2024
- Fumiya Furukawa, Akihiro Aoyagi, Kaori Sano, Keita Sameshima, Miku Goto, Yung-Che Tseng, Daisuke Ikeda, Ching-Chun Lin, Katsuhisa Uchida, Sei-Ichi Okumura, Ko Yasumoto, Mitsuru Jimbo, Pung-Pung Hwang. (2024)Gluconeogenesis in the extraembryonic yolk syncytial layer of the zebrafish embryo.PNAS nexus, 3(4):125DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae12
- Chika Fujimori, Kohei Sugimoto, Mio Ishida, Christopher Yang, Daichi Kayo, Soma Tomihara, Kaori Sano, Yasuhisa Akazome, Yoshitaka Oka, Shinji Kanda. (2024)Long-lasting redundant gnrh1/3 expression in GnRH neurons enabled apparent switching of paralog usage during evolution.iScience 27(3) 109304-109304.DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109304
- Hirokazu Kusaka, Saika Nakasato, Kaori Sano, Kenji Kobata, Sho Ohno, Motoaki Doi, Yoshiyuki Tanaka. (2024)An evolutionary view of vanillylamine synthase pAMT, a key enzyme of capsaicinoid biosynthesis pathway in chili pepper.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 117(5) 1453-1465.DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16573
- Junki Yoshida, Yuki Tajika, Kazuko Uchida, Makoto Kuwahara, Kaori Sano, Takayuki Suzuki, Eiichi Hondo, Atsuo Iida. (2024)Membrane molecule bouncer regulates sperm binding activity in immature oocytes in the viviparous teleost species Poecilia reticulata (guppy).Development, growth & differentiation, 66(3):194-204.DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12914.
- Ryota Nakaniwa, Yuki Misawa, Saika Nakasato, Kaori Sano, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Sachie Nakatani, Kenji Kobata. (2024)Biochemical Aspects of Putative Aminotransferase Responsible for Converting Vanillin to Vanillylamine in the Capsaicinoid Biosynthesis Pathway in Capsicum Plants.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 72(1) 559-565.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c07369
2023
- Kaori Sano, Saika Nakasato, Koji Nagata, Kenji Kobata. (2023)A single amino acid substitution alters the vanillylamine synthesis activity of Capsicum pAMT.Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 680:86-92.DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.011.
- Reo Yokokawa, Kana Watanabe, Shinji Kanda, Yoshihide Nishino, Shigeki Yasumasu, Kaori Sano. (2023)Egg envelope formation of medaka Oryzias latipes requires ZP proteins originating from both the liver and ovary.JBC, 299(4):104600.Doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104600.
2022
- Kaori Sano, Yuya Uzawa, Itsuki Kaneshima, Saika Nakasato, Masashi Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Sachie Nakatani, Kenji Kobata. (2022) Vanillin reduction in the biosynthetic pathway of capsiate, a non-pungent component of Capsicum fruits, is catalyzed by cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase. Sci Rep, in press
DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-16150-1
- Kaori Sano, Sho Shimada, Hideki Mibu, Mizuki Taguchi, Takasumi Ohsawa, Mari Kawaguchi, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2022) Lineage-specific evolution of zona pellucida genes in fish. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol, 338: 191-191
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23122
2021
- Atsuo Iida, Kaori Sano, Mayu Inokuchi, Jumpei Nomura, Takayuki Suzuki, Mao Kuriki, Maina Sogabe, Daichi Susaki, Kaoru Tonosaki, Tetsu Kinoshita, Eiichi Hondo. (2021) Cubam receptor-mediated endocytosis in hindgut-derived pseudoplacenta of a viviparous teleost (Xenotoca eiseni). J Exp Biol, 224::jeb242613.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242613
- Atsuo Iida, Risako Nakai, Junki Yoshida, Kaori Sano, Eiichi Hondo. (2021) Expression and antimicrobial activity of liver-expressed antimicrobial peptides in the ovaries of the viviparous teleost Xenotoca eiseni. Fish Shellfish Immunol, 118: 405-410.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.09.029
2019
- Kaori Sano, Risa Yokoyama, Takako Kitano, Takeshi Takegaki, Nobumasa Kitazawa, Toyoji Kaneko, Yoshihide Nishino, Shigeki Yasumasu, Mari Kawaguchi. (2019) Male parental assistance in embryo hatching of barred-chin blenny Rhabdoblennius nitidus. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol, 332: 81-91.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22854
- Atsuo Iida, Hiroyuki N Arai, Yumiko Someya, Mayu Inokuchi, Takeshi A Onuma, Hayato Yokoi, Tohru Suzuki, Eiichi Hondo, Kaori Sano. (2019) Mother-to-embryo vitellogenin transport in a viviparous teleost Xenotoca eiseni. PNAS, 116: 22359-22365.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1913012116
2017
- Dena M Leerberg, Kaori Sano, Bruce W Draper. (2017) Fibroblast growth factor signaling is required for early somatic gonad development in zebrafish. PLoS Genet, 13: e1006993 – e1006993.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006993
- Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Keita Katano, Kenji Tomita, Mayu Inokuchi, Tatsuki Nagasawa, Junya Hiroi, Toyoji Kaneko, Takashi Kitagawa, Takafumi Fujimoto, Katsutoshi Arai, Masaru Tanaka, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2017) Comparison of Egg Envelope Thickness in Teleosts and its Relationship to the Sites of ZP Protein Synthesis. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol, 328: 240-258.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22729
2016
- Tatsuki Nagasawa, Mari Kawaguchi, Tohru Yano, Kaori Sano, Masataka Okabe, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2016) Evolutionary changes in the developmental origin of hatching gland cells in basal ray-finned fishes. Zoological Science, 33: 272-281.
