Publications

2005

  • "Charge separation in a nonfluorescent donor-acceptor dyad derived from boron dipyrromethene dye, leading to photocurrent generation" Hattori, S., Ohkubo, K., Urano, Y., Sunahara, H., Nagano, T., Wada, Y.,Tkachenko, N.V., Lemmetyinen, H., Fukuzumi, S. J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 15368 -15375 (2005).
  • "Investigation of the origin of ephedrine and methamphetamine by stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry: a Japanese experience" Yukiko Makiko, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, Bulletin on Narcotics,LVll, 63-78 (2005).
  • "Evidence for pH Dependent Zn2+ Influx in K562 Erythroleukemia Cells: Studies Using ZnAF-2F Fluorescence and 65Zn2+ Uptake" Robert A. Colvin, Charles P. Fontaine, Dustin Thomas, Tomoya Hirano, Tetsuo Nagano and Kazuya Kikuchi, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 442, 222-228 (2005).
  • "Organization of Supramolecular Assemblies of Fullerene, Porphyrin and Fluorescein Dye Derivatives on TiO2 Nanoparticles for Light Energy Conversion" Taku Hasobe, Shigeki Hattori, Prashant V. Kamat, Yasuteru Urano, Naoki Umezawa, Tetsuo Nagano and Shunichi Fukuzumi, Chemical Physics, 319, 243-252 (2005).
  • "The Detection and Quantification of Highly Reactive Oxygen Species Using the Novel HPF Fluorescence Probe in a Rat Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia " Shinichiro Tomizawa, Hideaki Imai, Shota Tsukada, Tatsuya Simizu, Fumiaki Honda, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Tetsuo Nagano, Yasuteru Urano, Yuki Matsuoka, Noboru Fukasaku and Nobuhito Saito, Neuroscience Research, 53, 304-313 (2005).
  • "Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer Based on BODIPY Chromophore" Takatoshi Yogo, Yasuteru Urano, Yukiko Ishitsuka, Fumio Maniwa and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 12162-12163 (2005).
  • "Extension of the Application Range of Fluorescein: A Novel Fluorescein-based Probe for Western Blot Analysis" Mako Kamiya, Yasuteru Urano, Nobuyoshi Ebata, Masami Yamamoto, Jyunichi Kosuge and Tetsuo Nagano, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 44, 5439- 5441 (2005).
  • "Selective Zinc Sensor Molecules with Various Affinities for Zn2+, Revealing Dynamics and Regional Distribution of Synaptically Released Zn2+ in Hippocampal Slices" Kensuke Komatsu, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 10197-10204 (2005).
  • "Enhanced Excitability of Hippocampal Mossy Fibers and CA3 Neurons under Dietary Zinc Deficiency" Atsushi Takeda, Kohei Yamada, Akira Minami, Tetsuo Nagano and Naoto Oku, Epilepsy Research, 63, 77-84 (2005).
  • "Inhibition of Autotaxin by Lysophosphatidic Acid and Sphingosine-1-phosphate" Laurens A. van Meeteren, Paula Ruurs, Evangelos Christodoulou, James W. Goding, Hideo Takakusa, Kazuya Kikuchi, Anastassis Perrakis, Tetsuo Nagano and Wouter H. Moolenaar, J. Biol. Chem.,  280, 21155-21161 (2005).
  • "Highly Sensitive Near-infrared Fluorescence Probes for Nitric Oxide and Their Application to Isolated Organs" Eita Sasaki, Hirotatsu Kojima, Hiroaki Nishimatsu, Yasuteru Urano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasunobu Hirata and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,127, 3684-3685 (2005).
  • "Evolution of Fluorescein as a Platform for Finely Tunable Fluorescence Probes" Yasuteru Urano, Mako Kamiya, Kojiro Kanda, Tasuku Ueno, Kenzo Hirose and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,127, 4888-4894 (2005).
  • "Design and Synthesis of Zinc-Selective Chelators for Extracellular Applications" Eri Kawabata, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Hirotatsu Kojima, Akira Odani and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 818-819 (2005).
  • "Amyloid Induces Neuronal Cell Death through ROS-Mediated ASK1 Activation" Hisae Kadowaki, Hideki Nishitoh, Fumihiko Urano, Chiharu Sadamitsu, Atsushi Matsuzawa, Kohsuke Takeda, Hiroshi Masutani, Junji Yodoi, Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano and Hidenori Ichijo, Cell Death and Differentiation,  12, 19-24 (2005).

