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TAKEYAMA, Haruko
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Job title
Professor
Degree
Doctor of Engineering ( Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology )
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Committee Memberships

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  先端国際共同研究推進事業:バイオ分野PO

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  共創の場形成支援プログラムアドバイザー

  • 2021.05
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    (公社)日本生物工学会  理事

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業CREST「データ駆動・AI駆動を中心としたデジタルトランスフォーメーションによる生命科学研究の革新」領域アドバイザー

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    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会  理事

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  未来社会創造事業研究開発運営会議委員

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    文部科学省  国立大学法人評価委員会専門委員

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    経済産業省  産業構造審議会臨時委員

  • 2019.06
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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業ACT-X研究領域「生命と化学」領域アドバイザー

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    (公財)パブリックヘルスリサーチセンター  評議員

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    (一財)化学物質評価研究機構  評議員

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  国際科学技術共同研究推進事業(戦略的国際共同研究プログラム)アドバイザー

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Professional Memberships

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    日本農芸化学会

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    The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

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    日本生体磁気学会

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    環境バイオテクノロジー学会

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    化学生物総合管理学会

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    Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology

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    American Society for Microbiology

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    International Society for Microbial Ecology

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    The Society of Biotechnology, Japan

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    The Electrochemical Society of Japan

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    The Chemical Society of Japan

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    Biochemical Assay Society of Japan

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    社団法人未踏科学技術協会

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    Japanese Society of Bacteriology

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Research Interests

  • Marine biotechnology,Genome engineering,Single cell analysis

Awards

  • 令和 5 年度 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 科学技術賞(研究部門)

    2023.04   文部科学省   シングルセル技術による環 境有用微生物の深層解析研究

    Winner: 竹山春子

  • 早稲田大学リサーチアワード

    2023.02   早稲田大学   土壌微生物叢アトラスに基づいた環境制御による循環型協生農業プラットフォーム構築

  • 生物工学功績賞

    2021.06   (公社)日本生物工学会   環境微生物資源の有効利用のためのシングルセル解析技術の開発と展開研究

    Winner: 竹山春子

  • マリンバイオテクノロジー学会賞

    2021.05   マリンバイオテクノロジー学会   「環境微生物叢高解像度解析を目指した新規シングルセル解析技術の開発

    Winner: 竹山春子

 

Papers

  • 【あなたのラボから薬を生み出す アカデミア創薬の実践 All JAPAN体制の先端技術支援を利用した創薬の最前線】(第1章)最新の疾患標的分子の探索・評価技術 シングルセル/微小組織マルチオミクス解析

    由良 敬, 松永 浩子, 細川 正人, 和泉 自泰, 村松 知成, 福永 津嵩, 浜田 道昭, 馬場 健史, 竹山 春子

    実験医学   42 ( 2 ) 199 - 204  2024.02

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    1つの細胞や微小組織からゲノムDNA,RNA,タンパク質,低分子代謝物などのオミクス情報を測定し,それらの情報を有機的に組み上げることで,細胞や組織の状態を理解する試みが急速に進められている.ここには最先端のバイオテクノロジーと情報解析方法が詰め込まれている.自ら明らかにしたいことが,どの手法を用いることで実現するかを知るためには,それぞれの解析手法がどのような特性をもっているのかを知らなければならない.その助けになることをめざして,ここではわれわれが展開するシングルセル/微小組織のオミクス解析を紹介する.(著者抄録)

  • Comparative single-cell genomics of Atribacterota JS1 in the Japan Trench hadal sedimentary biosphere

    Kana Jitsuno, Tatsuhiko Hoshino, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Katsuhiko Mineta, Michael Strasser, Ken Ikehara, Jeremy Everest, Lena Maeda, Fumio Inagaki, Haruko Takeyama, Piero Bellanova, Morgane Brunet, Zhirong Cai, Antonio Cattaneo, Katharina Hochmuth, Kanhsi Hsiung, Takashi Ishizawa, Takuya Itaki, Kana Jitsuno, Joel Johnson, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Myra Keep, Arata Kioka, Christian Maerz, Cecilia McHugh, Aaron Micallef, Luo Min, Dhananjai Pandey, Jean Noel Proust, Troy Rasbury, Natascha Riedinger, Rui Bao, Yasufumi Satoguchi, Derek Sawyer, Chloe Seibert, Maxwell Silver, Susanne Straub, Joonas Virtasalo, Yonghong Wang, Ting-Wei Wu, Sarah Zellers, Martin Kölling, Jyh-Jaan Steven Huang, Yoshitaka Nagahashi

    mSphere    2024.01

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    ABSTRACT

    Deep-sea and subseafloor sedimentary environments host heterotrophic microbial communities that contribute to Earth’s carbon cycling. However, the potential metabolic functions of individual microorganisms and their biogeographical distributions in hadal ocean sediments remain largely unexplored. In this study, we conducted single-cell genome sequencing on sediment samples collected from six sites (7,445–8,023 m water depth) along an approximately 500 km transect of the Japan Trench during the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 386. A total of 1,886 single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs) were obtained, offering comprehensive genetic insights into sedimentary microbial communities in surface sediments (<1 m depth) above the sulfate-methane transition zone along the Japan Trench. Our genome data set included 269 SAGs from Atribacterota JS1, the predominant bacterial clade in these hadal environments. Phylogenetic analysis classified SAGs into nine distinct phylotypes, whereas metagenome-assembled genomes were categorized into only two phylotypes, advancing JS1 diversity coverage through a single cell-based approach. Comparative genomic analysis of JS1 lineages from different habitats revealed frequent detection of genes related to organic carbon utilization, such as extracellular enzymes like clostripain and α-amylase, and ABC transporters of oligopeptide from Japan Trench members. Furthermore, specific JS1 phylotypes exhibited a strong correlation with in situ methane concentrations and contained genes involved in glycine betaine metabolism. These findings suggest that the phylogenomically diverse and novel Atribacterota JS1 is widely distributed in Japan Trench sediment, playing crucial roles in carbon cycling within the hadal sedimentary biosphere.

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    The Japan Trench represents tectonically active hadal environments associated with Pacific plate subduction beneath the northeastern Japan arc. This study, for the first time, documented a large-scale single-cell and metagenomic survey along an approximately 500 km transect of the Japan Trench, obtaining high-quality genomic information on hadal sedimentary microbial communities. Single-cell genomics revealed the predominance of diverse JS1 lineages not recoverable through conventional metagenomic binning. Their metabolic potential includes genes related to the degradation of organic matter, which contributes to methanogenesis in the deeper layers. Our findings enhance understanding of sedimentary microbial communities at water depths exceeding 7,000 m and provide new insights into the ecological role of biogeochemical carbon cycling in the hadal sedimentary biosphere.

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  • Structural basis for cross-group recognition of an influenza virus hemagglutinin antibody that targets postfusion stabilized epitope

    Keisuke Tonouchi, Yu Adachi, Tateki Suzuki, Daisuke Kuroda, Ayae Nishiyama, Kohei Yumoto, Haruko Takeyama, Tadaki Suzuki, Takao Hashiguchi, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    PLOS Pathogens   19 ( 8 ) e1011554 - e1011554  2023.08

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    Plasticity of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) conformation increases an opportunity to generate conserved non-native epitopes with unknown functionality. Here, we have performed an in-depth analysis of human monoclonal antibodies against a stem-helix region that is occluded in native prefusion yet exposed in postfusion HA. A stem-helix antibody, LAH31, provided IgG Fc-dependent cross-group protection by targeting a stem-helix kinked loop epitope, with a unique structure emerging in the postfusion state. The structural analysis and molecular modeling revealed key contact sites responsible for the epitope specificity and cross-group breadth that relies on somatically mutated light chain. LAH31 was inaccessible to the native prefusion HA expressed on cell surface; however, it bound to the HA structure present on infected cells with functional linkage to the Fc-mediated clearance. Our study uncovers a novel non-native epitope that emerges in the postfusion HA state, highlighting the utility of this epitope for a broadly protective antigen design.

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  • ラマン分光法による微生物コロニーからの二次代謝産物のスクリーニング手法の開発

    諏訪 駿之介, 安藤 正浩, 中島 琢自, 堀井 俊平, 松本 厚子, 穴井 豊昭, 竹山 春子

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   2023年   264 - 264  2023.08

  • Combined actions of bacteriophage-encoded genes in Wolbachia-induced male lethality

    Arai H, Anbutsu H, Nishikawa Y, Kogawa M, Ishii K, Hosokawa M, Lin S-R, Masatoshi Ueda, Nakai M, Kunimi Y, Harumoto T, Daisuke Kageyama D, Takeyama H, Inoue MN

    iScience   26 ( 106842 ) 106842  2023.06

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  • Enhancing the sensitivity of bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing using RamDA-seq and Cas9-based rRNA depletion.

    Mika Nishimura, Haruko Takeyama, Masahito Hosokawa

    Journal of bioscience and bioengineering    2023.06  [Domestic journal]

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    Bacterial populations exhibit heterogeneity in gene expression, which facilitates their survival and adaptation to unstable and unpredictable environments through the bet-hedging strategy. However, unraveling the rare subpopulations and heterogeneity in gene expression using population-level gene expression analysis remains a challenging task. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has the potential to identify rare subpopulations and capture heterogeneity in bacterial populations, but standard methods for scRNA-seq in bacteria are still under development, mainly due to differences in mRNA abundance and structure between eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. In this study, we present a hybrid approach that combines random displacement amplification sequencing (RamDA-seq) with Cas9-based rRNA depletion for scRNA-seq in bacteria. This approach allows cDNA amplification and subsequent sequencing library preparation from low-abundance bacterial RNAs. We evaluated its sequenced read proportion, gene detection sensitivity, and gene expression patterns from the dilution series of total RNA or the sorted single Escherichia coli cells. Our results demonstrated the detection of more than 1000 genes, about 24% of the genes in the E. coli genome, from single cells with less sequencing effort compared to conventional methods. We observed gene expression clusters between different cellular proliferation states or heat shock treatment. The approach demonstrated high detection sensitivity in gene expression analysis compared to current bacterial scRNA-seq methods and proved to be an invaluable tool for understanding the ecology of bacterial populations and capturing the heterogeneity of bacterial gene expression.

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  • Single-Cell Level Raman Molecular Profiling Reveals the Classification of Growth Phases of Chaetoceros tenuissimus.

    Masahiro Ando, Kaori Sugiyama, Koya Kubo, Shumpei Horii, Takeshi Hano, Yuji Tomaru, Haruko Takeyama

    The journal of physical chemistry. B   127 ( 22 ) 5027 - 5033  2023.06  [International journal]

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    Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a natural phenomenon caused by outbreaks of algae, resulting in serious problems for aquatic ecosystems and the coastal environment. Chaetoceros tenuissimus (C. tenuissimus) is one of the diatoms responsible for HABs. The growth curve of C. tenuissimus can be observed from beginning to end of HABs: therefore, detailed analysis is necessary to characterize each growth phase of C. tenuissimus. It is important to examine the phenotype of each diatom cell individually, as they display heterogeneity even in the same growth phase. Raman spectroscopy is a label-free technique to elucidate biomolecular profiles and spatial information at the cellular level. Multivariate data analysis (MVA) is an efficient method for the analysis of complicated Raman spectra, to identify molecular features. Here, we utilized Raman microspectroscopy to identify the molecular information of each diatom cell, at the single-cell level. The MVA, together with a support vector machine, which is a machine learning technique, allowed the classification of proliferating and nonproliferating cells. The classification includes polyunsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid. This study indicated that Raman spectroscopy is an appropriate technique to examine C. tenuissimus at the single-cell level, providing relevant data to assess the correlation between the molecular details obtained from the Raman analysis, at each growth phase.

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  • Target enrichment of uncultured human oral bacteria with phage-derived molecules found by single-cell genomics.

    Masahito Hosokawa, Naoya Iwai, Koji Arikawa, Tatsuya Saeki, Taruho Endoh, Kazuma Kamata, Takuya Yoda, Soichiro Tsuda, Haruko Takeyama

    Journal of bioscience and bioengineering   136 ( 1 ) 58 - 66  2023.05  [Domestic journal]

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    Advances in culture-independent microbial analysis, such as metagenomics and single-cell genomics, have significantly increased our understanding of microbial lineages. While these methods have uncovered a large number of novel microbial taxa, many remain uncultured, and their function and mode of existence in the environment are still unknown. This study aims to explore the use of bacteriophage-derived molecules as probes for detecting and isolating uncultured bacteria. Here, we proposed multiplex single-cell sequencing to obtain massive uncultured oral bacterial genomes and searched prophage sequences from over 450 obtained human oral bacterial single-amplified genomes (SAGs). The focus was on the cell wall binding domain (CBD) in phage endolysin, and fluorescent protein-fused CBDs were generated based on several CBD gene sequences predicted from Streptococcus SAGs. The ability of the Streptococcus prophage-derived CBDs to detect and enrich specific Streptococcus species from human saliva while maintaining cell viability was confirmed by magnetic separation and flow cytometry. The approach to phage-derived molecule generation based on uncultured bacterial SAG is expected to improve the process of designing molecules that selectively capture or detect specific bacteria, notably from uncultured gram-positive bacteria, and will have applications in isolation and in situ detection of beneficial or pathogenic bacteria.

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  • Linking antigen specific T-cell dynamics in a microfluidic chip to single cell transcription patterns.

    Hiroki Ide, Taiki Aoshi, Masato Saito, Wilfred Villariza Espulgar, Jonathan Campos Briones, Masahito Hosokawa, Hiroko Matsunaga, Koji Arikawa, Haruko Takeyama, Shohei Koyama, Hyota Takamatsu, Eiichi Tamiya

    Biochemical and biophysical research communications   657   8 - 15  2023.03  [International journal]

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    A new non-invasive screening profile has been realized that can aid in determining T-cell activation state at single-cell level. Production of activated T-cells with good specificity and stable proliferation is greatly beneficial for advancing adoptive immunotherapy as innate immunological cells are not effective in recognizing and eliminating cancer as expected. The screening method is realized by relating intracellular Ca2+ intensity and motility of T-cells interacting with APC (Antigen Presenting Cells) in a microfluidic chip. The system is tested using APC pulsed with OVA257-264 peptide and its modified affinities (N4, Q4, T4 and V4), and the T-cells from OT-1 mice. In addition, single cell RNA sequencing reveals the activation states of the cells and the clusters from the derived profiles can be indicative of the T-cell activation state. The presented system here can be versatile for a comprehensive application to proceed with T-cell-based immunotherapy and screen the antigen-specific T-cells with excellent efficiency and high proliferation.

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  • Variation of length and sequence of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 1 supports “hermit-to-king” crab hypothesis

    Seinen Chow, Katsuyuki Hamasaki, Kooichi Konishi, Takashi Yanagimoto, Ryota Wagatsuma, Haruko Takeyama

    Crustacean Research   52   31 - 48  2023.02

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  • Application of organoid culture from HPV18-positive small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix for precision medicine.

    Misako Kusakabe, Ayumi Taguchi, Michihiro Tanikawa, Daisuke Hoshi, Saki Tsuchimochi, Xi Qian, Yusuke Toyohara, Akira Kawata, Ryota Wagatsuma, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yoko Yamamoto, Masako Ikemura, Kenbun Sone, Mayuyo Mori-Uchino, Hiroko Matsunaga, Tetsushi Tsuruga, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Iwao Kukimoto, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Masahito Kawazu, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruko Takeyama, Katsutoshi Oda, Kei Kawana, Yoshitaka Hippo, Yutaka Osuga

    Cancer medicine   12 ( 7 ) 8476 - 8489  2023.01  [International journal]

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    BACKGROUND: Small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SCCC) is a rare and highly malignant human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer in which human genes related to the integration site can serve as a target for precision medicine. The aim of our study was to establish a workflow for precision medicine of HPV-associated cancer using patient-derived organoid. METHODS: Organoid was established from the biopsy of a patient diagnosed with HPV18-positive SCCC. Therapeutic targets were identified by whole exome sequencing (WES) and RNA-seq analysis. Drug sensitivity testing was performed using organoids and organoid-derived mouse xenograft model. RESULTS: WES revealed that both the original tumor and organoid had 19 somatic variants in common, including the KRAS p.G12D pathogenic variant. Meanwhile, RNA-seq revealed that HPV18 was integrated into chromosome 8 at 8q24.21 with increased expression of the proto-oncogene MYC. Drug sensitivity testing revealed that a KRAS pathway inhibitor exerted strong anti-cancer effects on the SCCC organoid compared to a MYC inhibitor, which were also confirmed in the xenograft model. CONCLUSION: In this study, we confirmed two strategies for identifying therapeutic targets of HPV-derived SCCC, WES for identifying pathogenic variants and RNA sequencing for identifying HPV integration sites. Organoid culture is an effective tool for unveiling the oncogenic process of rare tumors and can be a breakthrough for the development of precision medicine for patients with HPV-positive SCCC.

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  • Protective Role of Endothelial Fibulin‐4 in Valvulo‐Arterial Integrity

    Tram Anh Vu Nguyen, Caroline Antunes Lino, Huynh Thuy Hang, Juliano Vilela Alves, Bui Quoc Thang, Seung Jae Shin, Kaori Sugiyama, Hiroko Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshito Yamashiro, Hiromi Yanagisawa

    Journal of the American Heart Association   12 ( 1 )  2023.01

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    Background

    <p lang="en"> Homeostasis of the vessel wall is cooperatively maintained by endothelial cells (ECs), smooth muscle cells, and adventitial fibroblasts. The genetic deletion of fibulin‐4 ( Fbln4 ) in smooth muscle cells ( SMKO ) leads to the formation of thoracic aortic aneurysms with the disruption of elastic fibers. Although Fbln4 is expressed in the entire vessel wall, its function in ECs and relevance to the maintenance of valvulo‐arterial integrity are not fully understood.

    </p> Methods and Results

    <p lang="en"> Gene silencing of FBLN4 was conducted on human aortic ECs to evaluate morphological changes and gene expression profile. Fbln4 double knockout ( DKO ) mice in ECs and smooth muscle cells were generated and subjected to histological analysis, echocardiography, Western blotting, RNA sequencing, and immunostaining. An evaluation of the thoracic aortic aneurysm phenotype and screening of altered signaling pathways were performed. Knockdown of FBLN4 in human aortic ECs induced mesenchymal cell–like changes with the upregulation of mesenchymal genes, including TAGLN and MYL9 . DKO mice showed the exacerbation of thoracic aortic aneurysms when compared with those of SMKO and upregulated Thbs1, a mechanical stress–responsive molecule, throughout the aorta. DKO mice also showed progressive aortic valve thickening with collagen deposition from postnatal day 14, as well as turbulent flow in the ascending aorta. Furthermore, RNA sequencing and immunostaining of the aortic valve revealed the upregulation of genes involved in endothelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition, inflammatory response, and tissue fibrosis in DKO valves and the presence of activated valve interstitial cells.

    </p> Conclusions

    <p lang="en">The current study uncovers the pivotal role of endothelial fibulin‐4 in the maintenance of valvulo‐arterial integrity, which influences thoracic aortic aneurysm progression.

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  • Glutamate-Sensing Genes Are Conserved among Populations Compared to Glutamate Metabolism Genes.

    Kosuke Goto, Yoko Masuzawa, Masanori Kohmura, Asuka Takumi, Haruko Takeyama, Satoru Miyazaki, Takashi Gojobori, Katsuhiko Mineta

    Annals of nutrition & metabolism   79 ( 6 ) 502 - 510  2023  [International journal]

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    INTRODUCTION: Glutamate is a representative taste molecule with an umami flavor and is a major nutrient found abundantly in nature. Furthermore, it plays a significant role in the human body as a key metabolic intermediate and neurotransmitter. Therefore, the divergence of glutamate functions among populations during their evolution is of particular interest with a hypothesis that the genetic variation can lead to understanding divergence in taste perception. To elucidate variation in glutamate applications and to deepen our understanding of taste perception, we examined the nucleotide diversity of genes associated with glutamate sensing and metabolism among human populations. METHODS: We first established 67 genes related to glutamate sensing and metabolism based on the database and literature survey. Then, for those genes, we used a population genomics approach based on ten populations over 76,156 human genomes in the gnomAD database. RESULTS: Statistical tests of means and medians of the minor allele frequencies did not show any significant difference among populations. However, we observed substantial differences between two functional groups, glutamate sensing and glutamate metabolism, in populations of Latino/admixed American, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Others. Interestingly, we could find significant differences between the African population and the East Asian population at the single nucleotide polymorphism level of glutamate metabolism genes, but no clear differences were noted in glutamate-sensing genes. These suggest that glutamate-sensing genes are under the functional constraint compared to glutamate metabolism genes. CONCLUSION: Thus, glutamate-sensing genes and metabolism genes have a contrasting mode of the evolution, and glutamate-sensing genes are conservatively evolved, indicating its functional importance.

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  • Phage-Encoding Tandemly Arrayed &lt;i&gt;wmk&lt;/i&gt; Genes of a Male-Killing &lt;i&gt;Wolbachia&lt;/i&gt; Induce Strong Male Lethality

    Hiroshi Arai, Hisashi Anbutsu, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Kazuo Ishii, Masahito Hosokawa, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Masatoshi Ueda, Madoka Nakai, Yasuhisa Kunimi, Toshiyuki Harumoto, Daisuke Kageyama, Haruko Takeyama, Maki N. Inoue

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  • Mycelial differentiation linked avermectin production in Streptomyces avermitilis studied with Raman imaging.

    Shumpei Horii, Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Takuji Nakashima, Akira Take, Atsuko Matsumoto, Yoko Takahashi, Masahiro Ando, Haruko Takeyama

    Applied microbiology and biotechnology   107 ( 1 ) 369 - 378  2023.01  [International journal]

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    Streptomyces avermitilis is a gram-positive bacterium that undergoes complex physiological and morphological differentiation during its life cycle, which has implications in secondary metabolite production. Avermectin, produced by S. avermitilis, is widely used as an anthelmintic and insecticidal agent. In this study, we have applied Raman microspectroscopic imaging to elucidate the correlation between production of avermectin and the morphological differentiation in S. avermitilis. We demonstrate distinctive variations in the localization of secondary metabolites at various stages of morphological differentiation. Under solid culture, avermectin was detected in the mycelia formed at the later stages of morphological differentiation (e.g., spore-bearing mycelium and spiral spore chains), but not in the early-stage substrate mycelium. On the contrary, under liquid culture condition, avermectin was found concentrated in the mycelial pellet formed at the early MII stage of differentiation. Furthermore, the chemical profiles of the mycelia were substantially different depending on the culture condition. Raman spectra corresponding to proteins, lipids, and cytochrome were observed in the mycelia irrespective of the stage of morphological differentiation, however, carotenoid was observed under solid culture condition particularly in spore-bearing mycelium and spiral spore chains. KEY POINTS: • Avermectin production is regulated during mycelial differentiation • Liquid and solid culture conditions affects mycelial differentiation • Raman microspectroscopic analysis reveals localization profiles of avermectin.

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  • Direct imaging of intracellular RNA, DNA, and liquid–liquid phase separated membraneless organelles with Raman microspectroscopy

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Kaori Sugiyama, Masahiro Ando, Haruko Takeyama

    Communications Biology   5 ( 1 )  2022.12

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    Methodologies for direct intracellular imaging of RNA and DNA are necessary for the advancement of bioimaging. Here we show direct label-free imaging of RNA and DNA in single cells by isolating their accurate Raman spectra. Raman images of DNA from interphase cells show intact nucleus, while those from mitotic cells reveal condensed chromosome. The condensed chromosome images are accurate enough to assign the stage of mitotic cell division (e.g., metaphase). Raman spectral features indicate B-DNA double helical conformational form in all the cell lines investigated here. The Raman images of RNAs, on the other hand, reveal liquid-liquid phase separated (LLPS) membraneless organelles in interphase cells, which disappears during mitosis. Further, the Raman spectrum of proteins from the intracellular LLPS organelles indicates slight enrichment of amyloid-like secondary structural features. Vibrational imaging of intracellular DNA and RNA simultaneously would open myriad of opportunities for examining functional biochemical aspects of cells and organelles.

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  • Cells with stem‐like properties are associated with the development of <scp>HPV18</scp> ‐positive cervical cancer

    Misako Kusakabe, Ayumi Taguchi, Michihiro Tanikawa, Ryota Wagatsuma, Miki Yamazaki, Saki Tsuchimochi, Yusuke Toyohara, Akira Kawata, Satoshi Baba, Toshihide Ueno, Kenbun Sone, Mayuyo Mori‐Uchino, Masako Ikemura, Hiroko Matsunaga, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Osamu Wada‐Hiraike, Masahito Kawazu, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruko Takeyama, Katsutoshi Oda, Kei Kawana, Hiroyuki Mano, Yutaka Osuga

    Cancer Science   114 ( 3 ) 885 - 895  2022.12

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  • Strain-level profiling of viable microbial community by selective single-cell genome sequencing

    Masahito Hosokawa, Taruho Endoh, Kazuma Kamata, Koji Arikawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Tatsuya Saeki, Takuya Yoda, Haruko Takeyama

    Scientific Reports   12 ( 1 )  2022.12

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    <title>Abstract</title>Culture-independent analysis with high-throughput sequencing has been widely used to characterize bacterial communities. However, signals derived from non-viable bacteria and non-cell DNA may inhibit its characterization. Here, we present a method for viable bacteria-targeted single-cell genome sequencing, called PMA-SAG-gel, to obtain comprehensive whole-genome sequences of surviving uncultured bacteria from microbial communities. PMA-SAG-gel uses gel matrixes that enable sequential enzymatic reactions for cell lysis and genome amplification of viable single cells from the microbial communities. PMA-SAG-gel removed the single-amplified genomes (SAGs) derived from dead bacteria and enabled selective sequencing of viable bacteria in the model samples of <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and <italic>Bacillus subtilis</italic>. Next, we demonstrated the recovery of near-complete SAGs of eight oxygen-tolerant bacteria, including <italic>Bacteroides</italic> spp. and <italic>Phocaeicola</italic> spp., from 1331 human feces SAGs. We found the presence of two different strains in each species and identified their specific genes to investigate the metabolic functions. The survival profile of an entire population at the strain level will provide the information for understanding the characteristics of the surviving bacteria under the specific environments or sample processing and insights for quality assessment of live bacterial products or fecal microbiota transplantation and for understanding the effect of antimicrobial treatments.

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  • Integrated spatial analysis of gene mutation and gene expression for understanding tumor diversity in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung adenocarcinoma

    Miki Yamazaki, Masahito Hosokawa, Hiroko Matsunaga, Koji Arikawa, Kazuya Takamochi, Kenji Suzuki, Takuo Hayashi, Hideki Kambara, Haruko Takeyama

    Frontiers in Oncology   12  2022.11

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    A deeper understanding of intratumoral heterogeneity is essential for prognosis prediction or accurate treatment plan decisions in clinical practice. However, due to the cross-links and degradation of biomolecules within formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens, it is challenging to analyze them. In this study, we aimed to optimize the simultaneous extraction of mRNA and DNA from microdissected FFPE tissues (φ = 100 µm) and apply the method to analyze tumor diversity in lung adenocarcinoma before and after erlotinib administration.

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    Two magnetic beads were used for the simultaneous extraction of mRNA and DNA. The decross-linking conditions were evaluated for gene mutation and gene expression analyses of microdissected FFPE tissues. Lung lymph nodes before treatment and lung adenocarcinoma after erlotinib administration were collected from the same patient and were preserved as FFPE specimens for 4 years. Gene expression and gene mutations between histologically classified regions of lung adenocarcinoma (pre-treatment tumor in lung lymph node biopsies and post-treatment tumor, normal lung, tumor stroma, and remission stroma, in resected lung tissue) were compared in a microdissection-based approach.

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    Using the optimized simultaneous extraction of DNA and mRNA and whole-genome amplification, we detected approximately 4,000–10,000 expressed genes and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) driver gene mutations from microdissected FFPE tissues. We found the differences in the highly expressed cancer-associated genes and the positive rate of EGFR exon 19 deletions among the tumor before and after treatment and tumor stroma, even though they were collected from tumors of the same patient or close regions of the same specimen.

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    Our integrated spatial analysis method would be applied to various FFPE pathology specimens providing area-specific gene expression and gene mutation information.

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  • Massively parallel single-cell genomics of microbiomes in rice paddies

    Wataru Aoki, Masato Kogawa, Shuhei Matsuda, Keisuke Matsubara, Shintaro Hirata, Yohei Nishikawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Toru Matoh, Mitsuyoshi Ueda

    Frontiers in Microbiology   13  2022.11

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    Plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPMs) have attracted increasing attention because they may be useful in increasing crop yield in a low-input and sustainable manner to ensure food security. Previous studies have attempted to understand the principles underlying the rhizosphere ecology and interactions between plants and PGPMs using ribosomal RNA sequencing, metagenomic sequencing, and genome-resolved metagenomics; however, these approaches do not provide comprehensive genomic information for individual species and do not facilitate detailed analyses of plant–microbe interactions. In the present study, we developed a pipeline to analyze the genomic diversity of the rice rhizosphere microbiome at single-cell resolution. We isolated microbial cells from paddy soil and determined their genomic sequences by using massively parallel whole-genome amplification in microfluidic-generated gel capsules. We successfully obtained 3,237 single-amplified genomes in a single experiment, and these genomic sequences provided insights into microbial functions in the paddy ecosystem. Our approach offers a promising platform for gaining novel insights into the roles of microbes in the rice rhizomicrobiome and to develop microbial technologies for improved and sustainable rice production.

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  • Cancer Cachexia among Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer on Immunotherapy: An Observational Study with Exploratory Gut Microbiota Analysis.

    Taiki Hakozaki, Alexis Nolin-Lapalme, Masato Kogawa, Yusuke Okuma, Shohei Nakamura, Danielle Moreau-Amaru, Taichi Tamura, Yukio Hosomi, Haruko Takeyama, Corentin Richard, Masahito Hosokawa, Bertrand Routy

    Cancers   14 ( 21 )  2022.11  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Cancer cachexia exerts a negative clinical influence on patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). The prognostic impact of body weight change during ICI treatment remains unknown. The gut microbiota (GM) is a key contributor to the response to ICI therapy in cancer patients. However, the association between cancer cachexia and GM and their association with the response to ICIs remains unexplored. This study examined the association of cancer cachexia with GM composition and assessed the impact of GM on clinical outcomes in patients with NSCLC treated with ICIs. In this observational, prospective study, which included 113 Japanese patients with advanced NSCLC treated with ICIs, the prevalence of cachexia was 50.4% (57/113). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly shorter in the cachexia group than in the non-cachexia group (4.3 vs. 11.6 months (p = 0.003) and 12.0 months vs. not reached (p = 0.02), respectively). A multivariable analysis revealed that baseline cachexia was independently associated with a shorter PFS. Moreover, a gain in body weight from the baseline (reversible cachexia) was associated with a significantly longer PFS and OS compared to irreversible cachexia. Microbiome profiling with 16S rRNA analysis revealed that the cachexia group presented an overrepresentation of the commensal bacteria, Escherichia-Shigella and Hungatella, while the non-cachexia group had a preponderance of Anaerostipes,&amp;nbsp;Blautia, and Eubacterium ventriosum. Anaerostipes and E. ventriosum were associated with longer PFS and OS. Moreover, a cachexia status correlated with the systemic inflammatory marker-derived-neutrophil-to-lymphocytes ratio (dNLR) and Lung Immune Prognostic Index (LIPI) indexes. Our study demonstrates that cachexia and longitudinal bodyweight change have a prognostic impact on patients with advanced NSCLC treated with ICI therapy. Moreover, our study demonstrates that bacteria associated with ICI resistance are also linked to cachexia. Targeted microbiota interventions may represent a new type of treatment to overcome cachexia in patients with NSCLC.

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  • がん悪液質が腸内細菌叢および免疫療法の効果に与える影響に関する検討

    箱崎 泰貴, Nolin-Lapalme Alexis, 小川 雅人, 大熊 裕介, 中村 翔平, 田村 太一, 細見 幸生, 竹山 春子, Richard Corentin, 細川 正人, Routy Bertrand

    日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集   60回   YOA O6 - 5  2022.10

  • Validation of the application of gel beads-based single-cell genome sequencing platform to soil and seawater

    Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Ryota Wagatsuma, Katsuhiko Mineta, Kai Takahashi, Keigo Ide, Kei Yura, Hayedeh Behzad, Takashi Gojobori, Haruko Takeyama

    ISME Communications   2 ( 1 )  2022.09

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    Single-cell genomics is applied to environmental samples as a method to solve the problems of current metagenomics. However, in the fluorescence-activated cell sorting-based cell isolation and subsequent whole genome amplification, the sorting efficiency and the sequence quality are greatly affected by the type of target environment, limiting its adaptability. Here, we developed an improved single-cell genomics platform, named SAG-gel, which utilizes gel beads for single-cell isolation, lysis, and whole genome amplification. To validate the versatility of SAG-gel, single-cell genome sequencing was performed with model bacteria and microbial samples collected from eight environmental sites, including soil and seawater. Gel beads enabled multiple lysis treatments. The genome coverage with model bacteria was improved by 9.1–25%. A total of 734 single amplified genomes were collected from the diverse environmental samples, and almost full-length 16S rRNA genes were recovered from 57.8% of them. We also revealed two marine Rhodobacter strains harboring nearly identical 16S rRNA genes but having different genome contents. In addition, searching for viral sequences elucidated the virus-host linkage over the sampling sites, revealing the geographic distribution and diverse host range of viruses.

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  • Direct intracellular detection of biomolecule specific bound-water with Raman spectroscopy

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Kaori Sugiyama, Haruko Takeyama

    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy     121870 - 121870  2022.09

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  • The Effect of Co-Culture of Two Coral Species on Their Bacterial Composition Under Captive Environments

    Keigo Ide, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Michihiro Ito, Yohei Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Fujimura, Haruko Takeyama

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  • Oral administration of Blautia wexlerae ameliorates obesity and type 2 diabetes via metabolic remodeling of the gut microbiota

    Koji Hosomi, Mayu Saito, Jonguk Park, Haruka Murakami, Naoko Shibata, Masahiro Ando, Takahiro Nagatake, Kana Konishi, Harumi Ohno, Kumpei Tanisawa, Attayeb Mohsen, Yi-An Chen, Hitoshi Kawashima, Yayoi Natsume-Kitatani, Yoshimasa Oka, Hidenori Shimizu, Mari Furuta, Yoko Tojima, Kento Sawane, Azusa Saika, Saki Kondo, Yasunori Yonejima, Haruko Takeyama, Akira Matsutani, Kenji Mizuguchi, Motohiko Miyachi, Jun Kunisawa

    Nature Communications   13 ( 1 )  2022.08  [Refereed]

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    The gut microbiome is an important determinant in various diseases. Here we perform a cross-sectional study of Japanese adults and identify the Blautia genus, especially B. wexlerae, as a commensal bacterium that is inversely correlated with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Oral administration of B. wexlerae to mice induce metabolic changes and anti-inflammatory effects that decrease both high-fat diet–induced obesity and diabetes. The beneficial effects of B. wexlerae are correlated with unique amino-acid metabolism to produce S-adenosylmethionine, acetylcholine, and l-ornithine and carbohydrate metabolism resulting in the accumulation of amylopectin and production of succinate, lactate, and acetate, with simultaneous modification of the gut bacterial composition. These findings reveal unique regulatory pathways of host and microbial metabolism that may provide novel strategies in preventive and therapeutic approaches for metabolic disorders.

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  • Male-killing-associated bacteriophage WO identified from comparisons of Wolbachia endosymbionts of Homona magnanima

    Hiroshi Arai, Hisashi Anbutsu, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Kazuo Ishii, Masahito Hosokawa, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Masatoshi Ueda, Madoka Nakai, Yasuhisa Kunimi, Toshiyuki Harumoto, Daisuke Kageyama, Haruko Takeyama, Maki N. Inoue

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    The origin and mechanism of male-killing, an advantageous strategy employed by maternally transmitted symbionts such as Wolbachia, remain unclear. We compared genomes of four Wolbachia strains derived from Homona magnanima, a male-killing strain wHm-t (1.5 Mb), and three non-male-killing strains, wHm-a (1.1 Mb), wHm-b (1.3 Mb), and wHm-c (1.4 Mb). A wHm-t-specific 76-kbp prophage region harboured two tandemly arrayed WO-mediated killing (wmk) gene homologs (wmk-1/wmk-2 and wmk-3/wmk-4). Of these, wmk-1 or wmk-3 killed almost all Drosophila melanogaster individuals when transgenically overexpressed. Dual expression of wmk-3 and wmk-4 killed all males and rescued females. We propose a novel hypothesis wherein horizontally transmitted proto-Wolbachia with a single wmk killed both sexes, and tandem duplication of wmk allowed an evolutionary transition to a vertically transmitted symbiont, causing male-killing. Our study highlights the bacteriophage as a critical driver of the evolution of male-killing and argues for a conserved male-killing mechanism in diverse insects.

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  • Dietary Vitamin B1 Intake Influences Gut Microbial Community and the Consequent Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids.

    Jonguk Park, Koji Hosomi, Hitoshi Kawashima, Yi-An Chen, Attayeb Mohsen, Harumi Ohno, Kana Konishi, Kumpei Tanisawa, Masako Kifushi, Masato Kogawa, Haruko Takeyama, Haruka Murakami, Tetsuya Kubota, Motohiko Miyachi, Jun Kunisawa, Kenji Mizuguchi

    Nutrients   14 ( 10 )  2022.05  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    The gut microbiota is closely related to good health; thus, there have been extensive efforts dedicated to improving health by controlling the gut microbial environment. Probiotics and prebiotics are being developed to support a healthier intestinal environment. However, much work remains to be performed to provide effective solutions to overcome individual differences in the gut microbial community. This study examined the importance of nutrients, other than dietary fiber, on the survival of gut bacteria in high-health-conscious populations. We found that vitamin B1, which is an essential nutrient for humans, had a significant effect on the survival and competition of bacteria in the symbiotic gut microbiota. In particular, sufficient dietary vitamin B1 intake affects the relative abundance of Ruminococcaceae, and these bacteria have proven to require dietary vitamin B1 because they lack the de novo vitamin B1 synthetic pathway. Moreover, we demonstrated that vitamin B1 is involved in the production of butyrate, along with the amount of acetate in the intestinal environment. We established the causality of possible associations and obtained mechanical insight, through in vivo murine experiments and in silico pathway analyses. These findings serve as a reference to support the development of methods to establish optimal intestinal environment conditions for healthy lifestyles.

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  • Identification of Lipolytic Enzymes Using High-Throughput Single-cell Screening and Sorting of a Metagenomic Library

    Amani Alma’abadi, Hayedeh Behzad, Mohammed Alarawi, David Conchouso, Yoshimoto Saito, Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Haruko Takeyama, Katsuhiko Mineta, Takashi Gojobori

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  • Targeted single-cell genomics reveals novel host adaptation strategies of the symbiotic bacteria Endozoicomonas in Acropora tenuis coral

    Keigo Ide, Yohei Nishikawa, Toru Maruyama, Yuko Tsukada, Masato Kogawa, Hiroki Takeda, Haruka Ito, Ryota Wagatsuma, Rimi Miyaoka, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Koji Kinjo, Michihiro Ito, Masahito Hosokawa, Kei Yura, Shoichiro Suda, Haruko Takeyama

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    Endozoicomonas bacteria symbiose with various marine organisms and are known to be beneficial for coral health. However, genome analysis of coral-associated Endozoicomonas has been limited owing to the difficulty in cultivation and metagenomic approach by contamination of host-derived sequences. In this study, we applied a novel single-cell genomics technique using droplet microfluidics to obtain single-cell amplified genome (SAGs) for coral-associated Endozoicomonas spp. genome. We obtained seven novel Endozoicomonas genomes from Acropora tenuis coral. These genomes revealed that Endozoicomonas bacteria played host-associated functions in host corals and had undergone independent host-adaptive evolution in different clades. These adaptive evolutions were mediated by host-derived eukaryotic-like genes, some of which were speculated to influence host immune mechanisms. These genes are speculated to enhance coral tolerance to environmental stresses. This study suggests the possibility of host adaptation of Endozoicomonas spp. in symbiosis with corals and their contribution to coral bleaching tolerance.

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  • Reproducible and sensitive micro-tissue RNA-sequencing from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue for spatial gene expression analysis

    Hiroko Matsunaga, Koji Arikawa, Miki Yamazaki, Ryota Wagatsuma, Keigo Ide, Samuel Ashok Zachariah, Kazuya Takamochi, Kenji Suzuki, Takuo Hayashi, Masahito Hosokawa, Hideki Kambara, Haruko Takeyama

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    Spatial transcriptome analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) provides interactive information on morphology and gene expression, which is useful for clinical applications. However, despite the advantages of long-term storage at room temperature, FFPE tissues may be severely damaged by methylene crosslinking and provide less gene information than fresh-frozen tissues. In this study, we proposed a sensitive FFPE micro-tissue RNA-seq method that combines the punching of tissue sections (diameter: 100 μm) and the direct construction of RNA-seq libraries. We evaluated a method using mouse liver tissues at 2 years after fixation and embedding and detected approximately 7,000 genes in micro-punched tissue-spots (thickness: 10 μm), similar to that detected with purified total RNA (2.5 ng) equivalent to the several dozen cells in the spot. We applied this method to clinical FFPE specimens of lung cancer that had been fixed and embedded 6 years prior, and found that it was possible to determine characteristic gene expression in the microenvironment containing tumor and non-tumor cells of different morphologies. This result indicates that spatial gene expression analysis of the tumor microenvironment is feasible using FFPE tissue sections stored for extensive periods in medical facilities.

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  • Revealing within-species diversity in uncultured human gut bacteria with single-cell long-read sequencing

    Masato Kogawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Tatsuya Saeki, Takuya Yoda, Koji Arikawa, Haruko Takeyama, Masahito Hosokawa

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    Bacterial genome structure changes dynamically, and structural variants can change bacterial phenotype; However, obtaining the complete genome and analyzing genome structure of uncultured bacteria has been challenging. We aimed to develop a single-cell amplified genome long-read assembly (scALA) workflow to construct circular single-cell amplified genomes (cSAGs) from long-read single-cell sequencing data of targeted uncultured bacteria. In particular, scALA generated cSAGs from nanopore long-read sequencing data of SAGs by producing contiguous sequences with repeated bias reduction and assembly processes. From 12 human fecal samples, scALA generated 16 cSAGs of three specifically targeted bacterial species, Anaerostipes hadrus, Agathobacter rectalis, and Ruminococcus gnavus. A. hadrus cSAGs exhibited large, ten kbp-long, phage insertions, saccharide metabolic capacity, and frequent genomic recombination with related strains from cohabitant hosts. Noteworthy, cSAGs constructed using this method could expand bacterial genome databases and our understanding of within-species diversities in uncultured bacteria.

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  • Single-cell metabolite detection and genomics reveals uncultivated talented producer

    Masato Kogawa, Rimi Miyaoka, Franziska Hemmerling, Masahiro Ando, Kei Yura, Keigo Ide, Yohei Nishikawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Yuji Ise, Jackson K B Cahn, Kentaro Takada, Shigeki Matsunaga, Tetsushi Mori, Jörn Piel, Haruko Takeyama

    PNAS Nexus   1 ( 1 )  2022.03

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    The production of bioactive metabolites is increasingly recognized as an important function of host-associated bacteria. An example is defensive symbiosis that might account for much of the chemical richness of marine invertebrates including sponges (Porifera), 1 of the oldest metazoans. However, most bacterial members of sponge microbiomes have not been cultivated or sequenced, and therefore, remain unrecognized. Unequivocally linking metabolic functions to a cellular source in sponge microbiomes is, therefore, a challenge. Here, we report an analysis pipeline of microfluidic encapsulation, Raman microscopy, and integrated digital genomics (MERMAID) for an efficient identification of uncultivated producers. We applied this method to the chemically rich bacteriosponge (sponge that hosts a rich bacterial community) Theonella swinhoei, previously shown to contain ‘Entotheonella’ symbionts that produce most of the bioactive substances isolated from the sponge. As an exception, the antifungal aurantosides had remained unassigned to a source. Raman-guided single-bacterial analysis and sequencing revealed a cryptic, distinct multiproducer, ‘Candidatus Poriflexus aureus’ from a new Chloroflexi lineage as the aurantoside producer. Its exceptionally large genome contains numerous biosynthetic loci and suggested an even higher chemical richness of this sponge than previously appreciated. This study highlights the importance of complementary technologies to uncover microbiome functions, reveals remarkable parallels between distantly related symbionts of the same host, and adds functional support for diverse chemically prolific lineages being present in microbial dark matter.

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  • Exploring strain diversity of dominant human skin bacterial species using single-cell genome sequencing.

    Keigo Ide, Tatsuya Saeki, Koji Arikawa, Takuya Yoda, Taruho Endoh, Ayumi Matsuhashi, Haruko Takeyama, Masahito Hosokawa

    Frontiers in microbiology   13   955404 - 955404  2022  [International journal]

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    To understand the role of the skin commensal bacterial community in skin health and the spread of pathogens, it is crucial to identify genetic differences in the bacterial strains corresponding to human individuals. A culture-independent genomics approach is an effective tool for obtaining massive high-quality bacterial genomes. Here we present a single-cell genome sequencing to obtain comprehensive whole-genome sequences of uncultured skin bacteria from skin swabs. We recovered 281 high-quality (HQ) and 244 medium-quality single-amplified genomes (SAGs) of multiple skin bacterial species from eight individuals, including cohabiting group. Single-cell sequencing outperformed in the genome recovery from the same skin swabs, showing 10-fold non-redundant strain genomes compared to the shotgun metagenomic sequencing and binning approach. We then focused on the abundant skin bacteria and identified intra-species diversity, especially in 47 Moraxella osloensis derived HQ SAGs, characterizing the strain-level heterogeneity at mobile genetic element profiles, including plasmids and prophages. Even between the cohabiting individual hosts, they have unique skin bacterial strains in the same species, which shows microdiversity in each host. Genetic and functional differences between skin bacterial strains are predictive of in vivo competition to adapt bacterial genome to utilize the sparse nutrients available on the skin or produce molecules that inhibit the colonization of other microbes or alter their behavior. Thus, single-cell sequencing provides a large number of genomes of higher resolution and quality than conventional metagenomic analysis and helps explore the skin commensal bacteria at the strain level, linking taxonomic and functional information.

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  • Detection of heteroplasmy and nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes in the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus

    Seinen Chow, Takashi Yanagimoto, Haruko Takeyama

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    Partial mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) fragments and near entire stretch of 12S rDNA (12S) and control region (Dloop) of the Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus) (n = 3) were amplified by PCR and used for direct nucleotide sequencing and for clone library-based nucleotide sequence analysis. Nucleotide sequences of a total of 75 clones in COI, 77 in 12S and 92 in Dloop were determined. Haplotypes of the clones matched with those obtained by direct sequencing were determined to be genuine mtDNA sequence of the individual. Phylogenetic analysis revealed several distinct groups of haplotypes in all three regions. Genuine mtDNA sequences were observed to form a group with their closely related variables, and most of these variables may be due to amplification error but a few to be heteroplasmy. Haplotypes determined as nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (NUMTs) formed distinct groups. Nucleotide sequence divergence (K2P distance) between genuine haplotypes and NUMTs were substantial (7.169–23.880% for COI, 1.336–23.434% for 12S, and 7.897–71.862% for Dloop). These values were comparable to or smaller than those between species of the genus Panulirus, indicating that integration of mtDNA into the nuclear genome is a continuous and dynamic process throughout pre- and post-speciation events. Double peaks in electropherograms obtained by direct nucleotide sequencing were attributed to common nucleotides shared by multiple NUMTs. Information on the heteroplasmy and NUMTs would be very important for addressing their impact on direct nucleotide sequencing and for quality control of nucleotide sequences obtained.

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  • Integration of Droplet Microfluidic Tools for Single-cell Functional Metagenomics: An Engineering Head Start

    David Conchouso, Amani Al-Ma'abadi, Hayedeh Behzad, Mohammed Alarawi, Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Haruko Takeyama, Katsuhiko Mineta, Takashi Gojobori

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  • Recovery of strain-resolved genomes from human microbiome through an integration framework of single-cell genomics and metagenomics

    Koji Arikawa, Keigo Ide, Masato Kogawa, Tatsuya Saeki, Takuya Yoda, Taruho Endoh, Ayumi Matsuhashi, Haruko Takeyama, Masahito Hosokawa

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    Obtaining high-quality (HQ) reference genomes from microbial communities is crucial for understanding the phylogeny and function of uncultured microbes in complex microbial ecosystems. Despite improvements in bioinformatic approaches to generate curated metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), existing metagenome binners obtain population consensus genomes but they are nowhere comparable to genomes sequenced from isolates in terms of strain level resolution. Here, we present a framework for the integration of single-cell genomics and metagenomics, referred to as single-cell (sc) metagenomics, to reconstruct strain-resolved genomes from microbial communities at once.


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    Our sc-metagenomics integration framework, termed SMAGLinker, uses single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs) generated using microfluidic technology as binning guides and integrates them with metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) to recover improved draft genomes. We compared sc-metagenomics with the metagenomics-alone approach using conventional metagenome binners. The sc-metagenomics approach showed precise contig binning and higher recovery rates (&gt;97%) of rRNA and plasmids than conventional metagenomics in genome reconstruction from the cell mock community. In human microbiota samples, sc-metagenomics recovered the largest number of genomes with a total of 103 gut microbial genomes (21 HQ, with 65 showing &gt;90% completeness) and 45 skin microbial genomes (10 HQ, with 40 showing &gt;90% completeness), respectively. Conventional metagenomics recovered one <italic>Staphylococcus hominis</italic> genome, whereas sc-metagenomics recovered two <italic>S. hominis</italic> genomes from identical skin microbiota sample. Single-cell sequencing revealed that these <italic>S. hominis</italic> genomes were derived from two distinct strains harboring specifically different plasmids. We found that all conventional <italic>S. hominis</italic> MAGs had a substantial lack or excess of genome sequences and contamination from other <italic>Staphylococcus</italic> species (<italic>S. epidermidis).</italic>


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    SMAGLinker enabled us to obtain strain-resolved genomes in the mock community and human microbiota samples by assigning metagenomic sequences correctly and covering both highly conserved genes such as rRNA genes and unique extrachromosomal elements, including plasmids. SMAGLinker will provide HQ genomes that are difficult to obtain using metagenomics alone and will facilitate the understanding of microbial ecosystems by elucidating detailed metabolic pathways and horizontal gene transfer networks. SMAGLinker is available at <ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://github.com/kojiari/smaglinker">https://github.com/kojiari/smaglinker</ext-link>.



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  • Raman microspectroscopy imaging analysis of extracellular vesicles (EVs) biogenesis by filamentous fungus Penicilium chrysogenum

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Shumpei Horii, Takuji Nakashima, Naoko Shibata, Masahiro Ando, Haruko Takeyama

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    Mechanism of production of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their molecular contents are of great interest owing to their diverse roles in biological systems and are far from being completely understood. Even though, cellular cargo release mediated by EVs have been demonstrated in several cases, their role in secondary metabolite production and release remains elusive. In this study we investigate this aspect in detail using Raman micro-spectroscopic imaging. We provide considerable evidence to suggest that the release of antibiotic penicillin by filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenuminvolves EVs. Morphological modifications of the fungal body during biogenesis, changes in cell composition at the locus of biogenesis, and major molecular contents of the released EVs are also revealed in this study.

