Toshimasa Nakao

Dr. Toshimasa Nakao


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 June 2022 in Biomedicines
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HTHIdeki Takakura
HIdeki Takakura
TNToshimasa Nakao
Toshimasa Nakao
TNTakumi Narita
Takumi Narita
MHMano Horinaka
Mano Horinaka
YNYukako Nakao-Ise
Yukako Nakao-Ise
Michihiro MutohMichihiro Mutoh
Michihiro Mutoh
Edible plant-derived nanovesicles have been explored as effective materials for preventing colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence, dependent on gene status, as a K-Ras-activating mutation via the macropinocytosis pathway. Approximately 70% of CRC harbors the p53 mutation, which is strongly associated with a poor prognosis for CRC. However, it has not been revealed whether p53 inactivation activates the macropinocytosis pathway or not. In this study, we investigated parental cells, wild-type or null for p53 treated with Citrus limon L.-derived nanovesicles, as potential materials for CRC prevention. Using ultracentrifugation, we obtained C. limon L.-derived nanovesicles, the diameters of which were approximately 100 nm, similar to that of the exosomes derived from mammalian cells. C. limon L.-derived nanovesicles showed inhibitory effects on cell growth in not p53-wild, but also in p53-inactivated CRC cells. Furthermore, we revealed that the macropinocytosis pathway is activated by p53 inactivation and C. limon L.-derived nanovesicles were up taken via the macropinocytosis pathway. Notably, although C. limon L.-derived nanovesicles contained citrate, the inhibitory effects of citrate were not dependent on the p53 status. We thus provide a novel mechanism for the growth inhibition of C. limon L.-derived nanovesicles via macropinocytosis and expect to develop a functional food product containing them for preventing p53-inactivation CRC incidence.

1 April 2015 in Transplantation Proceedings
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TNToshimasa Nakao
Toshimasa Nakao
HUH. Ushigome
H. Ushigome
TNT. Nakamura
T. Nakamura
SHS. Harada
S. Harada
KKK. Koshino
K. Koshino
NYN. Yoshimura
N. Yoshimura

1 April 2015 in Transplantation Proceedings
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TNToshimasa Nakao
Toshimasa Nakao
HUH. Ushigome
H. Ushigome
KKK. Kawai
K. Kawai
TNT. Nakamura
T. Nakamura
SHS. Harada
S. Harada
NYN. Yoshimura
N. Yoshimura

1 January 2018 in Transplantation Proceedings
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TNToshimasa Nakao
Toshimasa Nakao
TNT. Nakamura
T. Nakamura
KMK. Masuda
K. Masuda
TMT. Matsuyama
T. Matsuyama
HUH. Ushigome
H. Ushigome
NYN. Yoshimura
N. Yoshimura