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Division of Biosystem and Bioresource Technology

[ik.portrait] Kikukatsu ITO
Specialty:Molecular Biology, System Biology
Research Interests:
   Molecular mechanisms of thermoregulation in higher plants.
Recent Publications:
○Journal
2006 2 Seymour, R. S. and Ito, K. (2006)
Temperature regulation by thermogenic flowers.
Plant Physiology, Fourth edition by Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger.   (Details
1 Ito, K., Matsukawa, K. and Kato, Y.(2006)
Functional analysis of skunk cabbage SfUCPB, a unique uncoupling protein lacking the fifth transmembrane domain, in yeast cells.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 349: 383-390. <Summary
2005 3 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2005)
Nonlinear dynamics of homeothermic temperature control in skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
Physical Review E, 72, 051909. (Summary
2 Ito, K. and Seymour, R. S. (2005)
Expression of uncoupling protein and alternative oxidase depends on lipid or carbohydrate substrates in thermogenic plants.
Biology Letters, in press. (Summary
1 Onda, Y. and Ito, K.(2005)
Changes in the composition in xylem sap during development of the spadix of skunk cabbage(Symplocarpus foetidus).
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 69:1156-1161. (Summary
2004 1 Ito, K.; Ito, T.; Onda, Y. and Uemura, M.(2004)
Temperature-triggered periodical thermogenic oscillations in skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant Cell Physiol., 45: 257-264. (Summary
2003 3 Seymour, R. S.; Gibernau, M. and Ito, K.(2003)
Thermogenesis and respiration of inflorescences of the dead horse lily Helicodiceros muscivorus, a pseudo-thermoregulatory aroid associated with fly pollination.
Functional Ecology, 17: 886-894. (Summary
2 Ito, K.; Abe, Y.; Johnston, S. and Seymour, R. S. (2003)
Ubiquitous expression of a gene encoding for uncoupling protein isolated from the thermogenic inflorescence of the dead horse arum Helicodiceros muscivorus.
Journal of Experimental Botany, 54: 1113-1114. (Summary
1 Ito, K.; Onda, Y.; Sato, T.; Abe, Y. and Uemura, M.(2003)
Structural requirements for the perception of ambient tempereture signals in homeothermic heat production of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant, Cell and Environment, 26: 783-789. (Summary
2001 3 Itagaki, T,; Honnami, M.; Ito, D.; Ito, K.; Tsutsumi, K.; Shibahara, T. and Noda, Y.(2001)
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism of a triploid form of Fasciola in Japan.
J. Helminthol., 75(2): 193-196.
2 Wang, K.-J.; Takahata, Y.; Ito, K.; Zhao, Y.; Tsutsumi, K. and Kaizuma, N.(2001)
Genetic characterization of a novel soybean kunitz trypsin inhibitor.
Breeding Science, 51: 185-190. (Summary
1 Otsu, K.; Ito, K.; Kuzumaki, T. and Iuchi, Y.(2001)
Differential regulation of liver-specific and ubiquitously-expressed genes in primary rat hepatocytes by the extracellular matrix.
Cell. Physiol. Biochem., 11: 33-40. (Summary
1999 2 Ito, K.(1999)
Isolation of two distinct cold-inducible cDNAs encoding plant uncoupling proteins from the spadix of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant Sci., 149: 167-173.
1 Ito, K.; Kusano, T. and Tsutsumi, K.(1999)
A cold-inducible bZIP protein gene in radish root regulated by calcium- and cycloheximide-mediated signals.
Plant Sci., 142: 57-65.
1998 1 Itagaki, T.; Tsutsumi, K.; Ito, K. and Tsutsumi, Y.(1998)
Taxonomic status of the Japanese triploid forms of Fasciolo : Comparison of mitochondrial ND1 and COI sequences with F. hepatica and F. gigantica.
J. Parasitol., 84: 445-448.
1996 1 Kuzumaki, T.; Matsuda, A.; Ito, K. and Ishikawa, K.(1996)
Cell adhesion to substratum and activation of tyrosine kinases are essentially required for G1/S phase transition in BALB/c 3T3 fibroblasts.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1310(2): 185-192.