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  • Multi-omics analysis reveals cross-organism interactions in coral holobiont

    Toru Maruyama, Michihiro Ito, Satoshi Wakaoji, Yusuke Okubo, Keigo Ide, Yohei Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Fujimura, Shoichiro Suda, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Noriyuki Satoh, Chuya Shinzato, Kei Yura, Haruko Takeyama

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    Corals create an ecosystem, called a holobiont, with intracellular algae (zooxanthellae) and resident bacteria. Zooxanthellae and some bacteria play major roles in the physiological properties of the coral host. However, because of the difficulties in experimental verification of cross-organism interactions, the mechanisms underpinning these interactions are largely unknown. To address this, we here generated and then analyzed multi-omics datasets for corals, zooxanthellae, and bacteria collected at Okinawa, Japan, from November 2014 to September 2016. Using cross-organism co-expression analysis, we successfully characterized the host–alga relationship in the coral holobiont. Specifically, we observed that the coral host dominates the zooxanthellae. The multi-omics analysis also suggested that infection with coral-associated bacteria Endozoicomonas likely involves coral-like ephrin ligands, triggering an immune response of the coral host. This study highlights the potential of the multi-omics approach to elucidate coral–microbe interactions.

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  • Identification of two cancer stem cell-like populations in triple-negative breast cancer xenografts

    Jun Nakayama, Hiroko Matsunaga, Koji Arikawa, Takuya Yoda, Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yusuke Yamamoto, Kentaro Semba

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    Gene expression analysis at the single-cell level by next generation sequencing has revealed the existence of clonal dissemination and microheterogeneity in cancer metastasis. The current spatial analysis technologies can elucidate the heterogeneity of cell–cell interactions in situ. To reveal the regional and expressional heterogeneity in primary tumors and metastases, we performed transcriptomic analysis of microtissues dissected from a triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line MDA-MB-231 xenograft model with our automated tissue microdissection punching technology. This multiple-microtissue transcriptome analysis revealed three cancer cell-type clusters in the primary tumor and axillary lymph node metastasis, two of which were cancer stem cell (CSC)-like clusters (CD44/MYC-high, HMGA1-high). Reanalysis of public single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) datasets confirmed that the two CSC-like populations existed both in TNBC xenograft models and TNBC patients. In addition, the gene signature of the HMGA1-high CSC-like cluster has the potential to serve as a novel biomarker for diagnosis. The diversity of these multiple CSC-like populations may cause differential anticancer drug resistance, increasing the difficulty of curing this cancer.

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  • Leu-to-Phe substitution at prM146 decreases the growth ability of Zika virus and partially reduces its pathogenicity in mice.

    Takuya Inagaki, Satoshi Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kawai, Takahiro Maeki, Eri Nakayama, Shigeru Tajima, Haruko Takeyama, Chang Kweng Lim, Masayuki Saijo

    Scientific reports   11 ( 1 ) 19635 - 19635  2021.10  [International journal]

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    Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes febrile illness. The recent spread of ZIKV from Asia to the Americas via the Pacific region has revealed unprecedented features of ZIKV, including transplacental congenital infection causing microcephaly. Amino acid changes have been hypothesized to underlie the spread and novel features of American ZIKV strains; however, the relationship between genetic changes and the epidemic remains controversial. A comparison of the characteristics of a Southeast Asian strain (NIID123) and an American strain (PRVABC59) revealed that the latter had a higher replication ability in cultured cells and higher virulence in mice. In this study, we aimed to identify the genetic region of ZIKV responsible for these different characteristics using reverse genetics. A chimeric NIID123 strain in which the E protein was replaced with that of PRVABC59 showed a lower growth ability than the recombinant wild-type strain. Adaptation of the chimeric NIID123 to Vero cells induced a Phe-to-Leu amino acid substitution at position 146 of the prM protein; PRVABC59 also has Leu at this position. Leu at this position was found to be responsible for the viral replication ability and partially, for the pathogenicity in mouse testes.

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  • 未培養腸内細菌の1細胞ロングリードシーケンスによる完全長ゲノムの獲得

    細川 正人, 小川 雅人, 西川 洋平, 佐伯 達也, 依田 卓也, 有川 浩司, 竹山 春子

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   2021年   116 - 116  2021.10

  • Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Gryllidea (Insecta: Orthoptera): Implications for Adaptive Evolution in Ant-loving Crickets.

    Ryuto Sanno, Kosuke Kataoka, Shota Hayakawa, Keigo Ide, Chuong N Nguyen, Thao P Nguyen, Binh T N Le, Oanh T P Kim, Katsuhiko Mineta, Haruko Takeyama, Makio Takeda, Toshiyuki Sato, Takeshi Suzuki, Kei Yura, Toru Asahi

    Genome biology and evolution   13 ( 10 )  2021.09  [International journal]

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    Species of infraorder Gryllidea, or crickets, are useful invertebrate models for studying developmental biology and neuroscience. They have also attracted attention as alternative protein sources for human food and animal feed. Mitochondrial genomic information on related invertebrates, such as katydids, and locusts, has recently become available in attempt to clarify the controversial classification schemes, although robust phylogenetic relationships with emphasis on crickets remain elusive. Here, we report newly sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes of crickets to study their phylogeny, genomic rearrangements, and adaptive evolution. First, we conducted de novo assembly of mitochondrial genomes from eight cricket species and annotated protein-coding genes (PCGs) and transfer and ribosomal RNAs using automatic annotations and manual curation. Next, by combining newly described PCGs with public data of the complete Gryllidea genomes and gene annotations, we performed phylogenetic analysis and found gene order rearrangements in several branches. We further analyzed genetic signatures of selection in ant-loving crickets (Myrmecophilidae), which are small wingless crickets that inhabit ant nests. Three distinct approaches revealed two positively selected sites in the cox1 gene in these crickets. Protein 3D structural analyses suggested that these selected sites could influence the interaction of respiratory complex proteins, conferring benefits to ant-loving crickets with a unique ecological niche and morphology. These findings enhance our understanding of the genetic basis of cricket evolution without relying on estimates based on a limited number of molecular markers.

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  • Deconstruction of Obscure Features in SVD-Decomposed Raman Images from P. chrysogenum Reveals Complex Mixing of Spectra from Five Cellular Constituents

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Shumpei Horii, Masahiro Ando, Haruko Takeyama

    Analytical Chemistry   93 ( 35 ) 12139 - 12146  2021.09

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  • Distinctive Regulation of Emotional Behaviors and Fear-Related Gene Expression Responses in Two Extended Amygdala Subnuclei With Similar Molecular Profiles

    Shuhei Ueda, Masahito Hosokawa, Koji Arikawa, Kiyofumi Takahashi, Mao Fujiwara, Manami Kakita, Taro Fukada, Hiroaki Koyama, Shin-ichiro Horigane, Keiichi Itoi, Masaki Kakeyama, Hiroko Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Haruhiko Bito, Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura

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    The central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) and the lateral division of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) are the two major nuclei of the central extended amygdala that plays essential roles in threat processing, responsible for emotional states such as fear and anxiety. While some studies suggested functional differences between these nuclei, others showed anatomical and neurochemical similarities. Despite their complex subnuclear organization, subnuclei-specific functional impact on behavior and their underlying molecular profiles remain obscure. We here constitutively inhibited neurotransmission of protein kinase C-δ-positive (PKCδ+) neurons—a major cell type of the lateral subdivision of the CeA (CeL) and the oval nucleus of the BNST (BNSTov)—and found striking subnuclei-specific effects on fear- and anxiety-related behaviors, respectively. To obtain molecular clues for this dissociation, we conducted RNA sequencing in subnuclei-targeted micropunch samples. The CeL and the BNSTov displayed similar gene expression profiles at the basal level; however, both displayed differential gene expression when animals were exposed to fear-related stimuli, with a more robust expression change in the CeL. These findings provide novel insights into the molecular makeup and differential engagement of distinct subnuclei of the extended amygdala, critical for regulation of threat processing.

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  • Screening of Neutrophil Activating Factors from a Metagenome Library of Sponge-Associated Bacteria

    Yoshiko Okamura, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsuyuki Shiida, Yuto Hirata, Haruko Takeyama, Katsuhiko Suzuki

    Marine Drugs   19 ( 8 ) 427 - 427  2021.07

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    Marine sponge-associated bacteria are known as bio-active compound produce. We have constructed metagenome libraries of the bacteria and developed a metagenomic screening approach. Activity-based screening successfully identified novel genes and novel enzymes; however, the efficiency was only in 1 out of 104 clones. Therefore, in this study, we thought that bioinformatics could help to reduce screening efforts, and combined activity-based screening with database search. Neutrophils play an important role for the immune system to recognize excreted bacterial by-products as chemotactic factors and are recruited to infection sites to kill pathogens via phagocytosis. These excreted by-products are considered critical triggers that engage the immune system to mount a defense against infection, and identifying these factors may guide developments in medicine and diagnostics. We focused on genes encoding amino acid ligase and peptide synthetase and selected from an in-house sponge metagenome database. Cell-free culture medium of each was used in a neutrophil chemiluminescence assay in luminol reaction. The clone showing maximum activity had a genomic sequence expected to produce a molecule like a phospho-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide by the metagenome fragment analysis.

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  • Cortical transcriptome analysis after spinal cord injury reveals the regenerative mechanism of central nervous system in CRMP2 knock-in mice.

    Ayaka Sugeno, Wenhui Piao, Miki Yamazaki, Kiyofumi Takahashi, Koji Arikawa, Hiroko Matsunaga, Masahito Hosokawa, Daisuke Tominaga, Yoshio Goshima, Haruko Takeyama, Toshio Ohshima

    Neural regeneration research   16 ( 7 ) 1258 - 1265  2021.07  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Recent studies have shown that mutation at Ser522 causes inhibition of collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) phosphorylation and induces axon elongation and partial recovery of the lost sensorimotor function after spinal cord injury (SCI). We aimed to reveal the intracellular mechanism in axotomized neurons in the CRMP2 knock-in (CRMP2KI) mouse model by performing transcriptome analysis in mouse sensorimotor cortex using micro-dissection punching system. Prior to that, we analyzed the structural pathophysiology in axotomized or neighboring neurons after SCI and found that somatic atrophy and dendritic spine reduction in sensorimotor cortex were suppressed in CRMP2KI mice. Further analysis of the transcriptome has aided in the identification of four hemoglobin genes Hba-a1, Hba-a2, Hbb-bs, and Hbb-bt that are significantly upregulated in wild-type mice with concomitant upregulation of genes involved in the oxidative phosphorylation and ribosomal pathways after SCI. However, we observed substantial upregulation in channel activity genes and downregulation of genes regulating vesicles, synaptic function, glial cell differentiation in CRMP2KI mice. Moreover, the transcriptome profile of CRMP2KI mice has been discussed wherein energy metabolism and neuronal pathways were found to be differentially regulated. Our results showed that CRMP2KI mice displayed improved SCI pathophysiology not only via microtubule stabilization in neurons, but also possibly via the whole metabolic system in the central nervous system, response changes in glial cells, and synapses. Taken together, we reveal new insights on SCI pathophysiology and the regenerative mechanism of central nervous system by the inhibition of CRMP2 phosphorylation at Ser522. All these experiments were performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Waseda University, Japan (2017-A027 approved on March 21, 2017; 2018-A003 approved on March 25, 2018; 2019-A026 approved on March 25, 2019).

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  • On Selecting a Suitable Spectral Matching Method for Automated Analytical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy.

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Ryo Mukojima, Shumpei Horii, Masahiro Ando, Soshi Egashira, Takuji Nakashima, Masato Iwatsuki, Haruko Takeyama

    ACS omega   6 ( 3 ) 2060 - 2065  2021.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Raman spectra are molecular structure-specific and hence are employed in applications requiring chemical identification. The advent of efficient handheld and smartphone-based Raman instruments is promoting widespread applications of the technique, which often involve less trained end users. Software modules that enable spectral library searches based on spectral pattern matching is an essential part of such applications. The Raman spectrum recorded by end users will naturally have varying levels of signal to noise (SN), baseline fluctuations, etc., depending on the sample environment. Further, in biological, forensic, food, pharmaceuticals, etc., fields where a vast amount of Raman spectral data is generated, careful removal of background is often impossible. In other words, a 100% match between the library spectrum and user input cannot be often guaranteed or expected. Often, such influences are discounted upon developing mathematical methods for general applications. In this manuscript, we carefully examine how such effects would determine the results of spectral similarity-based library search. We show that several popular mathematical spectral matching approaches give incorrect results under the influence of small changes in the baseline and/or the noise. We also discuss the points to be carefully considered while generating a spectral library. We believe our results will be a guiding note for developing applications of Raman spectroscopy that uses a standard spectral library and mathematical spectral matching.

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  • Development of an Inflammatory CD14+ Dendritic Cell Subset in Humanized Mice.

    Ryutaro Iwabuchi, Keigo Ide, Kazutaka Terahara, Ryota Wagatsuma, Rieko Iwaki, Hiroko Matsunaga, Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    Frontiers in immunology   12   643040 - 643040  2021  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Humanized mouse models are attractive experimental models for analyzing the development and functions of human dendritic cells (DCs) in vivo. Although various types of DC subsets, including DC type 3 (DC3s), have been identified in humans, it remains unclear whether humanized mice can reproduce heterogeneous DC subsets. CD14, classically known as a monocyte/macrophage marker, is reported as an indicator of DC3s. We previously observed that some CD14+ myeloid cells expressed CD1c, a pan marker for bona fide conventional DC2 (cDC2s), in humanized mouse models in which human FLT3L and GM-CSF genes were transiently expressed using in vivo transfection (IVT). Here, we aimed to elucidate the identity of CD14+CD1c+ DC-like cells in humanized mouse models. We found that CD14+CD1c+ cells were phenotypically different from cDC2s; CD14+CD1c+ cells expressed CD163 but not CD5, whereas cDC2s expressed CD5 but not CD163. Furthermore, CD14+CD1c+ cells primed and polarized naïve CD4+ T cells toward IFN-γ+ Th1 cells more profoundly than cDC2s. Transcriptional analysis revealed that CD14+CD1c+ cells expressed several DC3-specific transcripts, such as CD163, S100A8, and S100A9, and were clearly segregated from cDC2s and monocytes. When lipopolysaccharide was administered to the humanized mice, the frequency of CD14+CD1c+ cells producing IL-6 and TNF-α was elevated, indicating a pro-inflammatory signature. Thus, humanized mice are able to sustain development of functional CD14+CD1c+ DCs, which are equivalent to DC3 subset observed in humans, and they could be useful for analyzing the development and function of DC3s in vivo.

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  • MBC2019: Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019.

    Haruko Takeyama, Hiroshi Saito, Yohei Nishikawa

    Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)   22 ( 6 ) 725 - 726  2020.12  [International journal]

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  • Detection of Penicillin G Produced by Penicillium chrysogenum with Raman Microspectroscopy and Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least-Squares Methods.

    Shumpei Horii, Masahiro Ando, Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Akira Take, Takuji Nakashima, Atsuko Matsumoto, Yo Ko Takahashi, Haruko Takeyama

    Journal of natural products   83 ( 11 ) 3223 - 3229  2020.11  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Raman microspectroscopy is a minimally invasive technique that can identify molecules without labeling. In this study, we demonstrate the detection of penicillin G inside Penicillium chrysogenum KF425 fungal cells. Raman spectra acquired from the fungal cells had highly overlapped spectroscopic signatures and hence were analyzed with multivariate curve resolution by alternating least-squares (MCR-ALS) to extract the spectra of individual molecular constituents. In addition to detecting spatial distribution of multiple constituents such as proteins and lipids inside the fungal body, we could also observe the subcellular localization of penicillin G. This methodology has the potential to be employed in screening the production of bioactive compounds by microorganisms.

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  • High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of a Rickettsiales Bacterium Found in Acropora tenuis Coral from Okinawa, Japan.

    Keigo Ide, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Eisuke Iwamoto, Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Haruko Takeyama

    Microbiology resource announcements   9 ( 48 )  2020.11  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Rickettsiales-like organisms are important for the survival and functioning of corals, prompting an investigation of their complete genomes. Earlier reports of the genomes of these organisms remain incomplete. Here, we report a novel draft genome of Rickettsiales bacterial strain SESOKO1, found in Acropora tenuis coral, using single-cell genome technology.

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  • Draft Genome Sequence of Okeania sp. Strain KiyG1, Assembled from Single-Amplified Genomes Collected from Cape Kiyan, Okinawa, Japan.

    Muhammad Wahyudin Lewaru, Yohei Nishikawa, Keigo Ide, Masato Kogawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Shinpei Sumimoto, Handung Nuryadi, Shoichiro Suda, Haruko Takeyama

    Microbiology resource announcements   9 ( 46 )  2020.11  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    The genus Okeania is a globally distributed group of microorganisms that live in shallow seabed regions. These organisms play several environmentally important roles and are also known producers of several active secondary metabolites with potential human applications. Here, we present a draft genome of Okeania sp. strain KiyG1 (92.7% completeness) that was assembled from four single-amplified genomes.

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  • シングルセルRNA-seq解析から明らかになった分裂酵母の目覚め機構

    露崎 隼, 細川 正人, 竹山 春子, 佐藤 政充

    バイオサイエンスとインダストリー   78 ( 6 ) 507 - 509  2020.11

  • Slow-Cycling Cancer Stem Cells Regulate Progression and Chemoresistance in Colon Cancer.

    Daisuke Shiokawa, Hiroaki Sakai, Hirokazu Ohata, Toshiaki Miyazaki, Yusuke Kanda, Shigeki Sekine, Daichi Narushima, Masahito Hosokawa, Mamoru Kato, Yutaka Suzuki, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Kambara, Hitoshi Nakagama, Koji Okamoto

    Cancer research   80 ( 20 ) 4451 - 4464  2020.10  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Cancer chemoresistance is often attributed to the presence of cancer stem cell (CSC)-like cells, but whether they are homogeneously chemoresistant remains unclear. We previously showed that in colon tumors, a subpopulation of LGR5+ CSC-like cells driven by TCF1 (TCF7), a Wnt-responsive transcription factor, were responsible for tumorigenicity. Here we demonstrate that the tumorigenic subpopulation of mouse LGR5+ cells exists in a slow-cycling state and identify a unique 22-gene signature that characterizes these slow-cycling CSC. Seven of the signature genes are specifically expressed in slow-cycling LGR5+ cells from xenografted human colon tumors and are upregulated in colon cancer clinical specimens. Among these seven, four genes (APCDD1, NOTUM, PROX1, and SP5) are known to be direct Wnt target genes, and PROX1 was expressed in the invasive fronts of colon tumors. PROX1 was activated by TCF1 to induce CDKN1C and maintain a slow-cycling state in colon cancer organoids. Strikingly, PROX1 was required for recurrent growth after chemotherapeutic treatment, suggesting that inhibition of slow-cycling CSC by targeting the TCF1-PROX1-CDKN1C pathway is an effective strategy to combat refractory colon cancer in combination with conventional chemotherapy. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings illustrate the importance of a slow-cycling CSC subpopulation in colon cancer development and chemoresistance, with potential implications for the identified slow-cycling CSC signatures and the TCF1-PROX1-CDKN1C pathway as therapeutic targets.

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  • Stereotyped B-cell response that counteracts antigenic variation of influenza viruses.

    Keisuke Tonouchi, Yu Adachi, Saya Moriyama, Kaori Sano, Koshiro Tabata, Keigo Ide, Haruko Takeyama, Tadaki Suzuki, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    International immunology   32 ( 9 ) 613 - 621  2020.09  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Influenza A subtypes are categorized into group 1 and group 2 based on the hemagglutinin (HA) sequence. Owing to the phylogenetic distance of HAs in different groups, antibodies that bind multiple HA subtypes across different groups are extremely rare. In this study, we demonstrated that an immunization with acid-treated HA antigen elicits germinal center (GC) B cells that bind multiple HA subtypes in both group 1 and group 2. The cross-group GC B cells utilized mostly one VH gene (1S56) and exhibited a sign of clonal evolution within GCs. The 1S56-lineage IgGs derived from GC B cells were able to bind to HA protein on the infected cell surface but not to the native form of HA protein, suggesting the cryptic nature of the 1S56 epitope and its exposure in infected cells. Finally, the 1S56-lineage IgGs provided protection against lethal infection in an Fc-dependent manner, independent of the virus-neutralizing activity. Thus, we identified 1S56-lineage antibodies as a unique stereotype for achieving cross-group influenza specificity. The antigens exposing the 1S56 epitope may be good candidates for broadly protective immunogens.

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  • Characterization of a Novel Alphaherpesvirus Isolated from the Fruit Bat Pteropus lylei in Vietnam.

    Takuya Inagaki, Souichi Yamada, Hikaru Fujii, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Miho Shibamura, Shizuko Harada, Shuetsu Fukushi, Mai Quynh Le, Co Thach Nguyen, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Nguyen, Van Tay Quach, Vu Dinh Thong, Kazuki Mori, Michihito Sasaki, Agus Setiyono, Ekowati Handharyani, Haruko Takeyama, Futoshi Hasebe, Masayuki Saijo

    Journal of virology   94 ( 18 )  2020.08  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Herpesviruses exist in nature within each host animal. Ten herpesviruses have been isolated from bats and their biological properties reported. A novel bat alphaherpesvirus, which we propose to name "Pteropus lylei-associated alphaherpesvirus (PLAHV)," was isolated from urine of the fruit bat Pteropus lylei in Vietnam and characterized. The entire genome sequence was determined to be 144,008 bp in length and predicted to include 72 genes. PLAHV was assigned to genus Simplexvirus with other bat alphaherpesviruses isolated from pteropodid bats in Southeast Asia and Africa. The replication capacity of PLAHV in several cells was evaluated in comparison with that of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). PLAHV replicated better in the bat-originated cell line and less in human embryonic lung fibroblasts than HSV-1 did. PLAHV was serologically related to another bat alphaherpesvirus, Pteropodid alphaherpesvirus 1 (PtAHV1), isolated from a Pteropus hypomelanus-related bat captured in Indonesia, but not with HSV-1. PLAHV caused lethal infection in mice. PLAHV was as susceptible to acyclovir as HSV-1 was. Characterization of this new member of bat alphaherpesviruses, PLAHV, expands the knowledge on bat-associated alphaherpesvirology.IMPORTANCE A novel bat alphaherpesvirus, Pteropus lylei-associated alphaherpesvirus (PLAHV), was isolated from urine of the fruit bat Pteropus lylei in Vietnam. The whole-genome sequence was determined and was predicted to include 72 open reading frames in the 144,008-bp genome. PLAHV is circulating in a species of fruit bats, Pteropus lylei, in Asia. This study expands the knowledge on bat-associated alphaherpesvirology.

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  • Molecular profiling of lipid droplets inside HuH7 cells with Raman micro-spectroscopy.

    Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Rimi Miyaoka, Masahiro Ando, Anne Gaebler, Christoph Thiele, Haruko Takeyama

    Communications biology   3 ( 1 ) 372 - 372  2020.07  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Raman imaging has become an attractive technology in molecular biology because of its ability to detect multiple molecular components simultaneously without labeling. Two major limitations in accurately accounting for spectral features, viz., background removal and spectral unmixing, have been overcome by employing a modified and effective routine in multivariate curve resolution (MCR). With our improved strategy, we have spectrally isolated seven structurally specific biomolecules without any post-acquisition spectral treatments. Consequently, the isolated intensity profiles reflected concentrations of corresponding biomolecules with high statistical accuracy. Our study reveals the changes in the molecular composition of lipid droplets (LDs) inside HuH7 cells and its relation to the physiological state of the cell. Further, we show that the accurate separation of spectral components permits analysis of structural modification of molecules after cellular uptake. A detailed discussion is presented to highlight the potential of Raman spectroscopy with MCR in semi-quantitative molecular profiling of living cells.

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  • Rapid inspection method for investigating the heat processing conditions employed for chicken meat using Raman spectroscopy.

    Rimi Miyaoka, Masahiro Ando, Rieko Harada, Hiroyuki Osaka, Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama

    Journal of bioscience and bioengineering   129 ( 6 ) 700 - 705  2020.06  [Refereed]  [Domestic journal]

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    In Japan, the imports of meat products have been increasing every year. Heat processing of meat is the current standard method for ensuring domestic animal health, particularly in case of meat products from areas where infectious diseases are known to have occurred in domestic animals. The Animal Quarantine Service needs to establish a method that detects the temperature at which the meat has been heat-processed (endpoint temperature) to ensure that the standard protocol is followed at the production location. Here, we developed a Raman spectroscopy and multivariate statistics (viz. multivariate curve resolution (MCR))-based simple and rapid method for accurately estimating the end point temperature. We showed that the temperature-dependent secondary structure modification of proteins can serve as an accurate indicator of the temperature of heat processing. This methodology can be easily automated for effective utilization by someone who is not an expert in spectroscopy. We envisage a wider application of this method in food analysis, although the present research investigated the application of this method in chicken meat heat processing analysis.

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  • Dietary AhR Ligands Regulate AhRR Expression in Intestinal Immune Cells and Intestinal Microbiota Composition.

    Oliver Schanz, Rieka Chijiiwa, Sevgi Can Cengiz, Yasmin Majlesain, Heike Weighardt, Haruko Takeyama, Irmgard Förster

    International journal of molecular sciences   21 ( 9 )  2020.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    A diet rich in vegetables and fruit is generally considered healthy because of a high content of phytochemicals, vitamins, and fiber. The phytochemical indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a derivative of glucobrassicin, is sold as a dietary supplement promising diverse health benefits. I3C metabolites act as ligands of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), an important sensor for environmental polyaromatic chemicals. Here, we investigated how dietary AhR ligand supplementation influences AhR target gene expression and intestinal microbiota composition. For this, we used AhR repressor (AhRR)-reporter mice as a tool to study AhR activation in the intestine following dietary I3C-supplementation in comparison with AhR ligand-deprived diets, including a high fat diet. AhRR expression in intestinal immune cells was mainly driven by dietary AhR ligands and was independent of microbial metabolites. A lack of dietary AhR ligands caused enhanced susceptibility to dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis and correlated with the expansion of Enterobacteriaceae, whereas Clostridiales, Muribaculaceae, and Rikenellaceae were strongly reduced. I3C supplementation largely reverted this effect. Comparison of I3C-induced changes in microbiota composition using wild-type (WT), AhRR-deficient, and AhR-deficient mice revealed both AhR-dependent and -independent alterations in the microbiome. Overall, our study demonstrates that dietary AhR ligand supplementation has a profound influence on Ahrr expression in intestinal immune cells as well as microbiota composition.

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  • Evaluation of the effects of cell-dispensing using an inkjet-based bioprinter on cell integrity by RNA-seq analysis.

    Masayuki Yumoto, Natsuko Hemmi, Naoki Sato, Yudai Kawashima, Koji Arikawa, Keigo Ide, Masahito Hosokawa, Manabu Seo, Haruko Takeyama

    Scientific reports   10 ( 1 ) 7158 - 7158  2020.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Bioprinting technology is expected to be applied in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug discovery. There are several types of bioprinters, especially inkjet-based bioprinter, which can be used not only as a printer for arranging cells but also as a precision cell-dispensing device with controlled cell numbers similar to a fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS). Precise cell dispensers are expected to be useful in the fields of drug discovery and single-cell analysis. However, there are enduring concerns about the impacts of cell dispensers on cell integrity, particularly on sensitive cells, such as stem cells. In response to the concerns stated above, we developed a stress-free and media-direct-dispensing inkjet bioprinter. In the present study, in addition to conventional viability assessments, we evaluated the gene expression using RNA-seq to investigate whether the developed bioprinter influenced cell integrity in mouse embryonic stem cells. We evaluated the developed bioprinter based on three dispensing methods: manual operation using a micropipette, FACS and the developed inkjet bioprinter. According to the results, the developed inkjet bioprinter exhibited cell-friendly dispensing performance, which was similar to the manual dispensing operation, based not only on cell viability but also on gene expression levels.

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  • Effective microtissue RNA extraction coupled with Smart-seq2 for reproducible and robust spatial transcriptome analysis.

    Miki Yamazaki, Masahito Hosokawa, Koji Arikawa, Kiyofumi Takahashi, Chikako Sakanashi, Takuya Yoda, Hiroko Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    Scientific reports   10 ( 1 ) 7083 - 7083  2020.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Spatial transcriptomics is useful for understanding the molecular organization of a tissue and providing insights into cellular function in a morphological context. In order to obtain reproducible results in spatial transcriptomics, we have to maintain tissue morphology and RNA molecule stability during the image acquisition and biomolecule collection processes. Here, we developed a tissue processing method for robust and reproducible RNA-seq from tissue microdissection samples. In this method, we suppressed RNA degradation in fresh-frozen tissue specimens by dehydration fixation and effectively collected a small amount of RNA molecules from microdissection samples by magnetic beads. We demonstrated the spatial transcriptome analysis of the mouse liver and brain in serial microdissection samples (100 μm in a diameter and 10 μm in thickness) produced by a microdissection punching system. Using our method, we could prevent RNA degradation at room temperature and effectively produce a sequencing library with Smart-seq2. This resulted in reproducible sequence read mapping in exon regions and the detection of more than 2000 genes compared to non-fixed samples in the RNA-seq analysis. Our method would be applied to various transcriptome analyses, providing the information for region specific gene expression in tissue specimens.

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  • 小腸パイエル板組織内共生菌アルカリゲネスと樹状細胞の相互作用

    細見 晃司, 柴田 納央子, 下山 敦史, 宇戸 智哉, 長竹 貴広, 東島 陽子, 西野 友美, 竹山 春子, 深瀬 浩一, 清野 宏, 國澤 純

    腸内細菌学雑誌   34 ( 2 ) 90 - 90  2020.04

  • Time-lapse single-cell transcriptomics reveals modulation of histone H3 for dormancy breaking in fission yeast.

    Hayato Tsuyuzaki, Masahito Hosokawa, Koji Arikawa, Takuya Yoda, Naoyuki Okada, Haruko Takeyama, Masamitsu Sato

    Nature communications   11 ( 1 ) 1265 - 1265  2020.03  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    How quiescent cells break dormancy is a key issue in eukaryotic cells including cancer. Fungal spores, for example, remain quiescent for long periods until nourished, although the mechanisms by which dormancy is broken remain enigmatic. Transcriptome analysis could provide a clue, but methods to synchronously germinate large numbers of spores are lacking, and thus it remains a challenge to analyse gene expression upon germination. Hence, we develop methods to assemble transcriptomes from individual, asynchronous spore cells of fission yeast undergoing germination to assess transcriptomic changes over time. The virtual time-lapse analyses highlights one of three copies of histone H3 genes whose transcription fluctuates during the initial stage of germination. Disruption of this temporal fluctuation causes defects in spore germination despite no visible defects in other stages of the life cycle. We conclude that modulation of histone H3 expression is a crucial 'wake-up' trigger at dormancy breaking.

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  • Massively parallel single-cell genome sequencing enables high-resolution analysis of soil and marine microbiome

    Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Katsuhiko Mineta, Kai Takahashi, Chikako Sakanashi, Hayedeh Behzad, Takashi Gojobori, Haruko Takeyama

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    <title>Abstract</title>To improve our understanding of the environmental microbiome, we developed a single-cell genome sequencing platform, named SAG-gel, which utilizes gel beads for single-cell isolation, cell lysis, and whole genome amplification (WGA) for sequencing. SAG-gel enables serial, parallel and independent reactions of &gt; 100,000 single cells in a single tube, delivering high-quality genome recovery with storable randomized single-cell genome libraries. From soil and marine environmental sources, we acquired 734 partial genomes that are recapitulated in 231 species, 35% of which were assigned as high-to-medium qualities. We found that each genome to be almost unique and 98.7% of them were newly identified, implying the complex genetic diversities across 44 phyla. The various metabolic capabilities including virulence factors and biosynthetic gene clusters were found across the lineages at single-cell resolution. This technology will accelerate the accumulation of reference genomes of uncharacterized environmental microbes and provide us new insights for their roles.

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  • 環境細菌のシングルセルゲノム解析 微小液滴を用いたゲノム解析手法とその応用例

    西川 洋平, 細川 正人, 小川 雅人, 竹山 春子

    日本乳酸菌学会誌   31 ( 1 ) 17 - 24  2020.03

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    環境中に生息する多様な難培養性細菌の機能解明に向けて、培養に依存しない手法として、ゲノム情報に基づいた解析が注目を集めている。次世代シークエンサーの発達によって多量の配列情報を一度に取得することが可能になったことにより、多様な環境を対象としたゲノム解析が現在進行形で進められている。また、蓄積されたゲノム情報は様々な解析に利用され、日々新たな知見が報告されている。本総説においては近年の筆者らの研究成果を交え、メタゲノムおよびシングルセルゲノムを用いた環境細菌のゲノム解析における最新の研究トピックを概説する。特に、微小液滴を用いたシングルセルゲノム解析技術について、その応用例と有用性を紹介したい。(著者抄録)

  • Single-cell genomics of uncultured bacteria reveals dietary fiber responders in the mouse gut microbiota.

    Rieka Chijiiwa, Masahito Hosokawa, Masato Kogawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Keigo Ide, Chikako Sakanashi, Kai Takahashi, Haruko Takeyama

    Microbiome   8 ( 1 ) 5 - 5  2020.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    BACKGROUND: The gut microbiota can have dramatic effects on host metabolism; however, current genomic strategies for uncultured bacteria have several limitations that hinder their ability to identify responders to metabolic changes in the microbiota. In this study, we describe a novel single-cell genomic sequencing technique that can identify metabolic responders at the species level without the need for reference genomes, and apply this method to identify bacterial responders to an inulin-based diet in the mouse gut microbiota. RESULTS: Inulin-feeding changed the mouse fecal microbiome composition to increase Bacteroides spp., resulting in the production of abundant succinate in the mouse intestine. Using our massively parallel single-cell genome sequencing technique, named SAG-gel platform, we obtained 346 single-amplified genomes (SAGs) from mouse gut microbes before and after dietary inulin supplementation. After quality control, the SAGs were classified as 267 bacteria, spanning 2 phyla, 4 classes, 7 orders, and 14 families, and 31 different strains of SAGs were graded as high- and medium-quality draft genomes. From these, we have successfully obtained the genomes of the dominant inulin-responders, Bacteroides spp., and identified their polysaccharide utilization loci and their specific metabolic pathways for succinate production. CONCLUSIONS: Our single-cell genomics approach generated a massive amount of SAGs, enabling a functional analysis of uncultured bacteria in the intestinal microbiome. This enabled us to estimate metabolic lineages involved in the bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber and metabolic outcomes such as short-chain fatty acid production in the intestinal environment based on the fibers ingested. The technique allows the in-depth isolation and characterization of uncultured bacteria with specific functions in the microbiota and could be exploited to improve human and animal health. Video abstract.

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  • Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers hierarchical autophagy through reprogramming of LAPosome-like vesicles via NDP52-delocalization.

    Michinaga Ogawa, Naoki Takada, Sayaka Shizukuishi, Mikado Tomokiyo, Bin Chang, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Soichiro Kakuta, Isei Tanida, Akihide Ryo, Jun-Lin Guan, Haruko Takeyama, Makoto Ohnishi

    Communications biology   3 ( 1 ) 25 - 25  2020.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    In innate immunity, multiple autophagic processes eliminate intracellular pathogens, but it remains unclear whether noncanonical autophagy and xenophagy are coordinated, and whether they occur concomitantly or sequentially. Here, we show that Streptococcus pneumoniae, a causative of invasive pneumococcal disease, can trigger FIP200-, PI3P-, and ROS-independent pneumococcus-containing LC3-associated phagosome (LAPosome)-like vacuoles (PcLVs) in an early stage of infection, and that PcLVs are indispensable for subsequent formation of bactericidal pneumococcus-containing autophagic vacuoles (PcAVs). Specifically, we identified LC3- and NDP52-delocalized PcLV, which are intermediates between PcLV and PcAV. Atg14L, Beclin1, and FIP200 were responsible for delocalizing LC3 and NDP52 from PcLVs. Thus, multiple noncanonical and canonical autophagic processes are deployed sequentially against intracellular S. pneumoniae. The Atg16L1 WD domain, p62, NDP52, and poly-Ub contributed to PcLV formation. These findings reveal a previously unidentified hierarchical autophagy mechanism during bactericidal xenophagy against intracellular bacterial pathogens, and should improve our ability to control life-threating pneumococcal diseases.

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  • 病原性 肺炎球菌感染細胞におけるLAPosome様小胞の誘導機構解析

    雫石 早矢佳, 小川 道永, 高田 直輝, 梁 明秀, 竹山 春子, 大西 真

    日本細菌学雑誌   75 ( 1 ) 46 - 46  2020.01

  • The Draft Genome Dataset of the Asian Cricket Teleogryllus occipitalis for Molecular Research Toward Entomophagy.

    Kosuke Kataoka, Ryuhei Minei, Keigo Ide, Atsushi Ogura, Haruko Takeyama, Makio Takeda, Takeshi Suzuki, Kei Yura, Toru Asahi

    Frontiers in genetics   11   470 - 470  2020  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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  • Lymphoid Tissue-Resident Alcaligenes Establish an Intracellular Symbiotic Environment by Creating a Unique Energy Shift in Dendritic Cells.

    Koji Hosomi, Naoko Shibata, Atsushi Shimoyama, Tomoya Uto, Takahiro Nagatake, Yoko Tojima, Tomomi Nishino, Haruko Takeyama, Koichi Fukase, Hiroshi Kiyono, Jun Kunisawa

    Frontiers in microbiology   11   561005 - 561005  2020  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Lymphoid-tissue-resident commensal bacteria (LRCs), including Alcaligenes faecalis, are present in intestinal lymphoid tissue including the Peyer's patches (PPs) of mammals and modulate the host immune system. Although LRCs can colonize within dendritic cells (DCs), the mechanisms through which LRCs persist in DCs and the symbiotic relationships between LRCs and DCs remain to be investigated. Here, we show an intracellular symbiotic system in which the LRC Alcaligenes creates a unique energy shift in DCs. Whereas DCs showed low mitochondrial respiration when they were co-cultured with Escherichia coli, DCs carrying A. faecalis maintained increased mitochondrial respiration. Furthermore, E. coli induced apoptosis of DCs but A. faecalis did not. Regarding an underlying mechanism, A. faecalis-unlike E. coli-did not induce intracellular nitric oxide (NO) production in DCs due to the low activity of its lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Therefore, A. faecalis, an example of LRCs, may persist within intestinal lymphoid tissue because they elicit little NO production in DCs. In addition, the symbiotic DCs exhibit characteristic physiologic changes, including a low rate of apoptosis and increased mitochondrial respiration.

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  • Interleukin-17A/F1 Deficiency Reduces Antimicrobial Gene Expression and Contributes to Microbiome Alterations in Intestines of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes).

    Yo Okamura, Natsuki Morimoto, Daisuke Ikeda, Nanami Mizusawa, Shugo Watabe, Hiroshi Miyanishi, Yuichi Saeki, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki, Masato Kinoshita, Tomoya Kono, Masahiro Sakai, Jun-Ichi Hikima

    Frontiers in immunology   11   425 - 425  2020  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    In mammals, interleukin (IL)-17A and F are hallmark inflammatory cytokines that play key roles in protection against infection and intestinal mucosal immunity. In the gastrointestinal tract (GI), the induction of antimicrobial peptide (AMP) production via Paneth cells is a fundamental role of IL-17A and F in maintaining homeostasis of the GI microbiome and health. Although mammalian IL-17A and F homologs (referred to as IL-17A/F1-3) have been identified in several fish species, their function in the intestine is poorly understood. Additionally, the fish intestine lacks Paneth cells, and its GI structure is very different from that of mammals. Therefore, the GI microbiome modulatory mechanism via IL-17A/F genes has not been fully elucidated. In this study, Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) were used as a teleost model, and IL-17A/F1-knockout (IL-17A/F1-KO) medaka were established using the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technique. Furthermore, two IL-17A/F1-deficient medaka strains were generated, including one strain containing a 7-bp deletion (-7) and another with an 11-bp addition (+11). After establishing F2 homozygous KO medaka, transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq) was conducted to elucidate IL-17A/F1-dependent gene induction in the intestine. Results of RNA-seq and real-time PCR (qPCR) demonstrated down-regulation of immune-related genes, including interleukin-1β (IL-1β), complement 1q subunit C (C1qc), transferrin a (Tfa), and G-type lysozyme (LyzG), in IL-17A/F1-KO medaka. Interestingly, protein and lipid digestive enzyme genes, including phospholipase A2, group IB (pla2g1b), and elastase-1-like (CELA1), were also downregulated in the intestines of IL-17A/F1-KO medaka. Furthermore, to reveal the influence of these downregulated genes on the gut microbiome in IL-17A/F1-KO, 16S rRNA-based metagenomic sequencing analysis was conducted to analyze the microbiome constitution. Under a non-exposed state, the intestinal microbiome of IL-17A/F1-KO medaka differed at the phylum level from wild-type, with significantly higher levels of Verrucomicrobia and Planctomycetes. Additionally, at the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) level of the human and fish pathogens, the Enterobacteriaceae Plesiomonas shigelloides was the dominant species in IL-17A/F1-KO medaka. These findings suggest that IL-17A/F1 is involved in the maintenance of a healthy gut microbiome.

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  • 【シングルセルゲノミクス 組織の機能、病態が1細胞レベルで見えてきた!】(第3章)技術開発 マイクロバイオームのシングルセル解析

    細川 正人, 小川 雅人, 竹山 春子

    実験医学   37 ( 20 ) 3521 - 3526  2019.12

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    マイクロバイオームのメタゲノム解析では、種組成や全遺伝子組成などの微生物集団の全体像を捉えることができる。シングルセルゲノム解析は、微生物の個別ゲノムを明らかにし、その注目すべき微生物の役割、遺伝子の特徴を整理して理解することができる。現行のシングルセルゲノム解析は、動物細胞を対象とするものが主流であるが、近年では微生物に適合した技術が開発されている。本稿では、最近のメタゲノム解析の動向に触れながら、マイクロバイオーム研究におけるシングルセルゲノム解析の活用の可能性について考察する。(著者抄録)

  • Publisher Correction: A humanized mouse model identifies key amino acids for low immunogenicity of H7N9 vaccines.

    Yamato Wada, Arnone Nithichanon, Eri Nobusawa, Leonard Moise, William D Martin, Norio Yamamoto, Kazutaka Terahara, Haruhisa Hagiwara, Takato Odagiri, Masato Tashiro, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Haruko Takeyama, Anne S De Groot, Manabu Ato, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    Scientific reports   9 ( 1 ) 14730 - 14730  2019.10  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

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  • Exposure of an occluded hemagglutinin epitope drives selection of a class of cross-protective influenza antibodies.

    Yu Adachi, Keisuke Tonouchi, Arnone Nithichanon, Masayuki Kuraoka, Akiko Watanabe, Ryo Shinnakasu, Hideki Asanuma, Akira Ainai, Yusuke Ohmi, Takuya Yamamoto, Ken J Ishii, Hideki Hasegawa, Haruko Takeyama, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Manabu Ato, Garnett Kelsoe, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    Nature communications   10 ( 1 ) 3883 - 3883  2019.08  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Germinal center (GC) B cells at viral replication sites acquire specificity to poorly immunogenic but conserved influenza hemagglutinin (HA) epitopes. Here, high-throughput epitope mapping of local GC B cells is used to identify conserved HA epitope selecting cross-reactive antibodies that mediate heterosubtypic protection. A distinct feature of this epitope is an occlusion in the naive trimeric HA structure that is exposed in the post-fusion HA structure to occur under low pH conditions during viral replication. Importantly, systemic immunization by the post-fusion HA antigen results in GC B cells targeting the occluded epitope, and induces a class of protective antibodies that have cross-group specificity and afford protection independent of virus neutralization activity. Furthermore, this class of broadly protective antibodies develops at late time points and persists. Our results identify a class of cross-protective antibodies that are selected at the viral replication site, and provide insights into vaccine strategies using the occluded epitope.

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  • 腸管組織内共生日和見細菌アルカリゲネス菌の形態変化に伴う、シトクロムc蓄積と宿主細胞のアポトーシス誘導

    柴田 納央子, 國澤 純, 安藤 正浩, 細川 正人, 堀井 俊平, 細見 晃司, 竹山 春子, 清野 宏

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   2019年   213 - 213  2019.08

  • 顕微ラマン分光法及び多変量スペクトル分解法を用いた生理活性物質penicillin及びavermectinの菌体内検出

    堀井 俊平, 安藤 正浩, 中島 琢自, アショク・サムエル, 松本 厚子, 高橋 洋子, 竹山 春子

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   2019年   212 - 212  2019.08  [Refereed]

  • High-throughput identification of peptide agonists against GPCRs by co-culture of mammalian reporter cells and peptide-secreting yeast cells using droplet microfluidics.

    Kenshi Yaginuma, Wataru Aoki, Natsuko Miura, Yuta Ohtani, Shunsuke Aburaya, Masato Kogawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Mitsuyoshi Ueda

    Scientific reports   9 ( 1 ) 10920 - 10920  2019.07  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Since G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are linked to various diseases, screening of functional ligands against GPCRs is vital for drug discovery. In the present study, we developed a high-throughput functional cell-based assay by combining human culture cells producing a GPCR, yeast cells secreting randomized peptide ligands, and a droplet microfluidic device. We constructed a reporter human cell line that emits fluorescence in response to the activation of human glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (hGLP1R). We then constructed a yeast library secreting an agonist of hGLP1R or randomized peptide ligands. We demonstrated that high-throughput identification of functional ligands against hGLP1R could be performed by co-culturing the reporter cells and the yeast cells in droplets. We identified functional ligands, one of which had higher activity than that of an original sequence. The result suggests that our system could facilitate the discovery of functional peptide ligands of GPCRs.

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  • Correction to: A CCR5+ memory subset within HIV-1-infected primary resting CD4+ T cells is permissive for replication-competent, latently infected viruses in vitro.

    Kazutaka Terahara, Ryutaro Iwabuchi, Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota

    BMC research notes   12 ( 1 ) 322 - 322  2019.06  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    After publication of the original article [1], the authors became aware of a miscalculation in the original Fig. 2d.

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  • A CCR5+ memory subset within HIV-1-infected primary resting CD4+ T cells is permissive for replication-competent, latently infected viruses in vitro.

    Kazutaka Terahara, Ryutaro Iwabuchi, Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota

    BMC research notes   12 ( 1 ) 242 - 242  2019.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    OBJECTIVE: Resting CD4+ T cells are major reservoirs of latent HIV-1 infection, and may be formed during the early phase of the infection. Although CCR5-tropic (R5) HIV-1 is highly transmissible during the early phase, newly infected individuals have usually been exposed to a mixture of R5 and CXCR4-tropic (X4) viruses, and X4 viral DNA is also detectable in the host. Our aim was to identify which subsets of resting CD4+ T cells contribute to forming the latent reservoir in the presence of both X4 and R5 viruses. RESULTS: Primary resting CD4+ naïve T (TN) cells, CCR5- memory T (TM) cells, and CCR5+ TM cells isolated by flow cytometry were infected simultaneously with X4 and R5 HIV-1, which harbored different reporter genes, and were cultured in the resting condition. Flow cytometry at 3 days post-infection demonstrated that X4 HIV-1+ cells were present in all three subsets of cells, whereas R5 HIV-1+ cells were present preferentially in CCR5+ TM cells, but not in TN cells. Following CD3/CD28-mediated activation at 3 days post-infection, numbers of R5 HIV-1+ cells and X4 HIV-1+ cells increased significantly only in the CCR5+ TM subset, suggesting that it provides a major reservoir of replication-competent, latently infected viruses.

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  • Sequential Sensing by TLR2 and Mincle Directs Immature Myeloid Cells to Protect against Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Mice.

    Takayuki Matsumura, Tadayoshi Ikebe, Koji Arikawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Michio Aiko, Aoi Iguchi, Ikuko Togashi, Sayaka Kai, Sakiko Ohara, Naoya Ohara, Makoto Ohnishi, Haruo Watanabe, Kazuo Kobayashi, Haruko Takeyama, Sho Yamasaki, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Manabu Ato

    Cell reports   27 ( 2 ) 561 - 571  2019.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Severe invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection evades anti-bacterial immunity by attenuating the cellular components of innate immune responses. However, this loss of protection is compensated for by interferon (IFN)-γ-producing immature myeloid cells (γIMCs), which are selectively recruited upon severe invasive GAS infection in mice. Here, we demonstrate that γIMCs provide this IFN-γ-mediated protection by sequentially sensing GAS through two distinct pattern recognition receptors. In a mouse model, GAS is initially recognized by Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), which promptly induces interleukin (IL)-6 production in γIMCs. γIMC-derived IL-6 promotes the upregulation of a recently identified GAS-sensing receptor, macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (Mincle), in an autocrine or paracrine manner. Notably, blockade of γIMC-derived IL-6 abrogates Mincle expression, downstream IFN-γ production, and γIMC-mediated protection against severe invasive GAS infection. Thus, γIMCs regulate host protective immunity against severe invasive GAS infection via a TLR2-IL-6-Mincle axis.

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  • Enrichment of bacteria and alginate lyase genes potentially involved in brown alga degradation in the gut of marine gastropods.

    Michihiro Ito, Kotaro Watanabe, Toru Maruyama, Tetsushi Mori, Kentaro Niwa, Seinen Chow, Haruko Takeyama

    Scientific reports   9 ( 1 ) 2129 - 2129  2019.02  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Gut bacteria of phytophagous and omnivorous marine invertebrates often possess alginate lyases (ALGs), which are key enzymes for utilizing macroalgae as carbon neutral biomass. We hypothesized that the exclusive feeding of a target alga to marine invertebrates would shift the gut bacterial diversity suitable for degrading the algal components. To test this hypothesis, we reared sea hare (Dolabella auricularia) and sea snail (Batillus cornutus) for two to four weeks with exclusive feeding of a brown alga (Ecklonia cava). Pyrosequencing analysis of the gut bacterial 16S rRNA genes revealed shifts in the gut microbiota after rearing, mainly due to a decrease in the variety of bacterial members. Significant increases in six and four 16S rRNA gene phylotypes were observed in the reared sea hares and sea snails, respectively, and some of them were phylogenetically close to known alginate-degrading bacteria. Clone library analysis of PL7 family ALG genes using newly designed degenerate primer sets detected a total of 50 ALG gene phylotypes based on 90% amino acid identity. The number of ALG gene phylotypes increased in the reared sea hare but decreased in reared sea snail samples, and no phylotype was shared between them. Out of the 50 phylotypes, 15 were detected only after the feeding procedure. Thus, controlled feeding strategy may be valid and useful for the efficient screening of genes suitable for target alga fermentation.

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  • IgA tetramerization improves target breadth but not peak potency of functionality of anti-influenza virus broadly neutralizing antibody.

    Shinji Saito, Kaori Sano, Tadaki Suzuki, Akira Ainai, Yuki Taga, Tomonori Ueno, Koshiro Tabata, Kumpei Saito, Yuji Wada, Yuki Ohara, Haruko Takeyama, Takato Odagiri, Tsutomu Kageyama, Kiyoko Ogawa-Goto, Pretty Multihartina, Vivi Setiawaty, Krisna Nur Andriana Pangesti, Hideki Hasegawa

    PLoS pathogens   15 ( 1 ) e1007427  2019.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Mucosal immunoglobulins comprise mainly secretory IgA antibodies (SIgAs), which are the major contributor to pathogen-specific immune responses in mucosal tissues. These SIgAs are highly heterogeneous in terms of their quaternary structure. A recent report shows that the polymerization status of SIgA defines their functionality in the human upper respiratory mucosa. Higher order polymerization of SIgA (i.e., tetramers) leads to a marked increase in neutralizing activity against influenza viruses. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of SIgA polymerization remain elusive. Here, we developed a method for generating recombinant tetrameric monoclonal SIgAs. We then compared the anti-viral activities of these tetrameric SIgAs, which possessed variable regions identical to that of a broadly neutralizing anti-influenza antibody F045-092 against influenza A viruses, with that of monomeric IgG or IgA. The tetrameric SIgA showed anti-viral inhibitory activity superior to that of other forms only when the antibody exhibits low-affinity binding to the target. By contrast, SIgA tetramerization did not substantially modify anti-viral activity against targets with high-affinity binding. Taken together, the data suggest that tetramerization of SIgA improved target breadth, but not peak potency of antiviral functions of the broadly neutralizing anti-influenza antibody. This phenomenon presumably represents one of the mechanisms by which SIgAs present in human respiratory mucosa prevent infection by antigen-drifted influenza viruses. Understanding the mechanisms involved in cross neutralization of viruses by SIgAs might facilitate the development of vaccine strategies against viral infection of mucosal tissues.

