KOSHIMOTO Chihiro

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  • 博士(農学) ( 1992.3   京都大学 )

  • 農学修士 ( 1988.3   京都大学 )

  • 農学士 ( 1986.3   京都大学 )

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  • Life Science / Laboratory animal science  / リサーチバイオリソース

  • Life Science / Animal production science

  • Life Science / Developmental biology

 

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  • Long-term behavioral effects of social separation during early life in a social mammal, Octodon degus Reviewed

    Ukyo R., Shinohara A., Koshimoto C., Nagura-Kato G.A., Ieiri S., Tsuzuki Y., Sakamoto S.H.

    Scientific Reports   13 ( 1 )   9518   2023.12

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    Social separation is thought to induce a strong stress response in social juvenile mammals, but little is known about how this response might vary throughout the development. The present study examines the long-term effects of early-life stress (ELS) induced by social separation on individual behaviors later in life using the social and precocious species Octodon degus. Four experimental groups were established a positive control group of mothers and siblings from six litters comprised the socially housed (SH) group, while pups from seven litters were randomly assigned to three treatments: pups experiencing no separation (NS) treatment while their siblings did; repeated bouts of consecutive separation (CS); intermittent separation (IS). We analyzed the effects of separation treatment on the frequency and duration of freezing, rearing and grooming behaviors. ELS was correlated with higher hyperactivity, and hyperactivity increased with more frequent separation. However, the behavioral trend of the NS group changed to hyperactive in long-term observation. The findings suggest that the NS group was indirectly affected by ELS. In addition, suggesting ELS acts to converge an individual’s behavioral tendencies in a certain direction.

    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36745-6

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  • Message to researchers: the characteristic absence of a posterior communicating artery is easily lost in the gerbil Reviewed

    Abe Y., Toyama K., Shinohara A., Nagura-Kato G.A., Ikai Y., Koshimoto C., Spin J.M., Hato N.

    Anatomical Science International   98 ( 3 )   426 - 433   2023.7

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    The Mongolian gerbil has historically been useful for brain ischemia experiments, owing to the gerbil’s uniquely underdeveloped circle of Willis (CoW). This led to a gerbil model of cochlear ischemia being generated in our unit. However, we have found that the usual severe hearing loss seen in this model was not being induced consistently in recent experiments using the MON/Jms/GbsSlc gerbil (the sole commercially available gerbil in Japan). We set out to evaluate the posterior communicating artery (PcomA) in MON/Jms/GbsSlc, to re-establish whether this strain is appropriate for ischemia models. Having found that this unique feature is often lost, we then attempted to breed for the characteristic absent PcomA. India-ink perfusion revealed that the percentage of intact bilateral PcomA (“communicating type”) in the MON/Jms/GbsSlc gerbil was 57%; unilateral only (“unilateral communicating type”) was 39%; and completely absent PcomA (“non-communicating type”) was 4%. We were able to obtain few examples of the indigenous old aged Japanese UNG/Mz gerbil strain (at University of Miyazaki). Unfortunately, the pure UNG/Mz female was too elderly for mating. Therefore, selective breeding crosses between MON/Jms/GbsSlc and male UNG/Mz were carried out. After five generations of selective breeding, the percentage of non-communicating type gerbils was significantly higher in the newly generated strain, MON/Jms/SlcMz (F6 generation; 63%) than in the MON/Jms/GbsSlc gerbil. Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion surgery demonstrated that the cerebral blood flow was significantly reduced in MON/Jms/SlcMz compared with MON/Jms/GbsSlc (p < 0.0001) and induced more hippocampal injuries in MON/Jms/SlcMz than in MON/Jms/GbsSlc (p < 0.01). In conclusion, the commercially available MON/Jms/GbsSlc gerbil can easily regain PcomA, and we established a new gerbil strain (MON/Jms/SlcMz) displaying non-PcomA.

    DOI: 10.1007/s12565-022-00698-z

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  • Pivotal role of High-Mobility Group Box 2 in ovarian folliculogenesis and fertility Reviewed

    Shirouzu S., Sugita N., Choijookhuu N., Yamaguma Y., Takeguchi K., Ishizuka T., Tanaka M., Fidya F., Kai K., Chosa E., Yamashita Y., Koshimoto C., Hishikawa Y.

