Ikuyo Nakajima

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Affiliation: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Extracellular matrix development during differentiation into adipocytes with a unique increase in type V and VI collagen
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Biol Cell 94:197-203. 2002
  2. ncbi Positive effect of collagen V and VI on triglyceride accumulation during differentiation in cultures of bovine intramuscular adipocytes
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Meat Science Laboratory, Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Norindanchi P O Box 5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Differentiation 70:84-91. 2002
  3. ncbi Relationships between tropomyosin and myosin heavy chain isoforms in bovine skeletal muscle
    Mika Oe
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Anim Sci J 80:193-7. 2009
  4. ncbi Changes in thiamin contents in porcine muscles and liver during growth
    Keisuke Sasaki
    National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73:177-9. 2009
  5. ncbi Double phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain during rigor mortis of bovine Longissimus muscle
    Susumu Muroya
    Meat Protein Research Team and Animal Product Research Team, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    J Agric Food Chem 55:3998-4004. 2007
  6. ncbi Effect of phase limited inhibition of MyoD expression on the terminal differentiation of bovine myoblasts: no alteration of Myf5 or myogenin expression
    Susumu Muroya
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Dev Growth Differ 47:483-92. 2005
  7. ncbi Absence of the functional Myosin heavy chain 2b isoform in equine skeletal muscles
    Koichi Chikuni
    Meat Science Laboratory, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Zoolog Sci 21:589-96. 2004
  8. ncbi Growth arrest by octanoate is required for porcine preadipocyte differentiation
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 309:702-8. 2003
  9. ncbi Related expression of MyoD and Myf5 with myosin heavy chain isoform types in bovine adult skeletal muscles
    Susumu Muroya
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi, Ibaraki, Japan
    Zoolog Sci 19:755-61. 2002
  10. ncbi Effects of muscle type on beef taste-traits assessed by an electric sensing system
    Koichi Chikuni
    National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Anim Sci J 81:600-5. 2010

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Extracellular matrix development during differentiation into adipocytes with a unique increase in type V and VI collagen
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Biol Cell 94:197-203. 2002
    ..These specific increases and development of matrix during adipocyte differentiation imply some significance for organizing fat lobules in each ECM proteins, especially type V and VI collagens...
  2. ncbi Positive effect of collagen V and VI on triglyceride accumulation during differentiation in cultures of bovine intramuscular adipocytes
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Meat Science Laboratory, Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Norindanchi P O Box 5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Differentiation 70:84-91. 2002
    ..However, these findings also indicate that collagen newly synthesized and organized by the adipocyte itself during differentiation is still necessary for the growth of adipose tissue...
  3. ncbi Relationships between tropomyosin and myosin heavy chain isoforms in bovine skeletal muscle
    Mika Oe
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Anim Sci J 80:193-7. 2009
    ..Therefore, the excess TPM3 was composed of myofibrils with MyHC-2a. The results suggested that a fiber expressing MyHC-2a would be regulated delicately by changing the TPM isoform types...
  4. ncbi Changes in thiamin contents in porcine muscles and liver during growth
    Keisuke Sasaki
    National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73:177-9. 2009
    ..The liver thiamin content, however, remained unchanged from the fetal stage to 5 months old. The changes in thiamin contents were different between Landrace and Meishan pigs...
  5. ncbi Double phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain during rigor mortis of bovine Longissimus muscle
    Susumu Muroya
    Meat Protein Research Team and Animal Product Research Team, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    J Agric Food Chem 55:3998-4004. 2007
    ..Keywords: Bovine; myosin regulatory light chain (RLC, MyLC2); phosphorylation; rigor mortis; skeletal muscle...
  6. ncbi Effect of phase limited inhibition of MyoD expression on the terminal differentiation of bovine myoblasts: no alteration of Myf5 or myogenin expression
    Susumu Muroya
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Dev Growth Differ 47:483-92. 2005
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  7. ncbi Absence of the functional Myosin heavy chain 2b isoform in equine skeletal muscles
    Koichi Chikuni
    Meat Science Laboratory, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Zoolog Sci 21:589-96. 2004
    ..These results suggest that the MyHC-2b gene independently lost its function in some ungulate species...
  8. ncbi Growth arrest by octanoate is required for porcine preadipocyte differentiation
    Ikuyo Nakajima
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0901, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 309:702-8. 2003
    ..Both RT-PCR and Western blot analysis supported the idea of octanoate as a potential agent with the antiproliferative activity requisite for porcine preadipocytes to enter terminal differentiation...
  9. ncbi Related expression of MyoD and Myf5 with myosin heavy chain isoform types in bovine adult skeletal muscles
    Susumu Muroya
    Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi, Ibaraki, Japan
    Zoolog Sci 19:755-61. 2002
    ..The results suggest that MyoD and Myf5 influence the MyHC isoform expression, although the effects are not decisive in specifying the phenotypes of adult muscles...
  10. ncbi Effects of muscle type on beef taste-traits assessed by an electric sensing system
    Koichi Chikuni
    National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Anim Sci J 81:600-5. 2010
    ..Iron content was also different among the muscle types and related to the cvC00 and cvAE1 outputs. These results suggested that the muscle fiber type affects the beef taste characteristics...
  11. ncbi Amino acid sequences of porcine fast and slow troponin T isoforms
    Shin Ichi Kitamura
    Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 70:726-8. 2006
    ..These were eight fast- and two slow-type isoforms. Fast-type isoforms had three and two variable exons in the N-terminal and the C-terminal region respectively. Slow-type isoforms had one variable exon in the N-terminal region...