Publications

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1. Concerted genome expansion of heritable symbionts in an insect host
   Hornett EA, Hayashi M, Nagamine K, Paterson S, Kageyama D, Hurst GDD
   bioRxiv

2. Persistence of a Wolbachia-driven sex ratio bias in an island population of Eurema butterflies
   Kageyama D*, Narita S, Konagaya T, Miyata M, Abe J, Mitsuhashi W, Nomura M*
   bioRxiv

3. Striking diversity of male-killing symbionts and their mechanisms
   Arai H*, Harumoto T, Katsuma S, Nagamine K, Kageyama D*
   Trends in Genetics (2025)

4. Both maternal and paternal genotypes modulate Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in graham bean beetles
   Numajiri Y*, Kondo N, Toquenaga Y, Kageyama D
   Heredity (2025)

5. Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies
   Miyata M, Nomura M, Kageyama D
   BMC Ecology and Evolution (2025)

6. Functionality of highly diverged Imd like genes identified in stinkbugs and bedbugs
   Nishide Y, Kageyama D, Yoshida Y,  Moriyama M, Fukatsu T
   Scientific Reports (2025)

7. Variable prevalence of protective Spiroplasma infection over time in two natural populations of Drosophila hydei
   Jones JE*, Court R, Kageyama D, Obbard DJ, Hurst GDD
   Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2025)

8. Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanisms within a host species
   Arai H*, Wijonarko A, Katsuma S, Naka H, Kageyama D, Hornett EA, Hurst GDD
   Current Biology (2025)

9. Prophage-encoded Hm-oscar gene recapitulates Wolbachia-induced male killing in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima.
   Arai H*, Katsuma S, Matsuda-Imai N, Lin S-R, Inoue MN, Kageyama D*
   eLife (2025)

10. Rapid spread of a vertically transmitted symbiont induces drastic shifts in butterfly sex ratio.
    Miyata M*, Nomura M*, Kageyama D*
    Current Biology (2024)

11. Cell-based assays and comparative genomics revealed the conserved and hidden effects of Wolbachia on insect sex determination.
    Arai H*, Herran B, Sugimoto TN, Miyata M, Sasaki T,  Kageyama D*
    PNAS Nexus (2024)

12. Intraspecies variation in cytoplasmic incompatibility intensity in the bean beetle Callosobruchus analis.
    Numajiri Y*, Kondo NI, Toquenaga Y, Kageyama D
    Evolutionary Ecology (2024)

13. Rickettsia induces strong cytoplasmic incompatibility in a predatory insect.
    Owashi Y*, Arai H, Adachi-Hagimori T, Kageyama D*
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2024)
    EurekAlert: Symbiotic bacterium Rickettsia affects the reproduction of a predatory insect, an effective biological control agent for agricultural pests

14. Discovery of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, “Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie,” in unfed larval chigger mites, Leptotrombidium scutellare.
    Ogawa M*, Matsutani M, Katayama T, Inada T, Takada N, Noda S, Takahashi M, Kageyama D, Ebihara H
    Microbiology and Immunology (2024)

15. Genomic insights into Spiroplasma endosymbionts that induce male-killing and protective phenotypes in the pea aphid.
    Arai H, Legeai F, Kageyama D, Sugio A, Simon JC*
    FEMS Microbiology Letters (2024)

16. Two male-killing Wolbachia from Drosophila birauraia that are closely related but distinct in genome structure.
    Arai H*, Watada M, Kageyama D*
    Royal Society Open Science (2024)

17. Male-killing virus in a noctuid moth Spodoptera litura.
    Nagamine K*, Kanno Y, Sahara K, Fujimoto T, Yoshido A, Ishikawa Y, Terao M, Kageyama D*, Shintani Y*
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2023)
    Male-killing virus leads to more female moths  Nature 623: 461 (2023)
    Male-killing virus is discovered in insects New York Times (online: 6/11/2023, print: 14/11/2023)

18. Combined actions of bacteriophage-encoded genes in Wolbachia-induced male lethality.
    Arai H, Anbutsu H, Nishikawa Y, Kogawa M, Ishii K,  Hosokawa M, Lin SR, Ueda M, Nakai M, Kunimi Y, Harumoto T, Kageyama D, Takeyama H, Inoue MN
    iScience (2023)

19. A male-killing gene encoded by a symbiotic virus of Drosophila.
    Kageyama D1*, Harumoto T1, Nagamine K, Fujiwara A, Sugimoto TN, Jouraku A, Tamura M, Katoh TK, Watada M* (1equal contribution)
    Nature Communications (2023)

