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Achievement: Publication Lists

2018

• Yamawaki C, Oyama M, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Tanaka T, Fujita K. (2019) Curcumin potentiates the fungicidal effect of dodecanol by inhibiting drug efflux in wild-type budding yeast. Letters in Applied Microbiology 68(1): 17-23.


• Murata W, Hasegawa M, Sakasegawa S, Fujita K, Tanaka T, Ogita A. (2018) Unripe pear fruit extract induces the transcriptional activity of sirtuin-related genes to extend the chronological lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Advancement in Medicinal Plant Research 6(4): 64-69.


• Usuki Y, Ishii S. Ijiri M. Yoshida K. Satoh T. Horigome S. Yoshida I. Mishima T. Fujita K. (2018) Evaluation of inhibitory activities of UK-2A, an antimycin-type antibiotic, and its synthetic analogs against the production of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4. Journal of Natural Products 81(11): 2590-2594.


• Yamawaki C, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Tanaka T, Fujita K. (2018) Dehydrozingerone exhibits synergistic antifungal activities in combination with dodecanol against budding yeast via the restriction of multidrug resistance. Planta Medica International Open 5(02): e61-e67.


• Hayashi K, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Tanaka T, Kubo I, Fujita K. (2018) Effect of nagilactone E on cell morphology and glucan biosynthesis in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fitoterapia 128: 112-117.

2017

• Ikegawa C, Ogita A, Doi T, Kumazawa F, Fujita KI, Tanaka T. Involvement of Irreversible Vacuolar Membrane Fragmentation in the Lethality of Food Emulsifier Diglycerol Monolaurate against Budding Yeast. J Agric Food Chem 2017, 65(28):5650-5656. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01580.


• Iida M, Yamada K, Nango Y, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T. The vacuolar H⁺-ATPase subunit Vma1p functions as the molecular ligand in the vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of polymyxin B. Microbiology 2017 163(4):531-540.


• Fujita K, Ishikura T, Jono Y, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Kubo I, Tanaka T. Anethole potentiates dodecanol's fungicidal activity by reducing PDR5 expression in budding yeast. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2017 1861(2):477-484.

2016

• Kondo T, Takaochi Y, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T. Vacuole disruption as the primary fungicidal mechanism of action of polygodial, a sesquiterpene dialdehyde. Planta Medica International Open 2016 3(4), e72.


• Murata W, Kinpara S, Kitahara N, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Tanaka T, Fujita K. Cytoskeletal impairment during isoamyl alcohol-induced cell elongation in budding yeast. Scientific Reports 2016 6:31127.


• Yoshioka M, Yamada K, Yamaguchi Y, Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T. The fungicidal activity of amphotericin B requires autophagy-dependent targeting to the vacuole under a nutrient-starved condition in Saccharomycces cerevisiae. Microbiology 2016 162, 848-854.

2015

• Fujita K, Chavasiri W, Kubo I. Anti-Salmonella activity of volatile compounds of Vietnam coriander. Phytotherapy Research 2015 29(7): 1081-1087.


• Artanti N, Hanafi M, Andriyani R, Saraswati V, Udin Z, Lotulung PD, Fujita K, Usuki Y. Isolation of an Anti-Cancer Asperuloside from Hedyotis corymbosa L. Journal of Tropical Life Science 2015 5(2): 88-91.

2014

• Fujita K, Tatsumi M, Ogita A, Kubo I, Tanaka T. Anethole induces apoptotic cell death accompanied with reactive oxygen species production and DNA fragmentation in Aspergillus fumigatus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, FEBS Journal 2014 281(4): 1304-1313.

2013

• Kubo I, Fujita K, Shimizu K (2013) Anti-Salmonella agents from the Brazilian medicinal plant Tanacetum balsamita and their applications In Natural Antioxidants and Biocides from Wild Medicinal Plants (eds C.L. Cespedes et al.) CAB International pp. 239-253.


• Yutani M, Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T Generation of novel fungicidal activity by the combined actions of hygromycin B and polymyxin B. International Journal of Life Science and Medical Research 2013 3:193-199.


• Kang C-K, Yamada K, Usuki Y, Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T. Visualization analysis of the vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of amphotericin B against parent strain and ergosterol-less mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology 2013 159, 939-947.


• Murata W, Tanaka T, Kubo I, Fujita K. Protective effects of alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid against cardol-induced cell death and reactive oxygen species generation in Staphylococcus aureus. Planta Medica 2013 79(9):768-774.

