Ayumi Imayoshi*, Hidetomo Yokoo, Masashi Kawaguchi, Kazunori Tsubaki, Makoto Oba* Visualization of plasmid DNA deliver system by complementary fluorescence labeling of arginine-rich peptides. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2024, 72, 856-861 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c24-00479 Highlighted Paper selected by Editor-in-Chief. Selected as a Featured Article. Selected as a front cover.
Tetsuya Iida, Yukihiro Itoh*, Yukari Takahashi, Yuka Miyake, Farzad Zamani, Yasunobu Yamashita, Yuri Takada, Toshiki Akiyama, Jun Ibaraki, Kyoka Okuda, Yuto Tokuda, Tomoka Nishimura, Koto Hidaka, Hiiro Mori, Makoto Oba, Takayoshi Suzuki* Identification of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) for lysine demethylase 5 and their neurite outgrowth-promoting activity. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2024, 72, 638-647 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c23-00026
Motoki Naka#, Tomohiro Umeno#, Mika Shibuya, Yuto Yamaberi, Atsushi Ueda, Masakazu Tanaka, Hiroyasu Takemoto, Makoto Oba* (#: equal contribution) Intracellular delivery of plasmid DNA using amphipathic helical cell-penetrating peptides containing dipropylglycine. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2024, 72, 512-517 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c24-00221 Highlighted Paper selected by Editor-in-Chief. Selected as a Featured Article.
Miki Suzuki#, Yuki Mochida#, Mao Hori, Akimasa Hayashi, Kazuko Toh, Theofilus A. Tockary, Xueying Liu, Victor Marx, Hidetomo Yokoo, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Satoshi Uchida* (#: equal contribution) Poly(ethylene Glycol) (PEG)–oligoRNA hybridization to mRNA enables fine-tuned polyplex PEGylation for spleen-targeted mRNA delivery. Small Science, 2024, 2300258 DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202300258
Motoharu Hirano, Hidetomo Yokoo*, Nobumichi Ohoka, Takahito Ito, Takashi Misawa, Makoto Oba, Takao Inoue, Yosuke Demizu* Rational design of amphipathic antimicrobial peptides with alternating L-/D-amino acids that form helical structures. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2024, 72, 149-154 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c23-00465
Hidetomo Yokoo*, Anjaneyulu Dirisala, Satoshi Uchida, Makoto Oba* Oligosarcosine conjugation of arginine-rich peptide improves the intracellular delivery of peptide/pDNA complexes. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2024, 10, 890-896 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01542 Selected as a supplementary cover.
Yukihiro Itoh, Peng Zhan, Toshifumi Tojo, Pattaporn Jaikhan, Yosuke Ota, Miki Suzuki, Ying Li, Zi Hui, Yukiko Moriyama, Yuri Takada, Yasunobu Yamashita, Makoto Oba, Shusaku Uchida, Mitsuharu Masuda, Shinji Ito, Yoshihiro Sowa, Toshiyuki Sakai, Takayoshi Suzuki* Discovery of selective histone deacetylase 1 and 2 inhibitors: Screening of a focused library constructed by click chemistry, kinetic binding analysis, and biological evaluation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023, 66, 15171-15188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01095
Motoharu Hirano, Hidetomo Yokoo, Chihiro Goto, Makoto Oba, Takashi Misawa*, Yosuke Demizu* Magainin 2-derived stapled peptides derived with the ability to deliver pDNA, mRNA, and siRNA into cells. Chemical Science, 2023, 14, 10403-10410 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC04124G Selected as a front cover.
