Shogo Oka - Publications

Affiliations: 
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine 
Area:
Molecular Biology

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2020 Morise J, Yamamoto S, Midorikawa R, Takamiya K, Nonaka M, Takematsu H, Oka S. Distinct Cell Surface Expression Patterns of N-Glycosylation Site Mutants of AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptor under the Homo-Oligomeric Expression Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21. PMID 32707739 DOI: 10.3390/Ijms21145101  0.349
2020 Midorikawa R, Takakura D, Morise J, Wakazono Y, Kawasaki N, Oka S, Takamiya K. Monitoring the glycosylation of AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate )-type glutamate receptors using specific antibodies reveals a novel regulatory mechanism of N-glycosylation occupancy by molecular chaperones in Mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. e14964. PMID 31958346 DOI: 10.1111/Jnc.14964  0.327
2019 Nakamura A, Morise J, Yabuno-Nakagawa K, Hashimoto Y, Takematsu H, Oka S. Site-specific HNK-1 epitope on alternatively spliced fibronectin type-III repeats in tenascin-C promotes neurite outgrowth of hippocampal neurons through contactin-1. Plos One. 14: e0210193. PMID 30629639 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0210193  0.387
2018 Kandel MB, Yamamoto S, Midorikawa R, Morise J, Wakazono Y, Oka S, Takamiya K. N-glycosylation of the AMPA-type glutamate receptor regulates cell surface expression and tetramer formation affecting channel function. Journal of Neurochemistry. PMID 30092607 DOI: 10.1111/Jnc.14565  0.346
2017 Morise J, Takematsu H, Oka S. The role of human natural killer-1 (HNK-1) carbohydrate in neuronal plasticity and disease. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. PMID 28709864 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbagen.2017.06.025  0.392
2015 Yabuno K, Morise J, Kizuka Y, Hashii N, Kawasaki N, Takahashi S, Miyata S, Izumikawa T, Kitagawa H, Takematsu H, Oka S. A Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan Linkage Region Is a Novel Type of Human Natural Killer-1 (HNK-1) Epitope Expressed on Aggrecan in Perineuronal Nets. Plos One. 10: e0144560. PMID 26659409 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0144560  0.382
2015 Takeuchi Y, Morise J, Morita I, Takematsu H, Oka S. Role of Site-Specific N-Glycans Expressed on GluA2 in the Regulation of Cell Surface Expression of AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptors Plos One. 10. PMID 26271046 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0135644  0.345
2015 Nakagawa N, Yagi H, Kato K, Takematsu H, Oka S. Ectopic clustering of Cajal-Retzius and subplate cells is an initial pathological feature in Pomgnt2-knockout mice, a model of dystroglycanopathy. Scientific Reports. 5: 11163. PMID 26060116 DOI: 10.1038/Srep11163  0.303
2015 Gu W, Fukuda T, Isaji T, Hang Q, Lee HH, Sakai S, Morise J, Mitoma J, Higashi H, Taniguchi N, Yawo H, Oka S, Gu J. Loss of α1,6-Fucosyltransferase Decreases Hippocampal Long Term Potentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORE FUCOSYLATION IN THE REGULATION OF AMPA RECEPTOR HETEROMERIZATION AND CELLULAR SIGNALING. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290: 17566-75. PMID 25979332 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M114.579938  0.312
2015 Yaji S, Manya H, Nakagawa N, Takematsu H, Endo T, Kannagi R, Yoshihara T, Asano M, Oka S. Major glycan structure underlying expression of the Lewis X epitope in the developing brain is O-mannose-linked glycans on phosphacan/RPTPβ. Glycobiology. 25: 376-85. PMID 25361541 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwu118  0.361
2014 Morise J, Kizuka Y, Yabuno K, Tonoyama Y, Hashii N, Kawasaki N, Manya H, Miyagoe-Suzuki Y, Takeda S, Endo T, Maeda N, Takematsu H, Oka S. Structural and biochemical characterization of O-mannose-linked human natural killer-1 glycan expressed on phosphacan in developing mouse brains. Glycobiology. 24: 314-324. PMID 24352591 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwt116  0.326
2014 Naito-Matsui Y, Takada S, Kano Y, Iyoda T, Sugai M, Shimizu A, Inaba K, Nitschke L, Tsubata T, Oka S, Kozutsumi Y, Takematsu H. Functional evaluation of activation-dependent alterations in the sialoglycan composition of T cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 1564-79. PMID 24297165 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.523753  0.368
