Department of Regulatory Science, Research Promotion Unit,
School of Medical Sciences (Medical Technology and Radiological technology),
Fujita Health University

News & Topics

19 Jan 2024.
    Master's thesis research presentations were held. Thank you all for your hard work!

14 Dec 2023.
    Prof Mouri and graduate students Mr Sakata and Mr Nishikawa presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society @ Kobe, and Mr Sakata received the Student Outstanding Chairperson Award! .

13 December 2023
    Four TUAT students gave presentations at the 33rd Neurobehavioural Pharmacology Young Scientists' Meeting @ Kobe, and Mr Ogawa and Mr Ishizaka received the Best Presentation Award!

26 October 2023
    Dr Kunisawa received the Grand Prize and the Industry-Academia Collaboration Encouragement Award at Fujita EXPO 2023!

10 October 2023
    Prof Mouri and graduate student Mr Hasegawa gave a presentation at the 50th Naito Conference 'Brain functions led by glial cells' @ Hokkaido.

Introduction

Regulatory science is defined as "science for adapting the achievements of technology to social and human needs in the most optimal way, by making precise prediction, evaluation, and judgment based on evidence." This field develops basic and clinical research as a regulatory science in medical care and aims to apply it to professionals including clinical laboratory technicians, clinical engineers, radiologists, and medical radiologists. In addition, graduate schools train drug development researchers, clinical research coordinators, genetic counselors, and embryo culture technicians by conducting research and education that takes advantage of the characteristics of each medical job.