Makoto Oba*, Shun Nakajima, Kurumi Misao, Hidetomo Yokoo, Masakazu Tanaka Effect of helicity and hydrophobicity on cell-penetrating ability of arginine-rich peptides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2023, 91, 117409 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2023.117409
Ken Kawaguchi, Mao Kinoshita, Kazuki Sudo, Keita Inoue, Yoshifumi Naito, Makoto Oba, Satoshi Uchida*, Teiji Sawa* mRNA vaccine induces protective immunity against the type III secretory virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. bioRxiv DOI:10.1101/2023.06.09.544431
Makoto Oba*, Mika Shibuya, Yuto Yamaberi, Hidetomo Yokoo, Satoshi Uchida, Atsushi Ueda, Masakazu Tanaka* An amphipathic structure of a dipropylglycine-containing helical peptide with sufficient length enables safe and effective intracellular siRNA delivery. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2023, 71, 250–256 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c22-00852 Highlighted Paper selected by Editor-in-Chief. Selected as a Featured Article.
Hidetomo Yokoo#, Takashi Misawa#, Takuma Kato, Masakazu Tanaka, Yosuke Demizu*, Makoto Oba* (#: equal contribution) Development of delivery carriers for plasmid DNA by conjugation of a helical template to oligoarginine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2022, 72, 116997 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116997
Jiranan Chotitumnavee, Yasunobu Yamashita, Yukari, Takahashi, Yuri Takada, Tetsuya, Iida, Makoto Oba, Yukihiko Itoh*, Takayoshi Suzuki* Selective degradation of histone deacetylase 8 mediated by a proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC). Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 4635-4638 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00272H
Muthuraj Prakash, Yukihiro Itoh*, Yoshie Fujiwara, Yukari Takahashi, Yuri Takada, Paolo Mellini, Elghareeb Elboray, Mitsuhiro Terao, Yasunobu Yamashita, Chika Yamamoto, Takao Yamaguchi, Masayuki Kotoku, Yuki Kitao, Ritesh Singh, Rohini Roy, Satoshi Obika, Makoto Oba, Dan Ohtan Wang, Takayoshi Suzuki* Identification of potent and selective inhibitors of fat mass obesity associated protein using a fragment-merging approach. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021, 64, 15810-15824 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01107
Satoshi Uchida*, Yuto Yamaberi, Masakazu Tanaka, Makoto Oba* A helix foldamer oligopeptide improves intracellular stability and prolongs protein expression of delivered mRNA. Nanoscale, 2021, 13 (45), 18941-18946 DOI: 10.1039/D1NR03600A Selected as an inside front cover
Yuto Yamaberi, Ryo Eto, Tomohiro Umeno, Takuma Kato, Mitsunobu Doi, Hidetomo Yokoo, Makoto Oba*, Masakazu Tanaka* Synthesis of (S)-(–)-cucurbitine and conformation of its homopeptides. Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 4358-4362 DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01291 Selected as a supplementary cover.
Takuma Kato*, Yuki Kita, Kazuki Iwanari, Akiko Asano, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Mitsunobu Doi Synthesis of six-membered carbocyclic ring α,α-disubstituted amino acids and arginine-rich peptides to investigate the effect of ring size on the properties of the peptide. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2021, 38, 116111 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116111
Tetsuya Iida, Yukihiro Itoh*, Yukari Takahashi, Yasunobu Yamashita, Takashi Kurohara, Yuka Miyake, Makoto Oba, Takayoshi Suzuki* Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of lysine demethylase 5C degraders ChemMedChem, 2021, 16, 1609–1618 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000933 Selected as a front cover. Selected as a very important paper.
Atsushi Ueda, Misuzu Ikeda, Takuya Kasae, Mitsunobu Doi, Yosuke Demizu, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka* Synthesis of chiral α-trifluoromethyl α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids and conformational analysis of L-Leu based peptides with (R)- or (S)-α-trifluoromethylanaline ChemistrySelect, 2020, 5, 10882-10886 DOI: 10.1002/slct.202002888
Kaori Furukawa, Masakazu Tanaka, Makoto Oba* siRNA delivery using amphipathic cell-penetrating peptides into human hepatoma cells Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 28(8), 115402. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115402
総説(英文)
Satoshi Uchida*, Chun Yin Lau, Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata*, Polymeric nanoparticle designs for improving the stability and safety of RNA therapeutics. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023, 199, 114972 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.114972
Makoto Oba, Clinical Trials, Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Development and Applications, Makoto Oba and Yosuke Demizu, Editors, Wiley-VCH-GmbH, ISBN: 978-3-527-35011-7, 367-379 (2022).
