Kotake, Y., Ozawa, Y., Harada, M., Kitagawa, K., Niida, H., Morita, Y., Tanaka, K., Suda, T. and Kitagawa, M.: YB1 binds to and represses the p16 tumor suppressor gene. Gene Cells, in press.
Kitagawa, M., Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y., Niida, H. and Ohhata, T.: Cell cycle regulation by long non-coding RNAs. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1423-0.
Suzuki, S., Ohashi, N. and Kitagawa, M: Roles of the Skp2/p27 axis in the progression of chronic nephropathy. . Cell Mol Life Sci. 70:3277-3289, 2013.
2012
Liu, N., Matsumoto M., Kitagawa K., Kotake Y., Suzuki S., Shirasawa S., Nakayama KI., Nakanishi M., Niida H., Kitagawa M.: Chk1 phosphorylates the tumor suppressor Mig-6, regulating the activation of EGF signaling. EMBO J. 31:2365-2377, 2012.
Egawa, K., Kitagawa, K., Inoue K., Takayama, M., Takayama, C., Saitoh, S., Kishino, T., Kitagawa, M., Fukuda, A: Decreased tonic inhibition in cerebellar granule cells causes motor dysfunction in a mouse model of Angelman syndrome. Sci Transl Med. 4, 163ra157,1-10, 2012.
Kitagawa, M., Kotake, Y. and Ohhata, T.: Long noncoding RNA involved in cancer development and cell fate determination. Curr. Drug Targets 13:1616-1621, 2012.
Kitagawa, K. and Kitagawa, M.: The SCF ubiquitin ligases involved in hematopoietic linage. Curr. Drug Targets 13:1641-1648, 2012.
Niida, H. and Kitagawa, M.: Regulation of DNA replication licensing. Curr. Drug Target 13:1588-1592, 2012.
Suzuki, S., Fukasawa, H., Misaki, T., Togawa A., Ohashi, N., Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y., Niida, H., Liu, N., Nakayama. K., Nakayama, K.I., Yamamoto, T. and Kitagawa, M.: The amelioration of renal damage in Skp2-deficient mice is canceled by p27 Kip1 deficiency in Skp2-/- p27-/- mice. PLoS ONE, 7: e31249, 2012.
Fukasawa, H., Fujigaki Y., Yamamato, T., Hishida, A. and Kitagawa, M.: Protein Degradation by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway and Organ Fibrosis. Current Medicinal Chemistry (review article) 19 893-900, 2012.
2011
Suzuki, S., Fukasawa, H., Misaki, T., Togawa A., Ohashi, N., Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y., Niida, H., Hishida, A., Yamamoto, T. and Kitagawa M.: Up-regulation of Cks1 and Skp2 with TNF-α/NF-κB signaling in chronic progressive nephropathy. Genes Cells 16: 1110-1120, 2011.
Kotake, Y., Nakagawa, T., Kitagawa, K., Suzuki, S., Liu, N., Kitagawa, M. and Xiong, Y.: Long non-coding RNA ANRIL is required for the PRC2 recruitment to and silencing of p15INK4B tumor suppressor gene. Oncogene 30:1956-1962, 2011.
Hung, T., Wang, Y., Lin, MF., Koegel, A.K., Kotake, Y., Grant, GD., Horlings, H.M., Shah, N., Umbricht, C., Wang, P., Wang, Y., Kong, B., Langerod, A., Borresen-Dale, AL., Kim, S.K., van de Vijver, M., Sukumar, S., Whitfield, M.L., Kellis, M., Xiong, Y., Wong, DJ., Chang, HY.: Extensive and coordinated transcription of noncoding RNAs within cell-cycle promoters. Nat Genet. 43(7):621-629. 2011
Nakajima, K., Inagawa, M., Uchida, C., Okada, K., Kojima, M., Kubota, K., Noda, M., Ogawa S., Shirato, H., Sato M., Suzuki-Migishima, R., Hino, T., Kitagawa, M. and Takeuchi, T.: Coordinated regulation of differentiation and proliferation of embryonic cardiomyocytes by a Jumonnji (Jarid2)-cyclin D1 pathway. Development 138:1771-1782, 2011.
2010
Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y., Hiramatsu, Y., Liu, N., Suzuki, S., Nakamura, S., Kikuchi, A. and Kitagawa, M.: GSK3 regulates the expression of human and mouse c-Myb via different mechanisms. Cell Div. 5: 27, 2010.
Suzuki, T., Isobe, T., Kitagawa, M. and Ueda, K.: Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus- encoded LANA positively affects on ubiquitylation of p53. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 403: 194-197, 2010.
Yu, H.S., Oyama, T., Isse, T., Kitagawa, K., Pham, T.T., Tanaka, M. and Kawamoto, T.: Formation of acetaldehyde-derived DNA adducts due to alcohol exposure. Chem. Biol. Interact. 188:367-375, 2010.