Members

Faculty members

• Kubota H, Kunisawa K, Niijima M, Hirakawa M, Mori Y, Hasegawa M, Fujigaki S, Fujigaki H, Yamamoto Y, Saito K, Nabeshima T, Mouri A. Deficiency of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase exacerbates impairment of prepulse inhibition induced by phencyclidine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 629:142-151, 2022.
• Kunisawa K, Shan J, Lu Q, Yang Y, Kosuge A, Kurahashi H, Saito K, Zou L, Nabeshima T, Mouri A. Loureirin C and Xanthoceraside Attenuate Depression-Like Behaviors and Expression of Interleukin-17 in the Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress in Mice. Neurochem Res. 47(9):2880-2889, 2022.
• Yang Y, Mouri A, Lu Q, Kunisawa K, Kubota H, Hasegawa M, Hirakawa M, Mori Y, Libo Z, Saito K, Nabeshima T. Loureirin C and Xanthoceraside Prevent Abnormal Behaviors Associated with Downregulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and AKT/mTOR/CREB Signaling in the Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Chronic Corticosterone Exposure in Mice. Neurochem Res. 47(9):2865-2879, 2022.
• Yamahashi Y, Lin YH, Mouri A, Iwanaga S, Kawashima K, Tokumoto Y, Watanabe Y, Faruk MO, Zhang X, Tsuboi D, Nakano T, Saito N, Nagai T, Yamada K, Kaibuchi K. Phosphoproteomic of the acetylcholine pathway enables discovery of the PKC-β-PIX-Rac1-PAK cascade as a stimulatory signal for aversive learning. Mol Psychiatry. 27(8):3479-3492, 2022.
• Lee MT, Mouri A, Kubota H, Lee HJ, Chang MH, Wu CY, Knutson DE, Mihovilovic M, Cook J, Sieghart W, Nabeshima T, Chiou LC. Targeting α6GABAA receptors as a novel therapy for schizophrenia: A proof-of-concept preclinical study using various animal models. Biomed Pharmacother. 150:113022, 2022.
• Yoshida M, Hasegawa S, Taniguchi M, Mouri A, Suzuki C, Yoshimi A, Mamiya T, Ozaki N, Noda Y. Memantine ameliorates the impairment of social behaviors induced by a single social defeat stress as juveniles. Neuropharmacology. 217:109208, 2022.
• Zhang X, Kitaichi K, Mouri A, Zhou X, Nabeshima T, Yamada K, Nagai T. An evaluation method for developing abuse-deterrent opioid formulations with agonist and antagonist combinations using conditioned place preference. Biochem Biophys Res Commun.639:100-105, 2022.
• Nakamura M, Yoshimi A, Mouri A, Tokura T, Kimura H, Kishi S, Miyauchi T, Iwamoto K, Ito M, Sato-Boku A, Ozaki N, Nabeshima T, Noda Y. Duloxetine attenuates pain in association with downregulation of platelet serotonin transporter in patients with burning mouth syndrome and atypical odontalgia. Hum Psychopharmacol. 37(2):e2818, 2022. －欧文－
• Kubota H, Kunisawa K, Niijima M, Hirakawa M, Mori Y, Hasegawa M, Fujigaki S, Fujigaki H, Yamamoto Y, Saito K, Nabeshima T, Mouri A. Deficiency of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase exacerbates impairment of prepulse inhibition induced by phencyclidine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 629:142-151, 2022.
• Kunisawa K, Shan J, Lu Q, Yang Y, Kosuge A, Kurahashi H, Saito K, Zou L, Nabeshima T, Mouri A. Loureirin C and Xanthoceraside Attenuate Depression-Like Behaviors and Expression of Interleukin-17 in the Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress in Mice. Neurochem Res. 47(9):2880-2889, 2022.
• Yang Y, Mouri A, Lu Q, Kunisawa K, Kubota H, Hasegawa M, Hirakawa M, Mori Y, Libo Z, Saito K, Nabeshima T. Loureirin C and Xanthoceraside Prevent Abnormal Behaviors Associated with Downregulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and AKT/mTOR/CREB Signaling in the Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Chronic Corticosterone Exposure in Mice. Neurochem Res. 47(9):2865-2879, 2022.
• Yamahashi Y, Lin YH, Mouri A, Iwanaga S, Kawashima K, Tokumoto Y, Watanabe Y, Faruk MO, Zhang X, Tsuboi D, Nakano T, Saito N, Nagai T, Yamada K, Kaibuchi K. Phosphoproteomic of the acetylcholine pathway enables discovery of the PKC-β-PIX-Rac1-PAK cascade as a stimulatory signal for aversive learning. Mol Psychiatry. 27(8):3479-3492, 2022.
• Lee MT, Mouri A, Kubota H, Lee HJ, Chang MH, Wu CY, Knutson DE, Mihovilovic M, Cook J, Sieghart W, Nabeshima T, Chiou LC. Targeting α6GABAA receptors as a novel therapy for schizophrenia: A proof-of-concept preclinical study using various animal models. Biomed Pharmacother. 150:113022, 2022.
• Yoshida M, Hasegawa S, Taniguchi M, Mouri A, Suzuki C, Yoshimi A, Mamiya T, Ozaki N, Noda Y. Memantine ameliorates the impairment of social behaviors induced by a single social defeat stress as juveniles. Neuropharmacology. 217:109208, 2022.
• Zhang X, Kitaichi K, Mouri A, Zhou X, Nabeshima T, Yamada K, Nagai T. An evaluation method for developing abuse-deterrent opioid formulations with agonist and antagonist combinations using conditioned place preference. Biochem Biophys Res Commun.639:100-105, 2022.
• Nakamura M, Yoshimi A, Mouri A, Tokura T, Kimura H, Kishi S, Miyauchi T, Iwamoto K, Ito M, Sato-Boku A, Ozaki N, Nabeshima T, Noda Y. Duloxetine attenuates pain in association with downregulation of platelet serotonin transporter in patients with burning mouth syndrome and atypical odontalgia. Hum Psychopharmacol. 37(2):e2818, 2022.