Makoto Oba, Amphipathic Peptide, Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Development and Applications, Makoto Oba and Yosuke Demizu, Editors, Wiley-VCH-GmbH, ISBN: 978-3-527-35011-7, 57-67 (2022).
Makoto Oba, Classification, Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Development and Applications, Makoto Oba and Yosuke Demizu, Editors, Wiley-VCH-GmbH, ISBN: 978-3-527-35011-7, 17-27 (2022).
Makoto Oba, Yosuke Demizu, Introduction, Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Development and Applications, Makoto Oba and Yosuke Demizu, Editors, Wiley-VCH-GmbH, ISBN: 978-3-527-35011-7, 1-14 (2022).
Kaori Furukawa, Makoto Oba*, George Ouma Opiyo, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka* Cyclic α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids with menthone in their side chains through an acetal moiety and helical structures of their peptides European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 17, 2988-2998. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201600241
Yosuke Demizu*, Koyo Okitsu, Hiroko Yamashita, Mitsunobu Doi, Takashi Misawa, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara* α-Helical structures of oligopeptides with alternating L-Leu-Aib segment European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 16, 2815-2820. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201600327
Hirokuni Uchida, Keiji Itaka, Satoshi Uchida, Takehiko Ishii, Tomoya Suma, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Synthetic polyamines to regulate mRNA translation through the preservative binding of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E to the cap structure Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138(15), 1478-1481. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11726
Makoto Oba*, Hikaru Nonaka, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka* Conformational studies on peptides having dipropylglycine (Dpg) or 1-aminocycloheptanecarboxylic acid (Ac7c) within the sequence of L-leucine (Leu) residues Biopolymers (Peptide Science), 2016, 106(2), 210-218. DOI: 10.1002/bip.22810
Makoto Oba*, Takuma Kato, Kaori Furukawa, Masakazu Tanaka A cell-penetrating peptide with a guanidinylethyl amine structure directed to gene delivery Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 19913. DOI: 10.1038/srep19913
Yosuke Demizu*, Hiroko Yamashita, Takashi Misawa, Mitsunobu Doi, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara* Handedness preference of heterochiral helical peptides by attaching a homochiral peptide segment European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 4, 840-846. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201501146
Hiroko Yamashita, Makoto Oba, Takashi Misawa, Masakazu Tanaka, Takayuki Hattori, Mikihiko Naito, Masaaki Kurihara*, Yosuke Demizu* A helix-stabilized cell-penetrating peptide as an intracellular delivery tool ChemBioChem, 2016, 17(2), 137-140. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500468 Selected as a cover picture.
Yosuke Demizu*, Hiroko Yamashita, Mitsunobu Doi, Takashi Misawa, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara* Topological study of the structures of heterochiral peptides containing equal amounts of L-Leu and D-Leu The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 80(17), 8597-8603. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01541
Yosuke Demizu*, Makoto Oba, Kouyo Okitsu, Hiroko Yamashita, Takashi Misawa, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara, Samuel H. Gellman A preorganized β-amino acid bearing a guanidinium side chain and its use in cell-penetrating peptides Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13(20), 5617-5620. DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00389J
Takayuki Hirata, Atsushi Ueda, Makoto Oba, Mitsunobu Doi, Yosuke Demizu, Masaaki Kurihara, Masanobu Nagano, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka* Amino equatorial effect of a six-membered ring amino acid on its peptide 310- and α-helices Tetrahedron, 2015, 71(16), 2409-2420. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.02.075
Makoto Oba*, Naomi Kawabe, Hiroomi Takazaki, Yosuke Demizu, Mitsunobu Doi, Masaaki Kurihara, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka* Conformational studies on peptides having chiral five-membered ring amino acid with two azido or triazole functional groups within the sequence of Aib residues Tetrahedron, 2014, 70(46), 8900-8907. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.09.086
Takuma Kato, Makoto Oba*, Koyo Nishida, Masakazu Tanaka Cell-penetrating helical peptides having L-arginines and five-membered ring α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2014, 25(10), 1761-1768. DOI: 10.1021/bc5003949
Makoto Oba, Hiroomi Takazaki, Naomi Kawabe, Mitsunobu Doi, Yosuke Demizu, Masaaki Kurihara, Hiromu Kawakubo, Masanobu Nagano, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka* Helical peptide-foldamers having a chiral five-membered ring amino acid with two azido functional groups The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79(19), 9125-9140. DOI: 10.1021/jo501493x
Hirokuni Uchida, Keiji Itaka, Takahiro Nomoto, Takehiko Ishii, Tomoya Suma, Masaru Ikegami, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Modulated protonation of side chain aminoethylene repeats in N-substituted polyaspartamides promotes mRNA transfection Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136(35), 12396-12405. DOI: 10.1021/ja506194z Selected as Spotlight of JACS.
