Publications

学術論文 Original papers

1. Sekiguchi M, Reinhard N, Fukuda A, Katoh S, Rieger D, Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T (2024) A detailed re-examination of the period gene rescue experiments shows that four to six Cryptochrome-positive posterior dorsal clock neurons (DN1p) of Drosophila melanogaster can control morning and evening activity. Journal of Biological Rhythms in press

2. Sekiguchi M, Kato S, Yokosako T, Saito A, Sakai M, Fukuda A, Itoh TQ, Yoshii T (2024) The Trissin/TrissinR signaling pathway in the circadian network regulates evening activity in Drosophila melanogaster under constant dark conditions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 704: 149705 

3. Manoli G, Zandawala M, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2023) Characterization of clock-related proteins and neuropeptides in Drosophila littoralis and their putative role in diapause. Journal of Comparative Neurology 531: 1525-1549 

4. Kuwano R, Katsura M, Iwata M, Yokosako T, Yoshii T (2023) Pigment-dispersing factor and CCHamide1 in the Drosophila circadian clock network. Chronobiology International 14: 1-16 

5. Moriyama Y, Takeuchi K, Shinohara T, Miyagawa K, Matsuka M, Yoshii T, Tomioka K (2022) timeless plays an important role in compound eye-dependent photic entrainment of the circadian rhythm in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Zoological Science 39: 1-9

6. Reinhard N, Schubert FK, Bertolini E, Hagedorn N, Manoli G, Sekiguchi M, Yoshii T, Rieger D, Helfrich-Förster C (2022) The neuronal circuit of the dorsal circadian clock neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 886432 

7. Chen SC, Tang X, Goda T, Umezaki Y, Riley AC, Sekiguchi M, Yoshii T, Hamada FN (2022) Dorsal clock networks drive temperature preference rhythms in Drosophila. Cell Reports 39: 110668 

8. Miyatake T, Abe MS, Matsumura K, Yoshii T (2022) Artificial selections for death-feigning behavior in beetles show correlated responses in amplitude of circadian rhythms, but the period of the rhythm does not. Ethology 128: 453-460 

9. Reinhard N, Bertolini E, Saito A, Sekiguchi M, Yoshii T, Rieger D, Helfrich-Förster C (2022) The lateral posterior clock neurons (LPN) of Drosophila melanogaster express three neuropeptides and have multiple connections within the circadian clock network and beyond. Journal of Comparative Neurology 530: 1507-1529   

10. Polcowñuk S, Yoshii T, Ceriani MF (2021) Decapentaplegic acutely defines the connectivity of central pacemaker neurons in Drosophila. The Journal of Neuroscience 41: 8338-8350

11.  Colizzi FS, Beer K, Cuti P, Deppisch P, Torres DM, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2021) Antibodies against the clock proteins Period and Cryptochrome reveal the neuronal organization of the circadian clock Acyrthosiphon pisum. Frontiers in Physiology 12: 988

12.  Abe MS, Matsumura K, Yoshii T, Miyatake T. (2021) Amplitude of circadian rhythms becomes weaken in the north, but there is no cline in the period of rhythm in a beetle. PLOS One 16: e0245115

13.  Fernandez-Chiappe F, Hermann-Luibl C, Peteranderl A, Reinhard N, Senthilan PR, Hieke M, Selcho M, Yoshii T, Shafer OT, Muraro NI, Helfrich-Förster C (2020) Dopamine signaling in wake promoting clock neurons is not required for the normal regulation of sleep in Drosophila. The Journal of Neuroscience 40: 9617-9633

14.  Herrero A, Yoshii T, Ispizua JI, Colque C, Veenstra JA, Muraro NI, Ceriani MF (2020) Coupling neuropeptide levels to structural plasticity in Drosophila clock neurons. Current Biology 30: 1-13

15.  Matsumura K, Abe MS, Sharma MD, Hosken DJ, Yoshii T, Miyatake T (2020) Genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in circadian rhythms in an armed beetle, Gnatocerus cornutus (Tenebrionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 34-40

16.  Sekiguchi M, Inoue K, Yang T, Luo D-G, Yoshii T (2020) A catalog of GAL4 drivers for labeling and manipulating circadian clock neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Biological Rhythms 35: 207-213

17.  Horn M, Mitesser O, Hovestadt T, Yoshii T, Rieger D, Helfrich-Förster C (2019) The circadian clock improves fitness in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Physiology 10: 1374

18.  Li MT, Cao LH, Xiao N, Tang M, Deng B, Yang T, Yoshii T, Luo DG (2018) Hub-organized parallel circuits of central circadian pacemaker neurons for visual photoentrainment in Drosophila. Nature Communications 9: 4247

