Electroneutral Na⁺/Cl⁻ cotransport activity of zebrafish Slc12a10.1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Ota, C., Nagashima, A., Kato, A.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 327 (2):R152-R163, 2024  [PMID: 38842519]

slc26a12, a novel member of the slc26 family, is located in tandem with slc26a2 in coelacanths, amphibians, reptiles, and birds

Nagashima, A., Torii, K., Ota, C., Kato, A.

Physiol. Rep. 12 (11): e16089, 2024  [PMID: 38828713]

Convergent gene losses and pseudogenizations in multiple lineages of stomachless fishes

Kato, A., Pipil, S., Ota, C., Kusakabe, M., Watanabe, T., Nagashima, A., Chen, A. P., Islam, Z., Hayashi, N., Wong, M. K., Komada, M., Romero, M. F., Takei, Y.

Commun. Biol. 7 (1):408, 2024  [PMID: 38570609]

The role of Na+ coupled bicarbonate transporters (NCBT) in health and disease

Holmberg, S. R., Sakamoto, Y., Kato, A., Romero, M. F.

Pflugers Arch. 476 (4): 479–503, 2024  [PMID: 38536494]

The kidney for osmoregulation

Kato, A., Perry, S. F.

In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, Second Edition, edited by Alderman, S. L.and Gillis, T. E.

Academic Press, 2024, p827-838 [10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00180-4]

Functional divergence in solute permeability between ray-finned fish-specific paralogs of aqp10

Imaizumi, G.*, Ushio, K.*, Nishihara, H., Braasch, I., Watanabe, E., Kumagai, S., Furuta, T., Matsuzaki, K., Romero, M. F., Kato, A.**, Nagashima, A.**

Genome Biol. Evol. 16 (1): evad221, 2024  [PMID: 38039384]
*contributed equally as the first authors, **corresponding authors

Boric acid transport activity of marine teleost aquaporins expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Kumagai, S.*, Watanabe, E.*, Hayashi, N., Kimura, Y., Kamiya, T., Nagashima, A., Ushio, K., Imaizumi, G., Kim, J., Munakata, K., Umezawa, T., Hirose, S., Kasai, K., Fujiwara T., Romero, M. F., Kato, A.

Physiol. Rep.  11 (6): e15655, 2023  [PMID: 36967473]
*contributed equally as the first authors

Na⁺- Cl⁻ cotransporter 2 is not fish-specific and is widely found in amphibians, non-avian reptiles, and select mammals

Motoshima, T., Nagashima, A., Ota, C., Oka, H., Hosono, K., Braasch, I., Nishihara, H., Kato, A.

Physiol. Genomics  55 (3): 113-113, 2023  [PMID: 36645671]

Seawater fish use an electrogenic boric acid transporter, Slc4a11A, for boric acid excretion by the kidney

Kato, A., Kimura, Y., Kurita, Y., Chang, M. H., Kasai, K., Fujiwara, T., Hirata, T., Doi, H., Hirose, S., Romero, M. F.

J. Biol. Chem.   299 (1): 102740, 2023  [PMID: 36435196]

Membrane transport proteins expressed in the renal tubular epithelial cells of seawater and freshwater teleost fishes

Kato, A., Nagashima, A., Hosono, K., Romero, M. F.

Front. Physiol. 4 (1):1272, 2022 [PMID: 35812342]

Boric acid transport activity of human aquaporins expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Ushio, K., Watanabe, E., Kamiya, T., Nagashima, A., Furuta, T., Imaizumi, G., Fujiwara, T., Romero, M. F., Kato A.

Physiol. Rep. 10 (1):e15164, 2022 [PMID: 35014212]

Placental mammals acquired functional sequences in NRK for regulating the CK2-PTEN-AKT pathway and placental cell proliferation

Lestari, B.*, Naito, S.*, Endo, A., Nishihara, H., Kato, A., Watanabe, E., Denda, K., Komada, M., Fukushima, T.

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (2): msab371, 2022 [PMID: 34999820]

*contributed equally as the first authors

プレスリリース Press release

非嗅覚組織に発現する嗅覚受容体

永嶌 鮎美

BIO Clinica 37(2), 189-192, 2022

Molecular basis of ubiquitin-specific protease 8 autoinhibition by the WW-like domain

Kakihara, K., Asamizu, K., Moritsugu, K., Kubo, M., Kitaguchi, T., Endo, A., Kidera, A., Ikeguchi, M., Kato, A., Komada, M., Fukushima, T.

