Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Fujita Health University
- Degree
- 医学博士(藤田医科大学)
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 201501001954870181
- researchmap Member ID
- 7000013117
Research Areas
1Research History
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Apr, 2016 - Present
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Apr, 2015
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Apr, 2011
Education
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Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2007
Awards
5Papers
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Cell reports, 44(6) 115829-115829, Jun 24, 2025Lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, are leading health problems, most of which are related to abnormal lipid metabolism. Lysosomes can degrade lipid droplets (LDs) via microautophagy, but the regulatory factors and physiological significance of this process are not fully understood. Here, we report the molecular mechanism and pathophysiological roles of microlipophagy, regulated by the lysosomal membrane protein LAMP2B. Our study reveals that LAMP2B interacts with phosphatidic acid, facilitating lysosomal-LD interactions and enhancing lipid hydrolysis via microlipophagy depending on endosomal sorting complexes required for transport. Correlative light and electron microscopy demonstrates direct LD uptake into lysosomes at contact sites. Moreover, LAMP2B overexpression in mice prevents high-fat diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance, and adipose tissue inflammation; liver lipidomics analysis suggests enhanced triacylglycerol hydrolysis. Overall, the findings of this study elucidate the mechanism of microlipophagy, which could be promising for the treatment of obesity and related disorders.
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Translational psychiatry, 15(1) 63-63, Feb 20, 2025Suicidal ideation (SI) and behavior (SB) are major public health concerns, but risk factors for their development and progression are poorly understood. We used ICD codes and a natural language processing algorithm to identify individuals in a hospital biobank with SI-only, SB, and controls without either. We compared the profiles of SB and SI-only patients to controls, and each other, using phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS) and polygenic risk scores (PRS). PheWAS identified many risk factors for SB and SI-only, plus specific psychiatric disorders which may be involved in progression from SI-only to SB. PRS for suicide attempt were only associated with SB, and even after accounting for psychiatric disorder PRS. SI PRS were only associated with SI-only, although not after accounting for psychiatric disorder PRS. These findings advance understanding of distinct genetic and clinical risk factors for SB and SI-only, which will aid in early detection and intervention efforts.
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Nature, 639(8056) 968-975, Jan 22, 2025Bipolar disorder is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease1. Despite high heritability (60-80%), the majority of the underlying genetic determinants remain unknown2. We analysed data from participants of European, East Asian, African American and Latino ancestries (n = 158,036 cases with bipolar disorder, 2.8 million controls), combining clinical, community and self-reported samples. We identified 298 genome-wide significant loci in the multi-ancestry meta-analysis, a fourfold increase over previous findings3, and identified an ancestry-specific association in the East Asian cohort. Integrating results from fine-mapping and other variant-to-gene mapping approaches identified 36 credible genes in the aetiology of bipolar disorder. Genes prioritized through fine-mapping were enriched for ultra-rare damaging missense and protein-truncating variations in cases with bipolar disorder4, highlighting convergence of common and rare variant signals. We report differences in the genetic architecture of bipolar disorder depending on the source of patient ascertainment and on bipolar disorder subtype (type I or type II). Several analyses implicate specific cell types in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder, including GABAergic interneurons and medium spiny neurons. Together, these analyses provide additional insights into the genetic architecture and biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder.
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Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids, 1870(1) 159564-159564, Jan, 2025Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)-fatty acids containing multiple double bonds within their carbon chain-are an indispensable component of the cell membrane. PUFAs, including the omega-6 PUFA arachidonic acid (ARA; C20:4n-6) and the omega-3 PUFAs eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; C20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; C22:6n-3), have been implicated in various (patho)physiological events. These PUFAs are either obtained from the diet or biosynthesized from the essential fatty acids linoleic acid (LA; C18:2n-6) and α-linolenic acid (ALA; C18:3n-3) via enzymatic reactions that are catalyzed by fatty acid elongases (ELOVL2 and ELOVL5) and fatty acid desaturases (FADS1 and FADS2). In this review, we summarize the recent literature studying the role of PUFAs, placing a special emphasis on the newly discovered functions of PUFAs and their biosynthetic pathway as revealed by studies using animal models targeting the PUFA biosynthetic pathway and genetic approaches including genome-wide association studies.
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Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 79(1) 12-20, Jan, 2025AIM: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common psychiatric disorder characterized by alterations between manic/hypomanic and depressive states. Rare pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) that overlap with exons of synaptic genes have been associated with BD. However, no study has comprehensively explored CNVs in synaptic genes associated with BD. Here, we evaluated the relationship between BD and rare CNVs that overlap with synaptic genes, not limited to exons, in the Japanese population. METHODS: Using array comparative genome hybridization, we detected CNVs in 1839 patients with BD and 2760 controls. We used the Synaptic Gene Ontology database to identify rare CNVs that overlap with synaptic genes. Using gene-based analysis, we compared their frequencies between the BD and control groups. We also searched for synaptic gene sets related to BD. The significance level was set to a false discovery rate of 10%. RESULTS: The RNF216 gene was significantly associated with BD (odds ratio, 4.51 [95% confidence interval, 1.66-14.89], false discovery rate < 10%). The BD-associated CNV that corresponded with RNF216 also partially overlapped with the minimal critical region of the 7p22.1 microduplication syndrome. The integral component of the postsynaptic membrane (Gene Ontology:0099055) was significantly associated with BD. The CNV overlapping with the intron region of GRM5 in this gene set showed a nominal significant association between cases and controls (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: We provide evidence that CNVs in RNF216 and postsynaptic membrane-related genes confer a risk of BD, contributing to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of BD.
Misc.
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日本臨床精神神経薬理学会・日本神経精神薬理学会合同年会プログラム・抄録集, 29回・49回 124-124, Oct, 2019
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EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 27 S186-S186, Oct, 2017
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EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 27 S323-S324, Oct, 2017
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臨床精神薬理, 19(11) 1591-1598, Nov, 2016
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日本神経精神薬理学会年会プログラム・抄録集, 46回 108-108, Jul, 2016
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日本臨床精神神経薬理学会・日本神経精神薬理学会合同年会プログラム・抄録集, 24回・44回 210-210, Nov, 2014
Research Projects
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2027
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2027
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024
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科学研究費助成事業 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2019
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科学研究費助成事業 若手研究（Ｂ）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018