Shigeyoshi Itohara
Name: Shigeyoshi
Surname: Itohara
Section: Senior Team Leader, Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Qualification: B. Sci. Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, 1976 (Veterinary Medicine) M. Sci. Graduate School of Yamaguchi University, 1978 (Veterinary Medicine) Degree D. V. M. 1976 Ph. D. Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1987 (veterinary science, by dissertation)
Education and career
Position
Senior Team Leader, Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics
RIKEN Brain Science Institute,
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-01, Japan
phone: 81-48-467-5156, fax: 81-48-467-5180
Education
B. Sci. Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi
University, 1976 (Veterinary Medicine)
M. Sci. Graduate School of Yamaguchi University, 1978 (Veterinary Medicine)
Degree
D. V. M. 1976
Ph. D. Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1987 (veterinary science, by
dissertation)
Appointments
1978-1988 Researcher, National Institute for Animal Health (NIAH)
1988-1991 Postdoctoral fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for
Cancer Research, MIT (supervisor, Prof. Susumu Tonegawa)
1991-1992 Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Biophysics, NIAH
1992-1993 Laboratory head, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAH
1993-1997 Associate Professor, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University
1997-2010 Team Leader, Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics, RIKEN BSI
2010-present Senior Team Leader, Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics, RIKEN BSI
2004-2007 Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo
2007-present Adjunctive Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
University of Tokyo
2007-present Visiting Professor, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science,
Waseda University
Editorial Boards
2008-present Associate Editor, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Current Professional Society Memberships
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (Council member since 2002)
Society for Neuroscience
The Japan Neuroscience Society
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science (Council member since 1992)
Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
PUBLICATIONS
1. Szabadits E, Cserép C, Szonyi A, Fukazawa Y, Shigemoto R, Watanabe M, Itohara S,
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Freund TF, Nyiri G. NMDA receptors in hippocampal GABAergic synapses and their role
in nitric oxide signaling. J Neurosci 31:5893-5904, 2011.
2. Kawase S, Imai T, Miyauchi-Hara C, Yaguchi K, Nishimoto Y, Fukami S, Matsuzaki Y,
Miyawaki A, Itohara S, Okano H. Identification of a novel intronic enhancer responsible for
the transcriptional regulation of musashi1 in neural stem/progenitor cells. Mol Brain 4:14,
2011.
3. Kim HS, Seto-Ohshima A, Nishiyama H, Itohara S. Normal delay eyeblink conditioning in
mice devoid of astrocytic S100B. Neurosci Lett 489:148-153, 2011.
4. Yang J, Wada A, Yoshida K, Miyoshi Y, Sayano T, Esaki K, Kinoshita MO, Tomonaga S,
Azuma N, Watanabe M, Hamase K, Zaitsu K, Machida T, Messing A, Itohara S,
Hirabayashi Y, Furuya S. Brain-specific Phgdh deletion reveals a pivotal role for L-serine
biosynthesis in controlling the level of D-serine, an NMDA receptor co-agonist, in adult
brain. J Biol Chem 285:41380-41390, 2010.
5. Gomi H, Sassa T, Thomson RF, and Itohara S. Involvement of cyclin-dependent kinase-like
2 in cognitive function required for contextual and spatial learning in mice. Frontiers Behav
Neurosci doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00017, 2010.
6. Ushiki-Kaku Y, Endo R, Iwamaru Y, Shimizu Y, Imamura M, Masujin K, Yamamoto T,
Hattori S, Itohara S, Irie S, and Yokoyama T. Tracing of conformational transition of
abnormal prion proteins during interspecies transmission by using novel antibodies. J Biol
Chem 285:11931-11936, 2010.
7. Tanabe Y, Hirano A, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Araki K, Yamaguchi T, Ichikawa T, Kumanishi
T, Aizawa Y, Takahashi H, Kakita A and Nawa H. Molecular characterization and gene
expression of a novel zinc-finger protein, HIT-4, expressed in rodent brain. J Neurochem
112:1035-1044, 2010.
8. Gomi H, Yokoyama T and Itohara S. Role of GFAP in morphological retention and
distribution of reactive astrocytes induced by scrapie encephalopathy in mice. Brain Res
1312:156-167, 2010.
