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Iwado S, Abe S, Oshimura M, Kazuki Y, Nakajima Y. Bioluminescence Measurement of Time-Dependent Dynamic Changes of CYP-Mediated Cytotoxicity in CYP-Expressing Luminescent HepG2 Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22062843. [PMID: 33799598 PMCID: PMC7999318 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We sought to develop a cell-based cytotoxicity assay using human hepatocytes, which reflect the effects of drug-metabolizing enzymes on cytotoxicity. In this study, we generated luminescent human hepatoblastoma HepG2 cells using the mouse artificial chromosome vector, in which click beetle luciferase alone or luciferase and major drug-metabolizing enzymes (CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4) are expressed, and monitored the time-dependent changes of CYP-mediated cytotoxicity expression by bioluminescence measurement. Real-time bioluminescence measurement revealed that compared with CYP-non-expressing cells, the luminescence intensity of CYP-expressing cells rapidly decreased when the cells were treated with low concentrations of aflatoxin B1 or primaquine, which exhibits cytotoxicity in the presence of CYP3A4 or CYP2D6, respectively. Using kinetics data obtained by the real-time bioluminescence measurement, we estimated the time-dependent changes of 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values in the aflatoxin B1- and primaquine-treated cell lines. The first IC50 value was detected much earlier and at a lower concentration in primaquine-treated CYP-expressing HepG2 cells than in primaquine-treated CYP-non-expressing cells, and the decrease of IC50 values was much faster in the former than the latter. Thus, we successfully monitored time- and concentration-dependent dynamic changes of CYP-mediated cytotoxicity expression in CYP-expressing luminescent HepG2 cells by means of real-time bioluminescence measurement.
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- Satoru Iwado
- Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.); (M.O.)
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- Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.); (M.O.)
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- Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.); (M.O.)
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- Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.); (M.O.)
- Division of Genome and Cellular Functions, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Life Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.K.); (Y.N.); Tel.: +81-859-38-6219 (Y.K.); +81-87-869-3525 (Y.N.)
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- Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Tottori, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.); (M.O.)
- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2217-14 Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu 761-0395, Kagawa, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.K.); (Y.N.); Tel.: +81-859-38-6219 (Y.K.); +81-87-869-3525 (Y.N.)
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Sato S, Kikuchi T, Nishimura Y, Yugami Y, Sakuraoka M, Kita Y, Fukuda T, Kobayashi M. Generation of mouse iPS cells using an inducible expression of transgenes via the cumate gene-switch. Anal Biochem 2020; 599:113748. [PMID: 32333903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 03/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We applied an inducible gene expression system that utilizes the p-cmt operon, the cumate gene-switch, to generate mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) E6E7-MEF cells were transfected with a single cumate gene-switch vector enabling concomitant expression of Oct4, Sox2, c-Myc, Klf4, and Gfp. Then, the cells were cultured with cumate, a monoterpene. An increase in colonies positive for alkaline phosphatase activity was observed dose-dependently with cumate. In the absence of cumate, the expression of GFP, a marker for transgene expression, was undetectable in tightly aggregated iPS cell-like colonies with endogenous expression of NANOG and OCT4. From primary MEFs using the cumate gene-switch, we also isolated iPS cells expressing endogenous NANOG, OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and SSEA1 with hypo-methylated genomic promoter regions of endogenous Nanog and Oct4. In embryoid bodies with the progression of differentiation, expression of markers for all three germ layers was detected, and contracting cardiomyocytes were observed. Overall, we suggest that the cumate gene-switch is applicable for the generation of mouse iPS cells. The cumate gene-switch in combination with other inducible systems, such as the tet system, may provide useful approaches for analyzing the roles of transgenes underlying the establishment of iPS cells.
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- Suguru Sato
- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, 241-438 Kaidoh-batanishi, Shimoshinjho Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan.