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2004

  • "Electronic Effects on Enantioselectivity in the Epoxidation Catalyzed by D4-Symmetric Chiral Porphyrins" Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yoshihisa Sei, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Nagano and Tsunehiko Higuchi, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 15, 3861-3867 (2004).
  • "Zinc Fluorescent Probes for Biological Applications" Tomoya Hirano, Kazuya Kikuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, Reviews in Fluorescence, 2004, 55-73 (2004).
  • "Enhanced Energy and Quantum Efficiencies of a Nanocrystalline Photoelectrochemical Cell Sensitized with a Donor-Acceptor Dyad Derived from Fluorescein"Shigeki Hattori, Taku Hasobe, Kei Ohkubo, Yasuteru Urano, Naoki Umezawa, Tetsuo Nagano, Yuji Wada, Shozo Yanagida and Shunichi Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 15200-15205 (2004).
  • "Catalytic and Asymmetric Epoxidation by Novel D4-Symmetric Chiral Porphyrin Derived from C2-Symmetric Diols" Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yoshihisa Sei, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Nagano and Tsunehiko Higuhchi, J. Mol. Cat. A: Chemical, 219, 221-226 (2004).
  • "Recent Advances in the Design of Small Molecule-Based FRET Sensors for Cell Biology" Kazuya Kikuchi, Hideo Takakusa and Tetsuo Nagano, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 23, 407-415 (2004).
  • "Rational Principles for Modulating Fluorescence Properties of Fluorescein" Tasuku Ueno, Yasuteru Urano, Ken-ichi Setsukinai, Hideo Takakusa, Hirotatsu Kojima, Kazuya Kikuchi, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14079-14085 (2004).
  • "Development of a Zinc Ion-Selective Luminescent Lanthanide Chemosensor for Biological Applications" Kenjiro Hanaoka, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 12470-12476 (2004).
  • "Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of 2-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl)-phenol Derivatives" Jie Ouyang, Chenguang Ouyang, Yuki Fujii, Yoshiharu Nakano, Takuji Shoda and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Heterocyclic Chem., 41, 359-365 (2004).
  • "AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibits Angiotensin II-Stimulated Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Profiferation" Daisuke Nagata, Ryo Takeda, Masataka Sata, Hiroshi Satonaka, Etsu Suzuki, Tetsuo Nagano and Yasunobu Hirata, Circulation, 110, 444-451 (2004).
  • "Rational Design of Novel Photoinduced Electron Transfer Type Fluorescent Probes for Sodium Cation" Suguru Kenmoku, Yasuteru Urano, Koujirou Kanda, Hirotatsu Kojima, Kazuya Kikuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, Tetrahedron, 60, 11067-11073 (2004).
  • "Mitochondrial Signal Lacking Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Failed to Prevent Cell Death by Reoxygenation Following Hypoxia in a Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Line, KP4V" Futoshi Hirai, Shigeatsu Motoori, Shizuko Kakinuma, Kazuo Tomita, Hiroko P. Indo, Hirotoshi Kato, Taketo Yamaguchi, Hsiu-Chuan Yen, Daret K. St.Clair, Tetsuo Nagano, Toshihiko Ozawa, Hiromitsu Saisho and Hideyuki J. Majima, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 6, 523-535 (2004).
  • "Modification of Intracellular Ca2+ Dynamics by Laser Inactivation of Inositol 1,4,5-Triphosphate Receptor Using Membrane-Permeant Probes" Takatoshi Yogo, Kazuya Kikuchi, Takanari Inoue, Kenzo Hirose, Masamitsu Iino and Tetsuo Nagano, Chemistry & Biology, 11, 1053-1058 (2004).
  • "Zinc Sensing for Cellular Application" Kazuya Kikuchi, Kensuke Komatsu and Tetsuo Nagano, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 8, 182-191 (2004).
  • "Determination of Origin of Ephedrine Used as Precursor for Illicit Methamphetamine by Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis" Naoki Kurashima, Yukiko Makino, Setsuko Sekita, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, Analytical Chemistry, 76, 4233-4236 (2004).
  • "A Novel Fluorescent Probe for Zinc Ion Based on BODIPY Chromophore" Hitomi Koutaka, Jun-ichi Kosuge, Noboru Fukasaku, Tomoya Hirano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Hirotatsu Kojima and Tetsuo Nagano, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 52, 700- 703 (2004).
  • "Distinct Glutamate Receptors Govern Differential Levels of Nitric Oxide Production in a Layer-Specific Manner in the Rat Cerebellar Cortex" Daisuke Okada, Chan-Choo Yap, Hirotatsu Kojima, Kazuya Kikuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, Neuroscience, 125, 461-472 (2004).
  • "Highly Sensitive Fluorescence Probes for Nitric Oxide Based on Boron Dipyrromethene Chromophore -Rational Design of Potentially Useful Bioimaging Fluorescence Probe-" Yu Gabe, Yasuteru Urano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 3357- 3367 (2004).
  • "Characterization of N-methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Subunits Involved in Acute Ammonia Toxicity" Takahiro Kitano, Shinji Matsumura, Toshihito Seki, Takatoshi Hikida, Kenji Sakimura, Tetsuo Nagano, Masayoshi Mishina, Shigetada Nakanishi and Seiji Itoh, Neurochem. Int., 44, 83-90 (2004).

