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写真a

 
Takai Kazuyuki
 
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Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Engineering) Major of Science and Engineering Applied Chemistry Professor
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Professor
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髙井 和幸
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Degree

  • 博士(理学) ( 東京大学 )

Research Interests

  • synthetic biology

  • 構成的生物学

  • 「細胞を創る」

  • 生化学

  • 分子生物学

  • biochemistry

  • molecular biology

  • 合成生物学

  • 無細胞生命科学

  • cell-free sciences

  • constitutional biology

Research Areas

  • Life Science / Molecular biology

Education

  • The University of Tokyo   School of Science   Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry

    1988.3 - 1993.9

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    Country: Japan

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  • The University of Tokyo   Graduate School, Division of Science

    - 1993

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Professional Memberships

Committee Memberships

  • 「細胞を創る」研究会   会長  

    2018.10 - 2019.10   

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  • 「細胞を創る」研究会   副会長  

    2017.10 - 2018.10   

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  • 「細胞を創る」研究会   評議員  

    2016.11 - 2019.10   

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  • 「細胞を創る」研究会   発起人  

    2007   

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  • 日本RNA学会   設立発起人  

    1998   

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Papers

  • tRNA<sup>Val</sup>allows four-way decoding with unmodified uridine at the wobble position in<i>Lactobacillus casei</i> Reviewed

    Riko Sugita, Vincent Guérineau, David Touboul, Satoko Yoshizawa, Kazuyuki Takai, Chie Tomikawa

    RNA   30 ( 12 )   1608 - 1619   2024.9

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    Modifications at the wobble position (position 34) of tRNA facilitate interactions that enable or stabilize non-Watson–Crick base pairs. In bacterial tRNA, 5-hydroxyuridine (ho<sup>5</sup>U) derivatives xo<sup>5</sup>U [x: methyl (mo<sup>5</sup>U), carboxymethyl (cmo<sup>5</sup>U), and methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcmo<sup>5</sup>U)] present at the wobble positions of tRNAs are responsible for the recognition of NYN codon families. These modifications of U34 allow base-pairing not only with A and G but also with U, and in some cases, C. mo<sup>5</sup>U was originally found in Gram-positive bacteria, and cmo<sup>5</sup>U and mcmo<sup>5</sup>U were found in Gram-negative bacteria. tRNAs ofMycoplasmaspecies, mitochondria, and chloroplasts adopt four-way decoding in which unmodified U34 recognizes codons ending in A, G, C, and U.Lactobacillus casei, Gram-positive bacteria, and lactic acid bacteria lack the modification enzyme genes for xo<sup>5</sup>U biosynthesis. Nevertheless,L. caseihas only one type of tRNA<sup>Val</sup>with the anticodon UAC [tRNA<sup>Val</sup>(UAC)]. However, the genome ofL. caseiencodes an undetermined tRNA (tRNA<sup>Und</sup>) gene, and the sequence corresponding to the anticodon region is GAC. Here, we confirm that U34 inL. caseitRNA<sup>Val</sup>is unmodified and that there is no tRNA<sup>Und</sup>expression in the cells. In addition, in vitro transcribed tRNA<sup>Und</sup>was not aminoacylated byL. caseivalyl-tRNA synthetase, suggesting that tRNA<sup>Und</sup>is not able to accept valine, even if expressed in cells. Correspondingly, native tRNA<sup>Val</sup>(UAC) with unmodified U34 bound to all four valine codons in the ribosome A site. This suggests thatL. caseitRNA<sup>Val</sup>decodes all valine codons by four-way decoding, similarly to tRNAs fromMycoplasmaspecies, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.

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  • Recombinant expression and purification of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase from wheat: a long-lasting poly(U)-dependent poly(Phe) synthesis system. Reviewed International journal

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Yuto Nagashio, Kensuke Tsutsumi, Naofumi Matsubara, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology   1088 - 1097   2024.3

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    Synthetic genes for the two subunits of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) from wheat were expressed in Escherichia coli. When each gene was induced individually, the α subunit with a cleavable 6 × His tag at the amino terminus was largely soluble, while the β subunit was almost completely insoluble. When the two subunits were co-expressed, a soluble fraction containing the two subunits were obtained. This was purified by a standard method in which the tag was cleaved off with a specific protease after affinity purification. As the sample contained slightly more PheRSα than PheRSβ, we further resolved the sample by gel filtration to obtain the fraction that showed the size of the conventional α2β2 tetrameric complex and contains an almost equal amount of the two subunits. The final yield was 0.6 mg per 1 liter of the culture medium, and the specific activity was 28 nmol min-1 mg-1, which was higher than that of a fraction purified from wheat germ. This recombinant PheRS was used, along with purified samples of the elongation factors and the ribosomes from wheat germ, for a poly(U)-dependent poly(Phe) synthesis reaction. The reaction was dependent on the added components and lasted for more than several hours.

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  • Mechanism of tRNA recognition by heterotetrameric glycyl-tRNA synthetase from lactic acid bacteria. International journal

    Yasuha Nagato, Seisuke Yamashita, Azusa Ohashi, Haruyuki Furukawa, Kazuyuki Takai, Kozo Tomita, Chie Tomikawa

    Journal of biochemistry   2023.6

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    Glycyl-tRNA synthetases (GlyRSs) have different oligomeric structures depending on the organisms. While a dimeric α2 GlyRS species is present in archaea, eukaryotes, and some eubacteria, a heterotetrameric α2β2 GlyRS species is found in most eubacteria. Here, we present the crystal structure of heterotetrameric α2β2 GlyRS, consisting of the full-length α- and β-subunits, from Lactobacillus plantarum (LpGlyRS), gram-positive lactic bacteria. The α2β2  LpGlyRS adopts the same X-shaped structure as the recently reported E. coli α2β2 GlyRS. A tRNA docking model onto LpGlyRS suggests that the α- and β-subunits of LpGlyRS together recognize the L-shaped tRNA structure. The α- and β-subunits of LpGlyRS together interact with the 3'-end and the acceptor region of tRNAGly and the C-terminal domain of the β-subunit interacts with the anticodon region of tRNAGly. The biochemical analysis using tRNA variants showed that in addition to the previously defined determinants G1C72 and C2G71 base pairs, C35, C36 and U73 in eubacterial tRNAGly, the identification of bases at positions 4 and 69 in tRNAGly is required for efficient glycylation by LpGlyRS. In this case, the combination of a purine base at position 4 and a pyrimidine base at position 69 in tRNAGly is preferred.

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  • Intron-dependent or independent pseudouridylation of precursor tRNA containing atypical introns in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Reviewed

    Yasuha Nagato, Chie Tomikawa, Hideyuki Yamaji, Akiko Soma, Kazuyuki Takai

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences   23 ( 20 )   12058 - 12058   2022.10

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    Eukaryotic precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs) often have an intron between positions 37 and 38 of the anticodon loop. However, atypical introns are found in some eukaryotes and archaea. In an early-diverged red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, the tRNAIle(UAU) gene contains three intron coding regions, located in the D-, anticodon, and T-arms. In this study, we focused on the relationship between the intron removal and formation of pseudouridine (Ψ), one of the most universally modified nucleosides. It had been reported that yeast Pus1 is a multiple-site-specific enzyme that synthesizes Ψ34 and Ψ36 in tRNAIle(UAU) in an intron-dependent manner. Unexpectedly, our biochemical experiments showed that the C. merolae ortholog of Pus1 pseudouridylated an intronless tRNAIle(UAU) and that the modification position was determined to be 55 which is the target of Pus4 but not Pus1 in yeast. Furthermore, unlike yeast Pus1, cmPus1 mediates Ψ modification at positions 34, 36, and/or 55 only in some specific intron-containing pre-tRNAIle(UAU) variants. cmPus4 was confirmed to be a single-site-specific enzyme that only converts U55 to Ψ, in a similar manner to yeast Pus4. cmPus4 did not catalyze the pseudouridine formation in pre-tRNAs containing an intron in the T-arm.

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  • Recognition of tRNAIle with a UAU anticodon by isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase in lactic acid bacteria. International journal

    Gakuto Uesugi, Yuho Fukuba, Takayuki Yamamoto, Nozomi Inaba, Haruyuki Furukawa, Satoko Yoshizawa, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    The FEBS journal   2022.2

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    In almost all eubacteria, the AUA codon is translated by tRNAIle2 bearing lysidine (2-lysylcytidine; L) at the wobble position. L is introduced by tRNAIle lysidine synthetase (TilS) via post-transcriptional modification of the cytidine of tRNAIle2 (CAU). Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum have tilS homologues and the tRNAIle2 (CAU) genes. In addition, L. casei also has another tRNAIle2 gene with a UAU anticodon. L. plantarum has a tRNAIle (UAU)-like RNA. Here, we demonstrate that L. casei tRNAIle2 (UAU) is charged with isoleucine by L. casei isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IleRS) but not by L. plantarum IleRS, even though the amino acid identity of these two enzymes is over 60%. It has been reported that, in Mycoplasma mobile, which has its tRNAIle2 (UAU) but no tilS homologue, an Arg residue at position 865 of the IleRS is required for recognition of the UAU anticodon. This position is occupied by an Arg also in the IleRSs from both of the Lactobacillus species. Thus, other residues in L. casei IleRS should also contribute to the recognition of tRNAIle2 (UAU). We found that a chimeric L. casei IleRS in which the N-terminal domain was replaced by the corresponding region of L. plantatarum IleRS has very low aminoacylation activity towards both tRNAIle2 (UAU) and tRNAIle1 (GAU). The A18G mutant had barely detectable aminoacylation activity towards either of the tRNAsIle . However, a double point mutant of A18G and G19N aminoacylated tRNAIle1 (GAU), but not tRNAIle2 (UAU). Our results suggest that, for L. casei IleRS, Ala18 and Gly19 also play a critical role in recognition of tRNAIle2 (UAU).

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  • The uridine to pseudouridine modification at the wobble position of eukaryotic isoleucine tRNA species is unlikely to induce mistranslation Reviewed International journal

    Kazuyuki Takai

    Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids   41 ( 2 )   137 - 153   2022.2

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  • Characterization of redundant tRNAIles with CAU and UAU anticodons in Lactobacillus plantarum Reviewed

    Chie Tomikawa, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guérineau, Yuya Yoshioka, Kiyo Miyoshi, Hiroyuki Hori, Dominique Fourmy, Kazuyuki Takai, Satoko Yoshizawa

    Journal of Biochemistry   163 ( 3 )   233 - 241   2018.3

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    In most eubacteria, the minor AUA isoleucine codon is decoded by tRNAIle2, which has a lysidine (L) in the anticodon loop. The lysidine is introduced by tRNAIle-lysidine synthetase (TilS) through post-transcriptional modification of cytidine to yield an LAU anticodon. Some bacteria, Lactobacillus plantarum for example, possess two tRNAIle2(UAU) genes in addition to, two tRNAIle2(CAU) genes and the tilS gene. tRNA expression from all these genes would generate redundancy in a tRNA that decodes a rare AUA codon. In this study, we investigated the tRNA expression from these genes in L. plantarum and characterized the corresponding tRNAs. The tRNAIle2(CAU) gene products are modified by TilS to produce tRNAIle2(LAU), while tRNAIle2(UAU) lacks modification especially in the anticodon sequence. We found that tRNAIle2(LAU) is charged with isoleucine but tRNAIle2(UAU) is not. Our results suggest that the tRNAIle2 redundancy may be related to different roles of these tRNAs in the cell.

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  • Kinetic characterization of substrate-binding sites of thermostable tRNA methyltransferase (TrmB) Reviewed

    Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai, Hiroyuki Hori

    Journal of Biochemistry   163 ( 2 )   133 - 142   2018.2

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    TrmB is a eubacterial tRNA methyltransferase which catalyzes the formation of N7-methylguanosine at position 46 (m 7 G46) in tRNA consuming S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) as the methyl group donor during the reaction. Previously, we purified TrmB from Aquifex aeolicus, a hyper-thermophilic eubacterium, and clarified the recognition sites in tRNA. Furthermore, we reported that an additional C-terminal region of A. aeolicus TrmB is required for protein stability at high temperatures. In the current study, we devised a new purification method to remove contaminating RNA completely. The purified enzyme is mainly in a monomeric form. We prepared 17 mutant A. aeolicus TrmB proteins and performed kinetic studies. Our analyses reveal that Glu47, Tyr95, Arg108, Thr165 and Tyr167 residues are important for AdoMet binding and that Asp74, Asp97, and Thr132 are important for the methyltransfer reaction. Furthermore, substitution of Asp133 by alanine caused complete loss of enzymatic activity. Based on the results of our current studies and previous bioinformatic, biochemical and structural studies by others, a reaction mechanism for TrmB is proposed.

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  • Translational resistivity/conductivity of coding sequences during exponential growth of Escherichia coil Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai

    JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY   413 ( 1 )   66 - 71   2017.1

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    Codon adaptation index (CAI) has been widely used for prediction of expression of recombinant genes in Escherichia call and other organisms. However, CAI has no mechanistic basis that rationalizes its application to estimation of translational efficiency. Here, I propose a model based on which we could consider how codon usage is related to the level of expression during exponential growth of bacteria. In this model, translation of a gene is considered as an analog of electric current, and an analog of electric resistance corresponding to each gene is considered. "Translational resistance" is dependent on the steady-state concentration and the sequence of the mRNA species, and "translational resistivity" is dependent only on the mRNA sequence. The latter is the sum of two parts: one is the resistivity for the elongation reaction (coding sequence resistivity), and the other comes from all of the other steps of the decoding reaction. This electric circuit model clearly shows that some conditions should be met for codon composition of a coding sequence to correlate well with its expression level. On the other hand, I calculated relative frequency of each of the 61 sense codon triplets translated during exponential growth of E. coli from a proteomic dataset covering over 2600 proteins. A tentative method for estimating relative coding sequence resistivity based on the data is presented.

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  • SfiNX: a method for assembly of protein coding sequences with high success rates Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai, Keigo Hisamatsu

    BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS   38 ( 5 )   773 - 778   2016.5

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    Objective Concatenation of two NdeI-XhoI gene fragments via an oligonucleotide linker on a plasmid vector with an SfiI site was performed to evaluate success rates in construction of polycistronic genes expressible in Escherichia coli.
    Results A series of plasmids with an SfiI site between the selection marker and the replication origin were constructed. The three wheat eEF1B subunit genes inserted between the NdeI and XhoI sites of pET-22b were transferred to the SfiI-containing plasmid with a spectinomycin-resistance gene. Then, the marker gene in the resultant plasmids was substituted with the ampicillin-resistance gene. These plasmids were used for concatenation of two different genes via a linker oligonucleotide containing a ribosome-binding site. During these operations, 42 clones were picked up out of which 41 had the intended product plasmid.
    Conclusion This method, named as the SfiNX method, is useful for trial-and-error based testing of different combinations of fusion and co-expression partners for optimization of recombinant protein production.

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  • CodHonEditor: Spreadsheets for Codon Optimization and Editing of Protein Coding Sequences Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai

    NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS   35 ( 5 )   223 - 232   2016

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    Gene synthesis is getting more important with the growing availability of low-cost commercial services. The coding sequences are often optimized as for the relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) before synthesis, which is generally included in the commercial services. However, the codon optimization processes are different among different providers and are often hidden from the users. Here, the d'Hondt method, which is widely adopted as a method for determining the number of seats for each party in proportional-representation public elections, is applied to RSCU fitting. This allowed me to make a set of electronic spreadsheets for manual design of protein coding sequences for expression in Escherichia coli, with which users can see the process of codon optimization and can manually edit the codons after the automatic optimization. The spreadsheets may also be useful for molecular biology education

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  • Development of an Educational Material for Teaching "Central Dogma" in the High School Biology : Visualization of Transcription and Translation Process Reconstituted in a Test Tube Reviewed

    KATAYAMA T, HAYASHI H, TAKAI K, ENDO Y

    生物教育   52 ( 4 )   165 - 178   2012.5

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  • [ノート]入試で課す「理科実験」は志願者の適性を明らかにするのか-愛媛大学スーパーサイエンス特別コースにおける試み- Reviewed

    井上敏憲, 武岡英隆, 林秀則, 高井和幸

    大学入試研究ジャーナル   22 ( 22 )   281 - 287   2012.3

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  • セントラルドグマを創る 3.コムギ胚芽由来無細胞タンパク質合成系を用いた合成生物学の可能性

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    実験医学   29 ( 7 )   1084 - 1090   2011.5

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  • Use of domain enzymes from wheat RNA ligase for in vitro preparation of RNA molecules Reviewed

    Shin-ichi Makino, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo, Kazuyuki Takai

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   404 ( 4 )   1050 - 1054   2011.1

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    Wheat RNA ligase can be dissected into three isolated domain enzymes that are responsible for its core ligase, 5&apos;-kinase, and 2&apos;,3&apos;-cyclic phosphate 3&apos;-phosphodiesterase activities, respectively. In the present study, we pursued a practical strategy using the domain enzymes for in vitro step-by-step ligation of RNA molecules. As a part of it, we demonstrated that a novel side reaction on 5&apos;-tri/diphosphate RNAs is dependent on ATP, a 2&apos;-phosphate-3&apos;-hydroxyl end, and the ligase domain. Mass spectroscopy and RNA cleavage analyses strongly suggested that it is an adenylylation on the 5&apos; terminus. The ligase domain enzyme showed a high productivity for any of the possible 16 combinations of terminal bases and a high selectivity for the 5&apos;-phosphate and 2&apos;-phosphate-3&apos;-hydroxyl ends. Two RNA molecules having 5&apos;-hydroxyl and 2&apos;,3&apos;-cyclic monophosphate groups were ligated almost stoichiometrically after separate conversion of respective terminal phosphate states into reactive ones. As the product has the same terminal state as the starting material, the next rounds of ligation are also possible in principle. Thus, we propose a flexible method for in vitro RNA ligation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Ribosome rescue by Escherichia coli ArfA (YhdL) in the absence of trans-translation system Reviewed

    Yuhei Chadani, Katsuhiko Ono, Shin-ichiro Ozawa, Yuichiro Takahashi, Kazuyuki Takai, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yuzuru Tozawa, Kazuhiro Kutsukake, Tatsuhiko Abo

    MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY   78 ( 4 )   796 - 808   2010.11

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    P&gt;Although SsrA(tmRNA)-mediated trans-translation is thought to maintain the translation capacity of bacterial cells by rescuing ribosomes stalled on messenger RNA lacking an in-frame stop codon, single disruption of ssrA does not crucially hamper growth of Escherichia coli. Here, we identified YhdL (renamed ArfA for alternative ribosome-rescue factor) as a factor essential for the viability of E. coli in the absence of SsrA. The ssrA-arfA synthetic lethality was alleviated by SsrADD, an SsrA variant that adds a proteolysis-refractory tag through trans-translation, indicating that ArfA-deficient cells require continued translation, rather than subsequent proteolysis of the truncated polypeptide. In accordance with this notion, depletion of SsrA in the Delta arfA background led to reduced translation of a model protein without affecting transcription, and puromycin, a codon-independent mimic of aminoacyl-tRNA, rescued the bacterial growth under such conditions. That ArfA takes over the role of SsrA was suggested by the observation that its overexpression enabled detection of the polypeptide encoded by a model non-stop mRNA, which was otherwise SsrA-tagged and degraded. In vitro, purified ArfA acted on a ribosome-nascent chain complex to resolve the peptidyl-tRNA. These results indicate that ArfA rescues the ribosome stalled at the 3' end of a non-stop mRNA without involving trans-translation.