Anjaneyulu Dirisala, Kensuke Osada*, Qixian Chen, Theofilus A. Tockary, Kaori Machitani, Shigehito Osawa, Xueying Liu, Takehiko Ishii, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Satoshi Uchida, Keiji Itaka, Kazunori Kataoka* Optimized rod length of polyplex micelles for maximizing transfection efficiency and their performance in systemic gene therapy against stroma-rich pancreatic tumors Biomaterials, 2014, 35(20), 5359-5368. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.03.037
Zhishen Ge, Qixian Chen, Kensuke Osada*, Xueying Liu, Theofilus A. Tockary, Satoshi Uchida, Anjaneyulu Dirisala, Takehiko Ishii, Takahiro Nomoto, Kazuko Toh, Yu Matsumoto, Makoto Oba, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Keiji Itaka, Kazunori Kataoka* Targeted gene delivery by polyplex micelles with crowded PEG palisade and cRGD moiety for systemic treatment of pancreatic tumors Biomaterials, 2014, 35(10), 3416-3426. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.12.086
Takuma Kato, Masakazu Tanaka, Makoto Oba* Protein transfection study using multicellular spheroids of human hepatoma Huh-7 cells PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(12), e82876. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082876
Makoto Oba*, Naoko Ishikawa, Yosuke Demizu, Masaaki Kurihara, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka* Helical oligomer with changeable chiral acetal moiety European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 34, 7679-7682. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301450
Makoto Oba*, Atsushi Shimabukuro, Miyako Ono, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka* Synthesis of both enantiomers of cyclic methionine analogue: (R)- and (S)-3-aminotetrahydrothiophene-3-carboxylic acids Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2013, 24(8), 464-467. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.03.010
Kosuke Anan, Yosuke Demizu, Makoto Oba, Masaaki Kurihara, Mitsunobu Doi, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka* Helical structures of bicyclic α-amino acid homo-chiral oligomers with the stereogenic centers at the side-chain fused-ring junctions Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2012, 95(10), 1694-1713. DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201200403
Makoto Oba*, Masakazu Tanaka Intracellular internalization mechanism of protein transfection reagents Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2012, 35(7), 1064-1068. DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00001
Qixian Chen, Kensuke Osada*, Takehiko Ishii, Makoto Oba, Satoshi Uchida, Theofilus A. Tockary, Taisuke Endo, Zhishen Ge, Hiroaki Kinoh, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Keiji Itaka, Kazunori Kataoka* Homo-catiomer integration into PEGylated polyplex micelle from block-catiomer for systemic anti-angiogenic gene therapy for fibrotic pancreatic tumors Biomaterials, 2012, 33(18), 4722-4730. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.03.017
Hyun Jin Kim, Makoto Oba, Frederico Pittella, Takahiro Nomoto, Horacio Cabral, Yu Matsumoto, Kanjiro Miyata, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* PEG-detachable cationic polyaspartamide derivatives bearing stearoyl moieties for systemic siRNA delivery toward subcutaneous BxPC3 pancreatic tumor Journal of Drug Targeting, 2012, 20(1), 33-42. DOI: 10.3109/1061186X.2011.632010
Hideo Kagaya, Makoto Oba, Yutaka Miura, Hiroyuki Koyama*, Takehiko Ishii, Takae Shimada, Tsuyoshi Takato, Kazunori Kataoka, Tetsuro Miyata Impact of polyplex micelles installed with cyclic RGD peptide as ligand on gene delivery to vascular lesions Gene Therapy, 2012, 19(1), 61-69. DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.74
