PublicationsMetabolic and Behavioral Physiology
RIKEN ECL Research Team

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