Commun. Biol. 4 (1), 1272, 2021  [PMID: 34750505]

プレスリリース Press release

魚類の淡水・海水順応を担う腎尿細管の膜輸送体

加藤 明, 渡邊 恵理香, 坂本 洋平, 細野 耕平.

アグリバイオ 4 (11), 1021-1025, 2020

マグネシウムの細胞膜輸送機構

加藤 明, 渡邊 恵理香, 潮 和敬.

腎と透析 86 (2), 144-148, 2019

Cloning, function, and localization of human, canine, and Drosophila ZIP10 (SLC39A10), a Zn2+ transporter.

Landry, G. M. Furrow, E., Holmes, H. L., Hirata, T., Kato, A., Williams, P., Strohmaier, K., Gallo, C. J. R., Chang, M., Pandey, M. K., Jiang, H., Bansal, A., Franz, M. C., Montalbetti, N., Alexander, M. P., Cabrero, P., Dow, J. A. T., DeGrado, T. R., Romero, M. F.

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 316 (2), F263-F273, 2019  [PMID: 30520657]

Na+/H+-exchange via the Drosophila vesicular glutamate transporter (DVGLUT) mediates activity-induced acid efflux from presynaptic terminals

Rossano, A.J., Kato, A., Minard, K.I., Romero, M.F., Macleod, G.T.

J. Physiol. 595 (3), 805-824, 2017  [PMID: 27641622]

Duplicated CFTR isoforms in eels diverged in regulatory structures and osmoregulatory functions

Wong, M.K., Pipil, S., Kato, A., Takei, Y.

Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 199, 130-141, 2016 [PMID: 27322796]

Sulfate transporters involved in sulfate secretion in the kidney are localized in the renal proximal tubule II of the elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii)

Hasegawa, K., Kato, A., Watanabe, T., Takagi, W., Romero, M.F., Bell, J.D., Toop, T., Donald, J.A., Hyodo, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 311 (1), R66-R78, 2016 [PMID: 27122370]

Renal sulfate regulation

Kato, A., Watanabe, T

In: Eel Physiology, edited by Trischitta, F., Takei, Y., Sebert, P. (New York, CRC Press) 249-281, 2016 [doi.org/10.1201/b15365]

Transport proteins NHA1 and NHA2 are essential for survival, but have distinct transport modalities

Chintapalli, V.R., Kato, A., Henderson, L., Hirata, T., Woods, D.J., Overend, G., Davies, S.A., Romero, M.F., and Dow, J.A.T.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 112 (37), 1720-11725, 2015 [PMID: 26324901]

マグネシウム恒常性を担うマグネシウムイオン輸送体の多様性

加藤明.

生化学 87 (6), 727-732, 2015 [PMID: 26863750]

Ligand-induced internalization, recycling, and resensitization of adrenomedullin receptors depend not on CLR or RAMP alone but on the receptor complex as a whole

Nag, K., Sultana, N., Kato, A., Dranik, A., Nakamura, N., Kutsuzawa, K., Hirose, S., and Akaike, T.

Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 212, 156-162, 2015 [PMID: 24815888]

Identification and lateral membrane localization of cyclin M3, likely to be involved in renal Mg2+ handling in seawater fish

Islam, Z., Hayashi, N., Inoue, H., Umezawa, T., Kimura, Y., Doi, H., Romero, M.F., Hirose, S., and Kato, A.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 307 (5), R525-R537, 2014 [PMID: 24965791]

Na+/H+ and Na+/NH4+ exchange activities of zebrafish NHE3b expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Ito, Y., Kato, A., Hirata, T., Hirose, S., and Romero, M.F.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 306 (5), R315-R327, 2014 [PMID: 24401990]

プレスリリース Press release (Tokyo Tech) News release (Mayo Clinic)

Identification and properties of a novel variant of NBC4 (Na+/HCO3- co-transporter 4) that is predominantly expressed in the choroid plexus

Fukuda, H., Hirata, T., Nakamura, N., Kato, A., Kawahara, K., Wakabayashi, S., Chang, M.H., Romero, M.F., and Hirose, S.

Biochem. J. 450 (1), 179-187, 2013 [PMID: 23205667]

Lung Surfactant Levels are Regulated by Ig-Hepta/GPR116 by Monitoring Surfactant Protein D

Fukuzawa, T., Ishida, J., Kato, A., Ichinose, T., Ariestanti, D.M., Takahashi, T., Ito, K., Abe, J., Suzuki, T., Wakana, S., Fukamizu, A., Nakamura, N., and Hirose, S.