Aya Iriyama*, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka, Yasuhiro Tamaki, Yasuo Yanagi Gene transfer using micellar nanovectors inhibits choroidal neovascularization in vivo PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(12), e28560. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028560
Aya Iriyama*, Tomohiko Usui, Yasuo Yanagi, Shiro Amano, Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka Gene transfer using micellar nanovectors inhibits corneal neovascularization in vivo Cornea, 2011, 30(12), 1423-1427. DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318206c893
Hirokuni Uchida, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Tomoya Suma, Keiji Itaka, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Odd-even effect of repeating aminoethylene units in the side chain of N-substituted polyaspartamides on gene transfection profiles Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133(39), 15524-15532. DOI: 10.1021/ja204466y
Frauke M. König, Yelena Vachutinsky, Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka, Christoph Bräuchle, Nadia Ruthardt* Effect of integrin targeting and PEG shielding on polyplex micelle internalization studied by live-cell imaging Journal of Controlled Release, 2011, 156(3), 364-373. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.08.003
Yasutaka Anraku, Akihiro Kishimura*, Atsushi Kobayashi, Makoto Oba, Kazunori Kataoka* Size-controlled long-circulating PICsome as ruler to measure critical cut-off disposition size into normal and tumor tissues Chemical Communications, 2011, 47(21), 6054-6056. DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11465D
Takahiro Nomoto, Yu Matsumoto, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Shigeto Fukushima, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Tatsuya Yamasoba, Kazunori Kataoka* In situ quantitative monitoring of polyplexes and polyplex micelles in the blood circulation using intravital real-time confocal laser scanning microscopy Journal of Controlled Release, 2011, 151(2), 104-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.02.011 Selected as a cover picture.
Yelena Vachutinsky, Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata, Shigehiro Hiki, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kohei Miyazono, Kazunori Kataoka* Antiangiogenic gene therapy of experimental pancreatic tumor by sFlt-1 plasmid DNA carried by RGD-modified crosslinked polyplex micelles Journal of Controlled Release, 2011, 149(1), 51-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.02.002 Selected as a cover picture.
Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata, Kensuke Osada, R. James Christie, Mai Sanjoh, Weidong Li, Shigeto Fukushima, Takehiko Ishii, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Polyplex micelles prepared from ω-cholesteryl PEG-polycation block copolymers for systemic gene delivery Biomaterials, 2011, 32(2), 652-663. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.09.022
Yu Matsumoto, Takahiro Nomoto, Horacio Cabral, Yoko Matusmoto, Sumiyo Watanabe, R. James Christie, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Tadayoshi Ogura, Yuichi Yamasaki, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Tatsuya Yamasoba, Kazunori Kataoka* Direct and instantaneous observation of intravenously injected substances using intravital confocal micro-videography Biomedical Optics Express, 2010, 1(4), 1209-1216. DOI: 10.1364/BOE.1.001209
Hiroyasu Takemoto, Atsushi Ishii, Kanjiro Miyata, Masataka Nakanishi, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Yuichi Yamasaki, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Polyion complex stability and gene silencing efficiency with a siRNA-grafted polymer delivery system Biomaterials, 2010, 31(31), 8097-8105. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.015 Selected as ‘The new Biomaterials Year in Images poster-2010 edition’.