    Journal of Ovarian Research   15 ( 1 )   133   2022.12

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    Background: High-Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) and HMGB2 are chromatin-associated proteins that belong to the HMG protein family, and are involved in the regulation of DNA transcription during cell differentiation, proliferation and regeneration in various tissues. However, the role of HMGB2 in ovarian folliculogenesis is largely unknown. Methods: We investigated the functional role of HMGB1 and HMGB2 in ovarian folliculogenesis and fertilization using C57BL/6 wild type (WT) and HMGB2-knockout (KO) mice. Ovarian tissues were obtained from WT and HMGB2-KO mice at postnatal days 0, 3, 7, and 2, 6 months of age, then performed immunohistochemistry, qPCR and Western blotting analyses. Oocyte fertilization capability was examined by natural breeding and in vitro fertilization experiments. Results: In HMGB2-KO mice, ovary weight was decreased due to reduced numbers of oocytes and follicles. Natural breeding and in vitro fertilization results indicated that HMGB2-KO mice are subfertile, but not sterile. Immunohistochemistry showed that oocytes expressed HMGB2, but not HMGB1, in neonatal and adult WT ovaries. Interestingly, in HMGB2-KO ovaries, a compensatory increase in HMGB1 was found in oocyte nuclei of neonatal and 2-month-old mice; however, this was lost at 6 months of age. Conclusions: The depletion of HMGB2 led to alterations in ovarian morphology and function, suggesting that HMGB2 plays an essential role in ovarian development, folliculogenesis and fertilization.

    DOI: 10.1186/s13048-022-01071-4

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  • Translocator protein imaging with <sup>18</sup>F-FEDAC-positron emission tomography in rabbit atherosclerosis and its presence in human coronary vulnerable plaques Reviewed

    Maekawa K., Tsuji A.B., Yamashita A., Sugyo A., Katoh C., Tang M., Nishihira K., Shibata Y., Koshimoto C., Zhang M.R., Nishii R., Yoshinaga K., Asada Y.

    Atherosclerosis   337   7 - 17   2021.11

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    Background and aims: This study aimed to investigate whether N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-[7,8-dihydro-7-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-8-oxo-2-phenyl-9H-purin-9-yl]acetamide (18F-FEDAC), a probe for translocator protein (TSPO), can visualize atherosclerotic lesions in rabbits and whether TSPO is localized in human coronary plaques. Methods: 18F-FEDAC-PET of a rabbit model of atherosclerosis induced by a 0.5% cholesterol diet and balloon injury of the left carotid artery (n = 7) was performed eight weeks after the injury. The autoradiography intensity of 18F-FEDAC in carotid artery tissue sections was measured, and TSPO expression was evaluated immunohistochemically. TSPO expression was examined in human coronary arteries obtained from autopsy cases (n = 16), and in human coronary plaques (n = 12) aspirated from patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Results: 18F-FEDAC-PET visualized the atherosclerotic lesions in rabbits as high-uptake areas, and the standard uptake value was higher in injured arteries (0.574 ± 0.24) than in uninjured arteries (0.277 ± 0.13, p < 0.05) or myocardium (0.189 ± 0.07, p < 0.05). Immunostaining showed more macrophages and more TSPO expression in atherosclerotic lesions than in uninjured arteries. TSPO was localized in macrophages, and arterial autoradiography intensity was positively correlated with macrophage concentration (r = 0.64) and TSPO (r = 0.67). TSPO expression in human coronary arteries was higher in AMI cases than in non-cardiac death, or in the vulnerable plaques than in early or stable lesions, respectively. TSPO was localized in macrophages in all aspirated coronary plaques with thrombi. Conclusions: 18F-FEDAC-PET can visualize atherosclerotic lesions, and TSPO-expression may be a marker of high-risk coronary plaques.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.10.003

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  • Testosterone interrupts binding of Neurexin and Neuroligin that are expressed in a highly socialized rodent, Octodon degus. Reviewed International journal