19.  Fujiwara Y, Hermann-Luibl C, Katsura M, Sekiguchi M, Ida T, Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T (2018) The CCHamide1 neuropeptide expressed in the anterior dorsal neuron 1 conveys a circadian signal to the ventral lateral neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Physiology 9: 1276

20.  Schubert FK, Hagedorn N, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C, Rieger D (2018) Neuroanatomical details of the lateral neurons of Drosophila melanogaster support their functional role in the circadian system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 526: 1209-1231

21.  Kistenpfennig C, Nakayama M, Nihara R, Tomioka K, Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T (2018) A tug-of-war between Cryptochrome and the visual system allows the adaptation of evening activity to long photoperiods in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Biological Rhythms 33: 24-34

22.  Maeda T, Nakamura Y, Shiotani H, Hojo KM, Yoshii T, Ida T, Sato T, Yoshida M, Miyazato M, Kojima M, Ozaki M (2015) Suppressive effects of dRYamides on feeding behavior of the blowfly, Phormia regina. Zoological Letters 1: 35

23.  Yoshii T, Hermann-Luibl C, Kistenpfennig C, Schmid B, Tomioka K, Helfrich-Förster C (2015) Cryptochrome-dependent and -independent circadian entrainment circuits in Drosophila. The Journal of Neuroscience 35: 6131-6141

24.  Komada S, Kamae Y, Koyanagi M, Tatewaki K, Hassaneen E, ASM Saifullah, Yoshii T, Terakita A, Tomioka K (2015) Green-sensitive opsin is the photoreceptor for photic entrainment of an insect circadian clock. Zoological Letters 1: 11

25.  Dusik V, Senthilan PR, Menzel B, Hartlieb H, Wülbeck C, Yoshii T, Raabe T, Helfrich-Förster C (2014) The MAP Kinase p38 is part of Drosophila's circadian clock. PLOS Genetics 10: e1004565

26.  Hermann-Luibl C, Yoshii T, Senthilan PR, Dircksen H, Helfrich-Förster C (2014) The Ion Transport Peptide is a new functional clock neuropeptide in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Neuroscience 34: 9522-9536

27.  Schlichting M, Grebler R, Peschel N, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2014) Moonlight detection by Drosophila's endogenous clock depends on multiple photopigments in the compound eyes. Journal of Biological Rhythms 29: 75-86

28.  Hanafusa S, Kawaguchi T, Umezaki Y, Tomioka K, Yoshii T (2013) Sexual interactions influence the molecular oscillations in DN1 pacemaker neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. PLOS One 8: e84495

29.  Gmeiner F, Kołodziejczyk A, Yoshii T, Rieger D, Nässel DR, Helfrich-Förster C (2013) GABAB receptors play an essential role in maintaining sleep during the second half of the night in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 3827-3843

30.  Vinayak P, Coupar J, Hughes SE, Fozdar P, Kilby J, Garren E, Yoshii T, Hirsh J (2013) Exquisite Light Sensitivity of Drosophila Cryptochrome. PLOS Genetics 9: e1003615

31.  Tomina Y, Kibayashi A, Yoshii T, Takahata M (2013) Chronic electromyographic analysis of circadian locomotor activity in crayfish. Behavioural Brain Research 249: 90-103

32.  Uryu O, Kamae Y, Tomioka K, Yoshii T (2013) Long-term effect of systemic RNA interference on circadian clock genes in hemimetabolous insects. Journal of Insect Physiology 59: 494-499

33.  Hermann C, Saccon R, Senthilan PR, Domnik L, Dircksen H, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2013) The circadian clock network in the brain of different Drosophila species. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 521: 367-388

34.  Menegazzi P, Vanin S, Yoshii T, Rieger D, Hermann C, Dusik V, Kyriacou CP, Helfrich-Förster C, Costa R (2013) Drosophila clock neurons under natural conditions. Journal of Biological Rhythms 28: 3-14

35.  Menegazzi P, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2012) Laboratory vs Nature: The Two Sides of the Drosophila Circadian Clock. Journal of Biological Rhythms 27: 433-42

36.  Umezaki Y, Yoshii T, Kawaguchi T, Helfrich-Förster C, Tomioka K (2012) Pigment-dispersing factor is involved in age-dependent rhythm changes in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Biological Rhythms 27: 423-32

37.  Bywalez W, Menegazzi P, Rieger D, Schmid B, Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T (2012) The dual oscillator system of Drosophila melanogaster under natural-like temperature cycles. Chronobiology International 29: 395-407