2013 Yagi H, Nakagawa N, Saito T, Kiyonari H, Abe T, Toda T, Wu SW, Khoo KH, Oka S, Kato K. AGO61-dependent GlcNAc modification primes the formation of functional glycans on α-dystroglycan. Scientific Reports. 3: 3288. PMID 24256719 DOI: 10.1038/Srep03288  0.318
2013 Nakagawa N, Takematsu H, Oka S. HNK-1 sulfotransferase-dependent sulfation regulating laminin-binding glycans occurs in the post-phosphoryl moiety on α-dystroglycan. Glycobiology. 23: 1066-74. PMID 23723439 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwt043  0.33
2012 Kizuka Y, Oka S. Regulated expression and neural functions of human natural killer-1 (HNK-1) carbohydrate Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 69: 4135-4147. PMID 22669261 DOI: 10.1007/S00018-012-1036-Z  0.372
2011 Nakagawa N, Izumikawa T, Kitagawa H, Oka S. Sulfation of glucuronic acid in the linkage tetrasaccharide by HNK-1 sulfotransferase is an inhibitory signal for the expression of a chondroitin sulfate chain on thrombomodulin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 415: 109-13. PMID 22020094 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbrc.2011.10.023  0.407
2011 Kouno T, Kizuka Y, Nakagawa N, Yoshihara T, Asano M, Oka S. Specific enzyme complex of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase-II and glucuronyltransferase-P facilitates biosynthesis of N-linked human natural killer-1 (HNK-1) carbohydrate. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286: 31337-46. PMID 21771787 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M111.233353  0.367
2009 Morita I, Kakuda S, Takeuchi Y, Kawasaki T, Oka S. HNK-1 (human natural killer-1) glyco-epitope is essential for normal spine morphogenesis in developing hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience. 164: 1685-1694. PMID 19796667 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2009.09.065  0.357
2009 Morita I, Kakuda S, Takeuchi Y, Itoh S, Kawasaki N, Kizuka Y, Kawasaki T, Oka S. HNK-1 Glyco-epitope Regulates the Stability of the Glutamate Receptor Subunit GluR2 on the Neuronal Cell Surface Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284: 30209-30217. PMID 19729452 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M109.024208  0.367
2009 Anzai D, Tonoyama Y, Ikeda A, Kawasaki T, Oka S. Regulated expression of the HNK-1 carbohydrate is essential for medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryogenesis. Glycobiology. 19: 868-878. PMID 19389918 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwp060  0.352
2009 Tonoyama Y, Anzai D, Ikeda A, Kakuda S, Kinoshita M, Kawasaki T, Oka S. Essential role of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2 during medaka (Oryzias latipes) gastrulation. Mechanisms of Development. 126: 580-594. PMID 19324086 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mod.2009.03.004  0.32
2009 Yoshihara T, Sugihara K, Kizuka Y, Oka S, Asano M. Learning/Memory Impairment and Reduced Expression of the HNK-1 Carbohydrate in β4-Galactosyltransferase-II-deficient Mice Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284: 12550-12561. PMID 19265195 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M809188200  0.322
2009 Kizuka Y, Tonoyama Y, Oka S. Distinct transport and intracellular activities of two GlcAT-P isoforms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284: 9247-9256. PMID 19181664 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M807517200  0.341
2009 Kawasaki N, Lin CW, Inoue R, Khoo KH, Kawasaki N, Ma BY, Oka S, Ishiguro M, Sawada T, Ishida H, Hashimoto T, Kawasaki T. Highly fucosylated N-glycan ligands for mannan-binding protein expressed specifically on CD26 (DPPVI) isolated from a human colorectal carcinoma cell line, SW1116. Glycobiology. 19: 437-50. PMID 19129245 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwn158  0.316
2008 Kizuka Y, Kobayashi K, Kakuda S, Nakajima Y, Itoh S, Kawasaki N, Oka S. Laminin-1 is a novel carrier glycoprotein for the nonsulfated HNK-1 epitope in mouse kidney. Glycobiology. 18: 331-338. PMID 18263654 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwn012  0.405
2007 Morita I, Kizuka Y, Kakuda S, Oka S. Expression and Function of the HNK-1 Carbohydrate Journal of Biochemistry. 143: 719-724. PMID 18024472 DOI: 10.1093/Jb/Mvm221  0.401
