主な論文発表

Tsukita,Sh. and Ishikawa,H.  1979.
    Morphological evidence for the involvement of the smooth endoplasmic         
    reticulum in axonal transport.
    Brain Res.   174:315-318.

Tsukita,Sh. and Ishikawa,H.  1980.
    The movement of membranous organelles in axons.  Electron microscopic      
    identification of anterogradely and retrogradely transported organelles.
    J.Cell Biol.  84:513-530.

Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh. and Ishikawa,H.   1980.
    Cytoskeletal network underlying the human erythrocyte membrane.            
    Thin-section electron microscopy.
    J.Cell Biol.   85:567-576.

Tsukita,Sh., Ishikawa,H. and Kurokawa,M.  1981.
    Isolation of 10-nm filaments from astrocytes in the mouse optic nerve.
    J.Cell Biol.   88:245-250.

Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh., Ishikawa,H., Sato,S., and Nakao,M.  1981. 
    Electron microscopic study of reassociation of spectrin and actin with the human 
    erythrocyte membrane.
    J.Cell Biol.  90:70-77.

Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., Usukura,J. and Ishikawa,H.  1983. 
    ATP-dependent structural changes of the outer dynein arm in Tetrahymena    
    cilia: A freeze-etch replica study.
    J.Cell Biol.   96:1480-1485.

Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh., Ishikawa,H., Kurokawa,M., Morimoto,K., Sobue,K. and 
    Kakiuchi,S.   1983. 
    Binding sites of calmodulin and actin on the brain spectrin, calspectin.
    J.Cell Biol.    97:574-578.

Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh. and Ishikawa,H.    1984. 
    Bidirectional polymerization of G-actin on the human erythrocyte        
    membrane
    J.Cell Biol.   98:1102-1110.

Stadler,H. and Tsukita,Sh.  1984.
    Synaptic vesicles contain an ATP-dependent proton pump and show 'knob-     
    like' protrusions on their surface.
    EMBO J.   3:3333-3337.

Mabuchi,I., Hamaguchi,Y., Kobayashi,T., Hosoya,H., Tsukita,Sa. and Tsukita,Sh.
    1985.
    Actinin from sea urchin eggs: Biochemical properties, interaction with  actin and    
    distributionin the cell during fertilization and cleavage.
    J.Cell Biol.   100:375-383.

Tsukita,Sh. and Yano,M.  1985. 
    Actomyosin structure in contracting muscle detected by rapid freezing.
    Nature   317:182-184.

Tsukita,Sa. and Tsukita,Sh.  1985. 
    Desmocalmin: A calmodulin-binding high molecular weight protein isolated     
    from desmosomes.
    J.Cell Biol.   101:2070-2080.

Kobayashi,T., Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., Yamamoto,Y., and Matsumoto,G.
    1986. 
    Subaxolemmal cytoskeleton in squid giant axon. I.Biochemical analysis of     
    microtubules, microfilaments, and their associated high-molecular-weight     
    proteins.
    J.Cell Biol.   102:1699-1709.

Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., Kobayashi,T. and Matsumoto,G.   1986.   
    Subaxolemmal cytoskeleton in squid giant axon. II.Morphological               
    identification of microtubule- and microfilament-associated domains of     
    axolemma.
    J.Cell Biol.   102:1710-1725.

Okamura,Y. and Tsukita,Sh.    1986. 
    Morphology of freeze-substituted myelinated axon in mouse peripheral          
    nerves.
    Brain Res.   383:146-158.

Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh. and Matsumoto,G.   1988. 
    Light-induced structural changes of cytoskeleton in squid photoreceptor        
    microvilli detected by rapid freezing.
    J.Cell Biol.    106:1151-1160.

Tsukita,Sh. and Tsukita,Sa.   1989. 
    Isolation of cell-to-cell adherens junction from rat liver.
    J.Cell Biol.   108:31-41.