DOI: 10.2108/zs150183
- Tatsuki Nagasawa, Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Shigeki Yasumasu, Tomofumi Inokuchi. (2016) Purification and molecular cloning of aspartic proteinases from the stomach of adult Japanese fire belly newts, Cynops pyrrhogaster. The Journal of Biochemistry, 159: 449-460.
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv128
2015
- Tatsuki Nagasawa, Mari Kawaguchi, Kaori Sano, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2015) Sturgeon hatching enzyme and the mechanism of egg envelope digestion: Insight into changes in the mechanism of egg envelope digestion during the evolution of ray-finned fish. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol, 324: 720-732.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22660
- Mari Kawaguchi, Kenji Tomita, Kaori Sano, Toyoji Kaneko. (2015) Molecular events in adaptive evolution of the hatching strategy of ovoviviparous fishes. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol, 324: 41-50.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22601
2014
- Mari Kawaguchi, Kaori Sano, Norio Yoshizaki, Daisuke Shimizu, Yuichiro Fujinami, Tsutomu Noda, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2014) Comparison of hatching mode in pelagic and demersal eggs of two closely related species in the order Pleuronectiformes. Zoological Science, 31: 709-715.
DOI: 10.2108/zs140018
- Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2014) Neofunctionalization of a duplicate hatching enzyme gene during the evolution of teleost fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14:221.
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0221-0
2013
- Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe, Yoshitomo Nagakura, Takashi Hiraki, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2013) Inferring the Evolution of Teleostean zp Genes Based on Their Sites of Expression. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 320:332-43.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22507
- Mari Kawaguchi, Shigeki Yasumasu, Akio Shimizu, Norio Kudo, Kaori Sano, Ichiro Iuchi, Mutsumi Nishida. (2013) Adaptive evolution of fish hatching enzyme one amino acid substitution results in differential salt dependency of the enzyme. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 1609-1615.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.069716
2011
- Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Toyoji Kaneko, Toshiomi Tanaka, Ichiro Iuchi, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2011) Hatching enzyme of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and the possible evolution of the egg envelope digestion mechanism. FEBS Journal, 278 :3711-3723.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08289.x
2010
- Mari Kawaguchi, Shigeki Yasumasu, Akio Shimizu, Kaori Sano, Ichiro Iuchi, Mutsumi Nishida. (2010) Conservation of the egg envelope digestion mechanism of hatching enzyme in euteleostean fishes. FEBS Journal, 277:4973-4987.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07907.x
- Kaori Sano, Mari Kawaguchi, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Ichiro Iuchi, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2010) Evolution of the teleostean zona pellucida gene inferred from the egg envelope protein genes of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. FEBS Journal, 277 :4674–4684.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07874.x
- Akitoshi Okada, Kaori Sano, Koji Nagata, Shigeki Yasumasu, Jun Ohtsuka, Akihiro Yamamura, Keiko Kubota, Ichiro Iuchi, Masaru Tanokura. (2010) Crystal Structure of Zebrafish Hatching Enzyme 1 from the Zebrafish Danio rerio. Journal of Molecular Biology, 402:865-878.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.023
- Shigeki Yasumasu, Mari Kawaguchi, Satoshi Ouchi, Kaori Sano, Kenji Murata, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Tatsuo Akema, Ichiro Iuchi. (2010) Mechanism of egg envelope digestion by hatching enzymes, HCE and LCE in medaka, Oryzias latipes. Journal of Biochemistry, 148:439-448.
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq086
2009
- Akitoshi Okada, Koji Nagata, Kaori Sano, Shigeki Yasumasu, Keiko Kubota, Jun Ohtsuka, Ichiro Iuchi, Masaru Tanokura. (2009) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of ZHE1, a hatching enzyme from the zebrafish Danio rerio. Acta Crystallographica, Section F :1018-1020.
DOI: 10.1107/S1744309109033016
2008
- Kaori Sano, Keiji Inohaya, Mari Kawaguchi, Norio Yoshizaki, Ichiro Iuchi, Shigeki Yasumasu. (2008) Purification and characterization of zebrafish hatching enzyme: An evolutionary aspect of the mechanism of egg envelope digestion. FEBS Journal, 275:5934–5946.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06722.x