Rothman Lab, UC Santa Barbara

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

Kenji Kontani

kontani@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Rothman Lab Publications

Kontani K, Rothman JR, (2005) Cell fusion: EFF is enough. Curr Biol. Apr 12; 15(7):R252-4. Abstract

Kontani K, Moskowitz IP, Rothman JH, (2005) Repression of cell-cell fusion by components of the C. elegans vacuolar ATPase complex. Dev Cell. 8(5):787-94. Abstact

Earlier Publications

Hara-Yokoyama, M., Nagatsuka, Y., Katsumata, O., Irie, F., Kontani, K., Hoshino Si, S., Katada, T., Ono, Y., Fujita-Yoshigaki, J., Sugiya, H., Furuyama, S., and Hirabayashi, Y. (2001) Complex Gangliosides as Cell Surface Inhibitors for the Ecto-NAD(+) Glycohydrolase of CD38. Biochemistry 40, 888-895. Abstract

Nishida, M., Maruyama, Y., Tanaka, R., Kontani, K., Nagao, T., and Kurose, H. (2000) G alpha(i) and G alpha(o) are target proteins of reactive oxygen species. Nature 408, 492-4950. Abstract

Kuroda, R., Kontani, K., Kanda, Y., Katada, T., Satoh, Y., Suzuki, N., and Kuroda, H. (2000) Role of guanylyl cyclase in fertilisation of sea urchin eggs. Zygote 8, S18-19. Abstract

Katada, T., Kontani, K., Wada, T., Hosoda, N., Hoshino, S., and Nishina, H. (2000) Enzymic and signal transduction properties of CD38/NADase and PC-1/phosphodiesterase. Chem. Immunol. 75, 60-78.

Katada, T., Kurosu, H., Okada, T., Suzuki, T., Tsujimoto, N., Takasuga, S., Kontani, K., Hazeki, O., and Ui, M. (1999) Synergistic activation of a family of phosphoinositide 3-kinase via G-protein coupled and tyrosine kinase-related receptors. Chem. Phys. Lipids. 98, 79-86. Abstract

Nakano, T., Kontani, K., Kurosu, H., Katada, T., Hoshi, M., and Chiba, K. (1999) G-protein betagamma subunit-dependent phosphorylation of 62-kDa protein in the early signaling pathway of starfish oocyte maturation induced by 1-methyladenine. Dev. Biol. 209, 200-209. Abstract

Kishimoto, H., Hoshino, S., Ohori, M., Kontani, K., Nishina, H., Suzawa, M., Kato, S., and Katada, T. (1998) Molecular mechanism of human CD38 gene expression by retinoic acid. Identification of retinoic acid response element in the first intron. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 15429-15434. Abstract

Scruel, O., Wada, T., Kontani, K., Sener, A., Katada, T., and Malaisse, W. J. (1998) Effects of D-glucose and starvation upon the cyclic ADP-ribose content of rat pancreatic islets. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 45, 783-790. Abstract

Inoue, S., Kontani, K., Tsujimoto, N., Kanda, Y., Hosoda, N., Hoshino, S., Hazeki, O., and Katada, T. (1997) Protein-tyrosine phosphorylation by IgG1 subclass CD38 monoclonal antibodies is mediated through stimulation of the FcgammaII receptors in human myeloid cell lines. J. Immunol. 159, 5226-5232. Abstract

Hoshino, S., Kukimoto, I., Kontani, K., Inoue, S., Kanda, Y., Malavasi, F., and Katada, T. (1997) Mapping of the catalytic and epitopic sites of human CD38/NAD+ glycohydrolase to a functional domain in the carboxyl terminus. J. Immunol. 158, 741-747. Abstract

Tsujimoto, N., Kontani, K., Inoue, S., Hoshino, S., Hazeki, O., Malavasi, F., and Katada, T. (1997) Potentiation of chemotactic peptide-induced superoxide generation by CD38 ligation in human myeloid cell lines. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 121, 949-956. Abstract

Kontani, K., Kukimoto, I., Kanda, Y., Inoue, S., Kishimoto, H., Hoshino, S., Nishina, H., Takahashi, K., Hazeki, O., and Katada, T. (1997) Signal transduction via the CD38/NAD+ glycohydrolase. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 419, 421-430. Abstract