Niida, H., Murata, K., Shimada, M., Ogawa, K., Ohta, K., Suzuki, K., Fujigaki, H., Khaw, A.K., Banerjee, B., Hande, M.P., Miyamoto, T., Miyoshi, I., Shirai, T., Motoyama, N., Delhase, M., Appella, E. and Nakanishi, M.: Cooperative functions of Chk1 and Chk2 reduce tumour susceptibility in vivo. EMBO J. 29: 3558-3570, 2010.
Togawa, A., Sfakianos, J., Ishibe, S., Suzuki, S., Fujigaki, Y., Kitagawa, M., Mellman, I. and Cantley, L.G.: Hepatocyte Growth Factor stimulated cell scattering requires ERK and Cdc42-dependent Tight Junction Disassembly. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 400: 271-277, 2010.
Sakai, S., Ohoka, N., Onozaki, K., Kitagawa, M., Nakanishi, M. and Hayashi, H.: Dual mode of regulation of Cdc25A protein by TRB3. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 33: 1112-1116, 2010.
Fukasawa, H., Yamamoto, T., Fujigaki, Y., Misaki, T., Ohashi, N., Takayama, T., Suzuki, S., Mugiya, S., Oda, T., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Hayashi, H., Ozono, S., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Reduction of transforming growth factor-s type II receptor is caused by the enhanced ubiquitin-dependent degradation in human renal cell carcinoma. Int. J. Cancer 127: 1517-1525, 2010.
Ma, H., Yu, L., Byra, E.A., Hu, N., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K.I., Kawamoto, T. and Ren, J.: Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout accentuates ethanol-induced cardiac depression: role of protein phosphatases. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 49: 322-329, 2010.
2009
Isobe, T., Hattori, T., Kitagawa, K., Uchida, C., Kotake, Y., Kosugi, I., Oda, T. and Kitagawa, M.: Adenovirus E1A inhibits SCFFbw7 ubiquitin ligase. J. Biol. Chem. 284: 27766-27779, 2009.
Kitagawa, K., Hiramatsu, Y., Uchida, C., Isobe, T., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Shibata, K., Nakamura, S., Kikuchi, A. and Kitagawa, M.: Fbw7 promotes ubiquitin-dependent degradation of c-Myb: involvement of GSK3-mediated phosphorylation of Thr-572 in mouse c-Myb. Oncogene 28: 2383-2405, 2009.
Kotake, Y., Zeng, Y. and Xiong, Y.: DDB1-CUL4 and MLL1 mediate oncogene-induced p16INK4a activation. Cancer Res. 69: 1809-1814, 2009.
Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y. and Kitagawa, M.: Ubiquitin-mediated control of oncogene and tumor suppressor gene products. Cancer Sci. 100: 1374-1381, 2009.
Misaki, T., Yamamoto, T., Suzuki, S., Fukasawa, H., Togawa, A., Ohashi, N., Suzuki, H., Fujigaki, Y., Oda, T, Uchida, C., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Decrease in TRADD resulted from ubiquitin-dependent degradation in the obstructive renal injury in rats. Am. J. Pathol. 175: 74-83, 2009.
Shimada, M., Kitagawa, K., Dobashi, Y., Isobe, T., Hattori, T., Uchida, C., Abe, K., Kotake, Y., Oda, T., Suzuki, H., Hashimoto, K. and Kitagawa, M.: High expression of Pirh2, an E3 ligase for p27, is associated with low expression of p27 and poor prognosis in head and neck cancers. Cancer Sci. 100: 866-872, 2009.
Jamal, M., Ameno, K., Miki, T., Wang, W., Kumihashi, M., Isse, T., Kawamoto, T., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K., Ijiri, I. and Kinoshita, H.: Cholinergic alterations following alcohol exposure in the frontal cortex of Aldh2-deficient mice models. Brain Res. 1295: 37-43, 2009.
Yu, HS, Oyama, T, Isse, T, Kitagawa, K., Ogawa, M., Pham, T.T. and Kawamoto, T.: Characteristics of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Aldh2) knockout mice. Toxicol. Mechanisms and Methods 19(9): 535-540, 2009.
Ameno, K., Wang, W., Jamal, M., Kumihashi, M., Isse, T., Kawamoto, T., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K., Ijiri, I. and Kinoshita, H.: Ethanol metabolism in ALDH2 knockout mice Blood acetate levels Legal Med. 11: 413-415, 2009.
2008
Yamamoto, M., Kikuchi, H., Ohta, M., Kawabata, T., Hiramatsu, Y., Kondo, K., Baba, M,. Kamiya, K., Tanaka, T., Kitagawa M. and Konno, H.: TSU68 prevents liver metastasis of colon cancer xenografts by modulating the pre-metastatic niche. Cancer Res. 68: 9754-9762, 2008.