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  • An estrogen antagonist, cyclofenil, has anti-dengue-virus activity.

    Daiki Tohma, Shigeru Tajima, Fumihiro Kato, Hirotaka Sato, Michinori Kakisaka, Takayuki Hishiki, Michiyo Kataoka, Haruko Takeyama, Chang-Kweng Lim, Yoko Aida, Masayuki Saijo

    Archives of virology   164 ( 1 ) 225 - 234  2019.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Dengue virus (DENV) infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical areas. Several compounds that act against DENV have been studied in clinical trials to date; however, there have been no compounds identified that are effective in reducing the severity of the clinical manifestations. To explore anti-DENV drugs, we examined small molecules that interact with DENV NS1 and inhibit DENV replication. Cyclofenil, which is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and has been used clinically as an ovulation-inducing drug, showed an inhibitory effect on DENV replication in mammalian cells but not in mosquito cells. Other SERMs also inhibited DENV replication in mammalian cells, but cyclofenil showed the weakest cytotoxicity among these SERMs. Cyclofenil also inhibited the replication of Zika virus. A time-of-addition assay suggested that cyclofenil may interfere with two stages of the DENV life cycle: the translation-RNA synthesis and assembly-maturation stages. However, the level of intracellular infectious particles decreased more drastically after treatment with cyclofenil than the viral RNA level did, indicating that the assembly-maturation stage might be the main target of cyclofenil. In electron microscopy analysis, many aggregated particles were detected in DENV-infected cells in the presence of cyclofenil, supporting the possibility that cyclofenil impedes the process of assembly and maturation of DENV.

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  • Correction to: An estrogen antagonist, cyclofenil, has anti-dengue-virus activity.

    Daiki Tohma, Shigeru Tajima, Fumihiro Kato, Hirotaka Sato, Michinori Kakisaka, Takayuki Hishiki, Michiyo Kataoka, Haruko Takeyama, Chang-Kweng Lim, Yoko Aida, Masayuki Saijo

    Archives of virology   164 ( 1 ) 235 - 235  2019.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    We would like to correct the information on the antibody used in this study. In Fig. 5 of the article, cellular β-actin was detected as an internal control using anti-β-actin antibody (Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemicals, #017-24573).

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  • A metabarcoding survey for seasonal picophytoplankton composition in two coral reefs around Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan

    Handung Nuryadi, Thi Tra My Nguyen, Michihiro Ito, Naoko Okada, Satoshi Wakaoji, Toru Maruyama, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Hiroyuki Fujimura, Haruko Takeyama, Shoichiro Suda

    Journal of Applied Phycology   30 ( 6 ) 3179 - 3186  2018.12  [Refereed]

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  • Effects of short-term endurance exercise on gut microbiota in elderly men.

    Hirokazu Taniguchi, Kumpei Tanisawa, Xiaomin Sun, Takafumi Kubo, Yuri Hoshino, Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Mitsuru Higuchi

    Physiological reports   6 ( 23 ) e13935  2018.12  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Regular exercise reduces the risks for cardiovascular diseases. Although the gut microbiota has been associated with fitness level and cardiometabolic risk factors, the effects of exercise-induced gut microbiota changes in elderly individuals are unclear. This study evaluated whether endurance exercise modulates the gut microbiota in elderly subjects, and whether these changes are associated with host cardiometabolic phenotypes. In a randomized crossover trial, 33 elderly Japanese men participated in a 5-week endurance exercise program. 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analyses revealed that the effect of endurance exercise on gut microbiota diversity was not greater than interindividual differences, whereas changes in α-diversity indices during intervention were negatively correlated with changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, especially during exercise. Microbial composition analyses showed that the relative abundance of Clostridium difficile significantly decreased, whereas that of Oscillospira significantly increased during exercise as compared to the control period. The changes in these taxa were correlated with the changes in several cardiometabolic risk factors. The findings indicate that short-term endurance exercise has little effect on gut microbiota in elderly individuals, and that the changes in gut microbiota were associated with cardiometabolic risk factors, such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure, providing preliminary insight into the associations between the gut microbiota and cardiometabolic phenotypes.

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  • Acyclovir Sensitivity and Neurovirulence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 with Amino Acid Substitutions in the Viral Thymidine Kinase Gene, Which Were Detected in the Patients with Intractable Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Previously Reported.

    Takuya Inagaki, Masaaki Satoh, Hikaru Fujii, Souichi Yamada, Miho Shibamura, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Shizuko Harada, Haruko Takeyama, Masayuki Saijo

    Japanese journal of infectious diseases   71 ( 5 ) 343 - 349  2018.09  [Refereed]  [Domestic journal]

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    Several cases of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) caused by acyclovir (ACV)-resistant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) have been reported. Amino acid substitutions of R41H, Q125H, and A156V in the viral thymidine kinase (vTK) gene have been reported to confer ACV resistance. Recombinant HSV-1 clones, containing each amino acid substitution in the vTK gene, were generated using the bacterial artificial chromosome system. A recombinant HSV-1 with the Q125H substitution showed ACV resistance while the R41H or A156V substitutions were ACV-sensitive. Furthermore, the Q125H recombinant HSV-1 was less virulent than the repaired virus, but it maintained neurovirulence in mice at relatively high levels. Substitution of Q125H, which was detected in the neonatal HSE patient, conferred ACV resistance, but the substitutions of R41H and A156V, which were detected in immunocompetent adult HSE patients, did not. This suggests that HSE caused by ACV-resistant HSV-1 might be a very rare event to occur during the course of ACV treatment in immunocompetent patients. Showing resistance to ACV treatment does not always indicate emergence of ACV-resistant HSV-1 in HSE patients.

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  • Molecular mechanisms of Streptococcus pneumoniae-targeted autophagy via pneumolysin, Golgi-resident Rab41, and Nedd4-1-mediated K63-linked ubiquitination.

    Michinaga Ogawa, Ryuta Matsuda, Naoki Takada, Mikado Tomokiyo, Shouji Yamamoto, Sayaka Shizukuishi, Toshiyuki Yamaji, Yuko Yoshikawa, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Isei Tanida, Masato Koike, Miyo Murai, Hidetoshi Morita, Haruko Takeyama, Akihide Ryo, Jun-Lin Guan, Masahiro Yamamoto, Jun-Ichiro Inoue, Toru Yanagawa, Mitsunori Fukuda, Hiroshi Kawabe, Makoto Ohnishi

    Cellular microbiology   20 ( 8 ) e12846  2018.08  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia and can penetrate epithelial barriers to enter the bloodstream and brain. We investigated intracellular fates of S. pneumoniae and found that the pathogen is entrapped by selective autophagy in pneumolysin- and ubiquitin-p62-LC3 cargo-dependent manners. Importantly, following induction of autophagy, Rab41 was relocated from the Golgi apparatus to S. pneumoniae-containing autophagic vesicles (PcAV), which were only formed in the presence of Rab41-positive intact Golgi apparatuses. Moreover, subsequent localization and regulation of K48- and K63-linked polyubiquitin chains in and on PcAV were clearly distinguishable from each other. Finally, we found that E3 ligase Nedd4-1 was recruited to PcAV and played a pivotal role in K63-linked polyubiquitin chain (K63Ub) generation on PcAV, promotion of PcAV formation, and elimination of intracellular S. pneumoniae. These findings suggest that Nedd4-1-mediated K63Ub deposition on PcAV acts as a scaffold for PcAV biogenesis and efficient elimination of host cell-invaded pneumococci.

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  • Protection of Coral Larvae from Thermally Induced Oxidative Stress by Redox Nanoparticles.

    Keisuke Motone, Toshiyuki Takagi, Shunsuke Aburaya, Wataru Aoki, Natsuko Miura, Hiroyoshi Minakuchi, Haruko Takeyama, Yukio Nagasaki, Chuya Shinzato, Mitsuyoshi Ueda

    Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)   20 ( 4 ) 542 - 548  2018.08  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse and economically important ecosystems on earth. However, the destruction of coral reefs has been reported worldwide owing to rising seawater temperature associated with global warming. In this study, we investigated the potential of a redox nanoparticle (RNPO) to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are overproduced under heat stress and play a crucial role in causing coral mortality. When reef-building coral (Acropora tenuis) larvae, without algal symbionts, were exposed to thermal stress at 33 °C, RNPO treatment significantly increased the survival rate. Proteome analysis of coral larvae was performed using nano-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the first time. The results revealed that several proteins related to ROS-induced oxidative stress were specifically identified in A. tenuis larvae without RNPO treatment, whereas these proteins were absent in RNPO-treated larvae, which suggested that RNPO effectively scavenged ROS from A. tenuis larvae. Results from this study indicate that RNPO treatment can reduce ROS in aposymbiotic coral larvae and would be a promising approach for protecting corals from thermal stress.

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  • A Novel System for Constructing a Recombinant Highly-Attenuated Vaccinia Virus Strain (LC16m8) Expressing Foreign Genes and Its Application for the Generation of LC16m8-Based Vaccines against Herpes Simplex Virus 2.

    Natsumi Omura, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Hikaru Fujii, Miho Shibamura, Takuya Inagaki, Hirofumi Kato, Kazutaka Egawa, Shizuko Harada, Souichi Yamada, Haruko Takeyama, Masayuki Saijo

    Japanese journal of infectious diseases   71 ( 3 ) 229 - 233  2018.05  [Refereed]  [Domestic journal]

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    A novel system was developed for generating highly attenuated vaccinia virus LC16m8 (m8, third-generation smallpox vaccine) that expresses foreign genes. The innovations in this system are its excisable selection marker, specificity of the integration site of a gene of interest, and easy identification of clones with a fluorescent signal. Using this system, recombinant m8s, which expressed herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) glycoprotein B (gB)-, gD-, or both gB and gD (gB + gD), were generated, and their efficacy was evaluated. First, the induction of a specific IgG against these HSV-2 glycoproteins in mice infected with one of these recombinant m8s was confirmed by an immunofluorescent assay. Next, mice preinfected with one of the recombinant m8s were infected with HSV-2 at a lethal dose to examine the vaccine efficacy. The fatality rate among the mice preinfected with either the recombinant gB + gD- or gD-expressing m8 significantly decreased in comparison with the control. The survival rate in male and female mice preinfected with either the recombinant gB + gD- or gD-expressing m8 increased to 100% and 60%, respectively, while most of the control mice died. In summary, this new system may be applicable to creation of a novel m8-based vaccine.

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  • Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes at prediagnosis stages.

    Jaeyoon Chung, Xulong Wang, Toru Maruyama, Yiyi Ma, Xiaoling Zhang, Jesse Mez, Richard Sherva, Haruko Takeyama, Kathryn L Lunetta, Lindsay A Farrer, Gyungah R Jun

    Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association   14 ( 5 ) 623 - 633  2018.05  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    INTRODUCTION: Genetic associations for endophenotypes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in cognitive stages preceding AD have not been thoroughly evaluated. METHODS: We conducted genome-wide association studies for AD-related endophenotypes including hippocampal volume, logical memory scores, and cerebrospinal fluid Aβ42 and total/phosphorylated tau in cognitively normal (CN), mild cognitive impairment, and AD dementia subjects from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study. RESULTS: In CN subjects, study-wide significant (P < 8.3 × 10-9) loci were identified for total tau near SRRM4 and C14orf79 and for hippocampal volume near MTUS1. In mild cognitive impairment subjects, study-wide significant association was found with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near ZNF804B for logical memory test of delayed recall scores. We found consistent expression patterns of C14orf40 and MTUS1 in carriers with risk alleles of expression SNPs and in brains of AD patients, compared with in the noncarriers and in brains of controls. DISCUSSION: Our findings for AD-related brain changes before AD provide insight about early AD-related biological processes.

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  • Protection of Coral Larvae from Thermally Induced Oxidative Stress by Redox Nanoparticles

    Motone, Keisuke, Takagi, Toshiyuki, Aburaya, Shunsuke, Aoki, Wataru, Miura, Natsuko, Minakuchi, Hiroyoshi, Takeyama, Haruko, Nagasaki, Yukio, Shinzato, Chuya, Ueda, Mitsuyoshi

    Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)   20 ( 4 ) 542 - 548  2018.04  [Refereed]

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    Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse and economically important ecosystems on earth. However, the destruction of coral reefs has been reported worldwide owing to rising seawater temperature associated with global warming. In this study, we investigated the potential of a redox nanoparticle (RNP) to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are overproduced under heat stress and play a crucial role in causing coral mortality. When reef-building coral (Acropora tenuis) larvae, without algal symbionts, were exposed to thermal stress at 33 °C, RNP treatment significantly increased the survival rate. Proteome analysis of coral larvae was performed using nano-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the first time. The results revealed that several proteins related to ROS-induced oxidative stress were specifically identified in A. tenuis larvae without RNP treatment, whereas these proteins were absent in RNP-treated larvae, which suggested that RNP effectively scavenged ROS from A. tenuis larvae. Results from this study indicate that RNP treatment can reduce ROS in aposymbiotic coral larvae and would be a promising approach for protecting corals from therm

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  • Redox nanoparticle prevents coral larvae from heat stress mortality as a potential use for coral reef protection

    Motone, Keisuke, Takagi, Toshiyuki, Aburaya, Shunsuke, Aoki, Wataru, Miura, Natsuko, Minakuchi, Hiroyoshi, Takeyama, Haruko, Nagasaki, Yukio

    Marine Biotechnology    2018.04  [Refereed]

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  • Molecular mechanisms of Streptococcus pneumoniae-targeted autophagy via pneumolysin, Golgi-resident Rab41, and Nedd4-1 mediated K63-linked ubiquitination

    Ogawa, Michinaga, Matsuda, Ryuta, Takada, Naoki, Tomokiyo, Mikado, Yamamoto, Shouji, Shizukusihi, Sayaka, Yamaji, Toshiyuki, Yoshikawa, Yuko, Yoshida, Mitsutaka, Tanida, Isei, Koike, Masato, Murai, Miyo, Morita, Hidetoshi, Takeyama, Haruko, Ryo, Akihide, Guan, Jun-Lin, Yamamoto, Masahiro, Inoue, Jun-Ichiro, Yanagawa, Toru, Fukuda, Mitsunori, Kawabe, Hiroshi, Ohnishi, Makoto

    Cellular microbiology   20 ( 8 )  2018.03  [Refereed]

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    Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia and can penetrate epithelial barriers to enter the bloodstream and brain. We investigated intracellular fates of S. pneumoniae and found that the pathogen is entrapped by selective autophagy in pneumolysin- and ubiquitin-p62-LC3 cargo-dependent manners. Importantly, following induction of autophagy, Rab41 was relocated from the Golgi apparatus to S. pneumoniae-containing autophagic vesicles (PcAV), which were only formed in the presence of Rab41-positive intact Golgi apparatuses. Moreover, subsequent localization and regulation of K48- and K63-linked polyubiquitin chains in and on PcAV were clearly distinguishable from each other. Finally, we found that E3 ligase Nedd4-1 was recruited to PcAV and played a pivotal role in K63-linked polyubiquitin chain (K63Ub) generation on PcAV, promotion of PcAV formation, and elimination of intracellular S. pneumoniae. These findings suggest that Nedd4-1-mediated K63Ub deposition on PcAV acts as a scaffold for PcAV biogenesis and efficient elimination of host cell-invaded pneumococci.

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  • Combinatory use of distinct single-cell RNA-seq analytical platforms reveals the heterogeneous transcriptome response.

    Yukie Kashima, Ayako Suzuki, Ying Liu, Masahito Hosokawa, Hiroko Matsunaga, Masataka Shirai, Kohji Arikawa, Sumio Sugano, Takashi Kohno, Haruko Takeyama, Katsuya Tsuchihara, Yutaka Suzuki

    Scientific reports   8 ( 1 ) 3482 - 3482  2018.02  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Single-cell RNA-seq is a powerful tool for revealing heterogeneity in cancer cells. However, each of the current single-cell RNA-seq platforms has inherent advantages and disadvantages. Here, we show that combining the different single-cell RNA-seq platforms can be an effective approach to obtaining complete information about expression differences and a sufficient cellular population to understand transcriptional heterogeneity in cancers. We demonstrate that it is possible to estimate missing expression information. We further demonstrate that even in the cases where precise information for an individual gene cannot be inferred, the activity of given transcriptional modules can be analyzed. Interestingly, we found that two distinct transcriptional modules, one associated with the Aurora kinase gene and the other with the DUSP gene, are aberrantly regulated in a minor population of cells and may thus contribute to the possible emergence of dormancy or eventual drug resistance within the population.

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  • Single-bacterial genomics validates rich and varied specialized metabolism of uncultivated Entotheonella sponge symbionts.

    Tetsushi Mori, Jackson K B Cahn, Micheal C Wilson, Roy A Meoded, Vincent Wiebach, Ana Flávia Canovas Martinez, Eric J N Helfrich, Andreas Albersmeier, Daniel Wibberg, Steven Dätwyler, Ray Keren, Adi Lavy, Christian Rückert, Micha Ilan, Jörn Kalinowski, Shigeki Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Jörn Piel

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   115 ( 8 ) 1718 - 1723  2018.02  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Marine sponges are prolific sources of unique bioactive natural products. The sponge Theonella swinhoei is represented by several distinct variants with largely nonoverlapping chemistry. For the Japanese chemotype Y harboring diverse complex polyketides and peptides, we previously provided genomic and functional evidence that a single symbiont, the filamentous, multicellular organism "Candidatus Entotheonella factor," produces almost all of these compounds. To obtain further insights into the chemistry of "Entotheonella," we investigated another phylotype, "Candidatus Entotheonella serta," present in the T. swinhoei WA sponge chemotype, a source of theonellamide- and misakinolide-type compounds. Unexpectedly, considering the lower chemical diversity, sequencing of individual bacterial filaments revealed an even larger number of biosynthetic gene regions than for Ca E. factor, with virtually no overlap. These included genes for misakinolide and theonellamide biosynthesis, the latter assigned by comparative genomic and metabolic analysis of a T. swinhoei chemotype from Israel, and by biochemical studies. The data suggest that both compound families, which were among the earliest model substances to study bacterial producers in sponges, originate from the same bacterium in T. swinhoei WA. They also add evidence that metabolic richness and variability could be a more general feature of Entotheonella symbionts.

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  • Obtaining high-quality draft genomes from uncultured microbes by cleaning and co-assembly of single-cell amplified genomes.

    Masato Kogawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Kazuki Mori, Haruko Takeyama

    Scientific reports   8 ( 1 ) 2059 - 2059  2018.02  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Single-cell genomics is a straightforward approach to obtain genomes from uncultured microbes. However, sequence reads from a single-cell amplified genome (SAG) contain significant bias and chimeric sequences. Here, we describe Cleaning and Co-assembly of a Single-Cell Amplified Genome (ccSAG), a novel analytical workflow to obtain composite single-cell genomes with elimination of sequence errors. By the integration of ccSAG with a massively parallel single-cell genome amplification platform based on droplet microfluidics, we can generate multiple SAGs and effectively integrate them into the composite genomes quality equivalent to the data obtained from bulk DNA. We obtained two novel draft genomes from single gut microbial cells with high completeness (>96.6%) and extremely low contamination (<1.25%). Moreover, we revealed the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the specific gene by sequence comparison at the single-cell level. Thus, the workflow yields near-complete genomes from uncultured microbes, and enables analyses of genetic heterogeneity within identical strains.

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  • Introduction of Human Flt3-L and GM-CSF into Humanized Mice Enhances the Reconstitution and Maturation of Myeloid Dendritic Cells and the Development of Foxp3+CD4+ T Cells.

    Ryutaro Iwabuchi, Shota Ikeno, Mie Kobayashi-Ishihara, Haruko Takeyama, Manabu Ato, Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota, Kazutaka Terahara

    Frontiers in immunology   9 ( MAY ) 1042 - 1042  2018  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Two cytokines, fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3-L) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) are considered to be the essential regulators of dendritic cell (DC) development in vivo. However, the combined effect of Flt3-L and GM-CSF on human DCs has not been evaluated in vivo. In this study, we, therefore, aimed at evaluating this using a humanized mouse model. Humanized non-obese diabetic/SCID/Jak3null (hNOJ) mice were constructed by transplanting hematopoietic stem cells from human umbilical cord blood into newborn NOJ mice, and in vivo transfection (IVT) was performed by hydrodynamic injection-mediated gene delivery using plasmids encoding human Flt3-L and GM-CSF. Following IVT, Flt3-L and GM-CSF were successfully induced in hNOJ mice. At 10 days post-IVT, we found, in the spleen, that treatment with both Flt3-L and GM-CSF enhanced the reconstitution of two myeloid DC subsets, CD14-CD1c+ conventional DCs (cDCs) and CD14-CD141+ cDCs, in addition to CD14+ monocyte-like cells expressing CD1c and/or CD141. GM-CSF alone had less effect on the reconstitution of these myeloid cell populations. By contrast, none of the cytokine treatments enhanced CD123+ plasmacytoid DC (pDC) reconstitution. Regardless of the reconstitution levels, three cell populations (CD1c+ myeloid cells, CD141+ myeloid cells, and pDCs) could be matured by treatment with cytokines, in terms of upregulation of CD40, CD80, CD86, and CD184/CXCR4 and downregulation of CD195/CCR5. In particular, GM-CSF contributed to upregulation of CD80 in all these cell populations. Interestingly, we further observed that Foxp3+ cells within splenic CD4+ T cells were significantly increased in the presence of GM-CSF. Foxp3+ T cells could be subdivided into two subpopulations, CD45RA-Foxp3hi and CD45RA-Foxp3lo T cells. Whereas CD45RA-Foxp3hi T cells were increased only after treatment with GM-CSF alone, CD45RA-Foxp3lo T cells were increased only after treatment with both Flt3-L and GM-CSF. Treatment with Flt3-L alone had no effect on the number of Foxp3+ T cells. The correlation analysis demonstrated that the development of these Foxp3+ subpopulations was associated with the maturation status of DC(-like) cells. Taken together, this study provides a platform for studying the in vivo effect of Flt3-L and GM-CSF on human DCs and regulatory T cells.

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  • Induction of lung CD8(+) T cell responses by consecutive inoculations of a poly(I:C) influenza vaccine

    Miyu Moriyama, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Hasegawa, Takeshi Ichinohe

    VACCINE   35 ( 48 ) 6620 - 6626  2017.12  [Refereed]

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    The cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response plays a key role in host recovery from influenza virus infection and in subsequent immunity. Compared to natural infection with influenza virus, however, intranasal vaccination with adjuvant-combined inactivated vaccine elicits only moderate CTL responses. Here we demonstrate that 5 days of consecutive, intranasal vaccination with a combination of inactivated influenza vaccine and poly(I:C) elicits a strong CTL response in the lung. Antigen-captured respiratory DCs did efficiently migrate from the lung to the mediastinal lymph node (mLN) after the 5 day series of inoculations with vaccine and poly(I:C). Importantly, formalin-inactivated whole virus vaccine and poly(I:C) adjuvant have synergic effects on consecutive vaccinations to elicit a strong CTL response in the lung. Although the CTL response was less effective against heterologous influenza virus, we show for the first time that intranasal administration of inactivated influenza virus vaccine and poly(I:C) for 5 consecutive days can elicit high levels of influenza virus-specific CD8(+) T cells in the lung. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Transcriptome analysis of immune response against Vibrio harveyi infection in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides)

    Shun Maekawa, Omkar Byadgi, Yao-Chung Chen, Takashi Aoki, Haruko Takeyama, Terutoyo Yoshida, Jun-Ichi Hikima, Masahiro Sakai, Pei-Chi Wang, Shih-Chu Chen

    FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY   70   628 - 637  2017.11  [Refereed]

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    Vibrio harveyi is a gram-negative bacterium reported as found in many aquaculture species. To increase knowledge of the immune response against V. harveyi, in this study we performed transcriptome analysis of head kidney and spleen in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) at 1 and 2 days post-infection (dpi), using the Illumina sequencing platform. After de novo assembly, a total of 79,128 unigenes was detected with an N50 of 2511 bp. After alignments with sequences recorded in the major databases (NT, NR, Swiss-Prot COG, KEGG, Interpro and GO), based on sequence similarity, 61,208 (77.4%) of the unigene total could be annotated using at least one database. Comparison of gene expression levels between V. harveyi and a control group at each time point revealed differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (P &lt; 0.05): a total of 7918 (5536 upregulated and 2282 downregulated genes) from head kidney at 1 day post infection (dpi), 4260 (1444 upregulated and 2816 downregulated genes) from head kidney at 2 dpi, 7887 (4892 upregulated and 2995 downregulated genes) from spleen at 1 dpi, and 8952 (7388 upregulated and 1564 downregulated genes) from spleen at 2 dpi. The DEGs were mainly annotated into signal transduction and immune system categories, based on the KEGG database. The DEGs were enriched in immune-related pathway functions, NOD-like receptor signaling pathways, Toll-like receptor signaling pathways, NF-kappa B signaling pathways, and jak-STAT signaling pathways. Additionally, we selected several DEGs and validated their expression level by RT-qPCR. The data generated in this study may provide a valuable resource for further immune response research and offer improved strategies against V. harveyi infection in teleost fishes. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いた微生物内における生理活性物質のin situ検出

    宮岡 理美, 安藤 正浩, 細川 正人, 中島 琢自, 松本 厚子, 高橋 洋子, 濱口 宏夫, 竹山 春子

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   平成29年度   162 - 162  2017.08  [Refereed]

  • Analysis of environmental bacteria at single-cell level

    Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Haruko Takeyama

    TRANSDUCERS 2017 - 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems     634 - 637  2017.07  [Refereed]

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    Single-cell genomics has enabled the exploration of cellular diversity in environmental microbes. However, current genome sequencing techniques, which utilizes next-generation sequencing (NGS), typically require nanogram to microgram levels of input DNA sample. Since single bacterial cells contain only a few femtograms of DNA, we have to amplify their genomes to adequate amount for sequencing. We aimed to develop a novel system for precise and high throughput single-cell genomics, to elucidate environmental microbial diversity. In this study, we have developed droplet-based microfluidic system to produce the compartmentalized reaction vessels for single-cell genome sequencing.

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  • Massively parallel whole genome amplification for single-cell sequencing using droplet microfluidics

    Masahito Hosokawa, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa, Haruko Takeyama

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   7 ( 1 ) 5199  2017.07  [Refereed]

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    Massively parallel single-cell genome sequencing is required to further understand genetic diversities in complex biological systems. Whole genome amplification (WGA) is the first step for single-cell sequencing, but its throughput and accuracy are insufficient in conventional reaction platforms. Here, we introduce single droplet multiple displacement amplification (sd-MDA), a method that enables massively parallel amplification of single cell genomes while maintaining sequence accuracy and specificity. Tens of thousands of single cells are compartmentalized in millions of picoliter droplets and then subjected to lysis and WGA by passive droplet fusion in microfluidic channels. Because single cells are isolated in compartments, their genomes are amplified to saturation without contamination. This enables the high-throughput acquisition of contamination-free and cell specific sequence reads from single cells (21,000 single-cells/h), resulting in enhancement of the sequence data quality compared to conventional methods. This method allowed WGA of both single bacterial cells and human cancer cells. The obtained sequencing coverage rivals those of conventional techniques with superior sequence quality. In addition, we also demonstrate de novo assembly of uncultured soil bacteria and obtain draft genomes from single cell sequencing. This sd-MDA is promising for flexible and scalable use in single-cell sequencing.

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  • Whole-genome sequence of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida strain 91-197, isolated from hybrid striped bass (Morone sp.) in the United States

    Yuki Teru, Jun-Ichi Hikima, Tomoya Kono, Masahiro Sakai, Tomokazu Takano, John P. Hawke, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki

    Genome Announcements   5 ( 29 )  2017.07  [Refereed]

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    Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida is a causative bacterium of fish pasteurellosis, which has caused serious economic damage to aquaculture farms worldwide. Here, the whole-genome sequence of P. damselae subsp. piscicida 91-197, isolated in the United States, suggests that this genome consists of two chromosomes and two plasmids.

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  • Site-specific gene expression analysis using an automated tissue micro-dissection punching system

    Takuya Yoda, Masahito Hosokawa, Kiyofumi Takahashi, Chikako Sakanashi, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Kambara

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   7 ( 1 ) 4325  2017.06  [Refereed]

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    Site-specific gene expression analyses are important for understanding tissue functions. Despite rapid developments in DNA-related technologies, the site-specific analysis of whole genome expression for a tissue remains challenging. Thus, a new tool is required for capturing multiple tissue micro-dissections or single cells while retaining the positional information. Here, we describe the development of such a system, which can pick up micro-dissections by punching a tissue repeatedly in a very short period, e.g., 5 s/sampling cycle. A photo of the punched tissue provides information on the dissected positions, allowing site-specific gene expression analysis. We demonstrate the site-specific analysis of a frozen tissue slice of mouse brain by analyzing many micro-dissections produced from the tissue at a 300-mu m pitch. The site-specific analysis provided new insights into the gene expression profiles in a tissue and on tissue functions. The analysis of site-specific whole genome expression may therefore, open new avenues in life science.

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  • Antimicrobial peptides extend lifespan in Drosophila

    Gerrit Loch, Ingo Zinke, Tetsushi Mori, Pilar Carrera, Jonas Schroer, Haruko Takeyama, Michael Hoch

    PLOS ONE   12 ( 5 ) e0176689  2017.05  [Refereed]

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    Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important defense molecules of the innate immune system. High levels of AMPs are induced in response to infections to fight pathogens, whereas moderate levels induced by metabolic stress are thought to shape commensal microbial communities at barrier tissues. We expressed single AMPs in adult flies either ubiquitously or in the gut by using the inducible GeneSwitch system to tightly regulate AMP expression. We found that activation of single AMPs, including Drosocin, resulted in a significant extension of Drosophila lifespan. These animals showed reduced activity of immune pathways over lifetime, less intestinal regenerative processes, reduced stress response and a delayed loss of gut barrier integrity. Furthermore, intestinal Drosocin induction protected the animals against infections with the natural Drosophila pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila, whereas a germ-reduced environment prevented the lifespan extending effect of Drosocin. Our study provides new insights into the crosstalk of innate immunity, intestinal homeostasis and ageing.

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  • On-site Direct Detection of Astaxanthin from Salmon Fillet Using Raman Spectroscopy

    Jun-ichi Hikima, Masahiro Ando, Hiro-o Hamaguchi, Masahiro Sakai, Masashi Maita, Kazunaga Yazawa, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   19 ( 2 ) 157 - 163  2017.04  [Refereed]

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    A new technology employing Raman spectroscopy is attracting attention as a powerful biochemical technique for the detection of beneficial and functional food nutrients, such as carotenoids and unsaturated fatty acids. This technique allows for the dynamic characterization of food nutrient substances for the rapid determination of food quality. In this study, we attempt to detect and measure astaxanthin from salmon fillets using this technology. The Raman spectra showed specific bands corresponding to the astaxanthin present in salmon and the value of astaxanthin (Raman band, 1518 cm(-1)) relative to those of protein/lipid (Raman band, 1446 cm(-1)) in the spectra increased in a dose-dependent manner. A standard curve was constructed by the standard addition method using astaxanthin as the reference standard for its quantification by Raman spectroscopy. The calculation formula was established using the Raman bands typically observed for astaxanthin (i.e., 1518 cm(-1)). In addition, we examined salmon fillets of different species (Atlantic salmon, coho salmon, and sockeye salmon) and five fillets obtained from the locations (from the head to tail) of an entire Atlantic salmon. Moreover, the sockeye salmon fillet exhibited the highest astaxanthin concentration (14.2 mg/kg), while coho salmon exhibited an intermediate concentration of 7.0 mg/kg. The Raman-based astaxanthin concentration in the five locations of Atlantic salmon was more strongly detected from the fillet closer to the tail. From the results, a rapid, convenient Raman spectroscopic method was developed for the detection of astaxanthin in salmon fillets.

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  • A humanized mouse model identifies key amino acids for low immunogenicity of H7N9 vaccines

    Yamato Wada, Arnone Nithichanon, Eri Nobusawa, Leonard Moise, William D. Martin, Norio Yamamoto, Kazutaka Terahara, Haruhisa Hagiwara, Takato Odagiri, Masato Tashiro, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Haruko Takeyama, Anne S. De Groot, Manabu Ato, Yoshimasa Takahashi

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   7 ( 1 ) 1283  2017.04  [Refereed]

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    Influenza vaccines of H7N9 subtype are consistently less immunogenic in humans than vaccines developed for other subtypes. Although prior immunoinformatic analysis identified T-cell epitopes in H7 hemagglutinin (HA) which potentially enhance regulatory T cell response due to conservation with the human genome, the links between the T-cell epitopes and low immunogenicity of H7 HA remains unknown due to the lack of animal models reproducing the response observed in humans. Here, we utilized a humanized mouse model to recapitulate the low immunogenicity of H7 HA. Our analysis demonstrated that modification of a single H7 epitope by changing 3 amino acids so that it is homologous with a known H3 immunogenic epitope sequence significantly improved the immunogenicity of the H7 HA in the humanized mouse model, leading to a greater than 4-fold increase in HA-binding IgG responses. Thus, we provide experimental evidence for the important contribution of this H7-specific T cell epitope in determining the immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine. Furthermore, this study delineates strategies that can be used for screening and selecting vaccine strains using immunoinformatics tools and a humanized mouse model.

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  • SAG-QC: quality control of single amplified genome information by subtracting non-target sequences based on sequence compositions

    Toru Maruyama, Tetsushi Mori, Keisuke Yamagishi, Haruko Takeyama

    BMC BIOINFORMATICS   18 ( 1 ) 152  2017.03  [Refereed]

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    Background: Whole genome amplification techniques have enabled the analysis of unexplored genomic information by sequencing of single-amplified genomes (SAGs). Whole genome amplification of single bacteria is currently challenging because contamination often occurs in experimental processes. Thus, to increase the confidence in the analyses of sequenced SAGs, bioinformatics approaches that identify and exclude non-target sequences from SAGs are required. Since currently reported approaches utilize sequence information in public databases, they have limitations when new strains are the targets of interest. Here, we developed a software SAG-QC that identify and exclude non-target sequences independent of database.
    Results: In our method, "no template control" sequences acquired during WGA were used. We calculated the probability that a sequence was derived from contaminants by comparing k-mer compositions with the no template control sequences. Based on the results of tests using simulated SAG datasets, the accuracy of our method for predicting non-target sequences was higher than that of currently reported techniques. Subsequently, we applied our tool to actual SAG datasets and evaluated the accuracy of the predictions.
    Conclusions: Our method works independently of public sequence information for distinguishing SAGs from non-target sequences. This method will be effective when employed against SAG sequences of unexplored strains and we anticipate that it will contribute to the correct interpretation of SAGs.

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  • Exonuclease processivity of archaeal replicative DNA polymerase in association with PCNA is expedited by mismatches in DNA

    Takuya Yoda, Maiko Tanabe, Toshiyuki Tsuji, Takao Yoda, Sonoko Ishino, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Yoshizumi Ishino, Haruko Takeyama, Hirokazu Nishida

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   7   44582  2017.03  [Refereed]

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    Family B DNA polymerases comprise polymerase and 3' - &gt; 5' exonuclease domains, and detect a mismatch in a newly synthesized strand to remove it in cooperation with Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), which encircles the DNA to provide a molecular platform for efficient protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions during DNA replication and repair. Once the repair is completed, the enzyme must stop the exonucleolytic process and switch to the polymerase mode. However, the cue to stop the degradation is unclear. We constructed several PCNA mutants and found that the exonuclease reaction was enhanced in the mutants lacking the conserved basic patch, located on the inside surface of PCNA. These mutants may mimic the Pol/PCNA complex processing the mismatched DNA, in which PCNA cannot interact rigidly with the irregularly distributed phosphate groups outside the dsDNA. Indeed, the exonuclease reaction with the wild type PCNA was facilitated by mismatched DNA substrates. PCNA may suppress the exonuclease reaction after the removal of the mismatched nucleotide. PCNA seems to act as a "brake" that stops the exonuclease mode of the DNA polymerase after the removal of a mismatched nucleotide from the substrate DNA, for the prompt switch to the DNA polymerase mode.

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  • Association between sensitivity of viral thymidine kinase-associated acyclovirresistant herpes simplex virus type 1 and virulence

    Natsumi Omura, Hikaru Fujii, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Souichi Yamada, Shizuko Harada, Takuya Inagaki, Miho Shibamura, Haruko Takeyama, Masayuki Saijo

    VIROLOGY JOURNAL   14 ( 1 ) 59  2017.03  [Refereed]

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    Background: Acyclovir (ACV)-resistant (ACVr) herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections are concern in immunocompromised patients. Most clinical ACVr HSV-1 isolates have mutations in the viral thymidine kinase (vTK) genes. The vTK-associated ACVr HSV-1 shows reduced virulence, but the association between the level of resistance and the virulence of the vTK-associated ACVr HSV-1 is still unclear.
    Methods: The virulence in mice of 5 vTK-associated ACVr HSV-1 clones with a variety of ACV sensitivities, when inoculated through intracerebral and corneal routes, was evaluated in comparison with ACV-sensitive (ACVs) parent HSV-1 TAS.
    Results: Although all the 5 ACVr HSV-1 clones and ACVs HSV-1 TAS showed a similar single-step growth capacity in vitro, the virulence of ACVr HSV-1 clones significantly decreased. A 50% lethal dose (LD50) of each clone was closely correlated with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50), demonstrating that the higher the ACV-sensitvity, the the higher the virulence among the ACVr clones. One of the ACVr HSV-1 clones with a relatively low IC50 value maintained similar virulence to that of the parent TAS. The infection in mice with ACVr HSV-1 due to a single amino acid substitution in vTK induced local diseases, keratitis and dermatitis, while vTK-deficient clone did not.
    Conclusions: A statistically significant correlation between the virulence and susceptibility to ACV among ACVr HSV-1 clones was demonstrated.

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  • Complete genome sequence of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida strain OT-51443 isolated from yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) in Japan

    Takashi Aoki, Yuki Teru, Natsuki Morimoto, Tomoya Kono, Masahiro Sakai, Tomokazu Takano, John P. Hawke, Yutaka Fukuda, Haruko Takeyama, Jun-Ichi Hikima

    Genome Announcements   5 ( 21 )  2017  [Refereed]

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    Pseudotuberculosis caused by infection of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida has caused serious economic damages to aquaculture farms worldwide. Here, the whole-genome sequence of P. damselae subsp. piscicida strain OT- 51443, isolated in Japan, was determined and suggests that this genome consists of two chromosomes and five plasmids.

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  • Homeostatically Maintained Resting Naive CD4(+) T Cells Resist Latent HIV Reactivation

    Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota, Mie Kobayahi-Ishihara, Yamato Wada, Kazutaka Terahara, Haruko Takeyama, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Kenzo Tokunaga, Makoto Yamagishi, Javier P. Martinez, Andreas Meyerhans

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY   7   1944  2016.12  [Refereed]

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    Homeostatic proliferation (HSP) is a major mechanism by which long-lived naive and memory CD4(+) T cells are maintained in vivo and suggested to contribute to the persistence of the latent HIV-1 reservoir. However, while many in vitro latency models rely on CD4(+) T cells that were initially differentiated via T-cell receptor (TCR) stimulation into memory/effector cells, latent infection of naive resting CD4(+) T cells maintained under HSP conditions has not been fully addressed. Here, we describe an in vitro HSP culture system utilizing the cytokines IL-7 and IL-15 that allows studying latency in naive resting CD4(+) T cells. CD4(+) T cells isolated from several healthy donors were infected with HIV pseudotypes expressing GFP and cultured under HSP conditions or TCR conditions as control. Cell proliferation, phenotype, and GFP expression were analyzed by flow cytometry. RNA expression was quantified by qRT-PCR. Under HSP culture conditions, latently HIV-1 infected naive cells are in part maintained in the non-dividing (= resting) state. Although a few HIV-1 provirus(+) cells were present in these resting GFP negative cells, the estimated level of GFP transcripts per infected cell seems to indicate a block at the post-transcriptional level. Interestingly, neither TCR nor the prototypic HDAC inhibitor SAHA were able to reactivate HIV-1 provirus from these cells. This lack of reactivation was not due to methylation of the HIV LTR. These results point to a mechanism of HIV control in HSP-cultured resting naive CD4(+) T cells that may be distinct from that in TCR-stimulated memory/effector T cells.

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  • Potentiality of bacterial metagenomes in biorefinery enzyme isolation for brown macroalgae degradation

    Mori Tetsushi, Takahashi Mami, Yamada Yumiko, Shibata Toshiyuki, Takagi Toshiyuki, Tanaka Reiji, Miyake Hideo, Chow Seinen, Kuroda Kouichi, Takeyama Haruko, Ueda Mitsuyoshi

    NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY   33   S62  2016.07  [Refereed]

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  • Bivalent vaccine platform based on Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) elicits neutralizing antibodies against JEV and hepatitis C virus

    Ryohei Saga, Akira Fujimoto, Noriyuki Watanabe, Mami Matsuda, Makoto Hasegawa, Koichi Watashi, Hideki Aizaki, Noriko Nakamura, Shigeru Tajima, Tomohiko Takasaki, Eiji Konishi, Takanobu Kato, Michinori Kohara, Haruko Takeyama, Takaji Wakita, Ryosuke Suzuki

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   6   28688  2016.06  [Refereed]

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    Directly acting antivirals recently have become available for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but there is no prophylactic vaccine for HCV. In the present study, we took advantage of the properties of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) to develop antigens for use in a HCV vaccine. Notably, the surface-exposed JEV envelope protein is tolerant of inserted foreign epitopes, permitting display of novel antigens. We identified 3 positions that permitted insertion of the HCV E2 neutralization epitope recognized by HCV1 antibody. JEV subviral particles (SVP) containing HCV-neutralization epitope (SVP-E2) were purified from culture supernatant by gel chromatography. Sera from mice immunized with SVP-E2 inhibited infection by JEV and by trans-complemented HCV particles (HCVtcp) derived from multi-genotypic viruses, whereas sera from mice immunized with synthetic E2 peptides did not show any neutralizing activity. Furthermore, sera from mice immunized with SVP-E2 neutralized HCVtcp with N415K escape mutation in E2. As with the SVP-E2 epitope-displaying particles, JEV SVPs with HCV E1 epitope also elicited neutralizing antibodies against HCV. Thus, this novel platform harboring foreign epitopes on the surface of the particle may facilitate the development of a bivalent vaccine against JEV and other pathogens.

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  • Falsirhodobacter sp alg1 Harbors Single Homologs of Endo and Exo-Type Alginate Lyases Efficient for Alginate Depolymerization

    Tetsushi Mori, Mami Takahashi, Reiji Tanaka, Hideo Miyake, Toshiyuki Shibata, Seinen Chow, Kouichi Kuroda, Mitsuyoshi Ueda, Haruko Takeyama

    PLOS ONE   11 ( 5 ) e0155537  2016.05  [Refereed]

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    Alginate-degrading bacteria play an important role in alginate degradation by harboring highly efficient and unique alginolytic genes. Although the general mechanism for alginate degradation by these bacteria is fairly understood, much is still required to fully exploit them. Here, we report the isolation of a novel strain, Falsirhodobacter sp. alg1, the first report for an alginate-degrading bacterium from the family Rhodobacteraceae. Genome sequencing reveals that strain alg1 harbors a primary alginate degradation pathway with only single homologs of an endo-and exo-type alginate lyase, AlyFRA and AlyFRB, which is uncommon among such bacteria. Subsequent functional analysis showed that both enzymes were extremely efficient to depolymerize alginate suggesting evolutionary interests in the acquirement of these enzymes. The exo-type alginate lyase, AlyFRB in particular could depolymerize alginate without producing intermediate products making it a highly efficient enzyme for the production of 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid (DEH). Based on our findings, we believe that the discovery of Falsirhodobacter sp. alg1 and its alginolytic genes hints at the potentiality of a more diverse and unique population of alginate-degrading bacteria.

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  • Balancing intestinal and systemic inflammation through cell type-specific expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor

    Olga Brandstaetter, Oliver Schanz, Julia Vorac, Jessica Koenig, Tetsushi Mori, Toru Maruyama, Markus Korkowski, Thomas Haarmann-Stemmann, Dorthe von Smolinski, Joachim L. Schultze, Josef Abel, Charlotte Esser, Haruko Takeyama, Heike Weighardt, Irmgard Foerster

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   6   26091  2016.05  [Refereed]

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    As a sensor of polyaromatic chemicals the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) exerts an important role in immune regulation besides its requirement for xenobiotic metabolism. Transcriptional activation of AhR target genes is counterregulated by the AhR repressor (AhRR) but the exact function of the AhRR in vivo is currently unknown. We here show that the AhRR is predominantly expressed in immune cells of the skin and intestine, different from other AhR target genes. Whereas AhRR antagonizes the anti-inflammatory function of the AhR in the context of systemic endotoxin shock, AhR and AhRR act in concert to dampen intestinal inflammation. Specifically, AhRR contributes to the maintenance of colonic intraepithelial lymphocytes and prevents excessive IL-1 beta production and Th17/Tc17 differentiation. In contrast, the AhRR enhances IFN-gamma-production by effector T cells in the inflamed gut. Our findings highlight the physiologic importance of cell-type specific balancing of AhR/AhRR expression in response to microbial, nutritional and other environmental stimuli.

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  • The RNA- and TRIM25-Binding Domains of Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Are Essential for Suppression of NLRP3 Inflammasome-Mediated Interleukin-1 beta Secretion

    Miyu Moriyama, I-Yin Chen, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Takumi Koshiba, Kyosuke Nagata, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Hasegawa, Takeshi Ichinohe

    JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY   90 ( 8 ) 4105 - 4114  2016.04  [Refereed]

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    Inflammasomes are cytosolic multimolecular protein complexes that stimulate the activation of caspase-1 and the release of mature forms of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and IL-18. We previously demonstrated that the influenza A virus M2 protein stimulates IL-1 beta secretion following activation of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome. The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of influenza virus inhibits caspase-1 activation and IL-1 beta secretion. However, the precise mechanism by which NS1 inhibits IL-1 beta secretion remains unknown. Here, we showed that J774A.1 macrophages stably expressing the NS1 protein inhibited IL-1 beta secretion after infection with recombinant influenza virus lacking the NS1 gene. Coimmunoprecipitation assay revealed that the NS1 protein interacts with NLRP3. Importantly, the NS1 protein inhibited the NLRP3/ASC-induced single-speck formation required for full activation of inflammasomes. The NS1 protein of other influenza virus strains, including a recent pandemic strain, also inhibited inflammasome-mediated IL-1 beta secretion. The NS1 RNA-binding domain (basic residues 38 and 41) and TRIM25-binding domain (acidic residues 96 and 97) were required for suppression of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated IL-1 beta secretion. These results shed light on a mechanism by which the NS1 protein of influenza virus suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated IL-1 beta secretion.
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    Innate immune sensing of influenza virus via pattern recognition receptors not only plays a key role in generating type I interferons but also triggers inflammatory responses. We previously demonstrated that the influenza A virus M2 protein activates the NLRP3 inflammasome, leading to the secretion of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and IL-18 following the activation of caspase-1. Although the nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of influenza virus inhibits IL-1 beta secretion, the precise mechanism by which it achieves this remains to be defined. Here, we demonstrate that the NS1 protein interacts with NLRP3 to suppress NLRP3 inflammasome activation. J774A.1 macrophages stably expressing the NS1 protein suppressed NLRP3-mediated IL-1 beta secretion. The NS1 RNA-binding domain (basic residues 38 and 41) and TRIM25-binding domain (acidic residues 96 and 97) are important for suppression of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated IL-1 beta secretion. These results will facilitate the development of new anti-inflammatory drugs.

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  • Characterization of a novel gene involved in cadmium accumulation screened from sponge-associated bacterial metagenome

    Tetsushi Mori, Koji Iwamoto, Satoshi Wakaoji, Hiroya Araie, Yotaro Kohara, Yoshiko Okamura, Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Haruko Takeyama

    GENE   576 ( 2 ) 618 - 625  2016.02  [Refereed]

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    Metagenome research has brought much attention for the identification of important and novel genes of industrial and pharmaceutical value. Here, using a metagenome library constructed from bacteria associated with the marine sponge, Styllisa massa, a high-throughput screening technique using radioisotope was implemented to screen for cadmium (Cd) binding or accumulation genes. From a total of 3301 randomly selected clones, a clone 247-11C was identified as harboring an open reading frame (ORF) showing Cd accumulation characteristics. The ORF, termed as ORF5, was further analyzed by protein functional studies to reveal the presence of a protein, Cdae-1. Cdae-1, composed of a signal peptide and domain harboring an E(G/A)KCG pentapeptide motif, enhanced Cd accumulation when expressed in Escherichia colt. Although showing no direct binding to Cd in vitro, the presence of important amino acid residues related to Cd detoxification suggests that Cdae-1 may possess a different mechanism from known Cd binding proteins such as metallothioneins (MTs) and phytochelatins (PCs). In summary, using the advantage of bacterial metagenomes, our findings in this work suggest the first report on the identification of a unique protein involved in Cd accumulation from bacteria associated with a marine sponge. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • The effect of mucoadhesive excipient on the nasal retention time of and the antibody responses induced by an intranasal influenza vaccine

    Shinji Saito, Akira Ainai, Tadaki Suzuki, Norihiro Harada, Yasushi Ami, Yoshikazu Yuki, Haruko Takeyama, Hiroshi Kiyono, Hideo Tsukada, Hideki Hasegawa

    VACCINE   34 ( 9 ) 1201 - 1207  2016.02  [Refereed]

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    Introduction: Recently, we reported that intranasal vaccination of humans with whole inactivated influenza vaccine in the absence of mucosal adjuvant induced neutralizing antibody responses in the serum and nasal mucus. The mucoadhesive excipient carboxy-vinyl polymer (CVP) increases the viscosity and therefore mucoadhesiveness of intranasal medicaments and is an authorized excipient in Japan. In the present study, we analyzed the effect of adding CVP on intranasal whole inactivated influenza vaccine antigen dynamics and antibody responses.
    Methods: Mice and nonhuman primates (NHPs) were intranasally administered the [F-18]-radiolabeled vaccine and subjected to positron emission tomography analysis for 6 h. Dendritic cells were stimulated in vitro with the vaccine mixed with or without a mucosal adjuvant (Ampligen) and/or CVP, after which the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-beta levels in the supernatants were measured. Cynomolgus monkeys were immunized intranasally with the vaccine mixed with Ampligen and/or CVP and their vaccine-specific serum IgG and IgA titers were measured on days 0 and 33.
    Results: The vaccine was retained significantly longer in the nasal cavity of both mice and NHPs when it was delivered with CVP rather than PBS. Accumulation of the radiolabeled vaccine in the central nervous system was not detected in either model regardless of whether CVP was used. CVP only very weakly increased the TNF-alpha production of vaccine-stimulated dendritic cells. IFN-beta production was not observed regardless of the presence or absence of CVP. CVP increased the vaccine-specific IgA antibody responses of the intranasally vaccinated cynomolgus macaques.
    Conclusion: CVP increased intranasal retention of whole inactivated influenza vaccine, did not promote antigen redirection to the central nervous system, and improved mucosal antibody responses. The mechanism probably relates to its mucoadhesive properties rather than its ability to directly stimulate the immune system. Intranasal vaccines with CVP may be a promising candidate vaccine formulation for humans. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • 単一細菌ゲノムデータのクオリティコントロール(リサーチ最前線)

    丸山 徹, 竹山 春子

    日本微生物生態学会誌   31 ( 1 ) 4 - 5  2016

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  • Droplet microfluidics for precise and high throughput whole genome amplification toward single-cell genome sequencing

    Hosokawa M, Nishikawa Y, Kogawa M, Takeyama H

    20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016     178 - 179  2016  [Refereed]

  • Draft genome sequence of the fish pathogen Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii strain JCM15466, a species closely related to M. marinum

    Jun-Ichi Hikima, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Aoki, Haruko Takeyama, John Hawke, Kazuki Mori, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara

    Genome Announcements   4 ( 1 )  2016  [Refereed]

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    Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii is a slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacterium and fish pathogen isolated from wild marine fishes. M. pseudoshottsii closely resembles M. marinum, which is a human and animal pathogen. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of M. pseudoshottsii strain JCM15466, originally isolated from striped bass, Morone saxatilis.

