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Basic protein- and peptide-induced stabilization of long-loop DNA G-quadruplexes Reviewed
K. Tanabe, K. Miyazaki, H. Umeno, M. Takemoto, and S. Nakano
Biochimie 219 110 - 117 2024.4
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Development of a pseudo-cellular system to quantify specific interactions determining G-quadruplex function in cells. Reviewed International journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 ( 12 ) 8005 - 8015 2024.2
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Publisher：Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Inhibitory Effects of Shikonin Dispersion, an Extract of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Encapsulated in β-1,3-1,6 Glucan, on Streptococcus mutans and Non-Mutans Streptococci Reviewed
Ryota Nomura, Yuto Suehiro, Fumikazu Tojo, Saaya Matayoshi, Rena Okawa, Masakazu Hamada, Shuhei Naka, Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano, Rika Unesaki, Kazuya Koumoto, Keiko Kawauchi, Takahito Nishikata, Tatsuya Akitomo, Chieko Mitsuhata, Masatoshi Yagi, Toshiro Mizoguchi, Koki Fujikawa, Taizo Taniguchi and Kazuhiko Nakano
25 1075 2024.1
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Inhibitory Effects of Shikonin Dispersion, an Extract of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Encapsulated in β -1,3-1,6 Glucan, on Streptococcus mutans and Non-Mutans Streptococci Reviewed
Nomura R, Suehiro Y, Tojo F, Matayoshi S, Okawa R, Hamada M, Naka S, Matsumoto-Nakano M, Unesaki R, Koumoto K, Kawauchi K, Nishikata T, Akitomo T, Mitsuhata C, Yagi M, Mizoguchi T, Fujikawa K, Taniguchi T, Nakano K
International Journal of Molecular Science 25 1075 2024.1
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Inhibitory Effects of Shikonin Dispersion, an Extract of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Encapsulated in β-1,3-1,6 Glucan, on Streptococcus mutans and Non-Mutans Streptococci. Reviewed International journal
Ryota Nomura, Yuto Suehiro, Fumikazu Tojo, Saaya Matayoshi, Rena Okawa, Masakazu Hamada, Shuhei Naka, Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano, Rika Unesaki, Kazuya Koumoto, Keiko Kawauchi, Takahito Nishikata, Tatsuya Akitomo, Chieko Mitsuhata, Masatoshi Yagi, Toshiro Mizoguchi, Koki Fujikawa, Taizo Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Nakano
International journal of molecular sciences 25 ( 2 ) 2024.1
Shikonin is extracted from the roots of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, and shikonin extracts have been shown to have inhibitory effects on several bacteria. However, shikonin extracts are difficult to formulate because of their poor water solubility. In the present study, we prepared a shikonin dispersion, which was solubilized by the inclusion of β-1,3-1,6 glucan, and analysed the inhibitory effects of this dispersion on Streptococcus mutans and non-mutans streptococci. The shikonin dispersion showed pronounced anti-S. mutans activity, and inhibited growth of and biofilm formation by this bacterium. The shikonin dispersion also showed antimicrobial and antiproliferative effects against non-mutans streptococci. In addition, a clinical trial was conducted in which 20 subjects were asked to brush their teeth for 1 week using either shikonin dispersion-containing or non-containing toothpaste, respectively. The shikonin-containing toothpaste decreased the number of S. mutans in the oral cavity, while no such effect was observed after the use of the shikonin-free toothpaste. These results suggest that shikonin dispersion has an inhibitory effect on S. mutans and non-mutans streptococci, and toothpaste containing shikonin dispersion may be effective in preventing dental caries.