Ohashi, N., Yamamoto, T., Huang, Y., Misaki, T., Fukasawa, H., Suzuki, H., Togawa, A., Suzuki, S., Fujigaki, Y., Nakagawa, T., Nakamura, Y., Suzuki, F., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Intrarenal RAS activity and urinary angiotensinogen excretion in anti-thymocyte serum nephritis rats. Am. J. Physiol Renal Physiol. 295: F1512-1518, 2008.
Hayakawa, M., Matsushima, M., Hagiwara, H., Oshima, T., Fujino, T., Ando, K., Kikugawa, K., Tanaka, H., Miyazawa,K. and Kitagawa, M.: Novel insights into FGD3, a putative GEF for Cdc42, that undergoes SCF/b-TrCP-mediated proteasomal degradation analogous to that of its homologue FGD1 but regulates cell morphology and motility differently from FGD1. Genes to Cells 13: 329-442, 2008.
Abe, K., Hattori, T., Isobe, T., Kitagawa, K., Oda, T., Uchida, C., and Kitagawa, M.: Pirh2 interacts with and ubiquitylates signal recognition particle receptor beta subunit. Biomed Res. 29:53-60, 2008.
Kurata, K., Yanagisawa, R., Ohira, M., Kitagawa, M., Nakagawara, A. and Kamijo, T.: Stress via p53 pathway causes apoptosis by mitochondrial Noxa upregulation in doxorubicin-treated neuroblastoma cells. Oncogene 27: 741-754, 2008.
Fukasawa, H., Yamamato, T., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Regulation of TGF-beta signaling by Smads and its roles in tissue fibrosis. Current signal transduction therapy (review article) 3: 1-6, 2008.
Matsumoto, A., Kawamoto, T., Mutoh, F., Isse, T., Oyama, T., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K.I. and Ichiba, M.: Effects of 5-week ethanol feeding on the liver of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice. Pharmacogenet. Genomics 18: 847-52, 2008.
Kunugita, N., Isse, T., Oyama, T., Kitagawa, K., Ogawa, M., Yamaguchi, T., Kinaga, T. and Kawamoto, T.: Increased frequencies of micronucleated reticulocytes and T-cell receptor mutation in Aldh2 knockout mice exposed to acetaldehyde. J. Toxicol. Sci. 33: 31-36, 2008.
2007
Hattori, T., Isobe, T., Abe, K., Kikuchi, H., Kitagawa, K., Oda, T., Uchida, C. and Kitagawa, M.: Pirh2 Promotes Ubiquitin-Dependent Degradation of the CDK Inhibitor p27Kip1. Cancer Res. 67: 10789-10795, 2007.
Ohoka, N., Hattori, T., Kitagawa, M., Onozaki, K. and Hayashi H.: Critical and functional regulation of CHOP (C/EBP homologous protein) through the N-terminal portion. J. Biol. Chem. 282: 35687-35694, 2007.
Arakawa, T., Yamamura, T., Hattori, T., Hayashi H., Mori, A., Yoshida, A., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, M. and Onozaki, K.: Contribution of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases to the IL-1-induced Growth Inhibition of Human Melanoma Cells A375. Int. Immunopharm. 8: 80-89, 2007.
Kono, S., Suzuki, H., Oda, T., Takahashi, Y., Shirakawa, K., Takahashi, Y., Kitagawa, M. and Miyajima, H.: Cys-881 is essential for the trafficking and secretion of truncated mutant ceruloplasmin in aceruloplasminemia. J. Hepatology 47: 844-850, 2007.
Kikuchi, H., Yamamoto, M., Hiramatsu, Y., Baba, M., Ohta, M., Kamiya, K., Tanaka, T., Suzuki, S., Sugimura, H., Kitagawa, M., Kanai, T., Kitayama, Y., Kanda, T., Nishikura, K. and Konno, H.: Effect of loss of heterozygosity of the c-kit gene on prognosis after hepatectomy for metastatic liver gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Cancer Sci. 98: 1734-1739, 2007.
Kikuchi, H., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Isobe, T., Hiramatsu, Y., Kitagawa, K., Oda, T., Konno, H. and Kitagawa, M.: ARA54 is involved in transcriptional regulation of the cyclin D1 gene in human cancer cells. Carcinogenesis 28: 1752-1758, 2007.
Suzuki, S., Fukasawa, H., Kitagawa, K., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Isobe, T., Oda, T., Misaki, T., Ohashi, N., Nakayama, K., Nakayama, K.I., Hishida, A., Yamamoto, T. and Kitagawa, M.: Renal damage in obstructive nephropathy is decreased in Skp2-deficient mice. Am. J. Pathol. 171: 473-483, 2007.
