Research Projects

Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

Elucidation of the role of the cytoskeleton in mitochondrial dysfunction in cochlear cells

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Grant number
18K16906
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP18K16906
Authorship
Principal investigator
Grant amount
(Total)
4,160,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
3,200,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
960,000 Japanese Yen

The mitochondrial movement in the cochlea cell line (HEI-OC1) was continuously tracked by extracting feature points and calculating optical flow using OpenCV, calculating diffusion coefficients, etc. The same coefficients were calculated after exposure to cytoskeletal inhibitors, and dynamic evaluation was performed. The mitochondrial membrane potential was evaluated by plate reader and fluorescence microscopy. The morphology of mitochondria was evaluated by electron microscopy. After exposure to PQQ (0.1, 1.0 nM) for 1 day, the cells were exposed to hydrogen peroxide (100 μM) for 1 hour to evaluate mitochondrial function and mitochondrial area. SIRT1/PGC-1α pathway functions were evaluated.

Link information
URL
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/file/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K16906/18K16906seika.pdf
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K16906
ID information
  • Grant number : 18K16906
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP18K16906