著者
茂木 清夫
出版者
東京大学地震研究所
雑誌
東京大学地震研究所彙報 (ISSN:00408972)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.60, no.3, pp.401-428, 1986-02-07

過去数10年にわたる大きい地震及び近年の徴小池震の線状配列から,男鹿半島と牡鹿半島を通って東北地方を横切る北西-南東の活構造線の存在が推定される.海底地形や地殻変動のデータもこの存在を示唆する.1983年の日本海中部地震は,この構造線が日本海東縁の構造境界に会合するという特異な場所で起ったもので,その余震の分布の特徴もこのことを示している.日本海溝,男鹿半島-牡鹿半島構造線,日本海東縁の構造境界及び北海道と本州の間の境界によって囲まれた地域が一つのブロックを形成し,これが東西圧縮応力場にある.日本海中部地震はこの東西圧縮応力が特に集中しやすい所に起った地震であり,ここでは日本海側としては例外的に大きい地震がくり返し起ってきた.1978年宮城県沖地震の震源域では大地震が頻繁に繰返し発生しているが,ここも男鹿半島-牡鹿半島構造線が日本海溝沿いのSubduction Zoneに達したという構造的に特異な所である.
著者
河野 一紀
出版者
京都大学
巻号頁・発行日
2012-05-23

新制・課程博士
著者
田村 理香
出版者
ストラータ同人会
雑誌
Strata
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, pp.130-141, 2005-12-24
著者
Kamimura Manabu Saito Hitoshi Niwa Ryusuke Niimi Teruyuki Toyoda Kinuko Ueno Chihiro Kanamori Yasushi Shimura Sachiko Kiuchi Makoto
出版者
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
雑誌
The journal of biological chemistry (ISSN:00219258)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.287, no.20, pp.16488-16498, 2012-05
被引用文献数
22

Steroid hormones ecdysteroids regulate varieties of developmental processes in insects. Although the ecdysteroid titer can be increased experimentally with ease, its artificial reduction, although desirable, is very difficult to achieve. Here we characterized the ecdysteroid-inactivating enzyme ecdysteroid-22-oxidase (E22O) from the entomopathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi and used it to develop methods for reducing ecdysteroid titer and thereby controlling insect development. Km and Kcat values of the purified E22O for oxidizing ecdysone were 4.4 μm and 8.4/s, respectively, indicating that E22O can inactivate ecdysone more efficiently than other ecdysteroid inactivating enzymes characterized so far. The cloned E22O cDNA encoded a FAD-dependent oxidoreductase. Injection of recombinant E22O into the silkworm Bombyx mori interfered with larval molting and metamorphosis. In the hemolymph of E22O-injected pupae, the titer of hormonally active 20-hydroxyecdysone decreased and concomitantly large amounts of inactive 22-dehydroecdysteroids accumulated. E22O injection also prevented molting of various other insects. In the larvae of the crambid moth Haritalodes basipunctalis, E22O injection induced a diapause-like developmental arrest, which, as in normal diapause, was broken by chilling. Transient expression of the E22O gene by in vivo lipofection effectively decreased the 20-hydroxyecdysone titer and blocked molting in B. mori. Transgenic expression of E22O in Drosophila melanogaster caused embryonic morphological defects, phenotypes of which were very similar to those of the ecdysteroid synthesis deficient mutants. Thus, as the first available simple but versatile tool for reducing the internal ecdysteroid titer, E22O could find use in controlling a broad range of ecdysteroid-associated developmental and physiological phenomena.
著者
Nagamine Satoshi Tamba Michiko Ishimine Hisako Araki Kota Shiomi Kensuke Okada Takuya Ohto Tatsuyuki Kunita Satoshi Takahashi Satoru Wismans Ronnie G. P. Kuppevelt Toin H. van Masu Masayuki Keino-Masu Kazuko
出版者
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
雑誌
The journal of biological chemistry (ISSN:00219258)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.287, no.12, pp.9579-9590, 2012-03
被引用文献数
70

