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写真a

ナカハタ シンゴ
中畑 新吾
NAKAHATA Shingo
所属
医歯学域ヒトレトロウイルス学系 ヒトレトロウイルス学共同研究センター 教授
職名
教授

学位

  • 博士(理学) ( 2002年3月   北海道大学 )

研究キーワード

  • ヒトT細胞白血病ウイルス1型(HTLV-1)

  • 成人T細胞白血病/リンパ腫(ATL)

  • 難治性がん

  • がんゲノム

  • 細胞内シグナル伝達

  • ストレス応答

  • 腫瘍免疫

研究分野

  • ライフサイエンス / 病態医化学

  • ライフサイエンス / 薬系化学、創薬科学

学歴

  • 北海道大学   大学院理学研究科生物科学専攻

    - 2002年3月

  • 北海道大学   水産学部水産増殖学科

    - 1997年3月

経歴

  • 鹿児島大学   ヒトレトロウイルス学共同研究センター HTLV-1/ATL病態制御学分野   教授

    2021年10月

  • 宮崎大学   医学部機能制御学講座腫瘍生化学分野   准教授

    2019年4月 - 2021年9月

  • 宮崎大学   医学部機能制御学講座腫瘍生化学分野   講師

    2017年6月

  • 宮崎大学   医学部機能制御学講座腫瘍生化学分野   助教

    2006年5月

  • 北海道大学   大学院理学研究科生物科学専攻   学術研究員

    2005年9月 - 2006年4月

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)   National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology   Visiting Fellow

    2003年8月 - 2005年8月

  • Duke University Medical Center   Department of Genetics   Howard Hughes Post-Doctoral Research Associate

    2002年5月 - 2003年7月

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所属学協会

  • 日本HTLV-1学会

    2014年8月

  • 日本癌学会

    2007年9月

  • 日本血液学会

    2007年9月

委員歴

  • 日本HTLV-1学会   評議員  

    2020年9月   

 

論文

  • Ishii T, Kobayakawa T, Matsuda K, Tsuji K, Ohashi N, Nakahata S, Noborio A, Yoshimura K, Mitsuya H, Maeda K, Tamamura H .  Synthesis and evaluation of DAG-lactone derivatives with HIV-1 latency reversing activity. .  European journal of medicinal chemistry256   115449   2023年5月

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115449

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  • Nozuma S, Matsuura E, Tanaka M, Kodama D, Matsuzaki T, Yoshimura A, Sakiyama Y, Nakahata S, Morishita K, Enose-Akahata Y, Jacoboson S, Kubota R, Takashima H .  Identification and tracking of HTLV-1-infected T cell clones in virus-associated neurologic disease. .  JCI insight8 ( 7 )   2023年4月

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    記述言語:英語   出版者・発行元:JCI insight  

    Human T lymphotropic virus type 1-assoicated (HTLV-1-associated) myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neuroinflammatory disease caused by the persistent proliferation of HTLV-1-infected T cells. Here, we performed a T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire analysis focused on HTLV-1-infected cells to identify and track the infected T cell clones that are preserved in patients with HAM/TSP and migrate to the CNS. TCRβ repertoire analysis revealed higher clonal expansion in HTLV-1-infected cells compared with noninfected cells from patients with HAM/TSP and asymptomatic carriers (ACs). TCR clonality in HTLV-1-infected cells was similar in patients with HAM/TSP and ACs. Longitudinal analysis showed that the TCR repertoire signature in HTLV-1-infected cells remained stable, and highly expanded infected clones were preserved within each patient with HAM/TSP over years. Expanded HTLV-1-infected clones revealed different distributions between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral blood and were enriched in the CSF of patients with HAM/TSP. Cluster analysis showed similarity in TCRβ sequences in HTLV-1-infected cells, suggesting that they proliferate after common antigen stimulation. Our results indicate that exploring TCR repertoires of HTLV-1-infected cells can elucidate individual clonal dynamics and identify potential pathogenic clones expanded in the CNS.

    DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.167422

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  • Mochida K, Nakahata S, Suzuki Y, Inoue K, Moriguchi S, Yamashita A, Amano M, Morishita K .  Prognostic analysis of smoldering ATLL with skin eruptions based on genomic aberrations. .  Journal of dermatological science109 ( 2 ) 80 - 88   2023年2月

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Journal of Dermatological Science  

    Background: Patients with smoldering ATLL often present with a skin eruption due to skin infiltration of ATLL cells. Although skin eruption type is known to be associated with prognosis based on its pattern, it is unknown why different types of skin eruptions are associated with different prognoses. Objective: Genomic analysis of patients with skin eruptions of smoldering ATLL will be performed to determine the mechanism of ATLL development and its association with prognosis. Methods: DNA from skin biopsy specimens was used for targeted sequencing of 280 genes to examine the association between genomic variation and prognosis. Results: Due to the small number of smoldering ATLL patients (27 cases), we could not find a clear relationship between skin eruption and prognosis in this study. Genomic analysis identified 247 genomic variants (108 genes), with an average of 9.2 variants and 3.2 variants as driver genes. Pathway analysis of the driver genes showed activation of the pathway associated with HTLV-1 infection, as well as activation of the signaling pathway observed throughout ATLL. Furthermore, multivariate analysis identified age>70 years and STAT3 mutation as prognostic risk factors and TBL1XR1 mutation as a risk factor for progression-free survival. Conclusion: Although the small number of patient samples did not allow us to determine a prognostic association with skin eruption, STAT3 mutation was identified as a prognostic risk factor for smoldering ATLL with skin eruption. Further studies are needed to increase the number of patients with this disease.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2023.02.001

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  • Suekane A, Ichikawa T, Saito Y, Nakahata S, Morishita K .  The CGRP Receptor Antagonist MK0974 Induces EVI1<sup>high</sup> AML Cell Apoptosis by Disrupting ERK Signaling. .  Anticancer research42 ( 10 ) 4743 - 4752   2022年10月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Anticancer Research  

    Background/Aim: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with high expression of the oncogenic transcription factor ecotropic viral integration site-1 (EVI1) (EVI1high AML) is refractory, and there is an urgent need to develop treatment for EVI1high AML. We previously showed that calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR)/receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1) is highly expressed in EVI1high AML and participates in calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)induced stress hematopoiesis. This study examined whether MK0974 (a CGRP antagonist) acts as a therapeutic agent in CRLR/RAMP1high AML cell lines. Materials and Methods: An in vitro experimental system was used to determine the effect of MK0974 on EVI1high AML cell lines. The expression of CRLR and RAMP1-3 in EVI1high and EVI1low AML lines was evaluated by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Next, MK0974 was added to the AML cell lines, and cell proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis assays were carried out using flow cytometry (FCM). Proteins were evaluated using western blot analysis. We also generated AML cell lines with CRLR knockdown and evaluated whether the effect of MK0974 was reduced. Results: Apoptosis was induced by adding MK0974 to the EVI1high AML cell line. In the EVI1high AML cell line, the addition of MK0974 attenuated the phosphorylation of ERK and p38. These effects were also attenuated by CRLR knockdown. Conclusion: MK0974, a CGRP receptor antagonist, inhibits the CRLR/RAMP1 complex and induces apoptosis, making it a potential therapeutic agent for CRLR/RAMP1high AML.

    DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.15979

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  • Permatasari HK, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Fauzi YR, Kiyonari H, Shide K, Kameda T, Shimoda K, Ono M, Taki T, Taniwaki M, Futakuchi M, Morishita K .  Oncogenic isoform switch of tumor suppressor BCL11B in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Experimental hematology111   41 - 49   2022年7月

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Experimental Hematology  

    B-Cell leukemia/lymphoma 11B (BCL11B) is a transcription factor important for T-cell development and acts as a tumor suppressor gene in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Here, we identified BCL11B as a candidate leukemia-associated gene in human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-induced adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Interestingly, the short form lacking exon 3 (BCL11B/S) protein was more highly expressed than the full-length BCL11B (BCL11B/L) in leukemic cells from most of the ATLL patients, although expression ratios of BCL11B/L to BCL11B/S were almost equal in control CD4+ T cells. BCL11B/S and BCL11B/L exhibited distinct subcellular localization and differential effects on cellular growth; BCL11B/L expression exhibited nuclear localization and inhibited cell growth in ATLL cells, whereas BCL11B/S exhibited nucleocytoplasmic distribution and accelerated cell growth. Furthermore, BCL11B/S expression accelerated the development of T-cell leukemia/lymphomas in transgenic mice carrying HTLV-1/HBZ, a critical viral factor in leukemogenesis, whereas these phenotypes did not occur in the double transgenic mice carrying BCL11B/L and HTLV-1/HBZ. In HTLV-1-infected T-cell lines, BCL11B expression is downregulated by HTLV-1/Tax, a viral factor necessary at the early stage of leukemogenesis. These results suggest that downregulation of BCL11B/L expression and upregulation of BCL11B/S may contribute to the development and progression of ATLL.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2022.04.004

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  • Wada Y, Sato T, Hasegawa H, Matsudaira T, Nao N, Coler-Reilly ALG, Tasaka T, Yamauchi S, Okagawa T, Momose H, Tanio M, Kuramitsu M, Sasaki D, Matsumoto N, Yagishita N, Yamauchi J, Araya N, Tanabe K, Yamagishi M, Nakashima M, Nakahata S, Iha H, Ogata M, Muramatsu M, Imaizumi Y, Uchimaru K, Miyazaki Y, Konnai S, Yanagihara K, Morishita K, Watanabe T, Yamano Y, Saito M .  RAISING is a high-performance method for identifying random transgene integration sites. .  Communications biology5 ( 1 ) 535 - 535   2022年6月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Communications Biology  

    Both natural viral infections and therapeutic interventions using viral vectors pose significant risks of malignant transformation. Monitoring for clonal expansion of infected cells is important for detecting cancer. Here we developed a novel method of tracking clonality via the detection of transgene integration sites. RAISING (Rapid Amplification of Integration Sites without Interference by Genomic DNA contamination) is a sensitive, inexpensive alternative to established methods. Its compatibility with Sanger sequencing combined with our CLOVA (Clonality Value) software is critical for those without access to expensive high throughput sequencing. We analyzed samples from 688 individuals infected with the retrovirus HTLV-1, which causes adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) to model our method. We defined a clonality value identifying ATL patients with 100% sensitivity and 94.8% specificity, and our longitudinal analysis also demonstrates the usefulness of ATL risk assessment. Future studies will confirm the broad applicability of our technology, especially in the emerging gene therapy sector.