Tsukita,Sa., Hieda,Y. and Tsukita,Sh.   1989. 
    A new 82-kD barbed end-capping protein (radixin) localized in the cell-to-cell    
    adherens junction: Purification and characterization.
    J.Cell Biol.   108:2369-2382.

Hieda,Y., Tsukita,Sa. and Tsukita,Sh.   1989. 
    A new high molecular mass protein showing unique localization in               
    desmosomal plaque.
    J.Cell Biol.   109:1511-1518.

Tsukita,Sh., Itoh,M., and Tsukita,Sa.  1989. 
    A new 400kD-protein from isolated adherens junctions: Its localization at  the 
    undercoat of adherens junctions and at microfilament bundles such as stress 
    fibers and circumferential bundles.
    J.Cell Biol.  109:2905-2915.

Sato,N., Yonemura,S., Obinata,T., Tsukita,Sa. and Tsukita,Sh.  1991.
    Radixin, a barbed-end-capping actin-modulating protein, is concentrated at the 
    cleavage furrow during cytokinesis.
    J.Cell Biol.   113:321-330.

Tsukita,Sa., Oishi,K., Akiyama,T., Yamanashi,Y., Yamamoto,T., and          
    Tsukita,Sh.   1991.
    Specific proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases of src family are enriched in cell-to-cell 
    adherens junctions, where the level of tyrosine phosphorylation is elevated.
    J.Cell Biol.   113:867-879.

Nagafuchi,A., Takeichi,M. and Tsukita,Sh.   1991.
    The 102kd cadherin-associated protein: Similarity to vinculin and post-      
    transcriptional regulation of expression.
    Cell   65:1-20.

Funayama,N., Nagafuchi,A., Sato,N., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh.   1991.
    Radixin is a novel member of the band 4.1 family.
    J.Cell Biol.   115:1039-1048.

Itoh,M., Yonemura,S., Nagafuchi,A., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh.  1991.
    A 220kD undercoat-constitutive protein: Its specific localization at cadherin-    
    based cell-to-cell adhesion sites.
    J.Cell Biol.  115:1449-1462.

Sato,N., Funayama,N., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita, Sh. 
    1992.
    A gene family consisting of ezrin, radixin, and moesin. Its specific localization at 
    actin/plasma membrane association sites.
    J.Cell Sci.  103:131 -143. 

Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., Nagafuchi,A., and Yonemura,Sh.   1992.
    Molecular linkage between cadherins and actin filaments in cell-to-cell       
    adherens junctions.
    Curr.Opin.Cell Biol.   4:834-839.

Yonemura,S., Nagafuchi,A., Sato,N., and Tsukita,Sh.   1993.
    Concentration of an integral membrane protein, CD43 (leukosialin, sialophorin),   
    in the cleavage furrow through the interaction of its cytoplasmic domain with   
    actin-based cytoskeletons.
    J.Cell Biol.   120:437-449.

Funatsu,T., Kono,E., Higuchi,H., Kimura,S., Ishiwata,S., Yoshioka,T.,  
    Maruyama,K., and Tsukita,Sh.   1993.
    Elastic filaments in situ in cardiac muscle: Deep-etch replica analysis in 
    combination with selective removal of actin and myosin filaments.
    J.Cell Biol.   120:711-724.

Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Yasuda-Kitani,T., Tsukita,Sa., and      
    Tsukita,Sh.   1993.
    The 220kD protein colocalizing with cadherins in non-epithelial cells is   
    identical to ZO-1, a tight junction-associated protein in epithelial cells: cDNA   
    cloning and immunoelectron microscopy.
    J.Cell Biol.  121:491-502.

Funatsu,T., Kono,E., and Tsukita,Sh.   1993.
    Time-resolved electron microscopic analysis of the behavior of myosin heads on 
    actin filaments after photolysis of caged ATP.
    J.Cell Biol.   121:1053-1064.

