PublicationsMetabolic and Behavioral Physiology
RIKEN ECL Research Team

Kato Y, Oi A, Dohmae N, et al.
Temporal changes in amino acid profiles coordinate mosquito physiology and egg maturation in Aedes aegypti
BMC Biology 23(1), 346 (2025) doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02460-z

Sakuma C, Obata F.
A gut hormone governing protein appetite and longevity.
Nature Metabolism 7(6), 1109-1110 (2025) doi: 10.1038/s42255-025-01278-x

Kato Y, Sakuma C.
Extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of blood feeding in mosquitoes.
Current Opinion in Insect Science 65, 101221 (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101221

Kosakamoto H, Sakuma C, Okada R, et al.
Context-dependent impact of the dietary non-essential amino acid tyrosine on Drosophila physiology and longevity.
Science Advances 10(35), eadn7167 (2024) doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn7167

Sakuma C, Iwamoto T, Masuda K, et al.
Fibrinopeptide A-induced blood-feeding arrest in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
Cell Reports 43, 114354 (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114354

Arita M, Pulverer B, Uemura T, et al.
Publishing in the Open Access and Open Science era.
Genes to Cells 29(4), 275-281 (2024) doi: 10.1111/gtc.13100

Sakuma C, Obata F.
Fat gain or eat cysteine.
Cell Research 33(6), 415-416 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41422-023-00813-3

Sakuma C, Maekawa E, Kanuka H.
Automated Long-Term Monitoring of the Heat-Seeking Behavior of Mosquitoes.
Cold Spring harbor Protocols 11, 108173 (2023) doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot108173

Sakuma C, Maekawa E, Kanuka H.
Key Features and Considerations for Using Automated Long-Term Monitoring of Heat-Seeking Behavior of Mosquitoes.
Cold Spring harbor Protocols 11, 107665 (2023) doi: 10.1101/pdb.top107665

Inaba K, Ebihara K, Senda M, et al.
Molecular action of larvicidal flavonoids on ecdysteroidogenic glutathione S-transferase Noppera-bo in Aedes aegypti.
BMC Biology 20(1), 43 (2022) doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01233-2

Sakuma C, Kanuka H.
A simple and affordable method for estimating the fluid volume a mosquito sucks using food dyes.
Tropical Medicine and Health 49, 13 (2021) doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00302-6

Sakuma C, Chihara T.
Role of the STRIPAK complex and the Hippo pathway in synaptic terminal formation.
Neural Regeneration Research 12(4), 578-579 (2017) doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.205089

Sakuma C, Saito Y, Umehara T, et al.
The Strip-Hippo Pathway Regulates Synaptic Terminal Formation by Modulating Actin Organization at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Synapses.
Cell Reports 16(9), 2289-2297 (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.066

Sakuma C, Okumura M, Umehara T, et al.
A STRIPAK component Strip regulates neuronal morphogenesis by affecting microtubule stability.
Scientific Reports 5, 17769 (2015) doi: 10.1038/srep17769

Okumura M, Sakuma C, Miura M, Chihara T.
Linking cell surface receptors to microtubules: tubulin folding cofactor D mediates Dscam functions during neuronal morphogenesis.
Journal of Neuroscience 35(5), 1979-1990 (2015) doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0973-14.2015

Sakuma C, Anzo M, Miura M, Chihara T.
Development of olfactory projection neuron dendrites that contribute to wiring specificity of the Drosophila olfactory circuit.
Genes & Genetic Systems 89(1), 17-26 (2014) doi: 10.1266/ggs.89.17

Sakuma C, Kawauchi T, Haraguchi S, et al.
Drosophila Strip serves as a platform for early endosome organization during axon elongation.
Nature Communications 5, 5180 (2014) doi: 10.1038/ncomms6180