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  • Pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp

    Hung-Chiao Lai, Tze Hann Ng, Masahiro Ando, Chung-Te Lee, I-Tung Chen, Jie-Cheng Chuang, Rapeepat Mavichak, Sheng-Hsiung Chang, Mi-De Yeh, Yi-An Chiang, Haruko Takeyama, Hiro-o Hamaguchi, Chu-Fang Lo, Takashi Aoki, Han-Ching Wang

    FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY   47 ( 2 ) 1006 - 1014  2015.12  [Refereed]

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    Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), also called early mortality syndrome (EMS), is a recently emergent shrimp bacterial disease that has resulted in substantial economic losses since 2009. AHPND is known to be caused by strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that contain a unique virulence plasmid, but the pathology of the disease is still unclear. In this study, we show that AHPND-causing strains of V. parahaemolyticus secrete the plasmid encoded binary toxin PirAB(vp) into the culture medium. We further determined that, after shrimp were challenged with AHPND-causing bacteria, the bacteria initially colonized the stomach, where they started to produce PirAB(vp) toxin. At the same early time point (6 hpi), PirB(vp) toxin, but not PirA(vp) toxin, was detected in the hepatopancreas, and the characteristic histopathological signs of AHPND, including sloughing of the epithelial cells of the hepatopancreatic tubules, were also seen. Although some previous studies have found that both components of the binary PirAB(vp) toxin are necessary to induce a toxic effect, our present results are consistent with other studies which have suggested that PirB(vp) alone may be sufficient to cause cellular damage. At later time points, the bacteria and PirA(vp) and PirB(vp) toxins were all detected in the hepatopancreas. We also show that Raman spectroscopy "Whole organism fingerprints" were unable to distinguish between AHPND-causing and non-AHPND causing strains. Lastly, by using minimum inhibitory concentrations, we found that both virulent and non-virulent V. parahaemolyticus strains were resistant to several antibiotics, suggesting that the use of antibiotics in shrimp culture should be more strictly regulated. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Metabolic and evolutionary origin of actin-binding polyketides from diverse organisms

    Reiko Ueoka, Agustinus R. Uria, Silke Reiter, Tetsushi Mori, Petra Karbaum, Eike E. Peters, Eric J. N. Helfrich, Brandon I. Morinaka, Muriel Gugger, Haruko Takeyama, Shigeki Matsunaga, Joern Piel

    NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   11 ( 9 ) 705 - +  2015.09  [Refereed]

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    Actin-targeting macrolides comprise a large, structurally diverse group of cytotoxins isolated from remarkably dissimilar micro- and macroorganisms. In spite of their disparate origins and structures, many of these compounds bind actin at the same site and exhibit structural relationships reminiscent of modular, combinatorial drug libraries. Here we investigate biosynthesis and evolution of three compound groups: misakinolides, scytophycin-type compounds and luminaolides. For misakinolides from the sponge Theonella swinhoei WA, our data suggest production by an uncultivated 'Entotheonella' symbiont, further supporting the relevance of these bacteria as sources of bioactive polyketides and peptides in sponges. Insights into misakinolide biosynthesis permitted targeted genome mining for other members, providing a cyanobacterial luminaolide producer as the first cultivated source for this dimeric compound family. The data indicate that this polyketide family is bacteria-derived and that the unusual macrolide diversity is the result of combinatorial pathway modularity for some compounds and of convergent evolution for others.

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  • Monodisperse Picoliter Droplets for Low-Bias and Contamination-Free Reactions in Single-Cell Whole Genome Amplification

    Yohei Nishikawa, Masahito Hosokawa, Toru Maruyama, Keisuke Yamagishi, Tetsushi Mori, Haruko Takeyama

    PLOS ONE   10 ( 9 ) e0138733  2015.09  [Refereed]

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    Whole genome amplification (WGA) is essential for obtaining genome sequences from single bacterial cells because the quantity of template DNA contained in a single cell is very low. Multiple displacement amplification (MDA), using Phi29 DNA polymerase and random primers, is the most widely used method for single-cell WGA. However, single-cell MDA usually results in uneven genome coverage because of amplification bias, background amplification of contaminating DNA, and formation of chimeras by linking of non-contiguous chromosomal regions. Here, we present a novel MDA method, termed droplet MDA, that minimizes amplification bias and amplification of contaminants by using picoliter-sized droplets for compartmentalized WGA reactions. Extracted DNA fragments from a lysed cell in MDA mixture are divided into 10(5) droplets (67 pL) within minutes via flow through simple microfluidic channels. Compartmentalized genome fragments can be individually amplified in these droplets without the risk of encounter with reagent-borne or environmental contaminants. Following quality assessment of WGA products from single Escherichia coli cells, we showed that droplet MDA minimized unexpected amplification and improved the percentage of genome recovery from 59% to 89%. Our results demonstrate that microfluidic-generated droplets show potential as an efficient tool for effective amplification of low-input DNA for single-cell genomics and greatly reduce the cost and labor investment required for determination of nearly complete genome sequences of uncultured bacteria from environmental samples.

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  • Analysis of bacterial xylose isomerase gene diversity using gene-targeted metagenomics

    Dini Nurdiani, Michihiro Ito, Toru Maruyama, Takeshi Terahara, Tetsushi Mori, Shin Ugawa, Haruko Takeyama

    JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING   120 ( 2 ) 174 - 180  2015.08  [Refereed]

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    Bacterial xylose isomerases (XI) are promising resources for efficient biofuel production from xylose in lignocellulosic biomass. Here, we investigated xylose isomerase gene (xylA) diversity in three soil metagenomes differing in plant vegetation and geographical location, using an amplicon pyrosequencing approach and two newly-designed primer sets. A total of 158,555 reads from three metagenomic DNA replicates for each soil sample were classified into 1127 phylotypes, detected in triplicate and defined by 90% amino acid identity. The phylotype coverage was estimated to be within the range of 84.0-92.7%. The xylA gene phylotypes obtained were phylogenetically distributed across the two known xylA groups. They shared 49-100% identities with their closest-related XI sequences in GenBank. Phylotypes demonstrating &lt;90% identity with known Xis in the database accounted for 89% of the total xylA phylotypes. The differences among xylA members and compositions within each soil sample were significantly smaller than they were between different soils based on a UniFrac distance analysis, suggesting soil-specific xylA genotypes and taxonomic compositions. The differences among xylA members and their compositions in the soil were strongly correlated with 16S rRNA variation between soil samples, also assessed by amplicon pyrosequencing. This is the first report of xylA diversity in environmental samples assessed by amplicon pyrosequencing. Our data provide information regarding xylA diversity in nature, and can be a basis for the screening of novel xylA genotypes for practical applications. 2015, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.

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  • Droplet-based microfluidics for high-throughput screening of a metagenomic library for isolation of microbial enzymes

    Masahito Hosokawa, Yuri Hoshino, Yohei Nishikawa, Tomotada Hirose, Dong Hyun Yoon, Tetsushi Mori, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Shuichi Shoji, Haruko Takeyama

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   67   379 - 385  2015.05  [Refereed]

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    This paper proposes a high-throughput, function-based screening approach of a metagenomic library for isolating novel microbial enzymes by droplet-based microfluidics. We used gel microdroplets (GMDs) dispersed in oil as picoliter-volume reaction vessels for lipolytic enzyme by encapsulating cells in individual GMDs. Using this approach, we monitored the growth of individual cells encapsulated in GMDs and assessed the enzyme reaction activities at the level of an individual GMD. We then applied this method to screen lipolytic enzyme genes from the metagenomic library constructed from soil collected from a quercus serrate forest of Mount Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. In the workflow presented in this study, metagenomic library clones were encapsulated in 100-pL GMDs with a fluorogenic reporter substrate. A total of 67,000 metagenomic library clones can be screened in only 24 h with reduced consumption of reagents (i.e., &lt; 10 mu L). As a result, we identified a novel lipolytic enzyme, EstT1, belonging to the EstD2 family of esterases and containing a putative signal peptide, which facilitates enzyme export and catalyzation of substrates in the periplasm. Our study demonstrates the potential of microfluidic GMDs as an efficient tool for metagenomic library screening of industrially relevant enzymes with the potential of significantly reducing the cost and time factors involved in successful practical application of microbial enzymes. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Marine metagenome and supporting technology

    Tetsushi Mori, Haruko Takeyama

    Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology     497 - 508  2015.01  [Refereed]

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    Bacteria are known to be highly diverse and unique to the various environments they reside in. Covering more than 70% of the earth’s surface, marine bacterial ecosystems in particular have long been regarded as reservoirs for novel and unique genes important to industry and pharmaceutics. In the first part of the chapter, we reviewed the importance and potential of bacteria from marine environments as an important genetic resource and some of the recent efforts in the implementation of marine metagenomic research to screen for genes applicable in bioprocesses, bioremediation and bioethanol production. Nevertheless, metagenomic research has also provided new challenges that will need to be addressed in order to use these resources efficiently. Here, in the second part of the chapter, we introduced several supporting technologies that show great potential in assisting metagenomic research to overcome such challenges including high-throughput screening using microfluidics, single-cell analysis and in sil-ico data mining of metagenomic data. The introduction of such technologies, with metagenomic research, does not only allowed us to exploit these genetic resources to the fullest but may also provide new perspectives and insights towards living organisms and natural ecosystems.

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  • 海洋環境解析に向けたメタゲノムおよび 1細胞配列データ解析用パイプラインの開発

    小林健太, 加藤有己, 谷口丈晃, 丸山徹, 伊藤通浩, 五斗進, 竹山春子, 藤渕航

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  • Self-Oriented Immobilization of DNA Polymerase Tagged by Titanium-Binding Peptide Motif

    Hirokazu Nishida, Taira Kajisa, Yuuya Miyazawa, Yuki Tabuse, Takuya Yoda, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Kambara, Toshiya Sakata

    LANGMUIR   31 ( 2 ) 732 - 740  2015.01  [Refereed]

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    We developed a titanium-binding-peptide-1 (TBP-1)-tagged DNA polymerase, for self-oriented immobilization onto a titanium oxide (TiO2) substrate. The enzymatic function of a polymerase immobilized on a solid state device is strongly dependent on the orientation of the enzyme. The TBP-tagged DNA polymerase, which was derived from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, was designed to incorporate the RKLPDA peptide at the N-terminus, and synthesized by translation processes in Escherichia coli (E. coli). The specific binding of the TBP-tagged DNA polymerase onto a TiO2 substrate was clearly monitored by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR) and by surface potential detection with an extended-gate field effect transistor (FET). In the SPR analyses, constant quantities of the DNA polymerase were stably immobilized on the titanium substrate under flow conditions, regardless of the concentration of the DNA polymerase, and could be completely removed by a 4 M MgCl2 wash after measurement. The FET signal showed the contribution of the molecular charge in the TBP motif to the binding with TiO2. In addition, the TBP-tagged DNA polymerase-tethered TiO2 gate electrode enabled the effective detection of the positive charges of hydrogen ions produced by the DNA extension reaction, according to the FET principle. Therefore, the self-oriented immobilization platform based on the motif-inserted enzyme is suitable for the quick and stable immobilization of functional enzymes on biosensing devices.

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  • Whole Genome Analyses of Marine Fish Pathogenic Isolate, Mycobacterium sp 012931

    Satoru Kurokawa, Jun Kabayama, Seong Don Hwang, Seong Won Nho, Jun-ichi Hikima, Tae Sung Jung, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Tetsushi Mori, Takashi Aoki

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   16 ( 5 ) 572 - 579  2014.10  [Refereed]

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    Mycobacterium is a genus within the order Actinomycetales that comprises of a large number of well-characterized species, several of which includes pathogens known to cause serious disease in human and animal. Here, we report the whole genome sequence of Mycobacterium sp. strain 012931 isolated from the marine fish, yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). Mycobacterium sp. 012931 is a fish pathogen causing serious damage to aquaculture farms in Japan. DNA dot plot analysis showed that Mycobacterium sp. 012931 was more closely related to Mycobacterium marinum when compared across several Mycobacterium species. However, little conservation of the gene order was observed between Mycobacterium sp. 012931 and M. marinum genome. The annotated 5,464 genes of Mycobacterium sp. 012931 was classified into 26 subsystems. The insertion/deletion gene analysis shows Mycobacterium sp. 012931 had 643 unique genes that were not found in the M. marinum strains. In the virulence, disease, and defense subsystem, both insertion and deletion genes of Mycobacterium sp. 012931 were associated with the PPE gene cluster of Mycobacteria. Of seven plcB genes in Mycobacterium sp. 012931, plcB_2 and plcB_3 showed low identities with those of M. marinum strains. Therefore, Mycobacterium sp. 012931 has differences on genetic and virulence from M. marinum and may induce different interaction mechanisms between host and pathogen.

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  • In Situ Detection of Antibiotic Amphotericin B Produced in Streptomyces nodosus Using Raman Microspectroscopy

    Rimi Miyaoka, Masahito Hosokawa, Masahiro Ando, Tetsushi Mori, Hiro-o Hamaguchi, Haruko Takeyama

    MARINE DRUGS   12 ( 5 ) 2827 - 2839  2014.05  [Refereed]

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    The study of spatial distribution of secondary metabolites within microbial cells facilitates the screening of candidate strains from marine environments for functional metabolites and allows for the subsequent assessment of the production of metabolites, such as antibiotics. This paper demonstrates the first application of Raman microspectroscopy for in situ detection of the antifungal antibiotic amphotericin B (AmB) produced by actinomycetes-Streptomyces nodosus. Raman spectra measured from hyphae of S. nodosus show the specific Raman bands, caused by resonance enhancement, corresponding to the polyene chain of AmB. In addition, Raman microspectroscopy enabled us to monitor the time-dependent change of AmB production corresponding to the growth of mycelia. The Raman images of S. nodosus reveal the heterogeneous distribution of AmB within the mycelia and individual hyphae. Moreover, the molecular association state of AmB in the mycelia was directly identified by observed Raman spectral shifts. These findings suggest that Raman microspectroscopy could be used for in situ monitoring of antibiotic production directly in marine microorganisms with a method that is non-destructive and does not require labeling.

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  • An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire (vol 506, pg 58, 2014)

    Micheal C. Wilson, Tetsushi Mori, Christian Rueckert, Agustinus R. Uria, Maximilian J. Helf, Kentaro Takada, Christine Gernert, Ursula A. E. Steffens, Nina Heycke, Susanne Schmitt, Christian Rinke, Eric J. N. Helfrich, Alexander O. Brachmann, Cristian Gurgui, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Matthias Kracht, Max Cruesemann, Ute Hentschel, Ikuro Abe, Shigeki Matsunaga, Joern Kalinowski, Haruko Takeyama, Joern Piel

    NATURE   507 ( 7491 )  2014.03  [Refereed]

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  • Exacerbation of Invasive Candida albicans Infection by Commensal Bacteria or a Glycolipid Through IFN-gamma Produced in Part by iNKT Cells

    Norihito Tarumoto, Yuki Kinjo, Naoki Kitano, Daisuke Sasai, Keigo Ueno, Akiko Okawara, Yuina Izawa, Minoru Shinozaki, Hiroshi Watarai, Masaru Taniguchi, Haruko Takeyama, Shigefumi Maesaki, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki

    JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   209 ( 5 ) 799 - 810  2014.03  [Refereed]

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    Background. The commensal yeast Candida albicans is a major cause of invasive fungal infections. Despite treatment with antifungal agents, the mortality rate attributed to these types of infection is high. Although numerous cases have been reported regarding a poor outcome for patients with bacterial and C. albicans coinfection, the mechanisms by which the coinfecting bacteria exacerbate the C. albicans infection remain elusive.
    Methods and Results We evaluated how glycolipid-mediated activation of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells affects the clearance of C. albicans. Surprisingly, C. albicans-infected, glycolipid-treated mice exhibited significantly lower survival rates, increased fungal burden, and higher interleukin (IL)-6 production in the kidneys compared with control mice. Glycolipid-induced exacerbation of C. albicans infection was not observed in interferon-gamma knockout (IFN-gamma KO) mice. In the C. albicans-infected, glycolipid-treated mice, the number of neutrophils in the blood and bone marrow dramatically decreased in an IFN-gamma-dependent manner. Furthermore, mice that were coinfected with C. albicans and nonfermentative gram-negative commensal bacteria exhibited increased fungal burden and inflammatory cytokine production in the kidneys that were dependent on IFN-gamma and iNKT cells.
    Conclusions. Our results indicate that coinfecting commensal bacteria exacerbate C. albicans infection through IFN-gamma produced, in part, by iNKT cells.

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  • An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

    Micheal C. Wilson, Tetsushi Mori, Christian Rueckert, Agustinus R. Uria, Maximilian J. Helf, Kentaro Takada, Christine Gernert, Ursula A. E. Steffens, Nina Heycke, Susanne Schmitt, Christian Rinke, Eric J. N. Helfrich, Alexander O. Brachmann, Cristian Gurgui, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Matthias Kracht, Max Cruesemann, Ute Hentschel, Ikuro Abe, Shigeki Matsunaga, Joern Kalinowski, Haruko Takeyama, Joern Piel

    NATURE   506 ( 7486 ) 58 - +  2014.02  [Refereed]

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    Cultivated bacteria such as actinomycetes are a highly useful source of biomedically important natural products. However, such 'talented' producers represent only a minute fraction of the entire, mostly uncultivated, prokaryotic diversity. The uncultured majority is generally perceived as a large, untapped resource of new drug candidates, but so far it is unknown whether taxa containing talented bacteria indeed exist. Here we report the single-cell- and metagenomics-based discovery of such producers. Two phylotypes of the candidate genus 'Entotheonella' with genomes of greater than 9 megabases and multiple, distinct biosynthetic gene clusters co-inhabit the chemically and microbially rich marine sponge Theonella swinhoei. Almost all bioactive polyketides and peptides known from this animal were attributed to a single phylotype. 'Entotheonella' spp. are widely distributed in sponges and belong to an environmental taxon proposed here as candidate phylum 'Tectomicrobia'. The pronounced bioactivities and chemical uniqueness of 'Entotheonella' compounds provide significant opportunities for ecological studies and drug discovery.

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  • Draft genome sequence of Falsirhodobacter sp. strain alg1, an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from fermented brown algae

    Tetsushi Mori, Mami Takahashi, Reiji Tanaka, Toshiyuki Shibata, Kouichi Kuroda, Mitsuyoshi Ueda, Haruko Takeyama

    Genome Announcements   2 ( 4 )  2014  [Refereed]

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    Falsirhodobacter sp. alg1 is an alginate-degrading bacterium, the second species from the nonphototrophic bacterial genus Falsirhodobacter. We report the first draft genome of a bacterium from this genus and point out possible important features related to alginate assimilation and its evolutionary aspects.

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  • Comparative Genomic Characterization of Three Streptococcus parauberis Strains in Fish Pathogen, as Assessed by Wide-Genome Analyses

    Seong-Won Nho, Jun-ichi Hikima, Seong Bin Park, Ho Bin Jang, In Seok Cha, Motoshige Yasuike, Yoji Nakamura, Atsushi Fujiwara, Motohiko Sano, Kinya Kanai, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki, Tae-Sung Jung

    PLOS ONE   8 ( 11 ) e80395  2013.11  [Refereed]

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    Streptococcus parauberis, which is the main causative agent of streptococcosis among olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in northeast Asia, can be distinctly divided into two groups (type I and type II) by an agglutination test. Here, the whole genome sequences of two Japanese strains (KRS-02083 and KRS-02109) were determined and compared with the previously determined genome of a Korean strain (KCTC 11537). The genomes of S. parauberis are intermediate in size and have lower GC contents than those of other streptococci. We annotated 2,236 and 2,048 genes in KRS-02083 and KRS-02109, respectively. Our results revealed that the three S. parauberis strains contain different genomic insertions and deletions. In particular, the genomes of Korean and Japanese strains encode different factors for sugar utilization; the former encodes the phosphotransferase system (PTS) for sorbose, whereas the latter encodes proteins for lactose hydrolysis, respectively. And the KRS-02109 strain, specifically, was the type II strain found to be able to resist phage infection through the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas system and which might contribute valuably to serologically distribution. Thus, our genome-wide association study shows that polymorphisms can affect pathogen responses, providing insight into biological/biochemical pathways and phylogenetic diversity.

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  • Sensitive detection of measles virus infection in the blood and tissues of humanized mouse by one-step quantitative RT-PCR

    Shota Ikeno, Moto-omi Suzuki, Mahmod Muhsen, Masayuki Ishige, Mie Kobayashi-Ishihara, Shinji Ohno, Makoto Takeda, Tetsuo Nakayama, Yuko Morikawa, Kazutaka Terahara, Seiji Okada, Haruko Takeyama, Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY   4   298  2013.10  [Refereed]

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    Live attenuated measles virus (MV) has long been recognized as a safe and effective vaccine, and it has served as the basis for development of various MV-based vaccines. However, because MV is a human-tropic virus, the evaluation of MV-based vaccines has been hampered by the lack of a small-animal model. The humanized mouse, a recently developed system in which an immunodeficient mouse is transplanted with human fetal tissues or hematopoietic stem cells, may represent a suitable model. Here, we developed a sensitive one-step quantitative reverse transcription (qRT)-PCR that simultaneously measures nucleocapsid (N) and human RNase P mRNA levels. The results can be used to monitor MV infection in a humanized mouse model. Using this method, we elucidated the replication kinetics of MV expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein both in vitro and in humanized mice in parallel with flow-cytometric analysis. Because our qRT-PCR system was sensitive enough to detect MV expression using RNA extracted from a small number of cells, it can be used to monitor MV infection in humanized mice by sequential blood sampling.

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  • Metabolism and innate immunity: FOXO regulation of antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila

    Gerrit Loch, Eva Jentgens, Margret Bülow, Ingo Zinke, Tetsushi Mori, Sayaka Suzuki, Haruko Takeyama, Michael Hoch

    Innate Immunity: Resistance and Disease-Promoting Principles   4   103 - 111  2013.06  [Refereed]

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    Metabolic homeostasis is fundamental for the development and the survival of animals. It requires the proper functioning of pathways that control the sensing and processing of nutrients, the storage and mobilization of energy. Recent data demonstrate that energy homeostasis and immune responses are tightly connected and that inaccurate metabolic regulation can adversely influence immune functions. Dysfunctions of the immune system have been demonstrated to underlie many chronic metabolic diseases, including diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. The molecular mechanisms behind the cross-regulation of metabolism and immunity in health and disease are only beginning to emerge. We use the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to gain insights into evolutionary conserved mechanisms by which energy homeostasis and innate immunity interact.

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  • Bacterial Classification of Fish-Pathogenic Mycobacterium Species by Multigene Phylogenetic Analyses and MALDI Biotyper Identification System

    Satoru Kurokawa, Jun Kabayama, Tsuguaki Fukuyasu, Seong Don Hwang, Chan-Il Park, Seong-Bin Park, Carmelo S. del Castillo, Jun-ichi Hikima, Tae-Sung Jung, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   15 ( 3 ) 340 - 348  2013.06  [Refereed]

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    Mycobacterium marinum is difficult to distinguish from other species of Mycobacterium isolated from fish using biochemical methods. Here, we used genetic and proteomic analyses to distinguish three Mycobacterium strains: M. marinum strains MB2 and Europe were isolated from tropical and marine fish in Thailand and Europe, and Mycobacterium sp. 012931 strain was isolated from yellowtail in Japan. In phylogenetic trees based on gyrB, rpoB, and Ag85B genes, Mycobacterium sp. 012931 clustered with M. marinum strains MB2 and Europe, but in trees based on 16S rRNA, hsp65, and Ag85A genes Mycobacterium sp. 012931 did not cluster with the other strains. In proteomic analyses using a Bruker matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization Biotyper, the mass profile of Mycobacterium sp. 012931 differed from the mass profiles of the other two fish M. marinum strains. Therefore, Mycobacterium sp. 012931 is similar to M. marinum but is not the same, suggesting that it could be a subspecies of M. marinum.

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  • Variable domain antibodies specific for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) selected from a randomized IgNAR phage display library

    Maki Ohtani, Jun-ichi Hikima, Tae-Sung Jung, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki

    Fish and Shellfish Immunology   34 ( 2 ) 724 - 728  2013.02  [Refereed]

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    Phage display libraries are used to screen for nucleotide sequences that encode immunoglobulin variable (V) regions that are specific for a target antigen. We previously constructed an immunoglobulin new antigen receptor (IgNAR) phage display library. Here we used this library to obtain an IgNAR V region that is specific for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV). A phage clone (clone 653) was found to be specific for VHSV by the biopanning method. The V region of clone 653 was used to construct a 6 × His tagged recombinant IgNAR-653 V protein (rIgNAR-653) using the Escherichia coli pET system. The rIgNAR-653 protein bound specifically to VHSV, confirming its activity. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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  • Ribosome Profiling for Biomarker Discovery

    SAKO Hiroaki, SUZUKI Katsuhiko, TAKEYAMA Haruko

    Japanese Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine   10 ( 1 ) 1 - 7  2013

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    It has been well known that protein level is estimated by the expression level of its mRNA. However, it is also argued that correlation between mRNA abundance and protein levels is weaker than previously thought. Recently a newly developed technique called ribosome profiling has drawn attention as a drastic countermeasure to improve the weak correlation. Here it is discussed that weak association of protein and mRNA levels seen in genome-wide analysis of gene expression such as microarray is attributable to post-transcriptional regulation including translational inhibition. This review further discusses how these issues are resolved by ribosome profiling and also addresses a possibility of biomarker discovery derived from this technique.<br>

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  • Comparative sequence analysis of a multidrug-resistant plasmid from Aeromonas hydrophila

    Carmelo S. Del Castillo, Jun-Ichi Hikima, Ho-Bin Jang, Seong-Won Nho, Tae-Sung Jung, Janenuj Wongtavatchai, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aokia

    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy   57 ( 1 ) 120 - 129  2013.01  [Refereed]

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    Aeromonas hydrophila is a pathogenic bacterium that has been implicated in fish, animal, and human disease. Recently, a multidrug resistance (MDR) plasmid, pR148, was isolated from A. hydrophila obtained from a tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farm in Thailand. pR148 is a 165,906-bp circular plasmid containing 147 coding regions showing highest similarity to pNDM-1-Dok1, an MDR plasmid isolated from a human pathogen. pR148 was also very similar to other IncA/C plasmids isolated from humans, animals, food, and fish. pR148 contains a mercuric resistance operon and encodes the complete set of genes for the type 4 secretion system. pR148 encodes a Tn21 type transposon. This transposon contains the drug resistance genes qacH, blaOXA-10, aadA1, and sul1 in a class 1 integron
    tetA and tetR in transposon Tn1721
    and catA2 and a duplicate sul1 in a locus showing 100% similarity to IncU plasmids isolated from fish. The blaOXA-10 and aadA1 genes showed 100% similarity to those from the Acinetobacter baumannii AYE genome. The similarity of pR148 to a human pathogen-derived plasmid indicates that the plasmids were either transferred between different genera or that they are derived from a common origin. Previous studies have shown that IncA/C plasmids retain a conserved backbone, while the accessory region points to lateral gene transfer. These observations point out the dangers of indiscriminate use of antibiotics in humans and in animals and the necessity of understanding how drug resistance determinants are disseminated and transferred. Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Whole-genome sequence of fish-pathogenic Mycobacterium sp. strain 012931, isolated from yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata)

    Satoru Kurokawa, Jun Kabayama, Seong Won Nho, Seong Don Hwang, Jun-ichi Hikima, Tae Sung Jung, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki

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    The genus Mycobacterium comprises a large number of well-characterized species, several of which are human and animal pathogens. Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of Mycobacterium sp. strain 012931, a fish pathogen responsible for huge losses in aquaculture farms in Japan. The strain was isolated from a marine fish, yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata).

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  • LGP2 Expression is Enhanced by Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 in Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

    Jun-ichi Hikima, Mi-Kyong Yi, Maki Ohtani, Chan Yong Jung, Young Kyu Kim, Ji Young Mun, Young Rim Kim, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Aoki, Tae Sung Jung

    PLOS ONE   7 ( 12 ) e51522  2012.12  [Refereed]

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    In innate immunity, LGP2 (laboratory of genetics and physiology 2) plays a very important role in the production of type I interferon (IFN) through recognition of cytosolic viral RNA. Although viral infection or stimulation with double-strand RNA dramatically induces expression of the LGP2 gene, the underlying transcriptional mechanism has never been studied. Here, we cloned and characterized the 5'-upstream region (-1,337 bp) of the LGP2 gene in olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Numerous canonical motifs for IFN-regulatory factors (IRFs) were found in this region, and reporter assays identified a poly I: C-responsive promoter region (-506 to -398) that regulated LGP2 transcription. Transcriptional activity of the LGP2 promoter was strongly enhanced by IRF3, which bound to IRF3 motif #3 (-480). The LGP2 promoter was also responsive to viral infection in vitro. These results suggest that LGP2 transcriptional control is crucially involved to regulated by IRF3 function after viral infection or stimulation with poly I:C.

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  • Immunochromatographic assay of cadmium levels in oysters

    Kosuke Nishi, In-Hae Kim, Takaaki Itai, Takuya Sugahara, Haruko Takeyama, Hideo Ohkawa

    TALANTA   97   262 - 266  2012.08  [Refereed]

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    Oysters are one of foodstuffs containing a relatively high amount of cadmium. Here we report on establishment of an immunochromatographic assay (ICA) method of cadmium levels in oysters. Cadmium was extracted with 0.1 mol L-1 HCl from oysters and cleaned up from other metals by the use of an anion-exchange column. The behavior of five metals Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Cd was monitored at each step of extraction and clean-up procedure for the ICA method in an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis. The results revealed that a simple extraction method with the HCl solution was efficient enough to extract almost all of cadmium from oysters. Clean-up with an anion-exchange column presented almost no loss of cadmium adsorbed on the column and an efficient removal of metals other than cadmium. When a spiked recovery test was performed in the ICA method, the recovery ranged from 98% to 112% with relative standard deviations between 5.9% and 9.2%. The measured values of cadmium in various oyster samples in the ICA method were favorably correlated with those in ICP-MS analysis (r(2)=0.97). Overall results indicate that the ICA method established in the present study is an adequate and reliable detection method for cadmium levels in oysters. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Determining the Diet of Larvae of Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus) Using High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Techniques

    Richard O'Rorke, Shane Lavery, Seinen Chow, Haruko Takeyama, Peter Tsai, Lynnath E. Beckley, Peter A. Thompson, Anya M. Waite, Andrew G. Jeffs

    PLOS ONE   7 ( 8 ) e42757  2012.08  [Refereed]

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    The Western Australian rock lobster fishery has been both a highly productive and sustainable fishery. However, a recent dramatic and unexplained decline in post-larval recruitment threatens this sustainability. Our lack of knowledge of key processes in lobster larval ecology, such as their position in the food web, limits our ability to determine what underpins this decline. The present study uses a high-throughput amplicon sequencing approach on DNA obtained from the hepatopancreas of larvae to discover significant prey items. Two short regions of the 18S rRNA gene were amplified under the presence of lobster specific PNA to prevent lobster amplification and to improve prey amplification. In the resulting sequences either little prey was recovered, indicating that the larval gut was empty, or there was a high number of reads originating from multiple zooplankton taxa. The most abundant reads included colonial Radiolaria, Thaliacea, Actinopterygii, Hydrozoa and Sagittoidea, which supports the hypothesis that the larvae feed on multiple groups of mostly transparent gelatinous zooplankton. This hypothesis has prevailed as it has been tentatively inferred from the physiology of larvae, captive feeding trials and co-occurrence in situ. However, these prey have not been observed in the larval gut as traditional microscopic techniques cannot discern between transparent and gelatinous prey items in the gut. High-throughput amplicon sequencing of gut DNA has enabled us to classify these otherwise undetectable prey. The dominance of the colonial radiolarians among the gut contents is intriguing in that this group has been historically difficult to quantify in the water column, which may explain why they have not been connected to larval diet previously. Our results indicate that a PCR based technique is a very successful approach to identify the most abundant taxa in the natural diet of lobster larvae.

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  • Efficiency of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Directed PCR Clamping and Its Application in the Investigation of Natural Diets of the Japanese Eel Leptocephali

    Takeshi Terahara, Seinen Chow, Hiroaki Kurogi, Sun-Hee Lee, Katsumi Tsukamoto, Noritaka Mochioka, Hideki Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama

    PLOS ONE   6 ( 11 ) e25715  2011.11  [Refereed]

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    Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-clamping using blocking primer and DNA-analogs, such as peptide nucleotide acid (PNA), may be used to selectively amplify target DNA for molecular diet analysis. We investigated PCR-clamping efficiency by studying PNA position and mismatch with complementary DNA by designing PNAs at five different positions on the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer 1 of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in association with intra-specific nucleotide substitutions. All five PNAs were observed to efficiently inhibit amplification of a fully complementary DNA template. One mismatch between PNA and template DNA inhibited amplification of the template DNA, while two or more mismatches did not. DNA samples extracted from dorsal muscle and intestine of eight wild-caught leptochephalus larvae were subjected to this analysis, followed by cloning, nucleotide sequence analysis, and database homology search. Among 12 sequence types obtained from the intestine sample, six were identified as fungi. No sequence similarities were found in the database for the remaining six types, which were not related to one another. These results, in conjunction with our laboratory observations on larval feeding, suggest that eel leptocephali may not be dependent upon living plankton for their food source.

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  • Metagenomic Analysis of 0.2-mu m-Passable Microorganisms in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fluid

    Ryosuke Nakai, Takashi Abe, Haruko Takeyama, Takeshi Naganuma

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   13 ( 5 ) 900 - 908  2011.10  [Refereed]

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    We pyrosequenced the bulk DNA extracted from microorganisms that passed through 0.2-mu m-pore-size filters and trapped by 0.1-mu m-pore-size filters in the hydrothermal fluid of the Mariana Trough. Using the 454-FLX sequencer, we generated 202,648 sequences with an average length of 173.8 bases. Functional profiles were assigned by the SEED Annotation Engine. In the metagenome of the 0.2-mu m-passable microorganisms, genes related to membrane function, including potassium homeostasis classified as membrane transport, and multidrug-resistance efflux pumps classified as virulence, were dominant. There was a higher proportion of genes pertinent to the subsystem of membrane transport in our metagenomic library than in other oceanic and hydrothermal vent metagenomes. Genes associated with a RND-type efflux transporter for exogenous substances were specifically identified in the present study. After a comparative analysis with the genome of the known ultramicrobacterium Sphingopyxis alaskensis RB2256, we discovered 1,542 cases of significant hits (E &lt; 1 x 10(-2)) in our metagenome, and 1,172 of those were related to the DNA repair protein RadA. In this way, the microbial functional profile of 0.2-mu m-passable fraction in the present study differs from oceanic metagenomes in the 0.2-mu m-trapped fractions and hydrothermal vent metagenomes reported in previous research.

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  • Investigation on Natural Diets of Larval Marine Animals Using Peptide Nucleic Acid-Directed Polymerase Chain Reaction Clamping

    Seinen Chow, Sayaka Suzuki, Tadashi Matsunaga, Shane Lavery, Andrew Jeffs, Haruko Takeyama

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   13 ( 2 ) 305 - 313  2011.04  [Refereed]

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    The stomach contents of the larvae of marine animals are usually very small in quantity and amorphous, especially in invertebrates, making morphological methods of identification very difficult. Nucleotide sequence analysis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a likely approach, but the large quantity of larval (host) DNA present may mask subtle signals from the prey genome. We have adopted peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-directed PCR clamping to selectively inhibit amplification of host DNA for this purpose. The Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus) and eel (Anguilla japonica) were used as model host and prey organisms, respectively. A lobster-specific PNA oligomer (20 bases) was designed to anneal to the sequence at the junction of the 18 S rDNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) of the lobster. PCR using eukaryote universal primers for amplifying the ITS1 region used in conjunction with the lobster-specific PNA on a mixed DNA template of lobster and eel demonstrated successful inhibition of lobster ITS1 amplification while allowing efficient amplification of eel ITS1. This method was then applied to wild-caught lobster larvae of P. japonicus and P. longipes bispinosus collected around Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. ITS1 sequences of a wide variety of animals (Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Crustacea, Teleostei, Mollusca, and Chaetognatha) were detected.

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  • 2P-2037 Characterization of a novel gene involved in cadmium accumulation from marine sponge associated bacterial metagenome libraries.

    KOHARA,Yotaro, OKAMURA,Yoshiko, IWAMOTO,Koji, SHIRAIWA,Yoshihiro, MATSUNAGA,Tadashi, TAKEYAMA,Haruko

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   22 ( 0 ) 116 - 116  2010.09

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  • Isolation and Characterization of a GDSL Esterase from the Metagenome of a Marine Sponge-associated Bacteria

    Yoshiko Okamura, Tomonori Kimura, Hiroko Yokouchi, Macarena Meneses-Osorio, Masaya Katoh, Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   12 ( 4 ) 395 - 402  2010.08  [Refereed]

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    Using a metagenome library constructed from a bacterial associated with a marine sponge Hyrtios erecta, we identified a novel esterase that belongs to the SGNH hydrolase superfamily of esterases. The substrate specificity of EstHE1 was determined using p-nitrophenyl (pNP) ester (C2: acetate, C4: butylate, C6: caproate, C12: laurate, C16: palmitate). EstHE1 exhibited activity against C2 (5.6 U/mg), C4 (5.1 U/mg), and C6 (2.8 U/mg) substrates. The optimal temperature for EstHE1 esterase activity of the pNP acetate substrate was 40A degrees C, and EstHE1 retained 60% of its enzymatic activity in the 30-50A degrees C range. This esterase showed moderate thermostability, retaining 58% of its activity even after preincubation for 12 h at 40A degrees C. EstHE1 also maintained activity in high concentrations of NaCl, indicating that this esterase is salt-tolerant. Thus, EstHE1 has the thermal stability and salt tolerance necessary for use as an industrial enzyme.

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  • A single-cell based biosensing device directed for lipophilic chemical screening and evaluation

    Mori Tetsushi, Hayashi Takuma, Hosokawa Masahito, Yoshino Tomoko, Nakasono Satoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

    JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING   108   S150 - S151  2009.11  [Refereed]

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  • Whole genome sequence of Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1 revealed common gene clusters in magnetotactic bacteria

    Hidekazu Nakazawa, Atsushi Arakaki, Sachiko Narita-Yamada, Isao Yashiro, Koji Jinno, Natsuko Aoki, Ai Tsuruyama, Yoshiko Okamura, Satoshi Tanikawa, Nobuyuki Fujita, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    GENOME RESEARCH   19 ( 10 ) 1801 - 1808  2009.10  [Refereed]

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    Magnetotactic bacteria are ubiquitous microorganisms that synthesize intracellular magnetite particles (magnetosomes) by accumulating Fe ions from aquatic environments. Recent molecular studies, including comprehensive proteomic, transcriptomic, and genomic analyses, have considerably improved our hypotheses of the magnetosome-formation mechanism. However, most of these studies have been conducted using pure-cultured bacterial strains of alpha-proteobacteria. Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1, the only isolate of magnetotactic microorganisms classified under delta-proteobacteria. Comparative genomics of the RS-1 and four alpha-proteobacterial strains revealed the presence of three separate gene regions (nuo and mamAB-like gene clusters, and gene region of a cryptic plasmid) conserved in all magnetotactic bacteria. The nuo gene cluster, encoding NADH dehydrogenase (complex I), was also common to the genomes of three iron-reducing bacteria exhibiting uncontrolled extracellular and/or intracellular magnetite synthesis. A cryptic plasmid, pDMC1, encodes three homologous genes that exhibit high similarities with those of other magnetotactic bacterial strains. In addition, the mamAB-like gene cluster, encoding the key components for magnetosome formation such as iron transport and magnetosome alignment, was conserved only in the genomes of magnetotactic bacteria as a similar genomic island-like structure. Our findings suggest the presence of core genetic components for magnetosome biosynthesis; these genes may have been acquired into the magnetotactic bacterial genomes by multiple gene-transfer events during proteobacterial evolution.

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  • High-Density Microcavity Array for Cell Detection: Single-Cell Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

    Masahito Hosokawa, Atsushi Arakaki, Masayuki Takahashi, Tetsushi Mori, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   81 ( 13 ) 5308 - 5313  2009.07  [Refereed]

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    Detection and isolation of specific cell types from limited biological samples have become a major challenge in clinical diagnosis and cell biology research. Here, we report a high-density microcavity array for target cell detection in which thousands of single cells were neatly arrayed onto 10000 microcavities with high efficiency at approximately 90% of the loaded cells. Cell-specific immunophenotypes were exclusively identified at the single-cell level by measuring fluorescence intensities of cells labeled with antibodies targeting cell surface markers, and the purity of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) within human peripheral blood analyzed by this system was correlated with those obtained by conventional flow cytometry. Furthermore, gene expression of the stem cell marker, CD34, was determined from HSCs by isolating single cells using a micromanipulator. This technology has proven to be an effective tool for target cell detection and subsequent cellular analytical research at the single-cell level.

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  • Preliminary aqnalysis of length and GC content variation in the ribosomal first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) of marine animals

    S. Chow, Y. Ueno, M. Toyokawa, I. Oohara, H. Takeyama

    Marine Biotechnology   11 ( 3 ) 301 - 306  2009.06

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    Length and guanine-cytosine (GC) content of the ribosomal first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) were compared across a wide variety of marine animal species, and its phylogenetic utility was investigated. From a total of 773 individuals representing 599 species, we only failed to amplify the ITS1 sequence from 87 individuals by polymerase chain reaction with universal ITS1 primers. No species was found to have an ITS1 region shorter than 100 bp. In general, the ITS1 sequences of vertebrates were longer (318 to 2,318 bp) and richer in GC content (56.8% to 78%) than those of invertebrates (117 to 1,613 bp and 35.8% to 71.3%, respectively). Specifically, gelatinous animals (Cnidaria and Ctenophora) were observed to have short ITS1 sequences (118 to 422 bp) with lower GC content (35.8% to 61.7%) than the other animal taxa. Mollusca and Crustacea were diverse groups with respect to ITS1 length, ranging from 108 to 1,118 and 182 to 1,613 bp, respectively. No universal relationship between length and GC content was observed. Our data indicated that ITS1 has a limited utility for phylogenetic analysis as obtaining confident sequence alignment was often impossible between different genera of the same family and even between congeneric species. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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  • Nano-Sized Bacterial Magnetic Particles Displaying Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase for Pyrosequencing

    Tomoko Yoshino, Taisei Nishimura, Tetsushi Mori, Shigeya Suzuki, Hideki Kambara, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   103 ( 1 ) 130 - 137  2009.05  [Refereed]

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    There is a high demand for inexpensive and high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies in molecular biology and applied biosciences. In this study, novel nano-sized magnetic particles displaying enzymes for pyrosequencing, a rather novel bioluminometric DNA sequencing method based on the sequencing-by-synthesis principle by employing a cascade of several enzymatic reactions, was developed. A highly thermostable enzyme, pyruvate phosphate dikinase (PPDK) which converts PPi to ATP was successfully expressed onto bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) using a novel protein display system of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. The enzymatic stability of BacMPs displaying PPDK (PPDK-BacMPs) to pH and temperature was evaluated and its broad range of properties was shown. Subsequently, PPDK-BacMPs were applied in pyrosequencing and a target oligonucleotide was successfully sequenced. The PPDK enzyme displayed on BacMPs was shown to be recyclable in each sequence reaction as they can be manipulated by magnetic force. It was concluded that nano-sized PPDK-BacMPs are useful for the scale down of pyrosequencing reaction volumes, thus, permitting high-throughput. The recycling of enzymes was also shown to be promising and applicable for the development of an inexpensive DNA sequencing at a low running cost.

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  • A stable human progesterone receptor expressing HeLa reporter cell line as a tool in chemical evaluation at the different cell-cycle phases

    Tetsushi Mori, Mai Murata, Tomoko Yoshino, Satoshi Nakasono, Fumiyo Saito, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    TOXICOLOGY LETTERS   186 ( 2 ) 123 - 129  2009.04  [Refereed]

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    Specific molecular events, characteristic of each cell-cycle phase may have direct effect to the functionality of nuclear receptors. Based on this understanding, the evaluation of lipophilic chemicals at the different cell-cycle phases is significant and should be considered. In order to achieve the aim of performing large-scale dose-response analysis on the effects of lipophilic chemicals at the different cell-cycle phases, a stable, sensitive and highly selective human progesterone receptor (hPR) expressing HeLa reporter cell line, hPRLuc-20, was established. Upon the establishment of the hPRLuc-20 cells, they were synchronized to the G(1), S and G(2) phases and treated with progesterone (PROG) and promegestone (R5020). The cells successfully showed that at the different cell-cycle phase, both agonists resulted in different cellular responses. The differences in response supports that hPR expressed within the hPRLuc-20 cells do respond in a cell-cycle dependent manner, thus showing the cells&apos; compatibility in large-scale dose-response analyses of chemicals. It is hopeful that the advanced application of the hPRLuc-20 cells could contribute to provide fundamental hints to further understand the function of hPR, and provide key observations to elucidate the nature of these chemicals with hPR, its corresponding co-regulators and transcription factors. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE TEMPLATE AMPLIFICATION AND PRODUCT IMMOBILIZATION ON A SINGLE BEAD

    Yoshiko Okamura, Masataka Shirai, Tomoharu Kajiyama, Hideki Kambara, Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    IFPT'6: PROGRESS ON POST-GENOME TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEEDINGS     162 - 162  2009  [Refereed]

  • Direct Magnetic Separation of Immune Cells from Whole Blood Using Bacterial Magnetic Particles Displaying Protein G

    Masayuki Takahashi, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS   25 ( 1 ) 219 - 226  2009.01  [Refereed]

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    Direct separation of target cells from mixed population, such as peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood, and bone marrow, is an essential technique for various therapeutic or diagnosis applications. In this study, novel particles were fabricated, and direct magnetic separation of immune cells from whole blood using such particles was performed. The magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 synthesizes intracellular bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs), and protein G was expressed on the surface of the BacMPs by gene fusion techniques with anchor proteins isolated from BacMP membrane. The BacMPs displaying protein G (protein G-BacMPs) had high binding capabilities to a wide range of antibody types, and various versions of protein G-BacMPs binding with different anti-CD monoclonal antibodies were constructed. Consequently, direct magnetic separation of immune cells from whole blood using protein G-BacMPs binding with anti-CD monoclonal antibodies was demonstrated. B lymphocytes (CD19(+) cells) or T lymphocytes (CD3(+) cells), which represent less than 0.05% in whole blood cells, were successfully separated at a purity level of more than 96%. This level was superior to that from previous reports using other magnetic separation approaches. The results of this study demonstrate the utility of protein G-BacMP and this particle may become a powerful tool for various therapeutic or diagnosis applications. 0 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 25: 219-226, 2009

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  • Magnetic Separation of Human Podocalyxin-like Protein 1 (hPCLP1)-Positive Cells from Peripheral Blood and Umbilical Cord Blood Using Anti-hPCLP1 Monoclonal Antibody and Protein A Expressed on Bacterial Magnetic Particles

    Motoki Kuhara, Tomoko Yoshino, Miho Shiokawa, Tomoya Okabe, Shinji Mizoguchi, Akihiko Yabuhara, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION   34 ( 1 ) 23 - 30  2009  [Refereed]

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    Hemangioblasts are common progenitors of hematopoietic and angiogenic cells, which have been demonstrated in the mouse to possess a unique cell surface marker, podocalyxin-like protein 1 (PCLP1) (Hara, T. et al., Immunity, 11: 567-578. 1999). In this study, we prepared a novel monoclonal antibody against human PCLP1 (hPCLP1) and attempted to isolate human hematopoietic progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood and peripheral blood using nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) coupled with the anti-hPCLP1 antibody. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that the purity of separated hPCLP1-positive cells from peripheral blood was approximately 95% whereas peripheral blood mononuclear cells contained only 0.1% PCLP1(+) cells. Umbilical cord blood was demonstrated to be a better source for PCLP1(+) cells than peripheral blood. These results suggest that the separation of human PCLP1(+) cells using BacMPs with anti-hPCLP1 were extremely effective and may be useful as a means to prepare human hematopoietic progenitor cells.

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  • Magnetic cell separation using nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles with reconstructed magnetosome membrane

    Tomoko Yoshino, Hisashi Hirabe, Masayuki Takahashi, Motoki Kuhara, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   101 ( 3 ) 470 - 477  2008.10  [Refereed]

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    Magnetic nanoparticles produced by magnetotactic bacterium, bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs), covered with it lipid bilayer membrane (magnetosome membrane) can be used to separate specific target cells from heterogeneous mixtures because they are easily manipulated by magnets and it is easy to display functional proteins on their surface via genetic engineering. Despite possessing unique and valuable characteristics, the potential toxicity of BacMPs to the separated cells has not been characterized in detail. Here, a novel technique was developed for the reconstruction of magnetosome membrane of BacMPs expressing protein A (protein A-BacMPs) to reduce cytotoxicity and the newly developed nanomaterial was then used for magnetic cell separation. The development of the magnetosome membrane-reconstructed protein A-BacMP was based on the characteristics of the Mms13 anchor protein, which strongly binds to the magnetite surface of BacMPs. Treatment of protein A-BacMPs with detergents removed contaminating protein but did not affect retention of Mms13-protein A fusion proteins. The particle surfaces were then reconstructed with phosphatidylcholine. The protein A-BacMPs containing reconstructed magnetosome membranes remained dispersible and retained the ability to immobilize antibody. In addition, they contained few membrane surface proteins and endotoxins, which were observed on non-treated protein A-BacMPs. Magnetic separation of monocytes and B-lymphocytes from the peripheral blood was achieved with high purity using magnetosome membrane-reconstructed protein A-BacMPs.