Tsukita,Sh., Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., and Tsukita,Sa.   1993.
    Submembranous junctional plaque proteins include potential tumor suppressor 
    molecules.
    J.Cell Biol.   123:1049-1053.

Furuse,M., Hirase,T., Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., and 
    Tsukita,Sh.    1993.
    Occludin: A novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions
    J.Cell Biol.   123:1777-1788.

Takeuchi,K., Sato,N., Kasahara,H., Funayama,N., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S.,    
    Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh.    1994.
    Perturbation of cell adhesion and microvilli formation by antisense           
    oligonuclotides to ERM family members.

Tsukita,Sa., Oishi,K., Sato,N., Sagara,J., Kawai,A., and Tsukita,Sh. 1994.
    ERM family members as molecular linkers between the cell surface             
    glycoprotein CD44 and actin-based cytoskeletons.
    J.Cell Biol.   126:391-401.

Nagafuchi,A., Ishihara,S., and Tsukita,Sh.   1994.
    The roles of catenins in the cadherin-mediated cell adhesion: Functional     
    analysis of E-cadherin-α catenin fusion molecules.
    J.Cell Biol.   127:235-245.

Furuse,M., Itoh,M., Hirase,T., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., and 
    Tsukita,Sh. 1994.
    Direct association of occludin with ZO-1 and its possible involvement in the 
    localization of occludin at tight junctions.
    J.Cell Biol.  127:1617-1626.

Yonemura,S., Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., and Tsukita,Sh.   1995.
    Cell-to-cell adherens junction formation and actin filament organization:    
    Similarities and difference between non-polarized fibroblasts and polarized 
    epithelial cells.
    J.Cell Sci.   108:127-142.

Takeda,H., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., Behrens,J., Birchimeier,W. 
    and Tsukita,Sh.   1995. 
    V-src kinase shifts the cadherin-based cell adhesion from the strong to the weak 
    state and b-catenin is not required for the shift.  
    J.Cell Biol.        131:1839-1847.  

Ando-Akatsuka,Y., Saitou,M., Hirase,T., Kishi,M., Sakakibara,A., Itoh,M., 
    Yonemura,S., Furuse,M., Tsukita,Sh. 1996.
    Interspecies diversity of the occludin sequence: cDNA cloning of human, mouse, 
    dog and rat-kangaroo homologues.
    J.Cell Biol.        133:43-47.

Hirao,M., Sato,N., Kondo,T., Yonemura,S., Monden,M., Sasaki, T., Takai,Y., 
    Tsukita,Sh. and Tsukita,Sa.  1996.
    Regulation mecanism of ERM(Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin) protein/plasma membrane 
    association: Possible involvement of phosphatidylinositol turnover and Rho-
    dependent signaling pathway.
    J.Cell Biol.        135:37-51.      

Tsukita,Sa., Yonemura,S. and Tsukita,Sh.  1997. 
    ERM (Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin) family: From cytoskeleton to signal transduction.
    Curr.Opin.Cell Biol.        9:70-75 .

Tsukita,Sa., Yonemura,S., and Tsukita,Sh.       1997.
    ERM proteins: Head-to-tail regulation of actin/plasma membrane regulations.
    TIBS    22:53-58.       

Sakakibara,A., Furuse,M., Saitou,M., Ando-Akatsuka,Y., and Tsukita,Sh.  1997.
    Possible involvement of phosphorylation of occludin in tight junction formation.    
    J.Cell Biol.        137:1393-1401.  

Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., Moroi,S. and Tsukita,Sh.  1997.
    Involvement of ZO-1 in cadhherin-based cell adhesion through its direct binding to 
    a catenin and actin filaments.      
    J.Cell Biol.        138:181-192.    

Kondo,T., Takeuchi,K., Doi,Y., Yonemura,S.,  Nagata,S., Tsukita,Sh., and Tsukita,Sa.
    1997.
    ERM (Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin)-based molecular mechanism of microvillar breakdown
    at an early stage of apoptosis.
    J.Cell Biol.	139:749-758.    