Inoue, Y., Kitagawa, M. and Taya, Y.: Phosphorylation of pRB at Ser612 by Chk1/2 leads to a complex between pRB and E2F-1 after DNA damage. EMBO J. 26: 2083-2093, 2007.
Li, S., Gao, Y., Tokuyama, T., Yamamoto, J., Yokota, N., Yamamoto, S., Terakawa, S., Kitagawa, M. and Namba, H.: Genetically engineered neural stem cells migrate and suppress glioma cell growth at distant intracranial sites. Cancer Lett. 251: 220-227, 2007.
Wang, R.S., Ohtani, K., Suda, M., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K., Kawamoto, T. and Nakajima, T.: Reproductive toxicity of ethylene glycol monoethyl ether in Aldh2 knockout mice. Ind. Health 45: 574-578, 2007.
Matsuda, T., Matsumoto, A., Uchida, M., Kanaly, R.A., Misaki, K., Shibutani, S., Kawamoto, T., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K.I., Tomokuni, K. and Ichiba, M.: Increased formation of hepatic N2-ethylidene-2'-deoxyguanosine DNA adducts in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2-knockout mice treated with ethanol. Carcinogenesis 28: 2363-2366, 2007.
2006
Gao, Y., Kitagawa, K., Hiramatsu, Y., Kikuchi, H., Isobe, T., Shimada, M., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Nakayama, K., Nakayama, K.I., Tanaka, T., Konno, H. and Kitagawa, M.: Up-regulation of GPR48 induced by down-regulation of p27Kip1 enhances carcinoma cell invasiveness and metastasis. Cancer Res. 66: 11623-11631, 2006.
Kono, S., Suzuki, H., Oda, T., Miyajima, H., Takahashi, Y., Shirakawa, K., Ishikawa, K., and Kitagawa, M.: Biochemical features of ceruloplasmin gene mutations linked to aceruloplasminemia. Neuromolecular Med. 8: 361-374, 2006.
Gao, Y., Kitagawa, K., Shimada, M., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Oda, T. and Kitagawa, M.: Generation of a constitutively active mutant of human GPR48/LGR4, a G-protein-coupled receptor. Hokkaido. J. Med. Sci. 81: 101-105, 2006.
Hiramatsu, Y., Kitagawa, K., Suzuki, T., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Kikuchi, H., Oda, T., Hatakeyama, S., Nakayama K.I., Yamamtoto, T., Konno, H. and Kitagawa, M.: Degradation of Tob1 mediated by SCFSkp2-dependent ubiquitination. Cancer Res. 66: 8477-8483, 2006.
Takemura, M., Yoshida, S., Akiyama, T., Kitagawa, M. and Yamada, Y.: Role of the second-largest subunit of DNA polymerase a in the interaction between the catalytic subunit and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein in late S phase. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1764: 1447-1453, 2006.
Uchida, C., Miwa, S., Isobe, T., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Yasuda, H. and Kitagawa, M.: Effect of MdmX on Mdm2-mediated downregulation of pRB. FEBS Lett. 580:1753-1758, 2006.
Isobe, T., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Kitagawa, K., Oda, T. and Kitagawa, M.: Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of adenovirus E1A protein is inhibited by BS69. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 339: 367-374, 2006.
Miwa, S., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Sugimura, H., Yasuda, H., Nakamura, H. Chida K. and Kitagawa, M.: Mdm2-mediated pRB downregulation is involved in carcinogenesis in a p53-independent manner. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 340: 54-61, 2006.
Kikuchi, H., Yamashita, K., Kawabata, T., Yamamoto, M., Hiramatsu, Y., Kondo, K., Baba, M., Ohta, M., Kamiya, K., Tanaka, T., Suzuki, S., Kitagawa, K., Kitagawa, M., Sugimura, H. and Konno, H.:Immunohistochemical and genetic features of gastric and the metastatic liver GISTs, sequential analyses. Cancer Sci. 97: 127-132, 2006.
Fukasawa, H., Yamamoto, T., Togawa, A. Ohashi, N., Fujigaki, Y., Oda, T., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Suzuki, S., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of SnoN and Ski is increased in renal fibrosis induced by obstructive injury. Kidney Int. 69: 1733-1740, 2006.
2005
Uchida, C., Miwa, S., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Isobe, T., Otani, S., Oda, T., Sugimura, H., Kamijo, T., Ookawa, K., Yasuda, H., and Kitagawa, M.: Enhanced Mdm2 activity inhibits pRB function via ubiquitin-dependent degradation. EMBO J. 24: 160-169, 2005.
