Nagoya University, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences, Laboratory of Sericulture and Entomoresources

Research Activities

I. Original papers

  1. Nagai, S., FelipeAlves, C.A., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2011) Comparative transient expression assay analysis of hycu-hr6- and IE1-dependent regulation of baculovirus gp64 early promoters in three insect cell lines. Virus Res. 155, 83-90.
  2. Yamada, H., Shibuya, M., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2011) Identification of a novel apoptosis suppressor gene from the baculovirus Lymantria dispar multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus. J. Virol. 85, 5237–5242.
  3. Ikeda, M., Yamada, H., Ito, H. and Kobayashi, M. (2011) Baculovirus IAP1 induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in insect cells. J. Gen. Virol. 92, 2654-2663.
  4. Ikeda, M., Yamada, H., Ito, H. and Kobayashi, M. (2011) Baculovirus IAP1 induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in insect cells. J. Gen. Virol. 92, 2654-2663.
  5. Suganuma, I., Ushiyama, T., Yamada, H., Iwamoto, A., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2011) Cloning and characterization of a dronc homologue in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 41, 909-921. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.08.005.
  6. Yamada, H., Shibuya, M., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2012) Baculovirus Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus IAP2 and IAP3 do not suppress apoptosis, but trigger apoptosis of insect cells in a transient expression assay. Virus Genes 45, 370-379.
  7. Yamada, H., Okamoto, K., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2012) Cloning and characterization of an effector caspase, Ld-caspase-1, from Lymantria dispar Ld652Y cells. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 81, 75-83.
  8. Kitaguchi, K., Hamajima, R., Yamada, H., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2013) Cloning and functional characterization of the Lymantria dispar initiator caspase dronc. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 436, 331-337.
  9. Hamajima, R., Ito, Y., Ichikawa, H., Mitsutake, H., Kobyashi, J., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2013) Degradation of ribosomal RNA in BM-N cells from the silkworm Bombyx mori during abortive infection with heterologous nucleopolyhedroviruses. J. Gen. Virol. 94, 2102-2111.
  10. Kitaguchi, K., Hamajima, R., Yamada, H., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2013) Transient expression assay reveals kinetic difference in the proteolytic processing between Dronc proteins from the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar and the silkworm Bombyx mori. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 82, 49-54.
  11. Yamada, H., Kitaguchi, K., Hamajima, R., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2013) Novel apoptosis suppressor Apsup from the baculovirus Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus precludes apoptosis through preventing proteolytic processing and activation of initiator caspase Dronc. J. Virol. 87, 12925-12934.
  12. Sugiura, N., Ikeda, M., Shioiri, T., Yoshimura, M., Kobayashi, M. and Watanabe, H. (2013) Chondroitinase from baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus and chondroitin sulfate from silkworm Bombyx mori. Glycobiology, 23, 1520-1530.
  13. Hamajima, R., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2014) p143-mediated rRNA degradation in AcMNPV-infected BM-N cells is not associated with viral DNA replication. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 83, 19-23.
  14. Hamajima, R., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2015) Identification of amino acid residues of AcMNPV P143 protein involved in rRNA degradation and restricted viral replication in BM-N cells from the silkworm Bombyx mori. Virology 485, 244-251.
  15. Chaeychomsri, S., Chaeychomsri, W., Ikeda, M. and Kobayashi, M. (2015) Characterization of the Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus during serial passage in cell culture. J. Adv. Agric. Technol. 2, 63-70.
  16. Hamajima, R., Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Iwanaga, M., Imanishi, S., Kobayashi, J., Sasaki, K., Kusakabe, T., Lee J-M., Mon, H., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2016) rRNA degradation in Bombyx mori and Bombyx mandarina cells infected with heterologous nucleopolyhedroviruses. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 85, 73-77.
  17. Hamajima, R., Iwamoto, A., Tomizaki, M., Suganuma, I., Kitaguchi, K., Kobayashi, M., Yamada, H., and Ikeda, M. (2016) Functional analysis of inhibitor of apoptosis 1 of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 79, 97-107.
  18. Chaeychomsri, S., Chaeychomsri, W., Ikeda, M. and Kobayashi, M. (2016) A new continuous cell line of Spodoptera exigua and its susceptibility to Autographa californica Multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus. J. Adv. Agric. Technol. 3, 231-238.
  19. Hamajima, R., Kobayashi, M. and Ikeda, M. (2017) P143 proteins from heterologous nucleopolyhedroviruses induce apoptosis in BM-N cells derived from the silkworm Bombyx mori. Virus Res. 233, 70-76.
  20. Tachibana, A., Hamajima, R., Tomizaki, M., Kondo, T., Nanba, Y., Kobayashi, M., Hayato Yamada, H. & Ikeda, M. (2017) HCF-1 encoded by baculovirus AcMNPV is required for productive nucleopolyhedrovirus infection of non-permissive Tn368 cells. Sci. Rep. 7, 3807.
  21. Chaeychomsri, S., Chaeychomsri, W., Ikeda, M. and Kobayashi, M. (2017) Susceptibility of a cloned cell line from Helicoverpa armigera to homologous nucleopolyhedrovirus. J. Adv. Agric. Technol. 4, 200-208.
  22. Makino, S., Hamajima, R., Saito, A., Tomizaki, M., Iwamoto, A., Kobayashi, M., Yamada, H., Ikeda, M. (2018) Bombyx mori homolog of tumor suppressor p53 is involved in apoptosis-mediated antiviral immunity of B. mori cells infected with nucleopolyhedrovirus. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 84, 133-141.
  23. Hamajima, R., Saito, A., Makino, S., Kobayashi, M., and Ikeda, M. (2018) Antiviral immune responses of Bombyx mori cells during abortive infection with Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virus Res. 258, 28-38.
  24. Hamajima, R., Ota, A., Makino, S., Millado, JBH., Kobayashi, M., and Ikeda, M. (2020) Identification of the minimal AcMNPV P143 protein region responsible for triggering apoptosis and rRNA degradation of Bombyx mori cells. Virus Res. 276, 197832.
  25. Millado, JBH., Hamajima, R., Sugiura, W., Makino, S., Kobayashi, M., and Ikeda, M. (2021) Identification and characterization of Bombyx mori homologs of Bonus, Mdm2, Rad6, Sce, and Synoviolin. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 90, 21-32.
  26. Isobe, S., Ota, A., Takata, S., Hamajima, R., Makino, S., Kobayashi, M., and Ikeda, M. (2021) NISES-AnPe-428 cell line derived from the Chinese oak silkworm Antheraea pernyi is permissive for multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus species from insects of four different families. Cytotechnol. 73, 643-655.

II. Reviews

  1. Ikeda, M., Yamada, H., Hamajima, R. and Kobayashi, M. (2013) Baculovirus genes modulating intracellular innate antiviral immunity of lepidopteran insect cells. Virology 435, 1-13.
  2. Ikeda, M., Hamajima, R. and Kobayashi, M. (2015) Baculoviruses: diversity, evolution and manipulation of insects. Entomological Science 18, 1-20.