教員
今本 尚子
Naoko Imamoto, Ph.D.
略歴
- 1982年大阪大学理学部生物学科 卒業(理学士)
- 1988年大阪大学大学院医学研究科博士課程修了(医学博士取得)
- 1988年大阪大学細胞工学センター日本学術振興会特別研究員
- 1990年大阪大学細胞工学センター日本学術振興会特別研究員(がん)
- 1992年大阪大学細胞工学センター助手
- 1993年大阪大学医学部 助手
- 2000年国立遺伝学研究所助教授
- 2002年理化学研究所 主任研究員
- 2024年4月より本学教授
主な研究実績
- Kose, S., Imai, K., Watanabe, A., Nakai, A., Suzuki, Y., Imamoto, N. (2022) Lack of Hikeshi activates HSF1 activity under normal conditions and disturbs the heat shock response. Life Science Alliance Published 17 May 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202101241
- Kimura, M., Imai, K., Morinaka, Y., Hosono-Sakuma, Y., Horton, P., Imamoto, N. (2021) Mutations in importin-β family nucleocytoplasmic transport receptors transpotin-SR and importin-13 differentially affect binding to respective cargoes. Sci. Rep. 11, 15649.
- Ogawa, Y., Imamoto, N. (2021) Methods to separate nuclear soluble fractions reflecting localizations in living cells. iScience, 24, 103503, December 17.
- Ogawa, Y. Imamoto, N. (2018) Nuclear transport adapts to varying heat stress in a multistep mechanism. J. Cell Biol. 217, 2341-2352.
- Imamoto, N. (2018) Heat stress-induced nuclear transport mediated by Hikeshi confers nuclear function of Hsp70s. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 52, 82-87.
- Kimura, M., Morinaka, Y., Imai, K., Kose, S, Horton, P, Imamoto, N. (2017). Extensive cargo identification reveals distinct biological roles of the 12 importin pathways. eLife 6, e21184s.
- Edvardson, S., Kose, S., Jalas, C., Fattal-Valevski, A., Watanabe, A., Ogawa, Y., Mamada, H., Fedick, A.M., Ben-Shachar, S., Treff, N.R., Shaag, A., Bale, S., Gärtner, J., *Imamoto, N., *Elpeleg, O. (2016). Leukoencephalopathy and early death associated with an Ashkenazi-Jewish founder mutation in the Hikeshi gene. J. Med. Genet. 53, 132-137. *equal correspondence
- Kimura, M., Kose, S., Okumura, N., Imai, K., Furuta, M., Sakiyama, N., Tomii, K., Horton, P., Takao, T., Imamoto, N. (2013). Identification of cargo proteins specific for the nucleocytoplasmic transport carrier transportin by combination of an in vitro transport system and stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)-based quantitative proteomics. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 12, 145-157.
- Kose, S., Furuta, M., Imamoto, N. (2012). Hikeshi, a nuclear import carrier for Hsp70s, protects cells from heat-shock induced nuclear damage. Cell 149, 578-589.
- Maeshima, K., Iino, H., Hihara, S., Funakoshi, T., Watanabe, A., Nishimura, M., Nakatomi, R., Yahata, K., Imamoto, F., Hashikawa, T., Yokota, H., Imamoto, N. (2010). Nuclear pore formation but not nuclear growth is governed by cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) during interphase. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 17, 1065-1071.