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Jaguva Vasudevan AA, Kreimer U, Schulz WA, Krikoni A, Schumann GG, Häussinger D, Münk C, Goering W. APOBEC3B Activity Is Prevalent in Urothelial Carcinoma Cells and Only Slightly Affected by LINE-1 Expression. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2088. [PMID: 30233553 PMCID: PMC6132077 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The most common mutational signature in urothelial carcinoma (UC), the most common type of urinary bladder cancer is assumed to be caused by the misdirected activity of APOBEC3 (A3) cytidine deaminases, especially A3A or A3B, which are known to normally restrict the propagation of exogenous viruses and endogenous retroelements such as LINE-1 (L1). The involvement of A3 proteins in urothelial carcinogenesis is unexpected because, to date, UC is thought to be caused by chemical carcinogens rather than viral activity. Therefore, we explored the relationship between A3 expression and L1 activity, which is generally upregulated in UC. We found that UC cell lines highly express A3B and in some cases A3G, but not A3A, and exhibit corresponding cytidine deamination activity in vitro. While we observed evidence suggesting that L1 expression has a weak positive effect on A3B and A3G expression and A3B promoter activity, neither efficient siRNA-mediated knockdown nor overexpression of functional L1 elements affected catalytic activity of A3 proteins consistently. However, L1 knockdown diminished proliferation of a UC cell line exhibiting robust endogenous L1 expression, but had little impact on a cell line with low L1 expression levels. Our results indicate that UC cells express A3B at levels exceeding A3A levels by far, making A3B the prime candidate for causing genomic mutations. Our data provide evidence that L1 activation constitutes only a minor and negligible factor involved in induction or upregulation of endogenous A3 expression in UC.
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- Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva Vasudevan
- Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mori Y, Sakuraoka M, Suzuki T, Sato S, Sugawara S, Hiraide M, Sato S, Kobayashi M. Exogenous TPRX1 homeoprotein modulates the gene expression of lineage-specific transcription factors in human embryonal carcinoma cells. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2018.1447396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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- Yuki Mori
- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory For Advanced Animal Cell Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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Yeo JHM, Ho SCL, Mariati M, Koh E, Tay SJ, Woen S, Zhang P, Yang Y. Optimized Selection Marker and CHO Host Cell Combinations for Generating High Monoclonal Antibody Producing Cell Lines. Biotechnol J 2017; 12. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Jessna H. M. Yeo
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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Sasaki A, Hiwatashi K, Kumagai M, Hata K, Kobayashi M. Relationships between the expression of hepatocyte nuclear factors and factors essential for lipoprotein production in a human mesenchymal stem cell line, UE7T-13. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 81:262-270. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1254530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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To clarify the mechanisms regulating lipoprotein production by hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNFs), we generated four kinds of transfectants in human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: UE7T-13, stably expressing FOXA2 (also known as HNF3β), HNF4α, HNF1α or co-expressing HNF4α, and HNF1α (HNF4α/HNF1α). In HNF4α/HNF1α transfectants, cellular contents of triglycerides (TG) and cholesterol were markedly higher than in UE7T-13 cells and comparable to those in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. However, TG and cholesterol, which are secreted from cells as components of lipoproteins, were hardly detected in the medium for any of the transfectants. ApoB100 and MTP, which are essential for the formation and secretion of lipoproteins, were undetectable and detected at low levels, respectively, in HNF4α/HNF1α transfectants. We suggest that enforced co-expression of HNF4α and HNF1α is effective for cellular lipid accumulation, while additional factors are probably required for lipoprotein formation and secretion.
