Tomonori Kawano

Summary

Affiliation: The University of Kitakyushu
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Prion-derived copper-binding peptide fragments catalyze the generation of superoxide anion in the presence of aromatic monoamines
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Int J Biol Sci 3:57-63. 2007
  2. ncbi Learning from prion-derived peptides for designing novel phosphorylation-sensitive peptide probes
    Tomonori Kawano
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Graduate School and Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Med Hypotheses 77:159-61. 2011
  3. ncbi Green paramecia as an evolutionary winner of oxidative symbiosis: a hypothesis and supportive data
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 59:538-42. 2004
  4. ncbi Roles of the reactive oxygen species-generating peroxidase reactions in plant defense and growth induction
    T Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, 1 1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu Ward, 808 0135, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Plant Cell Rep 21:829-37. 2003
  5. ncbi Aluminum-induced distortion in calcium signaling involving oxidative bursts and channel regulation in tobacco BY-2 cells
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 308:35-42. 2003
  6. ncbi Aluminum as a specific inhibitor of plant TPC1 Ca2+ channels
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 324:40-5. 2004
  7. ncbi Salicylic acid glucoside acts as a slow inducer of oxidative burst in tobacco suspension culture
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0157, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 59:684-92. 2004
  8. ncbi Prevention of copper-induced calcium influx and cell death by prion-derived peptide in suspension-cultured tobacco cells
    Tomoko Kagenishi
    Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 64:411-7. 2009
  9. ncbi Peroxyacetyl nitrate-induced oxidative and calcium signaling events leading to cell death in ozone-sensitive tobacco cell-line
    Masaru Yukihiro
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Plant Signal Behav 7:113-20. 2012
  10. ncbi Copper-binding peptides from human prion protein and newly designed peroxidative biocatalysts
    Tomoko Kagenishi
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 66:182-90. 2011

Collaborators

  • Takuya Furuichi
  • Masaki Kuse
  • Stefano Mancuso
  • Yoko Yamamoto
  • Mikhail A Gavrilin
  • Ken Yokawa
  • Tomoko Kagenishi
  • Takashi Kadono
  • Masaru Yukihiro
  • Takuya Hiramatsu
  • Cun Lin
  • Shunsuke Furukawa
  • Shuta Kunihiro
  • François Bouteau
  • Kanami Irie
  • Kazuya Uezu
  • Minoru Isobe
  • Miki Aonuma
  • Kazuharu Yoshizuka
  • Toshikazu Kosaka
  • Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Nakako Kawano
  • Reinhard Pinontoan
  • Frantisek Baluska
  • Chiaki Karaki
  • Kaishi Goto
  • Kenji Umemura
  • Yawei Yu
  • Michiaki Iwata
  • Hiroshi Hosoya
  • Hideaki Matsumoto
  • Masanobu Yoshii
  • Frederic Lapeyrie
  • Svetlana Krystofova
  • Frederick I Tsuji
  • Shoshi Muto
  • Izumi C Mori
  • Hidetoshi Iida