9. Kojima N, Hanamura K, Yamazaki H, Ikeda T, Itohara S and Shirao T. Genetic disruption
of the alternative splicing of drebrin gene impairs context-dependent fear learning in
adulthood. Neuroscience 165:138-150, 2010.
10. Singer P, Yee BK, Feldon J, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Grampp T, Prenosil G, Benke D, Mohler
H and Boison D. Altered mnemonic functions and resistance to N-METHYL-d-Aspartate
receptor antagonism by forebrain conditional knockout of glycine transporter 1.
Neuroscience 161:635-54, 2009.
11. Sano Y, Ornthanalai VG, Yamada K, Homma C, Suzuki H, Suzuki T, Murphy NP and
Itohara S. X11-like protein deficiency is associated with impaired conflict resolution in mice.
J Neurosci 29:5884-96, 2009.
12. Amano K, Fujii M, Arata S, Tojima T, Ogawa M, Morita N, Shimohata A, Furuichi T,
Itohara S, Kamiguchi H, Korenberg JR, Arata A, and Yamakawa K. DSCAM deficiency
causes loss of pre-inspiratory neuron synchroneity and perinatal death. J Neurosci 29,
2984-2996, 2009.
13. Endo S, Shutoh F, Dinh TL, Okamoto T, Ikeda T, Suzuki M, Kawahara S, Yanagihara D,
Sato Y, Yamada K, Sakamoto T, Kirino Y, Hartell NA, Yamaguchi K, Itohara S, Nairn AC,
Greengard P, Nagao S, and Ito M. Dual involvement of G-substrate in motor learning
revealed by gene deletion. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 3525-3530, 2009.
14. Kishioka A, Fukushima F, Ito T, Kataoka H, Mori H, Ikeda T, Itohara S, Sakimura K, and
Mishina M. A novel form of memory for auditory fear conditioning at a low-intensity
unconditioned stimulus. PLoS ONE 4: e4157, 2009.
15. Tanaka M, Yamaguchi K, Tatsukawa T, Theis M, Willecke K, and Itohara S. Connexin43
and Bergmann glial gap junctions in cerebellar function. Frontiers Neurosci 2:225-233,
2008.
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16. Sakatani S, Seto-Ohshima A, Shinohara Y, Yamamoto Y, Yamamoto H, Itohara S, Hirase H.
Neural-activity-dependent release of S100B from astrocytes enhances kainate-induced
gamma oscillations in vivo. J Neurosci 28:10928-10936, 2008.
17. Imayoshi I, Sakamoto M, Ohtsuka T, Takao K, Miyakawa T, Yamaguchi M, Mori K, Ikeda
T, Itohara S, and Kageyama R. Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and
functional integrity of the adult forebrain. Nat Neurosci 11:1153-1161, 2008.
18. Kojima N, Borlikova G, Sakamoto T, Yamada K, Ikeda T, Itohara S, Niki H, and Endo S,
Inducible cAMP early repressor acts as a negative regulator for kindling eplileptogenesis
and long-term fear memory. J Neurosci 28:6459-6472, 2008.
19. Iwasato, T., Inan, M., Kanki, H., Erzurumlu, R., *Itohara, S., and *Crair M.C. Cortical
adenylyl cyclase 1 is required for thalamocortical synapse maturation and proper layer IV
neuronal morphology during barrel map development. J Neurosci 28:5931-5943, 2008.
(*: co-correspondence authors)
20. *Tanaka M, Yamaguchi K, Tatsukawa T, Nishioka C, Nishiyama H, Theis M, Willecke K,
and *Itohara S. Lack of connexin43-mediated Bergmann glial gap junctional coupling does
not affect cerebellar long-term depression, motor coordination, or eyeblink conditioning.
Frontiers Behav Neurosci 2:1, 2008.
(*: co-correspondence authors)
21. Li T, Ren G, Lusardi T, Wilz A, Lan JQ, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Simon RP, and Boison D.
Adenosine kinase is a target for the prediction and prevention of epileptogenesis in mice. J
Clin Invest 118: 571-582, 2008.
