イシイ ヤスオ
石井 泰雄 所属 統合教育学修センター 統合教育学修センター 職種 講師 |
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論文種別 | 原著 |
言語種別 | 英語 |
査読の有無 | 査読あり |
表題 | Pax6 controls the expression of Lewis x epitope in the embryonic forebrain by regulating alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase IX expression. |
掲載誌名 | 正式名:The Journal of biological chemistry 略 称:J Biol Chem ISSNコード:(0021-9258)0021-9258(Linking) |
掲載区分 | 国外 |
巻・号・頁 | 277(3),pp.2033-9 |
著者・共著者 | Shimoda Yasushi, Tajima Youichi, Osanai Taka, Katsume Asao, Kohara Michinori, Kudo Takashi, Narimatsu Hisashi, Takashima Noriko, Ishii Yasuo, Nakamura Shun, Osumi Noriko, Sanai Yutaka |
発行年月 | 2002/01 |
概要 | Pax6 is a transcription factor involved in brain patterning and neurogenesis. Expression of Pax6 is specifically observed in the developing cerebral cortex, where Lewis x epitope that is thought to play important roles in cell interactions is colocalized. Here we examined whether Pax6 regulates localization of Lewis x using Pax6 mutant rat embryos. The Lewis x epitope disappeared in the Pax6 mutant cortex, and activity of alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase, which catalyzed the last step of Lewis x biosynthesis, drastically decreased in the mutant cortex as compared with the wild type. Furthermore, expression of a fucosyltransferase gene, FucT-IX, specifically decreased in the mutant, while no change was seen for expression of another fucosyltransferase gene, FucT-IV. These results strongly suggest that Pax6 controls Lewis x expression in the embryonic brain by regulating FucT-IX gene expression. |
DOI | 10.1074/jbc.M108495200 |
PMID | 11675393 |