Metabolic Systems Research Team

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2025

Original Papers

Kawade, K., Nozaki, M., Horiguchi, G., Mori, T., Yamaguchi, K., Okamoto, M., Tabeta, H., Shigenobu, S., Hirai, M.Y. and Tsukaya, H.(2025) Loss-of-functional mutation in ANGUSTIFOLIA3 causes leucine hypersensitivity and hypoxia response during Arabidopsis thaliana seedling growth.Metabolomics. 21:46. DOI:10.1007/s11306-025-02249-9.

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Yoshioka, H., Mary-Huard, T., Aubert, J., Toda, Y., Ohmori, Y., Yamasaki, Y., Tsujimoto, H., Takahashi, H., Nakazono, M., Takanashi, H., Fujiwara, T., Tsuda, M., Kaga, A., Inaba, J., Fuji, Y., Hirai, M.Y., Nose, Y., Kumaishi, K., Usui, E., Kobori, S., Sato, T., Narukawa, M., Ichihashi, Y. and Iwata, H. (2025) Integration of Proxy Intermediate Omics traits into a Nonlinear Two-Step model for accurate phenotypic prediction.bioRxiv 18:2. DOI:10.1101/2025.03.14.643213.

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Osuga, Y., Harada, K., Yamauchi, T., Kitaguchi, T., Hirai, M.Y., Matsumoto, M. and Tsuboi, T. (2025) Taurine promotes glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion in enteroendocrine L cells.FEBS Lett. DOI:10.1002/1873-3468.70014.

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Kim, J.-S., Sato, M., Kojima, M., Asrori, M.I., Uehara-Yamaguchi, Y., Takebayashi, Y., Do, T.N., Do, T.Y., Nguyen Thi, K.O., Sakakibara, H., Mochida, K., Ogita, S. and Hirai, M.Y.(2025) Multiomics-based assessment of the impact of airflow on diverse plant callus cultures.Sci Data. 12:197. DOI:10.1038/s41597-025-04518-7.

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Harada, K., Wada, E., Osuga, Y., Shimizu, K., Uenoyama, R., Hirai, M.Y., Maekawa, F., Miyazaki, M., Hayashi, Y.K., Nakamura, K. and Tsuboi, T. (2025) Intestinal butyric acid-mediated disruption of gut hormone secretion and lipid metabolism in vasopressin receptor-deficient mice.Mol Metab. 91:102072. DOI:10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102072.

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Zhao, X., Su, H., Kong, X., Hirai, M.Y., Yan, X., Li, R. and Li, J. (2025) Overexpression of BoSULTR1;1/BoSULTR1;2 promotes glucosinolate accumulation and enhances stress tolerance in broccoli. Sci. Hortic. 339. DOI:10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113883.

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Okamoto, T., Hotta, Y., Shinjo, R., Masuda, Y., Nishihara, A., Sasaki, R., Hirai, M.Y., Nishiwaki, R., Miyado, S., Sugiura, D. and Kondo, M. (2025) Unelongated Stems are an Active Nitrogen-Fixing Site in Rice Stems Supported by Both Sugar and Methane Under Low Nitrogen Conditions. Rice 18:2. DOI:10.1186/s12284-025-00757-9.

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Harada, K., Wada, E., Osuga, Y., Shimizu, K., Uenoyama, R., Hirai, M.Y., Maekawa, F., Miyazaki, M., Hayashi, Y.K., Nakamura, K. and Tsuboi, T. (2025) Intestinal butyric acid-mediated disruption of gut hormone secretion and lipid metabolism in vasopressin receptor-deficient mice.Mol Metab. 91:102072. DOI:10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102072.

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2024

Editorial

Mitsuda, N., Seki, H., Shoji, T., and Hirai, M.Y. (2024) Preface to the special issue “Synthetic Biology and Bioproduction in Plants”, Plant Biotechnology 41: 169-171.

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Li-Beisson, Y., Hirai, M.Y., Nakamura, Y. (2024) Plant metabolomics. Journal of Experimental Botany 75: 1651–1653.