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  • 谷 千賀子, 福家 直幸, 田角 隆行, 山口 良二, 中畑 新吾, 森下 和広 .  乳房に数個のソフトボール大の腫瘤を認めた牛伝染性リンパ腫の1症例 .  産業動物臨床医学雑誌13 ( 1 ) 8 - 14   2022年5月

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    記述言語:日本語   出版者・発行元:日本家畜臨床学会  

    牛伝染性リンパ腫(enzootic bovine leucosis:EBL)は、国内において増加傾向にあり、清浄国を除く世界中で問題になっている。EBLの原因は、牛白血病ウイルス(bovine leukemia virus:BLV)であり、病理学的特徴は、多形型B細胞性リンパ腫である。本症例は宮崎県内のと畜場に搬入され、解体時に乳房に数個のソフトボール大の腫瘤を認めたため、一時保留処分となった。その後、食肉衛生検査所における病理組織学的検査および抗BLV抗体検査の結果、EBLと診断され全部廃棄処分になった。乳房の腫瘤の由来は肉眼的には不明であったが、病理組織学的検査において、腫瘤組織中に腫瘍細胞の浸潤とリンパ節の髄洞に相当する部分を認めたことから、乳房リンパ節が腫瘍細胞の浸潤によって腫大したものと思われた。また乳房腫瘤内にCD20、IgM抗体陽性のB細胞が浸潤し、核分裂像が散見された。EBLの診断において、本例のように臨床所見だけでは判断ができないため、血液検査、ウイルスの抗体検査・PCR検査、剖検所見、病理組織学的所見の全ての総合的な診断が、極めて重要であることを再確認した。(著者抄録)

  • Asada T, Nakahata S, Fauzi YR, Ichikawa T, Inoue K, Shibata N, Fujii Y, Imamura N, Hiyoshi M, Nanashima A, Morishita K .  Integrin α6A (ITGA6A)-type Splice Variant in Extracellular Vesicles Has a Potential as a Novel Marker of the Early Recurrence of Pancreatic Cancer. .  Anticancer research42 ( 4 ) 1763 - 1775   2022年4月国際誌

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    Background/Aim: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with a poor prognosis. Owing to the difficulty of early diagnosis, the aim of this study was to isolate biomarkers from extracellular vesicles (EVs) that can lead to early diagnosis. Materials and Methods: EVs in the culture supernatant were isolated from a pancreatic cancer cell line (PK-1) and expanded by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and protein identification from each spot was performed by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. The identified proteins were classified and compared with previously reported results for EVs from murine pancreatic cancer PAN02 cells, and their expression specificity was examined using PDAC cell lines and patient-derived PDAC tissues. In addition, the significance of selected biomarker(s) was examined based on the changes in biomarkers in the blood EVs of PDAC patients after surgery. Results: We found that the ITGA6A splice variant was predominantly expressed in several pancreatic cancer cell lines and blood EVs from patients with PDAC, whereas the ITGA6B splice variant was predominantly expressed in EVs from the blood of normal volunteers. In the expression pattern of ITGA6 in EVs from blood samples of two PDAC patients before and after resection surgery, the expression of ITGA6A in EVs significantly decreased after surgery and increased several months before clinical recurrence. Furthermore, the increased expression of ITGA6A in EVs occurred much earlier than that of CA19-9. Conclusion: Determination of ITGA6A expression in blood EVs in PDAC patients could be a useful blood marker for the early diagnosis of PDAC recurrence.

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  • Manachai N, Rattanapinyopituk K, Fonghem P, Phoomvuthisarn P, Nakahata S, Morishita K, Rungsipipat A .  Activating Mutation in the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase FLT3 with Clinicopathological Relevance in Canine Mast Cell Tumors. .  Veterinary medicine international2022   9509900   2022年

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    Recent research has focused on the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) KIT which is involved in the pathogenesis of canine mast cell tumors (MCT). However, the role of other RTKs in this neoplasm remains unclear. The present study aimed to determine the frequency of FLT3 mutations and to evaluate the mutational status and clinicopathological relevance of canine MCT patients. There were a total of 20 cases that were cytologically and histopathological diagnosed as canine MCTs; genomic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Sanger sequencing were used to identify mutations. For the juxtamembrane (JM) domain, the FLT3 14/15 primer pair was used to investigate exon 14/15 loci. Based on genomic PCR amplification of exon 14/15 and 20 of the FLT3 gene and Sanger sequencing of 20 cases of canine MCTs, the overall frequency of FLT3 mutation in canine MCTs was 75%. The majority of FLT3 mutations (70%) were internal tandem duplications (ITD) of the JM domain, while one case arose from deletion mutations of the tyrosine kinase domain (TKD). However, double mutations were not observed in this study. Furthermore, there is also clinicopathological relevance to MCT dogs carrying FLT3-ITD mutations, showing a tendency toward leukocytosis due to neutrophilia, and resembling human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with FLT3-ITD mutations. A subset of MCTs with FLT3-ITD mutations, showing an enhanced signal of phosphorylated ERK1/2 identified by immunoblotting, suggests that an activating mutation may be driven by a distinct signal of the ERK pathway. Our results indicate that FLT3-ITD mutation is an oncogenic driver of canine MCTs, and that it shares some clinicopathologic features with human AML. These findings may offer new opportunities for further studies on canine mast cell tumorigenesis and a novel therapeutic target for canine MCT cases harboring FLT3-ITD mutations.

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  • Nakahata S, Syahrul C, Nakatake A, Sakamoto K, Yoshihama M, Nishikata I, Ukai Y, Matsuura T, Kameda T, Shide K, Kubuki Y, Hidaka T, Kitanaka A, Ito A, Takemoto S, Nakano N, Saito M, Iwanaga M, Sagara Y, Mochida K, Amano M, Maeda K, Sueoka E, Okayama A, Utsunomiya A, Shimoda K, Watanabe T, Morishita K .  Clinical significance of soluble CADM1 as a novel marker for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Haematologica106 ( 2 ) 532 - 542   2021年2月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Haematologica  

    Adult T-cell leukemia/leukemia (ATLL) is an aggressive peripheral T-cell malignancy, caused by infection with the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). We recently showed that the cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is specifically and consistently overexpressed in ATLL cells, and functions as a novel cell surface marker. In this study, we first show that a soluble form of CADM1 (sCADM1) is secreted from ATLL cells by mainly alternative splicing. After developing the Alpha linked immunosorbent assay (AlphaLISA) for sCADM1, we show that plasma sCADM1 concentrations gradually increased during disease progression from indolent to aggressive ATLL. Although other known biomarkers of tumor burden such as soluble interleukin-2 receptor α (sIL-2Rα) also increased with sCADM1 during ATLL progression, multivariate statistical analysis of biomarkers revealed that only plasma sCADM1 was selected as a specific biomarker for aggressive ATLL, suggesting that plasma sCADM1 may be a potential risk factor for aggressive ATLL. In addition, plasma sCADM1 is a useful marker for monitoring response to chemotherapy as well as for predicting relapse of ATLL. Furthermore, the change in sCADM1 concentration between indolent and aggressive type ATLL was more prominent than the change in the percentage of CD4+CADM1+ ATLL cells. As plasma sCADM1 values fell within normal ranges in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients with higher levels of serum sIL-2Rα, the measurement of sCADM1 may become a useful tool to discriminate between ATLL and other inflammatory diseases, including HAM/TSP.

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  • Morishita K, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T .  Pathophysiological significance of N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 in cancer development through protein phosphatase 2A phosphorylation regulation. .  Cancer science112 ( 1 ) 22 - 30   2021年1月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Cancer Science  

    N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) is a candidate tumor suppressor in various cancers, including adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). NDRG2, as a stress-responsive protein, is induced by several stress-related signaling pathways and NDRG2 negatively regulates various signal transduction pathways. Although it has not been found to function alone, NDRG2 binds serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), generating a complex that is involved in the regulation of various target proteins. The main function of NDRG2 is to maintain cell homeostasis by suppressing stress-induced signal transduction; however, in cancer, genomic deletions and/or promoter methylation may inhibit the expression of NDRG2, resulting in enhanced tumor development through overactivated signal transduction pathways. A wide variety of tumors develop in Ndrg2-deficient mice, including T-cell lymphoma, liver, lung and other tumors, the characteristics of which are similar to those in Pten-deficient mice. In particular, PTEN is a target molecule of the NDRG2/PP2A complex, which enhances PTEN phosphatase activity by dephosphorylating residues in the PTEN C-terminal region. In ATLL cells, loss of NDRG2 expression leads to the failed recruitment of PP2A to PTEN, resulting in the inactivation of PTEN phosphatase with phosphorylation, ultimately leading to the activation of PI3K/AKT. Thus, NDRG2, as a PP2A adaptor, regulates the global phosphorylation of important signaling molecules. Moreover, the downregulation of NDRG2 expression by long-term stress-induced methylation is directly correlated with the development of ATLL and other cancers. Thus, NDRG2 might be important for the development of stress-induced leukemia and other cancers and has become an important target for novel molecular therapies.

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  • Nakahata S, Morishita K .  The role of CD28 in adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma. .  British journal of haematology192 ( 2 ) 235 - 236   2021年1月国際誌

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  • Fauzi YR, Nakahata S, Chilmi S, Ichikawa T, Nueangphuet P, Yamaguchi R, Nakamura T, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  Antitumor effects of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine mediated by inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway through abrogation of autophagic p47 degradation in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma cells. .  PloS one16 ( 8 ) e0256320   2021年

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    Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) originates from human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection due to the activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway to maintain proliferation and survival. An important mechanism of the activated NF-κB signaling pathway in ATLL is the activation of the macroautophagy (herafter referred to as autophagy in the remainder of this manuscript)-lysosomal degradation of p47 (NSFL1C), a negative regulator of the NF-κB pathway. Therefore, we considered the use of chloroquine (CQ) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (CQ/HCQ) as an autophagy inhibitor to treat ATLL; these drugs were originally approved by the FDA as antimalarial drugs and have recently been used to treat autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this paper, we determined the therapeutic efficacy of CQ/HCQ, as NF-κB inhibitors, in ATLL mediated by blockade of p47 degradation. Administration of CQ/HCQ to ATLL cell lines and primary ATLL cells induced cell growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner, and the majority of cells underwent apoptosis after CQ administration. As to the molecular mechanism, autophagy was inhibited in CQ-treated ATLL cells, and activation of the NF-κB pathway was suppressed with the restoration of the p47 level. When the antitumor effect of CQ/ HCQ was examined using immunodeficient mice transplanted with ATLL cell lines, CQ/ HCQ significantly suppressed tumor growth and improved the survival rate in the ATLL xenograft mouse model. Importantly, HCQ selectively induced ATLL cell death in the ATLL xenograft mouse model at the dose used to treat SLE. Taken together, our results suggest that the inhibition of autophagy by CQ/HCQ may become a novel and effective strategy for the treatment of ATLL.

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  • Chilmi S, Nakahata S, Fauzi YR, Ichikawa T, Tani C, Suwanruengsri M, Yamaguchi R, Matsuura T, Kurosawa G, Morishita K .  Development of anti-human CADM1 monoclonal antibodies as a potential therapy for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  International journal of hematology112 ( 4 ) 496 - 503   2020年10月

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:International Journal of Hematology  

    Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a highly invasive and refractory T-cell malignancy, with poor prognosis. We previously identified that cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) is overexpressed consistently in ATLL cells, and that CADM1 expression increases the adhesion capacity of ATLL cells to endothelial cells and promotes the organ invasion of ATLL cells in a xenograft mouse model. In this study, we first show that newly developed several anti-human CADM1 antibodies, which were complete human IgG antibodies generated by phage display method, specifically recognize CADM1 on ATLL cells. Although most of the CADM1 antibodies did not have a direct cytotoxic effect against CADM1-positive ATLL cells, clone 089–084 exhibited weak but significant antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity. Moreover, clone 103–189 effectively inhibits the interaction between endothelial cells and CADM1-positive ATLL cells. Furthermore, in mice bearing intra-splenic transplantation of EL4 mouse lymphoma cells expressing CADM1, the treatment of 103–189 significantly suppressed the organ invasion of CADM1-positive EL4 cells, resulting in improved survival time of mice. Therefore, since the anti-CADM1 antibody may be useful for the suppression of organ invasion in ATLL patients, combination use of the anti-CADM1 antibody with chemotherapy drugs could be beneficial for the efficient elimination of ATLL cells.