DOI： 10.3390/ijms25021075
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Structure and Thermoelectric Characterization of p-Type SnTe Nanobulk Material Synthesized by Charge Compensation Chemical Reaction
Ryosuke Fujiwara, Yuta Ikeda, Takuto Kawaguchi, Yohei Takashima , Takaaki Tsuruoka and Kensuke Akamatsu
Energies 17 ( 190 ) 2024
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Cr(NO3)3 as a New Etching Reagent for an Al-based Metal-Organic Framework to Control Its Crystal Size and Defects
Y. Takashima, N. Tanabe, S. Tanaka, T. Tsuruoka, K. Akamatsu
Cryst. Growth Des 24 1766 - 1773 2024
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Direct Formation of ZIF-8 Crystal Thin Films on the Surface of a Zinc Ion-Doped Polymer Substrate
T. Tsuruoka, K. Araki, K. Kawauchi, Y. Takashima, K. Akamatsu
Inroganics 12 ( 21 ) 2024
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Loss of p53 function promotes DNA damage-induced formation of nuclear actin filaments Reviewed
Torii T, Sugimoto W, Itoh K, Kinoshita N, Gessho M, Goto T, Uehara I, Nakajima W, Budirahardja Y, Miyoshi D, Nishikata T, Tanaka N, Kawauchi K
Cell Death and Disease 14 766 2023.11
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Loss of p53 function promotes DNA damage-induced formation of nuclear actin filaments. Reviewed International journal
Takeru Torii, Wataru Sugimoto, Katsuhiko Itoh, Natsuki Kinoshita, Masaya Gessho, Toshiyuki Goto, Ikuno Uehara, Wataru Nakajima, Yemima Budirahardja, Daisuke Miyoshi, Takahito Nishikata, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hiroaki Hirata, Keiko Kawauchi
Cell death & disease 14 ( 11 ) 766 - 766 2023.11
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Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author
Tumor suppressor p53 plays a central role in response to DNA damage. DNA-damaging agents modulate nuclear actin dynamics, influencing cell behaviors; however, whether p53 affects the formation of nuclear actin filaments remains unclear. In this study, we found that p53 depletion promoted the formation of nuclear actin filaments in response to DNA-damaging agents, such as doxorubicin (DOXO) and etoposide (VP16). Even though the genetic probes used for the detection of nuclear actin filaments exerted a promotive effect on actin polymerization, the detected formation of nuclear actin filaments was highly dependent on both p53 depletion and DNA damage. Whilst active p53 is known to promote caspase-1 expression, the overexpression of caspase-1 reduced DNA damage-induced formation of nuclear actin filaments in p53-depleted cells. In contrast, co-treatment with DOXO and the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD-OPh or the caspase-1 inhibitor Z-YVAD-FMK induced the formation of nuclear actin filament formation even in cells bearing wild-type p53. These results suggest that the p53-caspase-1 axis suppresses DNA damage-induced formation of nuclear actin filaments. In addition, we found that the expression of nLifeact-GFP, the filamentous-actin-binding peptide Lifeact fused with the nuclear localization signal (NLS) and GFP, modulated the structure of nuclear actin filaments to be phalloidin-stainable in p53-depleted cells treated with the DNA-damaging agent, altering the chromatin structure and reducing the transcriptional activity. The level of phosphorylated H2AX (γH2AX), a marker of DNA damage, in these cells also reduced upon nLifeact-GFP expression, whilst details of the functional relationship between the formation of nLifeact-GFP-decorated nuclear actin filaments and DNA repair remained to be elucidated. Considering that the loss of p53 is associated with cancer progression, the results of this study raise a possibility that the artificial reinforcement of nuclear actin filaments by nLifeact-GFP may enhance the cytotoxic effect of DNA-damaging agents in aggressive cancer cells through a reduction in gene transcription.
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Comparison of evolutionary relationships between Branchiostoma floridae, Ciona intestinalis, and Homo sapiens globins provide evidence of gene co-option and convergent evolution Reviewed
Yano N, Minamoto T, Yamaguchi H, Goto T, Nishikata T
International Journal of Molecular Science 24 16009 2023.11
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Kaoru Karasawa, Eva Duchoslav, Lyle Burton, Junji Kawakami, Takashi Baba
Analytical Chemistry 95 ( 44 ) 16352 - 16358 2023.10
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Mitochondrial Dynamics of Bcl-2 Family Proteins during 17-β-Estradiol-Induced Apoptosis Correlate with the Malignancy of Endometrial Cancer Cells Reviewed
Takahiro Yaguchi, Misaki Kameno, Hirofumi Taira, and Junji Kawakami
Biochemstry 62 ( 21 ) 3041 - 3049 2023.10