2007 Inoue M, Kato K, Matsuhashi H, Kizuka Y, Kawasaki T, Oka S. Distributions of glucuronyltransferases, GlcAT-P and GlcAT-S, and their target substrate, the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope in the adult mouse brain with or without a targeted deletion of the GlcAT-P gene. Brain Research. 1179: 1-15. PMID 17935701 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2007.05.012  0.389
2007 Ma BY, Nakamura N, Dlabac V, Naito H, Yamaguchi S, Ishikawa M, Nonaka M, Ishiguro M, Kawasaki N, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Isolation, cloning, and characterization of a novel phosphomannan-binding lectin from porcine serum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282: 12963-12975. PMID 17324926 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M611820200  0.321
2006 Shiba T, Kakuda S, Ishiguro M, Morita I, Oka S, Kawasaki T, Wakatsuki S, Kato R. Crystal structure of GlcAT-S, a human glucuronyltransferase, involved in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope. Proteins. 65: 499-508. PMID 16897771 DOI: 10.1002/Prot.21118  0.341
2006 Kizuka Y, Matsui T, Takematsu H, Kozutsumi Y, Kawasaki T, Oka S. Physical and Functional Association of Glucuronyltransferases and Sulfotransferase Involved in HNK-1 Biosynthesis Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281: 13644-13651. PMID 16543228 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M601453200  0.379
2005 Hirano M, Ma BY, Kawasaki N, Okimura K, Baba M, Nakagawa T, Miwa K, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Mannan-binding protein blocks the activation of metalloproteases meprin α and β Journal of Immunology. 175: 3177-3185. PMID 16116208 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.175.5.3177  0.359
2005 Tagawa H, Kizuka Y, Ikeda T, Itoh S, Kawasaki N, Kurihara H, Onozato ML, Tojo A, Sakai T, Kawasaki T, Oka S. A non-sulfated form of the HNK-1 carbohydrate is expressed in mouse kidney. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280: 23876-83. PMID 15843379 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M501728200  0.375
2005 Terada M, Khoo K, Inoue R, Chen C, Yamada K, Sakaguchi H, Kadowaki N, Ma BY, Oka S, Kawasaki T, Kawasaki N. Characterization of oligosaccharide ligands expressed on SW1116 cells recognized by mannan-binding protein. A highly fucosylated polylactosamine type N-glycan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280: 10897-10913. PMID 15634673 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M413092200  0.375
2004 Kakuda S, Sato Y, Tonoyama Y, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Different acceptor specificities of two glucuronyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of HNK-1 carbohydrate Glycobiology. 15: 203-210. PMID 15470230 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwi001  0.374
2004 Kakuda S, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Purification and characterization of two recombinant human glucuronyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of HNK-1 carbohydrate in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification. 35: 111-119. PMID 15039073 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pep.2003.12.021  0.374
2004 Kakuda S, Shiba T, Ishiguro M, Tagawa H, Oka S, Kajihara Y, Kawasaki T, Wakatsuki S, Kato R. Structural basis for acceptor substrate recognition of a human glucuronyltransferase, GlcAT-P, an enzyme critical in the biosynthesis of the carbohydrate epitope HNK-1. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279: 22693-703. PMID 14993226 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M400622200  0.38
2002 Imiya K, Ishizaki T, Seiki T, Saito F, Inazawa J, Oka S, Kawasaki T. cDNA cloning, genomic structure and chromosomal mapping of the mouse glucuronyltransferase-S involved in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope. Gene. 296: 29-36. PMID 12383500 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00840-5  0.331
2002 Yamamoto S, Oka S, Inoue M, Shimuta M, Manabe T, Takahashi H, Miyamoto M, Asano M, Sakagami J, Sudo K, Iwakura Y, Ono K, Kawasaki T. Mice deficient in nervous system-specific carbohydrate epitope HNK-1 exhibit impaired synaptic plasticity and spatial learning. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277: 27227-31. PMID 12032138 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.C200296200  0.338