Hyun Jin Kim, Atsushi Ishii, Kanjiro Miyata, Yan Lee, Shourong Wu, Makoto Oba, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Introduction of stearoyl moieties into a biocompatible cationic polyaspartamide derivative, PAsp(DET), with endosomal escaping function for enhanced siRNA-mediated gene knockdown Journal of Controlled Release, 2010, 145(2), 141-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.03.019
Mai Sanjoh, Shigehiro Hiki, Yan Lee, Makoto Oba, Kanjiro Miyata, Takehiko Ishii, Kazunori Kataoka* pDNA/poly(L-lysine) polyplexes functionalized with a pH-sensitive charge-conversional poly(aspartamide) derivative for controlled gene delivery to human umbilical vein endothelial cells Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2010, 31(13), 1181-1186. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000056 Selected as a cover picture.
Makoto Oba, Yelena Vachutinsky, Kanjiro Miyata, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Sorato Ikeda, Nobuhiro Nishiyama*, Keiji Itaka, Kohei Miyazono, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Antiangiogenic gene therapy of solid tumor by systemic injection of polyplex micelles loading plasmid DNA encoding soluble Flt-1 Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2010, 7(2), 501-509. DOI: 10.1021/mp9002317
Kanjiro Miyata, Noha Gouda, Hiroyasu Takemoto, Makoto Oba, Yan Lee, Hiroyuki Koyama, Yuichi Yamasaki, Keiji Itaka, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Enhanced transfection with silica-coated polyplexes loading plasmid DNA Biomaterials, 2010, 31(17), 4764-4770. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.02.033
Yasutaka Anraku, Akihiro Kishimura*, Makoto Oba, Yuichi Yamasaki, Kazunori Kataoka* Spontaneous formation of nano-sized uni-lamellar polyion complex vesicles (nano-PICsomes) with tunable size and properties Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132(5), 1631-1636. DOI: 10.1021/ja908350e
Hideki Shimizu, Yuichi Hori, Shinya Kaname, Koei Yamada, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Satoru Matsumoto, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Akira Yamada, Kazunori Kataoka, Toshiro Fujita* siRNA-based therapy for glomerulonephritis Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2010, 21(4), 622-633. DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009030295
Muri Han, Makoto Oba, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh, Kazunori Kataoka* Enhanced percolation and gene expression in tumor hypoxia by PEGylated polyplex micelles Molecular Therapy, 2009, 17(8), 1404-1410. DOI: 10.1038/mt.2009.119
Satoru Matsumoto, R. James Christie, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kanjiro Miyata, Atsushi Ishii, Makoto Oba, Hiroyuki Koyama, Yuichi Yamasaki, Kazunori Kataoka* Environmental-responsive block copolymer micelles with a disulfide cross-linked core for enhanced siRNA delivery Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10(1), 119-127. DOI: 10.1021/bm800985e
Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Masataka Nakanishi, Shigeto Fukushima, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Koyama, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Polyplexes from poly(aspartamide) bearing 1,2-diaminoethane side chains induce pH-selective, endosomal membrane destabilization with amplified transfection and negligible cytotoxicity Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(48), 16287-16294. DOI: 10.1021/ja804561g
Makoto Oba, Kazuhiro Aoyagi, Kanjiro Miyata, Yu Matsumoto, Keiji Itaka, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Polyplex micelles with cyclic RGD peptide ligands and disulfide cross-links directing to the enhanced transfection via controlled intracellular trafficking Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2008, 5(6), 1080-1092. DOI: 10.1021/mp800070s
Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Shigeto Fukushima, Yelena Vachutinsky, Muri Han, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kohei Miyazono, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Polyplex micelles from triblock copolymers composed of tandemly aligned segments with biocompatible, endosomal escaping, and DNA-condensing functions for systemic gene delivery to pancreatic tumor tissue Pharmaceutical Research, 2008, 25(12), 2924-2936. DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9720-2 Selected as a cover picture.
