2025

1. Zhu Z. Nagata S.* Two neuropeptide signaling pathways regulate post-mating refractoriness and reproductive system in male crickets. Communications Biology  8, 910. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08219-0 

2. Zhu Z*, Nagata S*. Allatotropin, DH31, and Proctolin reduce chill tolerance in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 177.104222. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104222. 

3. 永田晋治. 昆虫の内分泌制御をフタホシコオロギでアプローチ. 遺伝子医学. 15(3) 116-121.

Publications from our team in the near future; Papers in prep. 1. HS. (submitted). 2. HS and SN. Book chapter (in prep). 3. SN. Book chapter 1 (in prep). 4. SN. Book chapter 2 (in prep). 5. NI and SN. (in prep).

2024

1. Zhu Z. Nagata S*. Ion transport peptide and ion transport peptide-like regulate ecdysis behavior and water transport during ecdysis in Gryllus bimaculatus. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 173. 104178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104178

2. Zhu Z. Nagata S*. Two neuropeptide signalings regulate post-mating refusal behavior and reproductive system in male crickets. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.20.629589

3. Winkler DE, Seike H, Nagata S, Kubo MO. Mandible microwear texture analysis of crickets raised on diets of different abrasiveness reveals universality of diet-induced wear. Interface Focus. 2024 Apr 12;14(2):20230065. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2023.0065. PMID: 38618236; PMCID: PMC11008958. 

4. Endo H, Tsuneto K, Mang D, Zhang W, Yamagishi T, Ito K, Nagata S, Sato R. Molecular basis of host plant recognition by silkworm larvae. J Insect Physiol. 2024 May;154:104628. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2024.104628. Epub 2024 Feb 20. PMID: 38387524.

2023

1. Mochizuki T., Sakamoto M*, Tanizawa Y, Seike H, Zhu Z, Zhou YJ, Fukumura K, Nagata S, Nakamura Y*. Best practices for comprehensive annotation of neuropeptides of Gryllus bimaculatus. Insects. 14(2), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020121 .

2. Mang D, Toyama T, Yamagishi T, Sun J, Purba ER, Endo H, Matthews MM, Ito K, Nagata S, Sato R. Dietary compounds activate an insect gustatory receptor on enteroendocrine cells to elicit myosuppressin secretion. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2023 Apr;155:103927. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103927. 

2022

1. Seike H. and Nagata S. Transcriptional levels of Corazonin, Elevenin, and PDF in the differently colored two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 86(1), 23-30.https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbab183 

2. Zhu Z., Tsuchimoto M., and Nagata S. CCHamide-2 signaling regulates food intake and metabolism in Gryllus bimaculatus. Insects.13(4):324.  10.3390/insects13040324. 

3. 永田晋治、清家瞳「雑食性昆虫における栄養分選好性摂食行動の制御メカニズム」アグリバイオ, 6, 79-82. 

4. 永田晋治、清家瞳「昆虫の脂肪酸由来の脂質成分の生合成経路と生体内機能」オレオサイエンス. 22(4), 19-25. https://doi.org/10.5650/oleoscience.22.165 

5. 髙橋伸一郎，亀井宏泰，富岡征大，清家　瞳，永田晋治，尾添淳文，伯野史彦「進化から学ぶインスリン様ペプチドシステムの生理的意義 動物の一生の健康を司る同化ホルモン 」化学と生物,  60(5): 240-250 (2022) 。

2021

1. Mack YS Isa, Dehari M, Morooka N, Nagata S. Identification and characterization of 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR24) in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. Insects 12(9):782. 10.3390/insects12090782  

2. 永田晋治、清家瞳「昆虫の摂食行動の内分泌支配の概略」比較生理生化学, 38, 1,31-37. https://doi.org/10.3330/hikakuseiriseika.38.31 

2020

1. Fujimori H, Zhou YJ, Fukumura K, Matsumoto S, Tsukamoto Y, Nagata S. Specific distribution of expression and enzymatic activity of cholesterol biosynthetic enzyme DHCR24 orthologs in the phytophagous insect.  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 84(1):126-133 . doi: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1667221 