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- Akira Sasaki
- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
- Food Processing Research Station, Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing, Akita, Japan
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- Food Processing Research Station, Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing, Akita, Japan
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- Food Processing Research Station, Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing, Akita, Japan
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- Food Processing Research Station, Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing, Akita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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Abe H, Nakazawa M, Kasuga K, Kojima I, Kobayashi M. The CAG Promoter is More Active than the CEF Promoter for the Expression of Transgenes in a Mouse ES Cell Line E14-Derived EB3 Cells. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.5504/bbeq.2011.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Fussenegger M, Moser S, Bailey JE. Regulated multicistronic expression technology for mammalian metabolic engineering. Cytotechnology 2011; 28:111-26. [PMID: 19003413 PMCID: PMC3449837 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008037916674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Contemporary basic research is rapidly revealing increasingly complex molecular regulatory networks which are often interconnected via key signal integrators. These connections among regulatory and catalytic networks often frustrate bioengineers as promising metabolic engineering strategies are bypassed by compensatory metabolic responses or cause unexpected, undesired outcomes such as apoptosis, product protein degradation or inappropriate post- translational modification. Therefore, for metabolic engineering to achieve greater success in mammalian cell culture processes and to become important for future applications such as gene therapy and tissue engineering, this technology must be enhanced to allow simultaneous, in cases conditional, reshaping of metabolic pathways to access difficult-to-attain cell states. Recent advances in this new territory of multigene metabolic engineering are intimately linked to the development of multicistronic expression technology which allows the simultaneous, and in some cases, regulated expression of several genes in mammalian cells. Here we review recent achievements in multicistronic expression technology in view of multigene metabolic engineering.
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- M Fussenegger
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Institute of Biotechnology, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Saito K, Abe H, Nakazawa M, Irokawa E, Watanabe M, Hosoi Y, Soma M, Kasuga K, Kojima I, Kobayashi M. Cloning of complementary DNAs encoding structurally related homeoproteins from preimplantation mouse embryos: their involvement in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Biol Reprod 2009; 82:687-97. [PMID: 20018908 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.075697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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During the preimplantation development of mouse embryos between the 4-cell to 8-cell stage and the morula stage, when the first irreversible segregation of cell fates proceeds into the pluripotent inner cell mass (progenitor cells to form the fetus) and the trophectoderm (to form the placenta) of blastocysts, pluripotency-maintaining and differentiation-inducing genes are expressed to coordinately regulate cell fates. Three structurally related cDNAs (Crxos1, Crxos1 sv2, and Crxos1 tv3) that exhibited concomitant elevated expression during this critical period were identified by subtractive cDNA cloning. CRXOS1 contains two homeodomains, while CRXOS1 sv2 and CRXOS1 tv3 each contain one of the homeodomains included in CRXOS1. Crxos1, Crxos1 sv2, and Crxos1 tv3 were expressed differentially during in vitro embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation. Even under differentiation-inducing conditions, forced expression of Crxos1 sv2 inhibited the differentiation of ES cells. In contrast, under conditions that promote self-renewal of ES cells, forced expression of Crxos1 induced differentiation. Forced expression of Crxos1 resulted in induction of Gata4 but in repression of T, probably indicating that Crxos1 promotes the differentiation of ES cells into primitive endoderm, while inhibiting differentiation into mesoderm. On the other hand, no apparent effects of forced expression of Crxos1 tv3 were observed. Taken together, it was concluded that these transcripts encoding homeoproteins are capable of regulating the maintenance and/or differentiation of mouse ES cells and likely regulate that of preimplantation embryos.