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  • Novel method for evaluation of chemicals based on ligand-dependent recruitment of GFP labeled coactivator to estrogen receptor displayed on bacterial magnetic particles

    Tomoko Yoshino, Chihiro Kaji, Makoto Nakai, Fumiyo Saito, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA   626 ( 1 ) 71 - 77  2008.09  [Refereed]

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    We established a novel method to evaluate endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) by assembling the estrogen receptor-ligand binding domain (ERLBD) and GFP labeled coactivator on magnetic nanoparticles. EDC can promote or inhibit coactivator recruitment to the ligand-ERLBD complex. ERLBD was displayed on the surface of nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) produced by the magnetic bacterium, Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Our method resulted in 38 molecules of ERLBD molecules on a BacMPs with diameter of 75 nm. Furthermore, ligand-dependent recruitment assays of GFP labeled coactivator to ERLBD-BacMPs was performed by measuring the fluorescence intensity. 17 beta-estradiol (E2), estriol, diethylstilbestrol, zeralenone (full agonist), octylphenol (partial agonist) and ICI 182,780 (antagonist) were evaluated by this method. Full agonists tested showed increased fluorescence with increasing agonist concentration. Octylphenol had lower fluorescence intensity than E2. ICT 182,780 did not produce any fluorescence. The method developed in this study can evaluate the estrogenic potential of chemicals by discriminating whether they are an ER full agonist, partial agonist, or antagonist, Finally, this method is amenable adaptation into a high throughput format by using automated magnetic separation. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • 1Bp12 Isolation of a gene related to the cadmium accumulation ability from bacterial metagenome library associated with sponge

    OKAMURA,Yoshiko, IWAMOTO,Koji, SHIRAIWA,Yoshihiro, TAKEYAMA,Haruko, MATSUNAGA,Tadashi

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   20 ( 0 ) 77 - 77  2008.07

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  • High-efficiency single-cell entrapment and fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using a poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic device integrated with a black poly(ethylene terephthalate) micromesh

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Masahito Hosokawa, Atsushi Arakaki, Tomoyuki Taguchi, Tetsushi Mori, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama

    ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   80 ( 13 ) 5139 - 5145  2008.07  [Refereed]

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    Here, we report a high-efficiency single-cell entrapment system with a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic device integrated with a micromesh, and its application to single-cell fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. A micromesh comprising of 10 x 10 microcavities was fabricated on a black poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrate by laser ablation. The cavity was approximately 2 mu m in diameter. Mammalian cells were driven and trapped onto the microcavities by applying negative pressure. Trapped cells were uniformly arrayed on the micromesh, enabling high-throughput microscopic analysis. Furthermore, we developed a method of PDMS surface modification by using air plasma and the copolymer Pluronic F-127 to prevent nonspecific adsorption on the PDMS microchannel. This method decreased the nonspecific adsorption of cells onto the microchannel to less than 1%. When cells were introduced into the microfluidic device integrated with the black PET micromesh, approximately 70-80% of the introduced cells were successfully trapped. Moreover, for mRNA expression analysis, on-chip fluorescence in situ hybridization (e.g., membrane permeabilization, hybridization, washing) can be performed in a microfluidic assay on an integrated device. Ibis microfluidic device has been employed for the detection of beta-actin mRNA expression in individual Raji cells. Differences in the levels of beta-actin mRNA expression were observed in serum-supplied or serum-starved cell populations.

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  • Development and application of a stable HeLa cell line capable of site-specific transgenesis using the Cre-lox system: Establishment and application of a stable TNFRI knockdown cell line to cytotoxicity assay

    Fumiyo Saito, Hirofumi Yokota, Yoshihisa Sudo, Yoshikuni Yakabe, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO   22 ( 4 ) 1077 - 1087  2008.06  [Refereed]

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    Mammalian cell models for gene knock-out/knock-in experiments are important for functional analysis of genes and have a potential of useful tool for toxicological studies. However, uncontrolled insertion of transgenes has raised significant concerns over unwanted side effects. To address this issue, we established a stable HeLa55 cell line capable of site-specific transgenesis by means of Cre-mediated cassette exchange at a site on the long arm of human chromosome 9 containing no constitutive transcripts. We applied HeLa55 to transgenesis of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene based on recombinase-mediated cassette exchange. The transformants stably expressed GFP transgenes, even after cryopreservation, without compromising physiological properties. We produced an RNA interference (RNAi)-inducible knockdown stable cell line against human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor 1, and one cloned stable cell line (TNFRIKD cells) exhibited long-term gene silencing with significant reduction (ca. 85%) and markedly resisted cytotoxicity induced by TNF alpha. Furthermore, xenobiotics were exposed to stable TNFRIKD cells and different cytotoxicity was exhibited based on various toxicological properties. Thus, we showed the feasibility of RNAi-based stable knockdown cells for xenobiotics-induced cytotoxicity, and HeLa55 has wide application for the generation of stable knock-in and knock-down cells mediated by RNAi. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Site-selective immobilization of streptavidin on enzymatically biotinylated bacterial magnetic particles

    Yoshiaki Maeda, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Masaaki Takahashi, Harumi Ginya, Junko Asahina, Hideji Tajima, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.   1094E, Warrendale, PA   1094 - DD07-18  2008.04  [Refereed]

  • Reporter gene assay against lipophilic chemicals based on site-specific genomic recombination of a nuclear receptor gene, its response element, and a luciferase reporter gene within a stable HeLa cell line

    Tetsushi Mori, Fumiyo Saito, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   99 ( 6 ) 1453 - 1461  2008.04  [Refereed]

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    Genomic recombination was performed in a genetically modified stable HeLa cell line, HeLa55, using a uniquely designed donor vector harboring an exchange cassette comprised of the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) gene, its response element, and a luciferase reporter gene, to generate stable hGRLuc clones. After screening for cassette insertion, the selected stable clone, hGRLuc-7, showed high integration stability of the exchange cassette over 20 passages with significantly high luciferase activity and fold inductions of up to 40- to 50-fold. In addition, the cells were evaluated with synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone, and a reasonable EC50 value of approximately 2.3 x 10(-9) M was obtained. Strong and weak agonists, non-responsive chemicals, and hGR antagonists were also evaluated in which the stable hGRLuc-7 clone showed both high sensitivity and selectivity. The technology presented in this work is simple and reproducible, and shows great potential for the future development of genetically modified stable cell systems which are applicable in both fundamental and application researches of nuclear receptors.

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  • Molecular diet analysis of phyllosoma larvae of the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus (Decapoda : Crustacea)

    Nobuaki Suzuki, Kouichi Hoshino, Keisuke Murakami, Haruko Takeyama, Seinen Chow

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY   10 ( 1 ) 49 - 55  2008.01  [Refereed]

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    To clarify the natural diet of phyllosoma larvae of the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus, the sources of 18S rDNA clones obtained from the hepatopancreas were investigated. Of a total of 1537 clones examined, 160 had different restriction profiles from the host larvae, in which 21 restriction types were observed. Nucleotide sequences of 16 of 21 restriction types were successfully determined and their assignments were investigated by homology search and phylogenetic analysis. From seven late-stage larvae collected in spring to early summer, eukaryote DNA molecules of Teleostei, Oomycetes, Mycetozoa, and Fungi were identified. Exogenous DNA from four younger phyllosoma larvae collected in late autumn could not be recovered. A previous study identified DNAs of cnidarians and urochordates in late-stage phyllosoma larvae of a closely related species collected in winter. This indicates that the phyllosoma larvae are opportunistic carnivores, whose diets correlate with the relative abundance of prey organisms in the ambient water.

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  • Development of a cell surface display system in a magnetotactic bacterium, "Magnetospirillum magneticum" AMB-1

    Tanaka, Masayoshi, Nakata, Yuko, Mori, Tetsushi, Okamura, Yoshiko, Miyasaka, Hitoshi, Takeyama, Haruko, Matsunaga, Tadashi

    Applied and Environmental Microbiology   74 ( 11 ) 3342 - 3348  2008  [Refereed]

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  • Fully automated immunoassay for detection of prostate-specific antigen using nano-magnetic beads and micro-poly styrene bead composites, 'Beads on Beads'

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Yoshiaki Maeda, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Masaaki Takahashi, Harumi Ginya, Junko Aasahina, Hideji Tajima

    ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA   597 ( 2 ) 331 - 339  2007.08  [Refereed]

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    Magnetic beads have served as a conventional bioassay platform in biotechnology. In this study, a fully automated immunoassay was performed using novel nano- and microbead-composites constructed by assembling nano-magnetic beads onto polystyrene microbeads, designated 'Beads on Beads'. Nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) displaying the immunoglobulin G (IgG)-binding domain of protein A (ZZ domain) were used for the construction of 'Beads on Beads' via the interaction of biotin-streptavidin. The efficient assembly of 'Beads on Beads' was performed by gradual addition of biotin-labeled BacMPs onto streptavidin-coated polystyrene microbeads. Approximately 2000 BacMPs were uniformly assembled on a single microbead without aggregation. The constructed 'Beads on Beads' were magnetized and separated from the suspension by using an automated magnetic separation system with a higher efficiency than BacMPs alone. Furthermore, fully automated detection of prostate-specific antigens was performed with the detection limit of 1.48 ng mL(-1). From this preliminary assay, it can be seen that 'Beads on Beads' could be a powerful tool in the development of high-throughput, fully automated multiplexed bioassays. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All riahts reserved.

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  • Cytoplasmic ATPase involved in ferrous ion uptake from magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    Takeyuki Suzuki, Yoshiko Okaimura, Atsushi Arakaki, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    FEBS LETTERS   581 ( 18 ) 3443 - 3448  2007.07  [Refereed]

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    A non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirilluin magneticum AMB-1 (NMA61), harboring a defective gene located in ORF4 (gene ID: amb4111) was generated by transposon mutagenesis. Biochemical characterization of the gene product of ORF4 revealed that it was localized in the cytoplasm and displayed ATPase activity. The ability of NMA61 to take up iron was severely compromised. Ferrous ion concentration in the medium decreased more with the wild-type than with NMA61, while the iron content in the cytoplasmic fraction of NMA61 was much lower than the wild-type strain. This cytoplasmic ATPase is essential for iron trafficking within M. magneticum AMB-1. (c) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using a fully automated system with a nano-scale engineered biomagnetite

    Kohei Maruyama, Haruko Takeyama, Tetsushi Mori, Keiichi Ohshima, Shun-Ichiro Ogura, Toru Mochizuki, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   22 ( 9-10 ) 2282 - 2288  2007.04  [Refereed]

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    A fully automated system using nano-scale engineered biomagnetite was developed to detect mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) were isolated from the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 and conjugated to streptavidin. Biotin-labeled target PCR products were then captured with the BacMPs, hybridized with the detection probe and detected by fluorescence signaling. The process was performed using a newly designed automated processor equipped with an XYZ mobile arm containing a 96-way automated pipetter, reagent dispenser and fluorescence detector. Two types of somatic mutations (in-frame deletions and point substitutions) in the EGFR gene were successfully identified within 3.5 h using this system, suggesting that this system could be used in clinical tests of EGFR gene mutations in lung cancer, and potentially other cancer, patients. Additionally, a very low mutation rate could be detected in these samples. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Determination of microsatellite repeats in the human thyroid peroxidase (TPOX) gene using an automated gene analysis system with nanoscale engineered biomagnetite

    Takahito Nakagawa, Kohei Maruyama, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   22 ( 9-10 ) 2276 - 2281  2007.04  [Refereed]

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    The number of repeat in the microsatellite region (AATG)(5-14) of the human thyroid peroxidase gene (TOPX) was determined using an automated DNA analysis system with nano-scale engineered biomagnetite. Thermal melting curve analysis of DNA duplexes on biomagnetite indicated that shorter repeat sequences (less than 9 repeats) were easily discriminated. However, it was difficult to determine the number of repeats at more than nine. In order to improve the selectivity of this method for the longer repeats, a "double probe hybridization assay" was performed in which an intermediate probe was used to replace a target repeat sequence having more than 9 repeats with a shorter sequence possessing less than 9 repeats. Thermal probe melting curve analyses and T,, determination confirmed that the target with 10 repeats was converted to 5 repeats, 11 repeats converted to 4 and 12 to 3, respectively. Furthermore, rapid determination of repeat numbers was possible by measuring fluorescence intensities obtained by probe dissociation at 56 and 66 degrees C, and 40, 60 and 80 degrees C for signal normalization. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • High-throughput SNP detection using nano-scale engineered biomagnetite

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Kohei Maruyama, Haruko Takeyama, Takahiko Katoh

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   22 ( 9-10 ) 2315 - 2321  2007.04  [Refereed]

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    A semi-automated system for the large-scale detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been developed based on allele-specific oligonucleotide, hybridization and thermal dissociation curve analysis using nano-scale engineered biomagnetite (bacterial magnetic particles; BacMPs). For reliable detection in large numbers of samples, several conditions for the capture of target DNA on nano-sized BacMPs and the denaturation of double-stranded DNA were optimized. The most efficient target DNA capture was observed using short PCR amplicons (69 bp). Captured DNAs were denatured using 50 mM NaOH. With these optimizations, large-scale SNP detection was performed on 822 samples of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 gene, which is rich in both GC content and repetitive sequences. High reliability for the semi-automated BacMP-based SNP detection system was confirmed following comparison to traditional sequencing-based methods. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using a microfluidic device equipped with the SUS micromesh and FITC-labeled antibody

    Tomoyuki Taguchi, Atsushi Arakaki, Haruko Takeyama, Satoshi Haraguchi, Masato Yoshino, Masao Kaneko, Yoshio Ishimori, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   96 ( 2 ) 272 - 280  2007.02  [Refereed]

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    Development of a microfluidic device equipped with micromesh for detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst was reported. A micromesh consisting of 10 x 10 cavities was microfabricated on the stainless steel plate by laser ablation. Each cavity size, approximately 2.7 mu m in diameter, was adopted to capture a single C. parvum oocyst. Under negative pressure operation, suspensions containing microbeads or C. parvum oocysts flowed into the micro- channel. Due to strong non-specific adsorption of microbe; ads onto the PDMS microchannel surface during sample injection, the surface was treated with air plasma, followed by treatment with 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution. This process reduced the non-specific adsorption of microbeads on the microchannel to 10% or less in comparison to a non-treated microchannel. This microfluidic device equipped with the SUS micromesh was further applied for the capture of C parvum oocysts. Trapped C. parvum oocysts were visualized by staining with FITC-labeled anti-C. parvum oocyst antibody on a micromesh and counted under fluoroscopic observation. The result obtained by our method was consistent with that obtained by direct immunofluorescence assay coupled with immunomagnetic separation (DFA-IMS) method, indicating that the SUS micromesh is useful for counting of C. parvum oocysts. The newly designed microfluidic device exploits a geometry that allowed for the entrapment of oocysts on the micromesh while providing the rapid introduction of a j series of reagents and washes through the microfluidic structure. Our data indicate that this microfluidic device is useful for high-throughput counting of C. parvum oocysts from tap water sample.

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  • Development of a two-enzyme immobilization onto nano-sized biomagnetite for the application of pyrosequencing

    Haruko Takeyama, Tomoko Yoshino, Akiko Shimojo, Shigeya Suzuki, Yasuhiro Harada, Tadashi Matsunaga, Hideki Kambara

    PROGRESS ON POST-GENOME TECHNOLOGIES     60 - 60  2007  [Refereed]

  • Application of RNAi inducible TNFRI knockdown cells to the analysis of TNF alpha-induced cytotoxicity

    Fumiyo Saito, Hirofumi Yokota, Yoshihisa Sudo, Yoshikuni Yakabe, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO   20 ( 8 ) 1343 - 1353  2006.12  [Refereed]

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    RNA interference (RNAi) has become a popular tool for downregulating in many species including mammalian cells. Therefore, suppression of target genes in mammalian cultured cells using RNAi may represent an ideal alternative to knockout studies for understanding the molecular mechanisms of chemical toxicity. Here, we assessed the potential of RNAi mediated gene knockdown in HeLa and HepG2 cells to cytotoxicity studies. Tumor necrosis factor receptor I (TNFRI) was chosen as a target gene because its signaling has been implicated in xenobiotic-induced toxicity. We optimized the design and performance of a vector-based RNAi experiment and then investigated viability of both HeLa and HepG2 cells exposed to TNF alpha. In addition, we examined gene expression profile of TNFRI knockdown HeLa cells after TNF alpha treatment, and then protein expression levels for several apoptosis-related genes of the cells. In both HeLa and HepG2 cells, TNF alpha exposure resulted in significantly reduced susceptibility of the knockdown cells to the cytotoxicity as compared with those of mock-transfected cells. Furthermore, the gene expression profiling and western blotting revealed that several genes including apoptosis and/or NF-kappa B pathway were downregulated in the knockdown HeLa cells. These results suggest that downregulation of the TNFRI gene in both HeLa and HepG2 cells by RNAi participates in resistance to TNF alpha-induced cytotoxicity. Therefore, this study raises the possibility that RNAi-based gene silencing in mammalian cells may be a valuable tool for elucidating the relationships between phenotypic changes and target gene functions in response to xenobiotic-induced cytotoxicity. Further exposure study using xenobiotics needs to be done to validate the potential utility of RNAi technology. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Molecular detection of epiphytic Acaryochloris spp. on marine macroalgae

    Satoshi Ohkubo, Hideaki Miyashita, Akio Murakami, Haruko Takeyama, Tohru Tsuchiya, Mamoru Mimuro

    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY   72 ( 12 ) 7912 - 7915  2006.12  [Refereed]

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    A molecular method for detecting the epiphyte community on marine macroalgae was developed by using PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Selective amplification of 16S rRNA gene fragments from either cyanobacteria or algal plastids improved the detection of minor epiphytes. Two phylotypes of Acaryochloris, a chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium, were found not only on red macroalgae but also on green and brown macroalgae.

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  • Magnetic separation of CD14(+) cells using antibody binding with protein A expressed on bacterial magnetic particles for generating dendritic cells

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Masayuki Takahashi, Tomoko Yoshino, Motoki Kuhara, Haruko Takeyama

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   350 ( 4 ) 1019 - 1025  2006.12  [Refereed]

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    Herein the potential of a highly efficient cell separation system using bacterial magnetic particles expressing protein A (protein A-Bac-MPs) was demonstrated. Protein A was expressed on BacMPs using the transmembrane proteins Mms13 and MagA as anchor molecules. The evaluations of the numbers of bound antibody molecules and binding capabilities of the protein A-BacMPs using Mms13 indicated that the antibodies were efficiently introduced into protein A-BacMPs using Mms13 in comparison to MagA. In addition, the recovery ratio of the target cells on the magnetic cell separation system was enhanced by using protein A-BacMPs with Mms13. Using positive selection against peripheral blood mononuclear cells, the CD14(+) cells were separated at a purity of more than 99% by protein A-BacNlPs using Mms13. Furthermore, in the evaluation of the influence of protein A-BacMPs on the separated cells, the CD14(+) cells separated using protein A-BacMPs and were successfully differentiated into dendritic cells. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Astaxanthin formation in the marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum expressing crtI, crtY, crtW and crtZ

    Daikichi Mukoyama, Haruko Takeyama, Yutaka Kondo, Tadashi Matsunaga

    FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS   265 ( 1 ) 69 - 75  2006.12  [Refereed]

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    This study reports the production of astaxanthin in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, which has adequate precursor pools and storage capabilities for heterologous carotenoid production. Chemical mutagenesis was carried out using ethylmethane sulfonate to produce mutants with a modified carotenoid biosynthesis pathway downstream of phytoene. Stable green- and gray-colored mutants were selected. Green mutants contained neurosporene or chloroxanthin as their major carotenoid (&gt; 90%), while the gray mutants accumulated phytoene. We previously demonstrated the production of beta-carotene in Rhodovulum sulfidophilum by cloning the Erythrobacter longus crtI (phytoene dehydrogenase) and crtY (lycopene cyclase) genes. In the present study, an expression vector for astaxanthin production was constructed that contained the Paracoccus crtW (beta-carotene oxygenase) and crtZ (beta-carotene hydroxylase) genes in addition to the E. longus crtI and crtY genes. A transconjugant, which can synthesize astaxanthin, was successfully generated (2.0 mu g g(-1) DCW).

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  • Direct counting of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using fluorescence in situ hybridization on a membrane filter

    Tomoyuki Taguchi, Youhei Shinozaki, Haruko Takeyama, Satoshi Haraguchi, Masato Yoshino, Masao Kaneko, Yoshio Ishimori, Tadashi Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS   67 ( 2 ) 373 - 380  2006.11  [Refereed]

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    This report describes the development of a direct and rapid detection method for the pathogenic protozoan, Cryptosporidium parvum, from environmental water samples using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on a membrane filter. The hydrophilic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane filter with FISH-stained oocysts yielded the highest signal to noise (S/N) ratio of the different membrane filters tested. PTFE membranes retained 98.8 +/- 10.4% of the concentrated oocysts after washing, simultaneous permeabilization and fixation with a hot ethanol solution, and hybridization with a fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probe. This procedure eliminates subsequent time-consuming recovery steps that often result in a loss of the actual oocysts in a given environmental water sample. Furthermore, C. parvum was successfully distinguished from Cryptosporidium muris and other species in environmental water samples with the addition of formamide into the hybridization solution. In tap water samples, the S/N ratio was heightened by washing the membrane filter prior to FISH with a 1 M HCl solution in order to reduce the large amounts of impurities and background fluorescence from the non-specific adsorption of the fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probe. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Oligonucleotide-arrayed TFT photosensor applicable for DNA chip technology

    Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Masahiro Sawaguchi, Akihito Iwadate, Yasushi Mizutani, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Naofumi Tateishi, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   95 ( 1 ) 22 - 28  2006.09  [Refereed]

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    A thin film transistor (TFT) photosensor fabricated by semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) technology was applied to DNA chip technology. The surface of the TFT photosensor was coated with TiO2 using a vapor deposition technique for the fabrication of optical filters. The immobilization of thiolated oligonucleotide probes onto a TiO2-Coated TFT photosensor using gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and N-(gamma-maleimidobutyloxy) sulfosuccinimide ester (GMBS) was optimized. The coverage value of immobilized oligonucleotides reached a plateau at 33.7 pmol/cm(2), which was similar to a previous analysis using radioisotope-labeled oligonucleotides. The lowest detection limits were 0.05 pmol/cm(2) for quantum dot and 2.1 pmol/cm(2) for Alexa Fluor 350. Furthermore, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection was examined using the oligonucleotide-arrayed TFT photosensor. A SNP present in the alclehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene was used as a target. The SNPs in ALDH2*1 and ALDH2*2 target DNA were detected successfully using the TFT photosensor. DNA hybridization in the presence of both ALDH2*1 and ALDH2*2 target DNA was observed using both ALDH2*1 and ALDH2*2 detection oligonucleotides-arrayed TFT photosensor. Use of the TFT photosensor will allow the development of a disposable photodetecting device for DNA chip systems. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • Capture and release of DNA using aminosilane-modified bacterial magnetic particles for automated detection system of single nucleotide polymorphisms

    Takahito Nakagawa, Reisuke Hashimoto, Kohei Maruyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   94 ( 5 ) 862 - 868  2006.08  [Refereed]

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    Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) were modified with 3-[2-(2-aminoethylamino)-ethylaminol-propyltrimethoxysilane (AEEA) to produce a dense amine surface. Modification of BMPs in a toluene solution resulted in an increased amine yield, and approximately 11.3 x 10(4) surface amines were detected on a single particle. The modified BMPs were capable of efficient electrostatic capture of DNA. The maximum amount of DNA captured on 10 mu g of aminosilane-modified BMPs was 600 ng. A 10 mM phosphate buffer effectively released the captured DNA. This efficiency was dramatically enhanced by incubation at 80 degrees C and DNA recovery from aminosilane-modified BMPs approached 95%. DNA extraction from whole blood using these modified BMPs, followed by PCR, was successfully performed. Furthermore, automated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection of the aldehyde clehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) was demonstrated. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • Whole-metagenome amplification of a microbial community associated with scleractinian coral by multiple displacement amplification using phi 29 polymerase

    H Yokouchi, Y Fukuoka, D Mukoyama, R Calugay, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY   8 ( 7 ) 1155 - 1163  2006.07  [Refereed]

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    Limitations in obtaining sufficient specimens and difficulties in extracting high quality DNA from environmental samples have impeded understanding of the structure of microbial communities. In this study, multiple displacement amplification (MDA) using phi 29 polymerase was applied to overcome these hindrances. Optimization of the reaction conditions for amplification of the bacterial genome and evaluation of the MDA product were performed using cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. An 8-h MDA reaction yielded a sufficient quantity of DNA from an initial amount of 0.4 ng, which is equivalent to approximately 10(5) cells. Uniform amplification of genes randomly selected from the cyanobacterial genome was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The metagenome from bacteria associated with scleractinian corals was used for whole-genome amplification using phi 29 polymerase to analyse the microbial diversity. Unidentified bacteria with less than 93% identity to the closest 16S rDNA sequences deposited in DNA Bata Bank of Japan were predominantly detected from the coral-associated bacterial community before and after the MDA procedures. Sequencing analysis indicated that alpha-Proteobacteria was the dominant group in Pocillopora damicornis. This study demonstrates that MDA techniques are efficient for genome wide investigation to understand the actual microbial diversity in limited bacterial samples.

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  • Catechol siderophore excretion by magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    Ronie J. Calugay, Haruko Takeyama, Daikichi Mukoyama, Yorikane Fukuda, Takeyuki Suzuki, Kaneo Kanoh, Tadashi Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING   101 ( 5 ) 445 - 447  2006.05  [Refereed]

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    Siderophore activity was detected in the culture supernatant of the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Here we report the first structural elucidation of a siderophore produced by a magnetotactic bacterium. The structure of the purified compound was 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electro-spray ionization mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS).

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  • Molecular attempt to identify prey organisms of lobster phyllosoma larvae

    Nobuaki Suzuki, Keisuke Murakami, Haruko Takeyama, Seinen Chow

    Fisheries Science   72 ( 2 ) 342 - 349  2006.04  [Refereed]

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    A molecular approach was adopted to investigate the natural diets of palinurid and scyllarid lobster phyllosoma larvae. The central domain of the 18S rDNA gene was amplified using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and genomic DNA extracted from the larval hepatopancreas. The resulting 18S rDNA clones were screened using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, and then FASTA homology search and phylogenetic analysis were performed on the nucleotide sequences to identify the source of the eukaryotic organisms. The feasibility of this method was confirmed using the laboratory-reared phyllosoma larvae of the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus that were fed either with common mussel Mytilus edulis gonads or with Artemia nauplii exclusively. Among the 804 clones isolated from five wild-caught mid- to late-stage phyllosoma larvae (three palinurids and two scyllarids), 0-132 clones per sample possessed restriction profiles distinct from those of the hosts. The Cnidaria and Urochordata DNA were identified from both the palinurid and the scyllarid larvae, which were thought to be prey animals for the mid- to late-stage phyllosoma larvae.

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  • Global gene expression analysis of iron-inducible genes in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    T Suzuki, Y Okamura, RJ Calugay, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY   188 ( 6 ) 2275 - 2279  2006.03  [Refereed]

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    Iron uptake systems were identified by global expression profiling of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. feo, tpd, and ftr, which encode ferrous iron transporters, were up-regulated under iron-rich conditions. The concomitant rapid iron uptake and magnetite formation suggest that these uptake systems serve as iron supply lines for magnetosome synthesis.

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  • Dynamic analysis of a genomic island in Magnetospirillum sp strain AMB-1 reveals how magnetosome synthesis developed

    Y Fukuda, Y Okamura, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    FEBS LETTERS   580 ( 3 ) 801 - 812  2006.02  [Refereed]

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    The entire structure of a 98 kb genomic region that abounds in genes related to magnetosome synthesis was first described in the Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1. The deletion of this 98 kb genomic region and the circular form after excision from the chromosome was detected by PCR amplification. This strongly suggests that the region has undergone a lateral gene transfer. The region has the characteristics of a genomic island: low GC content, location between two repetitive sequences, and the presence of an integrase in the flanking region of the first repetitive sequence. This 98 kb genomic region has the potential for transfer by the integrase activity. Comparative genome analysis revealed other regions with a high concentration of orthologs in magnetic bacteria besides the 98 kb region, and magnetosome synthesis seemed to need not only the exogenous 98 kb region, but also other orthologs and individually originating genes. (c) 2006 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Origin of magnetosome membrane: Proteomic analysis of magnetosome membrane and comparison with cytoplasmic membrane

    Tanaka, Masayoshi, Okamura, Yoshiko, Arakaki, Atsushi, Tanaka, Tsuyoshi, Takeyama, Haruko, Matsunaga, Tadashi

    Proteomics   6 ( 19 ) 5234 - 5247  2006  [Refereed]

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  • Identification of symbiotically expressed coral mRNAs using a model infection system

    Yuyama, I, H Hayakawa, H Endo, K Iwao, H Takeyama, T Maruyama, T Watanabe

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   336 ( 3 ) 793 - 798  2005.10  [Refereed]

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    Hermatypic (or reef-building) corals live in obligatory Mutualistic symbiosis with the symbiotic dinoflagellates Symbiodinium spp. (generally known as zooxanthellae). In an attempt to establish a model symbiosis system consisting of a coral host and a monoclonal population of zooxanthellae, infectivity of five cultured Symbiodinium cell lines was tested on naturally aposymbiotic juveniles of Acropora tenuis. A clade A3 strain (PL-TS-1) infected the juveniles at high density and promoted growth of the host. To identify host genes involved in the establishment or maintenance of symbiosis, mRNA expression patterns were compared between aposymbiotic and PL-TS-1-infected juvenile polyps using the suppression subtractive hybridization technique. Two mRNAs, the expression levels of which were augmented more than twofold by the presence of the symbionts, were thereby identified. One of the mRNAs, AtSym-02, encodes a novel protein of 322 amino acids which is predicted to be a glycosylated trans-membrane protein. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Complete genome sequence of the facultative anaerobic magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp strain AMB-1

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Yoshiko Okamura, Yorikane Fukuda, Aris Tri Wahyudi, Yaeko Murase, Haruko Takeyama

    DNA RESEARCH   12 ( 3 ) 157 - 166  2005.06  [Refereed]

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    Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1 is a Gram-negative alpha-proteobacterium that synthesizes nano-sized magnetites, referred to as magnetosomes, aligned intracellularly in a chain. The potential of this nano-sized material is growing and will be applicable to broad research areas. It has been expected that genome analysis would elucidate the mechanism of magnetosome formation by magnetic bacteria. Here we describe the genome of Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1 wild type, which consists of a single circular chromosome of 4 967 148 bp. For identification of genes required for magnetosome formation, transposon mutagenesis and determination of magnetosome membrane proteins were performed. Analysis of a non-magnetic transposon mutant library focused on three unknown genes from 2752 unknown genes and three genes from 205 signal transduction genes. Partial proteome analysis of the magnetosome membrane revealed that the membrane contains numerous oxidation/reduction proteins and a signal response regulator that may function in magnetotaxis. Thus, oxidation/reduction proteins and elaborate multidomain signaling proteins were analyzed. This comprehensive genome analysis will enable resolution of the mechanisms of magnetosome formation and provide a template to determine how magnetic bacteria maintain a species-specific, nanosized, magnetic single domain and paramagnetic morphology.

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  • Magnetic nanotube fabrication by using bacterial magnetic nanocrystals

    IA Banerjee, LYM Shima, T Yoshino, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga, H Matsui

    ADVANCED MATERIALS   17 ( 9 ) 1128 - +  2005.05  [Refereed]

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    Alignment of magnetic nanoparticles in nanotubes (see Figure) is produced using magnetic bacteria. The protein- and lipid-coated nanocrystals are extracted from the bacteria, and then introduced into peptide nanotubes where they are anchored by hydrogen bonding. The aligned nanoparticles behave its magnetic nanowires, with enhanced properties over unaligned magnetic nanocrystals.

  • Immuno-capture of Cryptosporidium parvum using micro-well array

    T Taguchi, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   20 ( 11 ) 2276 - 2282  2005.05  [Refereed]

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    A glass slide and micro-well array chip on which anti-Cryptosporidium parvum antibody was immobilized were used for the rapid capture and detection of C. parvum. Biotinylated anti-C. parvum antibodies were spotted onto the streptavidin-coated glass slides. C. parvum oocysts were captured specifically on the spot when more than 73 ng of anti-C. parvum antibody was applied onto the glass slide. However, C. parvum oocysts captured on the glass slide were detached by repeating washing steps. To improve the capture efficiency of oocysts, capture was performed in a micro-well format consisting of 1024 wells/2.5 mm(2) (32 x 32 wells) fabricated as a chip by photolithography. Instead of a flat surface on a glass slide, each well was 30 mu m diameter and 10 mu m in depth. Streptavidin was also immobilized onto the micro-well array. The biotinylated anti-C. parvum antibodies were immobilized efficiently onto the chip using a buffer containing 20% methanol. Using this technique C. parvum oocysts were stably captured onto the chip after repeated washing procedures. These data show that the newly designed micro-well array technique described here is useful for anti body-mediated C. parvum capture. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Fabrication of amino silane-coated microchip for DNA extraction from whole blood

    T Nakagawa, T Tanaka, D Niwa, T Osaka, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   116 ( 2 ) 105 - 111  2005.03  [Refereed]

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    A simple microchip device for DNA extraction was constructed based on electrostatic interactions between surface amine groups and DNA. Microchannel was fabricated on silicon wafer by photolithography and coated with 3-aminopropyltrietboxysilane (APTES) or 3-[2-(2-aminoethylamino)-ethylamino]-propyluimethoxysilane (AEEA) to introduce amine groups on the surface. Determination of the number of surface amine groups and optimization of DNA capture condition were demonstrated to characterize the microchip. Capacities of capturing DNA were approximately 97 ng/cm(2) in APTES and 194 ng/cm(2) in AEEA modified microchips, respectively. The amount of DNA captured in the microchip increased depending on surface amine density. Furthermore, DNA extraction using amine-coated microchip from whole blood was examined. Quantification of DNA and proteins in washing or eluting fraction indicates that proteins were removed at washing steps and only DNA was effectively eluted by changing alkalinity of buffer from pH 7.5 to 10.6. The amount of DNA extracted from whole blood was approximately 10 ng and its recovery ratio was 27-40%. Performance of PCR for the eluted fraction indicates that DNA extracted from whole blood was well purified using amine-coated microchip. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Marine microalgae

    T Matsunaga, H Takeyama, H Miyashita, H Yokouchi

    MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY I   96   165 - 188  2005  [Refereed]

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    Marine microalgae, the largest primary biomass, have been attracting attention as resources for new metabolites and biotechnologically useful genes. The diversified marine environment harbors a large variety of microalgae. In this paper, the biotechnological aspects and fundamental characteristics of marine microalgae are reviewed.

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  • Magnetic cell separation using antibody binding with protein a expressed on bacterial magnetic particles

    M Kuhara, H Takeyama, T Tanaka, T Matsunaga

    ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   76 ( 21 ) 6207 - 6213  2004.11  [Refereed]

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    Bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) are efficient platforms of proteins for surface display systems. In this study, mononuclear cells from peripheral blood were separated using BacMPs expressing protein A on the BacMP membrane surface (protein A-BacMPs), which were complexed with the Fc fragment of anti-mouse IgG antibody. The procedure of positive selection involves incubation of mononuclear cells and mouse monoclonal antibodies against different cell surface antigens (CD8, CD14, CD19, CD20) prior to treatment with protein A-BacMP binding with rabbit anti-mouse IgG secondary antibodies. Flow cytometric analysis showed that similar to97.5 +/- 1.7% of CD19(+) and CD20(+) cells were involved in the positive fraction after magnetic separation. The ratio of the negative cells in the negative fraction was -97.6 +/- 1.4%. This indicates that CD19(+) and CD20(+) cells can be efficiently separated from mononuclear cells. Stem cell marker (CD34) positive cells were also separated using protein A-BacMP binding with antibody. May-Grunwald Giemsa stain showed a high nuclear/cytoplasm ratio, which indicates a typical staining pattern of stem cells. The separated cells had the capability of colony formation as hematopoietic stem cells. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of magnetic cell separation on CD14(+) cells was evaluated by measurement of cytokine in the culture supernatant by ELISA when the cells were cultured with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The induction of IL1-beta, TNFalpha, and IL6 was observed in the presence of 1 ng/mL LPS in all fractions. On the other hand, in the absence of LPS, BacMPs had little immunopotentiation to CD14(+) cells as well as that of artificial magnetic particles, although TNFa and IL6 were slightly induced in the absence of LPS in the positive fraction.

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  • Siderophore production of a periplasmic transport binding protein kinase gene defective mutant of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    RJ Calugay, Y Okamura, AT Wahyudi, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   323 ( 3 ) 852 - 857  2004.10  [Refereed]

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    A non-magnetic mutant, NMA61, of the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 was generated by transposon mutagenesis to identify genes involved in magnetosome synthesis. The genomic region of NMA61 interrupted by a Mini-Tn5 transposon was analyzed. The transposon was inserted in an open reading frame (ORF)coding for a periplasmic transport binding protein kinase gene homologue. Three adjacent ORFs and a promoter were identified upstream, indicating that the sequences comprised an operon. Phenotype characterizations showed that the growth inhibition imposed by the exogenous non-assimilable iron chelator nitrilotri acetate was relieved in wild type but not in NMA61, by the addition of the isolated wild type siderophore. Higher concentration of siderophores accumulated in the culture medium of NMA61 than in wild type. These data suggest that the interrupted periplasmic transport binding protein kinase gene homologue is required for siderophore transport into M. magneticum AMB-1. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Single nucleotide polymorphism detection in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene using bacterial magnetic particles based on dissociation curve analysis

    K Maruyama, H Takeyama, E Nemoto, T Tanaka, K Yoda, T Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   87 ( 6 ) 687 - 694  2004.09  [Refereed]

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    Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection for aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene based on DNA thermal dissociation curve analysis was successfully demonstrated using an automated system with bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) by developing a new method for avoiding light scattering caused by nanometer-size particles when using commercially available fluorescent dyes such as FITC, Cy3, and Cy5 as labeling chromophores. Biotin-labeled PCR products in ALDH2, two allele-specific probes (Cy3-labeled detection probe for ALDH2*1 and Cy5-labeled detection probe for ALDH2*2), streptavidinimmobilized BMPs (SA-BMPs) were simultaneously mixed. The mixture was denatured at 70degreesC for 3 min, cooled slowly to 25degreesC, and incubated for 10 min, allowing the DNA duplex to form between Cy3- or Cy5-labeled detection probes and biotin-labeled PCR products on SA-BMPs. Then duplex DNA-BMP complex was heated to 58degreesC, a temperature determined by dissociation curve analysis and a dissociated single-base mismatched detection probe was removed at the same temperature under precise control. Furthermore, fluorescence signal from the detection probe was liberated into the supernatant from completely matched duplex DNA-BMP complex by heating to 80degreesC and measured. In the homozygote target DNA (ALDH2*1/*1 and ALDH2*2/*2), the fluorescence signals from single-base mismatched were decreased to background level, indicating that mismatched hybridization was efficiently removed by the washing process. In the heterozygote target DNA (ALDH2*1/*2), each fluorescence signals was at a similar level. Therefore, three genotypes of SNP in ALDH2 gene were detected using the automated detection system with BMPs. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • Assembly of G protein-coupled receptors onto nanosized bacterial magnetic particles using Mms16 as an anchor molecule

    T Yoshino, M Takahashi, H Takeyama, Y Okamura, F Kato, T Matsunaga

    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY   70 ( 5 ) 2880 - 2885  2004.05  [Refereed]

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    G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a central role in a wide range of biological processes and are prime targets for drug discovery. GPCRs have large hydrophobic domains, and therefore purification of GPCRs from cells is frequently time-consuming and typically results in loss of native conformation. In this work, GPCRs have been successfully assembled into the lipid membrane of nanosized bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) produced by the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. A BMP-specific protein, Mms16, was used as an anchor molecule, and localization of heterologous Mms16 on BMPs was confirmed by luciferase fusion studies. Stable luminescence was obtained from BMPs bearing Mms16 fused with luciferase at the C-terminal region. D1 dopamine receptor (D1R), a GPCR, was also efficiently assembled onto BMPs by using Mms16 as an anchor molecule. D1R-BMP complexes were simply extracted by magnetic separation from ruptured AMB-1 transformants. After washing, the complexes were ready to use for analysis. This system conveniently refines the native conformation of GPCRs without the need for detergent solubilization, purification, and reconstitution after cell disruption.

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  • Comparative phylogenetic analyses of Halomonas variabilis and related organisms based on sequences 16S rRNA, gyrB and ectBC gene sequences

    T Okamoto, A Maruyama, S Imura, H Takeyama, T Naganuma

    SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY   27 ( 3 ) 323 - 333  2004.05  [Refereed]

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    Halomonas variabilis and phylogenetically related organisms were isolated from various habitats such as Antarctic terrain and saline ponds, deep-sea sediment, deep-sea waters affected by hydrothermal plumes, and hydrothermal vent fluids. Ten strains were selected for physiological and phylogenetic characterization in detail. All of those strains were found to be piezotolerant and psychrotolerant, as well as euryhaline halophilic or halotolerant. Their stress tolerance may facilitate their wide occurrence, even in so-called extreme environments. The 16S rDNA-based phylogenetic relationship was complemented by analyses of the DNA gyrase subunit B gene (gyrB) and genes involved in the synthesis of the major compatible solute, ectoine: diaminobutyric acid aminotransferase gene (ectB) and ectoine synthase gene (ectC). The phylogenetic relationships of H. variabilis and related organisms were very similar in terms of 16S rDNA, gyrB, and ectB. The ectC-based tree was inconsistent with the other phylogenetic trees. For that reason, ectC was inferred to derive from horizontal transfer.

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  • Rapid and sensitive detection of 17 beta-estradiol in environmental water using automated immunoassay system with bacterial magnetic particles

    T Tanaka, H Takeda, F Ueki, K Obata, H Tajima, H Takeyama, Y Goda, S Fujimoto, T Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   108 ( 2 ) 153 - 159  2004.03  [Refereed]

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    A fully automated immunoassay of 17beta-estradiol (E2) was performed using anti-E2 monoclonal antibody immobilized on bacterial magnetic particles (AntiE2-BMPs) and alkaline phosphatase-conjugated E2 (ALP-E2). E2 concentration in environmental water samples was evaluated by decrease in luminescence based on competitive reaction. A linear correlation between the luminescence intensity and E2 concentration was obtained between 0.5 and 5 ppb. The minimum detectable concentration of E2 was 20 ppt. All measurement steps were done within 0.5 h. The analysis of environmental water samples by a commercially available ELISA kit and the BMP-based immunoassay gave good correlation plots with a correlation efficient of 0.992. These results suggest that the fully automated system using the BMP-based immunoassay has some advantages in the high rapidity and sensitivity of the measurement. This system will enable us to determine low E2 concentrations without sample condensation. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Development and evaluation of an automated workstation for single nucleotide polymorphism discrimination using bacterial magnetic particles

    T Tanaka, K Maruyama, K Yoda, E Nemoto, Y Udagawa, H Nakayama, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   19 ( 4 ) 325 - 330  2003.12  [Refereed]

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    We designed an automated workstation for magnetic particle-based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discrimination of ALDH genotypes. Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) extracted from Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 were used as DNA carriers. The principle for SNP discrimination in this study was based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between FITC (donor) and POPO-3 (acceptor) bound to double-stranded DNA. The workstation is equipped with a 96-way automated pipetter which collects and dispenses fluids as it moves in x- and z-directions. The platform contains a disposable tip rack station, a reagent vessel serving as a stock for POPO-3 and FITC-labeled probes and a reaction station for a 96-well microtiter plate. BMPs were collected by attaching a neodymium iron boron sintered (Nd-Fe-B) magnet on the bottom of the microtiter plate. This system permits the simultaneous heating and magnetic separation of 96 samples per assay. The genotypes ALDH2*1 and ALDH2*2 were discriminated by calculating the relative fluorescence intensities on BMPs. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis using fluorescence resonance energy transfer between DNA-labeling fluorophore, fluorescein isothiocyanate, and DNA intercalator, POPO-3, on bacterial magnetic particles

    H Nakayama, A Arakaki, K Maruyama, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING   84 ( 1 ) 96 - 102  2003.10  [Refereed]

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    To develop an analytical system for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique was employed on a bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) surface. A combination of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC; excitation 490 nm/emission 520 nm) labeled at the 5' end of DNA and an intercalating compound (POPO-3, excitation 534 nm/emission 570 nm) was used to avoid the interference from light scattering caused by nanoparticles. After hybridization between target DNA immobilized onto BMPs and FITC-labeled probes, fluorescence from POPO-3, which was excited by the energy from the FITC, was detected. The major homozygous (ALDH2*1), heterozygous (ALDH2*11*2), and minor homozygous (ALDH2*2) genotypes in the blood samples were discriminated by this method. The assay described herein allows for a simple and rapid SNP analysis using a fully automated system. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • Design and application of a new cryptic-plasmid-based shuttle vector for Magnetospirillum magneticum

    Y Okamura, H Takeyama, T Sekine, T Sakaguchi, AT Wahyudi, R Sato, S Kamiya, T Matsunaga

    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY   69 ( 7 ) 4274 - 4277  2003.07  [Refereed]

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    A 3.7-kb cryptic plasmid designated pMGT was found in Magnetospirillum magneticum MGT-1. It was characterized and used for the development of an improved expression system in strain AMB-1 through the construction of a shuttle vector, pUMG. An electroporation method for magnetic bacteria that uses the cryptic plasmid was also developed.

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  • In situ identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates, the genus Symbiodinium with fluorescence-labeled rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

    H Yokouchi, H Takeyama, H Miyashita, T Maruyama, T Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS   53 ( 3 ) 327 - 334  2003.06  [Refereed]

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    Fluorescence in situ hybridization has been used for the identification and analysis of populations of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium that lives symbiotically in marine invertebrates. Conditions for in situ hybridization of Symbiodinium were optimized and used to identify the clade to which the isolate belongs using specific probes. The optimized in situ hybridization procedure used a combination of chlorophyll removal and permeabilization with hot ethanol. Incubation of the cells in 50% ethanol at 80 degreesC for 20 min rendered the cell wall permeable to Cy3-labeled probes. Symbiodinium clade-specific probes were designed based on 18S rRNA sequences. Symbiodinium A, B and C were distinguished by in situ hybridization with the specific probes SymA, SymB and SymC, respectively. The hybridization results using clade-specific probes corresponded with results obtained using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Symbiodinium isolated from jellyfish Cassiopea sp. and sea anemone Aiptasia sp. were classified as belonging to clades A and B using the FISH procedure established in this study. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene using a single bacterial magnetic particle

    T Yoshino, T Tanaka, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   18 ( 5-6 ) 661 - 666  2003.05  [Refereed]

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    A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping for aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene (ALDH2) has been developed by using a nano-sized magnetic particle, which was synthesized intracellularly by magnetic bacteria. Streptavidin-immobilized on bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) were prepared using biotin labeled cross-linkers reacting with the amine group on BMPs. ALDH2 fragments from genomic DNA were amplified using a TRITC labeled primer and biotin labeled primer pair, and conjugated onto BMP surface by biotin-streptavidin interaction. PCR product-BMP complex was observed at a single particle level by fluorescence microscopy. These complexes were treated with restriction enzyme, specifically digesting the wild-type sequence of ALDH2 (normal allele of ALDH2). The homozygous (ALDH2*11*1), heterozygous (ALDH2*11*2), and mutant (ALDH2*21*2) genotypes were discriminated by three fluorescence patterns of each particle. SNP genotyping of ALDH2 has been successfully achieved at a single particle level using BMP. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • SNP detection in transforming growth factor-beta 1 gene using bacterial magnetic particles

    H Ota, H Takeyama, H Nakayama, T Katoh, T Matsunaga

    BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS   18 ( 5-6 ) 683 - 687  2003.05  [Refereed]

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    A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) within the transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) gene was detected by hybridization-based method using bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs). TGF-beta1 is commonly associated with a single base change resulting in a Leu(10) --&gt; Pro (T-869 --&gt; C) polymorphism and is a genetic marker for susceptibility to osteoporosis. Short (9 bases) and specific probes were designed to detect SNP in TGF-beta1. Detection probes were immobilized on BMPs using cross-linking reagents. TGF-beta1 PCR products (139 bp) were labeled with the fluorescent dye coumarin and hybridized with detection probes on BMPs. Complementary hybridized targets gave over four times higher fluorescent intensities, compared with one base mismatched hybridizations. The SNP genotype was successfully discriminated using this technique. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Characterization of aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase gene defective mutant in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    AT Wahyudi, H Takeyama, Y Okamura, Y Fukuda, T Matsunaga

    BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS   303 ( 1 ) 223 - 229  2003.03  [Refereed]

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    A non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1, designated as NMA2 1, was generated by mini-Tn5 transposon mutagenesis to identify genes involved in bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) synthesis. Alignment of the DNA sequences flanking the transposon allowed the isolation of an open reading frame (ORF2) within an operon consisting of five genes. The amino acid sequence of ORF2 showed homology with tungsten-containing aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase (AOR) from Pyrococcus furiosus (48% identity and 64% similarity), which functions for aldehyde oxidation. AOR was found to be expressed under microaerobic conditions and localized in the cytoplasm of AMB-1. Iron uptake and growth of NMA21 were lower than wild type. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of NMA21 revealed that no BMPs were completely synthesized, but polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)-like granules were persistently produced. These results indicate that AOR may contribute to ferric iron reduction during BMP synthesis in M. magneticum AMB-1 under microacrobic respiration. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

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  • Magnetic bacteria and their applications

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Yoshiko Okamura, Atsushi Arakaki, Haruko Takeyama

    Biomol Eng   20 ( 2 ) 49  2003.02  [Refereed]

  • Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis by FRET using bacterial magnetic particles

    Atsushi Arakaki, Hideki Nakayama, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Biomol Eng   20 ( 2 ) 73  2003.02  [Refereed]

  • Single nucleotide mismatch analysis using oligonucleotide probes synthesized on bacterial magnetic particle

    Hiroyuki Ota, Atsushi Arakaki, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Biomolecular Engineering   20 ( 4-6 ) 305 - 309  2003  [Refereed]

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    An approach to analyze mismatches using short and specific oligonucleotide probes directly synthesized on bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) by phosphoramidite methods was exploited. Approximately 126 molecules of 4-mer oligonucleotides/particle were synthesized on BMPs with high reaction efficiencies. Hybridization between FITC-labeled oligonucleotides and chemically synthesized oligonucleotides on BMPs was performed. Perfect matched and mismatched hybridizations were successfully discriminated by using the oligonucleotide probes on BMPs. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Fully automated DNA extraction from blood using magnetic particles modified with a hyperbranched polyamidoamine dendrimer

    B Yoza, A Arakaki, K Maruyama, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING   95 ( 1 ) 21 - 26  2003.01  [Refereed]

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    Bacterial and artificial magnetic particles were modified using a polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer and outer shell amines determined. Bacterial magnetic particles were the most consistently modified. Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis showed that the artificial magnetic particles were structurally damaged by the modification process including sonication. Furthermore, laser particle analysis of the magnetite also revealed damage. Small quantities of dendrimer-modified bacterial magnetic particles were used to extract DNA from blood. The efficiency of DNA recovery was consistently about 30 ng of DNA using 2-10 mug of dendrimer-modifled bacterial magnetite. This technique was fully automated using newly developed liquid handling robots and bacterial magnetic particles.

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  • Screening of soil bacteria for production of biocleaner

    Haruko Takeyama, Masumi Wada, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   98-100   319 - 326  2002  [Refereed]

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    Soil bacteria were studied for the production of biodegradable cleaning agents. Among 86 bacterial strains resistant to liquid paraffin, 58 showed hemolytic activity. These strains were cultured, and the supernatant of culture broths was evaluated for cleaning activity against a dirty porcelain tile. Potent activity was exhibited in 18 strains. The lowest value of surface tension was obtained from Bacillus sp. NKB03 suggesting the presence of a biosurfactant. Aeromonas sp. NKB26c and Bacillus cereus NKB46b exhibited enzymatic cleaning activity. A cleaning efficiency of 82% was achieved when using a mixture of supernatants from culture broths of Bacillus sp. NKB03 and Aeromonas sp. NKB26c in synthetic minimal media. The cleaning efficiency using this mixture was higher than that of sodium dodecyl sulfate. These results suggest that a mixture of supernatants from culture broths of Bacillus sp. NKB03 and Aeromonas sp. NKB26c has potential for commercial use as a biocleaner.

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  • Cadmium recovery by a sulfate-reducing magnetotactic bacterium, Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1, using magnetic separation

    Atsushi Arakaki, Haruko Takeyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   98-100   833 - 840  2002  [Refereed]

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    Cadmium recovery by a sulfate-reducing magnetotactic bacterium, Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1, was investigated. D. magneticus precipitated &gt
    95% of cadmium at an initial concentration of 1.3 ppm in the growth medium. Electron microscopic analysis revealed that D. magneticus formed electron-dense particles on its surface when cultivated in the presence of cadmium ions (Cd2+). Sulfide was also found in the precipitate, and the composition ratio of sulfide/cadmium was 0.7. Sixty percent of viable RS-1 cells was recovered by a simple magnetic separation revealing the removal of 58% cadmium from the culture medium.

