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Toshihiro Kitamoto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


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Office Address: 1-316 BSB
Phone Number: (319) 335-7924

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Publications
  1. Aldrich BT, Frakes EP, Kasuya J, Hammond DL, Kitamoto T: Changes in expression of sensory organ-specific microRNAs in rat dorsal root ganglia in association with mechanical hypersensitivity induced by spinal nerve ligation. Neuroscience 2009 Dec 1


  2. Kasuya J, Kaas GA, Kitamoto T: A putative amino acid transporter of the solute carrier 6 family is upregulated by lithium and is required for resistance to lithium toxicity in Drosophila. Neuroscience 2009 Oct 20


  3. Kasuya J, Ishimoto H, Kitamoto T: Neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory revealed by spatial and temporal suppression of neurotransmission using shibire, a temperature-sensitive dynamin mutant gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Front Mol Neurosci 2009 Sep 10


  4. Neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory revealed by spatial and temporal suppression of neurotransmission using shibire, a temperature-sensitive dynamin mutant gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Kasuya J, Ishimoto H, Kitamoto T. Front Mol Neurosci. 2009;2:11. Epub 2009 Aug 20. PMID: 19738923 [PubMed - in process]


  5. The Drosophila TRPA channel, Painless, regulates sexual receptivity in virgin females. Sakai T, Kasuya J, Kitamoto T, Aigaki T. Genes Brain Behav. 2009 Jul;8(5):546-57. Epub 2009 May 8. PMID: 19531155 [PubMed - in process]


  6. Serotonin is necessary for place memory in Drosophila. Sitaraman D, Zars M, Laferriere H, Chen YC, Sable-Smith A, Kitamoto T, Rottinghaus GE, Zars T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5579-84. Epub 2008 Apr 2. PMID: 18385379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


  7. Kasuya J, Kaas G, Kitamoto T: Effects of lithium chloride on the gene expression profiles in Drosophila heads. Neurosci Res 2009 May 5


  8. Ishimoto H, Sakai T, Kitamoto T: Ecdysone signaling regulates the formation of long-term courtship memory in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Apr 14


  9. Sakai T, Kitamoto T: Differential roles of two major brain structures, mushroom bodies and central complex, for Drosophila male courtship behavior. J Neurobiol 2006 May 5


  10. Sakai T, Kitamoto T: [Recent development of research on long-term memory in Drosophila] Seikagaku 2006 Feb 24


  11. Broughton SJ, Kitamoto T, Greenspan RJ: Excitatory and Inhibitory Switches for Courtship in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster. Curr Biol. 2004 Apr 6;14(7):538-47.


  12. Wang Y, Chiang AS, Xia S, Kitamoto T, Tully T, Zhong Y: Blockade of neurotransmission in Drosophila mushroom bodies impairs odor attraction, but not repulsion. Curr Biol 2003 Oct 28; 13(21):1900-4


  13. Murphey RK, Froggett SJ, Caruccio P, Shan-Crofts X, Kitamoto T, Godenschwege TA: Targeted expression of shibire ts and semaphorin 1a reveals critical periods for synapse formation in the giant fiber of Drosophila. Development 2003 Aug; 130(16):3671-82


  14. Kitamoto T: Targeted expression of temperature-sensitive dynamin to study neural mechanisms of complex behavior in Drosophila. J Neurogenet 2002 Oct-Dec; 16(4):205-28


  15. Kitamoto T: Conditional disruption of synaptic transmission induces male-male courtship behavior in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Oct 1; 99(20):13232-7


  16. Dubnau J, Grady L, Kitamoto T, Tully T: Disruption of neurotransmission in Drosophila mushroom body blocks retrieval but not acquisition of memory. Nature 2001 May 24; 411(6836):476-80


  17. Kitamoto T: Conditional modification of behavior in Drosophila by targeted expression of a temperature-sensitive shibire allele in defined neurons. J Neurobiol 2001 May; 47(2):81-92


  18. Salvaterra PM, Kitamoto T: Drosophila cholinergic neurons and processes visualized with Gal4/UAS-GFP. Gene Exp Patterns 1:73-82, 2001