Ohashi, N., Yamamoto, T., Uchida, C., Togawa, A., Fukasawa, H., Fujigaki, Y., Suzuki, S., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Hayashi, H., Hishida, A. and Kitagawa, M.: Transcriptional induction of Smurf2 ubiquitin ligase by TGF-?. FEBS Lett. 579: 2557-2563, 2005.
Takaki, T., Fukasawa, K., Suzuki-Takahashi, I., Semba, K., Kitagawa, M., Taya, Y. and Hirai, H: Preferences for phosphorylation sites in the retinoblastoma protein of D-Type cyclin-dependent kinases, Cdk4 and Cdk6 in vitro. J. Biochem. 137: 381-386, 2005.
Hayakawa, M., Kitagawa, H., Miyazawa, K., Kitagawa, M., and Kikugawa, K.: The FWD1/b-TrCP-mediated degradation pathway establishes a turning off switch of a Cdc42 guanine nucleotide exchange factor, FGD1. Genes to Cells 10: 241-251, 2005.
Isse, T., Matsuno, K., Oyama, T., Kitagawa, K. and Kawamoto, T.: Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene targeting mouse lacking enzyme activity shows high acetaldehyde level in blood, brain, and liver after ethanol gavages. Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 29: 1959-1964, 2005.
Chen, Z., Foster, M.W., Zhang, J., Mao, L., Rockman, H.A., Kawamoto, T., Kitagawa, K., Nakayama, K.I., Hess, D.T. and Stamler, J.S.: An essential role for mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase in nitroglycerin bioactivation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 102: 12159-12164, 2005.
Kim, Y.D., Oyama, T., Isse, T., Kitagawa, K., Ogawa, M., Yamaguchi, T., Suzuki, R., Kinaga, T., Kim, Y. H. and Kawamoto T.: Expression levels of hepatic cytochrome p450 enzymes in Aldh2 deficient mice following ethanol exposure; a pilot study. Archives of Toxicology 79: 192-195, 2005.
2004
Naito, M., Katayama, R., Ishioka, T., Suga, A., Takubo, K., Nanjyo, M., Hashimoto, C., Taira, M., Takada S., Takada, R., Kitagawa, M., Matsuzawa, S.-i., Reed, J. C. and Tsuruo, T.: Cellular FLIP inhibits b-catenin ubiquitylation and enhances Wnt signaling. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24: 8418-8427, 2004.
Fukasawa, H., Yamamoto, T., Togawa, A. Ohashi, N., Fujigaki, Y., Oda, T., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Suzuki, S., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Down-regulation of Smad7 expression by ubiquitin-dependent degradation contributes to renal fibrosis in mice obstructive nephropathy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 8687-8692, 2004.
Nakayama, K., Nagahama, H., Minamishima, Y. A., Miyake S., Matsumoto, M., Ishida, N., Hatakeyama S., Kitagawa, M., Iemura, S.-i., Natsume, T., and Nakayama, K.-i.: Skp2-mediated degradation of p27 regulates progression into Mitosis. Dev. Cell 6: 661-672, 2004.
Matsumoto, M., Yada, M., Hatakeyama, S., Ishimoto, H., Tanimura, T., Tsuji, S., Kakizuka, A., Kitagawa, M. and Nakayama K-I.: Molecular clearance of ataxin-3 is regulated by a mammalian E4. EMBO J. 23: 659-669, 2004.
Inoue, Y., Kitagawa, M., Onozaki, K, and Hayashi, H.: Contribution of the constitutive and inducible degradation of Smad3 by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to transforming growth factor-b signaling. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 24: 43-54, 2004
Kimura, M., Uchida, C., Takano, Y., Kitagawa, M. and Okano, Y.: Cell cycle-dependent regulation of the human aurora B promoter. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 316: 930-6, 2004.
Fukasawa, H., Yamamoto, T., Suzuki, H., Togawa, A. Ohashi, N., Fujigaki, Y., Uchida, C., Aoki, M., Hosono, M., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Treatment with anti-TGF-s antibody ameliorates progressive nephritis by inhibiting Smad/TGF-s signaling. Kidney Int. 65: 63-74, 2004.
Oyama, T., Kagawa, N., Kunugita, N., Kitagawa, K., Ogawa, M., Yamaguchi, T., Suzuki, R., Kinaga, T., Yashima, Y., Ozaki, S., Isse, T., Kim, Y.D., Kim, H. and Kawamoto, T.: Expression of cytochrome P450 in tumor tissues and its association with cancer development. Front. Biosci. 9: 1967-1976, 2004.
2003
Hattori, T., Kitagawa, K., Uchida, C., Oda, T., and Kitagawa, M.: Cks1 is degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Genes to Cells 8: 889-896, 2003.