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  • Shimosaki S, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Kitanaka A, Kameda T, Hidaka T, Kubuki Y, Kurosawa G, Zhang L, Sudo Y, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  Corrigendum to "Development of a complete human IgG monoclonal antibody to transferrin receptor 1 targeted for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphomaˮ [Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 485 (1) 2017 144-151]. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications530 ( 2 ) 486 - 486   2020年9月国際誌

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    The authors regret that the day of antibody injection for NOG mice subcutaneously transplanted with MT-2 or HH must be corrected from “every 3 days” to “every 3–4 days” in the part of “Supplementary materials and methods”. The authors also regret that the day of antibody injection for NOG mice subcutaneously transplanted with MT-2 or Su9T01 must be corrected from “two times per week for 2 weeks” to “on day 1, day 8, day 15, and day 21 post-cell injection” in the part of “Supplementary materials and methods”. These corrections do not change the conclusions of this manuscript. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. The correct supplementary materials and methods. In vivo experimental therapy studies. Six-to eight-week-old female NOD/Shi-scid/IL-2Rγnull (NOG) or SCID mice (CLEA Japan) were given a single subcutaneous injection of 2 × 106 MT-2 cells or HH cells suspended in 100 μL PBS-diluted matrigel (BD Biosciences). When the average tumor size reached an approximate volume of 100–150 mm3, the mice were intravenously injected with either PBS, mogamulizumab, or the JST-TFR09 antibody at doses of 10 mg/kg (MT-2) or 20 mg/kg (HH) body weight 4–5 times every 3–4 days. The length and width of each tumor were measured with a caliper twice per week and used to calculate the tumor volume (length × width2/2). For Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of mice, NOG mice were given a single intravenous injection of 1 × 106 MT-2 or Su9T01 cells suspended in 100 μL PBS. At 3 days after inoculation of ATLL cells, the mice were intravenously injected with either PBS or JST-TFR09 on day 1, day 8, day 15, and day 21 post-cell injection. The survival rate of mice was observed for a period of 100 days. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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  • Saito M, Hasegawa H, Yamauchi S, Nakagawa S, Sasaki D, Nao N, Tanio M, Wada Y, Matsudaira T, Momose H, Kuramitsu M, Yamagishi M, Nakashima M, Nakahata S, Iha H, Ogata M, Imaizumi Y, Uchimaru K, Morishita K, Watanabe T, Miyazaki Y, Yanagihara K .  A high-throughput detection method for the clonality of Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-infected cells in vivo. .  International journal of hematology112 ( 3 ) 300 - 306   2020年9月

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    Approximately 10–20 million of Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-infected carriers have been previously reported, and approximately 5% of these carriers develop adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) with a characteristic poor prognosis. In Japan, Southern blotting has long been routinely performed for detection of clonally expanded ATL cells in vivo, and as a confirmatory diagnostic test for ATL. However, alternative methods to Southern blotting, such as sensitive, quantitative, and rapid analytical methods, are currently required in clinical practice. In this study, we developed a high-throughput method called rapid amplification of integration site (RAIS) that could amplify HTLV-1-integrated fragments within 4 h and detect the integration sites in > 0.16% of infected cells. Furthermore, we established a novel quantification method for HTLV-1 clonality using Sanger sequencing with RAIS products, and the validity of the quantification method was confirmed by comparing it with next-generation sequencing in terms of the clonality. Thus, we believe that RAIS has a high potential for use as an alternative routine molecular confirmatory test for the clonality analysis of HTLV-1-infected cells.

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  • Ichikawa T, Shanab O, Nakahata S, Shimosaki S, Manachai N, Ono M, Iha H, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  Novel PRMT5-mediated arginine methylations of HSP90A are essential for maintenance of HSP90A function in NDRG2<sup>low</sup> ATL and various cancer cells. .  Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research1867 ( 2 ) 118615 - 118615   2020年2月国際誌

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    N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) as a tumor suppressor is frequently downregulated in human T-lymphotropic retrovirus (HTLV-1)-infected adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and variety of cancers, and negatively regulates PI3K signaling pathways through dephosphorylation of PTEN with protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). We recently identified that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is one of novel NDRG2 binding proteins and the knockdown of PRMT5 induces cell apoptosis with degradation of several signaling molecules. To investigate how the apoptosis is induced by the knockdown PRMT5 expression, heat shock protein 90 alpha (HSP90A) was identified as a binding protein for NDRG2 or PRMT5 by immunoprecipitation-mass analysis. NDRG2/PP2A complex inhibited arginine methyltransferase activity of PRMT5 through dephosphorylation at Serine 335 (S335); however, in NDRG2low ATL-related cells, highly phosphorylated PRMT5 at S335 was mainly localized in cytoplasm with binding to HSP90A, resulting in enhancing arginine-methylation at the middle domain (R345 and R386). Since knockdown of PRMT5 expression or forced expression of HSP90A with alanine replacement of R345 or R386 induced apoptosis with the degradation of client proteins in NDRG2low ATL-related and other cancer cells, we here identified that the novel arginine methylations of HSP90A are essential for maintenance of its function in NDRG2low ATL and other cancer cells.

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  • Tsukamoto T, Nakahata S, Sato R, Kanai A, Nakano M, Chinen Y, Maegawa-Matsui S, Matsumura-Kimoto Y, Takimoto-Shimomura T, Mizuno Y, Kuwahara-Ota S, Kawaji Y, Taniwaki M, Inaba T, Tashiro K, Morishita K, Kuroda J .  BRD4-Regulated Molecular Targets in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Insights into Targeted Therapeutic Approach. .  Cancer genomics & proteomics17 ( 1 ) 77 - 89   2020年1月

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    Background: Since bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) facilitates the transcription of genes important for neoplastic cells in a cancer-type specific manner, BRD4-regulated molecules may also include therapeutic targets for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a treatment-refractory subtype of malignant lymphoma. Materials and Methods: In order to uncover direct BRD4-regulated targets in MCL, we performed integrated analysis using the pathway database and the results of both gene-expression profiling and chromatin immunoprecipitation with parallel sequencing for BRD4. Results: Treatment with BRD4 inhibitor I-BET151 exerted a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on cell proliferation in MCL cell lines. BRD4 was found to directly regulate series of genes involved in the B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling pathway, including B-cell linker (BLNK), paired box 5 (PAX5), and IKAROS family zinc finger 3 (IKZF3), and several oncogenes, such as MYB. Indeed, the combinatory inhibition of BCR pathway and IKZF showed an additive antitumor effect. Conclusion: Concomitant targeting multiple BRD4-regulated molecules may constitute a rational therapeutic strategy for MCL.

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  • Ichikawa T, Nakahata S, Fujii M, Iha H, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  The regulation of NDRG2 expression during ATLL development after HTLV-1 infection. .  Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease1865 ( 10 ) 2633 - 2646   2019年10月国際誌

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    N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) is a candidate tumor suppressor that is frequently downregulated in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and functions to negatively regulate several cellular signaling pathways as PP2A recruiter. To clarify the molecular mechanisms of suppression of NDRG2 expression, we initially determined the expression pattern of NDRG2 in various types of T-cells and ATLL cells. NDRG2 expression was significantly upregulated in HTLV-1/Tax-immortalized T-cells, which was mediated by NF-κB activation through Tax expression. On the other hand, NDRG2 expression was suppressed in HTLV-1-infected cell lines and various types of ATLL cells, which was dependent on the DNA methylation of the NDRG2 promoter. We found that the expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a member of the polycomb family, is increased in ATLL, and that EZH2 directly binds to the NDRG2 promoter and induces DNA methylation of the NDRG2 promoter. Since the expression of EZH2 were anti-parallelly regulated with the NDRG2 expression, EZH2 might be one of the most important regulators of the downregulation of NDRG2, contributing to enhanced activation of signaling pathways during ATLL development.

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  • Sarkar B, Nishikata I, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Shiraga T, Saha HR, Fujii M, Tanaka Y, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  Degradation of p47 by autophagy contributes to CADM1 overexpression in ATLL cells through the activation of NF-κB. .  Scientific reports9 ( 1 ) 3491 - 3491   2019年3月国際誌

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    Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is identified as a novel cell surface marker for human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1)-infected T cells. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is developed in HTLV-1-infected T-cells after a long infection period. To examine the mechanism of CADM1 overexpression in ATLL, we first identified that CADM1 is transcriptionally up-regulated by a transcriptional enhancer element through NF-κB signaling pathway. In HTLV-1-infected T-cells, CADM1 expression is dependent on HTLV-1/Tax through activation of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB; however, in ATLL cells with frequent loss of Tax expression, the activation of canonical NF-κB only enhances the CADM1 expression. Along with active mutations in signaling molecules under T-cell recepor (TCR) signaling, degradation of p47, a negative regulator of NF-κB, was essential for activation of canonical NF-κB through stabilization of NEMO (NF-κB essential modulator). The mechanism of p47 degradation is primarily dependent on activation of lysosomal-autophagy and the autophagy is activated in most of the HTLV-infected and ATLL cells, suggesting that the p47 degradation may be a first key molecular event during HTLV-1 infection to T-cells as a connector of two important signaling pathways, NF-κB and autophagy.

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  • Nakamura Y, Nakahata S, Kondo Y, Izumi A, Yamamoto K, Ichikawa T, Tamura T, Noumi K, Yamashita Y, Morishita K .  Overexpression of absent in melanoma 2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma contributes to tumor progression. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications509 ( 1 ) 82 - 88   2019年1月国際誌

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    We had previously reported that in addition to p53 inactivation, overexpression of the DNA sensor protein—absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2)—contributes to tumorigenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Given that AIM2 is highly expressed in the OSCC tumors from patients with metastasis, we investigated whether AIM2 expression contributes to the progression of OSCC metastasis. In in vitro assays using OSCC cell lines, the high migration and invasion capacity of OSCC cells were dependent on the increased expression of AIM2, resulting in enhanced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), with EMT-related gene expression. Moreover, the in vivo short-term metastasis assay using orthotopic implantation into immunodeficient mice demonstrated that OSCC cells with high levels of AIM2 expression exhibited enhanced tumor growth in the tongue, resulting in decreased survival of the mice. Further, the cells overexpressing AIM2 dominantly invaded into the tumor lymphatic vessels, unlike OSCC cells with low AIM2 expression. Thus, the high expression of AIM2 in OSCC enhances progression of tumor growth.

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  • Suekane A, Saito Y, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Ogoh H, Tsujikawa K, Morishita K .  CGRP-CRLR/RAMP1 signal is important for stress-induced hematopoiesis. .  Scientific reports9 ( 1 ) 429 - 429   2019年1月国際誌

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    Ecotropic viral integration site-1 (EVI1) has a critical role in normal and malignant hematopoiesis. Since we previously identified high expression of calcitonin receptor like receptor (CRLR) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with high EVI1 expression, we here characterized the function of CRLR in hematopoiesis. Since higher expression of CRLR and receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1) was identified in immature hematopoietic bone marrow (BM) cells, we focused on calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a specific ligand for the CRLR/RAMP1 complex. To elucidate the role of CGRP in hematopoiesis, Ramp1-deficient (Ramp1−/−) mice were used. The steady-state hematopoiesis was almost maintained in Ramp1−/− mice; however, the BM repopulation capacity of Ramp1−/− mice was significantly decreased, and the transplanted Ramp1−/− BM mononuclear cells had low proliferation capacity with enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and cell apoptosis. Thus, CGRP is important for maintaining hematopoiesis during temporal exposures with proliferative stress. Moreover, continuous CGRP exposure to mice for two weeks induced a reduction in the number of BM immature hematopoietic cells along with differentiated myeloid cells. Since CGRP is known to be increased under inflammatory conditions to regulate immune responses, hematopoietic exhaustion by continuous CGRP secretion under chronic inflammatory conditions is probably one of the important mechanisms of anti-inflammatory responses.