38.  Kistenpfennig C, Hirsh J, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C (2012) Phase-shifting the fruit fly clock without Cryptochrome. Journal of Biological Rhythms 27: 117-125

39.  Vieira J, Jones AR, Danon A, Sakuma M, Hoang N, Robles D, Tait S, Heyes DJ, Picot M, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C, Soubigou G, Coppee J, Klarsfeld A, Rouyer F, Scrutton NS, Ahmad M (2012) Human Cryptochrome-1 confers light independent biological activity in transgenic Drosophila correlated with flavin radical stability. PLOS One 7: e31867

40.  Hermann C, Yoshii T, Dusik V, Helfrich-Förster C (2012) The Neuropeptide F immunoreactive clock neurons modify evening locomotor activity and free-running period in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 520: 970-987

41.  Schmid B, Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T (2011) A new ImageJ plug-in “ActogramJ” for chronobiological analyses. Journal of Biological Rhythms 26: 464-467

42.  Yoshii T, Hermann C, Helfrich-Förster C (2010) Cryptochrome-positive and -negative clock neurons in Drosophila entrain differentially to light and temperature. Journal of Biological Rhythms 25: 387-398

43.  Yoshii T, Vanin S, Costa R, Helfrich-Förster C (2009) Synergic entrainment of Drosophila’s circadian clock by light and temperature. Journal of Biological Rhythms 24: 452-464

44.  Johard A.D. H, Yoshii T, Dircksen H, Cusumano P, Rouyer F, Helfrich-Förster C, Nässel D (2009) Peptidergic clock neurons in Drosophila: Ion transport peptide and short neuropeptide F in subsets of dorsal and ventral lateral neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 516: 59-73

45.  Yoshii T, Ahmad M, Helfrich-Förster C (2009) Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity of Drosophila’s circadian clock. PLOS Biology 7: e1000086

46.  Yoshii T, Wülbeck C, Sehadova H, Veleri S, Bichler D, Stanewsky R, Helfrich-Förster C (2009) The neuropeptide Pigment-dispersing factor adjusts period and phase of Drosophila’s clock. The Journal of Neuroscience 29: 2597-2610

47.  Yoshii T, Todo T, Wülbeck C, Stanewsky R, Helfrich-Förster C (2008) Cryptochrome is present in the compound eyes and a subset of Drosophila’s clock neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 508: 952-966

48.  Yoshii T, Fujii K, Tomioka K (2007) Induction of Drosophila behavioral and molecular circadian rhythms by temperature steps in constant light. Journal of Biological Rhythms 22: 103-114

49.  Yoshii T, Heshiki Y, Ibuki-Ishibashi T, Matsumoto A, Tanimura T, Tomioka K (2005) Temperature cycles drive Drosophila circadian oscillation in constant light that otherwise induces behavioural arrhythmicity. European Journal of Neuroscience 22: 1176-1184

50.  Yoshii T, Funada Y, Ibuki-Ishibashi T, Matsumoto A, Tanimura T, Tomioka K (2004) Drosophila cryb mutation reveals two circadian clocks that drive locomotor rhythm and have different responsiveness to light. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 479-488

51.  Yoshii T, Sakamoto M, Tomioka K (2002) A temperature-dependent timing mechanism is involved in the circadian system that drives locomotor rhythms in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Zoological Science 19: 841-850 

その他

Reviews and Book chapters:

1. ヘレン・ピルチャー（著）／吉井大志（訳） (2024)　生命の時間図鑑　グラフで見る動植物の体内時計, グラフィック社

2. Yoshii T, Saito A, Yokosako T (2024) A four-oscillator model of seasonally adapted morning and evening activities in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 210: 527-534  

3. Yoshii T, Fukuda A (2023). Neurocircuitry of Circadian Clocks. In: H. Numata, K Tomioka editors: Insect Chronobiology, Entomology Monographs. Springer, pp.85‐113. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0726-7_5

4. Tomioka K, Yoshii T (2023) Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Entrainment. In: H. Numata, K Tomioka editors: Insect Chronobiology, Entomology Monographs. Springer, pp.33‐48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0726-7_3

5. 関口学・吉井大志 (2021) 概日リズムを生み出すショウジョウバエの神経基盤， アグリバイオ（北隆館）482 (5): 88-92

6. 関口学・吉井大志 (2020) ショウジョウバエ概日時計の神経ネットワーク，細胞（ニューサイエンス社）52 (10): 38-41

7. 吉井大志 (2020) ショウジョウバエの概日リズムは生存に重要か？，昆虫と自然（ニューサイエンス社）55 (10): 31-32

8. Tomioka K, Uryu O, Kamae Y, Moriyama Y, ASM Saifullah, Yoshii T (2017) Chapter 6. Molecular approach to the circadian clock mechanism in the cricket. In H. Ohuchi, S. Noji, H. W. Horch, T. Mito and A. Popadic, editors: The Cricket as a Model Organism: Development, Regeneration and Behavior, Springer, pp.77‐89.