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- Koichi Saito
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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Abukhdeir AM, Blair BG, Brenner K, Karakas B, Konishi H, Lim J, Sahasranaman V, Huang Y, Keen J, Davidson N, Vitolo MI, Bachman KE, Park BH. Physiologic estrogen receptor alpha signaling in non-tumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2006; 99:23-33. [PMID: 16541319 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9177-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2005] [Accepted: 01/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Currently, a number of breast cancer cell lines exist that serve as models for both estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) positive and ERalpha negative disease. Models are also available for pre-neoplastic breast epithelial cells that do not express ERalpha; however, there are no ideal systems for studying pre-neoplastic cells that are ERalpha positive. This has been largely due to the inability to establish an estrogen growth stimulated, non-tumorigenic breast epithelial cell line, as most human breast epithelial cells engineered to overexpress ERalpha have been found to be growth inhibited by estrogens. We have developed independently derived clones from the non-cancerous MCF-10A human breast cell line that express ERalpha and are growth stimulated by 17-beta-estradiol (E2) in the absence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), a cytokine normally required for MCF-10A cell proliferation. This effect is blocked by the selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), Tamoxifen and the selective estrogen receptor downregulator, ICI 182,780 (Faslodex, Fulvestrant). Exposure of these cells to EGF and E2 results in a growth inhibitory phenotype similar to previous reports. These data present a reconciling explanation for the previously described paradoxical effects of ERalpha overexpression, and provide a model for examining the carcinogenic effects of estrogens in non-tumorigenic human breast epithelial cells.
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- Abde M Abukhdeir
- Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Nakajima Y, Kimura T, Suzuki C, Ohmiya Y. Improved expression of novel red- and green-emitting luciferases of Phrixothrix railroad worms in mammalian cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2005; 68:948-51. [PMID: 15118331 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Luciferases are widely used for the quantitative monitoring of gene expression in a variety of organisms. We successfully expressed novel red- and green-emitting luciferases of Phrixothrix railroad worms in mammalian cells in combination with the Kozak sequence and the CAG promoter. The characteristic properties of these luciferases indicate that they are appropriate reporter genes for the simultaneous monitoring of two gene expressions.
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- Yoshihiro Nakajima
- Cell Dynamics Research Group, Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan.
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Pircher TJ, Geiger JN, Zhang D, Miller CP, Gaines P, Wojchowski DM. Integrative signaling by minimal erythropoietin receptor forms and c-Kit. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:8995-9002. [PMID: 11124255 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007473200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Erythroid homeostasis depends critically upon erythropoietin (Epo) and stem cell factor cosignaling in late progenitor cells. Epo bioresponses are relayed efficiently by minimal receptor forms that retain a single Tyr-343 site for STAT5 binding, while forms that lack all cytoplasmic Tyr(P) sites activate JAK2 and the transcription of c-Myc plus presumed additional target genes. In FDCER cell lines, which express endogenous c-Kit, the signaling capacities of such minimal Epo receptor forms (ER-HY343 and ER-HY343F) have been dissected to reveal: 1) that Epo-dependent mitogenesis, survival, and bcl-x gene expression via ER-HY343 depend upon the intactness of the Tyr-343 STAT5 binding site; 2) that ER-HY343-dependent bcl-x(L) gene transcription is enhanced markedly via c-Kit; 3) that socs-3, plfap, dpp-1, and cacy-bp gene transcription is induced via ER-HY343, whereas dpp-1 and cacy-bp gene expression is also supported by ER-HY343F; 4) that ectopically expressed SOCS-3 suppresses proliferative signaling by not only ER-HY343 but also c-Kit; and 5) that in FDCER and primary erythroid cells, c-Kit appears to provide the primary route to MAPK activation. Thus, integration circuits exist in only select downstream pathways within Epo and stem call factor receptor signaling.
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- T J Pircher
- Department of Veterinary Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Park BH, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW. Genetic disruption of PPARdelta decreases the tumorigenicity of human colon cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2598-603. [PMID: 11226285 PMCID: PMC30184 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051630998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that have been implicated in a variety of biologic processes. The PPARdelta isotype was recently proposed as a downstream target of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)/beta-catenin pathway in colorectal carcinogenesis. To evaluate its role in tumorigenesis, a PPARdelta null cell line was created by targeted homologous recombination. When inoculated as xenografts in nude mice, PPARdelta -/- cells exhibited a decreased ability to form tumors compared with PPARdelta +/- and wild-type controls. These data suggest that suppression of PPARdelta expression contributes to the growth-inhibitory effects of the APC tumor suppressor.