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  • In vitro dissection revealed that the kinase domain of wheat RNA ligase is physically isolatable from the flanking domains as a non-overlapping domain enzyme Reviewed

    Shin-ichi Makino, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo, Kazuyuki Takai

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   397 ( 4 )   762 - 766   2010.7

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    Wheat RNA ligase contains 5'-hydroxyl kinase, 2',3'-cyclic phosphate 3'-phosphodiesterase, and 5'-phosphate 2'-phosphate-3'-hydroxyl RNA ligase activities in a 110-kDa polypeptide. Taking advantage of a wheat cell-free protein production system, we prepared various fragments containing a part of the enzyme. The method allowed us to check the activities of the fragments rapidly, eliminating the time-consuming cloning and sequencing steps for the expression of the fragment proteins. The results showed that each of the three activities can be assigned to a non-overlapping domain that does not require the presence of the other part(s) of the enzyme for its activity. This contrasts to the case of yeast tRNA ligase, in which the central kinase domain has been suggested to require to be tethered to one of the flanking domains for its activity. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • The Wheat-Germ Cell-Free Expression System Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo

    CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   11 ( 3 )   272 - 278   2010.4

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    We have made a dramatic improvement of the wheat cell-free protein synthesis system. The first key improvement is the method for preparation of the cell-free extract that is free of inhibitory factors of translation reaction. Additional improvements include a method for preparation of transcription-ready templates by PCR, an expression vector for the cell-free system, and the "bilayer" mode reaction method that is much more efficient than the batch mode method and at the same time easy to be performed by human hands and by liquid handling machines. We review here the history of the development and describe the protocols for the most handy "bilayer" method and a more efficient but complicated methods. Information on many examples and variations of the wheat cell-free protein synthesis methods already published elsewhere is then provided so that the readers can understand the power and potential applications of the methods.

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  • Practical cell-free protein synthesis system using purified wheat embryos Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo

    Nature Protocols   5 ( 2 )   227 - 238   2010.2

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    Biochemical characterization of each gene product encoded in the genome is essential to understand how cells are regulated. The bottleneck has been and still is in how the gene products can be obtained. The wheat cell-free protein synthesis system we have developed is a powerful method for preparation of many different proteins at a time and also for preparation of large amounts of specific proteins for biochemical and structural analyses. Here, we show a method for preparation of the wheat embryo extract useful for the cell-free reactions, by which 5 ml of a high-activity extract is obtained in 4-5 d. We also describe the methods for small- and large-scale protein synthesis by hands-down operations with the use of mRNAs prepared by transcription of PCR products and pEU plasmids harboring the target cDNAs, which need 2-4 d excepting the time required for plasmid preparation. © 2010 Nature Publishing Group.

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  • The cell-free protein synthesis system from wheat germ. Reviewed

    Takai K, Endo Y

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   607   23 - 30   2010

  • Modified uridines with c5-methylene substituents at the first position of the tRNA anticodon stabilize U center dot G wobble pairing during decoding Reviewed

    Shinya Kurata, Albert Weixlbaumer, Takashi Ohtsuki, Tomomi Shimazaki, Takeshi Wada, Yohei Kirino, Kazuyuki Takai, Kimitsuna Watanabe, V. Ramakrishnan, Tsutomu Suzuki

    JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   283 ( 27 )   18801 - 18811   2008.7

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    Post-transcriptional modifications at the first ( wobble) position of the tRNA anticodon participate in precise decoding of the genetic code. To decode codons that end in a purine (R) (i.e. NNR), tRNAs frequently utilize 5-methyluridine derivatives (xm(5)U) at the wobble position. However, the functional properties of the C5-substituents of xm(5)U in codon recognition remain elusive. We previously found that mitochondrial tRNAs(Leu(UUR)) with pathogenic point mutations isolated from MELAS ( mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) patients lacked the 5-taurinomethyluridine (tau m(5)U) modification and caused a decoding defect. Here, we constructed Escherichia coli tRNAs(Leu(UUR)) with or without xm(5)U modifications at the wobble position and measured their decoding activities in an in vitro translation as well as by A-site tRNA binding. In addition, the decoding properties of tRNA(Arg) lacking mnm(5)U modification in a knock-out strain of the modifying enzyme (Delta mnmE) were examined by pulse labeling using reporter constructs with consecutive AGR codons. Our results demonstrate that the xm(5)U modification plays a critical role in decoding NNG codons by stabilizing U center dot G pairing at the wobble position. Crystal structures of an anticodon stem-loop containing tau m(5)U interacting with a UUA or UUG codon at the ribosomal A-site revealed that the m(5)U center dot G base pair does not have classical U center dot G wobble geometry. These structures provide help to explain how the tau m(5)U modification enables efficient decoding of UUG codons.

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  • Purification of eukaryotic translation factors from wheat germ for reconstitution of protein synthesis. Reviewed

    Nagano H, Sugihara S, Takagi H, Ogasawara T, Endo Y, Takai K

    Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)   ( 52 )   497 - 498   2008

  • DEVELOPMENT OF KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT CELL-FREE PROTEIN PRODUCTION WITH THE EXTRACT FROM WHEAT EMBRYOS Reviewed

    Takai Kazuyuki, Sawasaki Tatsuya, Endo Yaeta

    STRUCTURAL GENOMICS, PT A   75   53 - +   2008

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  • Chapter 2 Development of Key Technologies for High-Throughput Cell-Free Protein Production with the Extract from Wheat Embryos Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo

    Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology   75 ( C )   53 - 84   2008

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    The cell-free translation system from wheat embryos had been considered to be inefficient as compared with the E. coli cell-based and cell-free protein production methods. However, it was revealed that the extract from extensively washed wheat embryo particles can provide a very productive cell-free protein synthesis system. Since then, the method has been improved, so that it fits the postgenomic researches. New mRNA configurations enabled us to synthesize many different proteins in parallel and to prepare large amounts of proteins, which fits the need for screening of suitable proteins for structural and functional analyses before large-scale production. The new reaction formats promoted the developments of new machines that perform highly parallel and highly productive protein synthesis reactions automatically. It was revealed that, by parallel synthesis of many proteins, much more multidomain proteins are produced in soluble forms in the wheat system than in the prokaryotic systems. The wheat system provides a rapid and cost-effective method for stable isotope labeling of proteins for NMR analyses. Selenomethionine substitution of proteins for X-ray crystallography through the cell-free synthesis was also achieved. Synthesis of some families of proteins that were difficult to be produced by conventional methods has been tested. At least, cytotoxic restriction enzymes were readily produced in a large amount. Some multisubunit proteins and cofactor-binding proteins could be synthesized by the method and were characterized successfully. Membrane proteins have also been tested, and a transporter was synthesized in an active form. Although some issues remains to be solved, we expect that the wheat cell-free protein synthesis system can contribute to the structural and functional genomics and to the future understanding of life. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Classification of the possible pairs between the first anticodon and the third codon positions based on a simple model assuming two geometries with which the pairing effectively potentiates the decoding complex Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai

    JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY   242 ( 3 )   564 - 580   2006.10

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    Crick's wobble theory states that some specific pairs between the bases at the first position of the anticodon (position 34) and the third position of the codon (position III) are allowed and the others are disallowed during the correct codon recognition. However, later researches have shown that the pairing rule, or the wobble rule, is different from the supposed one. Despite the continuing efforts including computer-aided model building studies and analyses of three-dimensional structures in the crystals of the ribosomes, the structural backgrounds of the wobble rule are still unclear. Here, I classify the possible pairs into 6 classes according to the increases accompanying the formation of the pairs in the potential productivity of the decoding complex on the basis of a simple model that was originally proposed previously and is refined here. In the model, the conformation with the base at position 34 displaced toward the minor groove side from the position for the Watson-Crick pairs is supposed to be equivalent to the conformation with the Watson-Crick pairs. It is also reasoned and supposed that some weak pairs may sometimes be allowed depending on the structural context. It is demonstrated that most of the experimental results reported so far are consistent with the model. I discuss on which experimental facts can be reasoned with the model and which need further explanations. I expect that the model will be a good basis for further understanding of the wobble rule and its structural backgrounds. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Covalent circularization of exogenous RNA during incubation with a wheat embryo cell extract Reviewed

    Shin-ichi Makino, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yuzuru Tozawa, Yaeta Endo, Kazuyuki Takai

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   347 ( 4 )   1080 - 1087   2006.9

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    Cell extracts from wheat embryos have been widely used for mRNA-directed protein production. Here, we found that a significant fraction of exogenous linear RNAs are circularized in a wheat embryo extract. The circularization was seen only in uncapped RNAs. The amount of the circular species reached around 1% of the initial RNA and increased along with an increase in the initial concentration more than proportionally. The circular RNAs were stable but unable to be translated in the extract. The circularization was competitively inhibited in the presence of a known substrate of a wheat embryo RNA ligase. Thus, we cloned the RNA ligase cDNAs. Three isoform sequences were homologous to the other plant RNA ligases. An addition of a cell-free synthesized wheat RNA ligase abolished the inhibition, which indicates a participation of its activity in the circularization. A possible role in RNA metabolism, RNA silencing in particular, is discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Tolerance for random recombination of domains in prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation systems: Limited interdomain misfolding in a eukaryotic translation system Reviewed

    N Hirano, T Sawasaki, Y Tozawa, Y Endo, K Takai

    PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS   64 ( 2 )   343 - 354   2006.8

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    It has been proposed that eukaryotic translation systems have a greater capacity for cotranslational. folding of domains than prokaryotic translation systems, which reduces interdomain misfolding in multidomain proteins and, therefore, leads to tolerance for random recombination of domains. However, there has been a controversy as to whether prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation systems differ in the capacity for cotranslational. domain folding. Here, to examine whether these systems differ in the tolerance for the random domain recombination, we systematically combined six proteins, out of which four are soluble and two are insoluble when produced in an Escherichia coli and a wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis systems, to construct a fusion protein library. Forty out of 60 two-domain proteins and 114 out of 120 three-domain proteins were more soluble when produced in the wheat system than in the E. coli system. Statistical analyses of the solubilities and the activities indicated that, in the wheat system but not in the E. coli system, the two soluble domains comprised mainly of beta-sheets tend to avoid interdomain misfolding and to fold properly even at the neighbor of the misfolded domains. These results demonstrate that a eukaryotic system permits the concomitance of a wider variety of domains within a single polypeptide chain than a prokaryotic system, which is probably due to the difference in the capacity for cotranslational folding. This difference is likely to be related to the postulated difference in the tolerance for random recombination of domains.

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  • Selection of 5 '-untranslated sequences that enhance initiation of translation in a cell-free protein synthesis system from wheat embryos Reviewed

    N Kamura, T Sawasaki, Y Kasahara, K Takai, Y Endo

    BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS   15 ( 24 )   5402 - 5406   2005.12

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    Random libraries of mRNA 5'-leader sequences were screened to obtain some sequences that can stimulate the translation initiation in a cell-free translation system from wheat embryos as efficiently as the Q sequence from tobacco mosaic virus. Several sequences that are as useful as the Q sequence and are homologous to no known sequences survived the screening. We expect that these sequences add useful options to the cell-free protein synthesis system that is becoming a powerful tool in the post-genomic researches. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Purification and sequence determination of an RNA ligase from wheat embryos. Reviewed

    Makino S, Sawasaki T, Endo Y, Takai K

    Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)   ( 49 )   319 - 320   2005

  • The wheat germ cell-free expression system: methods for high-throughput materialization of genetic information. Reviewed

    Sawasaki T, Gouda MD, Kawasaki T, Tsuboi T, Tozawa Y, Takai K, Endo Y

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   310   131 - 144   2005

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    Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)   ( 49 )   317 - 318   2005

  • Formation of circular polyribosomes in wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system Reviewed

    K Madin, T Sawasaki, N Kamura, K Takai, T Ogasawara, K Yazaki, T Takei, KI Miura, Y Endo

    FEBS LETTERS   562 ( 1-3 )   155 - 159   2004.3

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    We report a morphological study of functioning ribosomes; in a efficient and robust cell-free protein synthesis system prepared from wheat embryos. Sucrose density gradient analysis of translated mixtures programmed with luciferase mRNAs having different 5' and 3' untranslated regions showed formation of large polysomes. Electron microscopic examination of translation mixtures programmed with those of capped and polyadenylated mRNA revealed that ribosomes assemble into a circular-type polysome in vitro. Furthermore, a series of experiments using mRNAs lacking either cap, poly(A) tail or both also resulted in the formation of circular polysomes, which are indistinguishable from those with the original mRNA. The wheat germ cell-free system may provide a good experimental system for understanding functional ribosomes at the molecular level. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • RALyase; a terminator of elongation function of depurinated ribosomes Reviewed

    A Ozawa, T Sawasaki, K Takai, T Uchiumi, H Hori, Y Endo

    FEBS LETTERS   555 ( 3 )   455 - 458   2003.12

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    Plant ribosomal RNA apurinic site specific lyase (RALyase) cleaves the phosphodiester bond at the depurinated site produced by ribosome-inactivating protein, while the biological role of this enzyme is not clear. As the depurinated ribosomes retain weak translation elongation activities, it was suggested that RALyase completes the ribosome inactivation. To confirm this point, we measured the effects of the phosphodiester cleavage using a fusion of wheat RALyase produced with a cell-free protein synthesis system from wheat germ. The results indicated that RALyase diminishes the residual elongation activities of the depurinated ribosomes. (C) 2003 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Efficient synthesis of a disulfide-containing protein through a batch cell-free system from wheat germ Reviewed

    T Kawasaki, MD Gouda, T Sawasaki, K Takai, Y Endo

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY   270 ( 23 )   4780 - 4786   2003.12

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    We have developed a highly productive cell-free protein synthesis system from wheat germ, which is expected to become an important tool for postgenomic research. However, this system has not been optimized for the synthesis of disulfide-containing proteins. Thus, we searched here for translation conditions under which a model protein, a single-chain antibody variable fragment (scFv), could be synthesized into its active form. Before the start of translation, the reducing agent dithiothreitol, which normally is added to the wheat germ extract but which inhibits disulfide formation during translation, was removed by gel filtration. When the scFv mRNA was incubated with this dithiothreitol-deficient extract, more than half of the synthesized polypeptide was recovered in the soluble fraction. By addition of protein disulfide isomerase in the translation solution, the solubility of the product was further improved, and nearly half of the soluble polypeptides strongly bound to the antigen immobilized on an agarose support. This strong binding component had a high affinity as shown by surface-plasmon resonance analysis. These results show that the wheat germ cell-free system can produce a functional scFv with a simple change of the reaction ingredients. We also discuss protein folding in this system and suggest that the disulfide bridges are formed cotranslationally. Finally, we show that biotinylated scFv could be synthesized in similar fashion and immobilized on a solid surface to which streptavidin is bound. SPR measurements for detection of antigens were also possible with the use of this immobilized surface.

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  • Roles of 5-substituents of tRNA wobble uridines in the recognition of purine-ending codons Reviewed

    K Takai, S Yokoyama

    NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH   31 ( 22 )   6383 - 6391   2003.11

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    Many tRNA molecules that recognize the purine-ending codons but not the pyrimidine-ending codons have a modified uridine at the wobble position, in which a methylene carbon is attached directly to position 5 of the uracil ring. Although several models have been proposed concerning the mechanism by which the 5-substituents regulate codon-reading properties of the tRNAs, none could explain recent results of the experiments utilizing well-characterized modification-deficient strains of Escherichia coli. Here, we first summarize previous studies on the codon-reading properties of tRNA molecules with a U derivative at the wobble position. Then, we propose a hypothetical mechanism of the reading of the G-ending codons by such tRNA molecules that could explain the experimental results. The hypothesis supposes unconventional base pairs between a protonated form of the modified uridines and the G at the third position of the codon stabilized by two direct hydrogen bonds between the bases. The hypothesis also addresses differences between the prokaryotic and eukaryotic decoding systems.