22. Kobayakawa K, Kobayakawa R, Matsumoto H, Oka Y, Imai T, Ikawa M, Okabe M, Ikeda T,
Itohara S, Kikusui T, Mori K, and Sakano H. Innate versus learned odour processing in the
mouse olfactory bulb. Nature 450: 503-508, 2007.
23. Niimi K, Nishimura-Akiyoshi S, Nakashiba T, and Itohara S. Monoclonal Antibodies
Discriminating Netrin-G1 and Netrin-G2 Neuronal Pathways. J Neuroimmunol 192:
99-104, 2007.
24. Imai Y, Inoue H, Kataoka A, Hua-Qin W, Masuda M, Ikeda T, Tsukita K, Soda M, Kodama
T, Fuwa T, Honda Y, Kaneko S, Matsumoto S, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Miura M, Aosaki T,
Itohara S, and Takahashi R. Pael receptor is involved in dopamine metabolism in the
nigrostriatal system. Neurosci Res 59: 413-425, 2007.
25. Satoh Y, Endo S, Ikeda T, Yamada K, Ito M, Kuroki M, Hiramoto T, Imamura O,
Kobayashi Y, Watanabe Y, Itohara S and Takishima K. ERK2 knockdown mice show
deficits in long-term memory; ERK2 has a specific function in learning and memory. J
Neurosci 27: 10765-10776, 2007.
26. Niemann S*, Kanki H*, Fukui Y, Takao K, Fukaya M, Hynynen MN, Churchill MJ,
Shefner JM, Bronson RT, Brown RH Jr, Watanabe M, Miyakawa T, Itohara S, and Hayashi
Y. Genetic ablation of NMDA receptor subunit NR3B in mouse reveals motoneuronal and
nonmotoneuronal phenotypes. Eur J Neurosci 26: 1407-1420, 2007.
(*: co-first authors)
27. Nishimura-Akiyoshi S, Niimi K, Nakashiba T, and Itohara S. Axonal netrin-Gs
transneuronally determine lamina-specific subdendritic segments. Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 104: 14801-14806, 2007.
28. Gomi H, Mori K, Itohara S, and Izumi T. Rab27b is expressed in a wide range of exocytic
cells and involved in the delivery of secretory granules near the plasma membrane. Mol Biol
Cell 18: 4377-4386, 2007.
29. Iwasato T, Katoh H, Nishimaru H, Ishikawa Y, Inoue H, Saito YM, Ando R, Iwama M,
Takahashi R, Negishi M, and Itohara S. Rac-GAP α-Chimerin Regulates Motor-Circuit
Formation as a Key Mediator of EphrinB3/EphA4 Forward Signaling. Cell 130: 742-753,
2007.
30. Tian L, Stefanidakis M, Ning L, Van Lint P, Nyman-Huttunen H, Libert C, Itohara S,
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Mishina M, Rauvala H, Gahmberg CG. Activation of NMDA receptors promotes dendritic
spine development through MMP-mediated ICAM-5 cleavage. J Cell Biol 178: 687-700,
2007.
31. Ogiwara I, Miyamoto H, Morita N, Atapour N, Mazaki E, Inoue I, Takeuchi T, Itohara S,
Yanagawa Y, Obata K, Furuichi T, Hensch TK, and Yamakawa K. Na(v)1.1 localizes to
axons of parvalbumin-positive inhibitory interneurons: a circuit basis for epileptic seizures
in mice carrying an Scn1a gene mutation. J Neurosci 27: 5903-5914, 2007.
32. Mizoguchi H, Yamada K, Mouri A, Niwa M, Mizuno T, Noda Y, Nitta A, Itohara S, Banno
Y, and Nabeshima T. Role of matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor of MMP in
methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and reward: implications for dopamine
receptor down-regulation and dopamine release. J Neurochem 102: 1548-1560, 2007.