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2003

  • "Active Oxygen Species Generated from Photoexcited Fullerene (C60) as Potential Medicines - O2-・ versus 1O2 -" Yoko Yamakoshi, Naoki Umezawa, Akemi Ryu, Kumi Arakane, Naoki Miyata, Yukihiro Goda, Toshiki Masumizu and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 12803-12809 (2003).
  • "Niric oxide (NO) Synthase mRNA Expression and NO Production via Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor-mediate Pathways in the CEM, Human Leukemic T-cell Line" Yuichiro Kamimura, Takeshi Fujii, Hirotatsu Kojima, Tetsuo Nagano and Koichiro Kawashima, Life Sciences, 72, 2151-2154 (2003).
  • "Rational Design Principle for Modulating Fluorescence Properties of Fluorescein-Based Probes by Photoinduced Electron Transfer" Tetsuo Miura, Yasuteru Urano, Kumi Tanaka, Tetsuo Nagano, Kei Ohkubo and Shunichi Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 8666-8671 (2003).
  • "Selective Detecting of Zinc Ions with Novel Luminescent Lanthanide Probes" Kenjiro Hanaoka, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., 42, 2996-2999 (2003) .
  • "Spatiotemporal Laser Inactivation of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors Using Synthetic Small-Molecule Probes" Takanari Inoue, Kazuya Kikuchi, Kenzo Hirose, Masamitsu Iino and Tetsuo Nagano, Chemistry & Biology, 10, 503-509 (2003).
  • "Development of Selective, Visible Light-Excitable, Fluorescent Magnesium Probes with a Novel Fluorescence Switching Mechanism" Takuji Shoda, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano, Hirokazu Komatsu, Koji Suzuki and Tetsuo Nagano, The Analyst, 128, 719-723 (2003).
  • "A Novel Design Method of Ratiometric Fluorescent Probes Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Switching by Spectral Overlap Integral" Hideo Takakusa, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Hirotatsu Kojima and Tetsuo Nagano, Chemistry-A European Journal, 9, 1479-1485 (2003).
  • "Development of Novel Fluorescence Probes That Can Reliably Detect Reactive Oxygen Species and Distinguish Specific Species" Ken-ichi Setsukinai, Yasuteru Urano, Katsuko Kakinuma, Hideyuki J. Majima and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Biol. Chem., 278, 3170-3175 (2003).
  • "Attenuation of Neuropathic Pain by the Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Antagonist JTC-801 is Mediated by Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Production" Tamaki Mabuchi, Shinji Matsumura, Emiko Okuda-Ashitaka, Takahiro Kitano, Hirotatsu Kojima, Tetsuo Nagano, Toshiaki Minami and Seiji Ito, Eur. J. Neurosci., 17, 1384-1392 (2003).
  • "Production of Singlet Oxygen on Irradiation of a Photodynamic Therapy Agent, Zinc-coproporphyrin III, with low host toxicity" Megumi Yamamoto, Tetsuo Nagano, Ichiro Okura, Kumi Arakane, Yasuteru Urano and Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Biometals, 16, 591-597 (2003).
  • "Light-Harvesting Ionic Dendrimer Porphyrins as New Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy" Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Hendrik R. Stapert, Guo-Dong Zhang, Daisuke Takasu, Dong-Lin Jiang, Tetsuo Nagano, Takuzo Aida and Kazunori Kataoka, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 14, 58-66 (2003).

