Publication 2020

Professor Ogawa

  1. Influence on [18F]FDG uptake by cancer cells after anti-PD-1 therapy in an enforced-immune activated mouse tumor.
    Tomita M, Suzuki M, Kono Y, Nakajima K, Matsuda T, Kuge Y, Ogawa M. EJNMMI Res. 2020 Mar 19;10(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13550-020-0608-4.
  2. Surface Modification of Liposomes Using IR700 Enables Efficient Controlled Contents Release Triggered by Near-IR Light.
    Kono Y1, Yokoyama K1, Suzuki M1, Takakura H1, Ogawa M1,2. Biol Pharm Bull. 2020;43(4):736-741. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b19-00864.

Professor Kihara

  1. Miyamoto M, Itoh N, Sawai M, Sassa T, Kihara A. (2020) Severe skin permeability barrier dysfunction in knockout mice deficient in a fatty acid ω-hydroxylase crucial to acylceramide production. J Invest Dermatol, 140, 319-326.
  2. Kawaguchi M, Sassa T, Kidokoro H, Nakata T, Kato K, Muramatsu H, Okuno Y, Yamamoto H, Kaname T, Kihara A, Natsume J. (2020) Novel biallelic FA2H mutations in a Japanese boy with fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration. Brain Dev, 42, 217-221.
  3. Obara K, Kotani T, Nakatogawa H, Kihara A, Kamura T. (2020) N-glycosylation of Rim21 at an unconventional site fine-tunes its behavior in the plasma membrane. Cell Struct Funct, 45, 1-8.
  4. Yamamoto H, Hattori M, Chamulitrat W, Ohno Y, Kihara A. (2020) Skin permeability barrier formation by the ichthyosis-causative gene FATP4 through formation of the barrier lipid ω-O-acylceramide. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 117, 2914-2922.
  5. Jojima K, Edagawa M, Sawai M, Ohno Y, Kihara A. (2020) Biosynthesis of the anti-lipid-microdomain sphingoid base 4,14-sphingadiene by the ceramide desaturase FADS3. FASEB J, 34, 3318-3335.
  6. Wang ZN, Kawabori M, Higashikawa K, Yasui H, Kuge Y, Ohno Y, Kihara A, Midori YA, Houkin K. (2020) FTY720 protects against ischemia?reperfusion injury by preventing the redistribution of tight junction proteins and decreases inflammation in the sub-acute phase in an experimental stroke model. Transl Stroke Res, in press.
  7. Miyamoto M, Sassa T, Sawai M, Kihara A. (2020) Lipid polarity gradient formed by ω-hydroxy lipids in tear film prevents dry eye disease. eLife, 9, e53582.
  8. Kawana M, Miyamoto M, Ohno Y, Kihara A. (2020) Comparative profiling and comprehensive quantification of stratum corneum ceramides in humans and mice by LC?MS/MS. J Lipid Res, in press.
  9. Mori K, Obara T, Seki N, Miyamoto M, Naganuma T, Kitamura T, Kihara A. (2020) Catalytic residues, substrate specificity, and role in carbon starvation of the 2-hydroxy FA dioxygenase Mpo1 in yeast. J Lipid Res, in press.

Professor Maenaka

  1. Kusaka H, Kita S, Tadokoro T, Yoshida K, Kasai Y, Niiyama H, Fujimoto Y, Hanashima S, Murata M, Sugiyama S, Ose T, Kuroki K, Maenaka K*. Efficient preparation of human and mouse CD1d proteins using silkworm baculovirus expression system. Protein Expr Purif. 2020 Mar 22;172:105631. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105631.
  2. Tadokoro T, Modahl CM, Maenaka K, Aoki-Shioi N. Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins (CRISPs) From Venomous Snakes: An Overview of the Functional Diversity in A Large and Underappreciated Superfamily. Toxins (Basel). 2020 Mar 12;12(3). pii: E175. doi: 10.3390/toxins12030175.
  3. Nakamura S, Matsui A, Akabane S, Tamura Y, Hatano A, Miyano Y, Omote H, Kajikawa M, Maenaka K, Moriyama Y, Endo T, Oka T. The mitochondrial inner membrane protein LETM1 modulates cristae organization through its LETM domain. Commun Biol. 2020 Mar 5;3(1):99. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0832-5.
  4. Hirao K, Andrews S, Kuroki K, Kusaka H, Tadokoro T, Kita S, Ose T, Rowland-Jones S*, Maenaka K*. Structure of HIV-2 Nef reveals features distinct from HIV-1 involved in immune regulation. iScience 2020 Jan 24;23(1):100758. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.100758.
  5. Yamazaki R, Furukawa A, Hirayasu K, Yumoto K, Fukuhara H, Arase H, Maenaka K. Molecular mechanism of the recognition of bacterially cleaved immunoglobulin by the immune regulatory receptor LILRA2. J Biol Chem. 2020 May 18:jbc.RA120.013354. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013354. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32424043.
  6. Fukuhara H, Mwaba MH, Maenaka K. Structural characteristics of measles virus entry. Curr Opin Virol. 2020 May 12;41:52-58. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.04.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32413678.
  7. Aizawa T, Demura M, Gohara K, Haga H, Ishimori K, Kinjo M, Komatsuzaki T, Maenaka K, Yao M. Biophysical research in Hokkaido University, Japan. Biophys Rev. 2020 Apr 28. doi: 10.1007/s12551-020-00649-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32347462.
  8. Tadokoro T, Modahl CM, Maenaka K, Aoki-Shioi N. Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins (CRISPs) From Venomous Snakes: An Overview of the Functional Diversity in A Large and Underappreciated Superfamily. Toxins (Basel). 2020 Mar 12;12(3):175. doi: 10.3390/toxins12030175. PMID: 32178374; PMCID: PMC7150914.