33. Sadakata T, Washida M, Iwayama Y, Shoji S, Sato Y, Ohkura T, Katoh-Semba R, Nakajima
M, Sekine Y, Tanaka M, Nakamura K, Iwata Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Mori N, Detera-Wadleigh SD,
Ichikawa H, Itohara S, Yoshikawa T, and Furuichi T. Autistic-like phenotypes in
Cadps2-knockout mice and aberrant CADPS2 splicing in autistic patients. J Clin Invest 117,
931-943, 2007.
34. Earnheart JC, Schweizer C, Crestani F, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Mohler H, and Lüscher B.
GABAergic control of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in relation to behavior indicative of
chronic trait anxiety and depression states. J Neurosci 27, 3845-3854, 2007.
35. Mizoguchi H, Yamada K, Niwa M, Mouri A, Mizuno T, Noda Y, Nitta A, Itohara S, Banno
Y and Nabeshima T. Reduction of methamphetamine-induced sensitization and reward in
matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 deficient mice. J Neurochem 100, 1579-1588, 2007.
36. Sadakata T, Kakegawa W, Sashida M, Katoh-Semba R, Mizoguchi A, Shutoh F, Okamoto T,
Tanaka M, Sekine Y, Itohara S, Yuzaki M, Nagao S and Furuichi T. Impaired cerebellar
development and function in mice lacking CAPS2, a protein involved in neurotrophin
release. J Neurosci 27, 2472-2482, 2007.
37. Sakatani S, Seto-Ohshima A, Itohara S, and Hirase H. Impact of S100B on local field
potential patterns in anesthetized and kainic acid induced seizure conditions in vivo. Eur J
Neurosci 25, 1144-1154, 2007.
38. Tanaka KF, Takebayashi H, Yamazaki Y, Ono K, Naruse M, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Kato H,
and Ikenaka K. The murine model of Alexander disease: analysis of GFAP aggregate
formation and its pathological significance. Glia 55, 617-631, 2007.
39. Sano Y, Nakaya T, Pedrini S, Takeda S, Iijima-Ando K, Iijima K, Mathews PM, Itohara S,
Gandy S, and Suzuki T. Physiological mouse brain Aβ levels are not related to the
phosphorylation state of threonine-668 of Alzheimer's APP. PLoS ONE 1: e51, 2006.
40. Kitao Y, Imai Y, Ozawa K, Kataoka A, Ikeda T, Soda M, Nakimawa K, Kiyama H, Stern
DM, Hori O, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Itohara S, Takahashi R, and Ogawa S. Pael receptor
induces death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra via endoplasmic reticulum
stress and dopamine toxicity, which is enhanced under condition of parkin inactivation.
Hum Mol Genet 16: 50-60, 2007.
41. Yokoyama T, Shimada K, Masujin K, Iwamaru Y, Imamura M, Ushiki YK, Kimura KM,
Itohara S, and Shinagawa M. Both host prion protein 131-188 subregion and prion strain
characteristics regulate glycoform of PrP(Sc). Arch Virol., 152, 603-609, 2007.
42. Sano Y, Syuzo-Takabatake A, Nakaya T, Saito Y, Tomita S, Itohara S, and Suzuki T.
Enhanced amyloidogenic metabolism of APP in the X11L-deficient mouse brain. J Biol
Chem., 281: 37853-37860, 2006.
43. Nakaji K, Ihara M, Takahashi C, Itohara S, Noda M, Takahashi R, and Tomimoto H.
Matrix metalloproteinase-2 plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of white matter lesions
after chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in rodents. Stroke 37: 2816-2823, 2006.
44. Inoue K, Mikuni-Takagaki Y, Oikawa K, Itoh T, Inada M, Noguchi T, Park JS, Onodera T,
Krane SM, Noda M, Itohara S. A crucial role for MMP-2 in osteocytic canalicular formation
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and bone metabolism. J Biol Chem 281: 33814-33824, 2006.
45. Araya R, Noguchi T, Yuhki M, Kitamura N, Higuchi M, Saido TC, Seki K, Itohara S,
Kawano M, Tanemura K, Takashima A, Yamada K, Kondoh Y, Kanno I, Wess J, Yamada
M. Loss of M(5) muscarinic acetylcholine receptors leads to cerebrovascular and neuronal
abnormalities and cognitive deficits in mice. Neurobiol Dis 24: 334-344, 2006.