    Nan Yagishita-Kyo, Yuki Ikai, Tomoko Uekita, Akio Shinohara, Chihiro Koshimoto, Keisuke Yoshikawa, Kei Maruyama, Sosuke Yagishita

    Biochemical and biophysical research communications   551   54 - 62   2021.4

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    Octodon degus is said to be one of the most human-like rodents because of its improved cognitive function. Focusing on its high sociality, we cloned and characterized some sociality-related genes of degus, in order to establish degus as a highly socialized animal model in molecular biology. We cloned degus Neurexin and Neuroligin as sociality-related genes, which are genetically related to autism spectrum disorder in human. According to our results, amino acid sequences of Neurexin and Neuroligin expressed in degus brain, are highly conserved to that of human sequences. Most notably, degus Neuroligin4 is highly similar to human Neuroligin4X, which is one of the most important autism-related genes, whereas mouse Neuroligin4 is known to be poorly similar to human Neuroligin4X. Furthermore, our work also indicated that testosterone directly binds to degus Neurexin and intercepts intercellular Neurexin-Neuroligin binding. Moreover, it is of high interest that testosterone is another key molecule of the higher incidence of autism in male. These results indicated that degus has the potential for animal model of sociality, and furthermore may promote understanding toward the pathogenic mechanism of autism.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.015

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  • 大・中・小動物実験プロトコール

    越本知大・村上昇・他31名( Role: Joint editor)

    宮日文化情報センター  2016.3 

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  • 猫の行動学

    斉藤徹, 久原孝俊, 片平清昭, 村中志朗 監訳 ( Role: Joint translator ,  第7章 ネコの摂食行動 pp255-296)

    インターズ  2009.10 

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  • Several contributors affecting mouse sperm cryopreservation

    C. Koshimoto, P. Mazur( Role: Joint author)

    Hokuto Shobo  2001.10 

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  • 小児における晩発性確定的影響;放射線の線源と影響 原子放射線の影響に関する国連科学委員会の総会に対する1993年報告書 科学的付属書 I

    国連科学委員会監修、放射線医学総合研究所監訳( Role: Joint translator ,  pp873-929)

    実業公報社  1995.10 

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  • 冷蔵サンプルの輸送事故を防ぐための簡便な輸送方法に関する検討

    七條宏樹・増元圭三・泉 孝一・篠原明男・坂本信介・越本知大

    第34回日本実験動物技術者協会九州支部研究発表会  (宮崎市)  日本実験動物技術者協会九州支部

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    Event date: 2014.10.25 - 2014.10.26

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

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  • ヨーロッパモリネズミに観察される糖尿病様個体の選抜方法の改善

    冨山小百合・加藤悟郎・七條宏樹・坂本信介・篠原明男・越本知大、

    第32回九州実験動物研究会  (宮崎市)  九州実験動物研究会

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  • 高脂血症を自然発症するヨーロッパモリネズミの血中脂質への自発運動の影響

    猪口瑞穂・坂本信介・篠原明男・越本知大、

    第32回九州実験動物研究会  (宮崎市)  九州実験動物研究会

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  • BALB/c系統マウスの休眠発現は成長初期の栄養獲得量により調節される

    加藤悟郎・坂本信介・篠原明男・森田哲夫・越本知大、

    第32回九州実験動物研究会  (宮崎市)  九州実験動物研究会

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  • 野生アカネズミの盲腸内微生物は飼育により変化する

    井上比加里・酒井悠輔・坂本信介・越本知大・篠原明男

    日本哺乳類学会2014年度大会  (京都市)  日本哺乳類学会

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    Event date: 2014.9.4 - 2014.9.7

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Awards 【 display / non-display

  • 日本哺乳類学会優秀ポスター賞

    2013.9   日本哺乳類学会  

    井上比加里・酒井悠輔・坂本信介・森田哲夫・越本知大・篠原明男

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    Award type:Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:Japan