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  • Decoding property of C5 uridine modification at the wobble position of tRNA anticodon. Reviewed

    Kurata S, Ohtsuki T, Wada T, Kirino Y, Takai K, Saigo K, Watanabe K, Suzuki T

    Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001)   ( 3 )   245 - 246   2003

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    T Abe, T Mizuta, T Hatta, N Miyano-Kurosaki, M Fujiwara, K Takai, S Shigeta, T Yokota, H Takaku

    European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences   13 ( 1 )   61 - 9   2001.4

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    The liposomally encapsulated and the free antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) with four target sites (PB1, PB2, PA, and NP) were tested for their abilities to inhibit virus-induced cytopathogenic effects by a MTT assay using MDCK cells. The liposomally encapsulated S-ODN complementary to the sites of the PB2-AUG initiation codon showed highly inhibitory effects. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of the liposomally encapsulated S-ODN targeted to PB1 was considerably decreased in comparison with those directed to the PB2 target sites. The liposomally encapsulated antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides exhibited higher inhibitory activities than the free oligonucleotides, and showed sequence-specific inhibition, whereas the free antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides were observed to inhibit viral absorption to MDCK cells. Therefore, the antiviral effects of S-ODN-PB2-AUG and PA-AUG were examined in a mouse model of influenza virus A infection. Balb/c mice exposed to the influenza virus A (A/PR/8/34) strain at dose of 100 LD(50)s were treated i.v. with various doses (5-40 mg/kg) of liposomally (Tfx-10) encapsulated PB2-AUG or PA-AUG before virus infection and 1 and 3 days postinfection. PB2-AUG oligomer treated i.v. significantly prolonged the mean survival time in days (MDS) and increased the survival rates with a dose-dependent manner. We demonstrate the first successful in vivo antiviral activity of antisense administered i.v. in experimental respiratory tract infections induced with influenza virus A.

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  • Self-cleavage of p2Sp1 RNA with Mg2+ and non-ionic detergent (Brij 58) Reviewed

    H Hosaka, K Hosono, G Kawai, K Takai, H Takaku

    JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY   82 ( 1-4 )   215 - 219   2000.11

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    The precursor of an RNA molecule from T4-infected E. coli cells (p2Sp1 RNA) has the capacity to cleave itself at specific positions [(UpA (139-140) and CpA (170-171)], within a putative loop and stem structure. This sequence-specific cleavage requires at least a monovalent cation and non-ionic detergents. We studied the self-cleavage reaction of an RNA fragment (GUUUCGUACAAAC) (R1) with the sequence corresponding to the p2Sp1 RNA in the presence of Mg2+ and non-ionic detergents. It requires Mg2+ and is aided by a non-ionic detergent, Brij 58. The cleavage reaction is time, temperature, and pH-dependent. The cleavage occurs at the phosphodiester bond between UpA and CpA on the RNA fragment (GUUUCGUACAAAC) (R1). Furthermore, the maximum of cleavage of R1 occurs at a very low Mg2+ concentration (less than or equal to5 mM). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Inhibition of influenza virus RNA (PB2 mRNA) expression by a modified DNA enzyme

    H. Takahashi, T. Abe, K. Takai, H. Takaku

    Nucleic Acids Symposium Series   44 ( 1 )   287 - 288   2000.10

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  • Effects of anticodon 2 '-O-methylations on tRNA codon recognition in an Escherichia coli cell-free translation Reviewed

    A Satoh, K Takai, R Ouchi, S Yokoyama, H Takaku

    RNA-A PUBLICATION OF THE RNA SOCIETY   6 ( 5 )   680 - 686   2000.5

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    The methylation of 2-hydroxyl groups is one of the most common posttranscriptional modifications of naturally occurring stable RNA molecules. Some tRNA species have a 2'-O-methyl nucleoside at the first position of the anticodon, and it was suggested that this modification stabilizes the codon-anticodon duplex. However, no tRNA species have been found to have the modification at the second or third position of the anticodon. In the present study, we measured the effects of anticodon 2-O-methylation on the codon-reading efficiencies of the anticodon variants of the unmodified forms of Escherichia coli tRNA(1)(Ser), using a cell-free protein synthesis assay. The modification of C in the first position of the anticodon into 2'-O-methylcytidine increased the efficiency of reading the G-ending codon. On the other hand, the modifications of the second and/or third positions were detrimental to the codon-reading activity. Thus, 2'-hydroxyl groups at the second and third positions of the anticodon may have some role in the translation reaction, and this may be the reason why 2'-O-methyl nucleosides are not found in these positions within natural tRNA species.

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  • Sense codon-dependent introduction of unnatural amino acids into multiple sites of a protein Reviewed

    T Kanda, K Takai, T Hohsaka, M Sisido, H Takaku

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   270 ( 3 )   1136 - 1139   2000.4

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    Cell-free protein synthesis, driven by a crude S30 extract from Escherichia coli, has been applied to the preparation of proteins containing unnatural amino acids at specific positions. We have developed methods for inactivating tRNA(Asp) and tRNA(Phe) within a crude E. coli tRNA by an antisense treatment and for digesting most of the tRNA within the S30 extract without essentail damage to the ribosomal activity. In the present study, are applied these methods to the substitution of Asp and Phe residues of the HIV-1 protease with unnatural amino acids. With 10 mM Mg2+, the translation efficiency was higher than that with the other tested concentration, and the misreading efficiency was low, The protease mRNA was translated in the presence of an antisense DNA-treated tRNA mixture and 2-naphthylalanyl- and/or p-phenylazophenylalanyl-tRNA. The results suggest that a good portion of the translation products are substituted at all of the seven positions originally occupied by Asp or Phe. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

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  • Inhibition of HIV-1 Replication by a New Type of Circular Dumbbell RNA/DNA Chimeric Oligonucleotides Reviewed

    Wee-Sung Park, Naoko Miyano-Kurosaki, Takayuki Abe, Kazuyuki Takai, Naoki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Takaku

    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications   270 ( 3 )   953 - 960   2000.4

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  • Specific inactivation of Escherichia coli tRNA(Phe) by antisense DNA-treatment under Mg2+-deficient conditions Reviewed

    T Kanda, K Takai, S Yokoyama, H Takaku

    BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY   8 ( 3 )   675 - 679   2000.3

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    The preparation of an Escherichia coli tRNA mixture lacking several specific species may be useful for applications ranging from cell-free protein preparation to protein engineering. We have already demonstrated that tRNA(Asp) can be inactivated, or 'knocked out', with practical specificity by an antisense strategy. In the present study, we synthesized five tRNA(Phe)-targeted antisense oligonucleotides and tested if this tRNA can also be inactivated specifically. The salt conditions used previously for the tRNA(Asp) inactivation were not applicable to tRNA(Phe). Instead, Mg2+-deficient conditions were found to be useful for the inactivation of tRNA(Phe) by the antisense oligonucleotides. These conditions were also applicable to the inactivation of tRNA(Asp). The susceptibility to the antisense DNAs can change drastically, depending on the concentration of Mg2+. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • An easy cell-free protein synthesis system dependent on the addition of crude Escherichia coli tRNA Reviewed

    T Kanda, K Takai, S Yokoyama, H Takaku

    JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY   127 ( 1 )   37 - 41   2000.1

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    The protein-synthesizing S30 extract of Escherichia coli contains tRNA,which limits its applications in cell-free protein synthesis. Here, we show that at least Arg- and Ser-acceptor activities can be removed from a standard S30 extract by treatment with an immobilized RNase A resin. This RNase-treated extract exhibits no protein synthesis activity, but regains it when supplied with crude E. coli tRNA and a small amount of human placental RNase inhibitor. The protein synthesis is dependent on the addition of tRNA in the presence of the RNase inhibitor, Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase was synthesized with this system and found to be active.

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  • Anti-HIV-1 activity by a triple-helix forming oligonucleotides targeted to polypurine tract on viral RNA Reviewed

    T Hiratou, S Tsukahara, W Miyano-Kurosaki, K Takai, T Saito, N Yamamoto, H Takaku

    NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS   19 ( 10-12 )   1721 - 1734   2000

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    Reverse transcription of HIV-1 into double-stranded DNA involves initiation of plus-strand DNA synthesis at the polypurine tract, PPT, by reverse transcriptase (RT). The PPT is a possible target for triple-helix formation. We show the effects of triple-helix formation by assays of RNase H cleavage inhibition in vitro using two systems (two-strand-system (FTFOs) or three-strand-system (TFOs)) targeted to the polypurine tract (PPT) of HIV-1. The two-stranded composition of a triple-helix is thermodynamically and kinetically superior to the three-strand-system, The FTFOs inhibited the RNase H activity in a sequence-specific manner, i.e., the tripler actually formed at the PPT and blocked the RNase H. The FTFOs containing the phosphorothioate groups at the antisense strand showed greater 3'-exonuclease resistance. In HIV-1 infected MT-4 cells, the ETFOs containing the phosphorothioate groups at the antisense strand and guanosine rich parts within the third Hoogsteen base pairing sequence inhibit the replication of HIV-1 more effectively than the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides, indicating sequence-specific inhibition of HIV-1 replication.

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  • The stem hairpin loop structure of p2Sp1 RNA is required for RNA-cleaving activity Reviewed

    K Hosono, H Hosaka, G Kawai, K Takai, H Takaku

    BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION   1489 ( 2-3 )   374 - 382   1999.12

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    We studied the hairpin-loop structure of an RNA fragment (GUUUCGUACAAAC) (R13) with the sequence corresponding to the self-cleavage domain in the precursor of an RNA molecule from bacteriophage T4-infected Escherichia coli cells (p2Sp1 RNA). In order to determine the influence of the hairpin-loop structure on these sequence-specific cleavage reactions, we have synthesized oligoribonucleotides containing hairpin-loop, double-helical stem-loop, and single-stranded RNA structures. The cleavage was affected by the hairpin-loop structure. Furthermore, the helix-stem, which retains the thermodynamically extrastable stem hairpin-loop structures, is also important for the cleavage activity. However, the thermodynamically extrastable helix-stem structure reduced the cleavage activity of the adjacent UA and CA sequences at the helix-stem site. For the cleavage reactions of the RNA cleavage products, the R6 (ACAAAC), R7 (GUUUCGU), and R9 (GUUUCGUAC) mers from the parent RNA, R13 (GUUUCGUACAAAC), a very slight amount of cleavage product (2%) from the RNA 9 was observed, but no reaction occurred for the R6 and R7. We also describe the influences of the sequences (UA and CA) on the cleavage activity. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Properties of circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides containing antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotides

    W.-S. Park, N. Miyano-Kurosaki, T. Abe, K. Takai, H. Takaku

    Nucleic Acids Symposium Series   42 ( 1 )   225 - 226   1999.11

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  • Sequence-specific inhibition of a transcription factor by circular dumbbell DNA oligonucleotides Reviewed

    T Hosoya, H Takeuchi, Y Kanesaka, H Yamakawa, N Miyano-Kurosaki, K Takai, N Yamamoto, H Takaku

    FEBS LETTERS   461 ( 3 )   136 - 140   1999.11

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    The inhibition of specific transcription regulatory proteins is a new approach to control gene expression. The transcriptional activities of DNA-binding proteins can be inhibited by the use of double-stranded oligonucleotides that compete for the binding to their specific target sequences in promoters and enhancers. We used nicked (NDODN-kappa B) and circular (CDODN-kappa B) dumbbell DNA oligonucleotides containing a NF-kappa B binding site to analyze the inhibition of the NF-kappa B-dependent activation of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) enhancer, The dumbbell DIVA oligonucleotides are stable, short segments of double-stranded DNA with closed nucleotide loops on each end, which confer resistance to exonucleases, The dumbbell and other oligonucleotides (decoys) with the NF-kappa B sequence were found to compete with the native strand for NF-kappa B binding. The circular dumbbell and double-stranded phosphorothioate oligonucleotides competed with the native strand for binding to the NF-kappa B binding proteins, while the nicked NF-kappa B dumbbell was a less effective competitor. In Jurkat T-cells, the dumbbell and other oligonucleotides were tested for their ability to block the activation of the plasmid HIV-NL4-3 Luc, The CDODN-kappa B strongly inhibits the specific transcriptional regulatory proteins, as compared with the NDODN-kappa B and the double stranded phosphodiester oligonucleotides, On the other hand, the double stranded phosphorothioate oligonucleotides could also block this activation, but the effect was non-specific. The circular (CDODN) dumbbell oligonucleotides may efficiently compete for the binding of specific transcription factors within cells, thus providing anti-HIV-1 or other therapeutic effects, (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • Specific inhibition of human telomerase activity by transfection reagent, FuGENE6-antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide complex in HeLa cells Reviewed

    M Tao, N Miyano-Kurosaki, K Takai, H Takaku

    FEBS LETTERS   454 ( 3 )   312 - 316   1999.7

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    Human telomerase might be associated with malignant tumor development and could be a highly selective target for antitumor drug design. Antisense phosphodiester (ODNs) and phosphorothioate (S-ODNs) oligonucleotides were investigated for their abilities to inhibit telomerase activity in the HeLa cell line. The ODNs and S-ODNs mere designed to be complementary to nucleotides within tbe RNA active site of telomerase, As a transfection reagent, FuGENE6 was used to enhance the cellular uptake of oligonucleotides in cell cultures, The results showed that S-ODN-3 (19-mer) encapsulated with FuGENE6 clearly inhibited the telomerase activity in HeLa cells, and the inhibitory efficiency increased with an increase in the S-ODN-3. However, free S-ODN-3 shelved no inhibitory activity. On the other hand, ODN-3 encapsulated with FuGENE6 had no detectable inhibitory activity. The encapsulated S-ODNs exhibited higher inhibitory activities than the free S-ODNs, and showed sequence specific inhibition, Thus, the activities of the S-ODNs were effectively enhanced by using the transfection reagent. The transfection reagent; FuGENE6, may thus be a potentially useful delivery vehicle for oligonucleotide-based therapeutics and transgenes, and is appropriate for use in vitro and in vivo. (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-influenza A Virus Activity of Antisense Oligonucleotides

    Takayuki Abe, Tadashi Mizuta, Shin-Ichi Suzuki, Toshifumi Hatta, Kazuyuki Takai, Tomoyuki Yokota, Hiroshi Takaku

    Nucleosides and Nucleotides   18 ( 6-7 )   1685 - 1688   1999.6

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  • In vitro codon-reading specificities of unmodified tRNA molecules with different anticodons on the sequence background of Escherichia coli tRNA(1)(Ser) Reviewed

    K Takai, H Takaku, S Yokoyama

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   257 ( 3 )   662 - 667   1999.4

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    The codon-reading properties of wobble-position variants of the unmodified form of Escherichia coli tRNAS(1)(Ser) (the UGA anticodon) were measured in a cell-free translation system. Two variants, with the AGA and CGA anticodons, each exclusively read a single codon, UCU and UCG, respectively. The only case of efficient wobbling occurred with the variant with the GGA anticodon, which reads the UCU codon in addition to the UCC codon. Surprisingly, this wobble reading is more efficient than the Watson-Crick reading by the variant with the AGA anticodon. Furthermore, we prepared tRNA variants with AA, UC, and CU, instead of GA, in the second and third positions and measured their relative efficiencies in the reading of codons starting with UU, GA, and AG, respectively. The specificity concerning the wobble position is essentially the same as that in the case of the codons starting with UC. (C) 1999 Academic Press.

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  • A single uridine modification at the wobble position of an artificial tRNA enhances wobbling in an Escherichia coli cell-free translation system Reviewed

    K Takai, S Okumura, K Hosono, S Yokoyama, H Takaku

    FEBS LETTERS   447 ( 1 )   1 - 4   1999.3

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    5-Methoxyuridine was introduced into the first position of the anticodon of the unmodified form of tRNA(1)(Ser) from Escherichia coli, The codon reading efficiencies of this tRNA (tRNA(5-methoxyuridine UGA)) relative to those of the unmodified counterpart (tRNA(UGA)) were measured in a cell-free translation system. tRNA(5-methoxyuridine UGA) was more efficient than tRNA(UGA) in the reading of the UCU and UCG codons and was less efficient in the reading of the UCA codon, Thus, the single modification of U to 5-methoxyuridine can enhance the wobble readings. (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • Modified nucleosides in the first positions of the anticodons of tRNA(4)(Leu) and tRNA(5)(Leu) from Escherichia coli Reviewed

    N Horie, Z Yamaizumi, Y Kuchino, K Takai, E Goldman, T Miyazawa, S Nishimura, S Yokoyama

    BIOCHEMISTRY   38 ( 1 )   207 - 217   1999.1

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    Minor leucine tRNA species, tRNA(4)(Leu) and tRNA(5)(Leu), from Escherichia coli B have been reported to recognize leucine codons UUA and UUG [Goldman, E., Holmes, W. M., and Hatfield, G. W. (1979) J. Mel. Biol. 129, 567-585]. In the present study, these two tRNA(Leu) species were purified from E. coli A19, and the nucleotide sequences were determined by a post-labeling method. tRNA(5)(Leu) was found to correspond to the tRNA gene reported as su degrees 6 tRNA [Yoshimura, M., Inokuchi, H., and Ozeki, H. (1984) J. Mel. Biol. 177, 627-644]. The first letter of the anticodon was identified to be 2'-O-methylcytidine (Cm). tRNA(4)(Leu) was identified as the minor leucine tRNA that has been sequenced previously (tRNA(UUR)(Leu)) [Yamaizumi, Z., Kuchino, Y., Harada, F., Nishimura, S., and McCloskey, J. A. (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 2220-2225]. There was an unidentified modified nucleoside (N*) in the first position of the anticodon of tRNA(4)(Leu). Nucleoside N* was isolated to homogeneity (1 A(260) Unit). By H-1 NMR spectroscopy, nucleoside N* was found to be a 2'-O-methyluridine derivative with a substituent having a -CH2NH2+CH2COO- moiety in position 5 of the uracil ring. On the basis of these NMR analyses together with mass spectrometry, the chemical structure of nucleoside N* was determined as 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl-2'-O-methyluridine (cmnm(5)Um). Nucleoside N* was thus found to be a novel type of naturally occurring modified uridine. Because of the conformational rigidity of Cm and cmnm5Um in the first position of the anticodon, these tRNA(Leu) species recognize the leucine codons UUA and UUG correctly, but never recognize the phenylalanine codons UUU and UUC.