○Presentation
2005 7 Onda, Y., Kato, Y. and Ito, K. (2006)
Ambient temperature-independent expression of AOX and UCPb genes in the homeothermic spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology. (2006/8/20-8/25, Adelaide, Australia)
6 Ito, T. and Osada, H. and Ito, K. (2006)
Modeling of thermoregulation in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology. (2006/8/20-8/25, Adelaide, Australia)
5 Matsukawa, K. and Ito, K. (2006)
Alternative oxidase alleviates antimycin A-induced effects on mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS production in human cells.
8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology. (2006/8/20-8/25, Adelaide, Australia)
4 Ito, Y., Kato, Y., and Ito, K. (2006)
SfUCPB, a novel mitochondrial inner membrane protein with high expression in thermogenic spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology. (2006/8/20-8/25, Adelaide, Australia)
3 Ito, T., Osada, H. and Ito, K. (2006)
Nonlinear dynamics for thermoregulation system in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (2006/6/18-6/23, Kyoto, Japan)
2 Matsukawa, K., and Ito, K. (2006)
Alternative oxidase from thermogenic skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) alleviates antimycin A-impaired mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS production in human cells.
20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (2006/6/18-6/23, Kyoto, Japan)
1 Ito, Y., Kato, Y., and Ito, K. (2006)
SfUCPB, a novel uncoupling protein localized in the inner mitochondrial membrane confers uncoupling properties to thermogenic spadix of skunk cabbage.
20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (2006/6/18-6/23, Kyoto, Japan)
2005 4 Otsuka, M.; Kato, Y.; Onda, Y.; Matsukawa, K.; Ito, Y. and Ito, K.(2005)
Pyruvate-specific activation of alternative oxidase in the mitochondria of thermogenic spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology. (2005/5/28-6/2, Obernai, France.)
3 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2005)
Nonlinear dynamics of homeothermic temperature control in skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology. (2005/5/28-6/2, Obernai, France.)
2 Onda, Y. and Ito, K.(2005)
Thermoscopic identification of thermogenic cells that co-express both SfAOX and SfUCPb genes in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology. (2005/5/28-6/2, Obernai, France.)
1 Onda, Y. and Ito, K.(2005)
Developmental changes in the composition in xylem sap are related to the stigma-specific and cold-inducible heat production in skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Gordon Research Conference on Temperature Stresses in Plants. (2005/1/30-2/4, Ventura, CA, USA.)
2004 3 Ito, K. and Seymour, R. S.(2004)
Cloning and expression analysis of genes for alternative oxidase (AOX) and uncoupling protein (UCP) from thermogenic arum lily Philodendron selloum.
IXth International Aroid Symposium. (2004/11/21-26, Kuching, Malaysia.)
2 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2004)
Dynamics of the thermal oscillation in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Syplocarpus foetidus.
7th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar. Abstract: 43. (2004/7/10-15, Sapporo, Japan.)
1 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2004)
Are body temperatures of plants chaotic? Nonlinear analyses of temperatures in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
Dynamic Days 2004, Twenty-Third Annual International Conference. (2004/1/2-5, NC, USA.)
2003 6 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2003)
Computer-simulation of mitochondrial respiratory activity that controls the homeothermic heat-production in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
Plant Biology 2003. Abstract: p.81. (2003/7/26-30, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.)
5 Ito, K. and Onda, Y.(2003)
Thermoscopic identification of heat-generating cells that co-express both SfAOX and SfUCPb genes in the spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus. Plant Biology 2003. Abstract: p.81. (2003/7/26-30, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.)
4 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2003)
Computer modeling for thermogenic temperature oscillations in higher plants
5th International Workshop on Advanced Genomics from Molecules to Systems. Abstract: p.100. (2003/6/26-27, Yokohama, Japan.)
3 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2003)
Analysis and modeling for thermal oscillation in spadix of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
Gordon Research Conference. (2002/1/26-31, Ventura, California, USA.)