Professor Wakimoto

  1. K. Matsuda, R. Zhai, T. Mori, M. Kobayashi, A. Sano, I. Abe, T. Wakimoto, Heterochiral coupling in non-ribosomal peptide macrolactamization. Nature Catalysis. 3, 507-515 (2020)
  2. T. Kuranaga, K. Matsuda, M. Takaoka, C. Tachikawa, A. Sano, K. Itoh, A. Enomoto, K. Fujita, I. Abe, T. Wakimoto, Total synthesis and structural revision of kasumigamide, and identification of a new analogue. ChemBioChem, 21, 3329-3332 (2020)
  3. A. Uria, T. Wakimoto, Polyketide biosynthesis in marine sponges of the family Theonellidae. Top. Heterocycl. Chem., Springer in press (2020)

Professor Ichikawa

  1. Kojima, Keita; Yakushiji, Fumika; Katsuyama, Akira; Ichikawa, Satoshi.* Total Synthesis of Echinomycin and Its Analogues. Org.Lett. 2020, 22, in press.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01268
  1. Kitahata, Shun; Katsuyama, Akira; Ichikawa, Satoshi.* A Synthesis Strategy for the Production of a Macrolactone of Gulmirecin A via a Ni(0)-Mediated Reductive Cyclization Reaction. Org.Lett. 2020, 22, 2697-2701.
    DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00665
  1. Xiaojun Liu, Yingjun Jiang, Billie Nowak, Satoshi Ichikawa, Masaki Ohtawa, Matsuda Akira, William Plunkett. Repair of DNA damage induced by the novel nucleoside analogue CNDAG through homologous recombination. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 2020, 85, 661-672.
    DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00280-020-04035-x
  1. Yamamoto, Kazuki; Sato, Toyotaka; Hikiji, Yuta; Katsuyama, Akira; Matsumaru, Takanori; Yakushiji, Fumika; Yokota, Shin-ichi; Ichikawa, Satoshi.* Synthesis and biological evaluation of MraY selective analogue of tunicamycins. Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids 2020, 30, 349-364.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15257770.2019.1649696

Professor Sugawara

  1. Sato Y, Joumura T, Takekuma Y, Sugawara M. Transfer of orally administered hyaluronan to the lymph. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2020 Jul 15:S0939-6411(20)30202-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.07.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32681965.
  2. Imai S, Kadomura S, Momo K, Kashiwagi H, Sato Y, Miyai T, Sugawara M, Takekuma Y. Comparison of interactions between warfarin and cephalosporins with and without the N-methyl-thio-tetrazole side chain. J Infect Chemother. 2020 Nov;26(11):1224-1228. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2020.07.014. Epub 2020 Aug 13. PMID: 32800690.
  3. Nashimoto S, Takekawa Y, Takekuma Y, Sugawara M, Sato Y. Transport via Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 contributes to the intestinal absorption of ubiquinone. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2020 Dec;35(6):527-533. doi: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2020.08.002. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 33036883.
  4. Miyai T, Imai S, Kashiwagi H, Sato Y, Kadomura S, Yoshida K, Yoshimura E, Teraya T, Tsujimoto T, Kawamoto Y, Itoh T, Ueno H, Goto Y, Takekuma Y, Sugawara M. A Risk Prediction Flowchart of Vancomycin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury to Use When Starting Vancomycin Administration: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Dec 18;9(12):920. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9120920. PMID: 33352848; PMCID: PMC7766575.
  5. Nashimoto S, Yagi S, Takeda N, Nonaka M, Takekuma Y, Sugawara M, Sato Y. A new system to evaluate characteristics of Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1-mediated cholesterol transport using Xenopus laevis oocytes. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2021 Feb 1;1863(2):183508. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183508. Epub 2020 Nov 11. PMID: 33188743.