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Naoya Wasano Last modified date:2024.04.25



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Academic Degree
Ph.D.
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Applied Entomology, Insect Pathology, Microbial Control, Plant Physiology and Function, Biological Intraction
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
00years00months
Research
Research Interests
  • The aim of my study is to elucidate various biological interactions at the molecular level among plant-insect-microorganism. The studies include (1) characterization of bacterial toxins that cause serious disease in insects; (2) Identification of plant bioactive secondary metabolites and/or proteins, which involved in eating habits of phytophagous insects and/or plant allelopathy; and (3) Physiological activities and gene response of plants caused by plant allelochemicals.
    keyword : Insect pathogenic bacteria, insecticidal toxic protein, mulberry-derived insect-resistant substances, allelochemicals, plant gravitropism inhibitors
    1995.04~2021.05.
  • Microsporidia, which are pathogenic to lepidopteran insects, sometimes cause serious disease against the silkworm resulting a great economical loss on sericultural industry. However, their sources are not well understood. Although lepidopteran insects that live in nature with no obvious pathogenic symptoms, there exists many individuals infected with microsporidia. It is suggested that infection of the microsporidia is involved in population growth, growth rate, life cycle, stage development, physiology, species composition, and population size in nature. To elucidate these hypotheses, we are conducting field collection of lepidopteran insects and investigation of microsporidia infection.
    keyword : Microsporidia, Nosema bombycis, lepidopteran insects
    2021.04~2024.03.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Nishimura, T., Makigawa, S., Sun, J., Kodama, K., Sugiyama, H., Matsumoto, K., Iwata, T., Wasano, N., Kano, A., Miyo Terao Morita, M., Fujii, Y., Shindo, M., Design and synthesis of strong root gravitropism inhibitors with no concomitant growth inhibition., Scientific Reports, 10.1038/s41598-023-32063-z, 13, 5173, 2023.03.
2. Murata, M., Konno, K., Wasano, N., Mochizuki, A., Mitsuhara, I., Expression of a gene for an MLX56 defense protein derived from mulberry latex confers strong resistance against a broad range of insect pests on transgenic tomato lines, PLOS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239958 J, 16, 1, e0239958, 2021.01.
3. Shindo, M., Makigawa, S., Kodama, K., Sugiyama, H., Matsumoto, K., Iwata, T.,Wasano, N., Kano, A., Morita, M. T., Fujii, Y., Design and chemical synthesis of root gravitropism inhibitors: Bridged analogues of ku-76 have more potent activity, Phytochemistry, 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112508, 179, 2020, 112508, 2020.09.
4. Shindo, M., Makigawa, S., Matsumoto, K., Iwata, T., Wasano, N., Kano, A., Morita, M. T., Fujii, Y., Essential structural features of (2Z,4E)-5- phenylpenta-2,4-dienoic acid for inhibition of root gravitropism, Phytochemistry, 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112287, 172, 2020, 112287, 2020.02.
5. Sasamoto, H., Mardani, H., Sasamoto, Y., Wasano, N., Murashige-Baba, T., Sato, T., Hasegawa, A., Fujii, Y., Evaluation of canavanine as an allelochemical in etiolated seedlings of Vicia villosa Roth: protoplast co-culture method with digital image analysis, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology Plant, 10.1007/s11627-019-09985-3, 55, 3, 296-304, 2020.10.
6. Wasano N., Takemura, T., Ismil, R., Bakar, B., Fujii, Y., Transcriptomic evaluation of plant growth inhibitory activity of goniothalamin from the Malaysian medicinal plant Goniothalamus andersonii, Natural Product Communications, 10.1177/1934578X1501000507, 10, 5, 725-727, 2015.10.
7. Wasano, N., Sugano, M., Nishikawa, K., Okuda, K., Shindo, M., Park, S.-Y., Hiradate, S., Kamo, T., Fujii, Y., Transcriptomic evaluation of the enhanced plant growth-inhibitory activity caused by derivatization of cis-cinnamic acid, Journal of Pesticide Science, 10.1584/jpestics.D13-090, 39, 2, 85-90, 2014.02.
8. Wasano, N., Sugano, M., Nishikawa, K., Okuda, K., Shindo, M., Abe, H., Park, S.-Y., Hiradate, S., Kamo, T., Fujii, Y., Root-specific induction of early auxin-responsive genes in Arabidopsis thaliana by cis-cinnamic acid, Plant Biotechnology, 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.13.0718a, 30, 5, 465-471, 2013.10.
9. Wasano, N., Konno, K., Nakamura, M. Hirayama, C., Hattori, M., Tateishi, K., A unique latex protein, MLX56, defends mulberry trees from insects, Phytochemistry, 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.04.014, 70, 7, 880-888, 2009.07.