20. Genetic variation of Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) mites carrying Orientia tsutsugamushi, the bacterial pathogen causing scrub typhus.
    Ogawa M*, Takada N, Noda S, Takahashi M, Matsutani M, Kageyama D, Ebihara H
    Journal of Parasitology (2023)

21. Cell-based analysis reveals that sex-determining gene signals in Ostrinia are pivotally changed by male-killing Wolbachia.
    Herran B1, Sugimoto TN1*, Watanabe K, Imanishi S, Tsuchida T, Matsuo T, Ishikawa Y, Kageyama D* (1equal contribution)
    PNAS Nexus (2022)

22. Male-killing mechanisms vary between Spiroplasma species.
    Arai H*, Inoue MN, Kageyama D*
    Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

23. Genetic variations and microbiome of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae.
    Nishide Y*, Sugimoto TN, Watanabe K, Egami H, Kageyama D*
    Frontiers in Microbiology (2022) 

24. A new antimicrobial peptide, Pentatomicin, from the stinkbug Plautia stali.
    Nishide Y*, Nagamine K, Kageyama D, Moriyama M, Futahashi R, Fukatsu T*
    Scientific Reports (2022)

25. Sex determination systems as the interface between male-killing bacteria and their hosts.
    Hornett EA*, Kageyama D, Hurst GDD
    Proceedins of the Royal Society B (2022)

26. New insights into the phylogeography of the oil palm pest, Metisa plana towards its management control.
    Yaakop S*, Kageyama D, Halim M, Badrulisham AS, Aman-Zuki A, Ghazali SZ, Masri MM, Ahmad SN
    Journal of Oil Palm Research (2022)

27. Effectiveness of orally-delivered double-stranded RNA on gene silencing in the stinkbug Plautia stali.
    Nishide Y*, Kageyama D, Tanaka Y, Yokoi K, Jouraku A, Futahashi R, Fukatsu T*
    PLoS One (2021)

28. Wolbachia have made it twice: hybrid introgression between two sister species of Eurema butterflies.
    Miyata MN, Nomura M*, Kageyama D*
    Ecology and Evolution (2020)

29. Multiplex PCR for identification of two butterfly sister species: Eurema mandarina and Eurema hecabe.
    Miyata MN, Kageyama D*, Nomura M*
    BMC Research Notes (2020)

30. Diversity and function of multicopper oxidase genes in the stinkbug Plautia stali.
    Nishide Y*, Kageyama D, Hatakeyama M, Yokoi K, Jouraku A, Tanaka H, Koga R, Futahashi R, Fukatsu T*
    Scientific Reports (2020)

31. Functional crosstalk across IMD and Toll pathways: insight into the evolution of incomplete immune cascades.
    Nishide Y*, Kageyama D*, Yokoi K, Jouraku A, Tanaka H, Futahashi R, Fukatsu T*
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2019)

32. Rapid comeback of males: evolution of male-killer suppression in a green lacewing population.
    Hayashi M, Nomura M, Kageyama D*
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2018)

33. Chapter 35: Sex Determination, Insects.
    Kageyama D
    In Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Editor: Michael K. Skinner), Elsevier, pp. 3868 (2018)

34. Microbial endosymbionts and chemical ecology (pp. 114-130).
    Kageyama D
    Chemical Ecology in Insects, Plants, and Microbes – Interactions and Applications – (Editor: Jun Tabata), CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis (2018)

35. Feminizing Wolbachia endosymbiont disrupts maternal sex chromosome inheritance in a butterfly species.
    Kageyama D*, Ohno M, Sasaki T, Yoshido A, Konagaya T, Jouraku A, Kuwazaki S, Kanamori H, Katayose Y, Narita S, Miyata M, Riegler M, Sahara K*
    Evolution Letters (2017)

36. Maternally transmitted non-bacterial male killer in Drosophila biauraria.
    Kageyama D*, Yoshimura K, Sugimoto TN, Katoh TK, Watada M*
    Biology Letters (2017)

37. Wolbachia infections of the butterfly Eurema mandarina interfere with embryonic development of the sawfly Athalia rosae.
    Kageyama D*, Wang C-H, Hatakeyama M
    Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2017)

38. Wolbachia-induced meiotic drive and feminization is associated with an independent occurrence of selective mitochondrial sweep in a butterfly.
    Miyata M, Konagaya T, Yukuhiro K, Nomura M*, Kageyama D*
    Biology Letters (2017)

39. Enzymatic activity necessary to restore the lethality due to Escherichia coli RNase E deficiency is distributed among bacteria lacking RNase E homologues.
    Tamura M*, Kageyama D, Honda N, Fujimoto H, Kato A
    PLoS One (2017) 

