Research Projects

Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

Study for a molecular machinery of the host recognition by Clostridioides difficile phage to develop the advanced therapy

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

Grant number
19K07560
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP19K07560
Grant amount
(Total)
4,290,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
3,300,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
990,000 Japanese Yen

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), which is caused by excessive proliferation of C. difficile, is one of the antibacterial drug-related diarrhea and enteritis. Therefore, it is important to develop a new and specific treatment method for C. difficile disinfection. The current study was focused on bacteriophage (phage) as a potential treatment. Phage binds specifically to the host bacterium and generates a bactericidal activity. In this study, the recombinant phage proteins were expressed and purified and the bindings between these proteins and C. difficile were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot analysis. The results of the study showed a dose- and a time-dependent binding.

Link information
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K07560
ID information
  • Grant number : 19K07560
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP19K07560