10. Okumura, S., Saitoh, H., Wasano, N., Katayama, H., Higuchi, K., Mizuki, E., Inouye, K., Efficient solubilization, activation, and purification of recombinant Cry45Aa of Bacillus thuringiensis expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli, Protein Expression & Purification, 10.1016/j.pep.2005.10.011, 47, 1, 144-151, 2006.01.
11. Wasano, N., Saitoh, H., Maeda, M., Ohgushi, A., Maeda, M., Mizuki, E., Ohba, M., Cloning and characterization of a novel gene cry9Ec1 encoding lepidopteran–specific parasporal inclusion protein from a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar galleriae strain, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 10.1139/w05-084, 51, 11, 988-995, 2005.11.
12. Wasano, N., Ohgushi, A., Ohba, M., Mannose-specific lectin activity of parasporal proteins from a Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strain., Current Microbiology, 10.1007/s00284-002-3804-8, 46, 1, 43-46, 2003.01.
13. Wasano, N., Ohba, M., Miyamoto, K., Two δ-endotoxin genes, cry9Da and novel related gene, commonly occurring in Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis Japanese isolates that produce spherical parasporal inclusions, Current Microbiology, 10.1007/s002843359, 42, 2, 129-133, 2001.02.
14. Wasano, N., Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Sato, R., Ohba, M., Kawarabata, T., Iwahana, H. , Spherical parasporal inclusions of the Lepidoptera-specific and Coleoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains: a comparative electron microscope study., Current Microbiology, 10.1007/s002849910025, 40, 2, 128-131, 2000.02.
15. Wasano, N., Imura, S., Ohba, M., Failure to recover Bacillus thuringiensis from the Lützow-Holm Bay region of Antarctica., Letters in Applied Microbiology, 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00471.x, 28, 1, 49-51, 1999.01.
16. Wasano, N., Ohba, M. , Assignment of δ-endotoxin genes of the four Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains that produce spherical parasporal inclusions. , Current Microbiology, 10.1007/s002849900401, 37, 6, 408-411, 1998.06.
17. Wasano, N., Kim, K.-H., Ohba, M., Delta-endotoxin proteins associated with spherical parasporal inclusions of the four Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains., Journal of Applied Microbiology, 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00371.x, 84, 4, 501-508, 1998.10.
18. Wasano, N., Saitoh, H., Ohba, M., A high homology exsists in N-terminal amino acid sequences of δ-endotoxins between Lepidoptera-specific and Coleoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains., Letters in Applied Microbiology, 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00056.x, 24, 6, 438-440, 1997.06.
Presentations
1. Wasano, N., Kim, K.-H., Saitoh, H., Ohba, M., Characterization parasporal inclusion proteins of the four Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains, The 2nd Pacific Rim Conference on Biotechnology of Bacillus thuringiensis and its Impact to the Environmentof Bacillus thuringiensis and its Impact to the Environment, 1996.11.
2. Wasano, N., Ohba, M., The genes encoding δ-endotoxins of the four Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains that produce spherical parasporal inclusions, VIIth International Colloquim on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, 1998.08.
3. Wasano, N., Ohba, M., Miyamoto, K., Occurrence of two delta-endotoxin genes, the cry9Da and a novel allied gene, in Japanese Bacillus thuringiensis isolates that produce spherical parasporal inclusions with Lepidoptera-specific toxicity, XXI International Congress of Entomology, 2000.08.
4. Wasano, N., Ohgushi, A., Saitoh, H., Ohba, M., Studies of mannose-specific lectin proteins from a Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strain, 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 2001.08.
5. Wasano, N., Saitoh, H., Mizuki, E., Maeda, M., Ohgushi, A., Ohba, M., Cloning and characterization of a novel gene, cry9Ec1, encoding a Lepidoptera-specific crystal protein from a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar galleriae strain, 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 2004.08.
6. Wasano, N., Nakamura, M., Hirayama, C., Tateishi, K., Hattori, M., Konno, K., A novel latex protein containing an extensin motif and chitin-binding regions confers insect resistance on mulberry trees, 13th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, 2007.07.
7. Wasano, N., Nakamura, M., Hirayama, C., Tateishi, K., Hattori, M., Konno, K., A novel latex protein confers insect resistance on mulberry trees: Involvement of the chitin-binding protein in larval toxicity in the midgut of caterpillars, International Symposium of Insect Midgut Biology, 2008.04.
8. Wasano, N., Fujii,Y., Transcriptomic analysis of plant growth-inhibitory activity caused by a Spiraea thunbergii-derived allelochemical, 7th International Congress of Allelopathy, 2014.07.
9. Wasano, N., Shindo, M., Fujii,, Transcriptomic evaluation of enhanced bioactivity caused by derivativation of allelochemical of Thunberg’s meadowsweet (Spiraea thunbergii), 18th International Plant Protection Congress, 2015.08.
10. 和佐野直也 , カイコとクワ間の複雑な相互関係 -耐虫性タンパク質からのアプローチ-, 日本蚕糸学会, 2009.03.