Togawa, A., Yamamoto, T., Suzuki, S., Fukasawa, H., Ohashi, N., Fujigaki, Y., Kitagawa, K., Hattori, T., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of Smad2 is increased in the glomeruli of rats with anti-thymocyte serum nephritis. Am. J. Pathol. 163: 1645-1652, 2003.
Natsume, H., Sasaki, S., Kitagawa, M., Kashiwabara, Y., Matsushita, A., Nakano, K., Nishiyama, K., Nagayama, K., Misawa, H., Masuda H. and Nakamura, H.: b-Catenin/Tcf-1-mediated transactivation of cyclin D1 promoter is negatively regulated by thyroid hormone. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 309: 408-413, 2003.
Imaki, H., Nakayama, K., Delehouzee, S., Handa, H., Kitagawa, M., Kamura, T. and Nakayama, K.-I.: Cell Cycle-dependent Regulation of the Skp2 Promoter by GA-binding Protein. Cancer Res. 63: 4607-4613, 2003.
Hayakawa, M., Miyashita, H., Sakamoto, I., Kitagawa, M., Tanaka, H., Yasuda, H., Karin, M. and Kikugawa, K.: Evidence that reactive oxygen species do not mediate NF-kB activation. EMBO J. 22: 3356-3366, 2003.
Inui, N., Kitagawa, K., Miwa, S., Hattori, T., Chida, K., Nakamura, H. and Kitagawa, M.: High expression of Cks1 in human non-small cell lung carcinomas. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303: 978-984, 2003.
Tahara, K., Tsuchimoto, D., Tominaga, Y., Asoh, S., Ohta, S., Kitagawa, M., Horie, H., Kadoya, T. and Nakabeppu, Y.: ΔFosB but not FosB induces delayed apoptosis independent of cell proliferation in the Rat1a embryo cell line. Cell Death and Diff. 10: 496-507, 2003.
Katayama, K., Dobashi, Y., Kitagawa, M., Kawai, M., Kadoya, Y. and Kameya, T.: Cdk4/cyclin D1 kinase, a universal and critical regulator of apoptosis. Anticancer Res. 23: 235-244, 2003.
Matsumoto, A., Kunugita, N., Kitagawa, K., Isse, T., Oyama, T., Foureman, G.L., Morita, M. and Kawamoto, T.: Bisphenol A levels in human urine. Environ. Health Perspect. 111: 101-104, 2003.
2002
Uchida, C., Oda, T., Sugiyama, T., Otani, S., Kitagawa, M. and Ichiyama, A.: The role of Sp1 and AP-2 in basal and protein kinase A-induced expression of mitochondrial serine:pyruvate aminotransferase in hepatocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 39082-39092, 2002.
Mizuno, T., Ito, K., Uchida, C., Kitagawa, M., Ichiyama, A., Miura, S., Fujita, K. and Oda, T.: Analyses in transfected cells and in vitro of a putative peroxisomal targeting signal of rat liver serine:pyruvate aminotransferase. Histochem. Cell Biol. 118: 321-328 2002.
Isse, T., Oyama, T., Kitagawa, K., Matsuno, K., Matsumoto, A., Yoshida, A., Nakayama, K., Nakayama, K. and Kawamoto, T.: Diminished alcohol preference in transgenic mice lacking aldehyde dehydrogenase activity. Pharmacogenetics 12: 621-626, 2002.
2001
Nishida, T., Kaneko, F., Kitagawa, M. and Yasuda, H.: Characterization of a novel mammalian SUMO-1/Smt3-specific isopeptidase, a homologue of rat Axam, which is an Axin-binding protein promoting b-catenin degradation. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 39060-39066, 2001.
Katayama, K., Dobashi Y., Kitagawa, M., Kamekura, S., Kawai, M., Kadoya Y. and Kameya T.: Overexpression of Cdk4/Cyclin D1 induces apoptosis in PC12 cells in the presence of trophic support. FEBS Lett. 509: 382-388, 2001.
Sugiyama, T., Uchida, C., Oda, T., Kitagawa, M., Hayashi, H. and Ichiyama, A.: Involvement of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein in regulation of the rat serine:pyruvate/alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase gene expression. FEBS Lett. 508: 16-22, 2001.
Takemura, M., Yamamoto, T., Kitagawa, M., Taya Y., Akiyama, T., Asahara, H., Linn S., Suzuki, S., Tamai, K. and Yoshida, S.: Stimulation of DNA polymerase a activity by cdk2-phosphorylated Rb Protein. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 282: 984-990, 2001.
Kitagawa, K., Kunugita, N., Kitagawa, M. and Kawamoto, T.: CYP2A6*6, a novel polymorphism in Cytochrome P450 2A6, has a single amino acid substitution (R128Q) that inactivates enzymatic activity. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 17830-17835, 2001.