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- B H Park
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1650 Orleans Street, Room 590, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Yu J, Zhang L, Hwang PM, Rago C, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B. Identification and classification of p53-regulated genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:14517-22. [PMID: 10588737 PMCID: PMC24468 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sequence-specific transactivation by p53 is essential to its role as a tumor suppressor. A modified tetracycline-inducible system was established to search for transcripts that were activated soon after p53 induction. Among 9,954 unique transcripts identified by serial analysis of gene expression, 34 were increased more than 10-fold; 31 of these had not previously been known to be regulated by p53. The transcription patterns of these genes, as well as previously described p53-regulated genes, were evaluated and classified in a panel of widely studied colorectal cancer cell lines. "Class I" genes were uniformly induced by p53 in all cell lines; "class II" genes were induced in a subset of the lines; and "class III" genes were not induced in any of the lines. These genes were also distinguished by the timing of their induction, their induction by clinically relevant chemotherapeutic agents, the absolute requirement for p53 in this induction, and their inducibility by p73, a p53 homolog. The results revealed substantial heterogeneity in the transcriptional responses to p53, even in cells derived from a single epithelial cell type, and pave the way to a deeper understanding of p53 tumor suppressor action.
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- J Yu
- Graduate Program in Human Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Long WP, Chen X, Perdew GH. Protein kinase C modulates aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator protein-mediated transactivation potential in a dimer context. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:12391-400. [PMID: 10212212 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.18.12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein kinase C (PKC)- and protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated modulation of the transactivation potential of human aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (hARNT), a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-PAS transcription factor, and the bHLH-ZIP transcription factors USF-1 (for upstream regulatory factor 1) and c-Myc were examined. An 81 nM dose of the PKC activator phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), shown here to specifically activate PKC in COS-1 cells, or a 1 nM dose of the PKA activator 8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP) results in 2. 6- and 1.9-fold enhancements, respectively, in hARNT-mediated transactivation of the class B, E-box-driven reporter pMyc3E1bLuc relative to identically transfected, carrier solvent-treated COS-1 cells. In contrast, 81 nM PMA and 1 nM 8-Br-cAMP did not enhance transactivation of pMyc3E1bLuc-driven by USF-1 and c-Myc expression relative to identically transfected, carrier-treated COS-1 cells. Co-transfection of pcDNA3/ARNT-474-Flag, expressing a hARNT carboxyl-terminal transactivation domain deletion, and pMyc3E1bLuc does not result in induction of reporter activity, suggesting PMA's effects do not involve formation of unknown hARNT-protein heterodimers. Additionally, PMA had no effect on hARNT expression relative to Me2SO-treated cells. Metabolic 32P labeling of hARNT in cells treated with carrier solvent or 81 nM PMA demonstrates that PMA does not increase the overall phosphorylation level of hARNT. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that the transactivation potential of ARNT in a dimer context can be specifically modulated by PKC or PKA stimulation and that the bHLH-PAS and bHLH-ZIP transcription factors are differentially regulated by these pathways in COS-1 cells.