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  • Ichikawa Tomonaga, Shanab Obeid, Nakahata Shingo, Ono Masaya, Iha Hidekatsu, Morishita Kazuhiro .  Arginine methylation of HSP90A by protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 promotes development of adult T-cell leukemia .  CANCER SCIENCE109   737   2018年12月査読

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  • Suekane Akira, Saito Yusuke, Nakahata Shingo, Ogoh Honami, Ichikawa Tomonaga, Nawin Manachai, Matin Juliana Farha, Kaneda Kazuko, Osato Motomi, Morishita Kazuhiro .  CGRP-CRLR/RAMP1 signal regulated by EVI1 promotes leukemogenesis .  CANCER SCIENCE109   439   2018年12月査読

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  • Saha HR, Kaneda-Nakashima K, Shimosaki S, Suekane A, Sarkar B, Saito Y, Ogoh H, Nakahata S, Inoue K, Watanabe T, Nagase H, Morishita K .  Suppression of GPR56 expression by pyrrole-imidazole polyamide represents a novel therapeutic drug for AML with high EVI1 expression. .  Scientific reports8 ( 1 ) 13741 - 13741   2018年9月国際誌

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    G protein-coupled receptor 56 (GPR56) is highly expressed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells with high EVI1 expression (EVI1high AML). Because GPR56 is a transcriptional target of EVI1 and silencing of GPR56 expression induces apoptosis, we developed a novel drug to suppress GPR56 expression in EVI1high AML cells. For this purpose, we generated pyrrole-imidazole (PI) polyamides specific to GPR56 (PIP/56-1 or PIP/56-2) as nuclease-resistant novel compounds that interfere with the binding of EVI1 to the GPR56 promoter in a sequence-specific manner. Treatment of EVI1high AML cell lines (UCSD/AML1 and Kasumi-3) with PIP/56-1 or PIP/56-2 effectively suppressed GPR56 expression by inhibiting binding of EVI1 to its promoter, leading to suppression of cell growth with increased rates of apoptosis. Moreover, intravenous administration of PIP/56-1 into immunodeficient Balb/c-RJ mice subcutaneously transplanted with UCSD/AML1 cells significantly inhibited tumor growth and extended survival. Furthermore, organ infiltration by leukemia cells in immunodeficient Balb/c-RJ mice, which were intravenously transplanted using UCSD/AML1 cells, was successfully inhibited by PIP/56-1 treatment with no apparent effects on murine hematopoietic cells. In addition, PIP treatment did not inhibit colony formation of human CD34+ progenitor cells. Thus, PI polyamide targeting of GPR56 using our compound is promising, useful, and safe for the treatment of EVI1high AML.

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  • Sarkar Bidhan, Nishikata Ichiro, Nakahata Shingo, Ichikawa Tomonaga, Fujii Masahiro, Iha Hidekatsu, Morishita Kazuhiro .  Down-regulation of p47 induces high expression of CADMI via the NF-kappa B pathway in adult T-cell leukemia .  CANCER SCIENCE109   198   2018年1月査読

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  • Ichikawa Tomonaga, Shanab Obeid, Nakahata Shingo, Shimosaki Shunsuke, Manachai Nawin, Ono Masaya, Iha Hidekatsu, Shimoda Kazuya, Ismail Mohammed, Nassar Ahmed, Morishita Kazuhiro .  Synthetic lethality of PRMT5 inhibition in NDRG2-deficient adult T-cell leukemia through HSP90A dysfunction .  CANCER SCIENCE109   40   2018年1月査読

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  • 中畑 新吾, 森下 和広 .  PTENリン酸化調節からみえたがん抑制遺伝子NDRG2の新たな機能 .  生化学89 ( 6 ) 877 - 880   2017年12月

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  • Permatasari HK, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Morishita K .  BCL11B is frequently downregulated in HTLV-1-infected T-cells through Tax-mediated proteasomal degradation. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications490 ( 3 ) 1086 - 1092   2017年8月国際誌

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    Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL). The HTLV-1-encoded protein Tax plays important roles in the proliferation of HTLV-1-infected T-cells by affecting cellular proteins. In this study, we showed that Tax transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally downregulates the expression of the tumor suppressor gene B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 11B (BCL11B), which encodes a lymphoid-related transcription factor. BCL11B expression was downregulated in HTLV-1-infected T-cell lines at the mRNA and protein levels, and forced expression of BCL11B suppressed the proliferation of these cells. The proteasomal inhibitor MG132 increased BCL11B expression in HTLV-1-infected cell lines, and colocalization of Tax with BCL11B was detected in the cytoplasm of HTLV-1-infected T-cells following MG132 treatment. shRNA knock-down of Tax expression also increased the expression of BCL11B in HTLV-1-infected cells. Moreover, we found that Tax physically binds to BCL11B protein and induces the polyubiquitination of BCL11B and proteasome-dependent degradation of BCL11B. Thus, inactivation of BCL11B by Tax protein may play an important role in the Tax-mediated leukemogenesis.

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  • Tamura T, Ichikawa T, Nakahata S, Kondo Y, Tagawa Y, Yamamoto K, Nagai K, Baba T, Yamaguchi R, Futakuchi M, Yamashita Y, Morishita K .  Loss of NDRG2 Expression Confers Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Enhanced Metastatic Potential. .  Cancer research77 ( 9 ) 2363 - 2374   2017年5月国際誌

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    Loss of the tumor suppressor NDRG2 has been implicated in the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), acting by modulating PI3K/AKT-mediated dephosphorylation of PTEN at S380/S382/T383 (STT). Here, we show that the majority of OSCC tumors with lymph node metastasis, a major prognostic factor, exhibit high levels of phosphorylated AKT-S473 and PTENSTT and low levels of NDRG2expression. In Ndrg2-deficient mice, which develop a wide range of tumors, we developed a model of OSCC by treatment with the tobacco surrogate 4-nitroquinoline- 1-oxide (4-NQO). In this model, both the number and size of OSCC tumors were increased significantly by Ndrg2 deficiency, which also increased invasion of cervical lymph nodes. 4-NQO treatment of human OSCC cell lines exhibiting low NDRG2 expression induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition via activation of NF-κB signaling. Conversely, ectopic expression of NDRG2 reversed the EMT phenotype and inhibited NF-κB signaling via suppression of PTEN-STT and AKT-S473 phosphorylation. Our results show how NDRG2 expression serves as a critical determinant of the invasive and metastatic capacity of OSCC.

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  • Shimosaki S, Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Kitanaka A, Kameda T, Hidaka T, Kubuki Y, Kurosawa G, Zhang L, Sudo Y, Shimoda K, Morishita K .  Development of a complete human IgG monoclonal antibody to transferrin receptor 1 targeted for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications485 ( 1 ) 144 - 151   2017年3月国際誌

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    Iron is an essential nutrient for normal cell growth, and reprogramming of iron metabolism is essential to tumor cell survival and progression. HTLV-1-associated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) has no effective therapy and high levels of cell surface transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1) expression have been reported in ATLL by us and other groups. In this study, to develop a novel molecular-targeted therapy against TFR1 to modulate iron metabolism, we initially determined the expression pattern of several iron-related genes along with TFR1 and found that ATLL cells presented characteristic of an iron-deficiency state such as high expression of iron-regulatory protein 2 (IRP2) and low expression of its E3 ubiquitin-ligase, FBXL5. Therefore, we developed human IgG monoclonal antibodies to human TFR1 using a phage display method (ICOS method) to block the incorporation of the transferrin (TF)-iron complex into ATLL cells for inhibiting cell growth. One of the mAbs, JST-TFR09, presented its greater affinity to TFR1 on ATLL cells in flow cytometry (FCM) analysis than those of commercially available anti-TFR1 antibodies and identified high expression of TFR1 in most of the acute-type ATLL cells. Moreover, JST-TFR09 could interfere with binding between TFR1 and TF, which resulted in effective blockade of TFR1 internalization and induction of cell apoptosis by the treatment of ATLL cells with JST-TFR09. JST-TFR09 showed dual activities through direct cell cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), and the treatment of JST-TFR09 significantly suppressed cell growth of ATLL cells with induction of apoptosis in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Thus, JST-TFR09 described here may become a promising therapeutic antibody for the treatment of ATLL.

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  • Manachai N, Saito Y, Nakahata S, Bahirvani AG, Osato M, Morishita K .  Activation of EVI1 transcription by the LEF1/β-catenin complex with p53-alteration in myeloid blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications482 ( 4 ) 994 - 1000   2017年1月国際誌

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    The presence of a BCR-ABL1 fusion gene is necessary for the pathogenesis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) through t(9;22)(q34;q11) translocation. Imatinib, an ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is dramatically effective in CML patients; however, 30% of CML patients will need further treatment due to progression of CML to blast crisis (BC). Aberrant high expression of ecotropic viral integration site 1 (EVI1) is frequently observed in CML during myeloid-BC as a potent driver with a CML stem cell signature; however, the precise molecular mechanism of EVI1 transcriptional regulation during CML progression is poorly defined. Here, we demonstrate the transcriptional activity of EVI1 is dependent on activation of lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1)/β-catenin complex by BCR-ABL with loss of p53 function during CML-BC. The activation of β-catenin is partly dependent on BCR-ABL expression through enhanced GSK3β phosphorylation, and EVI1 expression is directly enhanced by the LEF1/β-catenin complex bound to the EVI1 promoter region. Moreover, the loss of p53 expression is inversely correlated with high expression of EVI1 in CML leukemia cells with an aggressive phase of CML, and a portion of the activation mechanism of EVI1 expression is dependent on β-catenin activation through GSK3β phosphorylation by loss of p53. Therefore, we found that the EVI1 activation in CML-BC is dependent on LEF1/β-catenin activation by BCR-ABL expression with loss of p53 function, representing a novel selective therapeutic approach targeting myeloid blast crisis progression.

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  • Ichikawa T, Nakahata S, Tamura T, Manachai N, Morishita K .  The loss of NDRG2 expression improves depressive behavior through increased phosphorylation of GSK3β. .  Cellular signalling27 ( 10 ) 2087 - 98   2015年10月国際誌

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    N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) is one of the important stress-inducible genes and plays a critical role in negatively regulating PI3K/AKT signaling during hypoxia and inflammation. Through recruitment of PP2A phosphatase, NDRG2 maintains the dephosphorylated status of PTEN to suppress excessive PI3K/AKT signaling, and loss of NDRG2 expression is frequently seen in various types of cancer with enhanced activation of PI3K/AKT signaling. Because NDRG2 is highly expressed in the nervous system, we investigated whether NDRG2 plays a functional role in the nervous system using Ndrg2-deficient mice. Ndrg2-deficient mice do not display any gross abnormalities in the nervous system, but they have a diminished behavioral response associated with anxiety. Ndrg2-deficient mice exhibited decreased immobility and increased head-dipping and rearing behavior in two behavioral models, indicating an improvement of emotional anxiety-like behavior. Moreover, treatment of wild-type mice with the antidepressant drug imipramine reduced the expression of Ndrg2 in the frontal cortex, which was due to the degradation of HIF-1α through reduced expression of HSP90 protein. Furthermore, we found that the down-regulation of Ndrg2 in Ndrg2-deficient mice and imipramine treatment improved mood behavior with enhanced phosphorylation of GSK3β through activation of PI3K/AKT signaling, suggesting that the expression level of NDRG2 has a causal influence on mood-related phenotypes. Collectively, these results suggest that NDRG2 may be a potential target for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

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  • Shingo Nakahata, Tomonaga Ichikawa, Saito Yusuke, Yasuhito Arai, Tomohiko Taki, Masafumi Taniwaki, Kazuhiro Morishita .  DOWN-REGULATION OF NDRG2 PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ATLL LEUKEMOGENESIS VIA THE PTEN-MEDIATED PI3K/AKT SIGNALING PATHWAY .  EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY43 ( 9 ) S83 - S83   2015年9月査読

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  • Ichikawa T, Nakahata S, Fujii M, Iha H, Morishita K .  Loss of NDRG2 enhanced activation of the NF-κB pathway by PTEN and NIK phosphorylation for ATL and other cancer development. .  Scientific reports5   12841 - 12841   2015年8月国際誌

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    The activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) signaling has a central role in the development of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and many other cancers. However, the activation mechanism of the NFκB pathways remains poorly understood. Recently, we reported that N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) is a negative regulator of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway by promoting the active dephosphorylated form of PTEN at its C-terminus via the recruitment of PP2A. Additionally, the down-regulation of NDRG2 expression promotes the inactive phosphorylated form of PTEN, which results in constitutively active PI3K/AKT signaling in various cancer cell types. Here, we investigated the involvement of NDRG2 in modulating NFκB signaling. The forced expression of NDRG2 in ATL cells down-regulates not only the canonical pathway by inhibiting AKT signaling but also the non-canonical pathway by inducing NFκB-inducing kinase (NIK) dephosphorylation via the recruitment of PP2A. Therefore, NDRG2 works as a PP2A recruiter to suppress not only PI3K/AKT signaling but also NFκB signaling, which is particularly important in host defenses or immune responses to Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. Furthermore, the loss of NDRG2 expression might play an important role in the progression of tumor development after HTLV-1 infection.

