特定領域研究, 大学共同利用機関法人自然科学研究機構(共通施設), 17052032 - ミジンコ(Daphnia Magna)遺伝子の網羅的解析
科学研究費助成事業
2003年 - 2003年
勝 義直; 井口 泰泉; 渡邉 肇
動物プランクトンであるミジンコは生態系の中でももっとも下位に位置し、生態系において非常に重要な位置を占めている。またミジンコは、その生活環の全てを水中で過ごすことから、環境の指標としても重要な生物であり、長年、環境や毒性の評価などにおいて、世界中の研究室で利用されてきている。特に近年、地球環境の重要性が認識されるにつれ、環境指標の生物としての重要性を増してきている。
ところが、ミジンコの重要性が認識されてきているにもかかわらず、その遺伝子情報は驚くほど乏しい。例えばNCBIのデータベースでは、Daphniaで登録されている遺伝子はわずか271遺伝子でその大半がリボソーマルRNAとヘモグロビン遺伝子であり、実際にアノーテーションされている遺伝子は数種類に過ぎない。様々な生物種のゲノムやEST情報が読まれているなかで、環境の指標として今後重要性を増して行くであろうミジンコにおけるこの遺伝子情報は皆無に近いといえる。
そこで本研究では、ミジンコについての基本的な遺伝情報を取得することを目的として、まずEST解析を行い、データの収集と解析を行った。この際の非常に大きな特色は、通常単為生殖をしているために作出が困難なオスのミジンコについての解析も行う点であった。我々は今まで報告のなかった100%のオスを作出する条件を見出しており、この条件により処理したミジンコからライブラリーを構築し、その遺伝子情報を解析することにより、通常発現している遺伝子の概要を把握すると同時に、生殖や性差に関連した遺伝子情報も取得した。
日本学術振興会, 特定領域研究, 岡崎国立共同研究機構, 15011259 - 魚類、両生類、哺乳類の不可逆化の臨界期探索
科学研究費助成事業
2002年 - 2003年
井口 泰泉; 大迫 誠一郎; 勝 義直; 渡邉 肇
工業化時代の始まりと共に環境に放出された化学物質は野生生物の健康に大きな脅威となっており、それは現在も続いている。今までの環境問題は、致死作用、ガン化あるいは奇形といった健康影響のみに焦点が当てられてきた.しかし、最近見出された多くの事例から、内分泌撹乱と言った今までにはなかった新たな観点からの研究が必要となってきている。
特に環境中に放出されたダイオキシン,農薬,ポリカーボネートの原材料,界面活性剤をはじめとした化学物質がホルモンの受容体,特にエストロゲン受容体に結合することによって体内のエストロゲンと同じ作用を示し,野生動物種の性器異常,発生異常,個体数の減少,ヒトの乳癌、子宮内膜症、精巣癌の増加,精子数の減少を誘起している可能性が示唆された。欧米でこの問題に強く関心がもたれるようになったのは1990年代前半からで、日本では1997年になってからこの問題が広く取り上げられるようになった。以後、厚生省や環境庁を中心に、胎児を含めたヒトに対する内分泌撹乱物質の曝露状況調査が進められており、その結果、日本人の体内にも多くの内分泌撹乱物質が蓄積していることが判明してきた。そして環境中に放出された化学物質の多くが、ホルモン様あるいは抗ホルモン様に作用するという実験的な証拠、および野外での観察結果が蓄積されつつある。動物の生殖系の発達は内分泌撹乱物質の曝露によって大きな影響を受ける.野生動物の研究から、内分泌撹乱物質の曝露により、雌雄ともに生殖腺および生殖腺付属器官の発生、機能分化およびホルモンの代謝に影響が出ている。多くの野生動物種の生殖系で同様の異常が見られることから、ヒトに対する影響も懸念されている。
本研究では、モデル動物としてマウスへの影響に関する研究だけでなく、内分泌撹乱物質が水系に入ることから、魚類・両生類の発生・生殖に対しても着目し解析を行った。これにより、内分泌撹乱物質を簡便に検出する系を確立し、発生・生殖に対する作用機構の解明を試みた。
日本学術振興会, 特定領域研究, 岡崎国立共同研究機構, 14042266 - 内分泌かく乱物質のマウス・魚類への発生内分泌学的影響
科学研究費助成事業
1999年 - 2000年
井口 泰泉; 勝 義直; 佐藤 友美
妊娠17日目のマウスおよび妊娠150日目のニホンザルにbisphenol A(BPA)を投与し、30分-1時間後には胎盤、胎仔の血清、肝臓、脳、子宮、精巣にBPAが到達していることを確認した。妊娠中にdiethylstilbcstrol(DES)あるいはBPAを暴露したマウスでは、高濃度のDES投与群では不妊であったが、BPAや低濃度のDES投与群では正常に妊娠出産した。DESに暴露したマウス胎仔では、生殖腺付属器官におけるHoxa-9、a-10の発現が低下した。妊娠11-17日目にDES 0.02,0.2,2μg/kgとBPA.2,20μg/kgを投与し、仔に対する影響を見たところ、雌においては、BPA 20μg群と、DES処理の全実験群で膣開口日が有意に早くなり、その時点の体重は有意に軽くなった。出生直後の雌マウスにDES3μgを5日間投与したところ、2日齢から3日齢にかけて、アポトーシスを伴う、尿道腔から膣への癒合が起きた。尿道下裂の臨界期は生後7日であることを確認した。BPAでは高濃度でも尿道下裂は起きなかった。出生直後のDES投与群ではすべてのマウスが連続発情を示し、BPA投与群では一部のマウスが連続発情を示した。BPAは高濃度であれば新生仔の生殖器官に対して不可逆的影響を及ぼすことを確認した。
水系環境におけるエストロゲンの影響を調べるため、海産メダカであるマミチョグ(Fundulus heteroclitus)を用い、受精卵からエストロゲン曝露を行った。その結果、形態異常、骨形成異常、性分化率の変化及び生殖腺の異常が引き起こされた。エストロゲン受容体(ER)alphaおよびbeta型のクローニング及び、ERmRNAの発現解析を行った。FTZ-F1、Ad4BP/SF-1遺伝子のクローニング及び、各器官における発現の解析を行った。ゼブラフィッシュの性分化を調べ、雌から雄化に至る過程で、卵母細胞のアポトーシスを認めた。
日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 11839022