46. Cappello S, Attardo A, Wu X, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Wilsch-Brauninger M, Eilken HM,
Rieger MA, Schroeder TT, Huttner WB, Brakebusch C, Gotz M. The Rho-GTPase cdc42
regulates neural progenitor fate at the apical surface. Nat Neurosci 9: 1099-1107, 2006.
47. Weisstaub NV, Zhou M, Lira A, Lambe E, Gonzalez-Maeso J, Hornung JP, Sibille E,
Underwood M, Itohara S, Dauer WT, Ansorge MS, Morelli E, Mann JJ, Toth M,
Aghajanian G, Sealfon SC, Hen R, and Gingrich JA. Cortical 5-HT2A receptor signaling
modulates anxiety-like behaviors in mice. Science 313: 536-540, 2006.
48. Park J-S, Onodera T, Nishimura S, Thompson RF, and Itohara S. Molecular evidence for
two-stage learning and partial laterality in eyeblink conditioning of mice. Proc Natl Acad
Sci USA 103: 5549-5554, 2006.
49. Kanki H, Suzuki H, and Itohara S. High-efficiency CAG-FLPe deleter mice in C57BL/6J
background. Exp Anim 55, 137-141, 2006.
50. Shutoh F, Ohki M, Kitazawa H, Itohara S, and Nagao S. Memory trace of motor learning
shifts transsynaptically from cerebellar cortex to nuclei for consolidation. Neuroscience
139: 767-777, 2006.
51. Gomi H, Mizutani S, Kasai K, Itohara S, and Izumi T. Granuphilin molecularly docks
insulin granules to the fusion machinery. J Cell Biol., 171, 99-109, 2005.
52. Miyashita T, Nishimura-Akiyoshi S, Itohara S, and Rockland KS. Strong expression of
NETRIN-G2 in the monkey claustrum. Neuroscience 136, 487-496, 2005.
53. Meerabux JMA, Ohba H, Fukasawa M, Suto Y, Aoki-Suzuki M, Nakashiba T, Nishimura S,
Itohara S, and Yoshikawa T. Human netrin-G1 isoforms show evidence of differential
expression. Genomics 86, 112-116, 2005.
54. Gu X, Li C, Wei W, Lo V, Gong S, Li SH, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Li XJ, Mody I, Heintz N,
and Yang XW. Pathological cell-cell interactions elicited by a neuropathogenic form of
mutant huntingtin contribute to cortical pathogenesis in HD Mice. Neuron 46: 433-444,
2005.
55. Lee LJ, Iwasato T, Itohara S, and Erzurumlu RS. Exuberant thalamocortical axon
arborization in cortex-specific NMDAR1 knockout mice. J Comp Neurol 485: 280-292,
2005.
56. Ihara M, Kinoshita A, Yamada S, Tanaka H, Tanigaki A, Kitano A, Goto M, Okubo K,
Nishiyama H, Ogawa O, Takahashi C, Itohara S, Nishimune Y, Noda M, and Kinoshita M.
Cortical organization by the septin cytoskeleton is essential for structural and mechanical
integrity of mammalian spermatozoa. Dev Cell 8: 343-352, 2005.
57. Higuchi M, Tomioka M, Takano J, Shirotani K, Iwata N, Masumoto H, Maki M, Itohara S,
and Saido TC. Distinct mechanistic roles of calpain and caspase activation in
neurodegeneration as revealed in mice overexpressing their specific inhibitors. J Biol Chem
280: 15229-15237, 2005.
58. Takano J, Tomioka M, Tsubuki S, Higuchi M, Iwata N, Itohara S, Maki M, and Saido TC.
Calpain mediates excitotoxic DNA fragmentation via mitochondrial pathways in adult
brains: Evidence from calpastatin-mutant mice. J Biol Chem 280: 16175-16184, 2005.
59. Aoki-Suzuki M, Yamada K, Meerabux J, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Ohba H, Iwamoto K, Takao
H, Toyota T, Suto Y, Nakatani N, Dean B, Nishimura S, Seki K, Kato T, Itohara S,
Nishikawa T, and Yoshikawa T. Family-based association study and gene expression
analyses of netrin-G1 and -G2 genes in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 57, 382-393, 2005.