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  • Knocking out a specific tRNA species within unfractionated Escherichia coli tRNA by using antisense (complementary) oligodeoxyribonucleotides Reviewed

    T Kanda, K Takai, S Yokoyama, H Takaku

    FEBS LETTERS   440 ( 3 )   273 - 276   1998.12

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    Methods for the preparation of an Escherichia coli tRNA mixture lacking one or a few specific tRNA species can be the basis for future applications of cell-free protein synthesis. We demonstrate here that virtually a single tRNA species in a crude E. coli tRNA mixture can be knocked out by an antisense (complementary) oligodeoxyribonucleotide. One out of five oligomers complementary to tRNA(Asp) blocked the aspartylation almost completely, while minimally affecting the aminoacylation with other 13 amino acids tested. This 'knockout' tRNA behaved similarly to the untreated tRNA in a cell-free translation of an mRNA lacking Asp codons, (C) 1998 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • Properties of nicked and circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides containing antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides Reviewed

    H Yamakawa, T Abe, T Saito, K Takai, N Yamamoto, H Takaku

    BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY   6 ( 7 )   1025 - 1032   1998.7

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    We have designed a new class of oligonucleotides, 'dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric phosphodiester oligonucleotides', consisting of a sense RNA sequence and its complementary antisense DNA sequence, with two hairpin loop structures. The reaction of the Nicked (NDRDON) and Circular (CDRNON) dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotides with RNase H gave the corresponding antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide together with the sense RNA cleavage products. The liberated antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide was bound to the target 45 mer RNA, which gave 45 mer RNA cleavage products by treatment with RNase H. The circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide showed more nuclease resistance than the linear antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide (anti-ODN) and the nicked dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligodeoxynucleotide. The circularization, achieved by joining the 3' and the 5' ends of RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides containing two hairpin loop structures, increases the oligonucleotide uptake into cells, as compared with the nicked dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide and the linear antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides. When the circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide is directly delivered into retrovirus infected cells, its antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide function appears. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Specific Inhibition of Influenza Virus RNA Polymerase and Nucleoprotein Gene Expression by Liposomally Encapsulated Antisense Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides in MDCK Cells

    T Abe, S Suzuki, T Hatta, K Takai, T Yokota, H Takaku

    Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy   9 ( 3 )   253 - 262   1998.6

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    We have demonstrated that antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) inhibit influenza A virus replication in MDCK cells. Liposomally encapsulated and free antisense S-ODNs with four target sites (PB1, PB2, PA and NP genes) were tested for their abilities to inhibit virus-induced cytopathogenic effects in a MTT assay using MDCK cells. The liposomally encapsulated S-ODN complementary to the site around the PB2 AUG initiation codon showed highly inhibitory effects. In contrast, the inhibitory effect of the liposomally encapsulated S-ODN targeted to PB1 was considerably decreased in comparison with that directed to the PB2 target site. The liposomally encapsulated antisense S-ODNs exhibited higher inhibitory activities than the free oligonucleotides, and showed sequence-specific inhibition, whereas free antisense S-ODNs were observed to inhibit viral adsorption to MDCK cells. Liposomal preparations of oligonucleotides facilitated their release from endocytic vesicles, and thus cytoplasmic and nuclear localization was observed. The activities of the antisense S-ODNs were effectively enhanced by using the liposomal carrier. Interestingly, the liposomally encapsulated FITC-S-ODN-PB2–as accumulated in the nuclear region of MDCK cells. However, weak fluorescence was observed within the endosomes and the cytoplasm of MDCK cells treated with the free antisense S-ODNs. The cationic lipid particles may thus be a potentially useful delivery vehicle for oligonucleotide-based therapeutics and transgenes, appropriate for use in vitro or in vivo.

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  • Specific inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase and nucleoprotein gene expression by circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides containing antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotides Reviewed

    T Abe, K Takai, S Nakada, T Yokota, H Takaku

    FEBS LETTERS   425 ( 1 )   91 - 96   1998.3

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    We hale designed a new class of oligonucleotides, 'dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides', consisting of a sense RNA sequence and its complementary antisense DNA sequence, with tno hairpin loop structures. The reaction of the nicked (NDRDON) and circular (CDRDON) dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides with RNase H gave the corresponding antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide together with the sense RNA cleavage products. The liberated antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxy nucleotide was bound to the target RNA, which gave RNA cleavage products by treatment with RNase H, The circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide showed more nuclease resistance than the linear antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotide (anti-ODN) and the nicked dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide, The CDRDON with four target sites (influenza virus A RNA polymerases (PB1, PB2, PA) and nucleoprotein (NTP)) was synthesized and tested for inhibitory effects by a CAT-ELISA assay using the clone 76 cell line, The circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotide (CDRDON-PB2-as) containing an AUG initiation codon sequence as the target of PB2 shelved highly inhibitory effects. (C) 1998 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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  • Inhibition of influenza virus replication by phosphorothioate and liposomally endocapsulated oligonucleotides. International journal

    T Abe, T Hatta, K Takai, H Nakashima, T Yokota, H Takaku

    Nucleosides & nucleotides   17 ( 1-3 )   471 - 8   1998

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    We have demonstrated that antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) inhibit influenza virus A replication in MDCK cells. Phosphorothioate and liposomally encapsulated oligonucleotides with two target sites (PB1 and PB2) were synthesized and tested for virus-induced cytopathogenicity effects by a MTT assay using MDCK cells. The liposomally encapsulated S-ODNs complementary to the sites of the PB2-AUG initiation codon showed highly inhibitory effects. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of the liposomally encapsulated S-ODNs targeted to PB1 was considerably decreased in comparison with the PB2 target sites. The liposomally encapsulated oligonucleotides exhibited higher inhibitory activity than the free oligonucleotides. The activities of the modified oligonucleotides are effectively enhanced by using the liposomal carrier.

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  • Cleavage effect of oligoribonucleotides substituted at the cleavage sites with modified pyrimidine- and purine-nucleosides Reviewed

    K Hosono, H Gozu, H Hosaka, K Sakamoto, S Yokoyama, K Takai, H Takaku

    BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION   1354 ( 3 )   211 - 218   1997.11

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    The precursor of an RNA molecule from T4-infected E. coli cells (p2Sp1 RNA) has the capacity to cleave itself at specific positions [UpA (139-140) and CpA (170-171)], within a putative loop and stem structure. This sequence-specific cleavage requires at least a monovalent cation and non-ionic detergents. In order to determine the influence of the pyrimidine and purine bases on these sequence-specific cleavage reactions, we studied the cleavage reactions of hairpin loop RNAs substituted at the cleavage sites with modified pyrimidine- and purine-nucleosides. The cleavage was affected by the 2'-hydroxyl groups and the bases of the pyrimidines, and the 6-amino group of the purine. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

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  • Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by triple-helix-forming phosphorothioate oligonucleotides targeted to the polypurine tract Reviewed

    S Tsukahara, J Suzuki, T Hiratou, K Takai, Y Koyanagi, N Yamamoto, H Takaku

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   233 ( 3 )   742 - 747   1997.4

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    We show the effects of triple-helix formation by assays of primer extension inhibition ire vitro using two systems (two-strand-system (FTFOs) or three-strand-system (TFOs)) targeted to the polypurine tract (PPT) of HIV-1. The FTFOs were more effective thats the TFOs. We found that the FTFOs containing phosphorothioate groups at the 3'- and 5'-ends, of inside the hairpin loop, exhibited higher inhibitory effects on cDNA synthesis and greater exonuclease resistance than the unmodified FTFOs and TFOs. The abilities of the FTFOs containing phosphorothioate groups at the antisense sequence sites to inhibit HIV-I replications were examined. The FTFOs containing phosphorothioate. groups at the antisense sequence sites inhibit the replication of HIV-1 more efficiently than the antisense oligonucleotides, indicating sequence-specific inhibition of HIV-1 replication. (C) 1997 Academic Press.

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  • Specific inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase and nucleoprotein genes expression by liposomally endocapsulated antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides: Penetration and localization of oligonucleotides in clone 76 cells Reviewed

    T Hatta, K Takai, S Nakada, T Yokota, H Takaku

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   232 ( 2 )   545 - 549   1997.3

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    Liposomally encapsulated phosphorothioate oligonucleotides with four target sites (PB1, PB2, PA, and NP) were synthesized and tested for inhibitory effects by a CAT-ELISA assay using the clone 76 cell line. The liposomally encapsulated phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) complementary to the sites of the PB2-AUG and PA-AUG initiation codons showed highly inhibitory effects. Displacement of the target AUG initiation codon sequence to the 3'-end, 5'-end, and/or center sites on the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides was studied with regard to the inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerases and NP. The antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide containing the AUG initiation codon at the center site of the oligonucleotide had the highest inhibitory effects. The liposomally encapsulated phosphorothioate oligonucleotides exhibited higher inhibitory activity than the free oligonucleotides. Observation of clone 76 cells treated with the endocapsulated antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotide, FITC-ODNs-PB2-T3, by a confocal laser scanning microscope, revealed diffuse fluorescence, apparently within the cytoplasm. Interestingly, the endocapsulated antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide, FITC-S-ODNs-PB2-T3 accumulated in the nuclear region of clone 76 cells. However, weak fluorescence was observed in the endosomes and in the cytoplasms of the clone 76 cells treated with the free antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. (C) 1997 Academic Press.

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  • Codon recognition by artificial tRNA molecules with modified nucleosides in the anticodon.

    A. Satoh, K. Takai, S. Yokoyama, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 37 )   117 - 118   1997

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    Proteins with unnatural amino acids at specific positions can be produced through cell-free protein synthesis. The synthesis of such molecules can, in principle, be facilitated by improving the codon reading efficiency of the tRNA that inserts the unnatural amino acid. In the present study, we prepared tRNA molecules with 2'-O-methyl nucleosides at the second and third positions of the anticodon and measured their codon-reading efficiencies. The results indicated, contrary to our expectation, that the modification damaged the decoding function completely.

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  • Removing tRNA from a cell-free protein synthesis system for use in protein production.

    T. Kanda, K. Takai, S. Yokoyama, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 37 )   319 - 320   1997

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    The cell-free system for biosynthesis of proteins is becoming an important tool for protein engineering. In particular, introduction of the unnatural amino acids is achieved though cell-free protein synthesis with the use of chemically acylated tRNA that recognizes a specific codon. In the original method, however, it was difficult to control the system through changing tRNA composition, as the endogenous tRNAs are involved in the reaction. Thus, in the present study, we digested the tRNA within Escherichia coli S30 extract with resin-bound RNase A, and estimated the protein synthesis activity. It was revealed that this digestion process does not damage the activity, if a protease inhibitor, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), is present in the digestion reaction.

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  • Anti-influenza virus activities of nicked and circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides

    Hidefumi Yamakawa, Toshiaki Ishibashi, Takayuki Abe, Toshifumi Hatta, Kazuyuki Takai, Hiroshi Takaku

    Nucleosides and Nucleotides   16 ( 7-9 )   1713 - 1716   1997

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    We have designed a new type of antisense oligonucleotide, containing two hairpin loop structures with RNA/DNA base pairs (sense (RNA) and antisense (DNA)) in the double helical stem (nicked and circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimetic oligonucleotides). The reaction of the nicked and circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimetic oligonucleotides with RNase H gave the corresponding anti- DNA together with the sense RNA cleavage products. These oligonucleotides were more resistant to exonuclease attack. We also describe the anti-Fluv activities of nicked and circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotides.

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  • Codon reading properties of tRNA variants substituted within the anticodon loop.

    R. Ouchi, K. Takai, S. Yokoyama, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 37 )   115 - 116   1997

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    Effects of base substitution within tRNA anticodon loop on the codon reading activities were quantitatively analyzed with the use of a set of unmodified tRNA molecules with GGA anticodon. The first (position 32) and the last (position 38) nucleotides of the anticodon loop of the wild-type molecule was changed from C32A38 to U32A38, U32G38, and C32G38. The codon reading activities of these variants relative to that of the wild type molecule were measured in a cell-free translation system. The reading of both the UCU and UCC codons were lower in all the three variants than in the wild-type molecule.

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  • Study on site specific cleavage of RNA.

    H. Shirakura, K. Hosono, G. Kawai, K. Takai, T. Ohtsuki, K. Watanabe, K. Sakamoto, S. Yokoyama, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 37 )   217 - 218   1997

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    The precursor of an RNA molecule from bacteriophage T4 infected Escherichia coli cell (p2Sp1 RNA) has the ability to cleave itself. It has been found that the site specific RNA cleavage reaction occurred at the pyridine-adenosine sequence in the presence of a monovalent cation and a non-ionic detergent. In order to investigate the mechanism of this cleavage reaction, we designed a RNA oligonucleotide (UUUAUU) and this RNA was cleavage activity at the U-A sequence.

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  • Synthesis and anti-influenza virus-A activity of circular dumbbell RNA DNA chimeric oligonucleotides. International journal

    T Abe, T Hatta, H Yamakawa, K Takai, T Yokota, H Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 37 )   219 - 20   1997

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    We have designed a new type of antisense oligonucleotide, containing two hairpin loop structures with RNA/DNA base pairs (sense (RNA) and antisense (DNA)) in the double helical stem (nicked and circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotides). The reaction of the nicked and circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotides with RNase H gave the corresponding anti-DNA together with the sense RNA cleavage products. These oligonucleotides were more resistant to exonuclease attack. We also describe the anti-Fluv activities of circular dumbbell DNA/RNA chimeric oligonucleotides.

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  • Nonenzymatic sequence-specific cleavage of duplex DNA via triple-helix formation by homopyrimidine phosphorothioate oligonucleotides Reviewed

    S Tsukahara, J Suzuki, K Ushijima, K Takai, H Takaku

    BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY   4 ( 12 )   2219 - 2224   1996.12

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    Phenanthroline was attached covalently to the 5'-terminus of the unmodified and modified (3'-terminal phosphorothioate) oligonucleotide sequences, TTTTTCTTCTCTTTCC (OP-17 mer) and TTTTTTTCTTCTCTTTCsC (OPRp-17 mer or OPSp-17 mer) via a phosphoramidite bond. Simian virus 40 DNA contains a single target site for these oligonucleotides. In the presence of copper ions, the efficient double-stranded cleavage at 37 degrees C and pH 7.0 was observed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The asymmetric distribution of the cleavage sites on the two strands revealed that the cleavage reaction took place in the minor groove, even though the linker was located in the major groove. Of particular interest are the 3'-terminal phosphorothioate oligonucleotide-phenanthroline derivatives (Rp or Sp), which were found to have cleavage activities of the same order as for the oligonucleotide phenanthroline (OP-17 mer). Furthermore, the OPSp-17 mer was intact after incubation in 10% fetal bovine serum for 24 h, whereas, the OPRp-17 mer was slightly more unstable than the OPSp-17 mer. However, the OP-17 mer was completely degraded. An increased resistance to nucleases has been observed by the introduction of phosphorothioate groups on the 3'-terminus of oligonucleotide-phenanthroline derivatives. This stabilization should help us to design much more efficient chemical recognition enzymes and antisense nucleic acid based anti-viral therapies, which could be used as tools in cellular biology. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd

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  • Hairpin antisense oligonucleotides containing 2'-methoxynucleosides with base-pairing in the stem region at the 3'-end: Penetration, localization, and anti-HIV activity Reviewed

    T Kuwasaki, K Hosono, K Takai, K Ushijima, H Nakashima, T Saito, N Yamamoto, H Takaku

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   228 ( 2 )   623 - 631   1996.11

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    Hairpin antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing 2'-methoxynucleosides were more active in the micromolar concentration range than linear and DNA hairpin phosphorothioate oligonucleotides with the same sequence. Furthermore, the abilities of hairpin antisense and random hairpin phosphorothioate oligonucleotides to inhibit HIV-1 replication were examined. Antisense oligonucleotides inhibit the replication and the expression of HIV-1 more efficiently than random-oligomers of the same length or with the same internucleotide modification. Four different target sites (gag, pol, rev, and tat) within the HIV-1 genome were studied with regard to the inhibition of HIV-1 replication by antisense oligonucleotides. Antisense oligomers complementary to the sites of the initiation sequences of gag were most effective. The [P-32]-labeled hairpin phosphorothioate oligonucleotide was rapidly assimilated by MOLT-4 cells, whereas the [P-32]-labeled hairpin phosphodiester oligonucleotide was not. In MOLT-4 cells treated with the FITC-hairpin phosphorothioate oligonucleotide containing 2'-methoxynucleosides by a confocal laser scanning microscope, diffuse fluorescence was observed in the cytoplasm. Interestingly, fluorescent signals accumulated in the nuclear region of chronically infected MOLT-4/HIV-1 cells after a 60 min incubation. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.

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  • Codon-reading specificity of an unmodified form of Escherichia coli tRNA1(Ser) in cell-free protein synthesis Reviewed

    Kazuyuki Takai, Hiroshi Takaku, Shigeyuki Yokoyama

    Nucleic Acids Research   24 ( 15 )   2894 - 2899   1996

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    Unmodified tRNA molecules are useful for many purposes in cell-free protein biosynthesis, but there is little information about how the lack of tRNA post-transcriptional modifications affects the coding specificity for synonymous codons. In the present study, we prepared an unmodified form of Escherichia coli tRNA1(Ser) which originally has the cmo5UGA anticodon (cmo5U = uridine 5-oxyacetic acid) and recognizes the UCU, UCA and UCG codons. The codon specificity of the unmodified tRNA was tested in a cell-free protein synthesis directed by designed mRNAs under competition conditions with the parent tRNA1(ser). It was found that the unmodified tRNA with the UGA anticodon recognizes the UCA codon nearly as efficiently as the modified tRNA. The unmodified tRNA recognized the UCU codon with low, but detectable efficiency, whereas no recognition of the UCC and UCG codons was detected. Therefore, the absence of modifications makes this tRNA more specific to the UCA codon by remarkably reducing the efficiencies of wobble reading of other synonymous codons, without a significant decrease in the UCA reading efficiency.

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  • PROPERTIES OF BASE-PAIRING IN THE STEM REGION OF HAIRPIN ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES CONTAINING 2'-METHOXYNUCLEOSIDES Reviewed

    K HOSONO, T KUWASAKI, S TSUKAHARA, K TAKAI, H TAKAKU

    BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS   1244 ( 2-3 )   339 - 344   1995.6

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    We have designed a new type of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide. These oligonucleotides are able to form hairpin loop structures at the 3'-ends. The stability to nuclease degradation was observed by incubation of these hairpin oligonucleotides with snake venom phosphodiesterase, DNA polymerase, and fetal bovine serum. Of particular interest is the hairpin antisense oligonucleotide containing 2'-methoxynucleosides with base-pairing in the stem region at the 3'-end, which has increased nuclease resistance.