Kontani, K., Kukimonto, I., Kanda, Y., Inoue, S., Kishimoto, H., Hoshino, S., and Katada, T. (1996) Induction of CD38/NADase and its monoclonal antibody-induced tyrosine phosphorylation in human leukemia cell lines. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 222, 466-471. Abstract

Hara-Yokoyama, M., Kukimoto, I., Nishina, H., Kontani, K., Hirabayashi, Y., Irie, F., Sugiya, H., Furuyama, S., and Katada, T. (1996) Inhibition of NAD+ glycohydrolase and ADP-ribosyl cyclase activities of leukocyte cell surface antigen CD38 by gangliosides. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 12951-12955. Abstract

Matsuo, T., Hazeki, K., Tsujimoto, N., Inoue, S., Kurosu, H., Kontani, K., Hazeki, O., Ui, M., and Katada, T. (1996) Association of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase with the proto-oncogene product Cbl upon CD38 ligation by a specific monoclonal antibody in THP-1 cells. FEBS Lett. 397, 113-116. Abstract

Kukimoto, I., Hoshino, S., Kontani, K., Inageda, K., Nishina, H., Takahashi, K., and Katada, T. (1996) Stimulation of ADP-ribosyl cyclase activity of the cell surface antigen CD38 by zinc ions resulting from inhibition of its NAD+ glycohydrolase activity. Eur. J. Biochem. 239, 177-182. Abstract

Kontani, K., Kukimoto, I., Nishina, H., Hoshino, S., Hazeki, O., Kanaho, Y., and Katada, T. (1996) Tyrosine phosphorylation of the c-cbl proto-oncogene product mediated by cell surface antigen CD38 in HL-60 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 1534-1537. Abstract

Inageda, K., Takahashi, K., Tokita, K., Nishina, H., Kanaho, Y., Kukimoto, I., Kontani, K., Hoshino, S., and Katada, T. (1995) Enzyme properties of Aplysia ADP-ribosyl cyclase: comparison with NAD glycohydrolase of CD38 antigen. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 117, 125-131. Abstract

Takahashi, K., Kukimoto, I., Tokita, K., Inageda, K., Inoue, S., Kontani, K., Hoshino, S., Nishina, H., Kanaho, Y., and Katada, T. (1995) Accumulation of cyclic ADP-ribose measured by a specific radioimmunoassay in differentiated human leukemic HL-60 cells with all-trans-retinoic acid. FEBS Lett. 371, 204-208. Abstract

Ohoka, Y., Kontani, K., Iiri, T., Nishina, H., and Katada, T. (1995) Involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanism in retinoic acid-induced differentiation of human leukemic HL-60 cells. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 117, 190-196. Abstract

Chiba, K., Longo, F. J., Kontani, K., Katada, T., and Hoshi, M. (1995) A periodic network of G protein beta gamma subunit coexisting with cytokeratin filament in starfish oocytes. Dev. Biol. 169, 415-420. Abstract

Katada, T., Kontani, K., Inanobe, A., Kobayashi, I., Ohoka, Y., Nishina, H., and Takahashi, K. (1994) Purification and separation of closely related members of pertussis toxin-substrate G proteins. Methods Enzymol. 237, 131-139. Abstract

Kontani, K., Nishina, H., Ohoka, Y., Takahashi, K., and Katada, T. (1993) NAD glycohydrolase specifically induced by retinoic acid in human leukemic HL-60 cells. Identification of the NAD glycohydrolase as leukocyte cell surface antigen CD38. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 16895-16898. Abstract

Chiba, K., Kontani, K., Tadenuma, H., Katada, T., and Hoshi, M. (1993) Induction of starfish oocyte maturation by the beta gamma subunit of starfish G protein and possible existence of the subsequent effector in cytoplasm. Mol. Biol. Cell. 4, 1027-1034. Abstract

Kameyama, K., Haga, K., Haga, T., Kontani, K., Katada, T., and Fukada, Y. (1993) Activation by G protein beta gamma subunits of beta-adrenergic and muscarinic receptor kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 7753-7758. Abstract

Kontani, K., Takahashi, K., Inanobe, A., Ui, M., and Katada, T. (1992) Molecular heterogeneity of the beta gamma-subunits of GTP-binding proteins in bovine brain membranes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 294, 527-533. Abstract

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