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  • Nakahata S, Morishita K .  PP2A inactivation by ROS accumulation. .  Blood124 ( 14 ) 2163 - 5   2014年10月国際誌

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    In this issue of Blood, Low and colleagues show that reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 overcomes chemoresistance in hematopoietic malignancies and other cancers and that this function is mediated by selective nitration of Y289 on the Bcl-2-bound B56d subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), which interferes with the interaction of Bcl-2 with the PP2A catalytic core, leading to increased Bcl-2 S70 phosphorylation.

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  • Nagai K, Nakahata S, Shimosaki S, Tamura T, Kondo Y, Baba T, Taki T, Taniwaki M, Kurosawa G, Sudo Y, Okada S, Sakoda S, Morishita K .  Development of a complete human anti-human transferrin receptor C antibody as a novel marker of oral dysplasia and oral cancer. .  Cancer medicine3 ( 4 ) 1085 - 99   2014年8月国際誌

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    Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide. Up to 20% of oral dysplasia cases have been suggested to undergo malignant transformation to OSCC; however, there are no methods to predict OSCC development. In this study, to identify the genes associated with oral dysplasia progression, we performed genomic copy number analyses of genomic DNA samples isolated from primary oral dysplasia and OSCC via the microdissection method and found elevated expression of transferrin receptor C (TfR1/TFRC) with genomic amplification in oral dysplasia and OSCC. The expression rate of TFRC in OSCC was significantly higher than that in dysplasia, suggesting that OSCC disease progression might be related to TFRC expression. Additionally, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo impacts of a newly established anti-human TFRC monoclonal antibody, which was isolated from a human cDNA library using the phage-display method, on cell proliferation and survival. The anti-TFRC antibody blocked the interaction between transferrin and TFRC and consequently inhibited iron uptake, leading to the iron deprivation-mediated suppression of cell growth and induction of apoptosis. Moreover, we demonstrated that the anti-TFRC antibody efficiently inhibited tumor growth in a murine xenograft OSCC model. Therefore, we suggest our developed complete human anti-human TFRC antibody as a useful, novel treatment for oral dysplasia and OSCC. © 2014 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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  • Nakahata S, Ichikawa T, Maneesaay P, Saito Y, Nagai K, Tamura T, Manachai N, Yamakawa N, Hamasaki M, Kitabayashi I, Arai Y, Kanai Y, Taki T, Abe T, Kiyonari H, Shimoda K, Ohshima K, Horii A, Shima H, Taniwaki M, Yamaguchi R, Morishita K .  Loss of NDRG2 expression activates PI3K-AKT signalling via PTEN phosphorylation in ATLL and other cancers. .  Nature communications5   3393 - 3393   2014年2月国際誌

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    Constitutive phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT activation has a causal role in adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma (ATLL) and other cancers. ATLL cells do not harbour genetic alterations in PTEN and PI3KCA but express high levels of PTEN that is highly phosphorylated at its C-terminal tail. Here we report a mechanism for the N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2)-dependent regulation of PTEN phosphatase activity via the dephosphorylation of PTEN at the Ser380, Thr382 and Thr383 cluster within the C-terminal tail. We show that NDRG2 is a PTEN-binding protein that recruits protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) to PTEN. The expression of NDRG2 is frequently downregulated in ATLL, resulting in enhanced phosphorylation of PTEN at the Ser380/Thr382/Thr383 cluster and enhanced activation of the PI3K-AKT pathway. Given the high incidence of T-cell lymphoma and other cancers in NDRG2-deficient mice, PI3K-AKT activation via enhanced PTEN phosphorylation may be critical for the development of cancer.

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  • Saito Y., Kaneda K., Suekane A., Ichihara E., Nakahata S., Yamakawa N., Nagai K., Mizuno N., Kogawa K., Miura I., Itoh H., Morishita K. .  Maintenance of the hematopoietic stem cell pool in bone marrow niches by EVI1-regulated GPR56 .  Leukemia27 ( 8 ) 1637 - 49   2013年8月国際誌

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    Acute myeloid leukemia with high ecotropic viral integration site-1 expression (EVI1 high AML) is classified as a refractory type of leukemia with a poor prognosis. To provide new insights into the prevention and treatment of this disease, we identified the high expression of EVI1-regulated G protein-coupled receptor 56 (GPR56), and the association of high cell adhesion and antiapoptotic activities in EVI1 high AML cells. Knockdown of GPR56 expression decreased the cellular adhesion ability through inactivation of RhoA signaling, resulting in a reduction of cellular growth rates and enhanced apoptosis. Moreover, in Gpr56 -/- mice, the number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) was significantly decreased in the bone marrow (BM) and, conversely, was increased in the spleen, liver and peripheral blood. The number of Gpr56 -/- HSC progenitors in the G0/G1-phase was significantly reduced and was associated with impaired cellular adhesion. Finally, the loss of GPR56 function resulted in a reduction of the in vivo repopulating ability of the HSCs. In conclusion, GPR56 may represent an important GPCR for the maintenance of HSCs by acting as a co-ordinator of interactions with the BM osteosteal niche; furthermore, this receptor has the potential to become a novel molecular target in EVI1 high leukemia. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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  • Nakahata S., Saito Y., Marutsuka K., Hidaka T., Maeda K., Hatakeyama K., Shiraga T., Goto A., Takamatsu N., Asada Y., Utsunomiya A., Okayama A., Kubuki Y., Shimoda K., Ukai Y., Kurosawa G., Morishita K. .  Clinical significance of CADM1/TSLC1/IgSF4 expression in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma .  Leukemia26 ( 6 ) 1238 - 46   2012年6月査読 国際誌

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    Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1/TSLC1) was recently identified as a novel cell surface marker for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). In this study, we developed various antibodies as diagnostic tools to identify CADM1-positive ATLL leukemia cells. In flow cytometric analysis, the percentages of CD4 CADM1 double-positive cells correlated well with both the percentages of CD4 + CD25 + cells and with abnormal lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with various types of ATLL. Moreover, the degree of CD4CD4 + CADM1CD4 + cells over 1% significantly correlated with the copy number of the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) provirus in the peripheral blood of HTLV-1 carriers and ATLL patients. We also identified a soluble form of CADM1 in the peripheral blood of ATLL patients, and the expression levels of this form were correlated with the levels of soluble interleukin 2 receptor alpha. Moreover, lymphomas derived from ATLL were strongly and specifically stained with a CADM1 antibody. Thus, detection of CD4 CADM1 cells in the peripheral blood, measurement of serum levels of soluble CADM1 and immunohistochemical detection of CADM1 in lymphomas would be a useful set of markers for disease progression in ATLL and may aid in both the early diagnosis and measurement of treatment efficacy for ATLL. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited.

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  • Kondo Y, Nagai K, Nakahata S, Saito Y, Ichikawa T, Suekane A, Taki T, Iwakawa R, Enari M, Taniwaki M, Yokota J, Sakoda S, Morishita K .  Overexpression of the DNA sensor proteins, absent in melanoma 2 and interferon-inducible 16, contributes to tumorigenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma with p53 inactivation. .  Cancer science103 ( 4 ) 782 - 90   2012年4月国際誌

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    The development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a multistep process that requires the accumulation of genetic alterations. To identify genes responsible for OSCC development, we performed high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis and genome-wide gene expression profiling on OSCC tumors. These analyses indicated that the absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) gene and the interferon-inducible gene 16 (IFI16) mapped to the hematopoietic interferon-inducible nuclear proteins. The 200-amino-acid repeat gene cluster in the amplified region of chromosome 1q23 is overexpressed in OSCC. Both AIM2 and IFI16 are cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA sensors for innate immunity and act as tumor suppressors in several human cancers. Knockdown of AIM2 or IFI16 in OSCC cells results in the suppression of cell growth and apoptosis, accompanied by the downregulation of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells activation. Because all OSCC cell lines have reduced p53 activity, wild-type p53 was introduced in p53-deficient OSCC cells. The expression of wild-type p53 suppressed cell growth and induced apoptosis via suppression of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells activity. Finally, the co-expression of AIM2 and IFI16 significantly enhanced cell growth in p53-deficient cells; in contrast, the expression of AIM2 and/or IFI16 in cells bearing wild-type p53 suppressed cell growth. Moreover, AIM2 and IFI16 synergistically enhanced nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells signaling in p53-deficient cells. Thus, expression of AIM2 and IFI16 may have oncogenic activities in the OSCC cells that have inactivated the p53 system. © 2012 Japanese Cancer Association.

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  • Nakahata S, Morishita K .  CADM1/TSLC1 is a novel cell surface marker for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH52 ( 1 ) 17 - 22   2012年

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    CADM1/TSLC1 (Cell adhesion molecule 1/Tumor suppressor in lung cancer 1) is a cell adhesion molecule that was originally identified as a tumor suppressor in lung cancer. CADM1/TSLC1 expression is reduced in a variety of cancers via promoter methylation, and this reduction is associated with poor prognosis and enhanced metastatic potential. In contrast, we observed that CADM1/TSLC1 is highly and ectopically expressed in all primary adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) cells and in most human T-cell leukemia virus type (HTLV)-1-infected T-cell and ATLL cell lines. No expression, however, was detected in CD4+ T cells or in several other non-HTLV-1-infected leukemia cells. Moreover, we identified that high CADM1/TSLC1 expression plays an important role in enhanced cell-cell adhesion to the vascular endothelium, tumor growth and the ability of ATLL cells to infiltrate organs. We developed various antibodies as diagnostic tools to identify CADM1+ ATLL cells. Using flow cytometry, we determined that CADM1/TSLC1 is present on the surface of ATLL cells. The percentage of CD4+CADM1+ cells in the peripheral blood of HTLV-1 carriers and ATLL patients was highly correlated with the DNA copy number of HTLV-1 in lymphocytes. In particular, we identified the soluble form of CADM1/TSLC1 in the peripheral blood of HTLV-1 carriers and ATLL patients. Therefore, measurements of soluble CADM1/TSLC1 serum levels and the detection of CD4+CADM1+ cells in the blood, when combined with standard diagnostic methods, would be useful for identifying and monitoring disease progression in HTLV-1 carriers. Such tests would provide increased accuracy and may aid in early diagnosis and in determining the effects of ATLL treatments.

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  • Shingo Nakahata, Kazuhiro Morishita .  CADM1/TSLC1 is a novel cell surface marker for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH52 ( 1 ) 17 - 22   2012年

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    CADM1/TSLC1 (Cell adhesion molecule 1/Tumor suppressor in lung cancer 1) is a cell adhesion molecule that was originally identified as a tumor suppressor in lung cancer. CADM1/TSLC1 expression is reduced in a variety of cancers via promoter methylation, and this reduction is associated with poor prognosis and enhanced metastatic potential. In contrast, we observed that CADM1/TSLC1 is highly and ectopically expressed in all primary adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) cells and in most human T-cell leukemia virus type (HTLV)-1-infected T-cell and ATLL cell lines. No expression, however, was detected in CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells or in several other non-HTLV-1-infected leukemia cells. Moreover, we identified that high CADM1/TSLC1 expression plays an important role in enhanced cell-cell adhesion to the vascular endothelium, tumor growth and the ability of ATLL cells to infiltrate organs. We developed various antibodies as diagnostic tools to identify CADM1<sup>+</sup> ATLL cells. Using flow cytometry, we determined that CADM1/TSLC1 is present on the surface of ATLL cells. The percentage of CD4<sup>+</sup>CADM1<sup>+</sup> cells in the peripheral blood of HTLV-1 carriers and ATLL patients was highly correlated with the DNA copy number of HTLV-1 in lymphocytes. In particular, we identified the soluble form of CADM1/TSLC1 in the peripheral blood of HTLV-1 carriers and ATLL patients. Therefore, measurements of soluble CADM1/TSLC1 serum levels and the detection of CD4<sup>+</sup>CADM1<sup>+</sup> cells in the blood, when combined with standard diagnostic methods, would be useful for identifying and monitoring disease progression in HTLV-1 carriers. Such tests would provide increased accuracy and may aid in early diagnosis and in determining the effects of ATLL treatments.