  19. Waddell S, Armstrong JD, Kitamoto T, Kaiser K, Quinn WG: The amnesiac gene product is expressed in two neurons in the Drosophila brain that are critical for memory. Cell 2000 Nov 22; 103(5):805-13


  20. Kitamoto T, Xie X, Wu CF, Salvaterra PM: Isolation and characterization of mutants for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter gene in Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurobiol 2000 Feb 5; 42(2):161-71


  21. Wang W, Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: Drosophila choline acetyltransferase temperature-sensitive mutants. Neurochem Res 1999 Aug; 24(8):1081-7


  22. Kitamoto T, Wang W, Salvaterra PM: Structure and organization of the Drosophila cholinergic locus. J Biol Chem 1998 Jan 30; 273(5):2706-13


  23. Yasuyama K, Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: Differential regulation of choline acetyltransferase expression in adult Drosophila melanogaster brain. J Neurobiol 1996 Jun; 30(2):205-18


  24. Yasuyama K, Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: Localization of choline acetyltransferase-expressing neurons in the larval visual system of Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res 1995 Nov; 282(2):193-202


  25. Yasuyama K, Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: Immunocytochemical study of choline acetyltransferase in Drosophila melanogaster: an analysis of cis-regulatory regions controlling expression in the brain of cDNA-transformed flies. J Comp Neurol 1995 Oct 9; 361(1):25-37


  26. Kitamoto T, Ikeda K, Salvaterra PM: Regulation of choline acetyltransferase/lacZ fusion gene expression in putative cholinergic neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurobiol 1995 Sep; 28(1):70-81


  27. Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: A POU homeo domain protein related to dPOU-19/pdm-1 binds to the regulatory DNA necessary for vital expression of the Drosophila choline acetyltransferase gene. J Neurosci 1995 May; 15(5 Pt 1):3509-18


  28. Kitamoto T, Salvaterra PM: Developmental regulatory elements in the 5 flanking DNA of the Drosophila choline acetyltransferase gene. Roux Arch. Dev. Biol. 1993 202(3):159-169.


  29. Salvaterra PM, Kitamoto T, Ikeda K: Molecular genetic specification of cholinergic neurons. Prog Brain Res 1993; 98():167-73


  30. Kitamoto T, Ikeda K, Salvaterra PM: Analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the 5' flanking region of the Drosophila melanogaster choline acetyltransferase gene. J Neurosci 1992 May; 12(5):1628-39


  31. Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kitamoto T, Momma K, Takao A, Momoi T: Cellular retinoic acid binding protein type II was preferentially localized in medium and posterior parts of the progress zone of the chick limb bud. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992 May 29; 185(1):217-23


  32. Kitamoto T, Momoi M, Momoi T: Expression of cellular retinoic acid binding protein II (chick-CRABP II) in the chick embryo. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989 Oct 16; 164(1):531-6


  33. Kitamoto T, Momoi T, Momoi M: The presence of a novel cellular retinoic acid-binding protein in chick embryos: purification and partial characterization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988 Dec 30; 157(3):1302-8


  34. Kitamoto T, Nishigai M, Sasaki T, Ikai A: Structure of fatty acid synthetase from the Harderian gland of guinea pig. Proteolytic dissection and electron microscopic studies. J Mol Biol 1988 Sep 5; 203(1):183-95


  35. Kitamoto T, Nishigai M, Ikai A, Ohashi K, Seyama Y: The quaternary structure and activity of newly purified fatty acid synthetase from the Harderian gland of guinea-pig. Biochim Biophys Acta 1985 Feb 4; 827(2):164-73


  36. Ikai A, Kitamoto T, Nishigai M: Alpha-2-macroglobulin-like protease inhibitor from the egg white of cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer). J Biochem (Tokyo) 1983 Jan; 93(1):121-7


  37. Kitamoto T, Nakashima M, Ikai A: Hen egg white ovomacroglobulin has a protease inhibitory activity. J Biochem (Tokyo) 1982 Nov; 92(5):1679-82
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