Yang, M., Kunugita, N., Kitagawa, K., Kang, S.H., Coles, B., Kadlubar, F.F., Katoh, T., Matsuno, K. and Kawamoto, T.: Individual differences in urinary cotinine levels in Japanese smokers: relation to genetic polymorphism of drug-metabolizing enzymes. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 10: 589-593, 2001.
Yamanaka, A., Hatakeyama, S., Kominami, K.-i., Kitagawa, M., Matsumoto, M. and Nakayama, K.-i.: Cell-cycle dependent expression of mammalian E2-C regulated by the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome. Mol. Biol. Cell 11: 2821-2831, 2000.
Ishida, N., Kitagawa, M., Hatakeyama, S. and Nakayama, K.-i.: Phosphorylation at Ser10 a major phosphorylation site of p27Kip1 , increases its protein stability. J Biol. Chem. 275: 25146-25154, 2000.
Ishimi, Y., Komamura, Y., You, Z., Omori, A. and Kitagawa, M.: Inhibition of Mcm4,6,7 helicase activity by phosphorylation with cyclin A-Cdk2. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 16235-16241, 2000.
Nakayama, K., Nagahama, H., Minamishima, Y. A., Matsumoto, M., Nakamichi, I., Kitagawa, K., Shirane, M., Tsunematsu, R., Tsukiyama, T., Ishida, N., Kitagawa, M., Nakayama, K.-i., and Hatakeyama S.: Targeted disruption of Skp2 result in accumulation of Cyclin E and p27Kip1, polyploidy, and centrosome overdeplication. EMBO J. 19(9): 2069-2081, 2000.
Dobashi, Y., Shoji, M., Kitagawa, M., Noguchi, T. and Kameya, T.: Simultaneous suppression of Cdc2/Cdk2 activity is necessary and sufficient for neuronal differentiation of PC12. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 12572-12580, 2000.
Tanaka, T., Tatsuno, I., Uchida, D., Moroo, I., Morio, H., Nakamura, S., Noguchi, Y., Yasuda, T., Kitagawa, M., Saito, Y. and Hirai, A.: Geranylgeranyl-pyrophosphate (GGPP), an isoprenoid of mevalonate cascade, is a critical compound for rat primary cultured cortical neurons to protect the cell death induced by HMG-CoA reductase inhibition. J. Neurosci. 20: 2852-2859, 2000.
Kitagawa K, Kawamoto T, Kunugita N, Tsukiyama T, Okamoto K, Yoshida A, Nakayama K, Nakayama K. Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 2 associates with oxidation of methoxyacetaldehyde; in vitro analysis with liver subcellular fraction derived from human and Aldh2 gene targeting mouse. FEBS Lett. 2000 Jul 7;476(3):306-11.
Katoh T, Boissy R, Nagata N, Kitagawa K, Kuroda Y, Itoh H, Kawamoto T, Bell DA. Inherited polymorphism in the N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) and 2 (NAT2) genesand susceptibility to gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2000 Jan 1;85(1):46-9.
Selected Paper (-1999)
Kitagawa, M., Hatakeyama S., Shirane, M., Matsumoto, M., Ishida, N., Hattori, K., Nakamichi, I., Kikuchi, A., Nakayama, K.-i. and Nakayama, K. : An F-box protein FWD1 mediates ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of β-catenin. EMBO J. 18: 2401-2410, 1999.
Hatakeyama S., Kitagawa, M., Nakayama, K., Shirane, M., Matsumoto, M., Hattori, K., Higashi, H., Nakao, H., Okumura, K., Onoe, K., Good, R. A. and Nakayama, K.-i. (Hatakeyama, S. and Kitagawa, M. equally contributed to this report): Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of IκBα is mediated by a ubiquitin ligase Skp1/Cul1/F-box protein FWD1. Proc. Nathl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 3859-3863, 1999.
Shirane, M., Harumiya, Y., Ishida, N., Miyamoto, C., Hirai, A., Hatakeyama, S., Nakayama, K.-i. and Kitagawa, M.: Down-regulation of p27Kip1 by two mechanizms, ubiquitin-mediated degradation and site-specific cleavage. J. Biol. Chem. 274(20): 13886-13893, 1999.
Noguchi, Y., Nakamura, S., Yasuda, T., Kitagawa, M., Kohn, L.D., Saito, Y. and Hirai, A.: Newly synthesized Rho A, not Ras is isoprenylated and translocated to membranes coincident with progression of the G1 to S phase of growth stimulated rat FRTL-5 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 3649-3653, 1998.
Kawana, H., Tamaru, J.-i., Tanaka, T., Hirai, A., Saito, Y., Kitagawa, M., Mikata, A., Harigaya, K. and Kuriyama, T.: Role of p27Kip1 and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 in proliferation of non-small cell lung cancer. Am. J. Pathol. 153: 505-513, 1998.
