Nishina T, Deguchi Y, Miura R, Yamazaki S, Shinkai Y, Kojima Y, Okumura K, Kumagai Y, Nakano H. Critical contribution of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related
factor 2 (NRF2) to electrophile-induced Interleukin-11 production. Journal
of Biological Chemistry 2016; in press.
Abiko Y, Lin FY, Lee H, Puga A, Kumagai Y. Quinone-mediated induction of cytochrome P450 1A1 in HepG2 cells through
increased interaction of aryl hydrocarbon receptor with aryl hydrocarbon
receptor nuclear translocator. Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 2016; 41: 775-781.
Unoki T, Abiko Y, Toyama T, Uehara T, Tsuboi K, Nishida M, Kaji T, Kumagai Y. Methylmercury, an environmental electrophile capable of activation and
disruption of the Akt/CREB/Bcl-2 signal transduction pathway in SH-SY5Y
cells. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 28944.
Millikin R, Bianco CL, White C, Saund SS, Henriquez S, Sosa V, Akaike T,
Kumagai Y, Soeda S, Toscano JP, Lin J, Fukuto JM. The chemicall biology of protein
hydropersulfides: Studies of a possible protective function of biological
hydropersulfide generateon. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2016; 97: 136-147.
Fujiwara Y, Yamamoto C, Yoshida E, Kumagai Y, Kaji T. Heparan sulfate chains potentiate cadmium cytotoxicity in cultured
vascular endothelial cells. Archives of Toxicology. 2016; 90: 259-267.
Fujie T, Murakami M, Yoshida E, Tachinami T, Shinkai Y, Fujiwara Y, Yamamoto C, Kumagai Y, Naka H, Kaji T. Copper diethyldithiocarbamate as an activator of Nrf2
in cultured vascular endothelial cells. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 2016; 21: 263-273.
Shinkai Y, Kimura T, Itagaki A, Yamamoto C, Taguchi K, Yamamoto M, Kumagai Y, Kaji T. Partial contribution of the Keap1-Nrf2 system to cadmium-mediated
metallothionein expression in vascular endothelial cells. Toxicology and
Applied Pharmacology. 2016; 295: 37-46.
Shinkai Y, Nishihara Y, Amamiya M, Wakayama T, Li S, Kikuch T, Nakai Y, Shimojo
N, Kumagai Y. NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase-mediated denitration reaction of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
to yield nitrite in mammals. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2016; 91: 178-187.
2015
Saund SS, Sosa V, Henriquez, Nguyen QNN, Soeda S, Bianco CL, Millikin R,
White C, Le H, Ono K, Tantillo DJ, Kumagai Y, Akaike T, Lin J, Fukuto JM. The Chemical Biology of Hydropersulfides
(RSSH): Chemical Stability, Reactivity and Redox Roles. Archives Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2015; 588: 15-24.
Toyama T, Abiko Y, Katayama Y, Kaji T, Kumagai Y. S-Mercuration of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 through Cys152 by
methylmercury causes inhibition of its catalytic activity and reduction
of monoubiquitin levels in SH-SY5Y cells. Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 2015; 40: 887-893.
Ishii I, Kamata S, Hagiya Y, Abiko Y, Kasahara T, Kumagai Y. Protective effects of hydrogen sulfide anions against acetaminophen-induced
hepatotoxicity in mice. Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 2015;40: 837-841.
Abiko Y, Ishii I, Kamata S, Tsuchiya Y, Watanabe Y, Ihara H, Akaike T, Kumagai Y. Formation of sulfur adducts of N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine, an electrophilic
metabolite of acetaminophen in vivo: Participation of reactive persulfides.
Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2015; 28: 1796-1802.
Shinkai Y, Li S, Kikuchi T, Kumagai Y. Participation of metabolic activation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene to 4-hydroxylamino-2,6-dinitrotoluene
in the hematotoxicity. Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 2015; 40: 597-604.
Shinkai Y, Abiko Y, Ida T, Miura T, Kakehashi H, Ishii I, Nishida M, Sawa T, Akaike T, Kumagai Y. Reactive sulfur species-mediated activation of the Keap1-Nrf2 pathway
by 1,2-napthoquinone through sulfenic acids formation under oxidative stress.
Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2015; 28: 838-847.