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  • Nishikata I., Nakahata S., Saito Y., Kaneda K., Ichihara E., Yamakawa N., Morishita K. .  Sumoylation of MEL1S at lysine 568 and its interaction with CtBP facilitates its repressor activity and the blockade of G-CSF-induced myeloid differentiation .  Oncogene30 ( 40 ) 4194 - 4207   2011年10月

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    MEL1 (MDS1/EVI1-like gene 1/PRDM16), which was identified as a gene near the chromosomal breakpoint in t(1;3)(p36;q21)-positive human acute myeloid leukemia cells, belongs to the PRDI-BF1-RIZ1 homologous (PR) domain (PRDM) family of transcription repressors. The short form of MEL1 (MEL1S), which lacks the PR-domain at the N-terminus, is the main form expressed in t(1;3)(p36;q21)-positive acute myeloid leukemia cells. The overexpression of MEL1S blocks granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-induced myeloid differentiation in interleukin-3-dependent murine myeloid L-G3 cells. In this study, we show that treatment with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A abolished the blockade of myeloid differentiation in L-G3 cells overexpressing MEL1S. The expression of MEL1S containing mutated CtBP-interacting motif (CIM) in L-G3 cells still blocked the myeloid differentiation induced by G-CSF. We found that the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) motif (SM) at lysine 568 (VKAE) adjacent to the CIM was necessary to obtain the maximum transcriptional repressor activity of MEL1S. L-G3 cells expressing MEL1S, and bearing mutated CIM and SM differentiated into granulocytes in response to G-CSF; this indicated that both the SUMO modification at lysine 568 and CtBP binding were required for MEL1S-mediated transcriptional repression and blockade of differentiation, which might be relevant for the process of leukemogenesis. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.

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  • Saito Y., Nakahata S., Yamakawa N., Kaneda K., Ichihara E., Suekane A., Morishita K. .  CD52 as a molecular target for immunotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia with high EVI1 expression .  Leukemia25 ( 6 ) 921 - 31   2011年6月査読 国際誌

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    Ecotropic viral integration site 1 (EVI1) is an oncogenic transcription factor in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with chromosomal alterations at 3q26. Because a high expression of EVI1 protein in AML cells predicts resistance to chemotherapy with a poor outcome, we have searched for molecular targets that will treat these patients with AML. In this study, we determined that CD52, which is mainly expressed on lymphocytes, is highly expressed in most cases of AML with a high EVI1 expression (EVI1High). CAMPATH-1H, a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD52, has been used to prevent graft-versus-host disease and treat CD52-positive lymphoproliferative disorders. Here, we investigated the antitumor effect of CAMPATH-1H on EVI1High AML cells. CAMPATH-1H signifi- cantly inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in CD52- positive EVI1High leukemia cells. Furthermore, CAMPATH-1H induced complement-dependent cytotoxicity and antibodydependent cellular cytotoxicity against CD52-positive EVI1High leukemia cells. After an intravenous injection of CAMPATH-1H into NOD/Shi-scid/IL-2Rc;null mice with subcutaneous engraftment of EVI1High leukemia cells, tumor growth rates were significantly reduced, and the mice survived longer than those in the phosphate-buffered saline-injected control group. Thus, CAMPATH-1H is a potential therapeutic antibody for the treatment of patients with EVI1 High leukemia. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.

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  • 中畑 新吾, 渡邊 正明, 浜崎 誠, 斎藤 祐介, 河野 洋平, 森下 和広 .  成人T細胞白血病細胞におけるCDKN1A遺伝子の転写はプロモーターのメチル化とZEB1発現低下により抑制される .  臨床血液51 ( 9 ) 1186 - 1186   2010年9月

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  • Nakahata S., Yamazaki S., Nakauchi H., Morishita K. .  Downregulation of ZEB1 and overexpression of Smad7 contribute to resistance to TGF-Β1-mediated growth suppression in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma .  Oncogene29 ( 29 ) 4157 - 4169   2010年7月

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    Zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) is a candidate tumor-suppressor gene in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). ZEB1 binds phosphorylated Smad2/3 to enhance transforming growth factor-Β1 (TGF-Β1) signaling. In addition to downregulation of ZEB1 mRNA, we found overexpression of inhibitory Smad, Smad7, in resistance of ATLL cells to growth suppression by TGF-Β1. A protein complex of Smad7 and histone deacetylase constantly bound to the promoter region of TGF-Β1 responsive genes with the Smad-responsive element (SRE) to inhibit TGF-Β1 signaling; however, ectopic expression of ZEB1 reactivated TGF-Β1 signaling by binding to Smad7 and recruiting the Smad3/p300 histone acetyltransferase complex to the promoter after TGF-Β1 stimulation in ATLL. Conversely, because ZEB1 mRNA was detected in the late stages of T-cell development, we used CTLL2 cells with ZEB1 expression, a murine peripheral T-cell lymphoma, and found that a complex of Smad3, Smad7 and ZEB1 was bound to the SRE of the p21 CDKN1A promoter after the induction of Smad7 by TGF-Β1 treatment. Because the duration of TGF-Β1-induced transcriptional activation of PAI-1 and p21 was shortened in shZEB1-expressing CTLL2 cells, ZEB1 may have a role in enhancing TGF-Β1 signaling by binding not only to Smad3 but also to Smad7 in the nucleus. Altogether, these results suggest that both ZEB1 downregulation and Smad7 overexpression contribute to resistance to TGF-Β1-mediated growth suppression in ATLL. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.

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  • Watanabe M, Nakahata S, Hamasaki M, Saito Y, Kawano Y, Hidaka T, Yamashita K, Umeki K, Taki T, Taniwaki M, Okayama A, Morishita K .  Downregulation of CDKN1A in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma despite overexpression of CDKN1A in human T-lymphotropic virus 1-infected cell lines. .  Journal of virology84 ( 14 ) 6966 - 77   2010年7月国際誌

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    Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) causes an aggressive malignancy of T lymphocytes called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), and expression of HTLV-1 Tax influences cell survival, proliferation, and genomic stability in the infected T lymphocytes. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A/p21 waf1/Cip1) is upregulated by Tax, without perturbation of cell cycle control. During an analysis of the gene expression profiles of ATLL cells, we found very low expression of CDKN1A in ATLL-derived cell lines and ATLL cells from patient samples, and epigenetic abnormalities including promoter methylation are one of the mechanisms for the low CDKN1A expression in ATLL cells. Three HTLV-1-infected cell lines showed high levels of expression of both CDKN1A and Tax, but expression of CDKN1A was detected in only two of six ATLL-derived cell lines. In both the HTLV-1-infected and ATLL cell lines, we found that activated Akt phosphorylates CDKN1A at threonine 145 (T145), leading to cytoplasmic localization of CDKNIA. In HTLV-1-infected cell lines, cytoplasmic CDKN1A did not inhibit the cell cycle after UV irradiation; however, following treatment with LY294002, a PI3K inhibitor, CDKN1A was dephosphorylated and relocalized to the nucleus, resulting in suppression of the cell cycle. In the ATLL cell lines, treatment with LY294002 did not inhibit the cell cycle but induced apoptosis with the cytoplasmic localization. Therefore, the low CDKN1A expression in ATLL cells may be a key player in ATLL leukemogenesis, and the abnormal genomic methylation may influence the expression of not only HTLV-1 Tax but also CDKN1A during long-term development of ATLL from the HTLV-1-infected T lymphocytes. Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Furuta H, Kondo Y, Nakahata S, Hamasaki M, Sakoda S, Morishita K .  NDRG2 is a candidate tumor-suppressor for oral squamous-cell carcinoma. .  Biochemical and biophysical research communications391 ( 4 ) 1785 - 91   2010年1月国際誌

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    Oral cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, and squamous-cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common phenotype of oral cancer. Although patients with OSCC have poor survival rates and a high incidence of metastasis, the molecular mechanisms of OSCC development have not yet been elucidated. This study investigated whether N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) contributes to the carcinogenesis of OSCC, as NDRG2 is reported to be a candidate tumor-suppressor gene in a wide variety of cancers. The down-regulation of NDRG2 mRNA, which was dependent on promoter methylation, was seen in the majority of OSCC cases and in several cases of precancerous leukoplakia with dysplasia. Induction of NDRG2 expression in an HSC-3/OSCC cell line significantly inhibited cell proliferation and decreased colony formation ability on soft agar. The majority of OSCC cell lines showed an activation of PI3K/Akt signaling, and enforced expression of NDRG2 in HSC-3 cells decreased the level of phosphorylated Akt at Serine 473 (p-Akt). Immunohistochemical p-Akt staining was detected in 56.5% of the OSCC tumors, and 80.4% of the tumors were negative for NDRG2 staining. Moreover, positive p-Akt staining was inversely correlated with decreased NDRG2 expression in OSCC tumors with moderate to poor differentiation (p < 0.005). Therefore, NDRG2 is a candidate tumor-suppressor gene for OSCC development and probably contributes to the tumorigenesis of OSCC partly via the modulation of Akt signaling. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Nakahata S, Saito Y, Hamasaki M, Hidaka T, Arai Y, Taki T, Taniwaki M, Morishita K .  Alteration of enhancer of polycomb 1 at 10p11.2 is one of the genetic events leading to development of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Genes, chromosomes & cancer48 ( 9 ) 768 - 76   2009年9月国際誌

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    Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignant tumor caused by latent human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection. We previously identified a common breakpoint cluster region at 10p11.2 in acute-type ATLL by spectral karyotyping. Single nucleotide polymorphism array comparative genomic hybridization analysis of the breakpoint region in three ATLL-related cell lines and four patient samples revealed that the chromosomal breakpoints are localized within the enhancer of polycomb 1 (EPC1) gene locus in an ATLL-derived cell line (SO4) and in one patient with acute-type ATLL. EPC1 is a human homologue of the E(Pc) enhancer of polycomb gene of Drosophila. Inappropriate expression of the polycomb group gene family has been linked to the loss of normal gene silencing pathways, which can contribute to the loss of cell identity and malignant transformation in many kinds of cancers. In the case of the SO4 cell line, which carried a der(10)t(2;10)(p23;p11.2) translocation, EPC1 was fused with the additional sex combs-like 2 (ASXL2) gene at 2p23.3 (EPC1/ASXL2). In the case with an acute-type ATLL, who carried a der(10)del(10)(p11.2)del(10)(q22q24) translocation, a putative truncated EPC1 gene (EPC1tr) was identified. Overexpression of EPC1/ASXL2 enhanced cell growth in T-leukemia cells, and a GAL4-EPC1/ASXL2 fusion protein showed high transcriptional activity. Although a GAL4-EPC1tr fusion protein did not activate transcription, overexpression of EPC1tr accelerated cell growth in leukemia cells, suggesting that the EPC1 structural abnormalities in the SO4 cell line and in the patient with acute-type ATLL may contribute to leukemogenesis. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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  • Otani S, Iwai T, Nakahata S, Sakai C, Yamashita M .  Artificial fertilization by intracytoplasmic sperm injection in a teleost fish, the medaka (Oryzias latipes). .  Biology of reproduction80 ( 1 ) 175 - 83   2009年1月国際誌

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    Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a technique that has been successfully used for assisting reproduction in mammals. However, this method is still not reliable in nonmammalian species, including teleosts. We succeeded in producing medaka individuals by ICSI with a rate of 13.4% (28 hatched embryos out of 209 eggs fertilized by ICSI), the best value reported so far in teleosts, including zebrafish and Nile tilapia. Although the technique was based on that developed for mammalian eggs, some critical modifications were made to adjust it to the medaka egg, which has a thick and hard envelope (the chorion) and a single sperm entry site (the micropyle). Medaka ICSI was performed by injecting a demembranated spermatozoon into an egg cytoplasm through the micropyle 10-15 sec after egg activation induced by a piezo-actuated vibration, the site and timing of sperm penetration being consistent with those in normal fertilization in medaka. To increase the efficiency of ICSI in medaka, we found that the fertilization by ICSI should precisely mimic the fertilization by insemination with intact sperm, both spatially and temporally. The success rate of ICSI was highly variable in batches of eggs (ranging from 0% to 56%), suggesting that the conditions of eggs are important factors in stabilizing the production of individuals by ICSI. The success in medaka ICSI provides a basis for future research to understand the basic mechanisms in gamete biology of teleosts as well as for development of new technology that can yield valuable applications in fisheries science. © 2009 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.

    DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.069880

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  • Dewan MZ, Takamatsu N, Hidaka T, Hatakeyama K, Nakahata S, Fujisawa J, Katano H, Yamamoto N, Morishita K .  Critical role for TSLC1 expression in the growth and organ infiltration of adult T-cell leukemia cells in vivo. .  Journal of virology82 ( 23 ) 11958 - 63   2008年12月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Journal of Virology  

    Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is associated with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 infection. The tumor suppressor lung cancer 1 (TSLC1) gene was previously identified as a novel cell surface marker for ATL, and this study demonstrated the involvement of TSLC1 expression in tumor growth and organ infiltration of ATL cells. In experiments using NOD/SCID/γcnull mice, both leukemia cell lines and primary ATL cells with high TSLC1 expression caused more tumor formation and aggressive infiltration of various organs of mice. Our results suggest that TSLC1 expression in ATL cells plays an important role in the growth and organ infiltration of ATL cells. Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

    DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01149-08

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  • Hidaka T, Nakahata S, Hatakeyama K, Hamasaki M, Yamashita K, Kohno T, Arai Y, Taki T, Nishida K, Okayama A, Asada Y, Yamaguchi R, Tsubouchi H, Yokota J, Taniwaki M, Higashi Y, Morishita K .  Down-regulation of TCF8 is involved in the leukemogenesis of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. .  Blood112 ( 2 ) 383 - 93   2008年7月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)   出版者・発行元:Blood  

    Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is caused by latent human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) infection. To clarify the molecular mechanism underlying leukemogenesis after viral infection, we precisely mapped 605 chromosomal breakpoints in 61 ATLL cases by spectral karyotyping and identified frequent chromosomal breakpoints in 10p11, 14q11, and 14q32. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array-comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), genetic, and expression analyses of the genes mapped within a common breakpoint cluster region in 10p11.2 revealed that in ATLL cells, transcription factor 8 (TCF8) was frequently disrupted by several mechanisms, including mainly epigeneticdysregulation. TCF8 mutant mice frequently developed invasive CD4 + T-cell lymphomas in the thymus or in ascitic fluid in vivo. Downregulation of TCF8 expression in ATLL cells in vitro was associated with resistance to transforming growth factor β 1 (TGF-β1). a well-known characteristic of ATLL cells, suggesting that escape from TGF-(i1-mediated growth inhibition is important in the pathogenesis of ATLL. These findings indicate that TCF8 has a tumor suppressor role in ATLL. © 2008 by The American Society of Hematology.

    DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-01-131185

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  • 中畑 新吾 .  特集「TCF8遺伝子発現抑制による成人T細胞白血病・リンパ腫発症機構」 .  血液フロンティア医薬ジャーナル社(大阪) 18   65 - 72   2008年

  • Nakahata S, Kawamoto S .  Tissue-dependent isoforms of mammalian Fox-1 homologs are associated with tissue-specific splicing activities. .  Nucleic acids research33 ( 7 ) 2078 - 89   2005年国際誌

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    DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki338

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  • Nakahata S, Kotani T, Mita K, Kawasaki T, Katsu Y, Nagahama Y, Yamashita M .  Involvement of Xenopus Pumilio in the translational regulation that is specific to cyclin B1 mRNA during oocyte maturation. .  Mechanisms of development120 ( 8 ) 865 - 80   2003年8月国際誌

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    記述言語:英語   掲載種別:研究論文(学術雑誌)  

    DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(03)00160-6

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  • S Nakahata, Y Katsu, K Mita, K Inoue, Y Nagahama, M Yamashita .  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 .  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY276 ( 24 ) 20945 - 20953   2001年6月査読

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    Translational activation of dormant cyclin B1 mRNA stored in oocytes is a prerequisite for the initiation or promotion of oocyte maturation in many vertebrates. Using a monoclonal antibody against the domain highly homologous to that of Drosophila Pumilio, we have shown for the first time in any vertebrate that a homolog of Pumilio is expressed in Xenopus oocytes, This 137-kDa protein binds to the region including the sequence UGUA at nucleotides 1335-1338 in the 3'-untranslated region of cyclin B1 mRNA, which is close to but does not overlap the cytoplasmic polyadenylation elements (CPEs). Physical in vitro association of Xenopus Pumilio with a Xenopus homolog of Nanos (Xcat-2) was demonstrated by a protein pull-down assay. The results of immunoprecipitation experiments showed in vivo interaction between Xenopus Pumilio and CPE-binding protein (CPEB), a key regulator of translational repression and activation of mRNAs stared in oocytes, This evidence provides a new insight into the mechanism of translational regulation through the 3'-end of mRNA during oocyte maturation. These results also suggest the generality of the function of Pumilio as a translational regulator of dormant mRNAs in both invertebrates and vertebrates.

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  • プロテインホスファターゼ2Aのリン酸化調節を介したN-myc downstream-regulated gene 2の発癌における病態生理学的意義(Pathophysiological significance of N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 in cancer development through protein phosphatase 2A phosphorylation regulation)

    Morishita Kazuhiro, Nakahata Shingo, Ichikawa Tomonaga

    Cancer Science   112 ( 1 )   22 - 30   2021年1月

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    記述言語:英語   出版者・発行元:John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd  

  • トランスフェリン受容体抗体はモガムリズマブ治療難治性のATLLの増殖抑制に有効である(High efficacy of anti-TFR1 antibody against the growth of mogamulizmab-resistant ATLL cells)

    中畑 新吾, 下崎 俊介, 市川 朝永, 亀田 拓郎, 日高 智徳, 久冨木 庸子, 黒澤 仁, 下田 和哉, 森下 和広

    臨床血液   59 ( 9 )   1719 - 1719   2018年9月

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  • Sumoylation of MEL1S at lysine 568 and its interaction with CtBP facilitates its repressor activity and the blockade of G-CSF-induced myeloid differentiation

    Nishikata I., Nakahata S., Saito Y., Kaneda K., Ichihara E., Yamakawa N., Morishita K.

    Oncogene   30 ( 40 )   4194 - 4207   2011年10月

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    記述言語:英語   出版者・発行元:Oncogene  

    MEL1 (MDS1/EVI1-like gene 1/PRDM16), which was identified as a gene near the chromosomal breakpoint in t(1;3)(p36;q21)-positive human acute myeloid leukemia cells, belongs to the PRDI-BF1-RIZ1 homologous (PR) domain (PRDM) family of transcription repressors. The short form of MEL1 (MEL1S), which lacks the PR-domain at the N-terminus, is the main form expressed in t(1;3)(p36;q21)-positive acute myeloid leukemia cells. The overexpression of MEL1S blocks granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-induced myeloid differentiation in interleukin-3-dependent murine myeloid L-G3 cells. In this study, we show that treatment with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A abolished the blockade of myeloid differentiation in L-G3 cells overexpressing MEL1S. The expression of MEL1S containing mutated CtBP-interacting motif (CIM) in L-G3 cells still blocked the myeloid differentiation induced by G-CSF. We found that the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) motif (SM) at lysine 568 (VKAE) adjacent to the CIM was necessary to obtain the maximum transcriptional repressor activity of MEL1S. L-G3 cells expressing MEL1S, and bearing mutated CIM and SM differentiated into granulocytes in response to G-CSF; this indicated that both the SUMO modification at lysine 568 and CtBP binding were required for MEL1S-mediated transcriptional repression and blockade of differentiation, which might be relevant for the process of leukemogenesis. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.

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  • 成人T細胞性白血病/リンパ腫(ATLL)に対するTSLC1/IgSF4抗体を用いた診断応用(Diagnostic application using TSLC1/IgSF4 antibodies to Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL))

    眞鍋 香澄, 高松 尚文, 日高 智徳, 中畑 新吾, 前田 宏一, 濱崎 誠, 岩田 喬子, 鵜飼 由範, 岡山 昭彦, 坪内 博仁, 黒澤 仁, 宇都宮 與, 森下 和広

    日本癌学会総会記事   68回   334 - 334   2009年8月

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  • 森下 和広, 中畑 新吾, 市川 朝永, 下田 和哉, 天野 正宏 .  【HTLV-1とATLL】HTLV-1感染症を基礎としたATLL発症機構について .  西日本皮膚科  2022年6月  日本皮膚科学会-西部支部

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  • 市川 朝永, 中畑 新吾, 尾野 雅哉, 森下 和広 .  がん抑制遺伝子NDRG2発現低下を介したJak/STAT情報伝達系活性化機構の解析(Analysis of the constitutive activation of Jak/STAT signaling pathway through the loss of tumor suppressor gene NDRG2) .  日本癌学会総会記事  2022年9月  (一社)日本癌学会

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  • 腸内細菌叢解析に基づいた成人T細胞白血病(ATL)発症機構の解明

    研究課題/領域番号:19K07693  2019年4月 - 2022年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    中畑 新吾

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  • HTLV-1およびBLV感染による腫瘍化の比較解析

    研究課題/領域番号:18K07203  2018年4月 - 2021年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    谷 千賀子, 森下 和広, 中畑 新吾

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    牛の感染症として牛白血病ウイルス (BLV)感染は、未だ全国的な対策が確立されておらず、本邦における家畜牛の約3-4割にもその感染が広がっている。BLV感染は約30%にリンパ球増多症を誘発し、さらに約5%に悪性B細胞性リンパ腫である地方病性牛白血病 (EBL)を引き起こす。BLV感染によるEBL発症機構解明を目的として、本研究ではアンチセンス鎖の転写に着目し、BLVプロウイルスの発現様式を解析した。BLV持続産生羊腎臓細胞株FLK-BLV細胞を用いて、5’- 及び 3’-RACE PCR法にて調べたところ、BLVはスプライス型 (SI)と新規の非スプライス型 (US)のアンチセンスRNAを産生することを同定した。これらの産物は 成人T細胞白血病 (ATL)の原因ウイルスであるHTLV-1のアンチセンス転写産物であり、発がんに重要なHBZの SIとUSに相当するものであったことから、アンチセンス鎖の転写はBLVとHTLV-1で保存されたメカニズムであることが示唆された。しかしながら、CPATを用いたin silicoの解析によりHBZとは異なり、BLVの SIとUSは両者ともタンパク質として機能する可能性が低いことが示唆された。新鮮牛白血病検体を用いたRT-PCR解析から、BLV US およびSI RNAはEBL細胞で発現することを確認した。BLVのセンス鎖の転写は、EBL細胞で不活化されることが知られていることから、BLVアンチセンスRNAは発がん過程において重要な役割を果たしている可能性が推測された。今後、これらの機能解析を進め、BLV感染やがん発症における生理的意義を明らかにする必要があると考えられる。

  • ペルーにおけるHTLV-1重複感染による高頻度ATL発症の比較ゲノム解析

    研究課題/領域番号:17H04600  2017年4月 - 2020年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)  基盤研究(B)