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  • Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal four genetically separated breeding units of the swordfish

    S Chow, H Takeyama

    JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY   56 ( 5 ) 1087 - 1098  2000.05  [Refereed]

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    Variants in the calmodulin gene intron 4 (CaM) and the mtDNA D-loop region (D-loop) detected by RFLP and nucleotide sequence analyses were used to investigate the global stock structure of the swordfish Xiphias gladius. Two alleles (A and B) were observed at the CaM locus among 8 samples (Mediterranean, Tarifa, four Atlantic areas, Indian and Pacific oceans) comprising 567 individuals. Genotype distributions at this locus within samples were in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Significant differences in allele frequencies were observed between Mediterranean-Northwest Atlantic samples (A=0.347-0.493) and those from tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific (A=0.81-1). In the D-loop region, Alu I and Rsa I digestions detected 4 (A-D) and 8 (A-H) genotypes, respectively. The frequency of type C for Alu I was lower in Indo-Pacific samples (0.2) than Atlantic and Mediterranean samples (0.365-0.643). Frequency of type C for Rsa I increased from the Pacific (0.398) to the Northwest Atlantic (0.698) and Tarifa (0.949) samples, and the Mediterranean sample was fixed for type C. These samples were classified into three groups (Mediterranean-Tarifa, Atlantic and Indo-Pacific) using a heterogeneity test of mtDNA genotype distributions. Combined analysis of the CaM and D-loop loci indicated that there are at least four breeding units: Mediterranean, northwestern Atlantic, tropical to South Atlantic, and Indo-Pacific. (C) 2000 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

  • Identification of the gene cluster involved in ferredoxin in the flanking region of transposon from non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1

    Yoshiko Okamura, Shoko Kawahara, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Proceeding of "8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FERRITES     84 - 86  2000  [Refereed]

  • Screening of marine microalgae for bioremediation of cadmium-polluted seawater

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Nakao, Akira Yamazawa

    Progress in Industrial Microbiology   35 ( C ) 33 - 38  1999  [Refereed]

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    Twenty four strains out of 191 marine microalgal strains exhibited cadmium (Cd) resistance. They were tested for their Cd removal ability in growth media containing 50 μM Cd. Six strains out of 19 green algae and one out of five cyanobacteria removed more than 10% of total Cd from the medium. The marine green alga Chlorella sp. NKG16014 showed the highest removal of Cd 48.7% of total. Cd removal by NKG 16014 was further quantitatively evaluated by measuring the amount of cell adsorption and intracellular accumulation. After 12 days incubation, 67% of the removed Cd was accumulated intracellularly and 25% of the Cd removed was adsorbed on the algal cell surface. The maximum Cd adsorption (qmax) was estimated to be 37.0 mg Cd (g dry cells)- 1 using the Langmuir sorption model. The Cd removal by freeze-dried NKG16014 cells was also determined. Cd was more quickly adsorbed by dried cells than that by living cells, with a qmax of 91.0 mg Cd (g dry cells)- 1. © 1999 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Intron length variation observed in the creatine kinase and ribosomal protein genes of the swordfish Xiphias gladius

    S Chow, H Takeyama

    FISHERIES SCIENCE   64 ( 3 ) 397 - 402  1998.06  [Refereed]

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    Introns may accumulate much higher genetic variation than exons. Universal primers were designed from the conservative nucleotide sequences of exons to amplify the flanking intron. Length variations in the S7 ribosomal protein (RP) gene intron 1 and mitochondrial creatine kinase (CK) gene intron 6 of the swordfish Xiphias gladius were found. Single or two banded fragment patterns in each individual were observed by agarose gel electrophoresis. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that highly polymorphic fragment patterns observed in the RP gene intron 1 were due to different numbers of a TG repeat (microsatellite). The length of the CK gene intron 6 was dimorphic, in which presence or absence of a 24 bp block was responsible for longer or shorter introns. Additional minor nucleotide insertion/deletions were observed independent of the RP microsatellite and the CK 24 bp block regions. The results of this investigation indicate that introns may be good sources of intraspecific genetic variation for population genetic studies and that the same set of primers can be used to amplify homologous intron regions even among distant species. Further, the conserved exon primed PCR strategy may be useful to prevent appearance of priming site polymorphism (null allele).

  • Small but prodigal microalgae

    T Matsunaga, H Takeyama

    BIOFUTUR   ( 179 ) 40 - 42  1998.06  [Refereed]

  • Analysis of stress responsive gene for salinity in a marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp.

    H Takeyama, H Nakayama

    NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY     255 - 257  1998  [Refereed]

  • Genetic stock structure of the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) inferred by PCR-RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region

    S Chow, H Okamoto, Y Uozumi, Y Takeuchi, H Takeyama

    MARINE BIOLOGY   127 ( 3 ) 359 - 367  1997.02  [Refereed]

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    Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis was performed on PCR amplified DNA fragments containing the control region of the swordfish (Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758) mitochondrial DNA. A total of 456 individuals comprising 13 local samples (six Pacific, three Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, two Indian Ocean and the Cape of Good Hope) were surveyed with four endonucleases (Alu I, Dde I, Hha I and Rsa I), yielding a total of 52 composite genotypes. Within-sample genotypic diversity (H) was high ranging from 0.702 to 0.962 with a value of 0.922 for the pooled sample. Significant geographic variation in the frequencies of genotypes and restriction patterns was revealed. The Mediterranean sample was highly distinct from all other samples. Further, Rsa I digestion revealed high levels of polymorphism in all but the Mediterranean samples, indicating that exogenous swordfishes rarely enter that body of water. Heterogeneity between the North and South Atlantic samples was significant, both of which differed from those of the Pacific. In contrast, the Indian Ocean samples were not significantly different from the samples of South Atlantic and Pacific. Genetic differentiation among the Pacific samples was low. The results indicate that the worldwide swordfish population is genetically structured not only among, but also within ocean basins and suggest that gene flow is restricted despite the absence of geographic barriers.

  • BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF MARINE MICROALGAE

    T MATSUNAGA, H TAKEYAMA

    NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI   ( 9 ) 669 - 680  1995.09  [Refereed]

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    There are many kinds of microalgae who have adapted to extremely diversified marine environments. Screening of new useful materials from marine microalgae has been carried out. High density culture system using photo-bioreactor and genetic manipulation technology have been employed in order to enhance productivity of those materials from marine microalgae.
    We have found many useful materials, such as W-A absorbing substance, plant growth regulating factor, polysaccharides, unsaturated fatty acids and antibiotics, from marine microalgae. Here, we describe production of those useful materials and their application. Marine coccolithophorid algae convert CO2 to CaCO3 and they have been expected to contribute to CO2 recycling system. Metabolic engineering in marine microalgae, especially cyanobacteria, has been established. Eicosapentaenoic acid is successfully synthesized in marine cyanobacterium which can not synthesize it.

  • Application of bacterial magnetic particles as novel DNA carriers for ballistic transformation of a marine cyanobacterium

    Haruko Takeyama, Akira Yamazawa, Chikashi Nakamura, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Biotechnology Techniques   9 ( 5 ) 355 - 360  1995.05  [Refereed]

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    Bacterial magnetite particles (BMPs) of 50 to 100nm diam were used as DNA carriers for the ballistic transformation of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus. BMPs were bombarded into the cyanobacterial cells at several bombardment velocities using a particle gun. Successful transformation and gene expression were confirmed by Southern hybridization and CAT assay, respectively. The BMPs were also observed in the cyanobacterial cells by transmission electron microscopy. These results suggested that BMPs can be used as carriers for introducing DNA into bacterial cells. © 1995 Chapman &amp
    Hall.

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  • CONJUGATIVE GENE-TRANSFER IN MARINE CYANOBACTERIA - SYNECHOCOCCUS SP, SYNECHOCYSTIS SP AND PSEUDANABAENA SP

    K SODE, M TATARA, H TAKEYAMA, JG BURGESS, T MATSUNAGA

    APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   37 ( 3 ) 369 - 373  1992.06  [Refereed]

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    Versatility of gene transfer by transconjugation in marine cyanobacteria was demonstrated. In this study, seven different marine cyanobacteria were used as recipient cells. First, transconjugation was carried out using the mobilizable transposon (Tn5) carrying plasmid pSUP1021. Transconjugants were observed in all marine cyanobacteria tested. Second, the broad-host-range vector pKT230 (IncQ) was tested for transconjugation. pKT230 has been successfully transferred in a marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG15041C, and replicated as an autonomous replicon without alteration in the restriction enzyme pattern. A maximum transfer efficiency of 5.2 x 10(-4) transconjugants/recipient cell was observed, when mating was performed on agar plates containing low salinity (0.015 M NaCl) medium. This is the first study to demonstrate gene transfer in marine cyanobacteria via transconjugation.

  • PREPARATION OF BACTERIAL MAGNETITE PARTICLES FOR DNA CARRIERS

    H TAKEYAMA, S KUDO, K SODE, N NAKAMURA, T MATSUNAGA

    KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU   48 ( 5 ) 319 - 325  1991  [Refereed]

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    We have investigated the application of bacterial magnetite particles as DNA carriers for microprojectile based gene transfer. The magnetic bacterium, Aquaspirillum sp. AMB-1, can grow aerobically to high cell densities, allowing high yields of bacterial magnetite particles to be sonicated. The optimum sonication conditions were determined and found to be dependent on culture age. Excessive sonication damaged the magnetosome membrane surrounding magnetite particles. This decreased dispersion resulted in a reduced surface area available for DNA adsorption. When compared with gold, tungsten and non membrane coated magnetite, membrane coated magnetite was a better material for DNA binding (5-mu-g DNA/mg magnetite). The greatest amount of DNA was bound following treatment of membrane coated magnetite with glutaraldehyde-triamine prior to incubation with DNA.

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Books and Other Publications

  • The CELL

    ( Part: Contributor)

    2022.11

  • 海の生物と環境をどう守るか : 海洋生物多様性をめぐる国連での攻防

    竹山春子( Part: Contributor, 海洋遺伝資源の利活用の進展)

    西日本出版社  2022.10 ISBN: 9784908443442

  • Precision Medicine

    竹山春子, 西川洋平, 堀井俊平( Part: Contributor, 新規生理活性物質生産菌のハイスループット スクリーニングプラットフォーム構築)

    北隆館  2021.06

  • 日本乳酸菌学会誌

    西川洋平, 細川正人, 小川雅人, 竹山春子( Part: Contributor, 環境細菌のシングルセルゲノム解析—微小液滴を用いたゲノム解析手法とその応用例—)

    日本乳酸菌学会  2021.04

  • シングルセル解析でなにがわかるか

    竹山, 春子, 細川, 正人

    化学同人  2020.07 ISBN: 9784759817348

  • シングルセルゲノミクス : 組織の機能, 病態が1細胞レベルで見えてきた!

    細川正人, 小川雅人, 竹山春子( Part: Contributor, マイクロバイオームのシングルセル解析)

    羊土社  2019.12 ISBN: 9784758103831

  • バイオサイエンスとインダストリー(B&I)

    細川正人, 小川雅人, 竹山春子( Part: Contributor, 環境微生物を対象としたシングルセルゲノム解析の最前線)

    2018

  • 「AI導入によるバイオテクノロジーの発展」植田充美監修(分担執筆:微生物のゲノム情報のビッグデータ化とAIの項)

    細川正人, 五條堀孝, 竹山春子

    シーエムシー出版  2018

  • 環境微生物のシングルセルゲノム解析に向けた技術基盤

    細川正人, 丸山徹, 西川洋平, 竹山春子( Part: Joint author)

    シーエムシー出版  2017

  • シングルセル解析プロトコール (19 微生物のシングルセルゲノム解析の項)

    竹山春子, 細川正人, 丸山徹, 西川洋平

    羊土社  2017

  • 「Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology」Se-Kwon Kim 編集(分担執筆:「Chapter 19: Marine Metagenome and Supporting Technology」の項)

    Tetsushi Mori, Haruko Takeyama( Part: Joint author)

    Springer  2015

  • 「海洋白書2014」海洋政策研究財団 編集(分担執筆:「第4章 海洋産業の振興と創出 第5節 さらなる海洋産業の振興・創出に向けて 2.海洋バイオ産業」の項)

    竹山 春子( Part: Joint author)

    成山堂書店  2014

  • 「生命のビッグデータ利用の最前線」植田充美 監修(分担執筆:「第4章 応用展開―モノづくり・環境への展開 第4節海洋遺伝子資源の新しいオミックス解析への挑戦」の項)

    竹山春子, 伊藤通浩, モリテツシ, 細川正人( Part: Joint author)

    シーエムシー出版  2014

  • “Metabolism and Innate Immunity: FOXO Regulation of Antimicrobial Peptides in Drosophila”

    Loch G, Jentgens E, B_low M, Zinke I, Mori T, Suzuki S, Takeyama H, Hoch M

    Krager  2013

  • 「化学と生物」公益社団法人日本農芸化学会編集・発行、(分担執筆:「海洋生物遺伝子資源活用への新しいアプローチシングルセルゲノム情報に基づいたメタゲノム解析への期待」の項)

    竹山春子, モリテツシ

    国際文献社  2013

  • 「微細藻類によるエネルギー生産と事業展望」 竹山春子 監修の巻頭言として「はじめに」

    竹山春子

    シーエムシー  2012

  • マイクロ流体デバイスのバイオ計測への応用 「ナノ融合による先進バイオデバイス」民谷栄一監修

    竹山春子, モリテツシ, 庄子習一

    シーエムシー  2011

  • 「シングルセル解析の最前線」 神原秀記、松永是、植田充美 監修

    一細胞からのmRNAをデジタル計測するための要素技術開発, の項を岡村好子, 吉野知子, 神原秀記と共に担当

    シーエムシー出版  2010.02

  • 「メタゲノム解析技術の最前線」(第三章 2.マリンメタゲノム:海洋性難培養微生物学からの有用遺伝子・物質の探索)

    岡村好子, 竹山春子

    シーエシー  2010

  • メタルバイオテクノロジーによる環境保全と資源回収

    岡村好子, 竹山春子

    2009.03

  • 「水環境の今と未来」- 藻類と植物のできること 神戸大学水圏光合成生物研究グループ編

    微細藻類の工学的応用, 海洋微細藻類の可能性, の項を松永是, 松本光史と共に担当

    生物研究社  2009.03 ISBN: 9784915342530

  • "バイオナノ磁性ビーズの生体分子計測への応用"

    竹山春子, 松永是

    シーエムシー  2006

  • 「科学ってそういうこと!」([光合成が生命を支えるってホント]の項を担当)

    化学同人  2003

  • 「生物工学実験書」 [塩基配列決定]の項を担当

    日本生物工学会  2002

  • 「生命工学への招待-基礎と応用」(松永是 編[マリンバイオテクノロジー]の項を担当)

    朝倉書店  2002

  • 「BIOHYDROGEN II」 V. Genetic Engineering

    Screenning of, Marine, Photosynthetic Midroorganisms, Hydrogen Production, の項を T, Matsunagaとともに

    2001

  • 「CO2固定化・隔離の最新技術」

    乾智行 編, 海洋生物の利用, の項を松永是とともに

    シーエムシー  2000

  • 「DNAチップ応用技術」 松永是 編

    磁気ビーズ利用DNAチップ, の項を松永是とともに担当

    シーエムシー  2000

  • 「The Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology: Fermentation, Biocatalysis and Bioseparation 」 M. C. Flickinger, S. W. Drew

    Algal Culture, の項をT, MatsunagaとH. Takanoとともに担

    John Wiley & Sons  1999

  • 「環境汚染浄化のはなし」 松永 是 倉根隆一郎 編

    生物を利用したC, のリサイクルと地球環境問題, の項を松永是とともに担当

    日刊工業新聞社  1999

  • 「バイオレメディエーションの実際技術」 児玉 徹 編

    炭酸固定微生物の利用, の項を松永是とともに担当

    シーエムシー  1997

  • 「マリンバイオ」 松永 是編

    微細藻類, 光合成細菌の遺伝子組換え, の項を松永是とともに担当

    シーエムシー  1989

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Presentations

  • シングルセル解析技術開発とその応用

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    【FIBER】社会人向け公開講座 「Nano Bio College“極小で極上のナノバイオ技術”」 

    Presentation date: 2024.02

  • シングルセルオミックス解析による 未知微生物の機能解明へのアプローチ

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第7回 長崎腸内細菌研究会 

    Presentation date: 2024.02

  • プロジェクトの全体概要の紹介 農業土壌微生物叢アトラスの概要説明

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第3回循環型協生農業プラットフォーム 社会連携アグリフォーラム 

    Presentation date: 2024.02

  • Sustainable farming platform with soil microbe atlas

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    Scoping workshop for 'Advancing Innovation×Agriculture' research collaboration among Japan, the United States, Australia and Indi 

    Presentation date: 2024.02

  • 微生物シングルセルオミックス解析の展開

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第17回メタボロームシンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2023.10

  • Single cell-based multi-omics for understanding the characteristics and function of environmental microbes

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    APMBC2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.10

    Event date:
    2023.10
     
     
  • Sustainability of Soil Health for Crop Production

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    The 9th Chemical Sciences and Society Summit 

    Presentation date: 2023.09

  • Unlocking the Characteristics and Functions of Environmental Microbes through Single-Cell Multi-Omics

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    The 4th International Conference on Integrated Coastal Management & Marine Biotechnology (ICMMBT 

    Presentation date: 2023.09

    Event date:
    2023.09
     
     
  • 未知なる微生物の世界へのアプローチ: シングルセルオミックス解析

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第26回日本臨床腸内微生物学会総会 

    Presentation date: 2023.09

  • Challange to the Microbial Single-Cell Omics: the Combination of Genomics and Raman Metabolomics

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    Biomedical Raman Imaging 2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.06

  • Development and Application of a Single Cell Analysis Platform to Unlock the Microbial World

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    Biosensors 2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.06

    Event date:
    2023.06
     
     
  • 環境遺伝資源利活用のためのDXへの挑戦

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    GITIフォーラム2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.05

  • 未知微生物ーシングルセルゲノミックスからメタボロミックスへの挑戦

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    ヒトゲノム20周年記念セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2023.05

  • 海洋遺伝資源の利活用の進展-微生物遺伝子情報から考えることー

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第193回海洋フォーラム「国家管轄権外区域における生物多様性(BBNJ)の重要性と今後の展開について」 

    Presentation date: 2023.03

  • プロジェクトの全体概要の紹介 農業土壌微生物叢アトラスの概要説明

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    循環型協生農業プラットフォーム 社会連携アグリフォーラム 

    Presentation date: 2023.02

  • 大豆をモデルに土壌マイクロバイオームアトラスで循環型共生農業を実現する

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    Food Bio Plus 研究会 キックオフミーティング~「人と社会と地球」の健康を目指して~ 

    Presentation date: 2022.12

  • New Era in Science Discoveredby Microbial Single-Cell Analysis

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Sponsored Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2022.12

  • Microbiome analysis in rhizosphere of soybean for constructing Soil Microbe Atlas

    Haruko Takeyama

    Challenge to new environmental science research by bio-DX using various advanced technologies 

    Presentation date: 2022.11

  • Introduction to Takeyama Project “Construction of Circulating Production Platform by Environmental Control Based on Soil Microbe Atlas”

    Haruko Takeyama

    International Symposium on Research and Development for Future Foods and Health in Moonshot Project 

    Presentation date: 2022.11

  • 分野融合型バイオ計測技術開発とその実践

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    日本学術会議 公開シンポジウム「異なるモダリティを統合するバイオ計測の最前線と展望」 

    Presentation date: 2022.11

  • Perspective of Soil Microbe Atlas in Moonshots goal 5

    Haruko Takeyama

    The First International Symposium for the next generation Agri/Food Science and Technology 

    Presentation date: 2022.10

  • 微生物機能を先端技術で測定し利活用するチャレンジ

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    京都バイオ計測センターシンポジウム「食と農」研究の新しい展開京から発信する第6次産業の喚起へ 

    Presentation date: 2022.10

  • 農業から食につながる新たな戦略

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    AOIパーク勉強会 

    Presentation date: 2022.09

  • 産学連携を基盤に未来を創るバイオ計測開発

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    JASIS 

    Presentation date: 2022.09

  • Single cell-based multi-omics for understanding the function of environmental microbes

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    ISME2022 

    Presentation date: 2022.08

  • 農業から食につながる新たなビジネスチャンス

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    バイオ共創コンソーシアム第2回会議「食の増産」 

    Presentation date: 2022.08

  • Single-cell based analysis of environmental microbes

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2022LSSE8-01 

    Presentation date: 2022.04

  • ムーンショット型農林水産研究開発事業と未来の食料生産のビジョン

    竹山春子

    オンライン座談会 

    Presentation date: 2022.04

  • 多様な環境を理解するためのDX戦略と新たなチャレンジ

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    大隅基礎科学創成財団 微生物コンソーシアム 第4回 全体会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

  • 土壌微生物叢アトラスに基づいた環境制御による循環型協生農業プラットフォーム構築

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    ムーンショット@TWIns x LINK-J:総合知を活用した研究と社会実装への挑戦 

    Presentation date: 2022.02

  • W-SPRINGプログラムが育成する人材像

    竹山春子

    W-SPRINGプログラムキックオフシンポジウム 

    Event date:
    2022.01
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  • 循環型協生農業プラットフォームについて

    竹山春子

    循環型協生農業プラットフォーム社会連携アグリフォーラム 未来への挑戦・あふれる活力・輝く未来型農業 

    Event date:
    2021.12
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  • 緊急対談:バイオのあの話題はこれからどうなる?!

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    宮田満のバイオ・アメイジング 

    Event date:
    2021.12
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  • シングルセル解析から切り込む生体分子動態:微生物と天然物

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    日本学術会議シンンポジウム「地球と生命をつなぐ高度な化学物質ネットワーク」 

    Presentation date: 2021.12

  • 1細胞・1粒子解析技術を活用したSARS-C0V-2ウィルス研究へのアプローチー基盤技術の開発と将来への展望ー

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    令和3年度BINDS公開シンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2021.11

  • 環境微生物資源の有効利用のためのシングルセル解析技術の開発と展開研究

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第73回日本生物工学会大会 

    Presentation date: 2021.10

  • 個別化医療に向けた腸内細菌深層解析 -多様な環境に生息する微生物のシングルセル解析-

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    心療内科学会-日本学術振興会合同シンポジウム 日本の学術の更なる発展を目指して:生物系を中心に 

    Presentation date: 2021.10

  • 微生物から組織へ - 未来型社会の実現に向けてシングルセル解析が果たす役割

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    新化学技術推進協会 (JACI) シングルセル解析の最前線 

    Presentation date: 2021.10

  • The challenge of revealing the identity of functionally unknown environmental microbes: What we can see from single-cell level analysis

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    2021 KSBB Fall Meeting and International Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2021.10

  • Towards understanding the mechanisms of expression regulation by spatial and regional omics analysis from micro-punched tissues

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    IMSセミナー 

    Presentation date: 2021.08

  • 微生物機能のフル活用に向けたシングルセル解析技術の開発と応用

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    生物工学若手研究者の集い(若手会)夏のオンラインセミナー 

    Presentation date: 2021.07

  • Open the door into the microbial world by single-cell analysis

    Haruko Takeyama

    World Microbe Forum 

    Event date:
    2021.06
     
     
  • 微量組織・シングルセルのマルチオミックス

    竹山春子

    第21回蛋白質科学会-シンポジウム-蛋白質科学が社会へ与えるインパクト:AMED-BINDS から次のステージへ 

    Presentation date: 2021.06

  • 環境微生物叢高解像度解析を目指した新規シングルセル解析技術の開発

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第21回マリンバイオテクノロジー学会 

    Presentation date: 2021.05

  • Open the door into the microbial world by single-cell analysis

    Haruko Takeyama

    OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.04

  • シングルセル解析が開く新しい微生物の世界と応用

    竹山春子

    日本化学会第101春季年会 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • パネルディスカッション「早稲田大学発ベンチャーを起点とした知の共創の場としてのオープン・イノベーション・エコシステムの構築」

    竹山春子

    早稲田オープン・イノベーション・フォーラム2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • Exploring the marine microbiome frontier with droplet-based single-cell genome sequencing

    Haruko Takeyama

    Ocean Solutions Conference 

    Presentation date: 2021.02

  • High-resolution analysis of environmental microbes by massively parallel single-cell genome sequencing

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    Genome Concept Centennial Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2021.02

  • 内閣府ムーンショット目標5について

    竹山春子

    植物微生物シンバイオロジー協議会Webミーティング 

    Presentation date: 2021.01

  • シングルセル解析による有用物質生産微生物のスクリーニング

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    新学術領域研究「超地球生命体を解き明かすポストコッホ機能生態学」第1回公開シンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2020.12

  • 環境微生物資源の利活用に向けたシングルセル解析技術の応用

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    JMAC第133回定例会 

    Presentation date: 2020.12

  • コロナ共存・ポストコロナ時代に向けた産学共創の融合研究と新規ビジネス パネルディスカッション

    竹山春子

    パラダイムチェンジにおけるレジリエントな共創社会に向けて 

    Presentation date: 2020.05

  • マイクロ流体デバイスを用いたバクテリア、シングルセルゲノミクス解析およびその応用

    竹山春子, 細川正人, 西川洋平, 小川雅人

    日本化学会第100回春季年会 

    Presentation date: 2020.03

  • 微生物シングルセル解析から見えること

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    IFO寄付講座終了記念シンポジウムおよび成果報告会 

    Presentation date: 2020.03

  • マイクロ流体デバイスを用いたバクテリア・シングルセルゲノミクス解析およびその応用

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    乳酸菌学会2019年度秋期セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2019.11

  • 未知・難培養微生物資源の利活用への挑戦

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    微生物ウィーク2019コラボシンポジウム生体内小分子の検出と生物間コミュニケーション 

    Presentation date: 2019.07

  • Exploitation of Useful Microbes Using Single Cell Technologies

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    28th PAM Annual Meeting 

    Presentation date: 2019.07

  • Marine Biotechnology: How to Get Treasure from the Ocean

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    World Experts Lecture Series 

    Presentation date: 2019.07

  • Access to Unculturable Environmental Microbes Using Advanced Technologies

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    World Experts Lecture Series 

    Presentation date: 2019.07

  • 生活科学をミクロな生物から考える-微生物の新たな解析手法から見える有用性-

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第3回労働科学研究所セミナ- 

    Presentation date: 2019.06

  • 未知生物資源の利活用への挑戦

    竹山春子

    第2回早稲田大学ネットワーキングナイト 

    Presentation date: 2019.05

  • Microbiome解析への新しいアプローチ:Single cell解析の進展

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    第4回生活習慣予防研究会 

    Presentation date: 2018.02

  • Development of novel technology for microbial community analyses by the meta-omics analyses of marine unculturable microbes based on single cell genome information

    Haruko Takeyama

    CREST International Symposium Promotion of global network studies on seagrass ecosystem based on innovative new technology 

    Presentation date: 2018.02

  • サンゴ礁研究ー沖縄をフィールドとした現場からの報告と提言

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    海洋政策研究所公開シンポジウム 『国家管轄権外区域の海洋生物多様性の保全及び持続可能な利用』 

    Presentation date: 2018.01

  • 空間的な遺伝子発現解析に向けた微小組織採取システムとシングルセル解析手法の開発

    竹山春子

    CREST植物頑健性第3回領域会議 

    Presentation date: 2018.01

  • 微生物1細胞を解読する技術から開かれる新しいバイオロジー

    竹山春子

    第27回インテリジェント材料/システムシンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2018.01

  • 異分野の研究をブリッジして新たなサイエンスを展開する~1細胞レベルのゲノム解析法の開発と応用~

    竹山春子

    第5回なでしこScientistトーク 

    Presentation date: 2017.12

  • 腸内細菌解析へのシングルセルテクノロジーの展開

    竹山春子  [Invited]

    BioJapan2017 セミナー マイクロバイオームが導く健康革命 

    Presentation date: 2017.10

  • Marine microbiome analysis with the technologies for single-cell microbiology

    Haruko Takeyama

    Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference 2017 

    Presentation date: 2017.05

  • Droplet microfluidics for precise and high throughput whole genome amplification toward single-cell genome sequencing

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    microTAS 2016 

    Presentation date: 2016.10

  • Microbiome analysis: challenges in single cell technology

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    IMBC 2016 

    Presentation date: 2016.09

  • Metagenomic analysis of invertebrate holobiontsand supporting technologies

    Haruko Takeyama  [Invited]

    Ofunato International Workshop 2016 

    Presentation date: 2016.08

  • 海洋国家日本における海洋資源・環境へのアプローチ:遺伝子資源利活用とサンゴ礁環境評価への挑戦

    Presentation date: 2016.06

  • シングルセルゲノム解析が開く生命科学へのアプローチ:微生物から動物細胞まで

    竹山春子

    早稲田大学-産総研連携生命情報ビッグデータ解析研究開発ワークショップ 

    Presentation date: 2016.03

  • 生物遺伝子資源を活用した新しいバイオエンジニアリングへの挑戦:ロバストネスな環境・社会へ

    竹山春子

    日本セラミックス協会男女共同参画委員会 

    Presentation date: 2016.03

  • シングルセル解析を支援する超並列ゲノム解析技術の開発

    竹山春子

    早稲田大学ナノテクノロジーフォーラム第1回分科会ワークショップ「健康・医療分野」「健康・医療分野研究の現状と今後」 

    Presentation date: 2016.03

  • シングルセル解析・生体分子の精密計測へ向けた様々な試み

    竹山春子

    私立大学戦略的基盤形成支援事業ストレス応答制御に基づく次世代型健康寿命科学の研究拠点形成 第四回成果報告会 

    Presentation date: 2016.03

  • 海洋有用遺伝子資源とマリンバイオテクノロジー

    竹山春子

    海洋政策研究セミナー 『日本の選択を考える -海洋遺伝資源をめぐる国連の動きにどう対処するか-』 

    Presentation date: 2016.02

  • シングルセル解析で拓く環境微生物の遺伝子資源の利活用

    竹山春子

    発酵と代謝研究会 未利用微生物による有用物質生産への挑戦 ~難培養微生物、シングルセル解析技術、ゲノム編集・改変技術の利用~ 

    Presentation date: 2016.02

  • DNA複製/修正におけるDNA/PCNA相互作用の役割の違い

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 日本脳炎ウイルスおよびC型肝炎ウイルス2価ワクチン抗原の発現と中和抗体の誘導

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 恒常的に培養維持されたCD4陽性T細胞へのHIV-1の感染とその転写制御機構の解明

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • ヒト化マウスの麻疹ウイルスベクター評価系への応用(3)

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 高病原性鳥インフルエンザA(H5N1)ウイルスの経鼻不活化全粒子ワクチンにより誘導されたヒトモノクローナル抗体の特性解析

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • インフルエンザウイルスNS1タンパク質によるNLRP3 inflammasomeの抑制効果

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 日本脳炎ウイルスおよびC型肝炎ウイルス2価ワクチン抗原の発現と中和抗体の誘導

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • サンゴ共在バクテリアのシングルセルゲノム解析

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 海洋カイメンTheonella swinhoeiからの有用化合物産生バクテリアの探索

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • Droplet-based multiple displacement amplification method for single-cell genomics using microfluidic device

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • Droplet-based microfluidics for high-throughput screening of a metagenomic library

    Presentation date: 2014.11

  • 沖縄浅海域におけるミドリイシ属サンゴ共在細菌叢の年変動

    Presentation date: 2014.10

  • シングルセルゲノミクスに向けたDroplet-based Multiple Displacement Amplification法の開発

    Presentation date: 2014.10

  • DNA/PCNA 相互作用のDNA 複製/修正における役割

    Presentation date: 2014.10

  • 16S rDNA-based metagenome analysis of microorganisms from Tilapia culture ponds in Thailand (16S rDNA遺伝子を基盤としたタイのティラピア養殖池の細菌叢解析)

    Presentation date: 2014.09

  • DNA/PCNA相互作用のDNA複製/修正における役割の違い

    Presentation date: 2014.09

  • Japanese Encephalitis Virus-subviral Particles Harboring HCV Neutralization Epitopes Induce Neutralizing Antibodies Against HCV

    Presentation date: 2014.09

  • Droplet-based microfluidics for single-cell analysis

    Presentation date: 2014.09

  • In situ Raman imaging of secondary metabolites in antibiotic-producing bacteria

    Presentation date: 2014.07

  • Implementing single-cell approaches for the elucidation of marine natural compoundproducers in marine sponges

    Presentation date: 2014.07

  • In situ detection of secondary metabolites in antibiotic-producing bacteria

    Presentation date: 2014.06

  • サンゴ共在微生物叢の変化がサンゴの代謝に与える影響

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • Diversity of bacterial nitrogen fixation genes within a reef coral Acropora tenuis in shallow reef, Okinawa, Japan

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • 沖縄サンゴ礁海域に生息する海洋細菌群のメタトランスクリプトーム解析

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • 褐藻分解細菌からのアルギン酸リアーゼの探索および分解能の評価

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • 沖縄浅海域におけるミドリイシ属サンゴ共在細菌叢の動態解析

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • Single-cell analytical approach in the identification of producers to marine natural compounds

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • Monitoring the bacterial community and their metatranscriptome in coral reef sea water in Okinawa, Japan

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • Isolation of an exolytic alginate lyase gene from a novel marine bacterium degrading brown algae

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • In situ detection of antibiotics Amphotericin B (AmB) produced in actinomycetes by using Raman microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • Discovery of novel marine natural compound producers from marine sponges using single-cell techniques

    Presentation date: 2014.05

  • サンゴ-共在微生物Holobiontの代謝依存解析

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • 単一海藻給餌に対するサザエ腸内微生物フローラの適応

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • 単一細胞封入ドロップレットを用いた微生物の薬剤感受性評価

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • HIVの初期感染過程の解析のためのドロップレットデジタルPCR法の確立

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いた抗生物質生産菌内における二次代謝産物のin situ検出

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • Identification of exolytic alginate lyase genes from brown algae degrading marine bacteria

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • Development of a droplet-based assay for antibiotic sensitivity of microbial cells at the single-cell level

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • ペプチドタグを繋ぐペプチドリンカー長のタンパク質機能への影響

    Presentation date: 2014.03

  • マイクロドロップレットを利用した難培養微生物からの遺伝子獲得

    Presentation date: 2014.01

  • インフルエンザウイルス特異的免疫応答の誘導に有用な腸内細菌の探索

    Presentation date: 2014.01

  • Glycolipid mediated NKT cell activation enhances protective effect of protein vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

    Presentation date: 2013.12

  • ヒト化マウスの麻疹ウイルスベクター評価系への応用

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • 土壌メタゲノムからの新規キシロースイソメラーゼ ( xylA ) 遺伝子の獲得

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • NKT細胞活性化による新規肺炎球菌ワクチン効果の解析

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いた大腸菌の呼吸活性測定法の検討

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • Defining the producers of marine natural compounds in marine sponges using the single-cell analytical approach

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • Screening for exolytic alginate lyase genes of bacteria isolated from marine environmental samples

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • 沖縄浅海域におけるサンゴ共在細菌叢の比較解析

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • 蛋白質折り畳みにおける蛋白質とタグ間のリンカー長が及ぼす影響

    Presentation date: 2013.10

  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いたシングルセル中における二次代謝産物のin vivo検出

    Presentation date: 2013.10

  • マイクロ流体デバイスを用いた酵素遺伝子のハイスループットスクリーニング法の開発

    Presentation date: 2013.10

  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いたシングルセルレベルでの大腸菌の呼吸活性測定

    Presentation date: 2013.10

  • In Vivo Detection of Amphotericin B Produced by Streptomyces nodosus Using Raman Microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • Development of Droplet-Based Single-Cell Analysis System for Enzyme Screening from Metagenome Library

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 顕微ラマン分光法を用いたStreptomyces nodosus内における二次代謝産物のin vivo検出

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 顕微ラマン分光法による大腸菌シングルセルレベルでの呼吸活性の評価

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • アルギン酸分解細菌からのエキソ型アルギン酸リアーゼの探索

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 海産無脊椎動物を利用した海藻分解性細菌群のバイオエンリッチメント

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • マイクロ流体デバイスを用いた遺伝子スクリーニング法の開発

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 蛋白質とタグ間のリンカー長の蛋白質折り畳みに及ぼす影響

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • マイクロ流体デバイスを用いた微生物スクリーニングシステムの開発

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 肺炎球菌感染に対する蛋白・糖脂質併用ワクチンの防御効果

    Presentation date: 2013.07

  • In vivo detection of amphotericin B of Streptomyces nodosus by Raman microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2013.07

  • Evaluation of respiratory activity of Escherichia coli at single cell level by using Raman microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2013.07

  • アルギン酸リアーゼ生産菌の単離培養および酵素の解析

    Presentation date: 2013.06

  • 単一海草種給餌による海産無脊椎動物腸内細菌叢の変化

    Presentation date: 2013.06

  • Raman spectroscopy of E.coli in various growth states

    Presentation date: 2012.11

  • Defining the producers of marine natural compounds using the single-cell approach

    Presentation date: 2012.11

  • Development of a high-throughput microfluidic systemfor screening of single bacterial cells

    Presentation date: 2012.11

  • Development of Cappillary-Plate-Based Digital PCR System for Analysis of HIV in Single-Cells

    Presentation date: 2012.11

  • 土壌メタゲノムからの新規キシロースイソメラーゼ遺伝子の獲得および細胞表層提示の検討

    Presentation date: 2012.10

  • 精神発達障害起因遺伝子群の変異解析

    Presentation date: 2012.09

  • キャピラリープレートを用いた単一細胞解析のためのデジタルPCR法の開発とHIV研究へのアプローチ

    Presentation date: 2012.09

  • The Cadmium Accumulation Gene Encoding a Pentapeptide Repeat Protein from Metagenome Libraries of Bacteria Associated with Marine Sponges

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Expression Analysis of a Cadmium Accumulation Protein Screened from Sponge Metagenome Library

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Measurement of Trace Amounts of Cadmium in Water by Immunochromatography

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Bioenrichment and Diversity Analysis of Marine Invertebrate Gut Microflora

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Development of High-throughput Screening System using Microfluidic Device

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Association of a Marine Sponge related Bacterium With a Natural Compound at the Single Cell Level

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Single cell measurement of E.coli by Raman microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Single cell measurement of E.coli by Raman microspectroscopy

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Understanding microbial ecosystems by applying quantitative and single-cell analytical techniques

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Diversity analysis of gut commensals within Drosophila melanogaster

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Development of single-cell based high-throughput screening system using microfluidic technology

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • A high-throughput technique employing gel microdrops for extracellular enzyme screening

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Development of a capillary-plate-based digital counting system for single-cells and its application in HIV analysis

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • A new approach for the structural analysis of xylose isomerase (XI) active-sites using a novel swapping technique

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Development of an expression system for the direct screening of xylose isomerase (xylA) genes from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • The optimization of measurement conditions of cadmium (Cd) in water samples using immunochromatography

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Multiple detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms related to mental development via pyrosequence technology

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Determination of the changes within the microbiota of Drosophila gut by real-time PCR

    Presentation date: 2011.12

  • Development of a technique for the direct screening of xylA genes from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • Structural analysis of a cadmium accumulation protein screening from sponge metagenome library

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • A high-throughput screening technique employing gel microdrops for lipase genes from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • Characterization of novel genes involved in cadmium accumuation screened from sponge associated bacteria metagenome

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • Efficient screening of xylose isomerase genes from soil metagenome for bioethanol production

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • Identification of polyketide synthase gene clusters from vacterial cells isolated from a marine sponge

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • 単一細胞内の分子定量に向けたキャヒ_ラリーフ_レート PCR 法の開発

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • カイメン共在ハ_クテリアメタケ_ノムからの新規カト_ミウム濃縮及ひ_耐性遺伝子の特定

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • ケ_ルマイクロト_ロッフ_ (GMD) を用いた 外分泌性リハ_ーセ_の高速スクリーニンク_法の開発

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • パイロシークエンスによる神経発達障害関連遺伝子の一塩基多型解析

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • イムノクロマトグラフィーによる水中カドミウム測定の前処理条件検討

    Presentation date: 2011.09

  • Single-cell analysis and its application in analyzing microbial ecosystems

    Presentation date: 2011.06

  • カイメン共在ハ_クテリアメタケ_ノム由来の新規カト_ミウム濃縮遺伝子の特性

    Presentation date: 2011.05

  • ケ_ルマイクロト_ロッフ_(GMD)を用いた外分泌性酵素の高速スクリーニンク_ 法の開発

    Presentation date: 2011.05

  • A High-throughput screening technique employing gel microdrops for lipase genes from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2011.03

  • Development of a Capillary-Plate-Based PCR Technique for Single Cell Analysis

    Presentation date: 2011.03

  • Identification of polyketide producers from marine sponges via the single-cell approach

    Presentation date: 2011.03

  • Development and application of single-cell analytical techniques in metagenomic research

    Presentation date: 2011.03

  • Efficient screening of xylose isomerase genes from soil metagenome for bioethanol production

    Presentation date: 2011.01

  • Development of Single Template PCR Technology with Capillary Plate toward single-cell analysis

    Presentation date: 2010.12

  • Pre-amplified inverse PCR-based method to obtain novel full length putative xylA genes from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2010.12

  • ヘミセルロース系バイオエタノール生産に向けたキシロースイソメラーゼのメタゲノムからの探索

    Presentation date: 2010.10

  • Screening of cadmium accumulation clones from marine sponge metagenome

    Presentation date: 2010.10

  • Molecular diet analysis for marine animal larvae: Efficiency of PNA-mediated PCR clamping

    Presentation date: 2010.10

  • Identification of polykethosynthase producers from marine sponge using the single cell approach

    Presentation date: 2010.10

  • Molecular diversity of xylose isomerase for bioethanol production

    Presentation date: 2010.09

  • 土壌メタゲノムからのゲルマイクロドロップ (GMD)を用いた高速リパーゼスクリーニング法の開発

    Presentation date: 2010.09

  • 単一細胞内遺伝子発現デジタル解析に向けた1分子cDNAの検出

    Presentation date: 2010.09

  • カイメン共在バクテリアメタゲノムからのバイオプロセス酵素のin silicoスクリーニング

    Presentation date: 2010.05

  • PNA probeによるPCR clampingの検討-海産動物稚仔の消化管内容物解析に向けて-

    Presentation date: 2010.05

  • カイメン共在バクテリアメタゲノムライブラリーからのカドミウム濃縮及び耐性に関与する新規遺伝子の獲得

    Presentation date: 2010.05

  • 土壌メタゲノムを用いたバイオエタノール生産のためのキシロースイソメラーゼ遺伝子の多様性解析

    Presentation date: 2010.03

  • カイメン共在バクテリアメタゲノムからの新規カドミウム濃縮遺伝子の同定

    Presentation date: 2010.03

  • 単一細胞解析に向けた同時並列個別増幅法の開発

    Presentation date: 2010.03

  • 海洋動物稚仔の消化管内容物解析のためのPNA-mediated PCR clamping最適条件の検討

    Presentation date: 2010.03

  • Metagenome analysis of bacteria associated with marine sponges

    Presentation date: 2009.12

  • Development of single template amplification and product immobilization with single bead trap array

    Presentation date: 2009.11

  • Screening of bacterial xylose isomerase from soil metagenome

    Presentation date: 2009.09

  • カイメン共在バクテリアメタゲノムから分離した新規カドミウム濃縮遺伝子

    Presentation date: 2009.09

  • パイロシークエンスに向けた1分子cDNA増幅集積技術の開発

    Presentation date: 2009.09

  • Development of single template amplification and product immobilization on a single bead

    Presentation date: 2009.07

  • Coral microflora dynamics under different environmental conditions in Okinawa shallow reef, Japan

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Research Projects

  • 土壌微生物叢アトラスに基づいた環境制御による循環型協生農業プラットフォーム構築

    国立研究開発法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構  ムーンショット型研究開発制度

    Project Year :

    2020.12
    -
    2030.03
     

  • 日本海溝乱泥流物質供給システムと超深海・海底下微生物生態系との広域時空相関の解明

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業

    Project Year :

    2022.04
    -
    2025.03
     

    稲垣 史生, 竹山 春子, 星野 辰彦, 田中 周平, 西川 洋平

  • シングルセルメタゲノミクスを活用した臨床・環境試料のマイクロバイオーム解析

    国立研究開発法人日本医療研究開発機構  新興・再興感染症研究基盤創生事業

    Project Year :

    2020
    -
    2023.03
     

  • Development of platform for ultra high-throughput screening of novel bioactive compound producers

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

    Project Year :

    2017.05
    -
    2022.03
     

    takeyama haruko

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    High-throughput screening of biologically active substance-producing bacteria and their metabolic gene clusters is expected to lead to the acquisition and production of new lead compounds for drug discovery. In this project, we have developed a screening method for bioactive substance-producing strains using raman micro-spectroscopy at the single-cell level and a high-throughput single-cell genome analysis technique with droplet microfluidics. We have established a new platform for the efficient screening for microbes producing novel bioactive substances.

  • 糖尿病個別化予防を加速するマイクロバイオーム解析AIの開発

    厚生労働省  厚労科研費

    Project Year :

    2021.04
    -
    2022.03
     

  • 食サイクルのイノベーション(フード&アグリテック)未来共創拠点

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  共創の場形成支援プログラム

    Project Year :

    2020.12
    -
    2022.03
     

  • 創薬等支援のための1細胞・微小生体組織の トランスクリプトーム解析

    国立研究開発法人日本医療研究開発機構  創薬等ライフサイエンス研究支援基盤事業

    Project Year :

    2017
    -
    2022.03
     

  • ゲノム情報をもとにした駿河湾生物資源の網羅的解析とデータベース化

    マリンオープンイノベーション機構  BISHOP コンソーシアムにおける共同研究委託 業務

    Project Year :

    2021.04
    -
    2022.02
     

  • Why does Fugu pufferfish have a resistance to bacterial infection? Research to seek the mechanism of disease resistance in Fugu.

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

    Project Year :

    2017.04
    -
    2021.03
     

    Sakai Masahiro

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    In the late years, with the expansion of the marine cultured fish species, the damage due to unprecedented fish diseases and the new pathogen becomes a big problem. On the other hand, the tiger pufferfish, Takifugu rubripes is known to resist much infectious diseases, unlike many other aquculture fish species. In this research project, the mechanism of the disease resistance of the tiger pufferfish suggested that the innate immune response was different by comparing the role of the innate immunity mainly on cytokine in the bacterial infection of the tiger pufferfish with the Japanese flounder. In addition, the findings from the analyses on the role of IL-17 suggested that the IL-17 pathway was involved in the maintenance of a healthy gut microbiotaby controlling the expression of many antimicrobial genes in the intestine of Japanese medaka. Our future goal aims the development of a new immunostimulant using cytokine functions for aquaculture farming.

  • 育種を加速するパスウェイ型シミュレータの開発とバイオデータ連携基盤構築

    農林水産省  民間事業者等の種苗開発を支える「スマート育種システム」の開発

    Project Year :

    2019
    -
    2020.03
     

  • アトピー性皮膚炎の個別化医療・予測医療実現に向けた、皮膚トランスクリプトーム解析研究

    国立研究開発法人日本医療研究開発機構  日本医療研究開発機構研究費

    Project Year :

    2017
    -
    2020.03
     

  • 細胞内微小サンプル計測を目的としたマイクロ・ナノドロップレットハンドリング

    文部科学省  科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(A)

    Project Year :

    2016.04
    -
    2019.03
     

  • シングルセルゲノム情報に基づいた海洋難培養微生物メタオミックス解析による環境リスク数理モデルの構築

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業CREST「海洋生物多様性および生態系の保全・再生に資する基盤技術の創出」

    Project Year :

    2012
    -
    2019.03
     

  • Bioenrichment of useful but uncultivable microorganisms using marine invertebrates

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2011
    -
    2013
     

    CHO NARITOSHI

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    Although a key issue is to find enzymes and/or marine microorganisms which efficiently degrade seaweed, many bacteria are difficult to culture. We attempted enrichment of gut microflora of marine invertebrates by controlling food supply. A brown macro alga (Ecklonia cava) was fed to sea snail (Turbo cornutus) and sea hare (Dolabella auricularia) for a month. Using DNA extracted from gut, 16S rDNA was amplified by PCR and cloned. Nucleotide sequences of a total of 96 clones per individual were determined. In the sea snail, Vibrio spp. drastically decreased and Psychrilyobacter spp. progressively increased, suggesting Psychrilyobacter spp. may have enzymes for efficiently degrading the macro alga. We also observed many alginate lyase genes and the increased enzyme activity as well. Thus, the bacterial flora can be modified through consecutive feeding of specific seaweed, and enriched gut microflora can be a rich source of the highly efficient enzymes for total seaweed degradation.

  • Surveillance studies for promotion of the capacity building concerning Integrated Management of Chemicals

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2010
    -
    2012
     

    MASUDA Masaru, TAKEYAMA Haruko

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    We carried out surveillance studies for the capacity building of integrated management of chemicals in Japan. Then, we proposed “A Draft of the Law concerning Integrated Management of Chemicals" to the society, in which we showed concrete ideas of restructuring fundamentally Japanese current legal and administrative system into more comprehensive and open to citizen.

  • Development of a pyrosequence-based technique for HIV drug-resistance diagnosis

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2009
    -
    2011
     

    TAKEYAMA Haruko, SUGIURA Wataru, OKAMURA Yoshiko, MORI Tetsushi

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    The aim of this research is to develop a single-cell analytical technique based on pyrosequencing to accurately identify diverse mutations within HIV and to conduct sequence-based elucidation of the mechanisms related to HIV quasispecies formation. As a result, we were successful in the establishment of a system for measuring cDNA molecules to as low as 10 copies. Furthermore, we were also successful in tracing the coevolution between the subtypes of HIV quasispecies-related proviral DNA, Gag and PR.

  • Use of Biosurfactants for Monitoring and Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2009
    -
    2011
     

    OHKAWA Hideo, OHTA Masaya, TAKEYAMA Haroko

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    It was attempted to develop convenien polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) based on molecular mechanisms of biological functions in mammals. (1) Recombinant aryl hydrocarbon receptor(AhR)-mediatedβ-glucuronidase(GUS) reporter gene expression systems were each introduced into tobacco t biochemical assays of and Arabidopsis plants. The transgenic plants were developed for GUS assays of PCBs. Particularly, the use of biosurfactants improved GUS assay sensitivity of PCBs in the transgenic plants. (2) Monoclonal and recombinant antibodies specific to PCBs were prepared for development of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays(ELISAs) of PCBs. The ELISAs selectively detected coplanar PCBs.

