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Peer-reviewed articles / 原著論文

<Published papers / 出版済論文>

1. Nakashima M¶, Mitaka Y¶*, Inagaki T, Matsuura K (2024) An antifungal compound secreted by termite workers, phenylacetic acid, inhibits the growth of both termite egg-mimicking fungus and entomopathogenic fungi. Insectes Sociaux XX(X): XXX-XXX. doi: 10.1007/s00040-024-00966-3 (Published online in May 2024) OPEN ACCESS  ------ Preprint version (Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3777962/v1)

2. Mitaka Y*, Matsuura K, Akino T (2024) Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers. Applied Entomology and Zoology 59(2): 195-201. doi: 10.1007/s13355-024-00869-6 (Published online on March 2024)

3. Tamannaa Z, Sakamoto T, Mamun A, Oyama S, Waliullah A.S.M., Islam A, Nabi M, Aramaki S, Tasaki E, Mitaka Y, Takata M, Sato T, Kahyo T, Matsuura K, Setou M* (2024) DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue. Medical Mass Spectrometry 8(1): 2-10. doi: 10.24508/mms.2024.06.001 (Published online on Apr 2024) FULL TEXT AVAILABLE

4. Mitaka Y*, Matsuura K, Akino T (2024) Even- and odd-numbered fatty acids used as worker arrestant aggregation pheromone in the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus. Chemoecology 34(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00049-023-00396-w (Published online in December 2023)  ------ Preprint version (Research Square, doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3253464/v3)

5. Mitaka Y*, Vargo EL (2023) Media made from brown-rotted elm and pine wood for rearing Reticulitermes termites. Insectes Sociaux 70(3): 381-389. doi: 10.1007/S00040-023-00928-1 (Published online on August 2023) OPEN ACCESS

6. Tasaki E¶, Mitaka Y¶, Takahashi Y, Waliullah A.S.M., Tamannaa Z, Sakamoto T, Islam A, Kamiya M, Sato T, Aramaki S, Kikushima K, Horikawa M, Nakamura K, Kahyo T, Takata M, Setou M*, Matsuura K* (2023) The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity. PNAS Nexus 2(7): pgad222. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222 (Published online in July 2023) OPEN ACCESS

7. Mitaka Y*, Akino T, Matsuura K (2023) Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insectes Sociaux 70: 265-274. doi: 10.1007/s00040-023-00907-6 (Published online in March 2023)

8. Mitaka Y* and Matsuura K (2020) Age-dependent increase in soldier pheromone of the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 46: 483-489. doi: 10.1007/s10886-020-01182-6 (Published online in May 2020)

9. Mitaka Y*, Matsuyama S, Mizumoto N, Matsuura K, Akino T (2020) Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Scientific Reports 10: 7424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64388-4 OPEN ACCESS

10. Mitaka Y¶*, Tasaki E¶, Nozaki T, Fuchikawa T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K (2020) Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insect Science 27(2): 202-211. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12640 (Published online in September 2018)

11. Takata M¶*, Mitaka Y¶, Steiger S, Mori N (2019) A parental volatile pheromone triggers offspring begging in a burying beetle. iScience 19: 1256-1264. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.041 (Published online: September 2019) OPEN ACCESS

12. Mitaka Y*, Mori N, Matsuura K (2019) A termite fungistatic compound, mellein, inhibits entomopathogenic fungi but not egg-mimicking termite ball fungi. Applied Entomology and Zoology 54(1): 39-46. doi: 10.1007/s13355-018-0589-1 (Published online in September 2018)

13. Tasaki E¶, Mitaka Y¶, Nozaki T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y* (2018) High expression of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite kings. Aging (Albany NY) 10(10): 2668-2683. doi: 10.18632/aging.101578 OPEN ACCESS

14. Matsuura K¶*, Mizumoto N¶, Kobayashi K, Nozaki T, Fujita T, Yashiro T, Fuchikawa T, Mitaka Y, Vargo EL (2018) A genomic imprinting model of termite caste determination: Not genetic but epigenetic inheritance influences offspring caste fate. The American Naturalist 191(6): 677-690. doi: 10.1086/6972380 OPEN ACCESS

15. Yanagihara S, Suehiro W, Mitaka Y, Matsuura K* (2018) Age-based soldier polyethism: old termite soldiers take more risks than young soldiers. Biology Letters 14(3): 20180025. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0025