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  • PHOSPHOROTHIOATE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES BLOCK REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION BY THE RNASE-H ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIV-1 POLYMERASE Reviewed

    T HATTA, K TAKAI, S YOKOYAMA, H NAKASHIMA, N YAMAMOTO, H TAKAKU

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   211 ( 3 )   1041 - 1046   1995.6

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    We demonstrate the degradation of RNA bound to an antisense oligonucleotide by a reverse transcriptase enzyme-associated RNase H activity. We found that phosphorothioate oligonucleotides inhibit the RNase H activity by binding to AMV RT, rather than to the template RNA, whereas the RNase H activity of HIV-1 RT is not affected by the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide. Selective inhibition of HIV-1 gene expression involves the degradation of the template RNA bound to the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide by the RNase H activity associated with the HIV-1 polymerase. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.

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  • Inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase and nucleoprotein of gene expression by antisense oligonucleotides.

    T. Hatta, Y. Nakagawa, K. Takai, S. Nakada, T. Yokota, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 34 )   129 - 130   1995

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    We demonstrated that unmodified and modified (phosphorothioate) antisense oligonucleotides inhibit CAT (chloramphenicol acetyltransferase) protein expression in the clone 76 cell line. This cell line expresses the influenza virus RNA polymerase and nucleoprotein (NP) genes in response to dexamethasone. Antisense oligonucleotides with four target sites (PB1, PB2, PA, and NP) were synthesized and tested for the their inhibitory effects by a CAT-ELISA assay. Antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) complementary to the sites of the PB2-AUG and PA-AUG initiation codons showed a high inhibitory effect. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of the S-ODNs targeted to PB1 was considerably decreased in comparison with the other three target sites.

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  • Properties of nicked and circular dumbbell RNA-DNA chimeric oligonucleotides.

    H. Yamakawa, K. Hosono, T. Ishibashi, K. Takai, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 34 )   133 - 134   1995

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    We have designed a new type of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide. These oligonucleotides form two hairpin loop structures with RNA-DNA base pairs (sense (RNA) and antisense (DNA)) in the double helical stem. The nicked and circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides are molecules, with or without free ends, that are more resistant to exonuclease attack. Of particular interest, antisense DNA is liberated by RNase H treatment of the dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides.

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  • Codon recognition by tRNA molecules with a modified or unmodified uridine at the first position of the anticodon.

    S. Okumura, K. Takai, S. Yokoyama, H. Takaku

    Nucleic acids symposium series   ( 34 )   203 - 204   1995

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    Effects of a single nucleoside modification at the first position of the anticodon of a transfer RNA molecule on its codon reading properties were investigated by use of a cell-free protein synthesis. We prepared two artificial tRNA molecules that differ only in the nucleotide at the first position of the anticodon. One has an unmodified uridine and the other has a 5-methoxyuridine (mo5U). These molecules were charged with labeled serine and introduced into a cell-free protein synthesis directed by a designed mRNA, and the relative codon reading efficiencies were calculated. The results showed that the modification of U into mo5U elevates the reading efficiencies of the UCU and UCG codons but reduces that of the UCA codon.

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  • IMPORTANCE OF PURINE-PYRIMIDINE HYDROXYL AND PURINE AMINO-GROUPS FOR HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME CLEAVAGE Reviewed

    H TANAKA, T ENDO, H HOSAKA, K TAKAI, S YOKOYAMA, H TAKAKU

    BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS   4 ( 24 )   2857 - 2862   1994.12

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    The importance of the 2'-hydroxyl and 2-amino groups of guanosine residues for the catalytic efficiency of a hammerhead ribozyme has been investigated. The three guanosines in the central core of a hammerhead ribozyme were replaced by deoxyinosine, inosine, and deoxyguanosine, and ribozymes containing these analogues were chemically synthesized. Most of the modified ribozymes are drastically decreased in their cleavage efficiency. However, deletion of the 2-amino group at Gs (replacement with inosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxyinosine) caused little alteration in the catalytic activity relative to that obtained with the unmodified ribozyme. Whereas, deletion of the 2'-amino group at G(12) and Gs (replacement with inosine, deoxyinosine, and deoxyguanosine) resulted in ribozymes with drastic decrease in the catalytic activity relative to that obtained with the unmodified ribozyme. In contrast, two uridine residues, U7 and U4, in the ribozyme sequence were replaced by deoxyuridine (dU). The dU4 complex resulted in a decrease in the catalytic rate, with relative cleavage activity that was about half that observed for the native complex. By comparison, the dU7 complex exhibited a relative cleavage activity within 3.3-fold of that observed with native ribozyme/substrate complex. This result suggests that the 2'-hydroxyl group at U7 is not essential for activity

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  • PH-INDEPENDENT INHIBITION OF RESTRICTION-ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE VIA TRIPLE-HELIX FORMATION BY OLIGONUCLEOTIDES CONTAINING 8-OXO-2'-DEOXYADENOSINE Reviewed

    Q WANG, S TSUKAHARA, H YAMAKAWA, K TAKAI, H TAKAKU

    FEBS LETTERS   355 ( 1 )   11 - 14   1994.11

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    The ability of homopyrimidine oligonucleotides containing 8-oxo-2'-deoxyadenosine to form stable, triple helical structures with the sequence containing the recognition site for the class II-S restriction enzyme, Ksp632-I, was studied as a function of pH. The 8-oxo-2'-deoxyadenosine-substituted oligomers were shown to inhibit enzymatic cleavage and to bind within the physiological pH range in a pH-independent fashion without compromising specificity.

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  • SITE-SPECIFIC INCORPORATION OF PHOTOFUNCTIONAL NONNATURAL AMINO-ACIDS INTO A POLYPEPTIDE THROUGH IN-VITRO PROTEIN-BIOSYNTHESIS Reviewed

    T HOHSAKA, K SATO, M SISIDO, K TAKAI, S YOKOYAMA

    FEBS LETTERS   344 ( 2-3 )   171 - 174   1994.5

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    Nonnatural amino acids with photofunctional groups were incorporated site-specifically into a polypeptide by using in vitro protein synthesizing system. The nonnatural amino acids were attached to tRNA(CCU) through chemical misacylation method, and added to the in vitro system with a mRNA containing a single AGG codon. L-p-Phenylazophenylalanine, L-2-anthrylalanine, L-1-naphthylalanine, L-2-naphthylalanine and L-p-biphenylalanine were successfully incorporated into a polypeptide, but L-1-pyrenylalanine was not. The polypeptides containing the nonnatural amino acids showed photofunctionalities.

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  • RECOGNITION OF UUN CODONS BY 2 LEUCINE TRANSFER-RNA SPECIES FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI Reviewed

    K TAKAI, N HORIE, Z YAMAIZUMI, S NISHIMURA, T MIYAZAWA, S YOKOYAMA

    FEBS LETTERS   344 ( 1 )   31 - 34   1994.5

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    Codon recognition by Escherichia coli tRNA(4)(Leu) and tRNA(5)(Leu) was investigated by analysis of the competition between two aminoacyl-tRNA species in an in vitro protein synthesis. Both tRNA species strictly obey the wobble rule when they are in competition with other tRNA species. This is probably due to the post-transcriptional modifications at the first position of the anticodon of these tRNA(Leu) species, supporting the proposal that the conformational rigidity of post-transcriptionally modified pyrimidine nucleotides guarantees the correct codon recognition.

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  • ADAPTABILITY OF NONNATURAL AROMATIC-AMINO-ACIDS TO THE ACTIVE-CENTER OF THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI RIBOSOMAL A-SITE Reviewed

    T HOHSAKA, K SATO, M SISIDO, K TAKAI, S YOKOYAMA

    FEBS LETTERS   335 ( 1 )   47 - 50   1993.11

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    3'-N-Aminoacyl analogs of puromycin with nonnatural aromatic amino acids were synthesized and their inhibitory activity in E. coli in vitro protein synthesizing system was evaluated. The analogs with L-2-naphthylalanine, L-p-biphenylalanine, L-2-anthrylalanine and trans-L-p-phenylazophenylalanine were found to inhibit the protein synthesis with high efficiency. The inhibition suggests that these nonnatural amino acids are accepted by the active center of the E. coli ribosomal A site. A model for the adaptability of nonnatural aromatic amino acids to the active center is proposed.

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  • Cell-free protein production: Methods and protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 607

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  • RNA N-glycosidase activity of ribosome-inactivating proteins

    Kazuyuki Takai, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo

    Plant Cell Monographs   18   27 - 39   2010

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    Mammalian and bacterial ribosomes have ribosomal RNAs comprising 7,000 and 5,000 nucleotides, respectively. The RNA N-glycosidase activity of ricin and other ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) specifically catalyzes removal of single adenine in the sarcin/ricin loop of the largest (28S or 23S) rRNA. Breakage of this single N-glycosidic bond is entirely responsible for the cytotoxicity. Ricin recognizes a highly ordered three-dimensional structure of the sarcin/ricin domain, which directly interacts with elongation factors to help switching through different states of the ribosome during the translation elongation cycle. Plants have an enzyme that specifically cleaves the phophodiester bond at the depurinated ricin site of 28S rRNA, named ribosomal RNA apurinic site-specific lyase (RALyase). The set of RIP and RALyase and the depurination and cleavage of the 28S rRNA are likely to have a role in senescence in plants. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.

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  • 1G2-A1 A New Approach for Science Education to Understand Life in Term of Chemistry and Physics

    HAYASHI Hidenori, TAKAI Kazuyuki, ENDO Yaeta

    年会論文集   32   183 - 184   2008.8

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  • Purification of plant translation factors for reconstitution of protein synthesis

    Hikaru Nagano, Shouhei Sugihara, Hisanori Takagi, Tomio Ogasawara, Yaeta Endo, Kazuyuki Takai

    2008 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2008   169 - 173   2008

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    The extract from washed wheat embryos provides a powerful and versatile method for cell-free protein synthesis based on the accumulated DNA sequence information. Although the extract contains everything needed for protein synthesis, some of the required components may be uncharacterized, and some components of the extract do not directly involve in, or even inhibit protein synthesis. This has hampered us from detailed analyses of the translation reaction. Therefore, we have decided to make an attempt to construct a reconstituted protein synthesis system, which would be useful for better understanding of the mechanisms supporting eukaryotic protein synthesis and its regulation and would probably be applicable to synthetic biology and artificial manipulation of the translational apparatus. In the present study, we fractionated an extract from crude wheat germ according to published protocols to obtain the fractions containing the eukaryotic elongation factors (eEFs) 1A, 1B, and 2. eEF1A and eEF2 supported polyphenylalanine synthesis. © 2008 IEEE.

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  • タンパク質合成系の再構成に向けた小麦胚芽抽出液の分画

    SUGIHARA SHOHEI, NAGANO HIKARU, MAKINO SHIN'ICHI, OGASAWARA TOMIO, ENDO YAETA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    生化学   3P-0672   2007

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  • コムギRNAリガーゼの各活性ドメインへの分割と特性の解析

    MAKINO SHIN'ICHI, SAWASAKI TATSUYA, ENDO YAETA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    生化学   2P-1137   2007

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  • コムギはい芽リボソームディスプレイ法によるGST変異体ランダムライブラリーのスクリーニングの試み

    KUGA TAKAHIRO, MAKINO SHIN'ICHI, ENDO YAETA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    日本分子生物学会年会講演要旨集   28th   765   2005.11

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  • 種々のタンパク質合成技術とコムギ胚芽無細胞合成系

    高井 和幸, 遠藤 弥重太

    日本胚移植学雑誌   27 ( 1 )   9 - 13   2005.1

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  • 種々のタンパク質合成技術とコムギはい芽無細胞合成系

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    日本はい移植学雑誌   27 ( 1 )   9 - 13   2005.1

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  • T4 RNAリガーゼ2を用いたmRNAへの修飾塩基の導入

    MATSUNAGA SATOKO, MAKINO SHIN'ICHI, YAMAUCHI HIROYUKI, ENDO YAETA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   27th   458   2004.11

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  • Roles of 5-substituents of tRNA wobble uridines in the recognition of purine-ending codons (vol 31, pg 6383, 2003)

    K Takai, S Yokoyama

    NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH   31 ( 24 )   7322 - 7322   2003.12

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  • 仮説:5‐アミノメチルウリジン誘導体の脱プロトン化と塩基対合特性

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   26th   465   2003.11

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  • Molecular design of antisense nucleic acid: Stability of RNA stem terminal G-U base pair.

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    アンチセンス核酸の分子設計 平成10-14年度   37 - 38   2003

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  • 高活性を有する単鎖抗体の無細胞合成

    KAWASAKI HIRAYASU, SAWAZAKI TATSUYA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    生化学   74 ( 8 )   870   2002.8

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  • HIV‐1 Dimerization Initiation Site(DIS)を標的としたAntisense DNAによるHIV‐1産生阻害

    FUSE TAKAYUKI, TAMURA YUTAKA, NISHITSUJI HIRONORI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, HABU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   10th   72   2000.12

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  • 3′‐エンドリボヌクレアーゼおよびexternal guide sequencesによる抗HIV‐1活性

    KITANO MICHIKO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, ENDO YUMIHIKO, YUKITA MASAKAZU, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, TAMURA YUTAKA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, NASHIMOTO MASAYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   10th   76   2000.12

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  • Kissing‐Loop Dimer形成阻害を目的としたDecoy RNAによる抗HIV‐1活性

    NISHITSUJI HIRONORI, TAMURA YUTAKA, FUSE TAKAYUKI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, HABU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   10th   73   2000.12

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  • HA抗原発現バキュロウイルス接種免疫マウスのインフルエンザウイルス感染防御効果

    ABE TAKAYUKI, TAKAHASHI HITOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAHISA HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   23rd   707   2000.11

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  • セリルAMPアナログによる大腸菌無細胞タンパク質合成の阻害

    OISHI HIROYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, GROTLI M, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   23rd   533   2000.11

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  • External Guide Sequence OligozymesによるHIV‐1の発現抑制

    ENDO YUMIHIKO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, KITANO MICHIKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAHISA HIROSHI

    日本エイズ学会誌   2 ( 4 )   459 - 459   2000.11

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  • Kissing‐Loop Dimer形成阻害を目的としたDecoy RNAによるHIV‐1感染阻害系の構築

    NISHITSUJI HIROKI, TANAKA HIROSHI, FUSE TAKAYUKI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, HANYU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAHISA HIROSHI

    日本エイズ学会誌   2 ( 4 )   460 - 460   2000.11

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  • HIV‐1 Dimerization Initiation Site(DIS)を標的としたPhosphorothioate Oligodeoxynucleotides(S‐Oligo)によるHIV‐1産生阻害

    FUSE TAKAYUKI, TANAKA HIROSHI, NISHITSUJI HIROKI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, HANYU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAHISA HIROSHI

    日本エイズ学会誌   2 ( 4 )   459 - 459   2000.11

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  • CpG配列を有するantisense phosphorothicate oligodeoxynucleotiedes(AS‐PS‐ODNs)の免疫活性および抗HIV‐1活性効果の検討

    UEDA YOSHIHIRO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, SAKAGUCHI TAKEHIKO, ITAGAKI SHINGO, MATSUZAKI TETSUO, IMADOME JUN, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAHISA HIROSHI

    日本エイズ学会誌   2 ( 4 )   343   2000.11

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  • CpG配列を有するantisense phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides(AS-PS-ODNs)の免疫活性及び抗HIV-1活性効果の検討

    上田 佳宏, 黒崎 直子, 坂口 岳彦, 板垣 信悟, 松崎 哲夫, 今留 淳, 高井 和幸, 高久 洋

    日本エイズ学会誌   2 ( 4 )   343 - 343   2000.11

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  • Cre/loxPシステムによるHIV‐1依存性リボザイム発現ベクターの開発

    HABU YUICHIRO, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, TAMURA HIROSHI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    生化学   72 ( 8 )   620   2000.8

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  • 無細胞翻訳系における連続したマイナーコドンの翻訳停止効果

    KASAI SHOTARO, TAMURA NAOHIRO, NOMURA YU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    生化学   72 ( 8 )   1088   2000.8

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  • クエスチョンボックス・ワンポイント

    高井 和幸

    化学工学   64 ( 8 )   415 - 415   2000.8

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  • 遺伝子医薬品による疾患治療への新たな研究展開 Cre/loxPシステムによるHIV-1依存性リボザイム発現ベクターの開発

    羽生 勇一郎, 武内 寛明, 田村 裕, 黒崎 直子, 高井 和幸, 高久 洋

    生化学   72 ( 8 )   620 - 620   2000.8

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  • Structure and function of foldback triplex-forming oligonucleotide which has anti-HIV-1 activity.

    HIRATO TAKASHI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, TAMURA YUTAKA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   78th ( 2 )   735   2000.3

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  • Cleavage of Influenza virus RNA(PB2 mRNA) by DNA enzyme.

    TAKAHASHI HITOSHI, KAI ERIKO, ABE TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   78th ( 2 )   740   2000.3

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  • アンチセンス法によるHIV‐1セカンドレセプターCXCR4の発現制御およびHIV‐1感染抑制

    KUSUNOKI AKIKO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, KIMURA TOORU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   9th   53   1999.11

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  • 培養細胞系におけるアンチセンス核酸によるHIV‐1の感染抑制

    KUSUNOKI AKIKO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, KIMURA TOORU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   22nd   541   1999.11

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  • 無細胞タンパク質合成システムにおけるタンパク質への非天然型アミノ酸の導入法

    KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, HOSAKA TAKAHIRO, SHISHIDO MASAHIKO, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   22nd   752   1999.11

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  • 抗HIV活性を有するフォールドバック型三重鎖形成オリゴヌクレオチドの分子設計

    平藤 隆士, 黒崎 直子, 田村 裕, 高井 和幸, 高久 洋

    日本エイズ学会誌   1 ( 4 )   302 - 302   1999.11

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  • External Guide Sequence OligozymesによるHIV-1の発現抑制

    遠藤 弓彦, 渡辺 武, 黒崎 直子, 高井 和幸, 山本 直樹, 高久 洋

    日本エイズ学会誌   1 ( 4 )   308 - 308   1999.11

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  • インフルエンザA型ウイルスの組換えNS1タンパク質の精製と特性

    ISHIKAWA YUKO, HOSONO KAZUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KAWAI GOTA, TAKAKU HIROSHI, NAKATA SUSUMU, TAKENAKA AKIO, SEKIGUCHI TAKESHI

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   1999   50 - 50   1999.8

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  • Purification and characterization of recombinant NS1 protein from influenza A virus.