60. Michishita M, Ikeda T, Nakashiba T, Ogawa M, Tashiro K, Honjo T, Doi K, Itohara S, and
Endo S. Expression of Btcl2, a novel member of Btcl gene family, during development of
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the central nervous system. Brain Res Dev Brain Res., 153, 135-142, 2004.
61. Inaki K, Nishimura S, Nakashiba T, Itohara S, and Yoshihara Y, Laminar organization of
the developing lateral olfactory tract revealed by differential expression of cell recognition
molecules. J Comp Neurol 479, 243-256, 2004.
62. Iwasato T, Nomura R, Ando R, Ikeda T, Tanaka M, and Itohara S. Dorsal
telencephalon-specific expression of Cre recombinase in PAC transgenic mice. Genesis 38:
130-138, 2004.
63. Sassa T, Gomi H, and ItoharaS. Postnatal expression of Cdkl2 in mouse brain revealed by
LacZ inserted into the Cdkl2 locus. Cell Tissue Res 315, 147-156, 2004.
64. Shutoh F, Katoh A, Ohki M, Itohara S, Tonegawa S, and Nagao S. Role of protein kinase C
family in the cerebellum-dependent adaptive learning of horizontal optokinetic response eye
movements in mice. Eur J Neurosci 18: 134-142, 2003.
65. Michishita M, Ikeda T, Nakashiba T, Ogawa M, Tashiro K, Honjo T, Doi K, Itohara S, and
Endo S. A novel gene, Btcl1, encoding CUB and LDLa domains is expressed in restricted
areas of mouse brain. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 306: 680-686, 2003.
66. Nakahara J, Takemura M, Gomi H, Tsunematsu K-i, Itohara S, Asou H, Ogawa M, Aiso S,
and Tan-Takeuchi K. Role of radial fibers in controlling the onset of myelination. J
Neurosci Res 72: 279-289, 2003.
67. Datwani A, Iwasato T, Itohara S, and Erzurumlu RS. NMDA receptor-dependent pattern
transfer from afferents to postsynaptic cells and dendritic differentiation in the barrel cortex.
Mol Cell Neurosci 21: 477-492, 2002.
68. Inoue K-i, Ozaki S, Ito K, Shiga T, Iseda T, Kawaguchi S, Ogawa M, Bae S-C, Yamashita
N, Itohara S, Kudo N, and Ito Y. Runx3, a mammalian Runt-related gene, controls the
axonal projection of proprioceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons. Nat Neurosci 5: 946-954,
2002.
69. Datwani A, Iwasato T, Itohara S, and Erzurumlu RS. Lesion-induced thalamocortical axonal
plasticity in the S1 cortex is independent of NMDAR function in excitatory cortical neurons.
J Neurosci 22: 9171-9175, 2002.
70. Itoh T, Matsuda H, Tanioka M, Kuwabara K, Itohara S, and Suzuki R. The role of matrix
metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in antibody-induced arthritis. J
Immunol 169: 2643-2647, 2002.
71. Takemura M, Gomi H, Colucci-Guyon E, and Itohara S. Protective Role of Phosphorylation
in Turnover of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in mice. J Neurosci 22: 6972-6979, 2002.
72. Takemura M, Nishiyama H, and Itohara S. Distribution of phosphorylated glical fibrillary
acidic protein in the mouse central nervous system. Genes Cells 7: 295-307, 2002.
73. Nishiyama H, Knöpfel T, Endo S, and Itohara S. Glial protein S100B modulates long term
neuronal synaptic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 4037-4042, 2002.
74. Nishiyama H, Takemura M, Takeda T, and Itohara S. Normal development of serotonergic
neurons in mice lacking S100B. Neuroscience Lett 321: 49-52, 2002.
75. Shutoh F, Katoh A, Kitazawa H, Aiba A, Itohara S, and Nagao S. Loss of adaptability of
horizontal optokinetic response eye movements in mGluR1 knockout mice. Neurosci Res
42: 141-145, 2002.
