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Kitamura Akira

キタムラ アキラ | Kitamura Akira
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Associate Professor (PI)
Research field  (4): Functional biochemistry ,  Biophysics ,  Molecular biology ,  Cell biology
Research keywords  (13): TRAST monitoring ,  Chaperone RNA ,  proteostasis ,  FRAP ,  FRET ,  Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy ,  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,  Proteostasis ,  Fluorescence imaging ,  Neurodegenerative disease ,  Molecular chaperone ,  Protein folding ,  Protein aggregation
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (26):
  • 2024 - 2029 バイオロジカルクラスター解析のための極限時空間相関分光法の確立
  • 2025 - 2026 Not applicable
  • 2022 - 2026 細胞内プロテオスタシスを維持するシャペロンRNAの作動機序解明
  • 2022 - 2025 タンパク質2量体安定化機構へ与える細胞内微環境の影響解明
  • 2021 - 2025 神経変性疾患の核酸医薬創薬に向けたシャペロン RNA の実証
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Papers (54):
  • Ai Fujimoto, Masataka Kinjo, Akira Kitamura. Short Repeat Ribonucleic Acid Reduces Cytotoxicity by Preventing the Aggregation of TDP-43 and Its 25 KDa Carboxy-Terminal Fragment. JACS Au. 2024
  • Ai Fujimoto, Haruki Kawai, Rintaro Kawamura, Akira Kitamura. Interaction of Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with hACE2 and Actin. Cells. 2024. 13. 16. 1318
  • Akira Kitamura, Ai Fujimoto, Rei Kawashima, Yidan Lyu, Kotetsu Sasaki, Yuta Hamada, Kanami Moriya, Ayumi Kurata, Kazuho Takahashi, Reneé Brielmann, et al. Hetero-oligomerization of TDP-43 carboxy-terminal fragments with cellular proteins contributes to proteotoxicity. Communications Biology. 2024. 7. 1. 743
  • Takumi Koizumi, Ai Fujimoto, Haruka Kawaguchi, Tsumugi Kurosaki, Akira Kitamura. Stress Granule Dysfunction via Chromophore-Associated Light Inactivation. ACS Omega. 2024
  • Yuzuha Shiraki, Monet Mitsuma, Ritsuko Takada, Saori Hata, Akira Kitamura, Shinji Takada, Masataka Kinjo, Hidenori Taru, Ulrike C Müller, Tohru Yamamoto, et al. Axonal transport of Frizzled5 by Alcadein α-containing vesicles is associated with kinesin-1. Molecular biology of the cell. 2023. 34. 11. ar110
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MISC (25):
  • 北村 朗. 蛍光明滅速度変化でRNAの立体構造を識別する. 月刊 光アライアンス. 2023. 34. 8. 8-11
  • 北村朗, 藤本愛. TDP-43タンパク質凝集形成過程におけるシャペロンRNAの役割. Bio Clinica. 2023. 38. 3. 56-59
  • 北村朗, 藤本愛. ALSとFTD関連TDP-43タンパク質凝集形成過程におけるRNAの役割. 月刊「細胞」. 2022. 54. 8. 474-477
  • Akira Kitamura. Realizing RNA roles during protein aggregation associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The CELL. 2021. 53. 9. 578-581
  • Akira Kitamura, Ai Fujimoto. Protein aggregations and their gene therapy in neurodegenerative disorders. Bio Clinica. 2021. 36. 5. 453-456
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Patents (2):
  • TDP43、TDP35、またはTDP25の凝集を特徴とする神経変性疾患の治療剤、進行抑制剤、および予防剤
  • ヘモシアニン会合体を用いた包摂体の製造方法
Books (1):
  • 新・生細胞蛍光イメージング
    共立出版 2015
Lectures and oral presentations  (33):
  • これまでの蛍光相関分光法とこれからの蛍光相関分光法
    (第47回 日本分子生物学会年会 2024)
  • 先端相関分光と光イメージングで捉える 細胞内クラスター動態とその機能
    (第76回 日本細胞生物学会大会 2024)
  • Molecular cell biology through induction, kinetic analysis, and inactivation of biomolecules using ultimate light technology
    (MBSJ2023 2023)
  • Detective tools of RNA structural transition using fluorescence blinking
    (45th MBSJ annual meeting 2022)
  • Diffusion coefficient measurement using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching -a homework during summer vacation with refreshment-
    (60th BSJ annual meeting 2022)
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Education (5):
  • - 2008 Kyoto University Graduate School of Science Division of Biological Sciences
  • - 2008 Kyoto University Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
  • - 2005 Kyoto University Graduate School of Science Division of Biological Sciences
  • - 2003 Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering School of Industrial Chemistry
  • - 2003 Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering
Professional career (3):
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Kyoto University)
  • M.Sci. (Kyoto University)
  • Ph. D. (Kyoto University)
Work history (13):
  • 2024/09 - 現在 Hokkaido University Faculty of Advanced Life Science Associate Professor (PI)
  • 2023/08 - 現在 RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Visiting Researcher
  • 2022/10 - 現在 PRIME, AMED
  • 2019/10 - 現在 Hokkaido University Research and Education Center for Brain Science
  • 2023/08 - 2024/08 Hokkaido University Faculty of Advanced Life Science Senior Lecturer (Tenure and PI)
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Committee career (9):
  • 2024/02 - 現在 Frontiers in Biophysics Review editor
  • 2024/01 - 現在 Biophysics and Physicobiology (BPPB) Editorial Board Members
  • 2023 - 現在 Spectroscopy Journal Editorial Board Members
  • 2018/01 - 現在 日本生物物理学会 分野別専門委員(神経変性疾患分野)
  • 2009 - 現在 光イメージング若手の会「光塾」 総括塾員
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Awards (1):
  • 2022/09 - The biophysical Society of Japan 2022 Biophysics and Physicobiology (BPPB) Awards
Association Membership(s) (4):
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY ,  THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  The RNA Society of Japan
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