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Original Papers

Dang, T., Fuji, Y., Kumaishi, K., Usui, E., Kobori, S., Sato, T., Toda, Y., Sakurai, K., Yamasaki, Y., Tsujimoto, H., Hirai, M.Y., Ichihashi, Y. and Iwata, H. (2024) I-SVVS: Integrative stochastic variational variable selection to explore joint patterns of multi-omics microbiome data bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.18.553796

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Uchida, K., Fuji, Y., Tabeta, H., Akashi, T. and Hirai, M.Y. (2024) Omics-based Identification of the Broader Effects of 2-hydroxyisoflavanone Synthase Gene Editing on a Gene Regulatory Network Beyond Isoflavonoid Loss in Soybean Hairy Roots Plant Cell Physiol.. DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcae151

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Okada, M., Barras, C., Toda, Y., Hamazaki, K., Ohmori, Y., Yamasaki, Y., Takahashi, H., Takanashi, H., Tsuda, M. and Hirai, M.Y. , et al.(2024) High-Throughput Phenotyping of Soybean Biomass: Conventional Trait Estimation and Novel Latent Feature Extraction Using UAV Remote Sensing and Deep Learning Models, Plant Phenomics. 2024;6:0244, DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0244.

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Fuji, Y., Matsufuji, H. and Hirai, M.Y. (2024) Distribution, biosynthesis, and synthetic biology of phenylethanoid glycosides in the order Lamiales, Plant Biotechnology. 41: 231-241, DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.24.0720a.

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Kim, J.-S., Sato, M., Kojima, M., Asrori,M.I., Uehara-Yamaguchi, Y., Takebayashi, Y., Do, T.N., Do, T.Y., Nguyen, K.-O.T., Sakakibara, H., Mochida, K., Ogita, S. and Hirai, M.Y. (2024) Multi-omics signatures of diverse plant callus cultures, Plant Biotechnology. 41: 309-314, DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.24.0719a.

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Ishii, K., Kazama, Y., Hirano, T., Fawcett, J.A., Sato, M., Hirai, M.Y., Sakai, F., Shirakawa, Y., Ohbu, S. and Abe, T.(2024) Genomic view of heavy-ion-induced deletions associated with distribution of essential genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci.. 15:1352564. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1352564.

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Tabeta, H. and Hirai, M.Y.(2024) L-2-Aminopimelic acid acts as an auxin mimic to induce lateral root formation across diverse plant species. FEBS Letters. DOI:10.1002/1873-3468.14908

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Nguyen, P.N., Do, T.Y., Do, T.N., Gontier, E., Nguyen, H.T.L., Thi, V.A.L., Mai, N.T.P., Sato, M., Hirai, M.Y. and Nguyen, K.-O.T.(2024) Widely targeted metabolomics reveals the species-specific, matureness-specific and post-harvest-specific discriminations in the chemical profiles of Vietnamese endemic golden camellias. Int J Food Sci Technol. DOI:10.1111/ijfs.17071

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Uzaki, M., Mori, T., Sato, M., Wakazaki, M., Takeda-Kamiya, N., Yamamoto, K., Murakami, A., Guerrero, D.A.S., Shichijo, C., Ohnishi, M., Ishizaki, K., Fukaki, H., O'Connor, S.E., Toyooka, K., Mimura, T. and Hirai, M.Y.(2024) Integration of cell differentiation and initiation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid metabolism in seed germination of Catharanthus roseus. New Phytol. DOI:10.1111/nph.19662

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Miyaji, S., Ito, T., Kitaiwa, T., Nishizono, K., Agake, S.-I., Harata, H., Aoyama, H., Umahashi, M., Sato, M., Inaba, J., Fushinobu, S., Yokoyama, T., Murayama-Nakashita, A., Hirai, M.Y. and Ohkama-Ohtsu, N.(2024) N2-Acetylornithine deacetylase functions as a Cys-Gly dipeptidase in the cytosolic glutathione degradation pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana Plant J.. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16700.

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Wang, M., Tabeta, H., Ohtaka, K., Kuwahara, A., Nishihama, R., Ishikawa, T., Toyooka, K., Sato, M., Wakazaki, M., Akashi, H., Tsugawa, H., Shoji, T., Okazaki, Y., Yoshida, K., Sato, R., Ferjani, A., Kohchi, T., Hirai, M.Y. (2024) The phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis affects sperm, embryo, and sporophyte development, and metabolism in Marchantia polymorpha. Commun Biol. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05746-6.