  • Development and expansion of evaluation indicators for chemicals management in order to advance Capacity Building of Integrated Management of Chemicals

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2007
    -
    2009
     

    MASUDA Masaru, TAKEYAMA Haruko

  • Comprehensive development of bacterial ability for the degradation ofchlorinated environmental pollutants using unexplored genetic sources

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2006
    -
    2008
     

    NAGATA Yuji, TSUDA Masataka, OHTSUBO Yoshiyuki, JIRI Damborsky, SENDA Toshiya, TANOKURA Masaru, TAKEYAM Haaruko

  • The development of accurate quantitative and digital tools for Lifesurveyor

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2005
    -
    2008
     

    KAMBARA Hideki, TAKEYAMA Haruko, SHIKU Hitoshi, KOBATAKE Eiri, AKIYAMA Yutaka, OKAMURA Yoshiko

  • Simultaneous identification system for fisheries animals using ITS chip

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2005
    -
    2007
     

    CHO Naritoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, OOHATA Ichiro, UENO Yasuhiro, YOSHIMURA Taku

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    Sample size collected from wide variety of marine animals reached to 1,000 species at the end of 2007. Among them, we attempted to amplify the homologous. ITS1 region in 775 individuals from 600 species and observed successful single fragment amplification in 688 individuals. We determined entire or partial nucleotide sequences of 315 individuals from 273 species. All these sequences determined have been deposited to the database. We investigated the length and GC content of the ITS1 region that may have significant correlation with hybridization efficiency. No species was found to have ITS1shorter than 100 bp. In general, ITS1 of vertebrate(fishes) was GC richer(56.8 to 78 %) and longer(318 to 2300 bp) than invertebrates. Specifically, gelatinous animal(Cnidana and Ctenophora) were observed to have shorter ITS1(118 to 422 bp) with lower GC content(35.8 to 61.7 %) than the other animal taxa. Mollusca and Crustacea were diverse group in ITSl size, ranging from 108 to 1118 bp for the former and from 182 to 1613 bp for the later. No apparent relationship between the length and GC content was observed. The prototype chip designed last year was spotted with PCR products, and we could not get better discrimination results. In this year, we designed oligo probes(c. a. 60 nt) from 200 species, which do not share any similar nucleotide sequences one another, and these probes were spotted on the chip. Hybridization experiment using PCR products with this chip indicated the efficiency for species-specific hybridization was considerably improved.

  • Nano-screening of marine symbiotic consortium for useful bio-materials and their analyses

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2003
    -
    2005
     

    TAKEYAMA Haruko, TANAKA Tuyoshi, ARAKAKI Atsushi, MARUYAMA Tadashi

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    Recently, marine microbial consortium has been paid attention as new targets for screening of biologically active agents and so on. However, most of bacteria in environment are unculturable and unidentified. In this study, we aimed to have gene resources and develop the micro-assay system for small number of cells which are directly collected. investigate biodiversity, species identification of bacteria associated with marine sponge and coral, which are well known to produce several biologically active agents. Furthermore, methods for their efficient collection from host cells and genome amplification, and micro-screening system have been developed.
    Microbial cells were sorted by using flow cytometer and their 16SrDNA analyses were performed before/after cell sorting. 16SrDNA analysis showed that various kinds of bacteria which were not found in the sample not sorted were observed in the sorted cell samples. Those cells are not enough number of cells for construction of genome library. They are subjected to genome amplification by MDA method using phai-29 DNA polymerase. It was confirmed that enough genome DNA was amplified and amplicons less than 10 Kb were not chimeric when the model microbes were used. Furthermore, amine-coated nano-beads showed high performance in DNA extraction/collection.
    In order to micro-screening of useful materials, several devises were constructed. Cell-capture devise constructed showed 90% cell capture without any non-specific adsorption. Furthermore, micro-capillary devise for micro-screening was also constructed. In the devise, gradient of chemicals introduced into capillary was observed. This showed that it is possible to examine biological effect of target chemicals under the various of their concentration.

  • Elucidation of Mechanisms for Biomagnetite Formation and Its Application

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2001
    -
    2005
     

    MATSUNAGA Tadashi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, ARAKAKI Atsushi

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    In this research project, we conducted research in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics for the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 to clarify the molecular mechanism of biomagnetite synthesis. Initially, the whole genome sequence of M. magneticum AMB-1 was analyzed and was found to consist of a single circular chromosome of 4,967,148 base pairs in size. In order to identify the genes involved in biomagnetite formation, DNA microarray was designed based on 4492 genes annotated from the whole genome sequence of M magneticum AMB-1, and the global gene expression of iron inducible genes was analyzed. From the global gene expression profile, genes involved in iron uptake systems and signal transduction controlling the on/ off of magnetite formation were identified. M. magneticum AMB-1 possesses several iron uptake systems which are common but the encoded gene regulation is unusual. Proteomic analysis was also employed in which SDS-PAGE and 2D-gel electrophoresis profiles revealed several biomagnetite membrane-specific proteins which play crucial roles in biomagnetic mineralization. These proteins were purified and further characterized. One of the identified proteins tightly bound to the biomagnetite was produced, and artificial magnetite was synthesized in the presence of the isolated protein. Production of artificially shape-controlled magnetite was also conducted using peptides including specific motif of the protein. The elucidation of the mechanism of biomagnetite formation provides a roadmap for the design of novel nano-biomaterials useful in multidisciplinary fields.
    For large amount of protein display onto biomagnetite, anchor molecules and promoters were optimized, and several functional proteins were displayed onto biomagnetite. In the result, we have succeeded in assembling seven-transmembrane proteins, G protein coupled receptors (GPCRS) on biomagnetites.

  • Application of buoyant marine cyanobacteriaon to eco-monitoring

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2000
    -
    2002
     

    TAKEYAMA Haruko, TAKANO Hiroyuki, WAKE Hitoshi, TSUYOSHI Tanaka

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    This study aimed to construct a monitoring system for environmental toxic factors employing buoyant marine cyanobacteria harboring a reporter gene with environmental stimulus-response elements.
    Marine cyanobacteria from our culture collection were screened for buoyancy using the sucrosegradient method. Furthermore, floating culture system for marine cyanobacreria was also constructed using buoyant coal-ash materials.
    In order to construct recombinant cyanobacteria for environmental monitoring, we isolated stimulus-response elements (the stimulus-inducible promoter and its regulator region) from a marine cyanobacterium. Synechococcus sp. through its mini-genomic library using the shuttle vector pSRL4 with luxAB genes as a reporter. Three stimulus-response cyanobacterial clones were obtained from 181 recombinant clones where one clone for UVA responsive and two clones for NaCl. Furthermore, several strong promoters were also found. Sequencing analysis showed that these clones had transcriptional control regions and promoters.
    These results shows that eco-monitoring for several environmental impacts could be achieved by using above reporter cyanobacteria and floating system

  • Analyses of physiological factors regulating oocyte maturation and early development of a hermaphrodite pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    1999
    -
    2000
     

    OSHIRO Takashi, TAKEYAMA Haruko

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    (1) Snails could be stimulated to oviposit egg-mass within 3h by their transfer from polluted stagnant water into clean aerated one. MALDI-MS analysis revealed that caudo-dorsal cell hormone (CDCH) were released from cerebral commissure(COM) into haemolymph (HL) within 30 min after transfer. The crude extracts of COM with dorsal bodies (DB) could induce in vitro gamete-release(oocytes and sperm) from the dissected ovotesis-digestive gland complex.
    (2) Ovulated oocytes soon appeared, moved and fertilized in the distal part of spermoviduct (DSO). Meiosis and cleavage could be induced by immersing DSO oocytes in snail saline, HL and distilled water, while they were strictly inhibited in vivo till spawning. Isolated oocytes just spawned with capsule (egg membrane + perivitelline fluid) could show polar body formation and cleavage in hypotonic solution of mannitol but in hypertonic ones they could not. Immersion test showed that most osmolytes with low molecular weight immediately penetrate the capsule, which always keep perivitelline fluid hypertonic than HL by inner colloid osmotic pressure. This seems to be the major reason why oocyte meiosis can never be allowed before spawning.
    (3) Immersion of spawning snails in 10^<-3>〜10^<-1>M solution of β-ecdysone slightly increased the whole volume of egg capsule. Formation of perivitelline fluid may be stimulated by this steroid.
    (4) Complementary DNA of ecdysone receptor was not obtained by RT-PCR from the extract of the reproductive tract of mature snails.
    (5) HPLC-EIA demonstrated that β-ecdysone level in HL reached the peak at the early phase of oocyte-packaging (at the secretion of albumen gland) and rapidly decreased. Alpha-ecdysone level gradually increased and showed the peak around spawning time. Then β-ecdysone may play an important role in preventing meiosis through the formation of perivitelline fluid.

  • Screening of enviromental stress response elements and their application

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    1999
    -
    2000
     

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

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    Various environmental stresses are present in the nature. The common stresses are physicochemical stresses such as temperature, osmotic pressure, radiation, pressure, gas composition, contamination of toxic chemicals/metals, etc. Microorganisms quickly respond to those environmental stresses at genetic level for their survival or homeostasis. The present study attempted to screen gene elements resulting gene expression caused by response to various stress conditions.
    At first, we attempted to construct a genome library of marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., using a marine cyanobacterium as a host organism. However, it was unexpectedly unsuitable to construct the library, since the transformation efficiency cyanobacteria was low. E.coli cells were, then, employed as the host organism for the construction of total genome library of the Synechococcus strain. Before the transformation of E.coli, a plasmid vector baring replication region for cyanobacteria was constructed. The lauxAB as a reporter gene was also inserted in the vector at the down stream of cloning site. Gene fragments between 0.5-2.0 kbp in length were used for cloning. Genome library with 2000 clones was constructed using E.coli as a host. Vectors were purified from 84 clones selected randomly. Size of inserted fragments was analyzed by the agarose gel eloctrophoresis. Only 25% of clones retained gene fragments between 0.5-2.0 kbp in length and the others retained smaller fragments. Luminescences due to the expression of LauxAB were observed from 20% of the clones, indicating that cloned fragments in those clones contain promoter region(s). These results indicated that the constructed vector system must be efficient for screening of stress response elements.

  • Molecular analysis of UV-A resistant operon in a marine cyanobacterium.

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    1998
    -
    2000
     

    MATSUNAGA Tadashi, TAKEYAMA Haruko

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    A filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria NKBG091600 can grow under UV-A irradiation with white light. The cyanobacterium produces biopterin-glycoside, UV-A absorbing compound, in the cell depending on the UV-A irradiation. In this report, molecular mechanisms of the UV-A tolerant growth of the cyanobacterium were studied. Under the growth of UV-A radiation, a protein of 60 kDa was highly expressed at 8 hours after irradiation. The expression of this protein was accompanied by an increase of biopterin-glucoside amount. N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 60 kDa protein was homologous to cyanobacterial GroEL which was known well as a heat shock protein in various organisms. Northern hybridization analysis showed that the level of groEL mRNA increased depending on the UV-A irradiation, showing that the induction of GroEL was due to the activation of transcription level. A genomic DNA fragment containing the GroESL operon (GroES+GroEL) in the cyanobacterium was cloned by using PCR with primers designed from those reported from cyanobacteria. By a detailed analysis of the gene structure, CIRCE (Controlled Inverted Repeat of Chaperone Expression) region was found at upper stream of GroES, while the distance between the CIRCE and GroES were two-fold longer than those in Synechococcus PCC 7942 and Synechocystis PCC 6803. A SOS box-like region was also found between the CIRCE and GroES.It was not found in Synechococcus PCC 7942 and Synechocystis PCC 6803. The SOS box-like region functioned as SOS regulator in E.coli cells. These differences in genome structure indicated that expression of GroESL iut the UV-A tolerant cyanobacterium was regulated by complex way comparing from those in other cyanobacteria. In addition to the increase of biopterin-glycosides and GroEL, myxoxanthophyll was also found to increase in the UV-A tolerant cyanobacterium. UV-A tolerance of the cyanobacterium resulted on complex mechanism containing at least three factors, (1) induction of biopterin-glycoside production, (2) induction of GroESL transcription, and (3) accumulation of carotenids and xanthophylls. Future studies will be required for developing the techniques for creation of UV-A tolerant organisms.

  • Development of miniaturized fully-automated immunoassay robot using magnetic particles from recombinant magnetic bacteria

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    1998
    -
    1999
     

    MATSUNAGA Tadashi, TAJIMA Shuji, YOHDA Masafumi, TAKEYAMA Haruko

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    Recently, analysis of the genes concerned with magnetic particle synthesis has been undertaken in Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1. The magA gene was isolated from a nonmagnetic mutant generated by transposon mutagenesis from AMB-1, and completely sequenced. MagA can be used as an anchor protein to express various foreign proteins on membrane of bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) without the need for chemical cross-linking. We have cloned a proteinA-magA hybrid gene into magnetic bacterium strain AMB-1, and produced protein A-BMP complexes. In this study, we developed a fully automated chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay by using a magnetic separation of antibody-protein A-BMP complexes.
    The luminescence intensity of protein A-BMP complexes was 20 times higher than that of BMP from wild type AMB-1. Protein A was successfully expressed on the BMP membrane, and has IgG Fc region-binding activity. Human IgG concentration was measured by fully-automated chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay system using antibody-protein A-BMP complexes and ALP-antibody. Automated immunoassay system contains a reaction station, tip rack and an automated eight pipettor that is able to attach and detach a strong magnet to a tip surface, and correspondent to 96 well microtiter plate. Microtiter plate can be mounted in the reaction station. There is one rack to hold 8 x 3 tips for reaction. Each reagents is applied to 8 lines of microtiter plate. Dose-response curve was obtained between the luminescence intensity and human IgG concentration. Detection limit was 1 pg/ml. In conclusion, chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay using antibody-protein A-BMP complexes was developed full-automatically. The fully automated immunoassay system allows precise assay of human insulin in serum.

  • Analysis of salinity dependent copy number control of a marine cyanobacterial endogenous plasmid and its application

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    1996
    -
    1997
     

    TAKEYAMA Haruo

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    The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG042902 grows well in the presence of 0-5% NaCl. The copy number of the marine plasmid pSY10 (2561bp) from this strain was found to be controlled by changing the NaCl concentration of the culture medium. The pSY10 was maintained at a high copy number under seawater conditions, and at a low copy number under fresh water conditions. The RepA protein sequence was found on pSY10 and RepA protein revealed to participate in pSY10 replication. The mechanism of pSY10 replication involving the RepA protein and regulation of repA gene expression have been elucidated under different salinities. The region for stabilizing replication of plasmid was found at downstream of the repA gene. This region was consisted of two parts depressing (m region) or enhancing (p region) replication of plasmid. Band-shift assay indicated that RepA protein in the extract from cells grown under seawater conditions bound to the m region, resulting in a high copy number. On the other hand, no binding was observed in the extract from cells grown under fresh water conditions. Transcription of the repA gene was speculated to be depressed under fresh water conditions and small amount of RepA protein was available to bind to the m region. The extract from the cells grown under fresh water conditions not showed the existence of a certain protein bound to the promoter of the repA gene. This phenomenon was observed in Synechococcus sp. NKBG042902 not in another cyanobacterial host transformed by pSY10-hybrid plasmid. This suggests that the protein regulating transcription of the repA gene is expressed from the host chromosome under fresh water conditions. A stress-responsive protein is expressed from chromosome of NKBG042902 under fresh water conditions and depress the expression of RepA protein, resulting in a low copy number of pSY10. This is a novel plasmid replication mechanism involving chromosomal control.

  • 単一細胞内DNA分子数の新規デジタルカウンティング手法の開発

    科学研究費助成事業(早稲田大学)  科学研究費助成事業(基盤研究(B))

  • 生理活性物質のin vivoハイスループットスクリーニングシステムの構築

    科学研究費助成事業(早稲田大学)  科学研究費助成事業(挑戦的萌芽研究)

  • 直接PCR法による窒素固定藍藻の迅速かつ簡便な検出と評価

    科学研究費助成事業(東京農工大学)  科学研究費助成事業(奨励研究(A))

  • 抗体固定化担体としての自己分散-凝集制御型ナノスフェアの開発

    科学研究費助成事業(東京農工大学)  科学研究費助成事業(特定領域研究(A))

  • 好塩性微細藻類が分泌する硫酸多糖の生理活性評価と環境浄化への応用

    科学研究費助成事業(東京農工大学)  科学研究費助成事業(特定領域研究(A))

  • 単一細胞機能評価の新手法

    科学研究費助成事業(東京農工大学)  科学研究費助成事業(特定領域研究(B))

  • 淡水産腹足類(Lymnaea)のゲノムを利用した新生物資源作出法に関する研究

    科学研究費助成事業(東京水産大学)  科学研究費助成事業(萌芽的研究)

  • 生体高分子固定化・回収担体としての自己分散-凝集制御型ナノスフェアの開発

    科学研究費助成事業(東京農工大学)  科学研究費助成事業(特定領域研究(A))

  • マイクロフルイディックエンジニアリングの深化と生体分子高感度定量計測への展開

    科学研究費助成事業(早稲田大学)  科学研究費助成事業(基盤研究(S))

  • ボン大学 Joern Piel カイメン共在バクテリアメタゲノム由来ポリケタイド

  • ボン大学 Michael Hoch 抗菌ペプチド生産共生微生物の解析

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  • Development of in situ screening method for actinomycetes secondary metabolites from colonies using Raman spectroscopy

    諏訪駿之介, 諏訪駿之介, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, 堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 松本厚子, 穴井豊昭, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(Web)   103rd  2023

    J-GLOBAL

  • Mycelial differentiation associated regulation of avermectin production in Streptomyces avermitilis investigated with Raman microspectroscopic imaging

    堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, SAMUEL Ashok, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本農芸化学会大会講演要旨集(Web)   2023  2023

    J-GLOBAL

  • Development of therapeutic agents for hepatitis C viruses using actinomycetes

    阿南美穂, 阿南美穂, 渡邉則幸, 中島琢自, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 相崎英樹, 村松正道, 村松正道, 脇田隆字

    日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・予稿集(Web)   70th  2023

    J-GLOBAL

  • 微生物群集の構造と動態の理解 シングルセルゲノミクスによる環境微生物相の分布調査(Understanding microbial community structures and dynamics A distribution survey of environmental microbiome by single-cell genomics)

    星野 仁彦, 吉田 光範, 西川 洋平, 鈴木 仁人, 深野 華子, 竹山 春子, 鈴木 敏彦

    日本細菌学雑誌   77 ( 1 ) 17 - 17  2022.02

  • Localization analysis of avermectin production during mycelial differentiation in Streptomyces avermitilis investigated with Raman imaging

    堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, ASHOK Samuel, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web)   45th  2022

    J-GLOBAL

  • Detection of mangromicin analogs by using Raman spectroscopy and multivariate spectral analysis.

    向島諒, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, SAMUEL Ashok, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(Web)   101st  2021

    J-GLOBAL

  • 海洋由来微生物が生産する新規物質-Physicochemical screeningによる新規物質の探索-

    中島琢自, 松尾洋孝, 大村智, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   21st  2021

    J-GLOBAL

  • In situ Detection of Penicillin and Avermectin in Microbes by Raman Microspectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

    堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, SAMUEL Ashok Zachariah, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(Web)   101st  2021

    J-GLOBAL

  • Detection of Mangromicin analogs by using Raman microspectroscopy

    向島諒, 安藤正浩, 安藤正浩, ASHOK Samuel, 中島琢自, 高橋洋子, 松本厚子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(CD-ROM)   100th  2020

    J-GLOBAL

  • In situ Detection of Penicillin and Avermectin in Microbes by Raman Microspectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

    堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 安藤正弘, 安藤正弘, 中島琢自, 中島琢自, ASHOK Samuel, 松本厚子, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本農芸化学会大会講演要旨集(Web)   2020  2020

    J-GLOBAL

  • 顕微ラマン多変量スペクトル分解法を用いた生理活性物質penicillin及びavermectinの菌体内検出

    堀井俊平, 安藤正浩, 安藤正浩, 武晃, 武晃, SAMUEL Ashok, 中島琢自, 松本厚子, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(CD-ROM)   99th  2019

    J-GLOBAL

  • 顕微ラマン多変量スペクトル分解法を用いた放線菌S.avermitilisにおける生理活性物質avermectinの菌体内検出

    堀井俊平, 堀井俊平, 中島琢自, 中島琢自, 武晃, 安藤正浩, 安藤正浩, 松本厚子, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本放線菌学会大会講演要旨集   34th  2019

    J-GLOBAL

  • 報告されているアシクロビル治療抵抗性HSV-1脳炎患者で検出されたHSV-1チミジンキナーゼ遺伝子変異のアシクロビル耐性誘導能

    稲垣 拓哉, 藤井 ひかる, 佐藤 正明, 山田 壮一, 吉河 智城, 柴村 美帆, 原田 志津子, 竹山 春子, 西條 政幸

    NEUROINFECTION   23 ( 2 ) 209 - 209  2018.10

  • アルギン酸分解におけるFalsirhodobacter sp.alg1株の特性評価

    モリ テツシ, 高橋真美, 三宅英雄, 柴田敏行, 田中礼士, 張成年, 黒田浩二, 竹山春子, 植田充実

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   19th   90  2017.06

    J-GLOBAL

  • 腫瘍内微小不均一性解明のための空間トランスクリプトミクス解析技術の確立

    中山淳, 中山淳, 有川浩司, 有川浩司, 丸山徹, 丸山徹, 松永浩子, 依田卓也, 細川正人, 細川正人, 神原秀記, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 仙波憲太郎, 仙波憲太郎

    日本生化学会大会(Web)   90th   [4AT27 - 1362)]  2017

    J-GLOBAL

  • メダカ腸管におけるIL-17A/F1の役割について

    引間順一, 池田大介, 和泉幹久, 森本和月, 河野智哉, 酒井正博, 竹山春子, 青木宙, 水澤奈々美, 渡部終五, 木下政人

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   19th  2017

    J-GLOBAL

  • 顕微ラマン分光法と多変量スペクトル分解法によるペニシリンのin vivo検出

    吉田雅駿, 宮岡理美, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, 野中健一, 松本厚子, 高橋洋子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   19th  2017

    J-GLOBAL

  • 顕微ラマン分光法と多変量スペクトル分解法を組み合わせたペニシリンのin situ検出

    吉田雅駿, 宮岡理美, 安藤正浩, 中島琢自, 野中健一, 高橋洋子, 浜口宏夫, 竹山春子, 竹山春子, 竹山春子

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   69th  2017

    J-GLOBAL

  • Exonuclease processivity of archaeal replicative DNA polymerase in association with PCNA is expedited by mismatches in DNA

    Hirokazu Nishida, Yoda Takuya, Maiko Tanabe, Toshiyuki Tsuji, Takao Yoda, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshizumi Ishino

    GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS   91 ( 6 ) 367 - 367  2016.12

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

  • Relationship between intestinal flora and cytokine gene expression in intestine of tilapia administered with probiotics

    Takashi Aoki, Urara Watanabe, Haruko Takeyama, Masahira Hattori, Wataru Suda, Jun-ichi Hikima, Masahiro Sakai, Sasimanas Unajak, Mavichak Rapeepat

    FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY   53   119 - 120  2016.06

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

  • 日本脳炎ウイルスを利用した新規ワクチンプラットフォームの開発

    鈴木 亮介, 嵯峨 涼平, 藤本 陽, 渡邉 則幸, 松田 麻未, 長谷川 慎, 渡士 幸一, 相崎 英樹, 中村 紀子, 小西 英二, 加藤 孝宣, 田島 茂, 高崎 智彦, 竹山 春子, 脇田 隆字

    日本生化学会大会・日本分子生物学会年会合同大会講演要旨集   88回・38回   [2P1179] - [2P1179]  2015.12

  • Effects of the PCNA-DNA interactions on the DNA polymerase/exonuclease reactions by archaeal replicative DNA polymerase

    Hirokazu Nishida, Takuya Yoda, Maiko Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshizumi Ishino

    GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS   90 ( 6 ) 388 - 388  2015.12

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

  • 1P-036 Highly efficient alginate lyases from Falsirhodobacter sp. alg1

    Mori Tetsushi, Takahashi Mami, Tanaka Reiji, Shibata Toshiyuki, Seinen Cho, Kuroda Kouichi, Ueda Mitsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko

      67   97 - 97  2015

    CiNii

  • 1P-257 Identification of the producers of bioactive compounds from marine sponge Theonella swinhoei by using Raman microspectroscopy

    Miyaoka Rimi, Mori Tetsushi, Hosokawa Masahito, Ando Masahiro, Kogawa Masato, Nishikawa Yohei, Hamaguchi Hiro-o, Piel Jorn, Takeyama Haruko

      67   153 - 153  2015

    CiNii

  • 1P-256 Development of a technique for massively parallel genome amplification of single cells using droplet microfluidics

    Hosokawa Masahito, Nishikawa Yohei, Kogawa Masato, Takeyama Haruko

      67   152 - 152  2015

    CiNii

  • 2P-025 Localization of commensal bacteria inside Drosophila gut

    Chijiiwa Rieka, Takahashi Mami, Mori Tetsushi, Takeyama Haruko

      67   181 - 181  2015

    CiNii

  • 高病原性鳥インフルエンザA(H5N1)ウイルスの経鼻不活化全粒子ワクチンにより誘導されたヒトモノクローナル抗体の特性解析

    齊藤慎二, VAN RIET Elly, 相内章, 鈴木忠樹, 池田千将, 伊藤良, 泉池恭輔, 高橋宜聖, 浅沼秀樹, 小田切孝人, 田代眞人, 田村愼一, 竹山春子, 長谷川秀樹

    日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・抄録集   62nd   387  2014.10

    J-GLOBAL

  • Annual dynamics of microflora associated with a reef coral Acropora tenuis in Okinawa s hallow reef(The Joint Meeting of Japanese Environmental Microbiology-related Associations 2014)

      68 ( 2 ) 97 - 97  2014.10

    CiNii

  • ヒト化マウスの麻疹ウイルスベクター評価系への応用(3)

    池野翔太, 池野翔太, 寺原和孝, 駒瀬勝啓, 竹田誠, 森川裕子, 竹山春子, 横田(恒次)恭子, 横田(恒次)恭子

    日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・抄録集   62nd  2014

    J-GLOBAL

  • 経鼻インフルエンザワクチンにより誘導されたヒトモノクローナル抗体の特性解析

    齊藤慎二, VAN RIET Elly, 相内章, 鈴木忠樹, 大原有樹, 池田千将, 伊藤良, 泉池恭輔, 高橋宜聖, 浅沼秀樹, 小田切孝人, 田代眞人, 田村愼一, 竹山春子, 長谷川秀樹

    日本ワクチン学会学術集会プログラム・抄録集   18th   94  2014

    J-GLOBAL

  • 2P-032 High efficiency screening of peptides stimulate neutrophils among the metagenome library derived from sponge-associated bacteria

    Shiida Atsuyuki, Takahashi Hirokazu, Suzuki katsuhiko, Takeyama Haruko, Okamura Yoshiko

      65   111 - 111  2013

    CiNii

  • 1P-162 Bioenrichment of bacteria degrading seaweed-derived polysaccharides in the gut of marine invertebrates

    Ito Michihiro, Watanabe Kotaro, Mori Tetsushi, Maruyama Toru, Midorikawa Naoko, Cho Seinen, Takeyama Haruko

      65   58 - 58  2013

    CiNii

  • 1P-166 Screening for exolytic alginate lyases from marine bacteria

    Mori Tetsushi, Takahashi Mami, Midorikawa Naoko, Shibata Toshiyuki, Kuroda Kouichi, Ueda Mitsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko

      65   59 - 59  2013

    CiNii

  • 2P-199 Evaluation of respiratory activity of Escherichia coli at single cell level by using Raman microspectroscopy

    Eijima Yuki, Ando masahiro, Mori Tetsushi, hamaguchi Hiro-o, Takeyama Haruko

      65   154 - 154  2013

    CiNii

  • 3P-187 In vivo detection of secondary metabolites in Streptomyces nodosus by using Raman microspectroscopy

    Miyaoka Rimi, Ando Masahiro, Mori Tetsushi, Hamaguchi Hiro-o, Takeyama Haruko

      65   235 - 235  2013

    CiNii

  • ヒト化マウスの麻疹ウイルスベクター評価系への応用

    池野翔太, 池野翔太, 鈴木基臣, 鈴木基臣, 寺原和孝, 石毛真行, 駒瀬勝啓, 竹田誠, 森川裕子, 中山哲夫, 柳雄介, 竹山春子, 横田恭子

    日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・抄録集   61st  2013

    J-GLOBAL

  • New Energy Utilization of Marine Biological Resources

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

    Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy   91 ( 11 ) 1149 - 1153  2012.11

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    The marine environment is remarkably diverse and harbors a wide variety of organisms that have acquired novel metabolic functions and corresponding genes through evolutionary adaptation. Marine organisms are potentially a treasure of gene resources. Especially, much attention has been paid to photosynthetic organisms because they can grow with inorganic carbon fixation, produce useful materials and convert photo-energy into bio-fuel. On the other hand, it is known that standard culturing techniques account for only 1 % or less of the bacterial diversity in the environments. Therefore, recently, marine metagenomic approach with construction of genomic libraries by direct extraction and cloning of DNA from environmental samples has been applied to analyze and utilize the unculturable microbes as gene resources. Furthermore, it has also become important tool for screening useful enzyme genes in biofuel production.

    CiNii

  • The Challenge to Utilization of Marine Genetic Resorces

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

      35 ( 9 ) 298 - 302  2012.09

    CiNii

  • 4Fp13 Screening of neutrophil activating factors from metagenomic libraries of sponge-associated bacteria

    Okamura Yoshiko, Suzuki Katsuhiko, Suzuki Yoko, Takeyama Haruko

      64   215 - 215  2012

    CiNii

  • 2Da12 Screening of novel xylose isomerase genes from soil metagenome and its cell surface display on yeast

    Hamamotoi Yuma, Nurdiani Dini, Mori Tetsushi, Kuroda Koichi, Ueda Mitsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko

      64   48 - 48  2012

    CiNii

  • 海洋資源発掘のバイオテクノロジー最前線(第63回大会シンポジウム・ワークショップ報告)

    竹山 春子, 植田 充美

    生物工学会誌 : seibutsu-kogaku kaishi   89 ( 11 ) 672 - 672  2011

    CiNii

  • 2S4a06 Analysis of marine metagenome and its application

    Takeyama Haruko

      63   99 - 99  2011

    CiNii

  • 3La01 Development of a Capillary-Plate-Based PCR Technique for the quantification of molecules in Single Cells

    MORI Tetsushi, SUZUKI Motoomi, OKAMURA Yoshiko, TAKEYAMA Haruko

      63   233 - 233  2011

    CiNii

  • 1Bp21 A high-throughput screening technique employing gel microdrops for extracellular lipase

    TAKEHIRO Natsuki, MATSUMOTO Mitsufumi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko

      63   29 - 29  2011

    CiNii

  • 2Fp07 Identification of novel cadmium accumulation and resistance from metagenome

    KOHARA Yotaro, OKAMURA Yoshiko, IWAMOTO Koji, SHIRAIWA Yoshihiro, TAKEYAMA Haruko

      63   154 - 154  2011

    CiNii

  • 2Fp05 Screening for bacterial peptides based on the metagenome database of sponge-associated bacteria

    Okamura Yoshiko, Suzuki Katsuhiko, Suzuki Yoko, Hara Kiyotaka, Takeyama Haruko

      63   154 - 154  2011

    CiNii

  • 2P-1035 Screening of xylose isomerase from, metagenome toward bioethanol production from hemicellulose

    OKAMURA Yoshiko, TERAHARA Takeshi, NURDIANI Dini, TAKEHIRO Natsuki, HAMAMOTO Yuma, TAKEYAMA Haruko

      22   17 - 17  2010

    CiNii

  • MN-O8 A single-cell based biosensing device directed for lipophilic chemical screening and evaluation(Section X Micro/Nano Technology for Analysis and Cell Manipulation)

    Mori Tetsushi, Hayashi Takuma, Hosokawa Masahito, Yoshino Tomoko, Nakasono Satoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

    Journal of bioscience and bioengineering   108 ( 1 ) S150 - S151  2009.11

    CiNii

  • MN-O6 Development of single template amplification and product immobilization with single bead trap array(Section X Micro/Nano Technology for Analysis and Cell Manipulation)

    Okamura Yoshiko, Takeyama Haruko, Shirai Masataka, Kajiyama Tomoharu, Kambara Hideki, Matsunaga Tadashi

    Journal of bioscience and bioengineering   108 ( 1 ) S150  2009.11

    CiNii

  • Development of single template amplification and product immobilization with single bead trap array

    Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama, Masataka Shirai, Tomoharu Kajiyama, Hideki Kambara, Tadashi Matsunaga

    JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING   108   S150 - S150  2009.11

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

    DOI

  • 磁性細菌表層ディスプレイ技術を利用した重金属の生物磁気濃縮

    田中祐圭, 宮坂均, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   12th   129  2009.05

    J-GLOBAL

  • Development of rare cell detection technique using a high-density cell array

    OTA K.

    Proceedings of the Chemical Sensor Symposium   47   154 - 156  2009.03

    CiNii

  • One-step separation of CD20+ cells from whole blood using bacterial magnetic particles displaying protein G

    Masayuki Takahashi, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings   1094   98 - 103  2008.12  [Refereed]

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (international conference proceedings)  

     View Summary

    Magnetic separation of target cells from mixtures, such as peripheral blood and bone marrow, has considerable practical potential in research and medical applications. Among the current cell separation techniques, magnetic cell separation using immunomagnetic particles has been routinely applied and has proven rapidness and simplicity. Magnetospirillum magneiicum AMB-1 synthesizes intracellular nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles (BacMPs) that are individually enveloped by a stable lipid bilayer membrane. BacMPs, which exhibit strong ferrimagnetism, can be collected easily with commercially available permanent magnets. In this study, a novel magnetic nanoparticle displaying protein G (protein G-BacMPs) was fabricated, and one-step cell separation for direct cell separation from whole blood was performed using the protein G-BacMPs. B lymphocytes (CD20+ cells), which cover less than 0.3 × 10-2 % of whole blood cells, were separated with 93% purity using protein G-BacMPs binding with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies. The results of this study demonstrate the utility of protein G-BacMPs and the magnetic cell separation approach based on protein G-BacMPs in numerous applications. © 2008 Materials Research Society.

  • Marine biotechnology for materials and energy production

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Yoshiko Okamura

    JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   136   S520 - S520  2008.10

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

    DOI

  • 3Ga04 Development of a biomagnetic concentration system by cell surface display in magnetotactic bacterium, Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    MAZUYAMA Eri, TANAKA Masayoshi, MIYASAKA Hitoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   20   185 - 185  2008.07

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  • 重金属の生物磁気濃縮へ向けた磁性細菌表層ディスプレイ技術の開発

    田中祐圭, 先山絵里, 宮坂均, 竹山春子, 松永是

    生化学     2T9-9  2008

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  • Cellular responses to electrochemical killing process by applying a constant potential in synchronously cultured Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

    Haruko Takeyama, Takeyuki Suzuki, Yoshiko Okamura, Tetsushi Mori, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Electrochemistry   76 ( 8 ) 603 - 605  2008

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    To elucidate the mechanism of the electrochemical killing, the global gene expression of synchronously cultured Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to electrochemical stimulus was analyzed using DNA microarray. By applying a potential of 1.0 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE), oxidative stress related genes were expressed after only 5 minutes. The gene for cta1 exhibited the highest expression level, while ROS gradually accumulated inside the cells. Genes for signal transduction which may be related to cellular apoptosis were also seen expressed.

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  • 3H09-3 Putative haloalkane dehalogenase genes from marine sponge metagenome

    ARAI Yasusuke, ITO Michihiro, YOKOUCHI Hiroko, TAKEYAMA Haruko, OHTSUBO Yoshiyuki, NAGATA Yuji, TUDA Masataka

      19   184 - 184  2007

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  • 1I11-2 Development of a Comprehensive GR Reporter Gene Assay using a Genetically Modified Stable HeLa Cell Line :

    MORI Tetsushi, SAITO Fumiyo, YOSHINO Tomoko, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      19   191 - 191  2007

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  • 2B14-1 Development of a two-enzyme immobilization onto bacterial magnetic particles for the application of pyrosequencing

    SHIMOJO Akiko, YOSHINO Tomoko, SUZUKI Shigeya, HARADA Yasuhiro, KOBATAKE Eiri, KAMBARA Hideki, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      19   64 - 64  2007

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  • 2F17-3 Development of novel materials by modification of membrane composition on bacterial magnetic particles and its application to cell separation

    YOSHINO Tomoko, TAKAHASHI Masayuki, YONEYAMA Kentaro, HORIBE Takuro, MIZOGUCHI Shinji, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      19   145 - 145  2007

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  • 2F16-4 Quantitative analysis of single-cell mRNA expression on micromesh

    HOSOKAWA Masahito, TAGUCHI Tomoyuki, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      19   144 - 144  2007

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  • 硫酸還元磁性細菌Desulfovibrio magneticus RS‐1のバイオマグネタイトに強固に吸着するタンパク質の解析

    根本理子, 新垣篤史, 田中祐圭, 中澤秀和, 神野浩二, 矢代勲, 田中剛, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本化学会バイオテクノロジー部会シンポジウム講演要旨集   9th   194  2006.09

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  • Simultaneous detection of multiple mutations conferring streptomycin resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis using nanoscale engineered biomagnetites

    Kohei Maruyama, Norikuni Uchida, Haruko Takeyama, Tetsushi Mori, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Nanobiotechnology   2 ( 3-4 ) 71 - 78  2006.09

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    Streptomycin-resistantMycobacterium tuberculosis has been attributed to two distinct classes of mutations, including point mutations within therpsL gene (three mutation sites) and therrs gene (seven mutation sites). We have developed an automated simultaneous detection system of multiple mutations based on thermal dissociation curve analysis for streptomycin resistance inM. tuberculosis using streptavidin-labeled bacterial magnetic particles (SA-BacMPs). With consideration for time and cost effectiveness, we used fewer PCR reactions, with a long PCR target (rpsL, 182 bp
    rrs, 467 bp) including multiple mutation sites. In order to improve the amount of target DNA captured on BacMPs through streptavidin-biotin binding, several reaction conditions, such as salt species and concentration in the buffer, and reaction temperature were examined. Compared to the commonly used 1M NaCl solution, the amount of DNA captured on SA-BacMPs was about six times greater (approx 5 pmoles/50 μg BacMPs) in the 2M LiCl solution. Under these conditions, automated nucleotide discriminations of 10 targets inrpsL andrrs genes of streptomycin-resistant and wild-type strains were successfully performed at the same time. Copyright © 2006 Humana Press Inc. All rights of any nature whatsoever are reserved.

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  • 1J15-4 Proteome analysis of tightly bound biomagnetite proteins

    TANAKA Masayoshi, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      18  2006.08

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  • Comprehensive identification and characterization of tightly bound magnetosome proteins in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1

    TANAKA MASAYOSHI, ARAKAKI ATSUSHI, TANAKA TSUYOSHI, TAKEYAMA HARUKO, MATSUNAGA TADASHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   86th ( 2 ) 941  2006.03

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  • Discrimination of DNA mismatches by direct force measurement for identification of tuna species

    Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tomohito Sasaki, Yosuke Amemiya, Haruko Takeyama, Seinen Chow, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Analytica Chimica Acta   561 ( 1-2 ) 150 - 155  2006.03

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    The interaction between oligonucleotides and long DNA fragments was analyzed by force curve measurements using atomic force microscopy (AFM). DNA fragments (150-base or 406-base) from the mitochondrial ATPase and cytochrome oxidase subunit III genes that contained a mismatch of one to three bases among Tunnus species were immobilized on glass slides. The statistical distribution of disruption forces between oligonucleotide probes (21-mer or 29-mer) and single stranded DNA fragments (150-base or 406-base) were analyzed by 40 or 180 force curve measurements. Histograms plotting the frequencies of disruption forces showed a wide distribution with a highest peak. The highest mean values in disruption force were obtained when DNA fragments with perfectly match sequences were employed. These results demonstrated that the specific sequence differences between long DNA fragments can be measured using force-based detection. A single base mismatch yielded a statistically significant 10% decrease in disruption force, furthermore, 2-base and 3-base mismatches provided approximately 20 and 25-30% decreases, respectively. Our results indicated that force-based detection potentially can be applied toward many other mismatched DNA detection techniques besides species-specific identification of tuna. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Phylogenetic relationships among Thunnus species inferred from rDNA ITS1 sequence

    S. Chow, T. Nakagawa, N. Suzuki, H. Takeyama, T. Matsunaga

    Journal of Fish Biology   68 ( 1 ) 24 - 35  2006.03

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    Intra and interspecific nucleotide sequence variation of rDNA first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) was analysed using all eight species of the genus Thunnus plus two out-group species within the same family, skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and striped bonito Sarda orientalis. Intraspecific nucleotide sequence variation in ITS1, including intra-genomic variation, was low, ranging from 0.003 to 0.014 [Kimura's two parameter distance (K2P)], whereas variation between species within the genus Thunnus ranged from 0.009 to 0.05. The Atlantic and Pacific northern bluefin tunas Thunnus thynnus thynnus and Thunnus thynnus orientalis, recently proposed to be distinct species, were found to share nearly identical ITS1 sequences (mean K2P = 0.006) well within the range of intraspecific variation. The northern bluefin tuna appeared to be a sister group to albacore Thunnus alalunga, with all other Thunnus species in a distinct clade. The ITS1 phylogeny was consistent with mtDNA phylogeny in clustering the three tropical Thunnus species (T. albacares, T. atlanticus and T. tonggol). Southern bluefin Thunnus maccoyii and bigeye Thunnus obesus tunas showed a closer affinity to this tropical tuna group than to the northern bluefin tuna and albacore. The molecular data supported mitochondrial introgression between species and contradicted morphological subdivision of the genus into two subgenera Neothunnus and Thunnus. © 2006 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

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  • 1K14-3 Iron oxide crystal formation on a substrate modified with Mms6 protein isolated from Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    MASUDA Fukashi, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      18   195 - 195  2006

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  • 1K14-2 Preparation of dendritic cells using antibody binding with protein A expressed on bacterial magnetic particles

    TAKAHASHI Masayuki, YOSHINO Tomoko, KUHARA Motoki, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      18   195 - 195  2006

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  • 3J11-1 Isolation of genes involved in biomagnetite formation from environmental genome

    ARAKAKI Atsushi, SHIBUSAWA Mie, SUZUKI Takeyuki, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      18   186 - 186  2006

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  • 1J15-3 Regulation of iron transport systems by FUR (ferric uptake regulator) protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    SUZUKI Takeyuki, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      18   176 - 176  2006

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  • Automated DNA Extraction from Genetically Modified Maize Using Amine Modified Bacterial Magnetic Particles

    Hiroyuki Ota, Tae-Kyu Lim, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tomoko Yoshino, Manabu Harada, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Journal of Biotechnology   125 ( 3 ) 361 - 368  2006

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  • 2D11-3 Proteome analysis of magnetosome membrane in Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1

    NEMOTO Michiko, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Masayoshi, JIN-NO Kouji, YASHIRO Isao, NAKAZAWA Hidekazu, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      17  2005.09

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  • 2D11-2 Comparative analysis with magnetosome and cytoplasmic membrane in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1.

    TANAKA Masayoshi, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      17  2005.09

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  • Magnetic nanotube fabrication by using bacterial magnetic nanocrystals

    Ipsita A. Banerjee, Lingtao Yu, Mutsuhiro Shima, Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga, Hiroshi Matsui

    Advanced Materials   17 ( 9 ) 1128 - 1131  2005.05

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    A novel bionanotechnological method for fabricating magnetic nanotubes with the aid of magnetic bacteria was investigated. Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1 was selected as a model to immobilize the extracted bacterial magnetic nanocrystals on the peptide nanotubes. Then, the magnetic nanocrystals were separated by using a magnet placed at the bottom of the glass tube containing the disrupted cells. The main advantage in using bacterial magnetic nanocrystals is that the mineral type, crystal size and morphology of the magnetic nanocrystals can be controlled by the selection of the bacterial species or strains.

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  • Development of a novel method for screening of estrogenic compounds using nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles displaying estrogen receptor

    Tomoko Yoshino, Fukuichi Kato, Haruko Takeyama, Makoto Nakai, Yoshikuni Yakabe, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Analytica Chimica Acta   532 ( 2 ) 105 - 111  2005.03

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    In this study, nano-sized bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) displaying human estrogen receptor ligand binding domain (ERLBD) on the surface was successfully produced by the magnetic bacterium, Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Furthermore, a non-isotopic binding assay for estrogenic compounds using the BMPs displaying ERLBD was developed. A BMP membrane-specific protein, Mms16, was used as an anchor molecule to localize ERLBD on the surface of BMPs. ERLBD-BMP complexes were simply extracted by magnetic separation from ruptured AMB-1 transformants and used for the assay based on the competitive binding of alkaline phosphatase conjugated 17β-estradiol (ALP-E2) as a tracer. Dissociation constant of the receptor was 2.3 nM. Inhibition curves were evaluated by the decrease in luminescence intensity resulting from the enzymatic reaction of alkaline phosphatase. The overall simplicity of this receptor binding assay results in a method that can be easily adapted to a high throughput format. Moreover, this method can be integrated into a fully-automated ligand screening system using magnetic separation. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • C-01 Genetic diversity of Acaryochloris spp. associated with colonial ascidians of Palau(CLASSIFICATION/PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS,(2) Oral presentation)

    Ohkubo Satoshi, Miyashita Hideaki, Tsuchiya Tohru, Takeyama Haruko, Mimuro Mamoru

      ( 21 ) 245 - 245  2005

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  • 3E14-1 High cell density cultivation of marine bacterium JPCCMB0017 for mass production of astaxanthin.

    TANAKA Akira, MATSUMOTO Mitsutohsi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATUNAGA Tadashi

      17   163 - 163  2005

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  • 2D12-1 Development of Beads on Beads for fully automated immunoassay system

    MAEDA Yoshiaki, YOSHINO Tomoko, TAKAHASHI Masaaki, GINYA Harumi, ASAHINA Junko, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      17   131 - 131  2005

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  • 2D11-5 Screening of random peptide library of for membrane-bound peptides using bacterial magnetic particles.

    KOKURYU Yoriko, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      17   131 - 131  2005

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  • 2D11-4 Development of magnetic peptide-nanotube and its application

    YOSHINO Tomok, MATSUI Hiroshi, SHIMA Mutsuhiro, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      17   131 - 131  2005

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  • 白金ハニカムチタンを用いた海水中でのVibrio alginolyticusの電気化学的殺菌

    田中剛, 下田まり, 大河内美奈, 和気仁志, 高橋弘道, 竹山春子, 松永是

    電気化学会大会講演要旨集   72nd  2005

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  • 未開発遺伝子資源へのアプローチ:可能性と限界

    竹山春子, 横内裕子, 松永 是

    化学と生物   43 ( 3 ) 199 - 208  2005

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  • Prospective of Marinegenome Research

    MATSUNAGA Tadashi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, YOKOUCHI Hiroko

    Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan   59 ( 1 ) 4 - 11  2005

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    The marine environment is remarkably diverse and harbors a wide variety of organisms that have acquired novel metabolic functions and corresponding genes through evolutionary adaptation. We have screened many useful material such as UV-A resistance molecule, antibiotics, polysaccharide, from our culture collection containing cyanobacteria and photosynthetic bacteria isolated from marine environment. We introduce our research for screening of useful material from marine photosynthetic microorganisms. Furthermore, genetic manipulation for the purpose of metabolic engineering in marine microorganisms is described as the application of marine genomes. The uses of molecular approaches for analyzing microbial diversity have enhanced our knowledge of their population and lead the fact of abundant unculturable microbes. The isolation of novel bioactive compounds from environmental sources has been carried out by molecular approaches where the metagenomic libraries are constructed with directly extracted DNA from environmental samples.

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  • 2I16-2 Comprehensive protein analysis on magnetic particles in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1

    TANAKA Masayoshi, OKAMURA Yoshiko, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16  2004.08

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  • Profiling of Protein Expression on Inner membrane in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1 by micro LC-MS/MS.

    TANAKA MASAYOSHI, OKAMURA YOSHIKO, TANAKA TSUYOSHI, TAKEYAMA HARUKO, MATSUNAGA TADASHI

    日本化学会講演予稿集   84th ( 2 ) 1102  2004.03

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  • A-16 日本沿岸におけるAcaryochloris属シアノバクテリアの検出(分類・系統解析,口頭発表)

    大久保 智司, 宮下 英明, 村上 明男, 土屋 徹, 竹山 春子, 三室 守

    日本微生物生態学会講演要旨集   ( 20 ) 138 - 138  2004

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  • 2I16-1 Transcriptome analysis of iron responsive genes in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    SUZUKI Takeyuki, OKAMURA Yoshiko, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16   226 - 226  2004

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  • 2I16-3 Development of cell separation using protein A-expressed on bacterial magnetic particles

    KUHARA Motoki, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16   227 - 227  2004

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  • 2I16-5 Preparation of lipid-magnetite particle complexes and the application to protein assembling in vitro

    KOKURYU Yoriko, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16   227 - 227  2004

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  • 2I16-4 Construction of a fully automated DNA detection system using surface-modified bacterial magnetic particles

    MARUYAMA Kohei, NEMOTO Etsuo, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, YODA Kiyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, CHOW Seinen, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16   227 - 227  2004

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  • 2I15-5 Whole genome analysis of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 and gene finding for the magnetosome synthesis

    FUKUDA Yorikane, OKAMURA Yoshiko, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      16   226 - 226  2004

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  • マリンバイオテクノロジーとメタゲノム戦略

    竹山春子, 松永是

    J. Environ. Biotechnol.   3 ( 2 ) 79 - 87  2004

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  • Intragenomic Sequence Variation in 18S rDNA of the Symbiotic Dinoflagellate, the Genus Symbiodinium from Porite lutea.

    Hiroko Yokouchi, Haruko Takeyama, Hiroki Taniguchi, Makoto Omori, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Mar. Biotechnol.   6   S294-S299  2004

  • Relationships between molecular phylogeny and hydrogen productivity of hydrogen-producing marine cyanobacteria

    Miyashita Hideaki, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

    Plant and Cell Physiology Supplement   2004 ( 0 ) S087 - S087  2004

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    Various nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, such as &lt;I&gt;Anabaena&lt;/I&gt;, &lt;I&gt;Calothrix&lt;/I&gt;, &lt;I&gt;Nostoc&lt;/I&gt;, &lt;I&gt;Scytonema&lt;/I&gt;, and &lt;I&gt;Synechococcus&lt;/I&gt; (&lt;I&gt;Cyanothece&lt;/I&gt;), have been used for biological molecular hydrogen production. These nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria are morphologically divided into three major groups, heterocystous filamentous, non-heterocystous filamentous and unicellular. Hydrogen production mechanism in each group is slightly different relating to these morphological differences. Relationship between the hydrogen productivity and phylogeny of these cyanobacteria has not been elucidated well. We analyzed the molecular phylogeny of nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacteria in our culture collection. At the same time, hydrogen productivity for each strain was also measured. The results suggested that the hydrogen productivity of cyanobacteria might be fixed genetically in each clade. At this symposium we will discuss about the relationships between the hydrogen productivity and molecular phylogeny of cyanobacteria and also propose the possible task of molecular phylogenetic analysis for the screening of cyanobacteria baring high hydrogen productivity.

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  • Marine Biotechnology Conference 2003

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

      61 ( 12 ) 816 - 816  2003.12

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  • Cryptosporidium parvum 検出技術の開発

    吉野 正人, 原口 智, 豊田 広和, 金子 政雄, 松永 是, 竹山 春子, 田口 朋之

    日本水処理生物学会誌. 別巻 = Journal Japan Biological Society of Water and Waste   ( 23 ) 28 - 28  2003.10

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  • Profiling of protein expression on magnetic particles in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1 by micro LC-MS/MS.