Heparan sulfate endosulfatases Sulf1 and Sulf2 hydrolyze 6-O-sulfate in heparan sulfate, thereby regulating cellular signaling. Previous studies have revealed that Sulfs act predominantly on UA2S-GlcNS6S disaccharides and weakly on UA-GlcNS6S disaccharides. However, the specificity of Sulfs and their role in sulfation patterning of heparan sulfate in vivo remained unknown. Here, we performed disaccharide analysis of heparan sulfate in Sulf1 and Sulf2 knock-out mice. Significant increases in ΔUA2S-GlcNS6S were observed in the brain, small intestine, lung, spleen, testis, and skeletal muscle of adult Sulf1−/− mice and in the brain, liver, kidney, spleen, and testis of adult Sulf2−/− mice. In addition, increases in ΔUA-GlcNS6S were seen in the Sulf1−/− lung and small intestine. In contrast, the disaccharide compositions of chondroitin sulfate were not primarily altered, indicating specificity of Sulfs for heparan sulfate. For Sulf1, but not for Sulf2, mRNA expression levels in eight organs of wild-type mice were highly correlated with increases in ΔUA2S-GlcNS6S in the corresponding organs of knock-out mice. Moreover, overall changes in heparan sulfate compositions were greater in Sulf1−/− mice than in Sulf2−/− mice despite lower levels of Sulf1 mRNA expression, suggesting predominant roles of Sulf1 in heparan sulfate desulfation and distinct regulation of Sulf activities in vivo. Sulf1 and Sulf2 mRNAs were differentially expressed in restricted types of cells in organs, and consequently, the sulfation patterns of heparan sulfate were locally and distinctly altered in Sulf1 and Sulf2 knock-out mice. These findings indicate that Sulf1 and Sulf2 differentially contribute to the generation of organ-specific sulfation patterns of heparan sulfate.
著者
Nakano Naoko Itoh Susumu Watanabe Yukihide Maeyama Kota Itoh Fumiko Kato Mitsuyasu
出版者
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
雑誌
The journal of biological chemistry (ISSN:00219258)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.285, no.49, pp.38023-38033, 2010-12
被引用文献数
43

The TGF-β and Wnt pathways are involved in cell fate and tumorigenicity. A recent report indicated that a TGF-β target gene, TMEPAI (transmembrane prostate androgen-induced RNA), is possibly also a downstream target of Wnt signaling. Although TMEPAI was believed to be involved in tumorigenicity because of its blockage of TGF-β signaling, how TGF-β and Wnt signals affect the activation of the TMEPAI gene is not well understood. Herein, we show that the TMEPAI promoter is regulated synergistically by TGF-β/Smad and Wnt/β-catenin/T cell factor (TCF) 7L2. The critical cis-element for dual signals, termed TGF-β-responsive TCF7L2-binding element (TTE), is located in intron 1 of the TMEPAI gene. TCF7L2, but not Smad proteins, bound to TTE, whereas the disruption of TTE by mutagenesis remarkably counteracted both TGF-β and TCF7L2 responses. The introduction of mutations in critical Smad-binding elements blocked the activation of the TMEPAI promoter by TCF7L2. Furthermore, our DNA-protein interaction experiments revealed the indirect binding of TCF7L2 to Smad-binding elements via Smad3 upon TGF-β stimulation as well as its TGF-β-dependent association with TTE. We demonstrate that the Wnt/β-catenin/TCF7L2 pathway is preferentially able to alter the transcriptional regulation of the TGF-β-target gene, TMEPAI.
著者
吉田 順五
出版者
北海道大学低温科学研究所
雑誌
低温科學. 物理篇 (ISSN:04393538)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, pp.97-110, 1960-12-10
著者
石川 信敬 石田 完
出版者
北海道大学低温科学研究所
雑誌
低温科學. 物理篇 (ISSN:04393538)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.28, pp.165-173, 1971-03-25
著者
志澤 剛
巻号頁・発行日
2012

Thesis (Ph. D. in Linguistics)--University of Tsukuba, (A), no. 5970, 2012.3.23
著者
佐藤 勝彦
出版者
物性研究刊行会
雑誌
物性研究 (ISSN:07272997)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.90, no.2-3, pp.449-478, 2008-05-20

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