Detail Information

Publications30

  1. ncbi Prion-derived copper-binding peptide fragments catalyze the generation of superoxide anion in the presence of aromatic monoamines
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Int J Biol Sci 3:57-63. 2007
    ..The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis in which putative copper-binding peptides derived from PrP function as possible catalysts for monoamine-dependent conversion of hydrogen peroxide to superoxide in vitro...
  2. ncbi Learning from prion-derived peptides for designing novel phosphorylation-sensitive peptide probes
    Tomonori Kawano
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Graduate School and Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Med Hypotheses 77:159-61. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi Green paramecia as an evolutionary winner of oxidative symbiosis: a hypothesis and supportive data
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 59:538-42. 2004
    ....
  4. ncbi Roles of the reactive oxygen species-generating peroxidase reactions in plant defense and growth induction
    T Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, 1 1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu Ward, 808 0135, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Plant Cell Rep 21:829-37. 2003
    ..Here a novel model for IAA signaling pathway mediated by extracellular ROS produced by cell-wall POXs is proposed. In addition, possible controls of the IAA-POX reactions by a fungal alkaloid are discussed...
  5. ncbi Aluminum-induced distortion in calcium signaling involving oxidative bursts and channel regulation in tobacco BY-2 cells
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 308:35-42. 2003
    ..Possible target channels of Al actions are discussed...
  6. ncbi Aluminum as a specific inhibitor of plant TPC1 Ca2+ channels
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 324:40-5. 2004
    ..We concluded that members of TPC1 channel family are the only ROS-responsive Ca(2+) channels and are the possible targets of Al-dependent inhibition...
  7. ncbi Salicylic acid glucoside acts as a slow inducer of oxidative burst in tobacco suspension culture
    Tomonori Kawano
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0157, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 59:684-92. 2004
    ..Among the four SA-inducible signaling events, PK activation was excluded from the low-dose SA action since a much higher SA dose (> 0.4 mmu) was required for PK activation...
  8. ncbi Prevention of copper-induced calcium influx and cell death by prion-derived peptide in suspension-cultured tobacco cells
    Tomoko Kagenishi
    Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 64:411-7. 2009
    ..Lastly, a possible mechanism of peptide action and future applications of this peptide in the protection of plant roots from metal toxicity or in favour of phytoremediation processes are discussed...
  9. ncbi Peroxyacetyl nitrate-induced oxidative and calcium signaling events leading to cell death in ozone-sensitive tobacco cell-line
    Masaru Yukihiro
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Plant Signal Behav 7:113-20. 2012
    ..Above data show some similarity between the signaling mechanisms responsive to O3 and PAN...
  10. ncbi Copper-binding peptides from human prion protein and newly designed peroxidative biocatalysts
    Tomoko Kagenishi
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 66:182-90. 2011
    ..Based on these results, we designed a series of oligoglycyl-histidines as novel peroxidative biocatalysts, and their catalytic performances including kinetics, heat tolerance, and freezing tolerance were analysed...
  11. ncbi Free tyrosine and tyrosine-rich peptide-dependent superoxide generation catalyzed by a copper-binding, threonine-rich neurotoxic peptide derived from prion protein
    Ken Yokawa
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Int J Biol Sci 5:53-63. 2009
    ..Lastly, possible mechanism of O(2)(*-) generation and the impacts of such self-redox events on the conformational changes in prion are discussed...
  12. ncbi Action of aluminum, novel TPC1-type channel inhibitor, against salicylate-induced and cold-shock-induced calcium influx in tobacco BY-2 cells
    Cun Lin
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 332:823-30. 2005
    ..The data suggested that the elicitor used here induces the Ca2+ influx via Al-insensitive path, while salicylic acid and cold-shock-stimulate the influx of Ca2+ via Al-sensitive mechanism...
  13. ncbi Effects of fifteen rare-earth metals on Ca2+ influx in tobacco cells
    Cun Lin
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch [C] 61:74-80. 2006
    ..8 pm) a well known inhibitor of stretch-activated channels. Possible applications of such series of channel blockers in elucidation of plant signal transduction pathways are encouraged...
  14. ncbi Prevention of oxidative DNA degradation by copper-binding peptides
    Ken Yokawa
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 75:1377-9. 2011
    ..In this study we identified on effect of Cu binding of short peptides (chiefly Gly-Gly-His tripeptide) in the prevention of DNA degradation caused by Cu-mediated reactions in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and of ascorbic acid...
  15. ncbi Thermo-stable nature of aromatic monoamine-dependent superoxide-generating activity of human prion-derived Cu-binding peptides
    Ken Yokawa
    Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73:1218-20. 2009
    ..Among the peptides tested, two maintained high catalytic activity even after heating and repeated freezing/thawing cycles. The biological roles for these thermostable catalysts are discussed...
  16. ncbi Involvement of salicylic acid signal transduction in aluminum-responsive oxidative burst in Arabidopsis thaliana cell suspension culture