    TANAKA MASAYOSHI, OKAMURA YOSHIKO, TAKEYAMA HARUKO, TANAKA TSUYOSHI, MATSUNAGA TADASHI

    生体機能関連化学シンポジウム講演要旨集   18th   166 - 167  2003.10

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  • Marine Genome : Challenge to Exploration of Useful Gene Resources from Marine Metagenome

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

    Bioscience & industry   61 ( 8 ) 539 - 543  2003.08

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  • Fully automated immunoassay system of endocrine disrupting chemicals using monoclonal antibodies chemically conjugated to bacterial magnetic particles

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Fumiko Ueki, Kimimichi Obata, Hideji Tajima, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama, Yasuhiro Goda, Shigeru Fujimoto

    Analytica Chimica Acta   475 ( 1-2 ) 75 - 83  2003.01

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    The development of a rapid and high-throughput detection system for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been required in the recent years. A fully automated immunoassay system was described for the detection of EDCs, such as alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), bisphenol A (BPA) and linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LASs), using monoclonal antibodies chemically conjugated to bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-conjugated EDCs. EDC concentrations were evaluated by the decrease in luminescence based on the competitive reaction of EDCs and ALP-conjugated EDCs. Full automation of the BMP-based immunoassay was achieved by using an automated eight-way pipet moving at X-, Y- and Z-direction and a B/F separation unit. B/F separation was performed on the tip surface of eight-way pipet with a retractable magnet mounted close to the pipet tip. Immunoreactions were saturated after 10min, and the assay was completed within 15min. The detection ranges for APE, BPA and LAS were 6.6ppb-66ppm, 2.3ppt-2.3ppm, and 35ppt-35ppm, respectively. This BMP-based immunoassay system has advantages due to its high sensitivity and rapid measurement of samples. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Characterization of DegP (HtrA) like protein localized on bacterial magnetic particle membrane

    Fukuda Yorikane, Okamura Yoshiko, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      15   80 - 80  2003

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  • Mass production of bacterial magnetic particle displaying G protein-coupled receptor in fed-batch culture

    Mogi Takeyuki, Nishimura Taisei, Yoshino Tomoko, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      15   168 - 168  2003

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  • Ethanol Production from Saccharified Urban Waste by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Fujisawa Yutaka, Ishida Yasuyuki, Takano Hiroyuki, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      15   228 - 228  2003

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  • Molecular Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Marine Sponges, and Construction of Metagenomic libraries

    Oe Kenichi, Takeyama Haruko, Oomori Makoto, Matsunaga Tadashi

      15   229 - 229  2003

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  • Bacterial diversity in scleractinian corals

    Yokouchi Hiroko, Furukawa Tetsuro, Takeyama Haruko, Taniguchi Hiroki, Oomori Makoto, Matsunaga Tadashi

      15   221 - 221  2003

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  • 高水素生産性を有する海洋窒素固定シアノバクテリアの系統位置

    冨士原智子, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   6th   54  2002.05

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  • 遺伝子型特異的プローブを用いた共生藻Symbiodiniumの識別

    横内裕子, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   6th   87  2002.05

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  • ヘテロシストをもつ海産窒素固定糸状シアノバクテリアの水素生産能と系統関係

    宮下英明, 冨士原智子, 松本光史, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本植物生理学会年会要旨集   42nd   218  2002.03

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  • Effect of surface characteristics of membrane on detection of Legionella by colony hybridization.

    菊地寿行, 竹山春子, 宮下英明, 河野源, 松永是

    日本化学会講演予稿集   81st ( 2 ) 890  2002.03

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  • The hydrogen production activity and phylogeny of marine nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria.

    冨士原智子, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本化学会講演予稿集   81st ( 2 ) 888  2002.03

    J-GLOBAL

  • 光合成細菌NKPB031704株の生産する抗菌活性成分についての解析

    須賀良雄, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 梶本哲也, 松永是

    日本薬学会年会要旨集   122nd ( 3 ) 139  2002.03

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  • 1026 Siderophore production by the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 :

    Calugay Ronie, Okamura Yoshiko, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      14   193 - 193  2002

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  • 430 Characterization of serine protease like protein localized on bacterial magnetic particle membran

    Fukuda Yorikane, Okamura Yoshiko, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      14   58 - 58  2002

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  • 332 Detection of the pathogenic microorganism Legionella species using fluorescent in situ hybridization

    Kikuchi Hisayuki, Takeyama Haruko, Kawano Genji, Matsunaga Tadashi

      14   35 - 35  2002

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  • 301 Highly sensitive detection system for 17β-estradiol using antibody immobilized on bacterial magnetic particles

    Takeda Hazime, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Gouda Yasuhiro, Fujomoto Shigeru, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      14   27 - 27  2002

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  • 金属酸化物被覆チタン電極を用いた海洋における生物汚損防止

    子安真吾, 和気仁志, 亀ケ谷洋一, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   6th  2002

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  • 金属酸化物被覆チタン電極による微生物殺菌

    LIM T K, 子安真吾, 和気仁志, 亀ケ谷洋一, 竹山春子, 松永是

    電気化学会大会講演要旨集   69th  2002

    J-GLOBAL

  • 金属酸化物被覆チタン電極を用いた電気化学的生物汚損防止

    林泰圭, 子安真吾, 和気仁志, 亀ケ谷洋一, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本防菌防黴学会年次大会要旨集   29th  2002

    J-GLOBAL

  • 金属酸化物被覆チタン電極による微生物殺菌

    LIM T K, 子安真吾, 和気仁志, 亀ケ谷洋一, 竹山春子, 松永是

    アルミニウム研究会誌   ( 6 )  2002

    J-GLOBAL

  • Hydrogen productivity and phylogenetic relationships of heterocystous filamentous marine cyanobacteria

    H Miyashita, S Fujihara, M Matsumoto, H Takeyama, T Matsunaga

    PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY   43   S176 - S176  2002

    Research paper, summary (international conference)  

  • Screening of buoyant marine cyanobacteria using sucrose gradient centrifugation

    Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Hideaki Miyashita, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Journal of Applied Phycology   14 ( 2 ) 91 - 95  2002

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    A centrifugation method using a sucrose density gradient was established to distinguish buoyant cyanobacterial cells based on their cell density. The marine strain Nostoc NKBG 500017 was selected, because it showed the lowest density among 71 strains examined from our culture collection and also exhibited stable buoyancy. The cell suspension was homogeneous in a 100 mL graduated cylinder in the dark for at least 12 h. Stability was also confirmed using an artificial water column consisting of polyethylene pipe 2 m in height and 11 cm in diameter with a halogen light source at the top. Cells were suspended well throughout the water column and no precipitation was observed at the bottom of the column after 24 h incubation. Most cells were retained in the upper part of the water column from 10 cm to 30 cm depth. Growth was inhibited by the addition of tributyltin (TBT), an endocrine disruptor. The autofluorescence intensity of the cells decreased with increasing TBT concentration. The stable buoyancy and TBT sensitivity of Nostoc NKBG 500017 indicate that the strain is a possible candidate for monitoring contamination by toxic chemicals in the marine environment.

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  • Genotype identification of Symbiodinium using in situ hybridization.

    横内裕子, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本化学会バイオテクノロジー部会シンポジウム講演要旨集   5th   16  2001.09

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  • Fluorescent detection of cyanobacterial DNA using bacterial magnetic particles on a MAG-microarray

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Hideki Nakayama, Mina Okochi, Haruko Takeyama

    Biotechnology and Bioengineering   73 ( 5 ) 400 - 405  2001.06

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    Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) were used for the identification of cyanobacterial DNA. Genus-specific oligonucleotide probes for the detection of Anabaena spp., Microcystis spp., Nostoc spp., Oscillatoria spp., and Synechococcus spp. were designed from the variable region of the cyanobacterial 16S rDNA of 148 strains. These oligonucleotide probes were immobilized on BMPs via streptavidin-biotin conjugation and employed for magnetic-capture hybridization against digoxigenin-labeled cyanobacterial 16S rDNA. Bacterial magnetic particles were magnetically concentrated, spotted in 100-μm-size microwell on MAG-microarray, and the fluorescent detection was performed. This work details the development of an automated technique for the magnetic isolation, the concentration of hybridized DNA, and the detection of specific target DNA on MAG-microarray. The entire process of hybridization and detection was automatically performed using a magnetic-separation robot and all five cyanobacterial genera were successfully discriminated. © 2001 John Wiley &amp
    Sons, Inc.

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  • In situハイブリダイゼーションを用いた共生藻Symbiodiniumの検出

    横内裕子, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   5th   37  2001.05

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  • 海洋窒素固定シアノバクテリアの水素生産と系統解析

    宮下英明, 冨士原智子, 松本光史, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   5th   37  2001.05

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  • 浮遊性担体を用いた海洋シアノバクテリアの浮遊培養

    松本光史, 鈴木信和, 大畑博資, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    マリンバイオテクノロジー学会大会講演要旨集   5th   72  2001.05

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  • Effect of UV-A irradiation on photosynthetic pigment composition in UV-A resistant marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp.

    明石理恵, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本化学会講演予稿集   79th ( 2 ) 1008  2001.03

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  • Photodependent cytotoxic compound extracted from a marine green alga Chlorella sp.

    須賀良雄, 宮下英明, 竹山春子, 松永是

    日本化学会講演予稿集   79th ( 2 ) 1008  2001.03

    J-GLOBAL

  • Mass production of bomagnetite by a recombinant magnetic bacterium using fed-batch culture.

    Koera Satomi, Yang Chen-Dong, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      13   314 - 314  2001

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  • Construction of biomolecular architectures and their applications.

    Matsunaga Tadashi, Takeyama Haruko, Arakaki Atsushi, Ueki Fumiko

      13   15 - 15  2001

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  • A Magnetosome Specific GTPase from the Magnetic Bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1.

    Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    J. Biol. Chem.   276   48183 - 48188  2001

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis Using a Bacterial Magnetic Particle Microarray.

    Tomoko Yoshino, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Electrochemistry   69   1008 - 1012  2001

  • Isolation of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 mutants defective in bacterial magnetic particle synthesis by transposon mutagenesis

    Aris Tri Wahyudi, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   91-93   147 - 154  2001

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    Nonmagnetic mutants of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 were recovered following mini-Tn5 transposon mutagenesis. Transconjugants with kanamycin resistance were obtained at a frequency of 2.7 × 10-7 per recipient. Of 3327 transconjugants, 62 were defective for bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) synthesis. The frequency of independent transposition events for nonmagnetic mutants was about 1.4% in transconjugants. Further analysis of DNA sequences flanking transposon by inverted polymerase chain reaction allowed isolation of at least 10 genes or DNA sequences involved in BMP synthesis in M. magneticum AMB-1.

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  • 16s rRNA-targeted identification of cyanobacterial genera using oligonucleotide-probes immobilized on bacterial magnetic particles

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Nakayama

    Journal of Applied Phycology   13 ( 4 ) 389 - 394  2001

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    16S rRNA-targeted identification of cyanobacterial genera, Anabaena, Microcystis, Nostoc, Oscillatoria, Synechococcus was developed using bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs). 16S rRNA-targeted capture probes designed from the genus specific region of the 16S rRNA sequence were immobilized on BMPs. Identification of cyanobacteria was performed by a sandwich hybridization using the capture probes - BMP conjugates and a digoxigenin (DIG)-labeled detector probe complementary to the highly conserved 16S rRNA sequence for cyanobacteria. The luminescence intensity of the probe/target-BMP hybrids was measured after reaction with alkaline phosphatase conjugated anti-DIG antibody. Five species of cyanobacteria from five different genera were successfully discriminated using this magnetic capture system.

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  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation within and between tuna Thunnus species and its application to species identification

    H. Takeyama, S. Chow, H. Tsuzuki, T. Matsunaga

    Journal of Fish Biology   58 ( 6 ) 1646 - 1657  2001

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    Restriction analysis detected two types of bigeye tuna (α and β)
    the α type was in the majority in the Atlantic but nearly absent in the Indo-Pacific. The α type shared a larger number of restriction sites with other species than the conspecific β type, but bigeye-specific nucleotide substitutions with a novel diagnostic restriction profile were found. Although the nucleotide sequence difference between Atlantic and Pacific sub-species of the northern bluefin tuna was nearly the largest among species, individuals possessing the Atlantic type of mtDNA were found at very low frequency in the Pacific and vice versa. Previous RFLP markers were found to be diagnostic for the other five species (albacore, blackfin, longtail, southern bluefin and yellowfin tunas). Genetic information is provided to discriminate all Thunnus species regardless of their origin and to identify the ocean of capture in the northern bluefin and bigeye tunas. © 2001 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

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  • Effects of Growth Medium Composition, Iron Sources and Atmospheric Oxygen Concentrations on Production of Luciferase-Bacterial Magnetic Particle Complex by a Recombinant Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1.

    Chen-Dong Yang, Haruko Takeyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Enzyme and Microb. Technol.   29 ( 1 ) 13 - 19  2001

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  • Development of a High Performance and Rapid Immunoassay for Food Allergen Using Antibody-conjugated Bacterial Magnetic Particles and Fully-automated System.

    Reiko Sato, Haruko Takeyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.   91/93   109 - 114  2001

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  • Synthesis of bacterial magnetic particles during cell cycle of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    Chen-Dong Yang, Haruko Takeyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Aki Hasegawa, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   91-93   155 - 160  2001

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    We investigated the relationship between the synthesis of bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) and the transcription of magA gene-encoding iron transport protein using synchronous culture of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Synchronously cultured cells were subjected to transmission electron microscopic observation and fluorescence in situ hybridization. The average number of BMPs slowly increased in the cell with increasing cell size. A sharp increase in BMPs occurred just before cell division and resulted in maximum BMP production of 30 particles/cell. The transcription of magA was regulated immediately before and after cell division.

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  • Iron feeding optimization and plasmid stability in production of recombinant bacterial magnetic particles by Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 in fed-batch culture

    Chendong Yang, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering   91 ( 2 ) 213 - 216  2001

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    The production of bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) by recombinant Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 harboring the plasmid pKML was enhanced in pH-regulated fed-batch culture. The addition of fresh nutrients was feedback-controlled as a function of the pH of the culture. The yield of BMPs was optimized by adjusting the rate of ferric iron addition. Feeding ferric quinate at 15.4 μg/min resulted in a BMP yield of 7.5 mg/l, which is the highest yield so far reported. Expression of a plasmid-encoded fusion protein and segregation of the plasmid during bacterial growth were both stable during fed-batch culture. More than 75% of the cells retained the plasmid for 130 h under antibiotic-free conditions. In addition, the fusion protein permitting the display of a specific protein on the BMP surface was also stably expressed.

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  • Detection of the pathogenic microorganism Legionella species in environmental water sample using colony hybridization.

    Kikuchi Hisayuki, Hasegawa Aki, Kawano Genji, Takeyama Haruko, Miyashita Hideaki, Matsunaga Tadashi

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   13   288 - 288  2001

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  • Fully automated detection of estrogen in environmental water sample using antibody immobilized-bacterial magnetic particles.

    Takeda Hajime, Ueki Fumiko, Takeyama Haruko, Goda Yasuhiro, Fujomoto Shigeru, Miyashita Hideaki, Matsunaga Tadashi

    日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集   13   287 - 287  2001

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  • Species identification for filleted tunas of the genus Thunnus

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

      58 ( 11 ) 41 - 42  2000.11

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  • Study of mutagenicity of static magnetic field in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    IKEHATA Masateru, TAKASHIMA Yoshio, IWASAKA Masakazu, TAKEYAMA Haruko, UENO Shogo, MIYAKOSHI Junji, MATSUNAGA Tadashi, KOANA Takao

      2000 ( 201 ) 35 - 38  2000.10

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  • Cloning and characterization of a gene, mpsA, encoding a protein associated with intracellular magnetic particles from Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Noriyuki Tsujimura, Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama

    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications   268 ( 3 ) 932 - 937  2000.02

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    Proteins located within the lipid bilayer, surrounding the intracellular bacterial magnetic particles (BMP) from Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1, were separated using SDS-PAGE. Several major proteins of approximate molecular weight 66.2, 35.6, and 24.8 kDa were identified. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of one of these proteins, designated MpsA, was determined and used to design a pair of PCR primers which amplified a 105 bp DNA fragment from AMB-1 genomic DNA. Gene-walking, using anchored PCR, was used to determine the complete nucleotide sequence (954 bp) of the mpsA gene. The mpsA encodes a 317 amino acid protein which does not have an N-terminal cytoplasmic transport signal sequence. Intracellular localization studies were carried out using an mpsA-luc gene fusion expressed in AMB-1 following gene transfer by conjugation. The gene fusion was constructed by cloning a 1.6 kb mpsA fragment upstream of luc in the conjugal plasmid pKLC. The MpsA-Luc fusion protein was preferentially located on the magnetic particle membrane. Although the function of MpsA remains unknown, homology searches suggest similarity with the α subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and the CoA-binding motif. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

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  • Development of an integrated cyanobacterial identification system using bacterial magnetic particles.

    Ota Hiroyuki, Nakayama Hideki, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      12   263 - 263  2000

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  • Characterization of photobactericidal compounds from a marine chorella sp.

    Takeyama Haruko, Harpal Rao, Matsunaga Tadashi

      12   234 - 234  2000

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  • Purification of antimicrobial compounds from a marine photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium purpuratum.

    Wong Peng Kit, Matsumoto Mitsufumi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      12   235 - 235  2000

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  • Automated capture and detection of environmental pollutants using baterial magnetic particles.

    Ueki Fumiko, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Goda Yasuhiro, Fujimoto Shigeru, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      12   155 - 155  2000

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  • Rapid genotyping using magnetic nano particle DNA complex.

    Yoshino Tomoko, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      12   12 - 12  2000

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  • 海洋微細藻類・細菌を利用した食品開発

    竹山春子, 松永 是

    FOOD Style 21   4 ( 7 ) 55 - 59  2000

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  • trcプロモーターとRNAポリメラーゼの相互作用への静磁場の影響

    梶原寛子, 池畑政輝, 竹山春子, 松永是

    Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of Symposium on New Magneto-Science     185 - 190  2000

  • 定常磁場の変異原性の解析

    池畑政輝, 岩坂正和, 宮越順二, 竹山春子, 松永是, 小穴孝夫

    Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of Symposium on New Magneto Science     66 - 71  2000

  • Magnetite Production and Phylogenetic Analysis of a Magnetic Obligate Anaerobe.

    Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Atsushi Arakaki, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Ferrites: Proceeding of 8th International Conference on Ferrites     89 - 91  2000

  • Sequence Analysis in Non-magnetic Mutant NM-1 of Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1.

    Yoshiko Okamura, Shoko Kawahara, Haruko Takeyama

    Ferrites: Proceeding of 8th International Conference on Ferrites     84 - 86  2000

  • Screening of Marine Photosynthetic Microorganisms and Hydrogen Production.

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    BIOHYDROGEN II     175 - 184  2000

  • Salinity-regulated replication of the endogenous plasmid pSY10 from the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp.

    Haruko Takeyama, Hideki Nakayama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   84-86   447 - 453  2000

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    The endogenous plasmid pSY10 in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG042902 is maintained at a high copy number when cells are grown in seawater and at a low copy number when cultured in freshwater. The mechanism of salinity-regulated replication of this plasmid was investigated. Transcription of repA was depressed under freshwater, which was accompanied by a low copy number of pSY10 and the appearance of a new protein that was expressed only in cells cultured in freshwater. This protein was observed to bind to putative repA promoters (Prep1 and Prep2) on pSY10. Moreover, this protein was observed only in Synechococcus sp. NKBG042902. The data suggest that this protein(s) regulates repA transcription in pSY10, stress responsive and encoded by the host chromosome.

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  • Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by a recombinant marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp

    Reiko Yu, Akiko Yamada, Kazuo Watanabe, Kazunaga Yazawa, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga, Ryuichiro Kurane

    Lipids   35 ( 10 ) 1061 - 1064  2000

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    The eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) synthesis gene cluster from an EPA-producing bacterium, Shewanella sp. SCRC-2738, was cloned into a broad-host range vector, pJRD215, and then introduced into a marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. NKBG15041c, by conjugation. The transconjugant cyanobacteria produced 3.7 ± 0.2% (2.24 ± 0.13 mg/L) EPA (n-3) and 2.5 ± 0.2% (1.49 ± 0.06 mg/L) eicosatetraenoic acid (n-3) of the total fatty acids when the cells were cultured at 23°C at a light intensity of 1,000-1,500 Lux. The EPA and eico-satetraenoic acid contents of the cells were increased to 4.6 ± 0.6% (3.86 ± 1.11 mg/L) and 4.7 ± 0.3% (3.86 ± 0.82 mg/L), and 7.5 ± 0.3% (1.76 ± 0.10 mg/L) and 5.1 ± 0.2% (1.19 ± 0.06 mg/L) when they were cultured at low temperature (18°C) and at lower light intensity (40 Lux), respectively.

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  • Electrochemical Killing of Streptococcus mutans Causing Dental Caries

    Hiroko Yokouchi, Mina Okochi, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Electrochemistry   68 ( 11 ) 875 - 877  2000

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  • Two Tandemly Arrayed Transfer-RNA-Derived SINEs of the Medaka(Oryzias latipes)

    Naoko Amano, Haruko Takeyama, Takehiko Kusama, Mitsuru Sakaizumi, Takashi Oshiro, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Mar. Biotechnol.   2 ( 4 ) 399 - 403  2000

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  • Discrimination between Atlantic and Pacific Subspecies of Northern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) by Magnetic-Capture Hybridization Using Bacterial Magnetic Particles

    Haruko Takeyama, Hisahito Tuzuki, Seinen Chow, Hideki Nakayama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Mar. Biotechnol.   2 ( 4 ) 309 - 313  2000

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  • Two-dimensional analysis of proteins specific to the bacterial magnetic particle membrane from Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1

    Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   84-86   441 - 446  2000

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    We report the identification of five proteins expressed specifically on the bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) membrane of Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1. These proteins are major components of the BMP membrane. The molecular weights were determined to be 12.0, 16.0, 24.8, 35.6, and 66.2 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Of these five, the 16.0- kDa protein was the most abundant in the BMP membrane. Furthermore, the 16.0- kDa protein consisted of two components each of differing pI. The 35.6-kDa protein was the second most abundant protein of the five detected.

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  • Floating cultivation of marine cyanobacteria using coal fly ash

    Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Eri Yoshida, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology   84-86   51 - 57  2000

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    The aim of this study was to develop improved methodologies for bulk culturing of biotechnologically useful marine cyanobacteria in the open ocean. We have investigated the viability of using coal fly ash (CFA) blocks as the support medium in a novel floating culture system for marine microalgae. The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG 040607 was found to adhere to floating CFA blocks in liquid culture medium. Maximum density of attached cells of 2.0 x 108 cells/cm2 was achieved using seawater. The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902 weakly adhered to floating CFA blocks in BG-11 medium. Increasing the concentration of calcium ion in the culture medium enhanced adherence to CFA blocks.

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  • Screening of marine microalgae for bioremediation of cadmium-polluted seawater

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Nakao, Akira Yamazawa

    Journal of Biotechnology   70 ( 1-3 ) 33 - 38  1999.04

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    Twenty four strains out of 191 marine microalgal strains exhibited cadmium (Cd) resistance. They were tested for their Cd removal ability in growth media containing 50 μM Cd. Six strains out of 19 green algae and one out of five cyanobacteria removed more than 10% of total Cd from the medium. The marine green alga Chlorella sp. NKG16014 showed the highest removal of Cd 48.7% of total. Cd removal by NKG16014 was further quantitatively evaluated by measuring the amount of cell adsorption and intracellular accumulation. After 12 days incubation, 67% of the removed Cd was accumulated intracellularly and 25% of the Cd removed was adsorbed on the algal cell surface. The maximum Cd adsorption (q(max)) was estimated to be 37.0 mg Cd (g dry cells)-1 using the Langmuir sorption model. The Cd removal by freeze-dried NKG16014 cells was also determined. Cd was more quickly adsorbed by dried cells than that by living cells, with a q(max) of 91.0 mg Cd (g dry cells)-1. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.

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  • 338 Purification of a Photobactericidal Compound from Marine Chlorella sp. :

    Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      11   45 - 45  1999

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  • The groEL induction in marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. by UV-A stress.

    Takeyama Haruko, Yamazawa Akira, Akashi Rie, Matsunaga Tadashi

      11   100 - 100  1999

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  • Mass production of protein-bacterial magnetic particle complex by Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1 using a fed-batch culture system.

    Yang Chen-Dong, Tanaka Tsuyoushi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      11   221 - 221  1999

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  • Chemiluminescence Enzyme Immunoassay Using Protein A-Bacterial Magnetite Complex

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Rika Sato, Shinji Kamiya, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Haruko Takeyama

    J. Magn. Magn. Mater.   194 ( 1/3 ) 126 - 131  1999

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  • UV-A-induced expression of GroEL in the UV-A-resistant marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. NKBG 091600

    Akira Yamazawa, Haruko Takeyama, Daisuke Takeda, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Microbiology   145 ( 4 ) 949 - 954  1999

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    The authors have examined the response to UV-A irradiation of the UV-A-resistant marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. NKBG 091600, which produces the UV-A-absorbing compound biopterin glucoside. The expression of a 60 kDa protein was markedly induced at 500 min after UV-A irradiation. This protein was identified by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis as GroEL. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that GroEL synthesis was controlled by UV-A at the transcriptional level. A CIRCE element and a putative SOS consensus sequence were found upstream of the groESL operon, overlapping two putative promoter sequences. Primer extension analysis revealed that groESL transcription in UV-A-induced cells starts from the proximal promoter overlapped by the SOS consensus sequence. This indicates that an SOS response regulation is instrumental in UV-A-induced GroEL expression of Oscillatoria sp. NKBG 091600. Furthermore, this UV-A-inducible GroEL may function to upregulate biopterin glucoside biosynthesis, thereby allowing growth under UV-A irradiation.

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  • Multi-Nozzle Nucleic Acid Extractor Using Magnetic Particles

    SEGAWA Osamu, KATO Nobuko, OBATA Kimimichi, NAKAJIMA Hozumi, TAJIMA Hideji, YOHDA Masafumi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, NAKAYAMA Hideki, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      21   339 - 339  1998.12

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  • The 3rd Symposium of Division of Biotechnology, The Chemical Society of Japan

    TAKEYAMA Haruko

    Bioscience & industry   56 ( 11 ) 41 - 42  1998.11

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  • Specific detection of enteropathogenic bacterium Legionella pneumophila using DNA probe immobilized on bacterial magnetic particles.

    Kato Daisuke, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Yagita Kenji, Endo Takuro, Matsunaga Tadashi

      10   318 - 318  1998

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  • 1230 The mechanism of photodependent antimicrobial action for a compound produced by marine Chlorella. :

    Rao Harpal, Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      10   311 - 311  1998

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  • Analysis of UV-A inducible gene in marine cyanobacterium.

    Yamazawa Akira, Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      10   264 - 264  1998

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  • 大腸菌での遺伝子発現におけるプロモーター活性への静磁場の影響

    竹山春子, 川原祥子, 梶原寛子, 松永是

    Proceedings of The Second Symposium on New Magnetic Science     12 - 16  1998

  • Biomagnetic Nanoparticle Formation and Application.

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    Supramolecular Science   5 ( 3/4 ) 391 - 394  1998

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  • Detection of Mrine Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria Capable of Producing Hydrogen by Using Direct Nested PCR on Sigle Cells

    Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    BioHydrogen     197 - 202  1998

  • Marine Genomes

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    BioHydrogen     31 - 38  1998

  • Marine Genome Technology

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    Marine microorganisms for industry     48 - 55  1998

  • Production of Useful Materials by Marine Microalgae

    Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    CYNOBACTERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY     329 - 335  1998

  • Microalgae Producing Useful Metabolites

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    BIOFUTUR   ( 179 ) 40 - 42  1998

  • Magnetic Bacteria and Biomineralization

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Noriyuki Tsujimura, Shinji Kamiya

    J. Magn. Soc. Japan   22 ( Sup.S1 ) 434 - 436  1998

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    &nbsp;&nbsp;Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1 is a magnetic bacterium which synthesizes intracellular particles of magnetite (Fe3O4). We isolated magA gene required for the synthesis of bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) and it encodes a polypeptide which is an iron transport protein. Intracellular localization of the MagA protein was studied using magA - luc fusion proteins. The fusion protein was also detected on the surface of the lipid bilayer covering the BMPs. One particular BMP-associated protein designated &ldquo;Mps&rdquo; was also isolated and characterized. The localization analysis using mps-luc fusion protein showed that there is a significant preference for the magnetosome membrane during partitioning of the Mps and the Mps protein preferentially associates with the magnetosome membrane.

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  • Recovery and Magnetic Separation of Heavy Metal by Magnetic Bacteria

    NAKAMURA Noriyuki, ARAKAKI Atsushi, TANAKA Tsuyoshi, TAKEYAMA Haruko, MATSUNAGA Tadashi

      1997 ( 237 ) 13 - 15  1997.12

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  • Expression of the eicosapentaenoic acid synthesis gene cluster from Shewanella sp. in a transgenic marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp.

    H Takeyama, D Takeda, K Yazawa, A Yamada, T Matsunaga

    MICROBIOLOGY-UK   143   2725 - 2731  1997.08

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    The eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) synthesis gene cluster isolated from a marine bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens strain SCRC-2738, was cloned and expressed in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. A broad-host-range cosmid vector, pJRD215 (10.2 kb, Sm-r Km(r)), was used to clone a 38 kb insert, pEPA, containing the EPA synthesis gene cluster, creating plasmid pJRDEPA (approx. 48 kb). This plasmid was transferred to the cyanobacterial host at a frequency of 2.2 x 10(-7). Cyanobacterial transconjugants grown at 29 degrees C produced 0.12 mg EPA (g dry weight)(-1), whereas those grown at 23 degrees C produced 0.56 mg EPA (g dry weight)(-1). The yield was further improved to 0.64 mg (g dry weight)(-1) by incubation for 1 d at 17 degrees C. This is believed to be the first successful cloning and expression of such a large heterologous gene cluster in a marine cyanobacterium.

  • Cloning, sequencing and expressing the carotenoid biosynthesis genes, lycopene cyclase and phytoene desaturase, from the aerobic photosynthetic bacterium Erythrobacter longus sp. strain Och101 in Escherichia coli

    Haruo Matsumura, Haruko Takeyama, Etsuko Kusakabe, J. Grant Burgess, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Gene   189 ( 2 ) 169 - 174  1997.04

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    Two genes which encode the enzymes lycopene cyclase and phytoene desaturase in the aerobic photosynthetic bacterium Erythrobacter longus sp. strain Och101 have been cloned and sequenced. The gene for lycopene cyclase, designated crtY, was expressed in a strain of Escherichia coli which contained the crtE, B, I and Z genes encoding geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, phytoene synthase, phytoene desaturase, and β-carotene hydroxylase, respectively. As a result, zeaxanthin production was observed in E. coli transformants. In addition, expression of the E. longus gene crtI for phytoene desaturase in E. coli containing crtE and B resulted in the accumulation of lycopene in transformants. Zeaxanthin and lycopene were also determined by mass spectrum. Nucleotide sequence similarities between E. longus crtY gene and other microbial lycopene cyclase genes are 40.2% (Erwinia herbicola), 37.4% (Erwinia uredovora) and 22.9% (Synechococcus sp.), and those between phytoene desaturase genes are 50.3% (E. herbicola), 54.7% (E. uredovora) and 39.6% (Rhodobacter capsulatus).

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  • Production of antioxidant vitamins, β-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E, by two-step culture of Euglena gracilis Z

    Haruko Takeyama, Akihisa Kanamaru, Yuko Yoshino, Hiroyuki Kakuta, Yoshiya Kawamura, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Biotechnology and Bioengineering   53 ( 2 ) 185 - 190  1997.01

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    Euglena gracilis Z is one of the few microorganisms which simultaneously produces antioxidant vitamins such as β-carotene and vitamins C and E. Photoheterotrophically cultured E. gracilis Z produced larger levels of biomass but with a lower content of antioxidant vitamins than photoautotrophically grown cultures. For efficient production of these vitamins, a two-step culture was performed. Cells were grown photoheterotrophically and then transferred to photoautotrophic conditions. When E. gracilis Z cells were grown in fed-batch culture under photoheterotrophic conditions, their density reached 19 g/L after 145 h. Subsequent transfer of these cells to photoautotrophic conditions increased vitamin content, enhancing the total vitamin yields, which were 71.0 mg/L of β-carotene, 30.1 mg/L of vitamin E, and 86.5 mg/L of vitamin C.

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  • Cadmium removal by a sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium RS-1.

    Arakaki Atsushi, Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      9   257 - 257  1997

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  • 炭酸固定微生物の利用

    松永是, 竹山春子

    BIO INDUSTRY   14 ( 3 ) 20 - 30  1997

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  • 大腸菌における遺伝子発現への磁場の影響

    竹山春子, 川原祥子, 松永 是

    Proceedings of The First Symposium on New Magnetic Science     342 - 348  1997

  • 藻類のバイオテクノロジー

    松永是, 竹山春子

    Food Style   1 ( 2 ) 52 - 57  1997

  • 海洋藍藻Synechococcusの内在性プラスミドpSY10の複製とコピー数制御領域の検討 : 微生物

    中山 秀喜, 竹山 春子, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   70   266 - 266  1996.03

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  • 磁性細菌の磁気微粒子生成に関与するタンパク質MagAのキャラクタリゼーション : 微生物

    竹山 春子, 菊池 知子, 堀田 裕子, 辻村 範行, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   70   96 - 96  1996.03

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  • Expression of magA gene in mammalian cells.

    Oyama Taro, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   27 - 27  1996

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  • Analysis of UV-A inducible protein in the UV-A resistant marine cyanobacterium

    Yamazawa Akira, Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   120 - 120  1996

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  • Regulation mechanism of Rep protein expression in marine cyanobacterial plasmid pSY10.

    Nakayama Hideki, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   120 - 120  1996

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  • β-Carotene production by a marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum using metabolic engineering.

    Takeyama Haruko, Yamada Akiyo, Hatano Tomoyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   118 - 118  1996

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  • Analysis of a cryptic plasmid from magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp.

    Sekine Takumi, Sakaguchi Toshihumi, Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   300 - 300  1996

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  • Screening of anti-freezing substances from marine microalgae

    Maehara Kiyotaka, Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   296 - 296  1996

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  • Expression of MagA-proteinA fusion protein on bacterial magnetic particle and application to immunoassay.

    Sato Rika, Kamiya Shinji, Tsujimura Noriyuki, Takeyama Haruko, Matsunaga Tadashi

      8   307 - 307  1996

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  • &szlig;-Carotene Production in a Novel Hydrogen-Producing Marine Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum Expressing the Erythrobacter longus Och101 crtI and crtY Genes.

    Haruko Takeyama, Jeanne Sunarjo, Akiyo Yamada, Haruo Matsumura, Etsuko Kusakabe, Tadashi Matsunaga

    J. Mar. Biotechnol.   4 ( 4 ) 224 - 229  1996

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  • Recovery of a Marine Cyanobacterial Recombinant Product Using Fish-Feed Organisms.

    Koji Sode, Toshihiro Hayashi, Masahiro Tatara, Naoaki Hatano, Hiromi Yoshida, Haruko Takeyama, Takashi Oshiro, Tadashi Matsunaga

    J. Mar. Biotechnol.   4 ( 2 ) 82 - 86  1996

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  • DHA Enrichment of Rotifers; A Simple Two-Step Culture Using the Unicellular Algae Chlorella regularis and Isochrysis galbana.

    Haruko Takeyama, Kaori Iwamoto, Shoji Hata, Hiroyuki Takano, Tadashi Matsunaga

    J. Mar. Biotechnol.   3   244 - 247  1996

  • Screening of marine cyanobacteria for high palmitoleic acid production

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Yuki Miura, Takeshi Yamazaki, hiroyuki Furuya, Koji Sode

    FEMS Microbiology Letters   133 ( 1-2 ) 137 - 141  1995.11

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    Screening of fatty acid composition in 150 strains of marine microalgae, cyanobacteria and green algae was carried out, and 20 strains showed relatively high contents of palmitoleic acid. Among them, two cyanobacteria, Phormidium sp. NKBG 041105 and Oscillatoria sp. NKBG 091600, showed an unusually high cis-palmitoleic acid content (54.5% and 54.4% of total fatty acid, respectively). Phormidium sp. NKBG 041105 had the highest cis-palmitoleic acid content per biomass (46.3 mg (g dry cell weight)-1), and cis-palrnitoleic acid composition was found to be constant with varying temperature. These results indicate that this cyanobacterium could be considered as a new source for palmitoleic acid. © 1995.

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  • Screening of melanin biosynthesis inhibitors from marine microalgae using Streptomyces bikiniensis bioassay

    Yoji Wachi, Koji Sode, Kenichi Horikoshi, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Biotechnology Techniques   9 ( 9 ) 633 - 636  1995.09

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    Inhibitors of melanin biosynthesis from marine microalgae were screened against a melanin-producing microorganism, Streptomyces bikiniensis. From 28 marine microalgal strains, 5 were found showing inhibitory activity. Of these, the extracts (50μl, 2μg total organic carbon/μl) from two marine green algae showed strongly inhibited melanin biosynthesis, but showed less than 30 % inhibitory activity against mushroom tyrosinase. © 1995 Chapman &amp
    Hall.

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  • 海洋藍藻Synechococcus spp.における複製可能なベクターの検討とEPA合成遺伝子群のクローニング : 微生物

    竹山 春子, 武田 大亮, 中山 秀喜, 矢澤 一良, 山田 章子, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   69   41 - 41  1995.07

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  • Euglena gracilis Zの二段階培養によるビタミンC、ビタミンE、β-カロチンの同時生産 : 微生物

    吉野 友子, 角田 宏之, 川村 吉也, 金丸 晃久, 竹山 春子, 中村 徳幸, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   69   115 - 115  1995.07

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  • 水素生成能を有する海洋光合成細菌の高感度検出、及び16S rRNA, nifH遺伝子による系統分類 : 微生物

    井上 薫, 山田 晃世, 松岡 賢一, 竹山 春子, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   69   211 - 211  1995.07

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  • Phylogenetic analysis of a novel sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium, RS-1, demonstrates its membership of the δ-Proteobacteria

    Ryuji Kawaguchi, J.Grant Burgess, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Haruko Takeyama, Richard H Thornhill, Tadashi Matsunaga

    FEMS Microbiology Letters   126 ( 3 ) 277 - 282  1995.03

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    Most of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of a sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium, RS-1, was sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis was carried out. The results suggest that RS-1 is a member of the δ-Proteobacteria, and it appears to represent a new genus. RS-1 is the first bacterium reported outside the α-Proteobacteria that contains magnetite inclusions. RS-1 therefore disrupts the correlation between the α-Proteobacteria and possession of magnetite inclusions, and that between the δ-Proteobacteria and possession of greigite inclusions. The existence of RS-1 also suggests that intracellular magnetite biomineralization is of multiple evolutionary origins. © 1995.

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  • Genetic engineering in marine cyanobacteria

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    Journal of Applied Phycology   7 ( 1 ) 77 - 84  1995.02

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    Many species of microalgae producing useful materials have been isolated from marine environments. For their industrial application, widely applicable and stable gene expression is required. It is necessary to establish gene transfer methods as an essential first step in genetic manipulation. Although gene transfer techniques for cyanobacteria have been developed, only naturally transformable strains have been used. Here, we describe recent progress made in developing gene transfer methods for marine cyanobacteria. The following are covered: (1) transformation, (2) electroporation, (3) conjugation, (4) particle gun. A plasmid from the marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., whose copy number is dependent on salinity, was characterized. This plasmid is being used to develop a stable and controllable gene expression system. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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  • Biotechnological Application of Marine Microalgae

    MATSUNAGA Tadashi, TAKEYAMA Haruko

    Journal of the Chemical Society of Japan,chemistry and industrial chemistry   1995 ( 9 ) 669 - 680  1995

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  • DHAの海洋微細藻からの抽出

    松永是, 竹山春子

    New Food Industry   37 ( 4 ) 6 - 10  1995

  • マリンバイオテクノロジー

    松永是, 竹山春子

    SUT BULLETIN   1   34 - 37  1995

  • Marine Biotecnology in Molecular Appraoches in Biology

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama

    Proceedinga of Symposium on Molecular Approaches in Biology     160 - 167  1995

  • Cloning of β-carotene Biosynthesis Genes in the Marine Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter marinus.

    Sunardo Jeanne, Burgess J. G., Yamada Akiyo, Takeyama Haruko, Matsumura Haruo, Shimizu Toshio, Matsunaga Tadashi

      6   153 - 153  1994

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  • Sequence of a 2.6-kb cryptic plasmid from a marine cyanobacterium synechococcus sp.

    Ryuji Kawaguchi, Takayuki Nagaoka, J. Grant Burgess, Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Plasmid   32 ( 3 ) 245 - 253  1994

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    We have shown previously that the copy number of plasmid pSY10 from the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902 is dependent on the salinity of the growth medium. We report here the complete nucleotide sequence (2561 bp) of this plasmid. The longest open reading frame, ORF-B (1.08 kb), occurs on a 1.6-kb EcoRI fragment. This ORF encodes a putative protein which is 360 aa residues in length and is 37.8% homologous to the replication protein of plasmid pCA2.4 from Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803, 35.8% homologous to an ORF from the Nostoc plasmid pGL2, and 33.2% homologous to the ORF of a plasmid from Lactobacillus plantarum, pC30il. Highly conserved regions of amino acid sequence were also found between ORF-B and other bacterial plasmids. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc.

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  • CO2 removal by high-density culture of a marine cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. using an improved photobioreactor employing light-diffusing optical fibers

    Hiroyuki Takano, Haruko Takeyama, Noriyuki Nakamura, Koji Sode, J.Grant Burgess, Eichi Manabe, Morio Hirano, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology   34-35 ( 1 ) 449 - 458  1992.03

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    A light diffusing optical fiber (LDOF) photobioreactor with an improved gas input system has been used for the high-density culture of a marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Optimum conditions for CO2 removal and biomass production were investigated. Maximum CO2 removal of 4.44 g/L/d was achieved using an initial cell concentration of 6.8 g/L. The biomass yield was 0.97 g/L for a 12-culture time. Continuous cultures, in which medium was filtered using a ceramic membrane module, showed enhanced growth, with a final cell concentration of 11.2 g/L. These results demonstrate the potential of LDOF photobioreactor units for CO2 removal and biomass production using marine cyanobacteria. © 1992 Humana Press Inc.

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  • Salinity-dependent copy number increase of a marine cyanobacterial endogenous plasmid

    Haruko Takeyama, J. Grant Burgess, Hiroaki Sudo, Koji Sode, Tadashi Matsunaga

    FEMS Microbiology Letters   90 ( 1 ) 95 - 98  1991.12

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    A marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902 grown in the presence of various NaCl concentrations showed different plasmid profiles. This strain possesses a 2.7-kb endogenous plasmid pSY10, whose copy number increased five-fold when the salinity of the growth medium was increased from 0 to 3% NaCl. Cells were grown initially in a fresh water medium and then transferred to a NaCl supplemented medium. The copy number of pSY10 began to increase after 7 h of incubation in 3% NaCl BG11 medium. This phenomenon was specific to NaCl and did not occur when other osmotica such as KCl and sorbitol were used. This is the first report of a cyanobacterial plasmid with a salinity-dependent copy number. © 1991.

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  • Glutamate production from CO2 by Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. - Using a Novel Biosolar Reactor Employing Light-Diffusing Optical Fibers

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Haruko Takeyama, Hiroaki Sudo, Nobuo Oyama, Shunsuke Ariura, Hiroyuki Takano, Morio Hirano, J.Grant Burgess, Koji Sode, Noriyuki Nakamura

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology   28-29 ( 1 ) 157 - 167  1991.03

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    A photobioreactor was constructed in the form of a Perspex column 900 mm tall with an internal diameter of 70 mm. The reactor volume was 1.8 L and the light source consisted of a metal-halide lamp to reproduce sunlight. Light was distributed through the culture using a new type of optical fiber that diffuses light out through its surface, perpendicular to the fiber axis. A cluster of 661 light-diffusing optical fibers (LDOFs) pass from the light source through the reactor column (60-cm culture depth) and are connected to a mirror at the top of the reactor. This biosolar reactor has been used for the production of glutamate from CO2 by the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG040607. We present here details of the construction of the biosolar reactor and characterization of its properties. The effect of light intensity on glutamate production was measured. Carbon dioxide-to-glutamate conversion ratios were determined at different cell densities: the maximum conversion ratio (28%) was achieved at a cell density of 3x108 cells/mL. A comparison of glutamate production using the LDOF biosolar reactor described here with production by batch culture using free or immobilized cells showed that use of an optical-fiber biosolar reactor increased glutamate-production efficiency 6.75-fold. We conclude that as a result of its high surface-to-volume ratio (692/m) increased photoproduction of useful compounds may be achieved. Such a system is generally applicable to all aspects of photobiotechnology. © 1991 Humana Press Inc.

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  • Preparation of Bacterial Magnetite Particles for DNA Carriers

    Haruko Takeyama, Satoko Kudo, Koji Sode, Moriyuki Nakamura, Tadashi Matsunaga

    KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU   48 ( 5 ) 319 - 325  1991

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    We have investigated the application of bacterial magnetite particles as DNA carriers for microprojectile based gene transfer. The magnetic bacterium, Aquaspirillum sp. AMB-1, can grow aerobically to high cell densities, allowing high yields of bacterial magnetite particles to be sonicated. The optimum sonication conditions were determined and found to be dependent on culture age. Excessive sonication damaged the magnetosome membrane surrounding magnetite particles. This decreased dispersion resulted in a reduced surface area available for DNA adsorption. When compared with gold, tungsten and non membrane coated magnetite, membrane coated magnetite was a better material for DNA binding (5 μg DNA/mg magnetite). The greatest amount of DNA was bound following treatment of membrane coated magnetite with glutaraldehyde-triamine prior to incubation with DNA. © 1991, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan. All rights reserved.

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  • On-line monitoring of marine cyanobacterial cultivation based on phycocyanïn fluorescence

    Koji Sode, Kenichi Horikoshi, Haruko Takeyama, Noriyuki Nakamura, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Journal of Biotechnology   21 ( 3 ) 209 - 217  1991

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    A novel on-line fluorescence monitoring system for marine cyanobacterial cultivation was developed. This method is based on the measurement of intracellular phycocyanin content, which is the major light harvesting protein. A fluorescence spectrophotometer, equipped with a flow cell connected with a culture liquid recycling tube was used. Experiments were carried out using a marine unicellular cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902 isolated from Japanese coastal sea water. We have optimized excitation wavelength to avoid the light scattering, using non-pigmented old cells which no longer contained phycocyanin. At an excitation wavelength of 590 nm, light scattering was minimized. Viable cell concentration could be measured in the range of 2×106 to 2×108 cells per ml, without pronounced light scattering. Continuous monitoring of marine cyanobacteria cultivation was performed. Cell concentrations were determined by both culture fluorescence and by using a hemacytometer. A good linear correlation was obtained. We conclude that on-line monitoring of cyanobacterial culture fluorescence based on phycocyanin is a rapid, efficient and also versatile method for determining viable cell concentration. © 1991.

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  • Characterization of cryptic plasmids from marine cyanobacteria and construction of a hybrid plasmid potentially capable of transformation of marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., and its transformation

    Tadashi Matsunaga, Harciko Takeyama, Noriyuki Nakamura

    Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology   24-25 ( 1 ) 151 - 160  1990.03

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    Among forty strains of marine cyanobacteria isolated in our laboratory, five strains had 1-3 different plasmids. The unicellular marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902, contains at least three plasmids (pSY09, pSY10, and pSY11). However, these plasmids are cryptic. Therefore, a hybrid plasmid pUSY02 containing the 1.4kb HindIII fragment of pSY11 and Escherichia coli plasmid pUC18 was constructed. The plasmid pUSY02 transformed both marine Synechococcus sp. NKBG042902-YG1116, which is a cured strain, and fresh water Anacystis nidulans R2 by dark incubation or Ca2+ treatment. However, the plasmid pSG111 constructed from the plasmid DNA of A. nidulans R2 failed to transform marine Synechococcus sp. Electroporation was also applicable to transformation of marine Synechococcus sp. and fresh water A. nidulans R2. The plasmid pUSY02 was rapidly introduced into marine Synechococcus sp. © 1990 Humana Press Inc.

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  • Gulutamate Production by Marine Cyanobacteria Using a Biosolar Reactor Employing Light Diffusing Optical Fibers.

    Takeyama H., Sudou H., Takano H., Manabe E., Hirano M., Sode K., Matsunaga T.

      2   156 - 156  1990

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  • Adaptation to salinity in marine cyanobacterium Sxnechococcus sp. NKBG042902 containing plasmids

    Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

        147 - 147  1989

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  • Transformation of Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. by Electoroporation.

    Haruko Takeyama, Noriyuki Nakamura, Tadashi Matsunaga

    Current Topics in Marine Biotechnology     159 - 160  1989

  • 海洋性藍藻Synechococcus sp.の宿主-ベクター系の改良(微生物-プラスミド, ベクター-)

    竹山 春子, 中村 徳幸, 松永 是

    日本農藝化學會誌   62 ( 3 ) 470 - 470  1988.03

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  • Plasmid DNA Transfer into Marine Blue-green Algae by Electroporation

    Takeyama Haruko, Nakamura Noriyuki, Matsunaga Tadashi

      63   68 - 68  1988

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  • 16S rRNA解析による魚介類の腸管および環境水の細菌叢の構造と役割の解明

    2016  

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    腸内の常在細菌叢は、外部からの病原体の影響を強く受け、侵入防御機構や腸管上皮細胞の分化誘導などの消化管免疫機能の役割を果たしている。魚類の腸内細菌叢(腸内フローラ)には多種多様な細菌叢が存在し、複雑な微生物生態系が形成しているが、その役割についてはほとんど解明されていない。そこで、本研究では、魚類の腸内フローラについて、メタゲノム解析を行い、腸内細菌の種類や組成を明らかにする事を目的とした。このために、今年度はサンプルからのDNA抽出法、16S rRNA遺伝子配列の解析に伴うプロトコルを検証し、今後の研究の基盤となる検討結果を得た。

  • バクテリアシングルセルRNA-seqのためのドロップレットデバイスの開発

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    1細胞トランスクリプトーム解析には、1細胞mRNAからcDNAを合成し、RNA-seqを実施可能とするための全転写産物増幅(WTA)の工程が必須である。本研究では、微生物に特化した1細胞WTA法を開発することを目的とした。具体的には真核細胞用のWTA技術を改変して、Poly(A)鎖配列を持たないバクテリアのmRNAからのcDNA鎖合成と増幅について検討した。この結果、従来法が必要とするmRNA量よりも少ない鋳型量から増幅cDNAライブラリーを構築し、次世代シーケンサーにてトランスクリプトーム解析を実施できる可能性が示唆された。以上より、今後1細胞に対応するための基盤となる検討結果が得られた。

  • 環境有害金属のイムノクロマトグラフィーによる新規測定法の開発とその国際標準化

    2010  

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    カドミウム(Cd)は人体に有害な重金属であり、水道水基準値は3 µg/Lである。Cd濃度の分析法は高額な費用、長い測定時間、専門的な知識と技術、広い分析場所が必要であるため、発展途上国や試料採取場所では微量分析が期待できない状況であり、迅速で簡便な検出・定量法が求められていた。近年コメ中のCd濃度を迅速かつ簡便高感度に定量するイムノクロマトグラフィー(ImC)が開発された。しかしながらImCの定量下界は10 µg/Lで環境基準を分析するには測定段階前に前処理が必要であった。本研究では前処理カラムの保持力および緩衝液の緩衝能の改善などの前処理段階の条件を最適化しImC測定の高精度化および簡易化を実現した。

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    2010  

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    本研究では、二種類のHIV-1の細胞内での感染優位性の違いの解明を行うため、HIV-1のモデルとなるレンチウイルスの作成および単一細胞内の二種類のHIV-1の定量に向けた技術開発を行った。単一細胞レベルでのデジタルPCRを達成するためにCapillary plate PCR (CP-PCR)を開発した。CP-PCRとは多数のポアがあるキャピラリープレート内で単一分子cDNA を個別・並列的に増幅する技術である。CP-PCRでは各ポア内のPCR 産物量がプライマーの数により制限され、各ポア内のPCR産物量が限られるという特徴を持つ。この特徴からPCR産物の濃度を定量することでテンプレート量の解析に繋げることができ、リアルタイムPCR で解析が可能になる。またCP-PCRを行うときにTaqManプローブを加え、PCR後に蛍光を発するポアをカウントすることで定量する方法を検討した。この方法では単一分子のテンプレートcDNAを単一蛍光ポアに置換することができ、微量のcDNAをカウントにより定量することが期待できる。&nbsp;