Yuko Fujihara, Hiroyuki Koyama*, Makoto Ohba, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hisako Fujihara, Yoshiyuki Yonehara, Tsuyoshi Takato Controlled delivery of bFGF to recipient bed enhances the vascularization and viability of an ischemic skin flap Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2008, 16(1), 125-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00339
Yan Lee, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Shigeto Fukushima, Muri Han, Hiroyuki Koyama, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Charge-conversion ternary polyplex with endosome disruption moiety: a technique for efficient and safe gene delivery Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 47(28), 5163-5166. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800963
Seiji Takae, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Keiji Itaka, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kazunori Kataoka* PEG-detachable polyplex micelles based on disulfide-linked block catiomers as bioresponsive nonviral gene vectors Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(18), 6001-6009. DOI: 10.1021/ja800336v
Yoshihiro Yasuda, Hiroyuki Koyama*, Yasuhiko Tabata, Yuko Fujihara, Makoto Oba, Eiju Uchimura, Tsuyoshi Takato Controlled delivery of bFGF remodeled vascular network in muscle flap and increased perfusion capacity via minor pedicle Journal of Surgical Research, 2008, 147(1), 132-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.10.009
Masataka Nakanishi, Joon-Sik Park, Woo-Dong Jang, Makoto Oba, Kazunori Kataoka* Study of quantitative aminolysis reaction of poly(β-benzyl L-aspartate) (PBLA) as a platform polymer for functionality materials Reactive & Functional Polymers, 2007, 67(11), 1361-1372. DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2007.08.009
Makoto Oba, Shigeto Fukushima, Naoki Kanayama, Kazuhiro Aoyagi, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Koyama, Kazunori Kataoka* Cyclic RGD peptide-conjugated polyplex micelles as a targetable gene delivery system directed to cells possessing αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrins Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2007, 18(5), 1415-1423. DOI: 10.1021/bc0700133
Muri Han, Younsoo Bae, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Kazunori Kataoka* Transfection study using multicellular tumor spheroids for screening non-viral polymeric gene vectors with low cytotoxicity and high transfection efficiency Journal of Controlled Release, 2007, 121(1-2), 38-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2007.05.012
Daisuke Akagi, Makoto Oba, Hiroyuki Koyama, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Shigeto Fukushima, Tetsuro Miyata, Hirokazu Nagawa, Kazunori Kataoka* Biocompatible micellar nanovectors achieve efficient gene transfer to vascular lesions without cytotoxicity and thrombus formation Gene Therapy, 2007, 14(13), 1029-1038. DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302945
Makoto Oba* Study on development of polymeric micellar gene carrier and evaluation of its functionality Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2013, 36(7), 1045-1051. DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00287
野本貴大, 松本 有, 藤 加珠子, R. James Christie, 宮田完二郎, 大庭 誠, Horacio Cabral, 村上真美, 福島重人, 西山伸宏, 片岡一則* リアルタイム生体内共焦点レーザー顕微鏡を用いたdrug delivery system (DDS)の動態評価法 Yakugaku Zasshi, 2012, 132(12), 1347-1354. DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.12-00234-1
小山博之, 大庭 誠, 片岡一則 ナノミセルの血管外科領域への応用 Surgery Frontier, 2010, 17(2), 44-48.
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takashi Misawa, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Mikihiko Naito, Kenji Matsuno, Yosuke Demizu, Development of cationic cell-penetrating peptides focused on their secondary structures, Peptide Science 2017, 2018, 98-99.
Atsushi Ueda, Takuya Kasae, Makoto Oba, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka, Synthesis of enantiomerically pure α-amino acids and conformational studies of their L-leucine-based peptides, Abstracts of Papers, 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 2017, ORGN-119.
Takashi Misawa, Yosuke Demizu, Hiroko Yamashita, Takuma Kato, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara, Development of helix-stabilized amphiphatic cell-penetrating peptide using helical promoter, Peptide Science 2016, 2017, 11-12.
Yu Fukushima, Takeshi Fuchigami, Hiromi Inoue, Natsumi Ishikawa, Sakura Yoshida, Makoto Oba, Morio Nakayama, Evaluation of cationic amphiphilic peptides as potential probes for cancer imaging, Peptide Science 2016, 2017, 117-118.