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2002

  • "Design and Synthesis of a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent for Selective Sensing of Zinc Ion" Kenjiro Hanaoka, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Michiko Narazaki, Takashi Yokawa, Shigeru Sakamoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Tetsuo Nagano, Chemistry & Biology, 9, 1027-1032(2002).
  • "A Novel, Cell-Permeable, Fluorescent Probe for Ratiometric Imaging of Zinc Ion" S. Maruyama, K. Kikuchi, T. Hirano, Y. Urano and T. Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 10650-10651(2002).
  • "Multiple Active Intermediates in Oxidation Reaction Catalyzed by Synthetic Heme-thiolate Complex Relevant to Cytochrome P450" Noriyuki Suzuki, Tsunehiko Higuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 9622-9628 (2002).
  • "Mossy Fiber Zn2+ Spillover Modulates Heterosynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Activity in Hippocampel CA3 Circuits" Sayaka Ueno, Masako Tsukamoto, Tomoya Hirano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Maki K. Yamada, Nobuyoshi Nishiyama, Tetsuo Nagano, Norio Matsuki and Yuji Ikegaya, J. Cell Biology, 158, 215-220 (2002).
  • "Improved Fluorescent Probes for Zinc, ZnAFs, Suitable for Biological Applications." Tomoya Hirano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 6555-6562 (2002).
  • "A Fluorescent Anion Sensor That Works in Neutral Aqueous Solution for Bioanalytical Application" Shin Mizukami, Tetsuo Nagano, Yasuteru Urano, Akira Odani and Kazuya Kikuchi, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,124, 3920-3925 (2002).
  • "Hydrophobic Modifications at 1-Phosphate of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Analogues Enhance Receptor Binding" Waka Nakanishi, Kazuya Kikuchi, Takanari Inoue, Kenzo Hirose, Masamitsu Iino and Tetsuo Nagano,Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 12, 911-913 (2002).
  • "Orthogonality of Calcium Concentration and Ability of 4,5-Diaminofluorescein (DAF-2) to Detect NO" Noriyuki Suzuki, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasunobu Hirata and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Biol. Chem., 277, 47-49 (2002).
  • "Design and Synthesis of an Enzyme-Cleavable Sensor Molecule for Phosphodiesterase Activity Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer" Hideo Takakusa, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Shigeru Sakamoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 1653-1657 (2002).
  • "Bioimaging of Nitric Oxide" Tetsuo Nagano and Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, Chemical Reviews, 102, 1235-1269 (2002).
  • "Gi and Go as a Redox Sensor" Motohiro Nishida, Kevin L. Schey, Shuichi Takagahara, Kenji Kontani, Toshiaki Katada,Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Taku Nagao and Hitoshi Kurose, J. Biol. Chem., 277, 9036-9042(2002).
  • "Impurity Profiling of Ephedrines in Methamphetamine by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography" Yukiko Makino, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Chromatography A, 947, 151-154 (2002).
  • "Pregnenolone Sulfate Acutely Enhances NO Production in the Rat Hippocampus: Digital Fluorescence Study Using NO Reactive Dye" Norio Takata, Keisuke Shibuya, Masashi Okabe, Tetsuo Nagano, Hirotatsu Kojima, Suguru Kawato, Bioimages, 10, 1-8 (2002).

