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Tomonori Somamoto Last modified date:2024.01.19

Associate Professor / Marine Biological Chemistry
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Faculty of Agriculture


Graduate School
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Homepage
https://kyushu-u.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/tomonori-somamoto
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http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/biosci-biotech/suizoku/
Phone
092-802-4792
Fax
092-802-4791
Academic Degree
PhD
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Fish Immunology
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
00years00months
Research
Research Interests
  • The study of cell-mediated immunity in fish
    keyword : cell-mediated immunity, virus, ginbuna crucian carp
    2003.04.
  • Prevention of fish disease using affinity silk
    keyword : affinity silk, fish disease, prophylaxis
    2016.04~2023.03.
  • Immune systems of rag-1-deficient zebrafish against bacterial and viral infection.
    keyword : zebrafish RAG-1-deficient immune system infection
    2011.04~2014.03.
  • Development of prophylaxis strategy against infectious disease in koi carp employing hen egg antibody (IgY)
    keyword : IgY, prophylaxis, koi caro.
    2008.05~2015.03.
Academic Activities
Books
1. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi., Fish Immunology. In Aquaculture Pathophysiology: FINFISH DISEASES, Elsevier-Academic Press., Chapter 6. pp.95-119 (edited by Frederick S.B. Kibenge, Bernardo Baldisserotto, and Roger Sie-Maen Chong):Paperback ISBN: 9780128122112., 2022.08.
2. 中尾 実樹, 杣本 智軌, The evolution of complement system functions and pathways in vertebrates. in THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: A BALANCE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY,, Elsevier, chapter 6,152-171, 2016.07.
Reports
1. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Mucosal delivery of fish vaccines: Local and systemic immunity following mucosal immunisations, Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.01.005, 99: 199-207, 2020.02.
2. Uwe Fischer, Katrin Utke, Tomonori Somamoto, Bernd Köllner, Mitsuru Ototake, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Cytotoxic activities of fish leucocytes, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 20,209-26., 2006.02.
Papers
1. Sukeda M, Prakash H, Nagasawa T, Nakao M, Somamoto T., Non-specific cytotoxic cell receptor protein-1 (NCCRP-1) is involved in anti-parasite innate CD8+ T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in ginbuna crucian carp, Fish Shellfish Immunol, doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108904., 139, 108904., 2023.08.
2. Prakash H, Sato M, Kojima K, Sato A, Maruyama S, Nagasawa T, Nakao M, Somamoto T, Development of a filter device for the prevention of aquatic bacterial disease using a single-chain variable fragment (scFv)-conjugated affinity silk., Scientific Reports, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13408-6, 12, 9475, 2022.06.
3. Shiota K, Sukeda M, Prakasha H, Kondo M, Nakanishi T, Nagasawa T, Nakao M, Somamoto T., Local immune responses to two stages of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis in ginbuna crucian carp., Fish and Shellfish Immunology, doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2021.08.013, 118, 19-24, 2021.11.
4. Sukeda M, Shiota K, Kondo M, Nagasawa T, Nakao M, Somamoto T., Innate cell-mediated cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells against the protozoan parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis in the ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Developmental and Comparative Immunology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2020.103886, 115, 103886., 2021.02.
5. Seisuke Tajimi, Masakazu Kondo, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto, Generation of virus-specific CD8+ T cells by vaccination with inactivated virus in the intestine of ginbuna crucian carp., Developmental and comparative immunology, 10.1016/j.dci.2018.12.009, 93, 37-44, 2019.04.
6. Tomonori Somamoto, Shinpei Maruyama, Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Atsushi Sato, Hajime Hatta, Mitsuru Sato, Yukie Murakami-Yamaguchi, Kumiko Kizu-Mori, Yuki Hirakawa, Hiroshi Narita, Development of anti-atypical aeromonas salmonicida monoclonal antibodies for diagnosis of new ulcer disease in koi carp, Fish Pathology, 10.3147/jsfp.53.36, 53, 1, 36-39, 2018.03.
7. Yumie Tokunaga, Masamichi Shirouzu, Ryota Sugahara, Yasutoshi Yoshiura, Ikunari Kiryu, Mitsuru Ototake, Takahiro Nagasawa, Tomonori Somamoto, Miki Nakao, Comprehensive validation of T- and B-cell deficiency in rag1-null zebrafish: Implication for the robust innate defense mechanisms of teleosts., Scientific reports, 10.1038/s41598-017-08000-2, 7, 1, 7536-7536, 2017.08.
8. Indriyani Nur, Nevien K. Abdelkhalek, Shiori Motobe, Ryota Nakamura, Masakazu Tsujikura, Tomonori Somamoto, Miki Nakao, Functional analysis of membrane-bound complement regulatory protein on T-cell immune response in ginbuna crucian carp, Molecular Immunology, 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.11.010, 70, 1-7, 2016.02.
9. Tomonori Somamoto, Yuhei Miura, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Miki Nakao, Local and systemic adaptive immune responses toward viral infection via gills in ginbuna crucian carp., Developmental and comparative immunology, 10.1016/j.dci.2015.04.016, 52, 1, 81-7, 2015.09.
10. Hongjian Gan, Haiwen He, Atsushi Sato, Hajime Hatta, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto, Ulcer disease prophylaxis in koi carp by bath immersion with chicken egg yolk containing anti-Aeromonas salmonicida IgY, RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.01.016, 99, 82-86, 2015.04.