PLoS One 8 (7), e69451, 2013 [PMID: 23922714]

Identification and proximal tubular localization of the Mg2+ transporter, Slc41a1, in a seawater fish

Islam, Z., Hayashi, N., Yamamoto, Y., Doi, H., Romero, M.F., Hirose, S., and Kato, A.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 305 (4), R385-R396, 2013 [PMID: 23761638]

Tokyo Tech Bulletin 東工大ニュース

Expression of a novel isoform of Na+/H+ exchanger 3 in the kidney and intestine of banded houndshark, Triakis scyllium

Li, S., Kato, A., Takabe, S., Chen, A.P., Romero, M.F., Umezawa, T., Nakada, T., Hyodo, S., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 304 (10), R865-R876, 2013 [PMID: 23485868]

O2-filled swimbladder employs monocarboxylate transporters for the generation of O2 by lactate-induced root effect hemoglobin

Umezawa, T., Kato, A., Ogoshi, M., Ookata, K., Munakata, K., Yamamoto, Y., Islam, Z., Doi, H., Romero, M.F., and Hirose, S.

PLoS One 7 (4), e34579, 2012 [PMID: 22496829]

Histological demonstration of glucose transporters, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, and glycogen in gas gland cells of the swimbladder: is a metabolic futile cycle operating?

Munakata, K., Ookata, K., Doi, H., Baba, O., Terashima, T., Hirose, S., and Kato, A.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 417 (1), 564-569, 2012 [PMID: 22177956]

Euryhaline pufferfish NBCe1 differs from nonmarine species NBCe1 physiology

Chang, M.H., Plata, C., Kurita, Y., Kato, A., Hirose, S., and Romero, M.F.

Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 302 (8), C1083-C1095, 2012 [PMID: 22159080]

Differential expression of Na+-Cl- cotransporter and Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter 2 in the distal nephrons of euryhaline and seawater pufferfishes

Kato, A., Muro, T., Kimura, Y., Li, S., Islam, Z., Ogoshi, M., Doi, H., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 300 (2), R284-R297, 2011 [PMID: 21084680]

Identification and apical membrane localization of an electrogenic Na+/Ca2+ exchanger NCX2a likely to be involved in renal Ca2+ excretion by seawater fish

Islam, Z., Kato, A., Romero, M.F., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 301 (5), R1427-R1439, 2011 [PMID: 21880864]

Regulation of electroneutral NaCl absorption by the small intestine

Kato, A. and Romero, M.F.

Annu. Rev. Physiol. 13, 261-281, 2011 [PMID: 21054167]

Brief migration of grass puffers to fresh water from salt water

Kato, A., Maeno, Y., and Hirose, S.

Ichthyol. Res. 57 (3), 298-304, 2010 [doi:10.1007/s10228-009-0150-x]

Rh glycoprotein expression is modulated in pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) during high environmental ammonia exposure

Nawata, C.M., Hirose, S., Nakada, T., Wood, C.M., and Kato, A.

J. Exp. Biol. 213 (18), 3150-3160, 2010 [PMID: 20802117]

INSIDE JEB

Rhesus glycoprotein p2 (Rhp2) is a novel member of the Rh family of ammonia transporters highly expressed in shark kidney.

Nakada, T., Westhoff, C.M., Yamaguchi, Y., Hyodo, S., Li, X., Muro, T., Kato, A., Nakamura, N., and Hirose, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 285 (4), 2653-2664, 2010 [PMID: 19926789]

Evolution of trappin genes in mammals

Kato, A., Rooney, A.P., Furutani, Y., and Hirose, S.

BMC Evol. Biol. 10 (31), 1-14, 2010 [PMID: 20113469]

Neuroblastoma GOTO cells are hypersensitive to disruption of lipid rafts

Tomioka, R., Minami, N., Kushida, A., Horibe, S., Izumi, I., Kato, A., Fukushima, K., Ideo, H., Yamashita, K., Hirose, S., and Saito, Y.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 389 (1), 122-127, 2009 [PMID: 19706290]

Identification of renal transporters involved in sulfate excretion in marine teleost fish

Kato, A., Chang, M.H., Kurita, Y., Nakada, T., Ogoshi, M., Nakazato, T., Doi, H., Hirose, S., and Romero, M.F.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 297 (6), R1647-R1659, 2009 [PMID: 19812358]

Editorial Focus

Identification of intestinal bicarbonate transporters involved in formation of carbonate precipitates to stimulate water absorption in marine teleost fish

Kurita, Y., Nakada, T., Kato, A., Doi, H., Mistry, A.C., Chang, M.H., Romero, M.F., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 294 (4), R1402-R1412, 2008 [PMID: 18216137]

Pillar cell and erythrocyte localization of fugu ETA receptor and its implication

Sultana, N., Nag, K., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 355 (1), 149-155, 2007 [PMID: 17286960]

Ammonia secretion from fish gill depends on a set of Rh glycoproteins

Nakada, T., Westhoff, C.M., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

FASEB J. 21 (4), 1067-1074, 2007 [PMID: 17218543]

Headless splice variant acting as dominant negative calcitonin receptor

Nag, K., Sultana, N., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 362 (4), 1037-1043, 2007 [PMID: 17822673]

Fish calcitonin receptor has novel features

Nag, K., Kato, A., Sultana, N., Ogoshi, M., Takei, Y., and Hirose, S.

Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 154 (1-3), 48-58, 2007 [PMID: 17673213]

Fluorescence visualization of branchial collagen columns embraced by pillar cells

Kudo, H., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

J. Histochem. Cytochem. 55 (1), 57-62, 2007 [PMID: 16957162]

Characterization of the column and autocellular junctions that define the vasculature of gill lamellae

Kato, A., Nakamura, K., Kudo, H., Tran, Y.H., Yamamoto, Y., Doi, H., and Hirose, S.

J. Histochem. Cytochem. 55 (9), 941-953, 2007 [PMID: 17510374]

MARCH-XI, a novel transmembrane ubiquitin ligase implicated in ubiquitin-dependent protein sorting in developing spermatids

Morokuma, Y., Nakamura, N., Kato, A., Notoya, M., Yamamoto, Y., Sakai, Y., Fukuda, H., Yamashina, S., Hirata, Y., and Hirose, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 282 (34), 24806-24815, 2007 [PMID: 17604280]

Spliced isoforms of LIM-domain-binding protein (CLIM/NLI/Ldb) lacking the LIM-interaction domain

Tran, Y.H., Xu, Z., Kato, A., Mistry, A.C., Goya, Y., Taira, M., Brandt, S.J., and Hirose, S.

J. Biochem. 140 (1), 105-119, 2006 [PMID: 16815859]

Molecular and functional characterization of adrenomedullin receptors in pufferfish

Nag, K., Kato, A., Nakada, T., Hoshijima, K., Mistry, A.C., Takei, Y., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 290 (2), R467-R478, 2006 [PMID: 16195494]

MARCH-II is a syntaxin-6-binding protein involved in endosomal trafficking

Nakamura, N., Fukuda, H., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

Mol. Biol. Cell 16 (4), 1696-1710, 2005 [PMID: 15689499]

A novel type of urea transporter, UT-C, is highly expressed in proximal tubule of seawater eel kidney

Mistry, A.C., Chen, G., Kato, A., Nag, K., Sands, J.M., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 288 (3), F455-F465, 2005 [PMID: 15383403]

Takifugu obscurusis a euryhaline fugu species very close to Takifugu rubripesand suitable for studying osmoregulation

Kato, A., Doi, H., Nakada, T., Sakai, H., and Hirose, S.

BMC Physiol. 5 (18), 1-10, 2005 [PMID: 16364184]

Identification, evolution, and regulation of expression of Guinea pig trappin with an unusually long transglutaminase substrate domain

Furutani, Y., Kato, A., Fibriani, A., Hirata, T., Kawai, R., Jeon, J.H., Fujii, Y., Kim, I.G., Kojima, S., and Hirose, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 280 (21), 20204-20215, 2005 [PMID: 15778505]

NHE3 in an ancestral vertebrate: primary sequence, distribution, localization, and function in gills

Choe, K.P., Kato, A., Hirose, S., Plata, C., Sindic, A., Romero, M.F., Claiborne, J.B., and Evans, D.H.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 289 (5), R1520-R1534, 2005 [PMID: 15994375]

FHL5, a novel actin-binding protein, is highly expressed in eel gill pillar cells and responds to wall tension.

Mistry, A.C., Kato, A., Tran, Y.H., Honda, S., Tsukada, T., Takei, Y., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 287 (5), R1141-R1154, 2004 [PMID: 15284080]

δ-tubulin is a component of intercellular bridges and both the early and mature perinuclear rings during spermatogenesis

Kato, A., Nagata, Y., and Todokoro, K.

Dev. Biol. 269 (1), 196-205, 2004 [PMID: 15081367]

Androgen-dependent expression, gene structure, and molecular evolution of guinea pig caltrin II, a WAP-motif protein

Furutani, Y., Kato, A., Kawai, R., Fibriani, A., Kojima, S., and Hirose, S.

Biol. Reprod. 71 (5), 1583-1590, 2004 [PMID: 15240421]

RING finger, B-box, and coiled-coil (RBCC) protein expression in branchial epithelial cells of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Miyamoto, K., Nakamura, N., Kashiwagi, M., Honda, S., Kato, A., Hasegawa, S., Takei, Y., and Hirose, S.