2002 Yamamoto S, Oka S, SaitoOhara F, Inazawa J, Kawasaki T. Molecular cloning and genomic analysis of mouse glucuronyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of the HNK-1 epitope. Journal of Biochemistry. 131: 337-347. PMID 11872162 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A003108  0.381
2001 Katsuyama R, Morioka A, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Expression of macrophage asialoglycoprotein-binding protein is induced through MAPK classical pathway Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 280: 1269-1273. PMID 11162665 DOI: 10.1006/Bbrc.2001.4263  0.32
2001 Yamamoto S, Oka S. Glucuronyltransferases Involved in the HNK-1 Carbohydrate Epitope Biosynthesis Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 13: 193-208. DOI: 10.4052/Tigg.13.193  0.315
2000 Oka S, Terayama K, Imiya K, Yamamoto S, Kondo A, Kato I, Kawasaki T. The N-glycan acceptor specificity of a glucuronyltransferase, GlcAT-P, associated with biosynthesis of the HNK-1 epitope. Glycoconjugate Journal. 17: 877-885. PMID 11511812 DOI: 10.1023/A:1010973330152  0.343
2000 Ohtsubo K, Imajo S, Ishiguro M, Nakatani T, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Studies on the structure-function relationship of the HNK-1 associated glucuronyltransferase, GlcAT-P, by computer modeling and site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Biochemistry. 128: 283-291. PMID 10920264 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A022751  0.351
2000 Mitsumoto Y, Oka S, Sakuma H, Inazawa J, Kawasaki T. Cloning and chromosomal mapping of human glucuronyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope. Genomics. 65: 166-173. PMID 10783264 DOI: 10.1006/Geno.2000.6152  0.354
1999 Naito H, Ikeda A, Hasegawa K, Oka S, Uemura K, Kawasaki N, Kawasaki T. Characterization of human serum mannan-binding protein promoter. Journal of Biochemistry. 126: 1004-1012. PMID 10578050 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A022543  0.309
1999 Tone Y, Kitagawa H, Imiya K, Oka S, Kawasaki T, Sugahara K. Characterization of recombinant human glucuronyltransferase I involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region of proteoglycans Febs Letters. 459: 415-420. PMID 10526176 DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01287-9  0.396
1999 Seiki T, Oka S, Terayama K, Imiya K, Kawasaki T. Molecular cloning and expression of a second glucuronyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 255: 182-187. PMID 10082676 DOI: 10.1006/Bbrc.1999.0151  0.365
1999 Ma Y, Uemura K, Oka S, Kozutsumi Y, Kawasaki N, Kawasaki T. Antitumor activity of mannan-binding protein in vivo as revealed by a virus expression system: Mannan-binding proteindependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96: 371-375. PMID 9892640 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.96.2.371  0.355
1998 Terayama K, Seiki T, Nakamura A, Matsumori K, Ohta S, Oka S, Sugita M, Kawasaki T. Purification and characterization of a glucuronyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 epitope on glycoproteins from rat brain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 30295-30300. PMID 9804790 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.46.30295  0.386
1998 Oka S. [Molecular biological approach to functions of telencephalin, a cell adhesion molecule and HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope, which is commonly expressed on cell adhesion molecules in the nervous system]. Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. 118: 431-446. PMID 9800516 DOI: 10.1248/Yakushi1947.118.10_431  0.42
1998 Kitagawa H, Tone Y, Tamura J, Neumann KW, Ogawa T, Oka S, Kawasaki T, Sugahara K. Molecular cloning and expression of glucuronyltransferase I involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region of proteoglycans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 6615-6618. PMID 9506957 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.12.6615  0.366
1997 Bakker H, Friedmann I, Oka S, Kawasaki T, Nifant’ev N, Schachner M, Mantei N. Expression Cloning Of A Cdna Encoding A Sulfotransferase Involved In The Biosynthesis Of The Hnk-1 Carbohydrate Epitope Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272: 29942-29946. PMID 9368071 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.272.47.29942  0.405