2012

• Kubo I. Fujita K, Shimizu K. 2012. Anti-Salmonella agents from the Brazilian medicinal plant Tanacetum balsamita and their applications. In Natural Antioxidants and Biocides from Wild Medicinal Plants (eds C.L. Cespedes et al.) CAB International pp. 239-253.


• Ogita A, Fujita K, Tanaka T. 2012. Enhancing effect on vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of amphotericin B. Frontiers in Microbiology 3, 1-6.

2011

• Mizuhara, N., Kuroda, N., Ogita, A., Tanaka, T., Usuki, Y., and Fujita, K. 2011. Antifungal thiopeptide cyclothiazomycin B1 exhibits growth inhibition accompanying norphological changes via binding to fungal cell wall chitin. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 19, 5300-5311.


• Yutani M., Hashimoto, Y., Ogita, A., Kubo, I., Tanaka, T., and Fujita, K. 2011. Morphological chnages of the filamentous fungus Mucor mucedo and inhibition of chitin synthetase activity induced by anethole. Phytother Res 25 1707-1713.


• Yutani, M., Bordihan, B., Ogita, A., Fujita, K., and Tanaka T. 2011. Enhancement effect of N-methyl-N"-dodecylguanidine on the vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of amphotericin B against the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. J Antibio 64, 469-474.


• Hirooka, K., Ogita, A., Fujita, K., Yamamoto, Y., and Tanaka, T. 2011. Isolation of a copper-resistant sake yeast mutant with improved flavor compound production. Inst Brew Distil 116, 261-264.


• Yutani, M., Ogita, Y, Fujita, K., Usuki, Y., and Tanaka, T. 2011, Evaluation of uridine 5'-eicosylphosphate as a stimulant of cyclic AMP dependent cellular function. Gen Physiol Biophys 30, 106-109.


• Yutani, M., Taniguchi, H., Borjihan, H., Ogita, A., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2011. Alliinase from Ensifer adhaerenceand its use for generation of fungicidal activity. AMB Express 1, No. 2.

2010

• Ogita, A., Fujita, K., Usuki, Y., and Tanaka, T. 2010. Targeted yeast vacuole disruption by polyene antibiotics with a macrocyclic lactone ring. Int J Antimicrobiol Agents 35, 85-92.


• Borjihan, B., Ogita A., Fujita, K., Doe, M., and Tanaka, T. 2010. The cyclic organosulfur compound zwiebelane A from onion (Allium cepa) functions as an enhancer of polymyxin B in fungal vacuole disruption. Planta Med 76 ,1-3.


• Ogita, A., Yutani, M., Fujita, K. and Tanaka, T. 2010. Dependence on vacuole disruption and independence of potassium ion efflux in fungicidal activity induced by combination of amphotericin B and allicin against Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Antibiot 63, 689-692.

2009

• Borjihan, H., Ogita, A., Fujita, K., Hirasawa, E., and Tanaka, T. 2009. The Vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of amphotericin B against the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans and its enhancement by allicin. J Antibiot 62, 691-697.


• Ogita, A., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2009. Salinomycin and citric acid in combination demonstrate bactericidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria. Annals Microbiol. 53, 611-614.


• Tanaka, T., Ogita, A., Usuki, Y., and Fujita, K. 2009. Selective inhibition of embryonic development in starfish by long-chain alkyl derivatives of UMP, TMP and AMP. Natur Prod Res 23, 1572-1578.


• Ogita, M., Ogita, A., Usuki, Y., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2009. Antimycin A-induced cell death depends on AIF translocation through NO production and PARP activation and is not involved in ROS generation, cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation in HL-60 cells. J Antibiot 62, 145-152.


• Ogita, A., Konishi, Y., Borjihan, B., Fujita K., and Tanaka, T. 2009. Synergistic fungicidal activities of polymyxin B and ionophores, and their dependence on direct disruptive action of polymyxin B on fungal vacuole. J Antibiot 62, 81-87.


• Ogita, M., Ogita, A., Usuki, Y., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2009. Antimycin A-induced cell death depends on AIF translocation through NO production and PARP activation and is not involved in ROS generation, cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation in HL-60 cells. J Antibiot 62, 145-152.

2008

• Fujita, K., Fujita, T., and Kubo, I. 2008. Antifungal activity of alkanols against Zygosaccharomyces bailii and their effects on fungal plasma membrane. Phytother Res 22, 1349-1355.


• Wang, F., Ishiguro, M., Mutsukado, M., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2008. Microstructure of poly(γ-glutamic acid) produced by Bacillus subtilis consisting of clusters of D- and L-glutamic acid repeating units. J Agric Food Chem 56, 4225-4228.


