- 著者
- Hiromasa Ono Naoya Oishi Hidemasa Bono
- 出版者
- The Japanese Biochemical Society/The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- ConBio2017
- 巻号頁・発行日
- 2017-10-31
- 著者
- Hiroko Tabunoki Hidemasa Bono Katsuhiko Ito Takeshi Yokoyama
- 出版者
- バイオ&ソーシャル・サイエンス推進国際研究交流会
- 雑誌
- Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2016.01011, (Released:2016-02-07)
- 参考文献数
- 48
- 被引用文献数
- 1 34
Bombyx mori (silkworm) is the most famous lepidopteran in Japan. B. mori has long been used in the silk industry and also as a model insect for agricultural research. In recent years, B. mori has attracted interest in its potential for use in pathological analysis of model animals. For example, the human macular carotenoid transporter was discovered using information of B. mori carotenoid transporter derived from yellow-cocoon strain. The B. mori carotenoid transport system is useful in human studies. To develop a human disease model, we characterized the human homologs of B. mori, and by constructing KAIKO functional annotation pipeline, and to analyze gene expression profile of a unique B. mori mutant strain using microarray analysis. As a result, we identified a novel molecular network involved in Parkinson's disease. Here we describe the potential use of a spontaneous mutant silkworm strain as a human disease model. We also summarize recent progress in the application of genomic information for annotation of human homologs in B. mori. The B. mori mutant will provide a clue to pathological mechanisms, and the findings will be helpful for the development of therapies and for medical drug discovery.
- 著者
- Fumika Ichino Hidemasa Bono Takeru Nakazato Atsushi Toyoda Asao Fujiyama Kikuo Iwabuchi Ryoichi Sato Hiroko Tabunoki
- 出版者
- International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
- 雑誌
- Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.12, no.1, pp.7-15, 2018-02-28 (Released:2018-03-19)
- 参考文献数
- 28
- 被引用文献数
- 5
Human intestinal absorption is estimated using a human colon carcinoma cell line (Caco-2) cells from human colorectal adenocarcinoma, intestinal perfusion, or a mammalian model. These current evaluation systems are limited in their ability to estimate human intestinal absorption. In addition, in vivo evaluation systems using laboratory animals such as mice and rats entail animal ethics problems, and it is difficult to screen compounds on a large scale at the drug discovery stage. Thus, we propose the use of Bombyx mori larvae for evaluation of intestinal absorption of compounds as an alternative system in this study. First, to compare the characteristics among Caco-2 cells, human intestine, and B. mori larval midgut, we analyzed their RNA-seq data, and we found 26 drug transporters common to humans and B. mori. Next, we quantitatively developed an oral administration technique in B. mori and established a method using silkworm B. mori larvae that can easily estimate the intestinal permeability of compounds. Consequently, we could determine the dose and technique for oral administration in B. mori larvae. We also developed a B. mori model to evaluate the intestinal permeability of orally administered. Our constructed evaluation system will be useful for evaluating intestinal permeability in medical drug development.