11. Nagasawa T, Nakayasu C, Rieger AM, Barreda DR, Somamoto T, Nakao M, Phagocytosis by thrombocytes is a conserved innate immune mechanism in lower vertebrates. , Frontiers in Immunology, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00445, 5, 445, 2014.09.
12. Tomonori Somamoto, Masakazu Kondo, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Miki Nakao, Helper function of CD4⁺ lymphocytes in antiviral immunity in ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Developmental and comparative immunology, 10.1016/j.dci.2013.12.008, 44, 1, 111-5, 2014.05.
13. Indriyani Nur, Hikari Harada, Masakazu Tsujikura, Tomonori Somamoto, Miki Nakao, Molecular characterization and expression analysis of three membrane-bound complement regulatory protein isoforms in the ginbuna crucian carp Carassius auratus langsdorfii, Fish & shellfish immunology , 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.08.002, 35, 4, 1333-1337, 2013.10.
14. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Miki Nakao, Identification of anti-viral cytotoxic effector cells in the ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Developmental and comparative immunology, 10.1016/j.dci.2012.11.001, 39, 4, 370-7, 2013.04.
15. Sameshima S, Nakao M, Somamoto T. , Diversity of CD2 subfamily receptors in cyprinid fishes., Result Immunol, 2, 25-34, 2012.02.
16. Shinji Urabe, Tomonori Somamoto, Shiro Sameshima, Yoko Unoki-Kato, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Miki Nakao, Molecular characterization of MHC class I and beta-2 microglobulin in a clonal strain of ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Fish & shellfish immunology, 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.06.004, 31, 3, 469-74, 2011.09.
17. Tomonori Somamoto, Nobuaki Okamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Mitsuru Ototake, Miki Nakao, In vitro generation of viral-antigen dependent cytotoxic T-cells from ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Virology, 10.1016/j.virol.2009.04.008, 389, 1-2, 26-33, 2009.06.
18. Tomonori Somamoto, Yasutoshi Yoshiura, Atsushi Sato, Miki Nakao, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Nobuaki Okamoto, Mitsuru Ototake, Expression profiles of TCRβ and CD8α mRNA correlate with virus-specific cell-mediated cytotoxic activity in ginbuna crucian carp, Virology, 348: 370-377, 2006.05.
19. J.M. Dijkstra, T. Somamoto, L. Moore, I. Hordvik, M. Ototake, and U. Fischer., Identification and characterization of a second CD4-like gene in teleost fish., Molecular Immunology, 43: 410-419., 2006.02.
20. Tomonori Somamoto, Yasutoshi Yoshiura, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Mitsuru Ototake., Molecular cloning and characterization of two types of CD8α from ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii., Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 29,693-702, 2005.07.
21. Tomonori Somamoto, Atsushi Sato, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Mitsuru Ototake, and Nobuaki Okamoto., Specific cytotoxic activity generated by mixed leucocyte culture in ginbuna crucian carp., Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 17,187-191, 2004.08.
22. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, and Nobuaki Okamoto., Role of specific cell-mediated cytotoxicity in protecting fish from viral infections., Virology, 297,120-127, 2002.03.
23. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, and Nobuaki Okamoto., Specific cytotoxic cells of ginbuna crucian carp are responsible for in vivo clearance of carp haematopoietic necrosis virus (CHNV)., Fisheries Science, 68, suppl.II,1147-1150, 2002.01.
24. Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, and Nobuaki Okamoto., Specific cell-mediated cytotoxicity against a virus-infected syngeneic cell line in isogeneic ginbuna crucian carp., Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 24,633-640, 2000.01.
Presentations
1. Thu Trang Tran, Harsha Prakash, Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto, Characterization of CD83 isotypes expressed in monocyte and monocyte-derived dendritic-like cells in ginbuna crucian carp, 日本水産学会秋季大会, 2022.09.
2. Harsha Prakash, Mitsuru Sato, Katsura Kojima, Atsushi Sato,Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto , Development of single chain variable fragment (scFv) conjugated affinity silk for the detection of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
, 日本魚病学会, 2022.03.
3. Prakash H, Sukeda M, Nawasawa T, Nakao M, Somamoto T,, Characterization of cell surface receptor NCCRP-1 on CD8+T cells of Ginbuna crucian carp in the cytotoxic activity against Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, 日本水産学会秋季大会, 2021.09.
4. Zhao Ge, Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto., Phagocytosis of CD8α+ T cell in ginbuna crucian carp, Carassius auratus langsdorfii, 日本水産学九州支部大会, 2019.12.
5. Masaki Sukeda, Koumei Shiota, Takahiro Nagasawa, Miki Nakao, Tomonori Somamoto, , Direct cytotoxic activity of CD8+ T cells against Ichthyophthirius multifiliis in ginbuna crucian carp, Carrassius auratus langsforfii, 3rd International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2019.06.
6. Seisuke Tajimi, Tomonori Somamoto, Teruyuki Nakanishi, Miki Nakao, Induction of T cell immunity by intentional immunization with inactivated virus in ginbuna crucain carp, 13th Congress of the International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2015.06.
7. Indriyani Nur, Hikari Harada, Ryota Nakamura, Masakazu Tsujikura, Tomonori Somamoto, Miki Nakao, Characterizations of membrane-bound complement regulatory protein in Ginbuna Crucian Carp Carassius auratus langsdorfii, 日本比較免疫学会, 2013.08.
Membership in Academic Society
  • The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology
  • The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
  • The Japanese Association for Developmental & Comparative Immunology