76. Nakashiba T, Nishimura S, Ikeda T, and Itohara S. Complementary expression and neurite
outgrowth activity of netrin-G subfamily members. Mech Dev 111: 47-60, 2002.
77. Tanaka H, Katoh A, Oguro K, Shimazaki K, Gomi H, Itohara S, Matsuzawa T, and Kawai N.
Disturbance of hippocampal long-term potentiation after transient ischemia in GFAP
deficient mice. J Neurosci Res 67: 11-20, 2002.
78. Oh J, Takahoshi R, Kondo S, Mizoguchi A, Adachi E, Sasahara RM, Nishimura S, Imamura
Y, Kitayama H, Alexander DB, Ide C, Horan TP, Arakawa T, Yoshida H, Nishikawa S-i,
Itoh Y, Seiki M, Itohara S, Takahashi C, and Noda M. The membrane-anchored
MMP-inhibitor RECK is a key regulator of extracellular matrix integrity and antiogenesis.
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Cell 107: 789-800, 2001.
79. Yokoyama T, Kimura KM, Ushiki Y, Yamada S, Morooka A, Nakashiba T, Sassa T,
and Itohara S. In vivo conversion of cellular prion protein to pathogenic isoforms, as
monitored by conformation-specific antibodies. J Biol Chem 276: 11265-11271, 2001.
80. Bergers G, Brekken R, McMahon G, Vu TH, Itoh T, Tamaki K, Tanzawa K, Thorpe P,
Itohara S, Werb Z, and Hanahan D. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 triggers the angiogenic
switch during carcinogenesis. Nature Cell Biol 2: 737-744, 2000.
81. Iijima K, Ando K, Takeda S, Satoh Y, Seki T, Itohara S, Greengard P, Kirino Y, Nairn AC,
and Suzuki T. Neuron-specific phosphorylation of Alzheimer's β-amyloid precursor protein
by CDK5. J Neurochem 75: 1085-1091, 2000.
82. Nakashiba T, Ikeda T, Nishimura S, Tashiro K, Honjo T, Culotti JG, and Itohara S.
Netrin-G1: a novel GPI-linked mammalian netrin that is functionally divergent from
classical netrins. J Neurosci 20: 6540-6550, 2000.
83. Iwasato T, Datwani A, Wolf AM, Nishiyama H, Taguchi Y, Tonegawa S, Knöpfel T,
Erzurumlu RS, and Itohara S. Cortex-restricted disruption of NMDAR1 impairs neuronal
patterns in the barrel cortex. Nature 406: 726-731, 2000.
84. Katoh A, Kitazawa H, Itohara S, and Nagao S. Impairment of mouse reflex eye movements
by inhibition of nitric oxide inhibition synthesis and gene-knockout of neuronal nitric oxide
synthase. Learn Memory 7: 220-226, 2000.
85. Sassa T, Gomi H, Sun W, Ikeda T, Thompson RF, and Itohara S. Identification of Variants
and Dual Promoters of Murine Serine/Threonine Kinase KKIAMRE. J Neurochem 74:
1809-1819, 2000.
86. Moriya T, Yoshinobu Y, Kouzu Y, Katoh A, Gomi H, Ikeda M, Yoshioka T, Itohara S, and
Shibata S. Involvement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expressed in astroglial cells
in circadian rhythm under constant lighting conditions in mice. J Neurosci Res 60: 212-218,
2000.
87. Futatsugi A, Kato K, Ogura H, Li S-T, Nagata E, Kuwajima G, Tanaka K, Itohara S, and
Mikoshiba K. Facilitation of NMDA-independent LTP and spatial learning in mutant mice
lacking ryanodine receptor type 3. Neuron 24: 701-713, 1999.
88. Gomi H, Sun W, Finch CE, Itohara S, Yoshimi K, and Thompson RF. Learning induces a
cdc-2 related protein kinase, KKIAMRE. J Neurosci., 19: 9530-9537, 1999.
89. Kuwahara C, Takeuchi AM, Nishimura T, Haraguchi K, Kubosaki A, Matsumoto Y, Saeki
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