40. Quantification of bacterial densities by realtime PCR in insects.
    Kageyama D
    Bio-protocol (2017)

41. Sexual versus asexual reproduction: Distinct outcomes in relative abundance of parthenogenetic mealybugs following recent colonization.
    Tabata J*, Ichiki RT, Tanaka H, Kageyama D
    PLoS One (2016)

42. A nightmare for males? a maternally transmitted male-killing bacterium and strong female bias in a green lacewing population.
    Hayashi M, Watanabe M, Yukuhiro F, Nomura M, Kageyama D*
    PLoS One (2016)

43. Sooty wing phenotype found in offspring of a wild-caught female of Eurema mandarina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
    Kageyama D*
    Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society (2016)

44. Double trouble: combined action of meiotic drive and Wolbachia feminization in Eurema butterflies.
    Kern P, Cook JM, Kageyama D*, Riegler M*
    Biology Letters (2015)

45. Novel strain of Spiroplasma found in flower bugs of the genus Orius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae): transovarial transmission, coexistence with Wolbachia and varied population density.
    Watanabe M*, Yukuhiro F, Maeda T, Miura K, Kageyama D*
    Microbial Ecology (2014)

46. Natural variation in population densities and vertical transmission rates of a Spiroplasma endosymbiont in Drosophila hydei.
    Osaka R, Ichizono T, Kageyama D*, Nomura M, Watada M
    Symbiosis 60: 73-78 (2013)

47. Detection of Spiroplasma from the mite Macrocheles sp. (Acari; Macrochelidae) ectoparasitic to the fly Drosophila hydei (Diptera; Drosophilidae): a possible route of horizontal transmission?
    Osaka R, Watada M, Kageyama D*, Nomura M
    Symbiosis 60: 79-84 (2013)

48. Transfer of a parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia endosymbiont derived from Trichogramma dendrolimi into Trichogramma evanescens.
    Watanabe M, Kageyama D, Miura K*
    Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 112: 83-87 (2013)

49. Distribution patterns of Wolbachia endosymbionts in the closely related flower bugs of the genus Orius: implications for coevolution and horizontal transfer.
    Watanabe M, Tagami Y, Miura K*, Kageyama D, Stouthamer R
    Microbial Ecology 64: 537-545 (2012)

50. Insect sex determination manipulated by their endosymbionts: incidences, mechanisms and implications.
    Kageyama D*, Narita S, Watanabe M
    Insects 3: 161-199 (2012)

51. Wolbachia-induced feminisation newly found in Eurema hecabe, a sibling species of Eurema mandarina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
    Narita S*, Kageyama D, Hiroki M, Sanpei T, Hashimoto S, Kamitoh T, Kato Y
    Ecological Entomology 36: 309-317 (2011)

52. Male killing and incomplete inheritance of a novel Spiroplasma in the moth Ostrinia zaguliaevi.
    Tabata J, Hattori Y, Sakamoto H, Yukuhiro F, Fujii T, Kugimiya S, Mochizuki A, Ishikawa Y, Kageyama D*
    Microbial Ecology 61: 254-263 (2011)

53. Population dynamics of a maternally-transmitted Spiroplasma infection in Drosophila hydei.
    Osaka R, Watada M, Kageyama D*, Nomura M
    Symbiosis 52: 41-45 (2010)

54. Detection and identification of Wolbachia endosymbionts from laboratory stocks of stored-product insect pests and their parasitoids.
    Kageyama D*, Narita S, Imamura T, Miyanoshita A
    Journal of Stored Products Research 46: 13-19 (2010)

55. Gynandromorphs and intersexes: potential to understand the mechanism of sex determination in arthropods.
    Narita S, Pereira RAS, Kjellberg F, Kageyama D*
    Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3: 63-96 (2010)

56. Prevalence of symbiotic bacteria Cardinium in planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera) and spider mites (Arachnida: Acari) and proposal for taxonomic revision of a new Cardinium group from biting midges (Insecta: Diptera).
    Nakamura Y, Kawai S, Yukuhiro F, Ito S, Gotoh T, Kisimoto R, Yanase T, Matsumoto Y, Kageyama D, Noda H*
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75: 6757-6763 (2009)

57. Effects of host genotype against the expression of spiroplasma-induced male-killing in Drosophila melanogaster.
    Kageyama D*, Anbutsu H, Shimada M, Fukatsu T
    Heredity 102: 475–482 (2009)