    Ishikawa Yuko, Hosono Kazumi, Takai Kazuyuki, Kawai Gouta, Takaku Hiroshi, Nakata Susumu, Takenaka Akio, Sekiguchi Takeshi

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   11   50 - 50   1999.8

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  • アンチセンス法によるウイルス感染症の治療戦略 In vitro,in vivoでのアンチセンス核酸によるインフルエンザの治療

    阿部 隆之, 黒崎 直子, 八田 俊史, 高井 和幸, 水田 正, 横田 智之, 茂田 士郎, 高久 洋

    生化学   71 ( 8 )   682 - 682   1999.8

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  • Cre/loxPシステムによるリボザイム発現ベクターの開発と機能解析

    羽生 勇一郎, 武内 寛明, 田村 裕, 黒崎 直子, 高井 和幸, 高久 洋

    生化学   71 ( 8 )   980 - 980   1999.8

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  • Antisense oligonucleotide inhibitor of CCR5 that blocks Macrophage Cell line-tropic HIV-1 infection.

    WADA AKIRA, KIMURA TOORU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   76th ( 2 )   741   1999.3

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  • Constitution of novel peptide-transfection reagent for oligonucleotides and evaluation of its functional effect.

    ISHIZUKA KOICHI, WADA AKIRA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   76th ( 2 )   1258   1999.3

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  • Inhibition of telomerase activity by phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides in Hela cells.

    WADA AKIRA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI, TAO M

    日本化学会講演予稿集   76th ( 2 )   742   1999.3

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  • In vitro,in vivoでのアンチセンス核酸によるインフルエンザの治療

    阿部 隆之, 八田 俊史, 高井 和幸, 水田 正, 横田 智之, 茂田 士郎, 中田 進, 高久 洋

    日本薬学会年会要旨集   119年会 ( 1 )   203 - 203   1999.3

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  • Codon recognition by artificial tRNA molecules with 2'-deoxyribonucleosides in the anticodon

    SATOH Akira, TAKAI Kazuyuki, YOKOYAMA Shigeyuki, TAKAKU Hiroshi

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   21   440 - 440   1998.12

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  • ダンベルオリゴヌクレオチドによるHIV‐1プロウイルスDNA転写阻害効果

    TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, HOSOYA TAKESHI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   65   1998.11

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  • Circular RNA/DNAキメラアンチセンスオリゴマーの特性と抗ウイルス活性

    ABE TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOTA TOMOYUKI, NAKADA SUSUMU, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   74   1998.11

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  • in vitroおよびin vivoにおける新規アンチセンスキャリヤーの機能の評価

    ISHITSUKA KOICHI, WADA AKIRA, SASAHARA DAISUKE, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   70   1998.11

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  • 培養細胞系におけるアンチセンスDNAの抗インフルエンザウイルス活性

    ABE TAKAYUKI, MIZUTA TADASHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOTA TOMOYUKI, NAKADA SUSUMU, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   73   1998.11

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  • テロメラーゼ活性の抑制へのアンチセンス効果の検討

    TAO M, WADA AKIRA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   71   1998.11

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  • アンチセンス核酸によるマクロファージ指向性HIV‐1の感染抑制

    WADA AKIRA, KIMURA TOORU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   67   1998.11

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  • G‐rich oligomer(G3T4G3)の抗HIV活性とその作用機序の解明

    SUZUKI JUN'ICHIRO, KUROSAKI NAOKO, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, KUWASAKI TOMOYUKI, KAWAI GOTA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   64   1998.11

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  • アンチコドンに2′‐デオキシリボヌクレオシドをもつ人工tRNAのコドン認識

    SATO AKIRA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   21st   440   1998.11

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  • アンチセンス核酸によるT細胞指向性HIV‐1の感染抑制

    KUSUNOKI AKIKO, WADA AKIRA, KIMURA TOORU, KUROSAKI NAOKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   68   1998.11

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  • ホールドバック型三重鎖核酸の抗HIV活性

    HIRATO TAKASHI, TSUKAHARA SATORU, SAKURADA NORIKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   72   1998.11

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  • 塩基性タンパク質によるアンチセンスキャリヤーの構築とその物理化学的性質の探索

    SASAHARA DAISUKE, WADA AKIRA, ISHITSUKA KOICHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   69   1998.11

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  • HIV‐1 gag領域に対する28merアンチセンスオリゴヌクレオチドの抗HIV‐1活性

    KUROSAKI NAOKO, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, MISAWA NAOKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   66   1998.11

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  • アンチセンス法による二重ノックアウトtRNAの作成

    KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   8th   75   1998.11

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  • Inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase by 5 '-capped short RNA fragments

    T Hatta, M Ishikawa, K Takai, S Nakada, T Yokota, T Hata, K Miura, H Takaku

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   249 ( 1 )   103 - 106   1998.8

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    We have demonstrated that 5'-capped short RNA fragments inhibit the expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) in the murine 76 cell line, derived which expresses the genes for the RNA polymerases (PB1, PB2, and PA) and the nucleoprotein (NP) of influenza virus in response to treatment with dexamethasone. We have synthesized 5'-capped short RNA fragments (8-13 ntds long) with a 5'-capped structure (m7GpppGm) using T7 RNA polymerase. The 5'-capped short RNA fragments (8-13 ntds long) were encapsulated in liposomes and were tested for their inhibitory effect by a CAT-ELISA assay using the clone 76 cells. The RNA fragments that were 9-12 ntds long showed inhibitory effects. In particular, the 9 ntds long RNA fragment, was highly inhibitory. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of the 13 ntds long RNA fragment was considerably decreased in comparison with the other short RNA fragments. The minimal RNA chain length required for priming activity was found to be 12 ntds long, Furthermore, the 5'-capped RNA fragments exhibited higher inhibitory activities than the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide (PB2-AUG-as, 20 ntds long) complementary to the site of the PB2-AUG: initiation codon. Liposome encapsulation protected the RNA fragments in serum-containing medium and substantially improved their cellular accumulation. (C) 1998 Academic Press.

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  • HIVの病態生化学と新しい分子治療 ホールドバック型三重鎖核酸の抗HIV活性

    平藤 隆士, 塚原 智, 高井 和幸, 小柳 義夫, 山本 直樹, 高久 洋

    生化学   70 ( 8 )   770 - 770   1998.8

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  • Anti-Influenza Virus-A Activities of Modified Short Capped RNA.

    ABE TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, NAKADA SUSUMU, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   74th ( 2 )   1290   1998.3

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  • Suppression of HIV-1 expression by tRNA promoter-deriven hammerhead ribozyme.

    KANBARA KENJI, HABU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KUROSAKI NAOKO, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   74th ( 2 )   1289   1998.3

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  • Inhibition of Transcription of HIV-1 Proviral DNA by Dumbbell Oligonucleotides.

    HOSOYA TAKESHI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, EGAWA NAOMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   74th ( 2 )   1289   1998.3

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  • Antisense Nucleic Acid Therapy of AIDS.

    TAKAKU HIROSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI

    Bio Ind   14 ( 12 )   21 - 31   1997.12

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    高久 洋, 高井 和幸, 八田 俊史

    バイオインダストリ-   14 ( 12 )   21 - 31   1997.12

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  • Substitution of position 32 and/or 38 of a tRNA affects codon recognition properties.

    OUCHI RYOSUKE, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   20th   357   1997.12

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  • Synthesis and Anti-Influenza virus-A Activity of New type Antisense Oligomers.

    ABE TAKAYUKI, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOTA TOMOYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   20th   553   1997.12

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  • Codon recognition by tRNA molecules with 2'-O-methyl nucleosides at the second and third position of the anticodon.

    SATO AKIRA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   20th   357   1997.12

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  • Inhibition of Transeription of IIIV-1 Proviral DNA Using Dumbbcll Oligonuclcotides.

    HOSOYA TAKESHI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, EGAWA NAOMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   20th   402   1997.12

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  • Inhibition of Transcription of HIV-1 Proviral DNA by Dumbbell Oligonucleotides.

    HOSOYA TAKESHI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, EGAWA NAOMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   66   1997.11

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  • Application of a long alkyl-pendant macrocyclic tetraamine in oligonucleotides carrier system.

    WADA AKIRA, AOKI SHIN, MATSUSHIMA EIJI, HONTA YUSUKE, KIKUTA EMIKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KIMURA EIICHI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   72   1997.11

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  • Suppression of HIV-1 expression by tRNA promoter-driven hammerhead ribozymes.

    KUROSAKI NAOKO, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, SUZUKI YOICHI, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, KANBARA KENJI, HABU YUICHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   48   1997.11

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  • Mechanisms and Anti-HIV-1 Activities of Oligoguanylic Acids with Quartet Structure.

    SUZUKI JUN'ICHIRO, KUWASAKI TOSHIYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   65   1997.11

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  • Synthesis and Anti-Influenza Virus-A Activities of New Type Antisense Oligomers.

    ABE TAKAYUKI, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOTA TOMOYUKI, NAKADA SUSUMU, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   67   1997.11

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  • Inactivation of Specific tRNA Species with Antisense DNAs.

    KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   63   1997.11

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  • Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by Foldback Triple-helix Forming Oligonucleotides(FTFOs).

    HIRATO TAKASHI, TSUKAHARA SATOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   7th   64   1997.11

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  • Antisense Nucleic acid Therapy of Influenza Virus.

    HATTA TOSHIFUMI, ABE TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本臨床   55 ( 10 )   2765 - 2771   1997.10

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  • Effects of Dumbbell Oligonucleotides on Transcription of HIV-1 Proviral DNA.

    HOSOYA TAKESHI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   72nd ( 2 )   680 - 680   1997.3

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  • Inhibition of Influenza Virus RNA Polymerase by The Short Strand Capped RNA.

    HATTA TOSHIFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ISHIKAWA MASAHIDE, HATA TSUJIAKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   72nd ( 2 )   678   1997.3

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  • Anti-Virus Activity and Synthesis of Circular Dumbbell RNA-DNA Chimeric Oligomers.

    ABE TAKAYUKI, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   72nd ( 2 )   677   1997.3

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  • RNase A活性をもつ人工RNA分解酵素の構築とその機能

    合津 秀隆, 神子島 光明, 白川 昌宏, 神田 隆之, 高井 和幸, 高久 洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19   398 - 398   1996.8

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  • アンチセンスDNAによるインフルエンザウィルスRNAポリメラーゼ及びNP遺伝子発現阻害効果

    八田 俊史, 中川 恭, 高井 和幸, 中田 進, 横田 智之, 高久 洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19   794 - 794   1996.8

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  • プライマーとしてtRNA^<Lys-3>/DNAを用いたHIV-1逆転写/テンプレート交換反応の効率

    金塚 康浩, 細谷 武士, 高井 和幸, 小柳 義夫, 上田 卓也, 山本 直樹, 渡辺 公綱, 高久 洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19   794 - 794   1996.8

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  • Interaction of substrate recognition site and substrate guanosine of group I intron.

    渡部暁, 河合剛太, 渡辺公綱, 細野和美, 高井和幸, 高久洋, 井上丹, 横山茂之

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19   1996.8

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  • アンチセンスDNAを用いたtRNA機能の特異的阻害法の検討

    神田 隆之, 高井 和幸, 横山 茂之, 高久 洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19   723 - 723   1996.8

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  • アンチセンスDNAを用いたtRNA機能の特異的阻害法の検討

    神田隆之, 高井和幸, 横山茂之, 高久洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19th   723   1996.7

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  • プライマーとしてtRNA<sup>Lys‐3</sup>/DNAを用いたHIV‐1逆転写/テンプレート交換反応の効率

    金塚康浩, 細谷武士, 高井和幸, 小柳義夫, 上田卓也, 山本直樹, 渡辺公綱, 高久洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19th   794 - 794   1996.7

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    八田俊史, 中川恭, 高井和幸, 中田進, 横田智之, 高久洋

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19th   794   1996.7

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  • Interaction of substrate recognition site and substrate guanosine of group I intron.

    WATANABE AKIRA, KAWAI GOTA, WATANABE KIMITSUNA, HOSONO KAZUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU YO, INOUE TAN, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19th   458   1996.7

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  • Construction of the artificial ribonuclease having RNase A activity and the functional mechanism.

    AIZU HIDETAKA, KAMIKOJIMA MITSUAKI, SHIRAKAWA MASAHIRO, KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   19th   398   1996.7

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  • Anti-virus activity of Oligo-guanilic acids forming cluster structure.

    KUWAZAKI TOMOYUKI, INAGAWA TAKUBUMI, NAKAJIMA HIDEKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   70th ( 2 )   833   1996.3

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  • A New Type of Circular RNA-DNA Hybridized Oligonucleotides and its Properties.

    YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, ISHIBASHI TOSHIAKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   70th ( 2 )   832   1996.3

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  • Inhibition of gene expression by triple-helix-forming oligonucleotides with polypurine tract of HIV-1.

    TSUKAHARA SATORU, SUZUKI JUNJI, INAGAWA TAKABUMI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   70th ( 2 )   854   1996.3

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  • Specific Inactivation of Aminoacylation with Antisense DNA.

    KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   70th ( 2 )   833   1996.3

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  • Inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase and uncleoprotein genes expression by antisense oligonucleotides.

    HATTA SATOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, NAKATA SUSUMU, YOKOTA TOMOYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   6th   63   1996

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  • Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by oligonucleotides forming triple-helices targeted to polypurine tract.

    TSUKAHARA SATORU, SUZUKI ATSUSHI, GOTO YUTA, INAGAWA TAKAFUMI, TAKEUCHI HIROAKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   6th   55   1996

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  • Anti-virus activity and construction of circular type dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligomers.

    ABE TAKAYUKI, YAMAKAWA HIDESHI, HATTA SATOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    アンチセンスシンポジウム講演要旨集   6th   64   1996

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  • Inactivation of Specific tRNA Species with Antisense DNA.

    KANDA TAKAYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   18th   524   1995.11

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  • Synthesis and properties of RNAs containing the modified bases at the cleavage sites.

    GOZU HIDETAKA, HOSAKA HIDEO, HOSONO KAZUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, SAKAMOTO KENSAKU, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   18th   521   1995.11

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  • Inhibition of gene expression by triple-helix-forming oligonucleotides with polypurine tract of HIV.

    TSUKAHARA SATORU, SUZUKI JUNJI, HOSONO KAZUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   18th   396   1995.11

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  • Hammerhead ribozyme-mediated cleavage of the LTR sequence of HIV-1.

    ENDO TAKAAKI, TANAKA HIROAKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   18th   521   1995.11

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  • HIV-1 in Vitro Reverse Transcription/Template-switching Reactions Utilizing Deoxyoligonucleotide as Primer.

    KINZUKA YASUHIRO, HOSOYA TAKESHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KOYANAGI YOSHIO, UEDA TAKUYA, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, WATANABE KIMITSUNA, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   18th   480   1995.11

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  • Antiviral effect of antisense DNA.

    TAKAKU HIROSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, INAGAWA TAKUBUMI, HATTA TOSHIFUMI

    Mol Med   32 ( 10 )   1066 - 1075   1995.9

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  • Triple Helix Binding of Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Containing 8-Oxo-2'-Deoxy-7H-Adenosine and 2'-Modified Ribonucleotides Derivatives.

    ISHIBASHI TOSHIAKI, YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, WANG Q, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   69th ( 2 )   823   1995.3

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  • Anti-HIV activity of Antisence Oligomers.

    KUWAZAKI TOMOYUKI, HOSONO KAZUMI, INAGAWA TAKAFUMI, NAKASHIMA HIDEKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   69th ( 2 )   831   1995.3

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  • Correlation of codon recognition activity with the sequence of the anticodon-loop of tRNA.

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI, SUGIYAMA TAKAHIRO, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   69th ( 2 )   824   1995.3

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  • Inhibition of gene expression by antisense DNA.

    TAKAKU HIROSHI, KIM S-G, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    日本臨床   53 ( 3 )   771 - 778   1995.3

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  • Controlling Cell-free Protein Synthesis with Antisense DNA.

    TAKAI KAZUYUKI, KANDA TAKAYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   69th ( 2 )   733   1995.3

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  • Synthesis and properties of RNA containing the modified bases at the cleavage sites.

    HOSAKA HIDEO, GOZU HIDETAKA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, SAKAMOTO KENSAKU, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   69th ( 2 )   814   1995.3

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  • Disease states, prevention, and treatment of AIDS. Synthesis of functional antisense DNA with anti-HIV activity and its action mechanism. ( Ministry of Education S )

    TAKAHISA HIROSHI, NAKAJIMA HIDEKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    AIDS エイズ制圧へ向けての基礎研究 平成4-6年度 No.04269105   263 - 270   1995

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  • Oxidated DNA-EcoRI DNA metyltransferase interactions.

    HOKARI NAKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   17th   446   1994.11

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  • Interaction Between Mutant RRE RNAs and HIV-1 Rev Protein.

    KINZUKA YASUHIRO, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   17th   446   1994.11

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  • Cleavage activity of modified hammerhead ribozymes.

    ENDO TAKAAKI, TANAKA HIROAKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   17th   479   1994.11

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  • Biosynthesis of Proteins Containing Functional Nonnatural Amino Acids.

    HOSAKA TAKAHIRO, SHISHIDO MASAHIKO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI

    高分子学会予稿集   43 ( 11 )   3784 - 3785   1994.9

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  • Synthesis of Alloproteins Containing Photofunctional Amino Acids.

    SHISHIDO MASAHIKO, HOSAKA TAKAHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI

    生体機能関連化学シンポジウム講演要旨集   9th   245 - 247   1994.5

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  • Anti-HIV Activity and Mechanism of Antisense Oligonucleotide DNA.