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2001

  • "Selective Sensing of Zinc Ion with a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent" Kenjiro Hanaoka, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Transaction 2, 1840-1843 (2001).
  • "Rational Design of Fluorescein-Based Fluorescence Probes. -Mechanism-Based Design of a Maximum Fluorescence Probe for Singlet Oxygen-" Kumi Tanaka, Tetsuo Miura, Naoki Umezawa, Yasuteru Urano, Kazuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiko Higuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,123, 2530-2536 (2001).
  • "Small Molecule-Based Laser Inactivation of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor" Takanari Inoue, Kazuya Kikuchi, Kenzo Hirose, Masamitsu Iino and Tetsuo Nagano, Chemistry & Biology, 8, 9-15 (2001).
  • "Intramolecular Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer System with Coumarin Donor Included in beta-Cyclodextrin" Hideo Takakusa, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuturu Urano, Tsunehiko Higuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, Analytical Chemistry, 73, 939-942 (2001).
  • "Bioimaging of Nitric Oxide with Fluorescent Indicators Based on Rhodamine Chromophore" Hirotatsu Kojima, Miki Hirotani, Naoki Nakatsubo, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Tsunehiko Higuchi, Yasunobu Hirata and Tetsuo Nagano, Analytical Chemistry, 73, 1967-1973 (2001).
  • "Visualization of Oxygen Concentration-Dependent Production of Nitric Oxide in Rat Hippocampal Slices during Aglycemia" Hirotatsu Kojima, Mihoko Hirata, Yoshihisa Kudo, Kazuya Kikuchi and Tetsuo Nagano, J. Neurochem., 76, 1404-1410 (2001).
  • "Overexpression of Mitochondrial Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Protects Against Radiation-Induced Cell Death in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line, HLE" Shigeatsu Motoori, Hideyuki J. Majima, Masaaki Ebara, Hirotoshi Kato, Futoshi Hirai, Shizuko Kakinuma, Chizuru Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ozawa, Tetsuo Nagano, Hirohiko Tsujii and Hiromitsu Saisho, Cancer Research 61, 5382-5388 (2001).
  • "Selective Inhibition of Human Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase by S-alkyl-L-isothiocitrulline-Containing Dipeptides" Jung-Min Park, Tsunehiko Higuchi, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yasuteru Urano, Hiroyuki Hori, Takeshi Nishino, Junken Aoki, Keizo Inoue and Tetsuo Nagano, British Journal of Pharmacology, 132, 1876-1881 (2001).
  • "Synthesis of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(4-tert-butyl-2,6-dicarboxyphenyl)porphyrin: A Versatile Bis-Faced Porphyrin Synthon for D4-symmetric Chiral Porphyrin" Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tetsuo Nagano and Tsunehiko Higuchi, Organic Letters, 3, 1805-1807 (2001).
  • "Synthesis and Optical Properties of a New Class of Pyrromethene-BF complex Fused with Rigid Bicycle Rings and Benzo Derivatives" Mitsuo Wada, Satoshi Ito, Hidemitsu Uno, Takashi Murashima, Noboru Ono, Toshiyuki Urano and Yasuteru Urano, Tetrahedron Letters 42, 6711-6713 (2001).

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