58. Limited variation in mtDNA of maize-associated Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Russia, Turkey and Slovenia.
    Hoshizaki S*, Washimori R, Kubota S, Frolov AN, Kageyama D, Gomboc S, Ohno S, Tatsuki S, Ishikawa Y
    European Journal of Entomology 105: 545-552 (2008)

59. Negative effects of low temperatures on the vertical transmission and infection density of a spiroplasma endosymbiont in Drosophila hydei.
    Osaka R, Nomura M, Watada M, Kageyama D*
    Current Microbiology 57: 335-339 (2008)

60. Transfection of feminizing Wolbachia endosymbionts of the butterfly Eurema hecabe into the cell culture and various immature stages of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori.
    Kageyama D*, Narita S, Noda H
    Microbial Ecology 56: 733-741 (2008)

61. Heat treatment of the adzuki bean borer, Ostrinia scapulalis infected with Wolbachia gives rise to sexually mosaic offspring.
    Sakamoto H*, Kageyama D*, Hoshizaki S*, Ishikawa Y*
    Journal of Insect Science 8: 67 (2008)

62. Wolbachia-induced sex reversal in Lepidoptera (pp. 295-319).
    Narita S, Kageyama D
    Insect Symbiosis 3 (eds. Kostas Bourtzis and Thomas A. Miller), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2008

63. Sex-specific death in Ostrinia furnacalis (Asian corn borer moth) infected with Wolbachia occurs across the larval development.
    Sakamoto H*, Kageyama D, Hoshizaki S, Ishikawa Y
    Genome 50: 645-652 (2007)

64. Unexpected mechanism of symbiont-induced reversal of insect sex: feminizing Wolbachia continuously acts on the butterfly Eurema hecabe during larval development.
    Narita S, Kageyama D, Nomura M, Fukatsu T*
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 4332-4341 (2007)

65. Naturally occurring single and double infection with Wolbachia strains in the butterfly Eurema hecabe: transmission efficiencies and population density dynamics of each Wolbachia strain.
    Narita S, Nomura M, Kageyama D*
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61: 235-245 (2007)

66. A natural population of the butterfly Eurema hecabe with Wolbachia-induced female-biased sex ratio not by feminization.
    Narita S, Nomura M, Kageyama D*
    Genome 50: 365-372 (2007)

67. A gynandromorph of Eurema hecabe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
    Narita S, Nomura M, Kageyama D*
    Entomological News 118: 134-138 (2007)

68. Molecular phylogeography of two sibling species of Eurema butterflies.
    Narita S, Nomura M, Kato Y, Yata O, Kageyama D*
    Genetica 131: 241-253 (2007)

69. Spiroplasma infection causes either early or late male killing in Drosophila, depending on maternal host age.
    Kageyama D, Anbutsu H, Shimada M, Fukatsu T*
    Naturwissenschaften 94: 333-337 (2007)

70. Prevalence of non-male-killing spiroplasma in natural populations of Drosophila hydei.
    Kageyama D*, Anbutsu H, Watada M, Hosokawa T, Shimada M, Fukatsu T
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 6667-73 (2006)

71. Wolbachia infection and an all-female trait in Ostrinia orientalis and Ostrinia zaguliaevi (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
    Kageyama D*, Nishimura G, Ohno S, Takanashi T, Hoshizaki S, Ishikawa Y
    Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 111: 79-83 (2004)

72. Opposite sex-specific effects of Wolbachia and interference with sex determination of its host Ostrinia scapulalis.
    Kageyama D*, Traut W
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271: 251-258 (2004)

73. Sexual mosaics induced by tetracycline treatment in the Wolbachia-infected adzuki bean borer, Ostrinia scapulalis.
    Kageyama D*, Ohno S, Hoshizaki S, Ishikawa Y
    Genome 46: 983-989 (2003)

74. Two kinds of sex ratio distorters in a moth, Ostrinia scapulalis.
    Kageyama D*, Nishimura G, Hoshizaki S, Ishikawa Y
    Genome 46: 974-982 (2003)

75. Feminizing Wolbachia in an insect, Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
    Kageyama D, Nishimura G, Hoshizaki S*, Ishikawa Y
    Heredity 88: 444-449 (2002)

76. Transfection of Wolbachia in Lepidoptera: the feminizer of the adzuki bean borer Ostrinia scapulalis causes male killing in the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella.
    Fujii Y, Kageyama D, Hoshizaki S, Ishikawa H, Sasaki T*
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2001)

77. Female-biased sex ratio in the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis: evidence for the occurrence of feminizing bacteria in an insect.
    Kageyama D, Hoshizaki S*, Ishikawa Y
    Heredity 81: 311-316 (1998)