2 Kato, Y.;Onda, Y. and Ito, K.(2003)
Heat-production and expression analysis of genes encoding for mitochondrial alternative oxidase and uncoupling proteins in two Symplocarpus species, S. foetidus and S. nipponicus.
Gordon Research Conference. (2002/1/26-31, Ventura, California, USA.)
1 Ito, K.(2003)
Characterization of a temperature sensor that regulates heat production in the spadix of skunk cabbage.
Gordon Research Conference. (2002/1/26-31, Ventura, California, USA.)
2002 3 Ito, K.(2002)
Characterization of the temperature sensor which regulates heat production in skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
Special Seminar. (Purdue University, USA.)
2 Ito, K. and Seymour, R. S.(2002)
Isolation of a gene encoding uncoupling protein from the thermogenic inflorescence of the dead horse arum Helicodiceros muscivorus.
Plant Biology 2002. Abstract #652. (2002/8/3-7, Denver, Co, USA.)
1 Ito, T. and Ito, K.(2002)
Chaotic behavior in the core temperature of the spadix of Asian skunk cabbage.
Plant Biology 2002. Abstract #101. (2002/8/3-7, Denver, Co, USA.)
2001 4 Uemura, M. and Ito, K.(2001)
Identification and analysis of plasma membrane proteins isolated from rice leaves (Oryza sativa).
Plant Biology 2001. Abstract book: p.658. (2001/7/21-25, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.)
3 Ito, K.; Onda, Y.; Kawai, S. and Uemura, M.(2001)
Sensing of temperature changes and oscillatory thermoregulation in the spadix of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant Biology 2001. Abstract book: p369. (2001/7/21-25, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.)
2 Ito, K. and Uemura, M.(2001)
Sensing of temperature changes and oscillatory thermoregulation in the spadix of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant Biology 2001. Abstract book: p13.  (2001/7/21-25, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.)
1 Ito, K.; Onda, Y.; Kawai, S. and Uemura, M.(2001)
Temperature-triggered periodical thermogenic oscillations in skunk cabbage.
Gordon Research Conference on Temperature Stress in Plants. (2001/1/28-2/2, Ventura, USA.)
2000 4 Ito, K. and Uemura, M.(2000)
Characterization of two novel isoforms of Symplocarpus uncoupling proteins in yeast heterologous expression system.
Plant Biology 2000. Abstract No.817. (2000/7/15-19, San Diego, USA.)
3 Ito, K. and Uemura, M.(2000)
Two novel cold-inducible genes encoding plant uncoupling proteins from the spadix of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
Plant Biology 2000. Abstract No.816. (2000/7/15-19, San Diego, USA.)
2 Ito, K. and Uemura, M.(2000)
Assessment of uncoupling activities of Symplocarpus uncoupling proteins using a yeast heterologous expression system.
Plant Cell Physiol. 41: s141.
1 Ito, K. and Uemura, M.(2000)
Identification and functional characterization of two isoforms of plant uncoupling proteins in thermogenic skunk cabbage.
New Frontiers in Plant Science and Plant Biotechnology. (2000/3/5-9, Toulouse, France.)
1999 1 Ito, K.(1999)
SrUCP-1: a Symplocarpus gene encoding a novel plant uncoupling mitochondria protein with a cold-inducible expression.
Gordon Research Conference on Temperature Stress in Plants. (1999/1/31-2/5, Ventura, California, USA)
1997 2 Ito, K.; Kikawada, T.; Miyagi, S.; Zhao, Y. and Tsutsumi, K.(1997)
Chromosomal state of an eukaryotic replication origin that contains cell type-specific transcription promoter.
International Conference on Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology. (1997/8/16-24, Heraklion, Greece)
1 Honnami, M.; Itagaki, T.; Tsutsumi, K. and Ito, K.(1997)
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in triploid Japanese Fasciola sp.
Parasitology International. 46(Suppl.): 76. (1997/4/3-5, 千葉)

○Recive
1999 1 Ito, K.(1999)
Early Career Scientist Best 6 (Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, USA.)

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