Nakano S, Ishii I, Shinmura K, Tamaki K, Hishiki T, Akahoshi N, Ida T,
Nakanishi T, Kamata S, Kumagai Y, Akaike T, Fukuda K, Sano M, Suematsu M. Hyperhomocysteinemia abrogates
fasting-induced cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion by limiting
bioavailability of hydrogen sulfide anions. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2015; 93: 879-889.
Hagiya Y, Kamata S, Mitsuoka S, Okada N, Yoshida S, Yamamoto J, Ohkubo
R, Abiko Y, Yamada H, Akahoshi N, Kasahara T, Kumagai Y, Ishii I. Hemizygosity of transsulfuration genes confers increased vulnerability
against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 2015; 282: 195-206.
Makino K, Okuda K, Sugino E, Nishiya T, Toyama T, Iwawaki T, Fujimura M,
Kumagai Y, Uehara T. Correlation between attenuation of protein disulfide isomerase
activity through S-mercuration and neurotoxicity induced by methyl mercury.
Neurotoxicology Research. 2015; 27: 99-105.
Ono K, Akaike T, Sawa T, Kumagai Y, Wink DA, Tantillo DJ, Hobbs AJ, Nagy P, Xian M, Lin J, Fukuto JM. The
redox chemistry and chemical biology of H2S, hydropersulfides and derived
species: Implication to their possible biological activity and utility.
Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 2014; 77: 82-94.
Contu VR, Kotake Y, Toyama T, Okuda K, Miyara M, Sakamoto S, Samizo S,
Sanoh S, Kumagai Y, Ohta S. Endogenous Neurotoxic Dopamine Derivative Covalently Binds to
Parkinson's Disease-Associated Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)
and Alters Its Structure and Function. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2014; 130: 826-838.
Ida T, Sawa T, Ihara H, Tsuchiya Y, Watanabe Y, Kumagai Y, Suematsu M, Motohashi H, Fujii S, Matsunaga T, Yamamoto M, Ono K, Devarie-Baez
NO, Xian M, Fukuto JM, Akaike T. Reactive cysteine persulfides and S-polythiolation
regulate oxidative stress and redox signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 2014; 111: 7606–7611.
Asahi M, Kawai M, Toyama T, Kumagai Y, Chuesaard T, Tang N, Kameda T, Hayakawa K, Toriba A. Identification and
quantification of in vivo metabolites of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone in human
urine associated with producing reactive oxygen species. Chemical Research in Toxicology 2014; 27: 76-85
Toyama T, Shinkai Y, Yazawa A, Kakehashi H, Kaji T, Kumagai Y. Glutathione-mediated reversibility of covalent modification of ubiquitin
carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 by 1,2-naphthoquinone through Cys152, but
not Lys4. Chemico-Biological Interactions 2014; 214: 41-48.
Shinkai Y, Nakajima S, Eiguren-Fernandez A, Stefano ED, Schmitz DA, Froines JR,
Cho AK, Kumagai Y. Ambient vapor samples activate the Nrf2-ARE pathway in human bronchial
epithelial BEAS-2B cells. Environmental Toxicology 2014; 29: 1292-1300.
Shinkai Y, Yamanaka I, Duong HHT, Quynh NT, Kanaho Y, Kumagai Y. Garcinia vilersiana bark extract activates the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway
in RAW264.7 cells. Journal of Toxicological Sciences 2013: 38: 875-878.
Chang B, Iwamoto N, Inaba T, Shinkai Y, Kumagai Y. Activation of EGFR/MEK/ERK/AP-1 signaling mediated by 1,2-naphthoquinone,
an atmospheric electrophile, in human pulmonary A549 cells. Journal of Toxicological Science 2013; 38: 793-797.
Koizumi R, Taguchi K, Hisamori M, Kumagai Y. Interaction of 9,10-phenanthraquinone with dithiol causes oxidative modification
of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) through redox cycling. Journal of Toxicological Sciences 2013; 38: 317-324.
Hirose R, Miura T, Sha R, Shinkai Y, Tanaka-Kagawa T, Kumagai Y. A method for detecting covalent modification of sensor proteins associated
with 1,4-naphthoquinone-induced activation of electrophilic signal transduction
pathways. Journal of Toxicological Sciences 2012; 37: 891-898.
Kanda H, Toyama T, Shinohara-Kanda A, Iwamatsu A, Shinkai Y, Kaji T, Kikushima M, Kumagai Y. S-Mercuration of rat sorbitol dehydrogenase bymethylmercury causes its
aggregation and the release of the zinc ion from the active site. Archives of Toxicology 2012; 86: 1693-702.