• Kosuge A, Kunisawa K, Arai S, Sugawara Y, Shinohara K, Iida T, Wulaer B, Kawai T, Fujigaki H, Yamamoto Y, Saito K, Nabeshima T, Mouri A. Heat-sterilized Bifidobacterium breve prevents depression-like behavior and interleukin-1β expression in mice exposed to chronic social defeat stress. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Aug;96:200-211.
• Noda Y, Soeda K, Uchida M, Goto S, Ito T, Kitagaki S, Mamiya T, Yoshimi A, Ozaki N, Mouri A. Multiple nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes regulate social or cognitive behaviors in mice repeatedly administered phencyclidine. Behav Brain Res. 2021 Jun 25;408:113284.
• Miyajima K, Kawamoto C, Hara S, Mori-Kojima M, Ohye T, Sumi-Ichinose C, Saito N, Sasaoka T, Metzger D, Ichinose H. Tyrosine hydroxylase conditional KO mice reveal peripheral tissue-dependent differences in dopamine biosynthetic pathways. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100544.
• Wulaer B, Kunisawa K, Tanabe M, Yanagawa A, Saito K, Mouri A, Nabeshima T. Pharmacological blockade of dopamine D1- or D2-receptor in the prefrontal cortex induces attentional impairment in the object-based attention test through different neuronal circuits in mice. Mol Brain. 2021 Feb 28;14(1):43.
• Mori Y, Mouri A, Kunisawa K, Hirakawa M, Kubota H, Kosuge A, Niijima M, Hasegawa M, Kurahashi H, Murakami R, Hoshi M, Nakano T, Fujigaki S, Fujigaki H, Yamamoto Y, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase deficiency induces depression-like behavior via enhanced antagonism of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by kynurenic acid. Behav Brain Res. 2021 May 7;405:113191.
• Ito T, Hiramatsu Y, Mouri A, Yoshigai T, Takahashi A, Yoshimi A, Mamiya T, Ozaki N, Noda Y. Involvement of PKCβI-SERT activity in stress vulnerability of mice exposed to twice-swim stress. Neurosci Res. 2021 Oct;171:83-91.
• Suento WJ, Kunisawa K, Wulaer B, Kosuge A, Iida T, Fujigaki S, Fujigaki H, Yamamoto Y, Tanra AJ, Saito K, Mouri A, Nabeshima T. Prefrontal cortex miR-874-3p prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced depression-like behavior through inhibition of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 expression in mice. J Neurochem. 2021 Jun;157(6):1963-1978.
• Miura H, Kawamura Y, Ohye T, Hattori F, Kozawa K, Ihira M, Yatsuya H, Nishizawa H, Kurahashi H, Yoshikawa T. Inherited Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6 Is a Risk Factor for Spontaneous Abortion. J Infect Dis. 2021 May 28;223(10):1717-1723.

• Wulaer B, Kunisawa K, Kubota H, Suento WJ, Saito K, Mouri A, Nabeshima T. Prefrontal cortex, dorsomedial striatum, and dentate gyrus are necessary in the object-based attention test in mice. Mol Brain. 2020 Dec 14;13(1):171.
• Koizumi H, Hiraga T, Oharomari LK, Hata T, Shima T, Yook JS, Okamoto M, Mouri A, Nabeshima T, Soya H. Preventive role of regular low-intensity exercise during adolescence in schizophrenia model mice with abnormal behaviors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Jan 1;534:610-616.
• Kunisawa K, Hatanaka N, Shimizu T, Kobayashi K, Osanai Y, Mouri A, Shi Q, Bhat MA, Nambu A, Ikenaka K. Focal loss of the paranodal domain protein Neurofascin155 in the internal capsule impairs cortically induced muscleactivity in vivo. Mol Brain. 2020 Nov 23;13(1):159.
• Cantone MC, Ginjaume M, Martin CJ, Hamada N, Yokoyama S, Bordy JM, Dauer L, Durán A, Jeffries C, Harris W, Kashirina O, Koteng AO, Michelin S, Sudchai W. Report of IRPA task group on issues and actions taken in response to the change in eye lens dose limit. J Radiol Prot. 2020 Nov 21;40(4):1508-1533.
• Noda Y, Uchida M, Mouri A, Yamada S, Goto S, Kitagaki S, Mamiya T, Kushima I, Arioka Y, Ozaki N, Yoshimi A. Involvement of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in behavioral abnormalities and psychological dependence in schizophrenia-like model mice. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2020 Dec;41:92-105.
• Li J, Durose WW, Ito J, Kakita A, Iguchi Y, Katsuno M, Kunisawa K, Shimizu T, Ikenaka K. Exploring the factors underlying remyelination arrest by studying the post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of cystatin F gene. J Neurochem. 2021 Jun;157(6):2070-2090.
• Ito T, Hiramatsu Y, Uchida M, Yoshimi A, Mamiya T, Mouri A, Ozaki N, Noda Y. Involvement of protein kinase C beta1-serotonin transporter system dysfunction in emotional behaviors in stressed mice. Neurochem Int. 2020 Nov;140:104826.
• Inoue K, Miura H, Hoshino A, Kamiya T, Tanita K, Ohye T, Park MJ, Yanagimachi M, Takagi M, Imai K, Morio T, Yoshikawa T, Kanegane H. Inherited chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus-6 in a patient with XIAP deficiency. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;22(5):e13331.
• Wulaer B, Kunisawa K, Hada K, Jaya Suento W, Kubota H, Iida T, Kosuge A, Nagai T, Yamada K, Nitta A, Yamamoto Y, Saito K, Mouri A, Nabeshima T. Shati/Nat8l deficiency disrupts adult neurogenesis and causes attentional impairment through dopaminergic neuronal dysfunction in the dentate gyrus. J Neurochem. 2021 May;157(3):642-655.
• Mouri A, Lee HJ, Mamiya T, Aoyama Y, Matsumoto Y, Kubota H, Huang WJ, Chiou LC, Nabeshima T. Hispidulin attenuates the social withdrawal in isolated disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 mutant and chronic phencyclidine-treated mice. Br J Pharmacol. 2020 Jul;177(14):3210-3224.
• Sakurai M, Yamamoto Y, Kanayama N, Hasegawa M, Mouri A, Takemura M, Matsunami H, Miyauchi T, Tokura T, Kimura H, Ito M, Umemura E, Boku AS, Nagashima W, Tonoike T, Kurita K, Ozaki N, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Serum Metabolic Profiles of the Tryptophan-Kynurenine Pathway in the high risk subjects of major depressive disorder. Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 6;10(1):1961.
• Miura H, Ohye T, Kozawa K, Hattori F, Kawamura Y, Ihira M, Kurahashi H, Yoshikawa T. Coinfection With Human Herpesvirus (HHV)-6B in Immunocompetent, Healthy Individuals With Chromosomally Integrated HHV-6A. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Mar 26;10(2):175-178.
• Takahashi Y, Wakita H, Mizutani K, Watanabe A, Sonoda S, Tomimoto H. Selective accumulation of adiponectin in the cerebral cortex under chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in the rat. Neuroreport. 2020 Jan 27;31(2):148-155.