Yonemura,S., Hirao,M., Doi,Y., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh.  1998.
    ERM proteins bind to a specific group of integral membrane proteins containing a 
    positively-charged amino acid cluster in their juxta-membrane cytoplasmic domain.   
    J.Cell Biol.        140:885-895.    

Matsui,T., Maeda,M., Yonemura,S., Amano,M., Kaibuchi,K., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 
    1998.       
    Rho-kinase phosphorylates carboxy-terminal threonines of ERM proteins and regulates
    their head-to-tail association.
    J.Cell Biol.        140:647-657.    

Saitou,M., Fujimoto,K., Doi,Y.,Itoh,M., Fujimoto,T., Furuse,M., Takano,H., Noda,T.
     and Tsukita,Sh. 1998.
    Occludin-deficient embryonic stem cells can differentiate into polarized epithelial cells 
    bearing tight junctions.
    J.Cell Biol.        141:397-408.

Furuse,M., Fujita,K., Hiiragi,T., Fujimoto,K., and Tsukita,Sh. 1998.
    Claudin-1 and -2: Novel integral membrane proteins localizing at tight junctions with no 
    sequence similarity to occludin.
    J.Cell Biol.        141:1539-1550.  

Furuse,M., Sasaki,H., Fujimoto,K., and Tsukita,Sh. 1998.
    A single gene product, claudin-1 or -2, reconstitutes tight junction strands and recruits 
    occludin in fibroblasts.
    J.Cell Biol.        143:391-401.    

Morita,K., Furuse,M., Fujimoto,K., and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of 
    tight junction strands.
    Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA  96:511-516. 

Doi,Y., Itoh,M., Yonemura,S., Ishihara,S., Takano,H., Noda,T., Tsukita,Sh., and 
    Tsukita,Sa. 1999.
    Moesin gene knockout: Normal development of mice and unimpaired cell adhesion/cell 
    motility/actin-based cytoskeleton without compensatory up-regulation of ezrin and radixin.
    J.Biol.Chem.        274:2315-2321.  

Shiina,N. and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Mutations at phosphorylation sites of Xenopus microtubule-associated protein 4 affect 
    its microtubule-binding ability and chromosome movement during mitosis.
     Mol.Biol.Cell      10:597-608.     

Itoh,M., Morita,K. and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.       
    Characterization of ZO-2 as a MAGUK family member associated with tight and adherens 
    junctions with a binding affinity to occludin and a catenin.        
    J.Biol.Chem.        274:5981-5986.

Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1999. 
    Direct involvement of ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM)-binding membrane proteins in the 
    organization of microvilli in collaboration with activated ERM proteins.
    J.Cell Biol.        145:1497-1506.

Morita,K., Sasaki,H., Fujimoto,K., Furuse,M., and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Claudin-11/OSP-based tight junctions in myelinated sheaths of oligodendrocytes and in 
    Sertoli cells in testis.
    J.Cell Biol.	145:579-588.    

Imamura,Y., Itoh,M., Maeno,Y., Tsukita,Sh. and Nagafuchi,A.     1999.
    Functional domains of a catenin required for the strong-state of cadherin-based cell adhesion.      
    J.Cell Biol.        144:1311-1322.

Tsukita,Sh. and Furuse,M.  1999.
    Occludin and claudins in tight junction strands: Leading or supporting palyers?     
    Trends Cell Biol.  9:268-273.       

Tsukita,Sh., Furuse,M., and Itoh,M.  1999.
    Structural and signaling molecules come together at tight junctions.
    Curr.Opin.Cell Biol.        11:628-633.     

Furuse,M., Sasaki,H., and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Manner of interaction of heterogeneous claudin species within and between tight 
    junction strands.
    J.Cell Biol.   147:891-903.