• Matsui, O., Fujita, K., Nakayama, H., Taniguchi, M., Tarui, Y., Hirasawa, E., Usuki Y., and Tanaka, T. 2008. Isolation of an Acremonium sp. capable of liquefying cross-linked poly(γ-Glutamic Acid) hydrogels and the fungal enzyme involved in the disruption of γ-ray irradiation-mediated cross-linking. J Biosci Bioeng 105, 422-424.


• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., and Nihei, K. 2008. Antimicrobial of anethole and related compounds from aniseed. J Sci Food Agric 88, 242-247.

2007

• Mizuhara, N, Usuki, Y, Ogita, M, Fujita, K, Kuroda, M, Doe, M, Iio, H., and Tanaka, T. 2007. Identification of phoslactomycin E as a metabolite inducing hyphal morphological abnormalities in Aspergillus fumigatus IFO 5840. J Antibiot 60, 762-765.


• Ogita, A., Nagao, Y., Fujita, K., and Tanaka, T. 2007. Amplification of vacuole-targeting fungicidal activity of antibacterial antibiotic polymyxin B by allicin, an allyl sulfur compound from garlic. J Antibiot 60, 511-518.


• Ogita, A., Matsumoto, K., Fujita, K., Usuki, Y., Hatanaka, Y., and Tanaka, T. 2007. Synergistic dungicidal activities of amphotericin B and N-methyl-N''- dodecylguanidine: A conctituent of polyol macroride antibiotic niphimycin. J Antibiot 60, 27-35.


• Fujita, K, Fujita, T., and Kubo, I. 2007. Anethole, a Potential Antimicrobial Synergist, Converts a Fungistatic Dodecanol to a Fungicidal Agent. Phytother Res 21, 47-51.

2006

• Hamada, M., Ohata, I., Fujita, K., Usuki, Y., Ogita, A., Ishiguro, J., and Tanaka, T. 2006. Inhibitory activity of 1-farnesylpyridinium on the spatial control over the assembly of cell wall polysaccharides in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Biochem 140, 851-859.


• Ogita, A., Fujita, K., Taniguchi, M., and Tanaka T. 2006. Enhancement of the fungicidal activity of amphotericin B by allicin, an allyl-sulfur compound from garlic, against the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system. Planta Med 72, 1247-1250.


• Ogita, A., Fujita, K., Taniguchi, M., and Tanaka, T. 2006. Dependence of synergistic fungicidal activity of Cu²⁺ and allicin, an allyl sulfur compound from garlic, on selective accumulation of the ion in the plasma membrane fraction via allicin-mediated phospholipid peroxidation. Planta Med 72, 875-880.


• Usuki, Y., Adachi, N., Fujita, K., Ichimura, A., Iio, H., and Taniguchi, M. 2006. Structure-activity relationship studies on UK-2A, a novel antifungal antibiotic from Streptomyces sp. 517-02. Part 5: Roles of the 9-membered dilactone-ring moiety in respiratory inhibition. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16, 3319-3322.


• Usuki, Y., Matsumoto, K., Inoue, T., Yoshioka, K., Iio, H., and Tanaka T. 2006. Structure-activity relationship studies on niphimycin, a guanidylpolyol macrolide antibiotic. Part 1: The role of the N-methyl-N"-alkylguanidiume moiety. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16, 1553-1556.


• Tanaka, T., Nishio, K., Usuki, Y., and Fujita, K. 2006. Involvement of Oxidative Stress Induction in Na⁺ Toxicity and Its Relation to the Inhibition of a Ca²⁺-Dependent but Calcineurin-Independent Mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biosci Bioeng 101, 77-79.
  

2005

• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., Lee, S. H., and Ha, T. J. 2005. Antibacterial activity of polygodial. Phytother Res 19, 1013-1017.


• Ogita, A., Hirooka, K., Yamamoto, Y., Tsutsui, N., Fujita, K., Taniguchi, M., and Tanaka, T. 2005. Synergistic fungicidal activity of Cu²⁺ and allicin, an allyl sulfur compound from garlic, and its relation to the role of alkyl hydroperoxide reductase 1 as a cell surface defense in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Toxicology 215, 205-213.


• Tarui, Y., Iida, H., Ono, E., Miki, W., Hirasawa, E., Fujita, K., Tanaka, T., and Taniguchi, M. 2005. Biosynthesis of polyglutamic acid in plants. I: Transient expression of poly-gamma-glutamate synthetase complex in tobacco leaves. J Biosci Bioeng 100, 443-448.


• Fujita, K. and Kubo, I. 2005. Multifunctional action of antifungal polygodial against Saccharomyces cerevisiae: involvement of pyrrole formation on cell surface in antifungal action. Bioorg Med Chem 13, 6742-6747.