  • 九州実験動物研究会 山内半田賞

    2012.11   九州実験動物研究会  

    酒井悠輔・坂本信介・森田哲夫・篠原明男・越本知大

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  • 日本哺乳類学会優秀ポスター賞

    2010.9   日本哺乳類学会  

    坂本信介・鈴木惟司・篠原明男・越本知大

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  • 日本哺乳類学会優秀ポスター賞

    2009.11   日本哺乳類学会  

    篠原明男・越本知大

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    Award type:Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:Taiwan, Province of China

  • Biology of the Cell Young Investigator Awards

    2007.7   Biology of the Cell  

    83) K. Edashige, S. Ohta, M. Tanaka, T. Kuwano, D. M. Valdez Jr., T. Hara, B. Jin, S. Takahashi, S. Seki, C. Koshimoto, and M. Kasai

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  • 日本固有種と欧州種が並在する独創的な野生由来アカネズミ属バイオリソースの質的評価

    2014.04 - 2018.03

    科学研究費補助金  基盤研究(C)

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    日本固有種および欧州種のアカネズミ属2種を対象に実験室繁殖コロニーを確立し、それぞれの質的評価を行うことで新規バイオリソースを創成する

  • 温度センサーチャンネル制御による生殖細胞と胚の低温/高温障害の克服

    2014.04

    科学研究費補助金  基盤研究(B)

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    環境温度の変動によって発現する細胞膜表面の低分子輸送チャンネルの発現メカニズムを解析し、その人為制御を介して、生殖細胞凍結保存時の冷却もしくは加温ストレスの低減を試みる。

  • 動物接種とゲノム解析の組み合わせによる画期的な難同定病原微生物診断法の開発

    2013.04

    科学研究費補助金  基盤研究(C)

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    未同定感染症患者の検体を培地もしくは実験動物に接種して培養して増幅し、大規模ゲノム解析にて確定診断する一連のプロトコルの開発

  • 生命現象の多様性を科学する新しい研究基盤の開発:日本固有齧歯類の実験動物化の試み

    2011.04 - 2014.03

    科学研究費補助金 

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    日本固有の野生齧歯類であるApodemus属二種の実験動物化による研究基盤の創出の試み

  • 内在性水チャンネルの人為誘導と開閉制御による哺乳動物卵子の耐凍性向上

    2011.04 - 2014.03

    科学研究費補助金  基盤研究(B)

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    哺乳類卵子(未受精卵)は受精卵とは異なる凍結特性を有している。そこで卵子細胞膜上に低分子耐凍剤を透過するチャンネルを人為誘導し、その開閉を制御することで耐凍性を改善し、卵子凍結法の改善を試みる。

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Other research activities 【 display / non-display

  • 絶滅危惧種 オキナワトゲネズミ 棲息調査

    2013.03

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    トゲネズミ属3種の内2種は哺乳類でほぼ唯一Y染色体を欠く清家って一期校を有し、その仕組みが破壊召されていないため、本種の実験動物化とiPS細胞自立を目指し、その生息調査と試料採取を行った

  • 絶滅危惧種 アマミトゲネズミ 棲息調査

    2013.02

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    トゲネズミ属3種の内2種は哺乳類でほぼ唯一Y染色体を欠くせい決定機構を有し、その仕組みや進化が解明されていないため、本種の実験動物化とiPS細胞自立を目指し、その生息調査と試料採取を継続した

  • 絶滅危惧種 トクノシマトゲネズミ 棲息調査

    2012.12

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    トゲネズミ属3種の内2種は哺乳類でほぼ唯一Y染色体を欠くせい決定機構を有し、その仕組みや進化が解明されていないため、本種の実験動物化とiPS細胞自立を目指し、その生息調査と試料採取を継続した

  • 絶滅危惧種 アマミトゲネズミ 棲息調査

    2012.11

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    トゲネズミ属3種の内2種は哺乳類でほぼ唯一Y染色体を欠くせい決定機構を有し、その仕組みや進化が解明されていないため、本種の実験動物化とiPS細胞自立を目指し、その生息調査と試料採取を行った

  • 天然記念物ニホンカモシカ九州内合同調査

    2012.01 - 2012.10

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