Hiroko Yamashita, Yosuke Demizu, Takashi Misawa, Takayuki Hattori, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Mikihiko Naito, Masaaki Kurihara, Development of helix-stabilized cationic peptides with cell-membrane penetrating ability, Peptide Science 2015, 2016, 29-30.
Hiroko Yamashita, Yosuke Demizu, Takashi Misawa, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara, Development of stabilized short helical peptides with cell-membrane penetrating ability, Peptide Science 2014, 2015, 149-150.
Ryo Eto, Makoto Oba, Atsushi Ueda, Naoko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kurihara, Yosuke Demizu, Hiroshi Suemune, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka, Synthesis and conformational analysis of helical oligomers with a changeable chiral acetal moiety, Peptide Science 2014, 2015217-218.
Yosuke Demizu, Hiroko Yamashita, Yukiko Sato, Mitsunobu Doi, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kurihara, Helical screw-sense control of LD-peptides containing equal amounts of L- and D-amino acids, Peptide Science 2013, 2014, 271-272.
Ai Imanishi, Makoto Oba, Yosuke Demizu, Masaaki Kurihara, Mitsunobu Takazaki, Hiroshi Suemune, Masakazu Tanaka, Synthesis of chiral five-membered ring amino acids with an azido group, and their peptides, Peptide Science 2012, 2013, 131-132.
Ikumi Kato, Makoto Oba, Masaaki Kurihara, Yukiko Takano, Masakazu Tanaka, Synthesis of cyclic α,α-disubstituted amino acids bearing a pendent chiral center, Peptide Science 2012, 2013, 129-130.
Yoko Hirata, Makoto Oba, Makoto Fukudome, Yosuke Demizu, Masaaki Kurihara, Mitsunobu Doi, Masakazu Tanaka, Synthesis and conformational analysis of peptides composed of chiral five-membered ring amino acids, Peptide Science 2011, 2012, 101-102.
Kanjiro Miyata, Takahiro Nomoto, Hiroyasu Takemoto, Hyun Jin Kim, Yu Matsumoto, Makoto Oba, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka, Development of advanced polymer-based nanodevices for nucleic acids delivery, Abstracts of Papers, 240th ACS National Meeting, 2010, PMSE-178.
Nanako Yamagata, Yosuke Demizu, Yukiko Sato, Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Mitsunobu Doi, Kazuo Nagasawa, Hiroshi Suemune, Haruhiro Okuda, Masaaki Kurihara, Controlling the helical screw sense of peptide by N-terminal proline, Peptide Science 2009, 2010, 383-384.
Daisuke Akagi, Makoto Oba, Hiroyuki Koyama, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Shigeto Fukushima, Tetsuro Miyata, Hirokazu Nagawa, Kazunori Kataoka, Biocompatible micellar nanovectors achieve efficient gene transfer to vascular lesions without cytotoxicity and thrombus formation, Journal of Gene Medicine, 2008, 10(4), 474.
Makoto Oba, Development of cell-penetrating peptide foldamers as drug delivery tools, The 5th Japan-Taiwan Joint Symposium for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Taipei City, August 30th, 2019)
Makoto Oba, Structure and function of peptide foldamers containing unnatural amino acids, Biomacromolecular RIKEN Seminar (Wako, January 23rd, 2019)
Makoto Oba, Masakazu Tanaka, Cell-penetrating peptide foldamers for drug delivery system, 10th International Peptide Symposium (Kyoto, December 6th, 2018)
Makoto Oba, Anti-angiogenic pancreatic cancer gene therapy using polyplex micelle, CMSI Students Seminar (Tokyo, May 1st, 2009)
Makoto Oba, Polyplex micelle for plasmid DNA delivery, Workshop in Jilin University (Changchun, April 9th, 2009)
Makoto Oba, Anti-angiogenic gene therapy for pancreatic cancer by systemic administration of polyplex micelles, GCOE student’s workshop: Polyplex systems for gene and siRNA delivery (Tokyo, November 19th, 2008)