2. Tsuneto K, Endo H, Shii F, Sasaki K, Nagata S, Sato R. Diet choice: the two-factor host acceptance system of silkworm larvae. PLoS Biol. 18(9) e3000828. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000828

2019

1. Nagata S, Zhou YJ. Feeding-modulating neuropeptides and peptide hormones in insects. Advances in Insect Physiology. 57, 137-172   https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2019.10.002 

2. Matsumoto S, Kutsuna N, Daubnerová I, Roller L, Žitňan D, Nagasawa H, Nagata S. Enteroendocrine peptides regulate feeding behavior via controlling intestinal contraction of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Plos One. 14(7): e0219050. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219050 

3. Matsumoto S, Ohara A, Okatani-Nagai C, Zhou YJ, Fujinaga D, Seike H, Nagata S. Antagonistic effect of short neuropeptide F on allatotropin-inhibited feeding motivation of the silkworm larvae Bombyx mori. Zoological Science. 38. 58-67. 10.2108/zs180119

4. Zhou YJ, Seike H, Nagata S. Function of Myosuppressin in regulating digestive function in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. General Comparative Endocrinology. 280:185-191. 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.05.001

5. Nagata S.  Feeding modulation in insects through factors in the hemolymph, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 83:1, 33-38, DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1536515 

6. Tsuneto K, Endo H, Shii F, Sasaki K, Nagata S, Sato R, The two-step chemosensory system underlying the oligophagy of silkworm larvae, Biorxiv, 719344,  doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/719344

7．藤盛春奈、永田晋治「昆虫の多様性とステロール要求性」蚕糸昆虫バイオテック, 88(2) 81-87. 2019.

8．永田晋治「昆虫の脂肪酸利用－生合成と代謝の調節― 」蚕糸昆虫バイオテック, 88(2) 75-80. 2019.

9．永田晋治「実験30 カイコの食性と桑への走性実験 」を担当執筆。「カイコ実験単」―カイコで生命科学をまるごと理解! (『生物の科学 遺伝』別冊No.23) 2019年3月22日発売。

2018

1.  Fukumura K, Konuma T, Tsukamoto Y, Nagata S. Adipokinetic hormone signaling determines fatty acid preference through maintenance of hemolymph fatty acid composition in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Scientific Reports. 8, 4737. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22987-2 

2.  Zhou YJ, Fukumura K, Nagata S. Effects of adipokinetic hormone and its related peptide on maintaining hemolymph carbohydrate and lipid levels in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. Biosci Biotech Biochem. 82. 274-284. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1422106

3.  Nagai-Okatani C, Nagata S, Nagasawa H. Tissue distribution and biochemical characteristics of receptors for sinus gland peptide VII as a crustacean hyperglycemic hormone and vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone of the kuruma prawn, Marsupenaeus japonicus. General Comparative Endocrinology. 266. 157-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.05.010.

4.  Yamagishi T, Endo H, Fukumura K, Nagata S, Hayakawa T, Adegawa S, Kasubuchi M, Sato R. The plant secondary metabolite cholorogenic acid induces the secretion of a regulatory hormone, tachykinin, from the silkworm midgut. Peptides. 106 (1). 21-28.

5.  福村圭介、永田晋治．「昆虫を用いた脂質動員ホルモンによる栄養分選好的な摂食行動調節」比較内分泌学. 2018 . 44.164. 73-74. doi.org/10.5983/nl2008jsce.44.73

6.  永田晋治（第８章を担当編集）、永田晋治 3項目、松本澄洋 1項目を執筆。「動物の百科事典」丸善社、2018年9月28日発売。

7.  永田晋治（第3章を分担執筆）「天然物化学」菅原二三男他編。コロナ社、2018年12月21日発売。

2017

1．Fukumura K, Nagata S. Behavioral tracing demonstrates dietary nutrient discrimination in two-spotted crickets Gryllus bimaculatus.  Biosci Biotech Biochem. 2017.81.1990-1993. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1343119.