    HATTA TOSHIFUMI, KIM S-G, NAKASHIMA HIDEKI, YAMAMOTO NAOKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   895   1994.3

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  • Anti-FluV-A Activity of Antisense DNA.

    SUZUKI SHIN'ICHI, KOIKE SEIJI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   894   1994.3

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  • Specific Cleavage Reaction on the RNA.

    HOSAKA HIDEO, HARUTA HIROKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, SAKAMOTO KENSAKU, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   960   1994.3

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  • Effect of Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Containing Deoxyguanosine Derivative on Formation of Triple Helix.

    YAMAKAWA HIDEFUMI, WANG Q, KASHIO TOSHIHIKO, TSUKAHARA SATOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   895   1994.3

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  • Interaction Between Mutant RRE RNAs and HIV-1 Rev Protein.

    KINZUKA YOSHIHIRO, HATTA TOSHIFUMI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   971   1994.3

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  • Stability Studies on Antisense Oligonucleotides Containing 2'-O-Methylnucleosides.

    HOSONO KAZUMI, TSUKAHARA SATOSHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, TAKAKU HIROSHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   67th ( 2 )   895   1994.3

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  • アンチコドン1字目にAまたはGを持つ未修飾tRNAによるコドン認識

    高井和幸, 横山茂之

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・講演要旨集   16th   282   1993.11

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  • 非天然アミノ酸を組み込んだ機能性人工たんぱく質

    宍戸昌彦, 芳坂貴弘, 佐藤健, 高井和幸, 横山茂之

    日本化学会講演予稿集   66th   108   1993.9

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  • Biosynthesis of Proteins Containing Various Nonnatural Amino Acids.

    HOSAKA TAKAHIRO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI, SHISHIDO MASAHIKO

    高分子学会予稿集   42 ( 11 )   4834 - 4836   1993.9

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  • Studies on structures and functions of proteins by new techniques of protein-synthesis engineering.

    木川隆則, 武藤裕, 高井和幸, 芳坂貴弘, 佐藤健, 宍戸昌彦, 横山茂之

    生体分子の構造と機能に関する討論会講演要旨集   20th   62 - 63   1993.7

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  • Site-Specific Incorporation of Nonnatural Amino Acids into Protein Using in vitro Protein Biosynthesis System.

    佐藤健, 芳坂貴弘, 宍戸昌彦, 高井和幸, 横山茂之

    高分子学会予稿集   42 ( 3 )   965   1993.5

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  • 非天然アミノ酸を担持したマイナーコドンを認識するtRNAの作製

    佐藤健, 芳坂貴弘, 宍戸昌彦, 高井和幸, 横山茂之

    日本化学会講演予稿集   65th ( 2 )   588   1993.3

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  • 突然変異遺伝子とEcoRIDNAメチルトランスフェラーゼとの相互作用

    帆苅奈子, 坂部一郎, 高井和幸, 横山茂之, 高久洋

    日本化学会講演予稿集   65th ( 2 )   545   1993.3

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  • in vitroタンパク質合成系を用いた非天然アミノ酸のタンパク質への導入の検討

    芳坂貴弘, 佐藤健, 宍戸昌彦, 高井和幸, 横山茂之

    日本化学会講演予稿集   65th ( 2 )   589   1993.3

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  • Biosynthesis of Proteins Containing Nonnatural Amino Acids. Study on Incorporation of Nonnatural Amino Acids to Ribosome.

    HOSAKA TAKAHIRO, SHISHIDO MASAHIKO, NISHINO NORIKAZU, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOKOYAMA SHIGEYUKI

    高分子学会予稿集   41 ( 8 )   3578 - 3580   1992.9

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  • 非天然アミノ酸を含むタンパク質の生合成:ピューロマイシンを用いた取り込みの検討

    芳坂貴弘, 宍戸昌彦, 西野憲和, 高井和幸, 横山茂之

    日本化学会講演予稿集   63rd ( 2 )   1370   1992.3

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  • ロイシンtRNAによるコドン認識

    高井 和幸

    生化学   62 ( 7 )   628 - 628   1990.7

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  • コムギタンパク質合成系の再構成

    古川 晴之, 汐 裕人, 堤 健介, 後藤 和希, 岡 拓海, 近藤 匠, 渡邉 龍之介, 藤井 萌, 加藤 涼平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第47回⽇本分⼦⽣物学会年会  2024.11 

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  • Lactobacillus casei adopts four-way decoding without modification at the tRNA wobble position

    Chie Tomikawa, Riko Sugita, Vincent Guérineau, David Touboul, Airi Ishioka, Satoko Yoshizawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    29th tRNA Conference  2024.11 

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  • A reconstituted wheat translation system

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Yuto Nagashio, Kensuke Tsutsumi, Kazuki Goto, Takumi Nishioka, Takumi Kondo, Moe Fujii, Ryunosuke Watanabe, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    29th tRNA Conference  2024.11 

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  • Translation initiation factor eIF4 from wheat prepared by an E. coli recombinant method

    2024.11 

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  • コムギタンパク質合成系を再構成する

    古川晴之, 長汐裕人, 堤健介, 後藤和希, 西岡拓海, 近藤匠, 藤井萌, 渡邉龍之介, 加藤凌平, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会17.0  2024.11 

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  • Four-way Decoding with Unmodified Uridine at the Wobble Position in Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Chie Tomikawa, Riko Sugita, Vincent Guérineau, David Touboul, Satoko Yoshizawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2024.6 

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  • An attemp;o prepare;aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases from wheat toward reconstitution of the;slation system

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Yuto Nagashio, Kensuke Tsutsumi, Kazuki Goto, Takumi Nishioka, Takumi Kondo, Ryunosuke Watanabe, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2024.3 

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  • コムギ由来スレオニルtRNA合成酵素の調製法の検討

    西岡 拓海, 古川 晴之, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第46回日本分子生物学会年会  2023.12 

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  • 20種類のコムギアミノアシルtRNA合成酵素調製の試み―コムギタンパク質合成系の 再構成に向けて―

    古川 晴之, 長汐 裕人, 堤 健介, 後藤 和希, 西岡 拓海, 近藤 匠, 渡邉 龍之介, 加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第46回日本分子生物学会年会  2023.12 

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  • 乳酸菌<i>Lactobacillus casei</i>におけるValおよびProコドン解読機構の解明

    杉田 梨瑚, 冨川 千恵, Vincent Guérineau, 鈴木 健夫, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    第46回日本分子生物学会年会  2023.12 

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  • An attempt to prepare wheat aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases toward reconstitution of the wheat translation system

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Yuto Nagashio, Kensuke Tsutsumi, Kazuki Goto, Takumi Nishioka, Takumi Kondo, Ryunosuke Watanabe, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2023.9 

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  • 精製したribosomeを用いたコムギ由来翻訳系の構築 ―コムギタンパク質合成系の再構成に向けて

    古川 晴之, 長汐 祐人, 堤 健介, 渡邉 龍之介, 加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第17回無細胞生命科学研究会  2022.11 

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  • Analysis of the Translation Systems for Val and Pro Codons in <i>Lactobacillus casei</i>

    Riko Sugita, Chie Tomikawa, Vincent Guérineau, Satoko Yoshizawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2022.7 

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  • Construction of CrPV IRES-dependent translation system using wheat crude purified protein fraction (ARS source)

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2022.7 

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  • Pseudouridylation of precursor tRNA containing multiple introns in <i>Cyanidioschyzon merolae</i>

    Yasuha Nagato, Chie Tomikawa, Hideyuki Yamaji, Akiko Soma, Kazuyuki Takai

    2022.7 

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  • Cyanidioschyzon marolaeにおけるtRNAシュードウリジル化に対するイントロンの影響

    永戸 彬葉, 冨川 千恵, 山路 秀之, 相馬 亜希子, 高井 和幸

    第44回日本分子生物学会年会  2021.12 

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  • コムギ由来因子から構築したpoly(U)依存poly(Phe)合成系

    古川 晴之, 長汐 裕人, 加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第44回日本分子生物学会年会  2021.12 

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  • A poly(U)-directed poly(Phe) synthesis system constructed from purified components from wheat

    The 14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Cell Synthesis Research  2021.11 

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  • 乳酸菌イソロイシルtRNA合成酵素におけるtRNAIle(UAU)の認識機構

    上杉 岳人, 冨川 千恵, 福場 憂歩, 稲葉 希, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    日本分子生物学会 第43回日本分子生物学会年会  2020.12 

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  • 真核生物シャペロニンCCTサブユニットの試験管内ホモオリゴマー形成

    加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    日本分子生物学会 第43回日本分子生物学会年会  2020.12 

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  • 乳酸菌 Lactobacillus casei 由来tRNAIle(UAU)のコドン認識の解析

    土田 皓大, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    日本分子生物学会 第43回日本分子生物学会年会  2020.12 

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  • eEF1BはeRF3のGDP/GTP交換を触媒するか?

    古川晴之, 松原尚史, 加藤凌平, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会13.0  2020.11 

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  • コムギCCTサブユニットのホモオリゴマー形成

    加藤凌平, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会13.0  2020.11 

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  • tRNAIle(UAU)に対する乳酸菌イソロイシル tRNA合成酵素の基質 認識の解析

    上杉 岳人, 冨川 千恵, 稲葉 希, 福場 憂歩, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    日本分子生物学会 第42回日本分子生物学会年会  2019.12 

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  • 真核生物シャペロニン CCTサブユニットの試験管内ホモオリゴ マー形成

    加藤 凌平, 高井 和幸, 冨川 千恵

    日本分子生物学会 第42回日本分子生物学会年会  2019.12 

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  • 乳酸菌にある tRNA様 small RNAの機能解明に向けて

    冨川 千恵, 榊原 健吾, 永戸 彬葉, 上杉 岳人, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guerineau, Dominique Fourmy, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    日本分子生物学会 第42回日本分子生物学会年会  2019.12 

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  • Toward in vitro assembly of wheat translation initiation factor eIF2

    Yume Imai, Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2019.10 

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  • In vitro complex formation of wheat translation factors related to the termination reaction

    Naofumi Matsubara, Takeru Aga, Haruyuki Furukawa, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2019.10 

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  • Effect of tRNAIle(UAU)-like small RNA from lactic acid bacteria on the growth of Bacillus subtilis

    Yasuhiro Hotta, Chie Tomikawa, Akiko Soma, Satoko Yoshizawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2019.10 

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  • Could eEF1B catalyze GDP/GTP exchange on eRF3?

    Haruyuki Furukawa, Naofumi Matsubara, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2019.10 

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  • In vitro formation of a homo-oligomer by a subunit of a eukaryotic chaperonin CCT

    Ryohei Kato, Chie Tomikawa, Kazuyuki Takai

    2019.10 

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  • コムギ胚芽再構成タンパク質合成系を目指した取り組み

    NAGANO HIKARU, HISAMATSU KEIGO, TAKAGI HISANORI, OGASAWARA TOMIO, ENDO YAETA, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    生化学  2010 

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  • 高等学校生物における分子生物学実験の開発と普及

    KATAYAMA TAKESHI, NAKAMURA AKIO, HAYASHI HIDENORI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    生物教育  2012.5 

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  • コムギ由来翻訳開始因子eIF2の調製法の検討

    NONAKA TAKU, HISAMATSU KEIGO, TOMIKAWA CHIE, TAKAI KAZUYUKI

    日本RNA学会年会要旨集  2013.7 

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  • 大学で行われている授業や研究技術の初等・中等理科教育への還元と教材化

    KATAYAMA TAKESHI, HAYASHI HIDENORI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA, TANAKA SUSUMU, OKAMOTO KENGO, KOHATA NAOKI

    生物教育  2013.4 

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  • 乳酸菌に環状化tRNAは存在するか

    TOMIKAWA CHIE, AUXILIEN SYLVIE, HORI HIROYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOSHIZAWA SATOKO

    日本RNA学会年会要旨集  2014.7 

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  • コムギ由来翻訳開始因子eIF2の調製法の検討

    野中拓, 久松啓伍, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会6.0  2013.11 

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  • 乳酸菌ディコーディングシステムにおける四次元直交性のゆらぎ

    TOMIKAWA CHIE, AUXILIEN SYLVIE, GUERINEAU VINCENT, YOSHIOKA YUYA, MIYOSHI KIYO, HORI HIROYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOSHIZAWA SATOKO

    日本RNA学会年会要旨集  2015.7 

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  • 試験管内で転写・翻訳を再現する実験教材の普及―コムギ胚芽無細胞タンパク質合成系を用いたlacZ発現系による翻訳の可視化―

    KATAYAMA TAKESHI, HAYASHI HIDENORI, TAKEDA HIROYUKI, OGASAWARA TOMIO, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    生物教育  2015.7 

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  • Expression of wheat eIF2B subunits in Escherichia coli

    UENO Hidemichi, TAKAI Kazuyuki, TOMIKAWA Chie

    2014.11 

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  • A set of E. coli vectors with an SfiI site for co-expression of multiple proteins

    TAKAI Kazuyuki

    2014.11 

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  • 乳酸菌におけるAUAコドン翻訳のゆらぎ

    TOMIKAWA CHIE, AUXILIEN SYLVIE, GUERINEAU VINCENT, YOSHIOKA YUYA, MIYOSHI NORIYO, HORI HIROYUKI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, YOSHIZAWA SATOKO

    日本生化学会大会(Web)  2015 

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  • Toward In Vitro Reconstitution of the Protein Synthesis System from Wheat. Invited International conference

    TAKAI Kazuyuki

    髙井 和幸  2014.12 

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  • Functional Analysis of tRNAIle(UAU) in Lactic Acid Bacteria International conference

    Chie Tomikawa, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guerineau, Yuya Yoshioka, Kiyo Miyoshi, Minoru Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hori, Dominique Fourmy, Kazuyuki Takai, Satoko Yoshizawa

    The 21st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society & The RNA Society of Japan 18th Annual Meeting  2016.7 

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  • Proton dissociation at position 3 of uridine by post-transcriptional modification Invited

    TAKAI Kazuyuki

    髙井 和幸  2015.12 

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  • コムギ由来ペプチド鎖解離因子複合体の調製

    阿賀健, 久松啓伍, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会9.0  2016.11 

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  • CodHonEditor:中身が見えるコドン最適化ツール

    高井 和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会9.0  2016.11 

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  • An efficient method for concatenation of protein coding DNA sequences for expression

    TAKAI Kazuyuki

    髙井 和幸  2015.11 

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  • Translational resisitivity/conductivity during bacterial exponential growth and relative codon-decoding frequencies in E. coli

    TAKAI Kazuyuki

    2017.10 

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  • Analysis of noncanonical tRNAIle(UAU) in Lactobacillus plantarum

    Chie Tomikawa, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guérineau, Yuya Yoshioka, KiyoMiyoshi, Minoru Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hori, Kazuyuki Takai, Satoko Yoshizawa

    2017.7 

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  • コムギ胚芽からのシャペロニンを含む画分の調製

    加藤凌平, 冨川千恵, 高井和幸

    「細胞を創る」研究会9.0  2016.11 

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  • Preparation of wheat chaperonin for introduction into E. coli cell-free protein synthesis

    Ryohei KATO, Chie TOMIKAWA, Kazuyuki TAKAI

    2017.10 

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  • 乳酸菌 Lactobacillus plantarum の tRNAIle(UAU)に対して親和性を持つ因子は存在 するか

    榊原 健吾, 冨川 千恵, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    第 19 回日本 RNA 学会年会  2017.7 

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  • tRNAIle(UAU)-like small RNAs in Lactobacillus plantarum International conference

    Chie Tomikawa, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guérineau, Kengo Sakakibara, Gakuto Uesugi, Hiroyuki Hori, Dominique Fourmy, Kazuyuki Takai, Satoko Yoshizawa

    2018.9 

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    Venue:Strasbourg Convention + Exibition Centre, Strasbourg, France  

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  • Functional analysis of tRNA-like small RNA through gene disruptants in L. plantarum

    2018.7 

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  • Characterization of tRNAIle(UAU)-like small RNAs in Lactobacillus plantarum

    Chie Tomikawa, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guérineau, Yuya Yoshioka, Kiyo Miyoshi, Hiroyuki Hori, Dominique Fourmy, Kazuyuki Takai, Satoko Yoshizawa

    11th Structure Integration Function and Reactivity of RNA  2018.11  the RNA meeting of French society of biochemisty and molecular biology

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    Venue:Nancy  

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  • Wheat CCT is different from its animal counterpart.

    2018.10 

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  • 乳酸菌 Gly-tRNAIle(UAU)の機能解析

    冨川 千恵, Sylvie Auxilien, Vincent Guerineau, 吉岡 裕也, 三好 規代, 林 実, 堀 弘幸, Dominique Fourmy, 高井 和幸, 吉澤 聡子

    2017年度生命科学系学会合同年次大会(ConBio2017)  2017.12 

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  • 遺伝コードの対称性とアンチコドンの識別

    高井 和幸

    2017年度生命科学系学会合同年次大会(ConBio2017)  2017.12 

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  • 乳酸菌Lactobacillus plantarumに存在する tRNAIle(UAU)-like small RNAの機能解明に向けて

    榊原 健吾, 冨川 千恵, 吉澤 聡子, 高井 和幸

    第41回日本分子生物学会年会  2018.11  日本分子生物学会

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    Venue:パシフィコ横浜,横浜  

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  • コムギCCTを組み合わせた大腸菌無細胞タンパク質合成系の調製

    加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第13回無細胞生命科学研究会  2018.11  無細胞生命科学研究会

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    Venue:松山  

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  • 大腸菌タンパク質合成系への導入に向けたコムギ由来シャペロニンの調製

    加藤 凌平, 冨川 千恵, 高井 和幸

    第41回日本分子生物学会年会  2018.11  日本分子生物学会

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  • 小麦胚芽無細胞タンパク質合成系を利用した生命科学教育プログラムの開発―新しい高等学校学習指導要領「生物:遺伝情報とその発現」の学習に向けて

    HAYASHI HIDENORI, KATAYAMA TAKESHI, TAKAI KAZUYUKI, ENDO YAETA

    日本植物生理学会年会要旨集  2012.3 

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  • 無細胞タンパク質合成系の保健衛生および畜産分野への応用

    2005

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  • Combining eukaryotic chaperonins with the translation system from Escherichia coli

    2014 - 2016

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

    Takai Kazuyuki

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    Grant amount:\3900000 ( Direct Cost: \3000000 、 Indirect Cost:\900000 )

    Proteins function only when the polypeptide chain folds into its correct shape. Proteins from animals and plants need eukaryote-specific chaperonins for the correct folding, which lack in Escherichia coli. For future establishment of technologies for synthesizing eukaryotic proteins in E. coli, related technologies and some theory were studied. The first achievement was a plasmid construction method that could be useful for introduction of a dozen genes simultaneously in E. coli. The second was a method for optimization of gene sequences, with which researchers could change the sequences manually if necessary. The third achievement was a theory on relative expression levels of proteins in growing bacteria.