Eur. J. Biochem. 269 (24), 6152-6161, 2002 [PMID: 12473111]

Isolation of a novel interleukin-1-inducible nuclear protein bearing ankyrin-repeat motifs

Haruta, H., Kato, A., and Todokoro, K.

J. Biol. Chem. 276 (16), 12485-12488, 2001 [PMID: 11278262]

A simple assay and histochemical localization of transglutaminase activity using a derivative of green fluorescent protein as substrate

Furutani, Y., Kato, A., Notoya, M., Ghoneim, M.A., and Hirose, S.

J. Histochem. Cytochem. 49 (2), 247-258, 2001 [PMID: 11156693]

Eel urea transporter is localized to chloride cells and is salinity dependent

Mistry, A.C., Honda, S., Hirata, T., Kato, A., and Hirose, S.

Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 281 (5), R1594-R1604, 2001 [PMID: 11641132]

Retrotransposons transcribed preferentially in proximal tubules of salt-hypertensive rats

Nagase, M., Kato, A., Ono, T., Suzuki, Y., Hirose, S., and Fujita, T.

Kidney Int. 55 (3), 995-1004, 1999 [PMID: 10027936]

Differential subcellular distribution of neurolysin (EC 3.4.24.16) and thimet oligopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.15) in the rat brain

Massarelli, E.E., Casatti, C.A., Kato, A., Camargo, A.C., Bauer, J.A., Glucksman, M.J., Roberts, J.L., Hirose, S., and Ferro, E.S.

Brain Res. 851 (1-2), 261-265, 1999 [PMID: 10642854]

Neuropeptide specificity and inhibition of recombinant isoforms of the endopeptidase 3.4.24.16 family: comparison with the related recombinant endopeptidase 3.4.24.15

Rioli, V., Kato, A., Portaro, F.C., Cury, G.K., te Kaat, K., Vincent, B., Checler, F., Camargo, A.C., Glucksman, M.J., Roberts, J.L., Hirose, S., and Ferro, E.S.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 250 (1), 5-11, 1998 [PMID: 9735321]

Evolution of the trappin multigene family in the Suidae

Furutani, Y., Kato, A., Yasue, H., Alexander, L.J., Beattie, C.W., and Hirose, S.

J. Biochem. 124 (3), 491-502, 1998 [PMID: 9722657]

Role of natriuretic peptide receptor type C in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats

Nagase, M., Ando, K., Katafuchi, T., Kato, A., Hirose, S., and Fujita, T.

Hypertension 30 (2 Pt 1), 177-183, 1997 [PMID: 9260977]

Targeting of endopeptidase 24.16 to different subcellular compartments by alternative promoter usage

Kato, A., Sugiura, N., Saruta, Y., Hosoiri, T., Yasue, H., and Hirose, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 272 (24), 15313-15322, 1997 [PMID: 9182559]

Accelerated evolution in inhibitor domains of porcine elafin family members

Tamechika, I., Itakura, M., Saruta, Y., Furukawa, M., Kato, A., Tachibana, S., and Hirose, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 271 (12), 7012-7018, 1996 [PMID: 8636131]

Discovery of a new type of proteinase inhibitor family whose members have an anchoring sequence

Hirose S, Furukawa M, Tamechika I, Itakura M, Kato A, Suzuki Y, Kuroki J, Tachibana S.

Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 389, 43-49, 1996 [PMID: 8860992]

Cloning, characterization, and tissue distribution of porcine SPAI, a protein with a transglutaminase substrate domain and the WAP motif

Kuroki, J., Hosoya, T., Itakura, M., Hirose, S., Tamechika, I., Yoshimoto, T., Ghoneim, M.A., Nara, K., Kato, A., Suzuki, Y., Furukawa, M., and Tachibana, S.

J. Biol. Chem. 270 (38), 22428-22433, 1995 [PMID: 7673229]

Cloning and properties of a novel natriuretic peptide receptor, NPR-D

Kashiwagi, M., Katafuchi, T., Kato, A., Inuyama, H., Ito, T., Hagiwara, H., Takei, Y., and Hirose, S.

Eur. J. Biochem. 233 (1), 102-109, 1995 [PMID: 7588732]

Cloning, amino acid sequence and tissue distribution of porcine thimet oligopeptidase. A comparison with soluble angiotensin-binding protein

Kato, A., Sugiura, N., Hagiwara, H., and Hirose, S.

Eur. J. Biochem. 221 (1), 159-165, 1994 [PMID: 8168506]