Itoh,M., Furuse,M., Morita,K., Kubota,K., and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Molecular basis for the recruitment of three MAGUKs, ZO-1, ZO-2 and ZO-3, to tight 
    junctions: Direct binding of their first PDZ domains to the COOH-termini of claudins.
    J.Cell Biol.  147:1351-1363.        

Kubota,K., Furuse,M., Sasaki,H., Sonoda,N., Fujita,K., Nagafuchi,A., and Tsukita,Sh. 1999.
    Ca++-independent cell adhesion activity of claudins, integral membrane proteins of 
    tight junctions.    
    Curr. Biol.   9:1035-1038.

Kubo,A.,  Sasaki,H.,  Yuba-Kubo,A., Tsukita,Sh., and Shiina,N. 1999.
    Centriolar satellites: Molecular characterization, ATP-dependent movement toward centrioles 
    and possible involvement in ciliogenesis. 
    J.Cell Biol.     147:969-980.

Matsui,T., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sh. and Tsukita,Sa.     1999.
    Activation of ERM proteins  in vivo by Rho involves phosphatidyl-inositol 4-phosphate 
    5-kinase and not ROCK kinases.      
    Curr. Biol.  9:1259-1262.   

Sonoda,N., Furuse,M., Sasaki,H., Yonemura,S., Katahira,J., Horiguchi,Y., and Tsukita,Sh. 1999.
    Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin fragment removes specific claudins from tight junction 
    strands: Evidence for direct involvement of claudins in tight junction barrier.
    J.Cell Biol.        147:195-204.    

Hiiragi,T., Sasaki,H., Nagafuchi,A., Sabe,H., Shen,S.C., Matsu ki,M., Yamanishi,K., 
    and Tsukita,Sh.   1999.     
    Transglutaminase type 1 and its cross-linking activity are concentrated at adherens junctions 
    in simple epithelial cells. 
    J.Biol.Chem.        274:34148-34154.        

Morita,K., Sasaki,H., Furuse,M. and Tsukita,Sh.  1999.
    Endothelial claudin: claudin-5/TMVCF constitutes tight junction strands in endothelial cells.
    J.Cell Biol.        147:185-194.    

Mimori-Kiyosue,Y., Shiina,N., and Tsukita,Sh.  2000.
    Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein moves along microtubules and concentrates 
    at their growing ends in epithelial cells.
    J.Cell Biol.        148:505-518

Tsukita,Sh. and M.Furuse   2000.
    Pores tin the wall: Claudins constitute tight junction strands containing aqueous pores.
    J.Cell Biol.        149:13-16       

Mimori-Kiyosue,Y., Shiina,N., and Tsukita,Sh.  2000.
    The dynamic behavior of EB1, an Adenomatous Poliposis Coli (APC) binding protein, 
    on the distal ends of microtubules.
    Curr. Biol. 10:865-868.     

Sitou,M., Furuse,M., Sasaki,H., Schulzke,J., Fromm,M., Takano,H., Noda,T., and 
    Tsukita,Sh. 2000.
    Complex phenotype of mice lacking occludin, a component of tight junction strands.
    Mol.Biol.Cell   11:4131-4142.       

Furuse,M., Furuse,K., Sasaki,H., and Tsukita,Sh.  2001.
    Conversion of Zonula Occludentes from tight to leaky strand type by introducing claudin-2 
    into MDCK I cells.
    J.Cell Biol.        153:263-272.    

Oda,H. and Tsukita,Sh.  2001.
    Real-time imaging of cell-cell adherens junctions reveals that Drosophila mesoderm 
    invagination begins with two phases of apical constriction of cells.
    J.Cell Sci. 114:493-501.    

Tsukita,Sh., Furuse,M. and Itoh,M.  2001.
    Multi-functional strands in tight junctions.
    Nature Rev.Mol.Cell Biol.    2:285-293.     