1997 Sakuma H, Ikeda A, Oka S, Kozutsumi Y, Zanetta J, Kawasaki T. Molecular cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a new member of mixed lineage protein kinase from human brain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272: 28622-28629. PMID 9353328 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.272.45.28622  0.324
1997 Terayama K, Oka S, Seiki T, Miki Y, Nakamura A, Kozutsumi Y, Takio K, Kawasaki T. Cloning and functional expression of a novel glucuronyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the carbohydrate epitope HNK-1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94: 6093-6098. PMID 9177175 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.94.12.6093  0.423
1997 Oka S, Terayama K, Seiki T, Nakamura A, Kawasaki T. 811 Cloning and functional expression of a novel glucuronyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydra 1 Neuroscience Research. 28. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)90273-X  0.325
1995 Brusés JL, Oka S, Rutishauser U. NCAM-associated polysialic acid on ciliary ganglion neurons is regulated by polysialytransferase levels and interaction with muscle. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 15: 8310-9. PMID 8613764  0.55
1995 Oka S, Brusés JL, Nelson RW, Rutishauser U. Properties and developmental regulation of polysialyltransferase activity in the chicken embryo brain. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270: 19357-63. PMID 7642614 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.270.33.19357  0.679
1995 Bruses J, Oka S, Rutishauser U. NCAM-associated polysialic acid on ciliary ganglion neurons is regulated by polysialytransferase levels and interaction with muscle The Journal of Neuroscience. 15: 8310-8319. DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.15-12-08310.1995  0.585
1994 Yoshihara Y, Oka S, Nemoto Y, Watanabe Y, Nagata S, Kagamiyama H, Mori K. An ICAM-related neuronal glycoprotein, telencephalin, with brain segment-specific expression. Neuron. 12: 541-53. PMID 7794412 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90211-9  0.361
1992 Kawashima C, Terayama K, Masayuki, Oka S, Kawasaki T. Characterization of a glucuronyltransferase: neolactotetraosylceramide glucuronyltransferase from rat brain. Glycoconjugate Journal. 9: 307-314. PMID 1305423 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00731091  0.305
1991 Murakami F, Tada Y, Mori K, Oka S, Katsumaru H. Ultrastructural localization of telencephalin, a telencephalon-specific membrane glycoprotein, in rabbit olfactory bulb. Neuroscience Research. 11: 141-5. PMID 1717905 DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(91)90052-Z  0.31
1991 Yoshihara Y, Oka S, Watanabe Y, Mori K. Developmentally and spatially regulated expression of HNK-1 carbohydrate antigen on a novel phosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein in rat brain. The Journal of Cell Biology. 115: 731-44. PMID 1717490 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.115.3.731  0.373
1991 Yoshihara Y, Oka S, Ikeda J, Mori K. Immunoglobulin superfamily molecules in the nervous system. Neuroscience Research. 10: 83-105. PMID 1710044 DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(91)90033-U  0.311
1990 Oka S, Mori K, Watanabe Y. Mammalian telencephalic neurons express a segment-specific membrane glycoprotein, telencephalin. Neuroscience. 35: 93-103. PMID 2359499 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90124-M  0.371
1990 Oka S, Mori K, Watanabe Y. Purification and characterization of telencephalin: A novel membrane glycoprotein expressed specifically by telencephalic neurons Neuroscience Research Supplements. 11: S79. DOI: 10.1016/0921-8696(90)90690-5  0.313
1990 Mori K, Tani A, Ikeda J, Watanabe Y, Oka S. Topographical gradient of R2D5-polypeptide expressed by granule cells of cat hippocampal dentate gyrus Neuroscience Research Supplements. 11: S51. DOI: 10.1016/0921-8696(90)90605-3  0.317
1987 Oka S, Itoh N, Kawasaki T, Yamashina I. Primary structure of rat liver mannan-binding protein deduced from its cDNA sequence. Journal of Biochemistry. 101: 135-44. PMID 3032924 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A121884  0.307
1985 Oka S, Kawasaki T, Yamashina I. Isolation and characterization of mannan-binding proteins from chicken liver. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 241: 95-105. PMID 4026327 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(85)90366-2  0.303
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