9. 梅崎勇次郎・吉井大志 (2017) キイロショウジョウバエの概日温度適応，比較生理生化学，34(3): 80-91

10. 吉井大志・富岡憲治 (2016) ショウジョウバエ中枢概日時計の神経機構，生体の科学，67(6): 532-5

11. Yoshii T, Hermann-Luibl C, Helfrich-Förster C (2016) Circadian light-input pathways in Drosophila. Communicative & Integrative Biology 9: 1-8

12. 吉井大志 (2014) 天体航法，環境Eco選書　昆虫の時計―分子から野外まで―，沼田英治編，北隆館，pp. 205-237

13. 吉井大志 (2013) オオカバマダラの“渡り”―太陽コンパスナビゲーションと体内時計―, 昆虫と自然（ニューサイエンス社）48 (11): 13-16

14. Yoshii T, Rieger D, Helfrich-Förster C (2012) Two clocks in the brain –an update of the Morning and Evening oscillator model in Drosophila. In: A. Kalsbeek, M. Merrow, T. Roenneberg and R. G. Foster, editors: Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 199, Neurobiology of Circadian Timing. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 59-82. 

15. Tomioka K, Uryu O, Kamae Y, Umezaki Y, Yoshii T (2012) Peripheral circadian rhythms and their regulation mechanism in insects and some other arthropods: a review. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology 182: 729-740

16. Ritz T, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C, Ahmad M (2010) Cryptochrome - a photoreceptor with the properties of a magnetoreceptor? Communicative & Integrative Biology 3: 24-27

17. Helfrich-Förster C, Yoshii T, Wülbeck C, Grieshaber E, Rieger D, Bachleitner W, Cusumano P, Rouyer F (2007) The lateral and dorsal neurons of Drosophila melanogaster: new insights about their morphology and function. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 72: 517-525

18. 吉井大志・富岡憲治 (2007) キイロショウジョウバエ概日時計の温度サイクル同調機構, 時間生物学 13: 13-20

19. Tomioka K, Yoshii T (2006) Entrainment of Drosophila circadian rhythms by temperature cycles. Sleep and Biological Rhythms 4: 240-247

20. Tomioka K, Yoshii T, ASM Saifullah (2003) Multioscillator systems controlling the circadian locomotor rhythm in insects. In: K. Honma, and S. Honma, editors: Circadian Clock as Multi-Oscillator System, Hokkaido University Press, pp. 61-74.

Proceedings:

1. Yoshii T, Tomioka K (2002) Possible involvement of temperature-entrainable timing system in arrhythmic mutant flies in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Photoscience 9: 240-242

国際会議発表 International meeting

• 1. Yoshii T (2016) Light and temperature entrainment of circadian clock in fruit flies. The 22nd International Congress of Zoology, The 87th meeting of Zoological Society of Japan, Okinawa, September 14-19

  2. Yoshii T, Fujiwara Y, Hermann-Luibl C, Ida T, Helfrich-Förster C (2016) Reciprocal communications of clock neurons via PDF and CCHa1 neuropeptides in Drosophila. SRBR 2016, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, May 21-25

  3. Yoshii T (2014) CRY expression in a subset of Drosophila clock neurons. SRBR 2014, Big Sky, Montana, USA,  June 14-28

  4. Tomioka K, Uryu O, Komada S, Moriyama Y, Yoshii T (2013) Molecular dissection of the circadian clock in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. 11th International Congress of Orthopterology, Kumming, Yunnan, China,  August 11-15

  5. Yoshii T, Kistenpfennig C, Helfrich-Förster C, Tomioka K (2013) Circadian neural networks for Cryptochrome-dependent light-entrainment in Drosophila melanogaster. XIII Congress EBRS, Munich, Germany, August 18-22 

  6. Hermann C, Yoshii T, Senthilan PR, Dircksen H Helfrich-Förster C (2013) The role of the Ion Transport Peptide in the circadian clock of Drosophila melanogaster. XIII Congress EBRS, Munich, Germany, August 18-22

  7. Yoshii T, Hanafusa S, Umezaki Y, Tomioka K (2012) Sexual interaction influences circadian activity pattern in Drosophila melanogaster. SRBR 2012, Destin, Florida, USA, 2012, May 19-23