    森下 和広, 鈴木 穣, 中畑 新吾, 市川 朝永

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    HTLV-1は日本、南米、アフリカ、カリブ海沿岸諸国が高浸淫地域であり、日本を除くこれらの地域では寄生虫感染症である糞線虫症が流行している。HTLV-1キャリアへの糞線虫感染は、重症糞線虫症の発症、及びそれに伴う成人T細胞白血病リンパ腫(ATLL)の発症を促進する。本研究では、ペルーにおける糞線虫重複感染によるATLL発症加速機構を解明し、ATLL発症予防治療法の開発につなげる。今年度において、ペルーカジェタノ大学との共同で、糞線虫感染または非感染HTLV-1キャリアおよびATLL患者の末梢血を採取し、糞線虫重複感染とHTLV-1プロウイルス配列との関連を検討した。これまで43検体を収集し、そのうちの12例のDNAを用いて、ウイルスの全長をPCR増幅し、Hiseq3000により解析した。系統樹解析から、我々が解析した症例のウイルスは、全てHTLV-1aサブタイプであり、transcontinental subgroup Aのラテンアメリカクラスターに含まれることが分かった。さらに、HTLV-1・糞線虫重複感染キャリアは、特定のクラスターを形成することを示唆した。一方、関連解析では、サンプルサイズからウイルス配列の特徴と糞線虫感染との関連において、有意差が得られなかった。また、糞線虫重複感染による腸内細菌叢への影響を検討するため、これらのコホートから糞便を採取し、16S rDNAシークエンスによる腸内細菌叢解析を行った所、重複感染との関連が予想される菌叢変化が存在する可能性が示唆された。引き続き症例数を増やし、これらのゲノム解析を進め、糞線虫重複感染または重症糞線虫症と腸内細菌叢変化、さらには、HTLV-1感染リンパ球のゲノム変異との関連を明らかにしていく予定である。

  • 癌化につながるNDRG2欠損に依存した新規ストレス情報伝達制御異常

    研究課題/領域番号:17H03581  2017年4月 - 2020年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)  基盤研究(B)

    森下 和広, 尾野 雅哉, 中畑 新吾, 市川 朝永

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    このプロジェクトはがん抑制遺伝子NDRG2が欠損した成人T細胞白血病(ATL)のNDRG2欠損に依存した機能異常を導き出し、新たな治療法の開発につなげるものである。NDRG2は多くの固形がんでも発現低下が見られるため、ここで同定された治験は白血病のみならず固形がんへの応用が可能である。
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    NDRG2はPP2Aフォスファターゼの結合タンパク質として、主要な情報伝達経路を負に制御するストレス応答遺伝子の一つである。これまでにNDRG2がPTENやNIKのリン酸化制御を行い、AKTやNF-kB情報伝達系の制御に関わり、その異常がATL発症に重要であることを示してきた。その働きを網羅的に調べるために、NDRG2結合タンパク質を網羅的に検索を行ってきた。その中で新規結合タンパク質としてPRMT5に着目し、その機能解析とATL白血病発症機構の解明をこのプロジェクトでは行っている。このプロジェクトでは、NDRG2発現低下がPRMT5の機能や細胞内局在を変化させ、HSP90機能にPRMT5酵素活性が大きな影響を与えることがわかってきた。従って、NDRG2発現低下を指標として、その枠組みのがん細胞では、その生存にはPRMT5酵素活性に大きく依存しており、その機構を明らかにすることで、新たな治療戦略が拓けてくるものと考えられる。
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    機能解析と、その研究内容は次のとおりである。(1) NDRG2によるリン酸化調節タンパク質群の網羅的同定と機能解析 (2)癌におけるHSP90Aのタンパク質修飾異常による活性調節機構 (3)NDRG2によるPRMT5の細胞内局在の変動と、その標的に対するメチル化 (4) 各種ストレス下におけるNDRG2欠損マウスの腫瘍発症機構とPRMT5の寄与の証明 (5)既知のメチルトランスフェラーゼ阻害剤、PRMT5阻害剤による新規治療薬の基礎検討

  • HTLV-1細胞癌化を媒介する活性酸素産生遺伝子Nox5αのシグナル伝達機構

    研究課題/領域番号:16K08628  2016年4月 - 2019年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    鎌田 徹, 森下 和広, 中畑 新吾

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    ヒト発がんにおけるNADPH oxidase(Nox)ファミリーの産生する活性酸素(ROS)によるシグナル伝達経路を追究した。その結果、Nox5alphaはhuman T-cell leukemia virus-type 1 (HTLV-1)癌化T-細胞において、protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP-1Bを標的とし、好気性グルコース、グルタミン代謝を調節してがん細胞の維持に寄与することを発見した。Nox4もすい臓がん細胞の同様な代謝調節を亢進してその増殖に寄与することを見出した。この成果はこれらのNox isoformががん治療の分子標的となる考えをさらに強化する。

  • 成人T細胞白血病(ATL)における低酸素ストレス応答機構の解析

    研究課題/領域番号:16K07120  2016年4月 - 2019年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    中畑 新吾

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    低酸素応答としてNDRG2によるリン酸化シグナル調節ががん細胞の増殖に重要な役割を果たすことが示唆された。NDRG2は、PI3K/AKTやNF-κB経路等、様々なリン酸化シグナルを制御する。NDRG2は造血幹細胞の機能に関わり、骨髄ニッチの低酸素応答の制御への関与が示唆された。さらにATLにおいてオートファジー分解経路によるp47発現低下が、NF-κB活性化の要因の一つとなっていることを示唆した。

  • 腸内細菌叢異常に伴うHTLV-1キャリアからATL発症過程解析

    研究課題/領域番号:15K15087  2015年4月 - 2017年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的萌芽研究  挑戦的萌芽研究

    森下 和広, 中畑 新吾

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    ATL患者16例および健常者11例の糞便サンプルを用いた16SrDNA次世代シークエンス解析を行い、ATLにおける腸内細菌叢の関与を検討した。その結果、ATLでは、免疫機能に重要な働きをもつビフィドバクテリウム属が低下しており、ATLで見られる免疫能の低下との関連が推測された。また、バクテロイデス属などの日和見菌が増加し、また制御性T細胞を分化誘導するクロストリジウム属細菌が増えていたことは、これらが免疫系に何らかの影響を与え、HTLV-1感染細胞の増殖を促進している可能性が推測された。従って、腸内細菌叢は、ATLの予防、診断、治療に有望な標的となると考えられ、今後の更なる解析が必要である。

  • HTLV-1感染防御機構破綻に伴うATL発症機構の解明

    研究課題/領域番号:25293081  2013年4月 - 2016年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)  基盤研究(B)

    森下 和広, 谷脇 雅史, 中畑 新吾, 市川 朝永, 兼田 加珠子, 西片 一朗

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    NDRG2は新規PTEN結合蛋白質であり、脱リン酸化による活性調節を行なうストレス応答因子であった。ATLを含む多くのがんでは発現低下し、PTENは高リン酸化・不活化型としてPI3K/AKTの恒常的活性化に関り、NDRG2欠損マウスはTリンパ腫を含み多種の癌を発症した。またNDRG2の発現低下は、canonical及びnoncanonical pathway両者を活性化し、NF-kB活性化に寄与していた。すなわちNDRG2はストレス応答に関わる重要な情報伝達系を負に制御し細胞の恒常性を保つ働きを持っており、NDRG2不活化はストレスによるがんの発症に大きく寄与する可能性を示唆した。

  • 癌におけるPTENリン酸化異常の分子機構とその役割の解明

    研究課題/領域番号:25430113  2013年4月 - 2016年3月

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    中畑 新吾

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    NDRG2はATLを含む癌において発現低下し、PTENの抑制的なリン酸化(STT)亢進を介してPI3K/AKT経路の活性化に関わる。NDRG2は、PTENリン酸化を介して新規のPI3K経路の負のフィードバック制御因子として働く事を見出し、PI3K-SGK1-NDRG2経路がPI3K経路の活性化制御に重要である事を見出した。PTEN-STTをリン酸化するキナーゼ候補としてSCYL2を同定し、SCYL2の発現上昇がPTEN-STTリン酸化を誘導する事を見出した。ATL細胞におけるNDRG2発現低下は、低酸素環境下で持続的なAKT活性化を保つ事により、細胞増殖や生存に有利に働いている事を示した。

  • NDRG2 に着目した癌における PI3K/Akt シグナル伝達異常の解明

    研究課題/領域番号:23701061  2011年 - 2012年

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)  若手研究(B)

    中畑 新吾

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    本研究で広範な固形腫瘍で PTEN のリン酸化異常が起こっていること、さらに NDRG2 の発現回復で PTEN のリン酸化、PI3K/Akt の活性化を抑制することが示された。さらに、NDRG2 が腫瘍抑制因子として働くことを初めて証明した。これらの研究成果は、PTENのリン酸化/脱リン酸化を標的にした新薬の開発に結びつけられる可能性がある新しい知見である。

  • 成人T細胞白血病(ATL)のゲノム異常に基づく白血病発症機構の解析

    研究課題/領域番号:21390098  2009年 - 2011年

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)  基盤研究(B)

    森下 和広, 谷脇 雅史, 中畑 新吾, 西片 一朗, 中尾 和貴, 山川 哲生

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    成人T細胞白血病(ATL)のゲノム解析を行い、多数のゲノム異常領域を同定し、白血病関連遺伝子として、TCF8(ZEB1)、NDRG2、TSLC1、BCL11B、EPC1/AXSL2融合遺伝子を同定した。それぞれの機能解析から、TGFbeta抵抗性、細胞接着性の亢進に伴う臓器浸潤、細胞増殖促進等、多彩な性状を同定できた。またTCF8(ZEB1)、NDRG2、TSLC1についてはそれぞれの遺伝子改変マウスがTリンパ腫を中心とした腫瘍発症がみられ、癌遺伝子、癌抑制遺伝子候補として証明できた。HTLV-1感染以降、これらのゲノム異常に依存した多段階発白血病発症機構の端緒が開かれ、新規診断法や治療法の開発につなげることが可能となった。

  • Evi1遺伝子群による細胞接着を介した白血病幹細胞維持機構の解明

    研究課題/領域番号:20012043  2008年 - 2009年

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 特定領域研究  特定領域研究

    森下 和広, 山川 哲生, 中畑 新吾, 西片 一朗

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    EVI1遺伝子は難治性白血病の原因遺伝子であり、これまでEVI1欠損マウスの解析から造血幹細胞維持に係わる転写因子としての性質を同定していた。そこで白血病幹細胞維持に係わる機構を同定するために、ターゲット遺伝子群の同定並びにEVI1高発現白血病細胞の機能解析を行い、GATA-2の転写調節への関与と、白血病細胞の性質として細胞接着能の亢進を同定した。この細胞接着能の亢進は主としてMatrigelへの細胞接着能であり、その原因はIntegrin遺伝子群のITGA6とITGB4の転写亢進であった。ITGA6/ITGB4 heterodimerの発現は、EVI1遺伝子により直接制御されており、再発性白血病においても有意な転写亢進が存在していた。さらに細胞接着能と抗がん剤耐性性の関係を各EVI1、ITGA6、ITGB4 shRNA導入実験、さらにはITGA6/ITGB4中和抗体を用いた実験により検討したところ、両者の中和抗体、並びにshRNA導入により、細胞接着能の低下と抗がん剤への感受性が復活することから、細胞接着能による抗がん剤耐性性の獲得によりEVI1高発現白血病が難治性である一つの性質を示していることがわかった。以上よりGATA-2の転写調節を含めITGA6とITGB4遺伝子群へのEVI1による直接的な転写調節機構が存在し、白血病を含む造血幹細胞の維持機構として、ITGA6とITGB4の高発現が存在する可能性を示唆した。さらに抗ITGA6/ITGB4抗体を作成、in vivo白血病モデルマウスを用いた投与実験により、この白血病細胞移植マウスの生存期間の延長が有意に出現したことから、難治性白血病、再発性白血病における新規治療法の開発に繋がるものと期待される。

  • 多段階発がん機構におけるジンクフィンガーホメオドメインタンパク質の機能解析

    研究課題/領域番号:19790344  2007年 - 2010年

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)  若手研究(B)

    中畑 新吾

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    成人T細胞白血病・リンパ腫(ATLL)に対するゲノム解析を行い、10p11.2領域に染色体切断点集中領域を同定、TCF8遺伝子をATLLのがん抑制遺伝子候補として単離した。TCF8欠損マウスを解析したところ、CD4陽性リンパ腫・白血病を高頻度で発症し、高臓器浸潤性を示した。TCF8はTGF-beta1の情報伝達を促進する事が報告されているため、ATL細胞へのTCF8過剰発現はTGF-beta1への反応性の回復、細胞死に至ることがわかり、ATLL治療の標的になる可能性が示された。

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