16. Yashiro T*, Mitaka Y, Nozaki T, Matsuura K (2018) Chemical and molecular identification of the invasive termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae) in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 53(2): 215-221. doi: 10.1007/s13355-018-0545-0

17. Mitaka Y*, Mori N, Matsuura K (2017) Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1859): 20171134. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1134 FULL TEXT AVAILABLE

18. Mitaka Y*, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K (2017) Caste-, sex-, and age-dependent expression of immune-related genes in a Japanese subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175417 OPEN ACCESS

19. Mitaka Y¶, Kobayashi K¶, Mikheyev A, Tin MMY, Watanabe Y, Matsuura K* (2016) Caste-specific and sex-specific expression of chemoreceptor genes in a termite. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146125 OPEN ACCESS

<Preprints / プレプリント>

• Mitaka Y*, Fujita T (2021) Cuticular hydrocarbon profile for queen recognition in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-490573/v1

• Mitaka Y*, Helms AM, Vargo EL (2024) Identification of a colony- and dose-dependent worker aggregation pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus. Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4543011/v1

[Covered by Journal / 雑誌による紹介]

• Takata et al. (2019) iScience:  Eva Frederick (2019) Watch baby beetles beg for a meal of rotting flesh. in ScienceShots, News, Science. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz4596 

[Press release and news / プレスリリースとニュース]

• Tasaki et al. (2023) PNAS Nexus：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、新潟大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、浜松医科大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、日テレNEWS (Japanese)、読売テレビニュース (Japanese)、マイナビニュース (Japanese)、京都新聞 (Japanese)

• Takata et al. (2019) iScience：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、京都新聞 (Japanese)、財経新聞 (Japanese)、読売新聞（紙面のみ）(Japanese)、環境展望台（国立環境研究所）(Japanese)、EurekAlert!、PHYS.ORG、ScienceDaily、earth.com、基礎研究っておもしろい！ 生物編 (Japanese)

• Yanagihara et al. (2018) Biology Letters：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、朝日新聞デジタル (Japanese)、読売新聞オンライン (Japanese)、ハフポスト (Japanese)、PHYS.ORG、GIZMODO、BGR、IFL SCIENCE!、SCIENCES ET AVENIR (French)、mother nature network

• Mitaka et al. (2017) Proceedings B：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、日本経済新聞 (Japanese)、マイナビニュース (Japanese)

• Mitaka et al. (2016) PLoS ONE：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、バイオの杜 (Japanese)、日経バイオテク (Japanese)

Reviews / 総説

1. Mitaka Y* and Akino T (2021) A review of termite pheromones: multifaceted, context-dependent, and rational chemical communications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 595614. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.595614 OPEN ACCESS

Japanese articles / 日本語解説文

1. 田端純、高田守、三高雄希（2019）昆虫フェロモン1-2 その農業利用と新しいフェロモンカテゴリ、化学と生物 Vol. 57（11月号）、p.697-705. doi: 10.1271/kagakutoseibutsu.57.697（査読あり）Link  FULL TEXT AVAILABLE

2. 三高雄希（2019）ヤマトシロアリの兵蟻の役割とフェロモンコミュニケーション、しろあり No.172（令和元年7月号）、p.54-60 Link  FULL TEXT AVAILABLE

3. 三高雄希（2018）シロアリのフェロモンと化学受容システム、昆虫と自然 2月号、p.13-16 Link

Books / 書籍

1. 三高雄希、松浦健二（2018）11章 フェロモン、動物学の百科事典、pp.630-631、丸善出版 Link

Patents / 特許

1. 伊藤傑、山本夏実、永井幸枝、松浦健二、三高雄希（2023）「草本に含まれるリグニンの抽出方法、並びに、分離された草本由来のリグニンを含む組成物及びその製造方法」特願2023-104774 

2. 三高雄希、秋野順治、松山茂、松浦健二、水元惟暁（2019）「シロアリ防除剤及びその利用」特願2019-151064、 特開2021-031419

Funds / 外部獲得資金

【研究費】

代表

2018年（平成30年）4月〜2021年（令和3年）3月

日本学術振興会特別研究員奨励費（PD）「シロアリの集合フェロモンの同定とその作用機構・受容機構の解明」

【その他】

2022年（令和4年）7月〜2024年（令和6年）2月

日本学術振興会海外特別研究員「木材の栄養情報を伝達するシロアリの化学コミュニケーションの実態解明（Surveys of termite chemical communication transmitting wood nutrient information）」