    Shuta Kunihiro
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Plant Signal Behav 6:611-6. 2011
    ..Taken together, there would be a loop of SA signaling and SA-dependent expression of AtrbohD gene leading to prolonged ROS production and cell death development in the Al-exposed Arabidopsis cells...
  17. ncbi Superoxide generation catalyzed by the ozone-inducible plant peptides analogous to prion octarepeat motif
    Ken Yokawa
    The University of Kitakyushu, Hibikino, Fukuoka, Japan
    Plant Signal Behav 6:477-82. 2011
    ..Lastly, possible mechanisms of the reaction and biological consequence of the reactions are discussed by analogy to the action of human prion octarepeat peptides...
  18. ncbi Illumination of Arabidopsis roots induces immediate burst of ROS production
    Ken Yokawa
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
    Plant Signal Behav 6:1460-4. 2011
    ..Results obtained using illuminated roots during in vivo microscopic analysis should also be interpreted with great caution...
  19. ncbi A green Paramecium strain with abnormal growth of symbiotic algae
    Kanami Irie
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Graduate School and Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, 1 1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu ku, Kitakyushu, 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 65:681-7. 2010
    ..Additionally, possible use of this isolate as a novel model for symbiotic cell-to-cell communication is discussed...
  20. ncbi Altered toxicities of fatty acid salts in green paramecia cultured in different waters
    Takashi Kadono
    Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch [C] 61:541-7. 2006
    ..Therefore, the use of natural waters reflecting the real environmental conditions in further collection of data on the ecotoxicity impacts of variety of chemicals is highly encouraged...
  21. ncbi Micro-particle transporting system using galvanotactically stimulated apo-symbiotic cells of Paramecium bursaria
    Shunsuke Furukawa
    Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 64:421-33. 2009
    ..Since the above demonstrations were successful, we concluded that P bursaria has a potential to be employed as one of the micro-biorobotic devices used in BioMEMS (biological micro-electro-mechanical systems)...
  22. ncbi Inhibition of anodic galvanotaxis of green paramecia by T-type calcium channel inhibitors
    Miki Aonuma
    Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Z Naturforsch C 62:93-102. 2007
    ..This may be the first implication for the involvement of T-type calcium channels in protozoan cellular movements...
  23. ncbi Lethal impacts of cigarette smoke in cultured tobacco cells
    Masaru Yukihiro
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Bioengineering, Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808 0135, Japan
    Tob Induc Dis 9:8. 2011
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  24. ncbi Spectroscopic evidence in support of horseradish peroxidase compound II-catalyzed oxidation of salicylic acid but not of phenylethylamine
    Tomonori Kawano
    UMR INRA UHP Interactions Arbre Micro Organismes, Centre Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Nancy, Champenoux, France
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:651-4. 2002
    ..In contrast, addition of salicylic acid to Compound II resulted in rapid conversion of Compound II to the native form...
  25. ncbi Monoamine-dependent production of reactive oxygen species catalyzed by pseudoperoxidase activity of human hemoglobin
    Tomonori Kawano
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:1224-32. 2002
    ....
  26. ncbi A new approach for the assessment of acrylamide toxicity using a green paramecium
    Toshiyuki Takahashi
    Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
    Toxicol In Vitro 19:99-105. 2005
    ..Here, we propose the use of P. bursaria being a convenient and sensitive bioindicator as a new approach for the assessment of acrylamide toxicity...
  27. ncbi Phenylethylamine induces an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ in yeast
    Reinhard Pinontoan
    Nagoya University Bioscience Center, Nagoya University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:1069-74. 2002
    ..When PEA was applied, the MATa mid1 mutant was rescued from alpha-factor-induced death in a Ca2+-limited medium, suggesting that the PEA-induced [Ca2+]c increase can reinforce calcium signaling in the mating pheromone response pathway...
  28. ncbi Inhibition of the indole-3-acetic acid-induced epinastic curvature in tobacco leaf strips by 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
    Nakako Kawano
    , Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, F-54280 Champenoux, France
    Ann Bot (Lond) 91:465-71. 2003
    ..2,4-D inhibits the IAA-dependent epinasty via complex and as yet unidentified mechanisms...
  29. ncbi Site-directed mutagenesis of CCR2 identified amino acid residues in transmembrane helices 1, 2, and 7 important for MCP-1 binding and biological functions
    Mikhail A Gavrilin
    Davis Heart and Lung Reseach Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 327:533-40. 2005
    ..Our results show that induction of lamellipodia formation, but not Ca(2+) influx and adenylate cyclase inhibition, is necessary for chemotaxis...
  30. ncbi Spectroscopic evidence that salicylic acid converts a temporally inactivated form of horseradish peroxidase (compound III) to the irreversibly inactivated verdohemoprotein (P-670)
    Tomonori Kawano
    UMR INRA UHP Interactions Arbre Micro Organismes, Centre Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Nancy, Champenoux, France
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:646-50. 2002
    ..Multiple roles for salicylate in peroxidase-catalyzed reactions are discussed...