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2023

Editorial

Hirai, M.Y., Mizutani, M. and Nakamura, Y.(2023) Revisiting Plant Metabolite Functions. Plant Cell Physiol.,DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcad155.

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Horikoshi, M., Harada, K., Tsuno, S., Kitaguchi, T., Hirai, M.Y., Matsumoto, M., Terada, S. and Tsuboi, T.(2023)Distinct lactate metabolism between hepatocytes and myotubes revealed by live cell imaging with genetically encoded indicators.Biochem Biophys Res Commun.,DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149416.

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Nguyen, K.-O.T., Do, T.-N, Dang, K.-P., Sato, M. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023)Single-grain-based widely targeted metabolomics profiling of sixty-four accessions of Japanese wild soybean (Glycin soja Sieb. Et Zucc.). IFST.,DOI:10.1111/ijfs.16654.

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Tsuno, S., Harada, K., Horikoshi.M., Mita, M., Kitaguchi, T., Hirai, M.Y., Matsumoto, M. and Tsuboi, T.(2023) Mitochondrial ATP concentration decreases immediately after glucose administration to glucose-deprived hepatocytes. FEBS Open Bio.,DOI:10.1002/2211-5463.13744.

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Kawade, K., Tabeta, H., Ferjani, A. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) The Roles of Functional Amino Acids in Plant Growth and Development. Plant Cell Physiol.,DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcad071.

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Uchida, K., Kim, J.S., Sato, M., Tabeta, H., Mochida, K. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) A metabolome genome-wide association study implicates histidine N-pi-methyltransferase as a key enzyme in N-methylhistidine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front. Plant Sci.,DOI:10.3389/fpls.2023.1201129.

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Fuji, Y., Uchida, K., Akashi, T., Ohtsuki, T., Matsufuji, H. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) Molecular Identification of UDP-Sugar Dependent Glycosyltransferase and Acyltransferase Involved in the Phenylethanoid Glycoside Biosynthesis Induced by Methyl Jasmonate in Sesamum indicum L. Plant Cell Physiol.,DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcad053.

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Miyamoto, H., Shigeta, K., Suda, W., Ichihashi, Y., Nihei, N., Matsuura, M., Tsuboi, A., Tominaga, N., Aono, M., Sato, M., Taguchi, S., Nakaguma, T., Tsuji, N., Ishii, C., Matsushita, T., Shindo, C., Ito, T., Kato, T., Kurotani, A., Shima, H., Moriya, S., Wada, S., Horiuchi, S., Satoh, T., Mori, K., Nishiuchi, T., Miyamoto, H., Kodama, H., Hattori, M., Ohno, H., Kikuchi, K. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) An agroecological structure model of compost—soil—plant interactions for sustainable organic farming. ISME Commun,DOI:10.1038/s43705-023-00233-9.

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Uchida, K. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) A simple method for creating transgenic pea hairy roots using a Japanese pea cultivar and a Japanese Rhizobium radiobacter strain. Plant Biotechnol., DOI:10.5511/plantbiotechnology.22.1219c

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Tojo, H., Tabeta, H., Gunji, S., Hirai, M.Y., David, P., Javot, H. and Ferjani, A.(2023). Roles of type II H+-PPases and PPsPase1/PECP2 in early developmental stages and PPi homeostasis of Arabidopsis thalianaFront. Plant Sci., 14:1031426., DOI:10.3389/fpls.2023.1031426

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Tabeta, H., Gunji, S., Kawade, K. and Ferjani, A.(2023). Leaf-size control beyond transcription factors: Compensatory mechanismsFront. Plant Sci., 13:1024945., DOI:10.3389/fpls.2022.1024945

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Toyooka, K., Goto,Y., Hashimoto, K., Wakazaki, M., Sato, M. and Hirai, M.Y.(2023) Endoplasmic Reticulum Bodies in the Lateral Root Cap are Involved in the Direct Transport of Beta-Glucosidase to Vacuoles. Plant and Cell Physiology, pcac177, DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcac177

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