本研究は,マダガスカルのベレンティ私設保護区に生息するチャイロキツネザル雑種集団の生態学的および遺伝学的特徴を明らかにすることを目的としている.今年度は,この集団の雑種化の状況を調査するため, マイクロサテライト DNA 分析をおこない,雑種集団とその創始者である2種の純粋集団を比較した結果をまとめた.また,生息地利用と社会構造についての分析結果をまとめた論文を投稿し,ウェブ公開された(2007年中に雑誌に掲載予定).
1) Fitzpatrick, J., Hirai ,Y., Hirai, H., Hoffman KF. (2007) Schistosome egg production is dependent upon the activities of two developmentally regulated tryosinases. FASEB Journal 21: 823-835.
2) Hirano, T., Fujioka, N., Imai, H., Kandori, H., Wada, A., Ito, M., Shichida, Y. (2006) Assignment of the Vibrational Modes of the Chromophores of Iodopsin and Bathoiodopsin : Low-Temperature Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of 13C- and 2H-labeled Iodopsins. Biochemistry 45: 1285-1294.
3) Imai, H., Kefalov, V., Sakurai, K., Chisaka, O., Ueda, Y., Onishi, A., Morizumi, T., Fu, Y., Ichikawa, K., Nakatani, K., Honda, Y., Chen, J., Yau, K., Shichida, Y. (2007) Molecular properties of rhodopsin and rod function. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282(9): 6677-6684.
4) Mitsunaga, F., Nakamura, S., Hayashi, T., Eberle, R. (2007) Change in the Titer of Anti-B Virus Antibody in Captive Macaques. Comp. Med. 57: 37-41.
5) Terai, Y., Seehausen, O., Sasaki, T., Takahashi, K., Mizoiri, S., Sugawara, T., Sato, T., Watanabe, M., Konijnendijk, N., Mrosso, H., Tachida, H., Imai, H., Shichida, Y., Okada, N. (2006) Divergent Selection on Opsins Drives Incipient Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids. PLoS Biol. 4(12): e433.
6) Ueda, Y., Tammitsu, N., Imai, Y., Honda, Y., Shichida, Y. (2006) Recovery of Rod-mediated a-wave during Light-Adaptation in mGluR6-deficient Mice.Vision Research 46: 1655-1664.
7) Urasopon, N., Hamada, Y., Asaoka, K., Cherdshewasart, W., Malaivijitnond, S. (2007) Pueraria mirifica, a phytoestrogen-rich herb, prevents bone loss in orchidectomized rats. Maturitas 56: 322-331.
8) Wu, W., Niles EG, Hirai H, LoVerde PT. (2007) Identification and characterization o a nuclear receptor subfamily I member in the Platyhelminth Schistosoma mansoni (SmNR1). FEBS Journal 274: 390-405.
9) Yamate, J., Tomita, A., Kuwamura, M., Mitsunaga, F., Nakamura, S. (2007) Spontaneous Peritoneal mesothelioma in a Geriatric Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata). Exp. Anim. 56: 155-159.
総説
1) 光永総子, 中村伸 (2006) 霊長類を用いた胎仔遺伝子導入,サルとヒヒを用いた
心・肺移植と遺伝子導入法. (川内基裕編,日本医学館) : 73-80.
2) 中村伸 (2007) ニホンザルのアレルギーに学ぶこと,喘息 . 20 26-31.
3) 中村伸 (2006) サルのアレルギーモデルの特徴,アレルギー・免疫. 13 64-73.
報告
1) 中村伸, 光永総子, 橋本寛之, 出井早苗, 林隆志, Joseph, G. (2006) 大豆食
品・成分による閉経性/加齢性機能障害の予防作用. サルモデルでのゲノム医生物
学的研究(III)ダイズタンパク質研究 9: 1-8.
学会発表等
1) Asaoka, K., Hayashi, M., Kamanaka, Y., Suzuki, J., Wakita, M., Hirayama, K., Okamura, H. (2006) Transcription factors for the switching of globins during embryo-fetus by the analyses of clonings and DNA chips. 20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 11th FAOBMB Congress (Jun. 2006, Kyoto, 日本).
2) Asaoka, K., Hayashi, M., Kamanaka, Y., Suzuki, J., Wakita, M., Hirayama, K., Okamura, H. (2006) Usage of the network of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides in an embryo-fetus on primate and its DNA chip development. International Roundtable on Nucleoside, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids (Sep. 2006, Bern, Switzerland).
3) Hirai, H. (2007) Chromosome differentiation of agile gibbons. Symposium of Asian Primatology and Mammalogy. (Feb. 2007, Inuyama, Japan).
4) Jeong, A., Mitsunaga, F., Nakamura, S. (2006) Comparison of gene expression of TH1/TH2 cytokines and their receptors in human and non-human primates. 6th International Cytokine Conference 2006 (Aug. , Vienna).
5) Nakamura, S., Mitsunaga, F., Yamauchi, H., Jeong, A., Hashimoto, H., Hayashi, T. (2006) -Conglycinin in Traditional Health Food, Soy Bean, Using?Studies on Efficacy of OVX-Monkey Model,. 2nd AFLAS Congress in 2006 (Aug. , Jeju, ).