Tanaka, T., Tatsuno, I., Noguchi, Y., Uchida, D., Oeda, T., Narumiya, S., Yasuda, T., Higashi, H., Kitagawa, M., Nakayama, K., Saito, Y. and Hirai, A.: Activation of Cyclin dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) in growth-stimulated rat astrocytes. - Geranylgeranylated-Rho-small GTPase(s) are essential for the induction of cyclin E gene expression. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 26772-26778, 1998.
Hirai, A., Nakamura, S., Noguchi, Y., Yasuda, T., Kitagawa, M., Tatsuno, I., Oeda, T., Tahara, K., Terano,T., Narumiya, S., Kohn, L. D. and Saito, Y. : Geranylgeranylated Rho small GTPase(s) are essential for the degradation of p27Kip1 and facilitate the progression from G1 to S phase in growth-stimulated rat FRTL-5 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 13-16, 1997.
Kitagawa, M., Higashi, H., Jung, H.-K., Suzuki-Takahashi, I., Ikeda, M., Tamai, K., Kato, J., Segawa, K., Yoshida, E., Nishimura, S. and Taya, Y.: Consensus motif for phosphorylation by cyclin D1-Cdk4 is different from that for phosphorylation by cyclin A/E-Cdk2. EMBO J. 15: 7060-7069, 1996.
Furukawa, Y., Iwase, S., Terui, Y., Kikuchi, J., Nakamura, M., Kitagawa, S., and Kitagawa, M.: Transcriptional activation of the cdc2 gene is associated with Fas-induced apoptosis of human hematopoietic cells. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 28469-28477, 1996.
Yamamoto, K., Hirai, A., Ban, T., Saito, J., Tahara, K., Terano, T., Tamura, Y., Saito, Y. and Kitagawa, M.: Tyrotropin induces G1 cyclin expression and accelerates G1 phase after insulin-like growth factor I stimulation in FRTL-5 cells. Endocrinology 137: 2036-2042, 1996.
Higashi, H., Suzuki-Takahashi, I., Saitoh, S., Segawa, K., Taya, Y., Okuyama, A., Nishimura, S. and Kitagawa, M.: Cyclin-depemdent kinase 2 (Cdk2) forms an inactive complex with cyclin D1 since Cdk2 associated with cyclin D1 is not phosphorylated by Cdk7-cyclin-H. Eur. J. Biochem. 237: 460-467, 1996.
Kitagawa, M., Higashi, H., Takahashi, -S.I., Segawa, K. Hanks, S.K., Taya, Y., Nishimura, S. & Okuyama, A.: Phosphorylation of E2F-1 by cyclin A-cdk2. Oncogene, 10 : 229-236, 1995.
Suzuki-Takahashi, I., Kitagawa, M., Saijo, M., Higashi, H., Ogino, H., Matsumoto, H., Taya, Y., Nishimura, S. & Okuyama, A.: The interaction of E2F with pRB and with p107 are regulated via the phosphorylation of pRB and p107 by cyclin-dependent kinases. Oncogene, 10 : 1691-1698, 1995.
Kitagawa, M., Higashi, H., Takahashi, -S.I., Okabe, T., Ogino, H., Taya, Y., Nishimura, S. & Okuyama, A.: A cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, butyrolactone I, inhibits phosphorylation of RB protein and cell cycle progression. Oncogene, 9 : 2549-2557, 1994.
Kitagawa, M., Okabe, T., Ogino, H., Matsumoto, H., Takahashi, -S.I., Kokubo, T., Higashi, H., Saitoh, S., Taya, Y., Yasuda, H., Ohba, Y., Nishimura, S. & Okuyama, A. : Butyrolactone I, a selective inhibitor of cdk2 and cdc2 kinase. Oncogene, 8: 2425-2432, 1993.
Kitagawa, M., Saitoh, S., Ogino, H., Okabe, T., Matsumoto, H., Okuyama, A., Tamai, K., Ohba, Y., Yasuda, H., Nishimura, S. & Taya, Y.: cdc2-like kinase is associated with the retinoblastoma protein. Oncogene, 7 : 1067-1074, 1992.
Fukasawa, H., Fujigaki Y., Yamamato, T., Hishida, A. and Kitagawa, M.: Protein Degradation by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway and Organ Fibrosis. Current Medicinal Chemistry in press (review article).
Kitagawa, K., Kotake, Y. and Kitagawa, M. Ubiquitin-mediated control of oncogene and tumor suppressor gene products. Cancer Sci. 100, 1374-1381, 2009 (review article).
Fukasawa, H., Yamamato, T., Kitagawa, M. and Hishida, A.: Regulation of TGF-beta signaling by Smads and its roles in tissue fibrosis. Current signal transduction therapy 3: 1-6, 2008 (review article).