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Comparison of Analysis Data of Model Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Obtained with Different Types of Liquid Chromatograph- Mass Spectrometers Reviewed
Kenji Hirose, Tokuyuki Yoshida, Maki Terasaki, Hiroshi Sezaki, Kaoru Karasawa, Noriyuki Iwasaki, Kentaro Takahara, Naomi Takiguchi, Mitsuaki Sekiguchi, Hirokazu Nankai, Emi Saito, Hideaki Sato, Takashi Osawa, Takao Yamaguchi, Kosuke Ito, Junji Kawakami, Satoshi Obika, and Takao Inoue
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Science 54 439 - 454 2023.10
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Effect of linearly polarized microwaves on nanomorphology of calcium carbonate mineralization using peptides Reviewed
Kenji Usui, Makoto Ozaki, Kan Hirao, Tsubasa Kosaka, Natsumi Endo, Shuhei Yoshida, Shin-ichiro Yokota, Yonejiro Arimoto, Ryuji Osawa, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Tomohiro Umetani, Fumihiro Kayamori
Scientific Reports 13 12027 2023.7
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author
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Thixotropic β-Chitin Nanofiber Hydrogel with a Living Body-Responsive Self-Hardening Property and Its Application as a Sprayable Antiadhesion Barrier Reviewed International journal
Koji Nagahama, Kaho Tobiishi, Natsumi Ueda, Tatsuya Dode, Shahidul Islam Sobuj, Fumiya Yuasa, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Takahito Nishikata
ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 ( 7 ) 2636 - 2643 2023.7
Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author
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Effect of linearly polarized microwaves on nanomorphology of calcium carbonate mineralization using peptides Reviewed
Kenji Usui, Makoto Ozaki, Kan Hirao, Tsubasa Kosaka, Natsumi Endo, Shuhei Yoshida, Shin-ichiro Yokota, Yonejiro Arimoto, Ryuji Osawa, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Tomohiro Umetani, Fumihiro Kayamori
Scientific Reports 13 12027 2023.7
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Inhibitory Effect of Adsorption of Streptococcus mutans onto Scallop-Derived Hydroxyapatite Reviewed
Momoko Usuda, Mariko Kametani, Masakazu Hamada, Yuto Suehiro, Saaya Matayoshi, Rena Okawa, Shuhei Naka, Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano, Tatsuya Akitomo, Chieko Mitsuhata, Kazuya Koumoto, Keiko Kawauchi, Takahito Nishikata, Masatoshi Yagi, Toshiro Mizoguchi, Koki Fujikawa, Taizo Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Nakano and Ryota Nomura
Int J Mol Sci 24 11371 2023.7
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Inhibitory Effect of Adsorption of Streptococcus mutans onto Scallop-Derived Hydroxyapatite Reviewed
Usuda M, Kametani M, Hamada M, Suehiro Y, Matayoshi S, Okawa R, Naka S, Matsumoto-Nakano M, Akitomo T, Mitsuhata C, Koumoto K, Kawauchi K, Nishikata T, Yagi M, Mizoguchi T, Fujikawa K, Taniguchi T, Nakano K, Nomura R
International Journal of Molecular Science 24 11371 2023.7
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Inhibitory Effect of Adsorption of Streptococcus mutans onto Scallop-Derived Hydroxyapatite. Reviewed International journal
Momoko Usuda, Mariko Kametani, Masakazu Hamada, Yuto Suehiro, Saaya Matayoshi, Rena Okawa, Shuhei Naka, Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano, Tatsuya Akitomo, Chieko Mitsuhata, Kazuya Koumoto, Keiko Kawauchi, Takahito Nishikata, Masatoshi Yagi, Toshiro Mizoguchi, Koki Fujikawa, Taizo Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Nakano, Ryota Nomura
International journal of molecular sciences 24 ( 14 ) 2023.7
Hydroxyapatite adsorbs various substances, but little is known about the effects on oral bacteria of adsorption onto hydroxyapatite derived from scallop shells. In the present study, we analyzed the effects of adsorption of Streptococcus mutans onto scallop-derived hydroxyapatite. When scallop-derived hydroxyapatite was mixed with S. mutans, a high proportion of the bacterial cells adsorbed onto the hydroxyapatite in a time-dependent manner. An RNA sequencing analysis of S. mutans adsorbed onto hydroxyapatite showed that the upregulation of genes resulted in abnormalities in pathways involved in glycogen and histidine metabolism and biosynthesis compared with cells in the absence of hydroxyapatite. S. mutans adsorbed onto hydroxyapatite was not killed, but the growth of the bacteria was inhibited. Electron microscopy showed morphological changes in S. mutans cells adsorbed onto hydroxyapatite. Our results suggest that hydroxyapatite derived from scallop shells showed a high adsorption ability for S. mutans. This hydroxyapatite also caused changes in gene expression related to the metabolic and biosynthetic processes, including the glycogen and histidine of S. mutans, which may result in a morphological change in the surface layer and the inhibition of the growth of the bacteria.