Nishida M, Sawa T, Kitajima N, Ono K, Inoue H, Ihara H, Motohashi H, Yamamoto
M, Suematsu M, Kurose H, van der Vliet A, Freeman BA, Shibata T, Uchida
K, Kumagai Y, and Akaike T. Hydrogen sulfide anion regulates redox signaling via electrophile
sulfhydration. Nature Chemical Biology 2012; 8: 714–724.
Shinkai Y, Iwamoto N, Miura T, Ishii T, Cho AK, Kumagai Y. Redox cycling of 1,2-naphthoquinone by thioredoxin1 through Cys32 and
Cys35 causes inhibition of its catalytic activity and activation of ASK1/p38
signaling. Chemical Research in Toxicology 2012; 25: 1222-1230.
Yamada H, Akahoshi N, Kamata S, Hagiya Y, Hishiki T, Nagahata Y, Matsuura
T, Takano N, Mori M, Ishizaki Y, IzumiT, Kumagai Y, Kasahara T, Suematsu M, Ishii I. Methionine excess in diet induces acute
lethal hepatitis in mice lacking cystathionine γ -lyase, an animal model
of cystathioninuria. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 2012; 52: 1716-1726.
Takayama N, Iwamoto N, Sumi D, Shinkai Y, Tanaka-Kagawa T, Jinno H, Kumagai Y. Peroxiredoxin 6 is a molecular target for 1,2-naphthoquinone, an atmospheric
electrophile, in human pulmonary epithelial A549 cells. Journal of Toxicological Sciences 2011; 36: 817-821.
Miura T, Shinkai Y, Hirose R, Iwamoto N, Cho AK, Kumagai Y. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as a quinone reductase in the
suppression of 1,2-naphthoquinone protein adduct formation. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 2011; 51: 2082-2089.
Miura T, Kakehashi H, Shinkai Y, Egara Y, Hirose R, Cho AK, Kumagai Y. GSH-mediated S-transarylation of a quinone glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase conjugate. Chemical Research in Toxicology 2011; 24: 1836-1844.
Abiko Y, Miura T, Bui H Phuc, Shinkai Y, Kumagai Y. Participation of covalent modification of Keap1 in the activation of
Nrf2 by tert-butylbenzoquinone, an electrophilic metabolite of butylated
hydroxyanisole. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 2011; 255: 32-39.
Endo A, Sumi D, Iwamoto N, Kumagai Y. Inhibition of DNA binding activity of cAMP response element–binding protein
by 1,2-naphthoquinone through chemical modification of Cys-286. Chemico-Biological Interactions 2011; 192: 272-277.
Toyama T, Shinkai Y, Yasutake A, Uchida K, Yamamoto M, Kumagai Y. Isothiocyanates reduce mercury accumulation via an Nrf2-dependent mechanism
during exposure of mice to methylmercury. Environmental Health Perspectives 2011; 119: 1117-1122.
Miura T, Shinkai Y, Jiang HY, Iwamoto N, Sumi D, Taguchi K, Yamamoto M, Jinno H, Tanaka-Kagawa
T, Cho AK, Kumagai Y. Initial response and cellular protection through the Keap1/Nrf2 system
during exposure of primary mouse hepatocytes to 1,2-naphthoquinone. Chemical Research in Toxicology 2011; 24: 559-567.
Fujiwara Y, Banno H, Shinkai Y, Yamamoto C, Kaji T, Satoh M. Protective effect of pretreatment with cilostazol
on cytotoxicity of cadmium and arsenite in cultured vascular endothelial
cells. Journal of Toxicological Sciences 2011; 36: 155-161.
Yamano S, Shibata M, Kita H, Matsusue K, Narimatsu S, Taguchi K, Kumagai Y. Two-electron quinone reductase (AKR1C isozyme) augments the oxidative
DNA damage induced by quinones in diesel exhaust particles by accelerating
redox cycling. Journal of Health Science 2011; 57: 107-114.
Tsujita T, Li L, Nakajima H, Iwamoto N, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Ohashi K, Kawakami
K, Kumagai Y, Freeman BA, Yamamoto M, Kobayashi M. Nitro-fatty acids and cyclopentenone
prostaglandins share strategies to activate the Keap1-Nrf2 system: a study
using GFP transgenic zebrafish.Genes to Cells 2011; 16: 46-57.