Nakagawa,Y., Yamane,Y., Okanoue,T., Tsukita,Sh., and Tsukita,Sa.  2001.
    Outer dense fiber 2 is a widespread centrosome scaffold component preferentially 
    associated with mother centrioles: Its identification from isolated centrosomes.    
    Mol.Biol.Cell   12:1687-1697        

Ishikawa,H., Tamura,A., Matsui,T., Sasaki,H., Hakoshima,T., Tsukita,Sh., and Tsukita,Sa.  2001.
    Structural conversion between open and closed forms of radixin: Low-angle shadowing 
    electron microscopy.
    J.Mol.Biol. 310:973-978     

Itoh,M., Sasaki,H., Furuse,M., Ozaki,H., Kita,T. and Tsukita,Sh.   2001.
    Junctional adhesion molecule (JAM) binds to PAR-3: a possible mechanism for the 
    recruitment of PAR-3 to tight junctions.
    J.Cell Biol.  154:491-497  

Mimori-Kiyosue,Y. and Tsukita,Sh.  2001.  
    Where is APC going?  
    J.Cell Biol.  154:1105-1109 

Hamazaki,Y., Itoh,M., Mikio,F. and Tsukita,Sh.   2002.
    Multi-PDZ-containing protein 1 (MUPP1) is concentrated at tight junctions through its     
    possible interaction.
    J.Biol.Chem.  277:455-461.

Kiuchi-Saishin,Y., Furuse,M., Takasuga,A. and Tsukita,Sh.  2002.
    Differential patterns of expression of claudin isoforms, tight junction membrane proteins, 
    in mouse nephron segments.
    J.Am.Soc.Nephrol.  13:875-886.

Furuse,M., Hata,M., Furuse,K., Yoshida,Y., Haratake,A., Sugitani,Y., Noda,T., Kubo,A. 
    and Tsukita,Sh.  2002.
    Claudin-based tight junctions are crucial for the mammalian epidermal barrier: A lesson 
    from claudin-1-deficient mice.
    J.Cell Biol.  156:1099-1111.

Kikuchi,S., Hata,M., Fukumoto,K., Yamane,Y., Matsui,T., Tamura,A., Yonemura,S., 
    Yamagishi,H., Keppler,D., Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa.  2002.
    Radixin deficiency causes conjugated hyperbilirubinemia with loss of Mrp2 from bile 
    canalicular membranes.
    Nat.Genet.    31:320-325.

Tsukita,Sh. and Furuse,M.  2002.
    Claudin-based barrier in simple and stratified cellular sheets.
    Curr.Opin.Cell Biol.  14:531-536.

Kubo,A., and Tsukita,Sh.  2003.
    Centriolar satellites consisting of PCM-1: Subcellular distribution and cell cycle-dependent 
    assembly/disassembly.
    J.Cell Sci.  116:919-928.

Ikenouchi,J., Matsuda,M., Furuse,M. and Tsukita,Sh. 2003.
    Regulation of tight junctions during epithelial-mesenchymal transition: Direct repression of 
    the gene expression of claudins/occludin by Snail.
     J.Cell Sci.  116:1959-1967.

Sasaki,H., Matsui,C., Furuse,K., Mimori-Kiyosue,Y., Furuse,M. and Tsukita,Sh.  2003.
    Dynamic behavior of paired claudin strands within apposing plasma membranes.
    Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA   100:3971-3976.

Nitta,T., Hata,M., Gotoh,S., Seo,Y., Sasaki,H., Hashimoto,N., Furuse,M. and  
    Tsukita,Sh. 2003.
    Size-selective loosening of the blood-brain barrier in claudin-5-deficient mice.
    J.Cell Biol.  161:653-660.

Asano,A., Asano,K., Sasaki,H., Furuse,M. and Tsukita,Sh.  2003.
    Claudins in Caenorhabditis elegans: their distribution and barrier function in the epithelium.
    Curr. Biol.	  13:1042-1046.

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