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- W P Long
- Center for Molecular Toxicology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Kobayashi M, Yamauchi Y, Tanaka A. Antisense p53 RNA Abrogates Antisense Rb RNA-Induced Cell Death in Mouse Fibroblast SV-T2 Cells. J Reprod Dev 1999. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Masayuki Kobayashi
- Department of Animal Science, Akita Prefectural College of Agriculture, Ohgata, Akita 010-0444, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Washington Univ., Campus Box 1137, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, U.S.A.,
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- Space Utilization Research Programme, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
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Erythrocyte production in mammals is known to depend on the exposure of committed progenitor cells to the glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (Epo). In chimeric mice, gene disruption experiments have demonstrated a critical role for Epo signaling in development beyond the erythroid colony-forming unit (CFU-e) stage. However, whether this might include the possible Epo-specific induction of red blood cell differentiation events is largely unresolved. To address this issue, mechanisms of induced globin expression in Epo-responsive SKT6 cells have been investigated. Chimeric receptors containing an epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor extracellular domain and varied Epo receptor cytoplasmic domains first were expressed stably at physiological levels in SKT6 cells, and their activities in mediating induced hemoglobinization were assayed. While activity was exerted by a full-length chimera (EE483), truncation to remove 7 of 8 carboxyl-terminal tyrosine sites (EE372) markedly enhanced differentiation signaling. Moreover, mutation of a STAT5 binding site in this construct (EE372-Y343F) inhibited induced globin expression and SKT6 cell hemoglobinization, as did the ectopic expression of dominant-negative forms of STAT5 in parental SKT6 cells. As in normal CFU-e, SKT6 cells also were shown to express functional receptors for stem cell factor (SCF). To further define possible specific requirements for differentiation signaling, effects of SCF on SKT6 cell hemoglobinization were tested. Interestingly, SCF not only failed to promote globin expression but inhibited this Epo-induced event in a dose-dependent, STAT5-independent fashion. Thus, effects of Epo on globin expression may depend specifically on STAT5-dependent events, and SCF normally may function to attenuate terminal differentiation while promoting CFU-e expansion.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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AbstractErythrocyte production in mammals is known to depend on the exposure of committed progenitor cells to the glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (Epo). In chimeric mice, gene disruption experiments have demonstrated a critical role for Epo signaling in development beyond the erythroid colony-forming unit (CFU-e) stage. However, whether this might include the possible Epo-specific induction of red blood cell differentiation events is largely unresolved. To address this issue, mechanisms of induced globin expression in Epo-responsive SKT6 cells have been investigated. Chimeric receptors containing an epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor extracellular domain and varied Epo receptor cytoplasmic domains first were expressed stably at physiological levels in SKT6 cells, and their activities in mediating induced hemoglobinization were assayed. While activity was exerted by a full-length chimera (EE483), truncation to remove 7 of 8 carboxyl-terminal tyrosine sites (EE372) markedly enhanced differentiation signaling. Moreover, mutation of a STAT5 binding site in this construct (EE372-Y343F) inhibited induced globin expression and SKT6 cell hemoglobinization, as did the ectopic expression of dominant-negative forms of STAT5 in parental SKT6 cells. As in normal CFU-e, SKT6 cells also were shown to express functional receptors for stem cell factor (SCF). To further define possible specific requirements for differentiation signaling, effects of SCF on SKT6 cell hemoglobinization were tested. Interestingly, SCF not only failed to promote globin expression but inhibited this Epo-induced event in a dose-dependent, STAT5-independent fashion. Thus, effects of Epo on globin expression may depend specifically on STAT5-dependent events, and SCF normally may function to attenuate terminal differentiation while promoting CFU-e expansion.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Seshasayee D, Gaines P, Wojchowski DM. GATA-1 dominantly activates a program of erythroid gene expression in factor-dependent myeloid FDCW2 cells. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:3278-88. [PMID: 9584168 PMCID: PMC108909 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.6.3278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/1997] [Accepted: 03/09/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Erythrocyte development has previously been shown to depend upon the expression of the lineage-restricted trans-acting factor GATA-1. Despite predicted roles for this factor during early development, GATA-1-deficient cells in chimeric mice and embryonic stem cell cultures mature to a late proerythroblast stage and express at least certain genes that normally are thought to be regulated by GATA-1 (including erythroid Krüppel-like factor [EKLF] and the erythropoietin [Epo] receptor). Opportunities to test roles for GATA-1 in erythroid gene activation in these systems therefore are limited. In the present study, in an alternate approach to test the function of GATA-1, GATA-1 has been expressed together with the Epo receptor in myeloid FDCW2 cells and the resulting effects on cytokine-dependent proliferation and erythroid gene expression have been assessed. GATA-1 expression at low levels delayed FDCW2ER cell cycle progression at the G1 phase specifically during Epo-induced mitogenesis. Upon expression of GATA-1 at increased levels, proliferation in response to Epo, interleukin-3 (IL-3), and stem cell factor was attenuated and endogenous GATA-1, EKLF and betamaj-globin gene expression was activated. Friend of GATA-1 (FOG) transcript levels also were enhanced, and ets-1 and c-mpl but not Epo receptor gene expression was induced. Finally, in FDCW2 cells expressing increased levels of GATA-1 and a carboxyl-terminally truncated Epo receptor, Epo (with respect to IL-3 as a control) was shown to markedly promote globin transcript expression. Thus, novel evidence for select hierarchical roles for GATA-1 and Epo in erythroid lineage specification is provided.