• Fujita, K., and Kubo, I. 2005. Naturally occurring antifungal agents against Zygosaccharomyces bailii and their synergism. J Agric Food Chem 53, 5187-5191.


• Koyama, J., Morita, I., Kobayashi, N., Osakai, T., Usuki, Y., and Taniguchi, M. 2005. Structure-activity relations of azafluorenone and azaanthraquinone as antimicrobial compounds. Bioorg. Med Chem Lett 15, 1079-1082.


• Taniguchi, M., Kato, K., Matsui, O., Ping, X., Nakayama, H., Usuki, Y., Ichimura, A., Fujita, K., Tanaka T., Tarui, Y., and Hirasawa, E. 2005. Flocculating activity of cross-linked poly-gamma-glutamic acid against bentonite and Escherichia coli suspension pretreated with FeCl₃ and its interaction with Fe³⁺. J Biosci Bioeng 100, 207-211.


• Hirooka, K., Yamamoto, Y., Tsutsui, N., Tanaka, T. 2005. Improved production of isoamyl acetate by a Sake yeast mutant resistant to an isoprenoid analog and its dependence on alcohol acetyltransferase activity, but not on isoamyl alcohol production. J Biosci Bioeng 99, 125-129.


• Taniguchi, M., Kato, K., Shimauchi, A., Ping, X., Nakayama, H., Fujita, K., Tanaka, T., Tarui, Y., and Hirasawa, E. 2005. Proposals for wastewater treatment by applying flocculating activity of cross-linked poly-gamma-glutamic acid. J Biosci Bioeng 99, 245-251.


• Usuki, Y., Mitomo, K., Adachi, N., Ping, X., Fujita, K., Sakanaka, O., Iinuma, K., Iio H., and Taniguchi, M. 2005. Semi-synthesis and biological evaluation of analogues of UK-2A, a novel antifungal antibiotic from Streptomyces sp. 517-02. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 15, 2011-2014.


• Taniguchi, M., Kato, K., Shimauchi, A., Ping, X., Fujita, K., Tanaka, T., Tarui, Y,, and Hirasawa, E. 2005. Physicochemical properties of cross-linked poly-gamma-glutamic acid and its flocculating activity against kaolin suspension. J Biosci Bioeng 99, 130-135.


• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., and Nihei, K. 2005. Molecular design of antioxidative anti-Salmonella agents. Rev Latinoamer Quim 33, 60-75.

2004

• Tanaka, T., Hijioka, H., Fujita, K., Usuki, Y., Taniguchi, M., and Hirasawa, E. 2004. Oxidative stress-dependent inhibition of yeast cell growth by farnesylamine and its possible relation to amine oxidase in the mitochondrial fraction. J Biosci Bioeng 98, 470-476.


• Fujita, K. and Kubo, I. 2004. Potentiation of fungicidal activities of trans-anethole against Saccharomyces cerevisiae under hypoxic conditions. J Biosci Bioeng 98, 490-492.


• Fujita, K., Kiso, T., Usuki, Y., Tanaka, T., and Taniguchi, M. 2004. UK-2A, B, C and D, Novel antifungal antibiotics from Streptomyces sp. 517-02 VI (3). Role of substituents on dilactone ring of UK-2A and antimycin A3 against generation of reactive oxygen species in porcine renal proximal tubule LLC-PK1 cells. J Antibiot 57, 687-690.


• Fujita, K., Tani, K., Usuki, Y., Tanaka, T. and Taniguchi, M. 2004. Growth inhibition dependent on reactive oxygen species generated by C9-UK-2A, a derivative of the antifungal antibiotic UK-2A, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Antibiotics 57, 511-517.


• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., Kubo, A., Nihei, K., and Ogura, T. 2004. Antibacterial activity of coriander volatile compounds against Salmonella choleraesuis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52, 3329-3332.


• Kiso, T., Fujita, K., Ping, X., Tanaka, T., and Taniguchi, M. 2004. Screening for microtubule-disrupting antifungal agents by using a mitotic-arrest mutant of Aspergillus nidulans and novel action of phenylalanine derivatives accompanying tubulin loss. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 48, 1739-1748.


• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., Nihei, K., and Kubo, A. 2004. Anti-Salmonella activity of (2E)-alkenals. J Appl Microbiol 96, 693-699.


• Kubo, I., Fujita, K., Nihei, K., and Nihei, A. 2004. Antibacterial activity of akyl gallates against Bacillus subtilis. J Agric Food Chem 52, 1072-1076.

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