TASAKI LABORATORY OF BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCE

19. Tasaki E., Yamamoto Y., Iuchi Y.* (2024) Higher levels of the lipophilic antioxidants coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E in long-lived termite queens than in short-lived workers. Insect Science 31(1): 201–210. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13217

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18. Nozaki T.*, Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Cell type specific polyploidization in the royal fat body of termite queens. Zoological Letters 9(1): 20. DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00217-6

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17. Takata M.*, Yabe K., Noro T., Mizote S., Konishi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions. The Science of Nature 110(35). DOI: 10.1007/s00114-023-01865-6

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16. Tasaki E.#, Mitaka Y.#, Takahashi Y., Waliullah A. S. M., Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Islam A., Kamiya M., Sato T., Aramaki S., Kikushima K., Horikawa M., Nakamura K., Kahyo T., Takata M., Setou M.*, Matsuura K.* (2023) The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity. PNAS Nexus 2(7). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222

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15. Ishibashi T.#, Waliullah A. S. M.#, Aramaki S., Kamiya Masaki., Kahyo T., Nakamura K., Tasaki E., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K.* (2023) Plastic brain structure changes associated with the division of labour and ageing in termites. Development Growth and Differentiation 65(7): 374–383. DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12873

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14. Takata M.*, Konishi T., Nagai S., Nozaki T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Discovery of an underground chamber to protect kings and queens during winter in temperate termites. Scientific Reports 13: 8809. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36035-1

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13. Takata M.*, Nagai S., Inagaki T., Ohkubo Y., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Heritable effects on caste determination and colony-level sex allocation in termites under field conditions. iScience 26(3): 106207. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106207

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12. Konishi T.*, Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20221942. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1942

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11. Tasaki E.*, Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Why and how do termite kings and queens live so　long? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376(1823): 20190740. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0740

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10. Takahashi Y., Kuribayashi H., Tasaki E., Yoshida I., Ide M., Fujita K., Igarashi T., Saeki S., Iuchi Y.* (2021) Insect feces tea of locust (Locusta migratoria) suppresses lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells and mice. Food Science and Technology Research 27(5): 807–816. DOI: 10.3136/fstr.27.807

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9. Takata M.*, Inagaki T., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2020) A non-invasive method for sexing first and second instar larvae of termites using external morphology. Insectes Sociaux 67: 487–493. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-020-00785-2

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8. Tasaki E., Komagata Y., Inagaki T., Matsuura K.* (2020) Reproduction deep inside wood: a low O2 and high CO2 environment promotes egg production by termite queens. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200049. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0049

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7. Tasaki E.#, Mitaka Y.#, Nozaki T., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) High expression of the  breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite  kings. Aging (Albany NY) 10(10): 2668–2683. DOI: 10.18632/aging.101578

 

6. Mitaka Y.#*, Tasaki E.#, Nozaki T., Fuchikawa T., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K. (2018) Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insect Science 27(2): 202–211. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.1264

 

5. Tasaki E., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) Hypoxia adaptation in termites: hypoxic conditions enhance survival and reproductive activity in royals. Insect Molecular Biology 27(6): 808–814. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12519

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4. Tasaki E., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) Long-lived termite queens exhibit high Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase activity. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2018: 5127251. DOI: 10.1155/2018/5127251

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3. Tasaki E., Sakurai H., Nitao M., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2017) Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival  in termites. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179426. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179426

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2. Tasaki E., Matsumoto S., Tada H., Kurahashi T., Zhang X., Fujii J., Utsumi T., Iuchi Y.* (2017) Protective role of testis-specific peroxiredoxin 4 against cellular oxidative stress. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition 60(3): 156–161. DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.16-96

 

1. Tasaki E., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2017) An efficient antioxidant system in a long- lived termite queen. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0167412. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167412

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