2．Nagata S, Nagasawa H. Calcitonin-like peptide hormone (CT/DH) in the frontal ganglia as a feeding regulatory peptide of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Peptides. 98. 23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.05.002

3．Yokoyama C, Kouzuma Y, Nagata S, Suzuki Y. Novel tryptophan metabolic pahtway in auxin biosynthesis in silkworm. J Insect Physiol. 101. 91-96.

4．永田晋治「昆虫の摂食行動を支配する内分泌系」 日本農薬学会誌、2017年41巻2号. 71-76. doi.org/10.1584/jpestics.W17-20 

5．永田晋治「昆虫の脱皮と変態をコントロールするホルモン」 昆虫と自然、北隆社、2017年1月号 pp24-28.

2016

1．Tsukamoto Y, Nagata S. 

Newly identified allatostatin Bs and their receptor in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. 

Peptides, 2016. 80. 25-31. 

2．Konuma T, Tsukamoto Y, Nagasawa H, Nagata S. Imbalanced hemolymph lipid levels affect feeding motivation in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. 

        PLoS One, 2016. 11(5): e0154841. 

3. Dingze Mang, Haruka Endo, Yasutaka Yoshizawa, Shinji Nagata, Shingo Kikuta, Ryoichi Sato. Expression of a sugar clade gustatory receptor, BmGr6, in the oral sensory organs, midgut, and central nervous system of larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori. 

        Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2016. 70. 85-98.

4．Okatani-Nagai C, Nagasawa H, Nagata S. Tachykinin-related peptides share a G Protein-coupled receptor with ion transport peptide-like in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

        PLoS One, 2016. 11(6):e0156501.

5. Dingze Mang, Min Shu, Shiho Tanaka, Shinji Nagata, Tomoyuki Takada, Haruka Endo, Shingo Kikuta, Hiroko Tabunoki, Kikuta, Kikuo Iwabuchi, Ryoichi Sato. Expression of the fructose receptor BmGr9 and its involvement in the promotion of feeding, suggested by its co-expression with neuropeptide F1 in Bombyx mori.

Inesct Biochem Mol Biol in press.

2015

1．Shinji Nagata (13 sections) 

"Handbook of Hormones: Comparative Endocrinology for Basic and Clinical Research"  

Edited by Yoshio Takei, Hironori Ando, and Kazuyoshi Tsutsui. Academic Press.

2．Yusuke Tsukamoto (1 section) 

"Handbook of Hormones: Comparative Endocrinology for Basic and Clinical Research"  

Edited by Yoshio Takei, Hironori Ando, and Kazuyoshi Tsutsui. Academic Press.

3．Hirotaka Kanoh,Takaaki Kuraishi, Li-Li Tong, Ryo Watanabe, Shinji Nagata, Shoichiro Kurata. 

Ex vivo genome-wide RNAi screening of the Drosophila Toll signaling pathway elicited by a larva-derived tissue extract. 

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015. 467(2):400-6.

4． Yoneyama T, Hazama K, Nagata S, Fujimori T, Yangisawa S. 

Concentrations of metals and potential metal-binding compounds and speciation of Cd, Zn, and Cu in phloem and xylem saps from castor bean plants (Ricinus communis L.) treated with four levels of cadmium. 

Physiol. Plant., 154, 243–255 (2015).

2014

1．Tsukamoto Y, Kataoka H, Nagata S. 2014. 

Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

Frontiers in Physiology 2014. 5: 95.

2．Nagata S, Kobayashi J, Kataoka H, Suzuki A.

Structural determination of an N-glycan moiety attached to the prothoracicotropic hormone from the silkmoth Bombyx mori. 

Biosci, Biotech Biochem. 2014. 78, 1381–3.

3．Suzuki H, Yokokura J, Ito T, Arai R, Toshima H, Nagata S, Asami T, Suzuki Y.  

Biosynthetic pathway of the phytohormone auxin in insects and screening of its inhibitors. 

Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2014. 53, 66–72.

4．Nagai C, Mabashi AH, Nagasawa H, Nagata S. 

Identification and characterization of receptors for ion transport peptide (ITP) and ITP-like (ITPL) in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. 

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289: 32166-77.

2013

１．永田晋治、

「昆虫の行動を制御するホルモンの研究の最近の動向」、

化学と生物、３月号, 51(3), 168-176.