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  • Constitutive approach to the translation system from wheat

    2011 - 2014

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    TAKAI Kazuyuki, HISAMATSU Keigo, TOMIKAWA Chie, KISHIMOTO Tatsuro, KANNO Keisuke, UENO Hidemichi, KONDO Masaki, TOKUMARU Tatsuya, NONAKA Taku

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    Grant amount:\19630000 ( Direct Cost: \15100000 、 Indirect Cost:\4530000 )

    Factors involving in translation in wheat were purified one by one, in order to facilitate constructive approaches to the mechanisms in eukaryotic protein synthesis. Samples of acceptable quality were obtained concerning the ribosomes, the 2 eukaryotic elongation factors, 7 of the 14 eukaryotic initiation factors, eukaryotic release factor (eRF) 1, and 4 of the 20 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. As no cDNA clone for eRF3 was found in the library of wheat cDNA clones by the National Bio-Resource Project, which had been in progress in parallel with this project, we obtained a clone from wheat germ.

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  • タンパク質合成系の再構成に向けたコムギ胚芽翻訳因子の分画

    2008 - 2009

    文部科学省  科学研究費補助金(特定領域研究)  特定領域研究

    高井 和幸

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    Grant amount:\2700000 ( Direct Cost: \2700000 )

    将来,人工細胞の構築など,合成生物学的な研究を進めるために,再構成された無細胞タンパク質合成系は,中心的な役割を果たすと期待される.タンパク質合成系はバクテリアと真核細胞とでは著しく異なるので,真核細胞型の再構成タンパク質合成系の実現が望まれる.コムギ胚芽由来無細胞タンパク質合成系の成分は極めて頑丈であり再構成に適していると考えられるが,その元になる抽出液は非常に高価であり,このことが再構成系の実現を妨げている.前年度までに,安価に入手できるコムギ胚芽から翻訳伸長因子等を精製し,それらと高価な胚芽抽出液からのリボソームとを用いてポリフェニルアラニン合成が可能であることを示した.今年度は,安価な胚芽からのリボソームと高価なリボソームとを比較した.安価な胚芽からのリボソームは,胚乳由来因子によって化学的に損傷を受けている可能性が考えられたが,高価なリボソームよりもわずかに活性が低いだけで,損傷は受けておらず,また,タンパク質合成の正確さにおいても高価なものと同程度であることが明らかになった.これにより,再構成に向けての最大の障害が回避できることがわかった.研究を進めるうちに,コムギリボソームは,他の生物由来のリボソームと比べて,サブユニットに解離しにくいことが判明した.そこで,リボソームをサブユニットに解離させる因子eIF6を大腸菌で発現させ,可溶性の試料として大量に得ることに成功した.これにより,他の翻訳因子の活性を測定するための基礎が確立した.

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  • Molecular Evolution of RNA modification enzymes and RNA recognition mechanism

    2005 - 2006

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    HORI Hiroyuki, TAKAI Kazuyuki, NUREKI Osamu

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    In this project, we have obtained many findings in the RNA modification field.
    Main findings are as follows.
    (1) Construction of in vitro RNA modification system under high temperatures
    We have clarified roles of thermophilic-bacteria specific polyamines against the RNA modification machinery.
    (2) Clarifications of RNA recognition mechanisms of RNA modification enzymes
    We have reported that Aquifex aeolicus TrmD [tRNA (m1 G37) methyltransferase] has a unique RNA recognition mechanism.
    The enzyme methylates tRNA molecules possessing not only G36G37 sequence but also A36G37 sequence. Furthermore, the enzyme methylates micro-helix RNA possessing A36G37 sequence. These results showed that A. aeolicus TrmD has a broad substarte specificity in comparison with other TrmD proteins.
    We have reported that eukaryote tRNA (m7G46) methyltransferase [Trm8/Trm82 complex] recognizes the D-arm structure in tRNA, demonstrating that eukaryote enzyme has a strict RNA recognition mechanism as compared to bacterial enzymes.
    (3) Clarifications of relationship between protein structure and RNA recognition mechanism
    We performed site-directed mutagenesis study against basic amino acid residues conserved in TrmH [tRNA (Gm18) methyltransferases]. We could distinguish residues required in the first tRNA binding process and residues required in the progress of the catalytic cycles.

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  • Nucleoside modification and evolution of the wobble rule

    2004 - 2005

    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))  基盤研究(C)

    Kazuyuki TAKAI

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    In order to determine which hydrogen bonds are responsible for the binding of modified uridines at the first position of the anticodon to the guanosine at the third position of the codon, a method for introducing modified guanosines into a specific position of RNA molecules was explored as a first step. As a result, a method for enzymatic synthesis of 6-thioguanosine 5'-monophosphate was found. It was also found that inosine and 6-thioguanosine can be introduced into RNA molecules by transcription reactions.Then, a method for ligation of different RNA molecules for the preparation of translatable mRNA molecules was explored. Conventional methods with T4 DNA and RNA ligases had problems in yields and specificity. T4 RNA ligase 2, which was reported recently to catalyze ligation of double-stranded RNA, was usable for the ligation, but the products were not translated in a cell-free system from Escherichia coli. This may have been due to some unknown activity of the enzyme. On the other hand, an RNA ligase from wheat embryos was useful for linking RNA fragments in high yields. However, it was difficult to check if the 2'-phosphate, which could be removed if another enzyme worked well, was efficiently removed from the ligation product. This problem should be solved in future researches.In the course of the research, an X-ray crystallographic structure of the wobble base pair between a modified uridine and the guanosine was reported from a competing research group. The structure looked inconsistent with the hydrogen bonding pattern postulated in the working hypothesis of this project. However, it was possible, in our opinion, that the base pair observed in the crystal was most stable only under the condition of the crystallization, where the pH is lower than the physiological condition. Therefore, a manuscript was published, in which the physicochemical and biochemical backgrounds of our hypothesis were described thoroughly.

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  • 金属イオン-非イオン界面活性剤によるRNAの位置特異的切断反応

    1998

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  特定領域研究(A)

    高久 洋, 高井 和幸

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    pre-tRNAの自己切断活性が見い出され、pre-tRNAのイントロン切除が起こっていることが明らかにされている。特に、イントロンをもつArabidopsis tRNA^<Tyr>では非イオン界面活性剤の系でもスプライシングエンドヌクレース依存性切断が起こると考えられることから、RNA酵素とともに生命の進化に大きな関係があるものと考え、これら切断反応の作用機序を詳細にすることも目的とする。
    イントロンを含むpre-tRNA^<Tyr>に対するイントロン切除を確認するために、まずモデル反応としてピリミジン-A間で切断が起こるようなRNA13mer(GUUUCGUACAAAC)を用いてスプライシング反応に必須であるMg^<++>存在下、切断反応に要求される最適条件を検討した。その結果Mg^<++>濃度、5μM、pH7.8、反応温度37℃の条件下で最高の切断活性を示した。また実際にArabidopsis th aliana tRNA^<Tyr>をT7転写により構築し、上記で述べた条件下でイントロンの切除を試みたところ、主にtRNA^<Tyr>のU_<49>-A_<50>、U_<38>-A_<39>間で切断が起り、5'-_<39>AGACGCAGAU-U_<49>-3'のイントロン部位が切除されることをはじめて明らかにした。さらに、イントロン部位が切除された。5'-末端tRNA^<Tyr>と3'-末端tRNA^<Tyr>を高濃度のMg^<++>の存在下で反応させたところ再結合が起こることがわかった。
    一方、この切断に非イオン界面活性剤が要求されることから、AとUをN^<15>、C^<13>安定同位体を導入した5'-GCGGGAGCGUACCUCCCAC-3'、19merを合成し、NMRでその二次構造を確認したところ、ヘアピン型構造を形成することがわかった。また、切断反応に対しても二次構造としてはヘアピン型構造が要求されることがわかった。さらに非イオン界面活性剤は切断部位のUA配列に直接作用してそのコンフォメーションを変化させていることから、切断され易い構造に変化されるのに界面活性剤が関与するものと思われる。

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  • ウイルス感染細胞内でアンチセンス機能を発揮するアンチセンス核酸の構築と感染制御

    1998

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  特定領域研究(A)

    高久 洋, 高井 和幸

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    Grant amount:\2200000 ( Direct Cost: \2200000 )

    現在、細胞質内で真のアンチセンス機能を発揮するアンチセンス核酸はまだ考案されていないそこで、本研究では全く新しい考え方のアンチセンスオリゴマー、すなわち、アンチセンスオリゴマーがウイルス感染細胞質または核内で、はじめてその機能を発揮できるような非常にユニークなオリゴマーを考案した。その構造はアンチセンスDNAとセンスRNAが二重鎖を形成し、両DNA-RNAをヘアピン型で結合した環状ダンベルRNA/DNAオリゴマーである。そこで、この環状ダンベルRNA/DNAオリゴマーの構築とその抗インフルエンザウイルス活性、さらにはその作用機序を明らかにすることを目的とする。
    はじめに、RNA/DNA二重鎖の安定性を検討した。10mM NaClの存在下ではサークル型RNA/DNAキメラオリゴマー(CDRD)は81℃と天然型センスRNA/アンチDNA二重鎖より41℃高い融解点(Tm)を示した。また、興味あることとしてはまったくNaClのような塩が存在しなくてもCDRDは45℃と高いTm値を示したことである。このように、CDRDは通常のRNA/DNAやDNA/DNAよりも安定な二重鎖を形成する。
    つぎに耐分解酵素性(3'-エキソヌクレース(snake venom phosphodiesterase)を調べた。3'-エキソヌクレースに対しては非修飾オリゴマーと比べた場合高い安定性を示した。しかし、ホスホロチオ工ートオリゴマーよりは低い値を示した。さらに、10%serum中での安定性を調べたところCDRDは天然型DNAオリゴマーより安定性であり、実際に細胞系に用いられる事が明らかとなった。最後に、実際にここで提案したダンベルRNA/DNAキメラオリゴマーの作用機序の解明を試みた。anti-ODNとanti-ODN(S)は4時間後にはほぼ完全に標的となるmRNAは切断された。また、ニックRNA/DNAキメラオリゴマー(NDRD)の場合もほとんど4時間でmRNAが切断された。一方、CDRDについては一旦センスRNAが切断された後に、さらにアンチDNAが標的となるmRNAに結合してから再びRNaseH活性を受けるため、anti-ODN、anti-ODN(S)、NDRDよりはややおくれてmRNAの分解が起こっている。以上の結果より、予想通りの反応機構で進行することを明らかにした。

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  • Inhibition of HIV-1 replication of an HIV-1 dependent antisense oligonucleotides.

    1997 - 1999

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

    TAKAKU Hiroshi, TAKAI Kazuyuki, YAMAMOTO Naoki

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    Grant amount:\28200000 ( Direct Cost: \28200000 )

    We have designed a new class of oligonucleotides, "dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric phosphodiesters", containing two alkyl loop structures with RNA/DNA base pairs (sense (RNA) and antisense (DNA)) in the double helical stem. The reaction of nicked (NDRDON-gag-AUG) and circular (CDRDON-gag-AUG) dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides with RNaseH gave the corresponding antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotide together with the sense RNA cleavage products. The liberated antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide was bound to the target RNA. The circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligoncleotide showed more nuclease resistance and cellular uptake than the linear antisense phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (S-ODN-gag-AUG) and nicked dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide. The CDRDON-gag -AUG with an AUG initiation codon sequence, as the target of the HIV-1 gag-gene (779-801), was synthesized and tested for inhibitory effects using PBMCs. The circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide(CDRDON-gag-AUG) showed highly inhibitory effects as compared to the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide (S-ODN-gag-AUG), indicating sequence-specific inhibition of HIV-1 replication without the inhibition of reverse transcriptase and/or the viral entry process such as antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides.

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  • 金属イオン-非イオン界面活性剤によるRNAの位置特異的切断反応

    1997

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  重点領域研究

    高久 洋, 高井 和幸

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    Grant amount:\1700000 ( Direct Cost: \1700000 )

    pre-tRNAの自己切断活性が見い出され、pre-tRNAのイントロン切除が起こっていることが明らかにされている。特にイントロンをもつArabidopsis tRNA^<Tyr>では非イオン界面活性剤の系でもスプライシングエンドヌクレース依存性切断が起こると考えられることから、RNA酵素とともに生命の進化に大きな関係があるものと考え、これら切断反応の作用機序を詳細にすることも目的とする。イントロンを含むpre-tRNA^<Tyr>に対するイントロン切除を確認するために、まずモデル反応としてピリミジン-A間で切断が起こるようなRNA13mer(GUUUCGUACAAAC)を用いてスプライシング反応に必須であるMg^<++>の存在下、切断反応に要求される最適条件を検討した。そしてMg^<++>濃度、5μM、pH7.8、反応温度37℃の条件下で最高の切断活性を示した。そこで実際にArabidopsis thaliana tRNA^<Tyr>をT7転写により構築し、上記で述べた条件下でイントロンの切除を試みたところ、主にtRNA^<Tyr>のU_<49>-A_<50>、U_<38>-A_<39>間で切断が起り、5'-_<39>AGACGCAGAUU_<49>-3'のイントロン部位が切除されることがわかった。しかし、スプライシング反応にはMg^<++>が必須であることから、Mg^<++>の存在下で反応を進行させているために、逆にtRNA^<Tyr>の構造を安定化させ、切断活性が低下するといった結果が得られた。この切断反応をMg^<++>のかわりにNH_4^+の存在下で行った場合にはその切断活性も向上した。特にtRNA^<Phe>の結晶構造中には4個のMg^<++>が配位し、その安定性に寄与していることからも、Mg^<++>が切断活性に強く影響を与えているものと思われる。
    現在Mg^<++>-Briji58の濃度を変化させることでその切断活性の向上にもつとめている。また、通常スプライシング反応は低温で進行しやすいとの説もあり、この点についても検討中である。しかし、Mg^<++>-非イオン界面活性剤の系でtRNA^<Tyr>のイントロン切除が起こるといった事実は初めての例となる。

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  • 金属イオン-非イオン界面活性剤によるRNAの位置特異的切断反応

    1996

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  重点領域研究

    高久 洋, 高井 和幸

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    Grant amount:\1800000 ( Direct Cost: \1800000 )

    一般にRNA酵素はRNA分子が金属イオンと複合体を形成し、基質となるRNAを位置特異的に切断反応をすることが知られている。最近我々はRNA酵素とは全く異なる新しいタイプの位置特異的RNAの切断反応を見い出した。この切断反応系は一価のカチオンまたは二価の金属のイオンと非イオン界面活性剤を要求する。そして、そのRNAの切断部位はU-A、C-A間で起り、切断末端は2'、3'-cyclic phosphateと5'-OHを有するRNA断片である。本研究ではRNAの位置特異的切断反応に要求される切断要素を検討するために、切断部位のアデニン塩基とピリミジン塩基を修飾塩基に変換させた変異RNAを構築し、それを用いて切断反応を試みた。すなわち、DAP、G、I、m6A、(m6)2A、Tu、2-AP、br8A、dAをAのかわりに導入し、切断反応を試みたところ、dA、A、Tuらに切断反応が認められた。このことからアデノシン6位のアミノ基が切断反応に必須であることが明らかとなった。しかし、アデノシンの2'-OHはこの切断反応には要求されることがないことから、RNA酵素とは異なる切断メカニズムによりその切断反応が進行しているものと思われる。
    また、特に興味ある事実としては、切断部位に導入したbr8Aが切断反応を阻害することから、RNAの切断部位のアデノシンはanti型構造が要求されることが明らかとなった。
    さらに、ピリミジン-A切断部位のピリミジンC、Uの代わりに5br-U、ψ、5-mC、5-brCを導入した切断反応を試みたところ、U、Cより5brC、5-mC、5-brCは切断活性が低下した。一方、ψではほとんど切断活性は見られなかった。この結果から本切断活性に立体的に障害を与える基を有するピリミジン塩基は、その活性を低下させることが明らかとなった。

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  • 抗HIV活性をもつ機能性アンチセンスDNAの合成とその作用機序

    1994

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  重点領域研究

    高久 洋, 高井 和幸, 中島 秀喜

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    Grant amount:\2000000 ( Direct Cost: \2000000 )

    今日まで不明であったアンチセンスDNAの作用機序を明らかにすることができた。すなわち、その逆転写酵素の種類によってホスホロチオエ-ト型DNAと強く相互作用することが明らかになった。しかし、HIV-1の逆転写酵素はS-ODNsとは全く相互作用することなく、mRNAに結合して遺伝子発現制御をすることから、アンチセンス機能をもった抗HIV剤として期待できることがわかった。
    一方、アンチセンスDNAにさらに高い機能をもたせるために、細胞膜透過性機能物質をアンチセンスDNAに導入することが考えられ、膜透過性物質としてのホスホリピドをDNAに導入したところ、非常に高い抗HIV活性を示した。しかし、ホモポリマー、ランダム、センス、オリゴマーでもアンチセンスDNAにホスホリピドを導入した物質と同程度の活性を示したことから、逆転写酵素活性を阻害することで抗HIV活性を示しているものと思われる。
    さらに、ロングタ-ムによりアンチセンスDNAの抗HIV活性を測定したところ、標的遺伝子としてはtat、revよりもgag領域が高い活性を示したことから、標的遺伝子としては構造タンパク質遺伝子の領域が最適領域となることがわかった。
    以上、我々はアンチセンスDNAが抗HIV剤として利用できる可能性を明らかにした。

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