• Yamasuge W, Yamamoto Y, Fujigaki H, Hoshi M, Nakamoto K, Kunisawa K, Mouri A, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 depletion suppresses tumor growth in a mouse model of Lewis lung carcinoma. Cancer Sci. 2019 Oct;110(10):3061-3067.
• Yoshida Y, Fujigaki H, Kato K, Yamazaki K, Fujigaki S, Kunisawa K, Yamamoto Y, Mouri A, Oda A, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Selective and competitive inhibition of kynurenine aminotransferase 2 by glycyrrhizic acid and its analogues. Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 15;9(1):10243.
• Lu Q, Mouri A, Yang Y, Kunisawa K, Teshigawara T, Hirakawa M, Mori Y, Yamamoto Y, Libo Z, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced behavioral changes are coupled with dopaminergic hyperfunction and serotonergic hypofunction in mouse models of depression. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Oct 17;372:112053.
• Teshigawara T, Mouri A, Kubo H, Nakamura Y, Shiino T, Okada T, Morikawa M, Nabeshima T, Ozaki N, Yamamoto Y, Saito K. Changes in tryptophan metabolism during pregnancy and postpartum periods: Potential involvement in postpartum depressive symptoms. J Affect Disord. 2019 Aug 1;255:168-176
• Yokoyama S, Hamada N, Tsujimura N. Recent discussions toward regulatory implementation of the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye and related studies in Japan. Int J Radiat Biol. 2019 Aug;95(8):1103-1112.
• Fujigaki H, Mouri A, Yamamoto Y, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Linking phencyclidine intoxication to the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway: Therapeutic implications for schizophrenia. Neurochem Int. 2019 May;125:1-6.
• Hasegawa S, Yoshimi A, Mouri A, Uchida Y, Hida H, Mishina M, Yamada K, Ozaki N, Nabeshima T, Noda Y. Acute administration of ketamine attenuates the impairment of social behaviors induced by social defeat stress exposure as juveniles via activation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors. Neuropharmacology. 2019 Apr;148:107-116.
• Yamamoto Y, Yamasuge W, Imai S, Kunisawa K, Hoshi M, Fujigaki H, Mouri A, Nabeshima T, Saito K. Lipopolysaccharide shock reveals the immune function of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 through the regulation of IL-6/stat3 signalling. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 29;8(1):15917.
• Tran HQ, Shin EJ, Hoai Nguyen BC, Phan DH, Kang MJ, Jang CG, Jeong JH, Nah SY, Mouri A, Saito K, Nabeshima T, Kim HC. 5-HT_1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT induces serotonergic behaviors in mice via interaction between PKCδ and p47phox. Food Chem Toxicol. 2019 Jan;123:125-141.

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