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- D Seshasayee
- Graduate Program in Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Kobayashi M, Yamauchi Y, Tanaka A. Stable expression of antisense Rb-1 RNA inhibits terminal differentiation of mouse myoblast C2 cells. Exp Cell Res 1998; 239:40-9. [PMID: 9511723 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To determine the roles of the retinoblastoma gene (Rb-1) in skeletal muscle differentiation in vitro, we isolated C2 myoblasts stably expressing an antisense RNA directed to the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of Rb-1 mRNA. The levels of Rb-1 mRNA and its product (pRb) in the clones transfected with antisense Rb were markedly decreased to 25-35% of those in the control clone. Cell growth of the clones was accelerated, especially in medium containing low concentrations of fetal calf serum. Even in differentiation medium with a low mitogen level, the antisense Rb clones proliferated as single-nucleated myoblast-like cells without expressing the sarcometric myosin heavy chain protein, whereas the control clone formed highly multinucleated myotubes after 4 days of culture under the same conditions. Under this condition, the levels of Rb-1 mRNA and pRb in the antisense Rb clones were 30-50% of those in the control clone, and no divergent increase in the Rb-family protein p107 expression was observed. This inhibited differentiation was abrogated by reintroducing expression vectors for the sense 3'UTR of Rb-1 mRNA or Rb-1 mRNA lacking its 3'UTR to the clone transfected with antisense Rb. In the antisense Rb clone cultured in differentiation medium, the amounts of MyoD and myogenin mRNA were markedly decreased on the 2nd day of culture in the differentiation medium. The expression of cell cycle-promoting genes including E2F-1 and cyclin D1 was up-regulated throughout the experiment. These results demonstrate that pRb is essential for the completion of terminal differentiation in C2 cells.
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- M Kobayashi
- Morinaga Milk Branch, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, c/o Biochemical Research Institute, Morinaga Milk Ind. Co., Ltd, Kanagawa, Japan
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Regulated multicistronic expression technology for mammalian metabolic engineering. CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF CELL CULTURE ENGINEERING 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4786-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Yamauchi Y, Kobayashi M, Tanaka A. Application of a dicistronic mRNA expression vector to antisense RNA expression in mammalian cells. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:305-9. [PMID: 9012867 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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One important role of antisense RNA expression in mammalian cell biology is to partially suppress the functions of target genes of which the functions are unknown but which are indispensable for host cell growth. Therefore, we applied a dicistronic mRNA expression vector to express antisense p53 RNA in mouse fibrosarcoma MethA cells. We also established several clones in which the p53 gene functions were partially suppressed by the introduced antisense RNA. Compared with the control MethA clones, the contents of p53 protein in those expressing the antisense RNA were about halved, and their growth rates were remarkably decreased. These results proved that an antisense RNA in a dicistronic mRNA construct decreases the cellular content of a targeted gene product and that clones harboring the dicistronic mRNA construct can be established in which expression levels of the introduced antisense RNA are controlled by the stringency of drug selection.
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- Y Yamauchi
- Morinaga Milk Branch, Morinaga Milk Industry, Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
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