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Prof. Dr. Takashi Ishikawa

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Group Leader

Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
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+41 56 310 42 17
Email
takashi.ishikawa@psi.ch

Group website: Cellular structural biology and imaging


Research by Takashi Ishikawa

Our main focus is structural biology of eukaryotic flagella/cilia using electron cryo tomography and microscopy (cryo-EM). Cryo-EM provides images of biological macromolecules and organelles in intact hydrated states. Computational image analysis enables three-dimensional reconstruction. For highly symmetrical objects (2D crystal of membrane proteins, tubular crystals) atomic resolution could be reached. For non-crystalline macromolecules and macromolecular complexes, single particle analysis will be applied. In electron cryo-tomography images are acquired multiple times from an ice-embedded specimen tilted continuously in the microscope and merged into a 3D structure. This is a suitable method to analyze macromolecules forming complex and dynamic molecular networks in vivo.

We apply these methods to reveal the mechanism of flagellar/ciliary bending motion. In flagella/cilia, which consist of ~300 proteins, nine microtubule doublets are linked by dynein motor proteins. We are analyzing molecular arrangement of dynein and other proteins by electron tomography and refine high resolution structures by single particle analysis, developing methodologies.
Fig.1 Cryo-electron tomogram of a flagellum from Chlamydomonas
Fig.1 Cryo-electron tomogram of a flagellum from Chlamydomonas

Eukaryotic flagella/cilia are bending organelles which drive cells forward or backward, or generate extracellular flows. They exist in sperms, tracheae (respiratory cilia), brain, embryo (nodal cilia) and many other organs. Therefore defects of flagella/cilia cause diseases (ciliopathy). Flagella/cilia are attractive in the view point of nanomachine development.

Flagella and cilia from various species and organisms share the “9+2” axonemal structure, in which nine microtubule doublets surround two singlet microtubules. Adjacent microtubule doublets slide past each other by ATP-driven power stroke of dynein motor proteins. Our research focuses the mechanism of force generation of dynein and the mechanism to integrate dynein power strokes into well-orchestrated bending motion of flagella/cilia. We employed technique of electron cryo-tomography (fig. 1) and 3D image analysis to answer these questions.


3D molecular architecture of outer and inner dynein arms from Chlamydomonas flagella

We extracted 96nm periodic fragments (subtomograms) from tomograms of flagella (fig. 1), aligned and averaged them three-dimensionally (fig. 2). The obtained 3D structure describes the molecular conformation and arrangement of dyneins and other molecules on the microtubule doublets. In the inner dynein arm (which determines the wave form) eight dyneins form a longitudinal array, while the outer arm (responsible for force generation and acceleration) consists of three dyneins stacking vertically. At ~35Å resolution, our averaged tomograms revealed 3D conformation of dynein (which consists of an AAA-ring (ring-shaped ATPase domain), a coiled-coil stalk and an N-terminal tail) in situ. N-terminal tails extend from AAA-rings toward the distal end (= plus end of the microtubule). By combining 3D structures of mutants which lack various dynein isoforms, we identified them in our 3D map (fig. 2).
 


Fig.2 Averaged tomogram of Chlamydomonas flagella
Fig.2 Averaged tomogram of Chlamydomonas flagella
Model of molecular arrangement of inner and outer arm dyneins
Model of molecular arrangement of inner and outer arm dyneins

References:
Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Movassagh, T., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2008) “Molecular architecture of inner dynein arms in situ in Chlamydomonas flagella” J. Cell Biol., 183, 923-932. Ishikawa, T., Sakakibara, H., and Oiwa, K. (2007) “The architecture of outer dynein arms in situ” J. Mol. Biol. 368, 1249-1258.

Structural basis of dynein power stroke and flagellar/ciliary bending

Averaged tomograms of flagella in the presence and in the absence of nucleotides showed the conformational change of dyneins. In the presence of ADP.Vi (Vi: vanadate), which is non-hydrolysable ATP analogue and mimics the pre-power stroke state, the AAA-ring of dynein stays at the proximal (minus end of the microtubule) and the N-terminal tail gradually curves toward the microtubule. However, in the apo state (corresponding to the post-power stroke state), the ATPase head moves toward the distal (plus) end and the N-terminal tail sharply kinks toward the microtubule. This indicates the translational shift of dynein (not rotation), pulls the adjacent microtubule toward the distal end (fig. 3).
 


Fig.3  Conformational change of dynein induced by nucleotides
Fig.3 Conformational change of dynein induced by nucleotides
The model of power stroke
The model of power stroke

In the flagella in the presence of ADP.Vi, this conformational change occurs at about half of dyneins, while the other dyneins stay at the apo conformation, indicating cooperativity among dyneins prohibits other dyneins to change their conformations. Interestingly these two conformations do not appear randomly, but form cluster (fig. 4). This phenomenon provides one hypothesis of flagellar/ciliary bending: torsion is generated at interface between two clusters.
 


Fig.4 Cluster formation of two conformations in flagella in the presence of nucleotides
Fig.4 Cluster formation of two conformations in flagella in the presence of nucleotides
Hypothetical model of flagellar bending
Hypothetical model of flagellar bending

Reference:
Movassagh, T., Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2010) “Global conformational changes of dynein arms in flagella induced by nucleotides” Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 17, 761-767.

Asymmetry of dynein arrangement in Chlamydomonas flagella – mechanism of planar asymmetric bending

We found that the arrangement of inner arm dyneins is not perfectly symmetrical among nine microtubule doublets of the Chlamydomonas flagellum. Two microtubule doublets, which are apposed between two flagella of one Chlamydomonas cell, lacks a few inner arm dyneins (fig. 5), which will results in asymmetric force generation between the internal and external sides of flagellar bending. Our tomographic studies identified linkers which connect only doublets on the bending plane, suggesting the mechanism to limit the flagellar motion planar.
 


Fig.5 Asymmetric dynein (red spheres) arrangement on nine microtubule doublets
Fig.5 Asymmetric dynein (red spheres) arrangement on nine microtubule doublets

Reference:
Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Movassagh, T., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2009) “Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links in Chlamydomonas flagella” J. Cell Biol. 186, 437-446.

Our main projects

Bui, K.H. and Ishikawa, T. (2013) “3D structural analysis of flagella/cilia by cryo-electron tomography.” Methods Enzymol., 524, 305-323.

Bui, K.H., Toshiki, Y., Yamamoto, R., Kamiya, R. and Ishikawa, T. (2012) “Polarity and asymmetry in the arrangement of dynein and related structures in the Chlamydomonas axoneme.” J. Cell Biol., 198, 913-925.

Maheshwari, A. and Ishikawa, T. (2012) “Heterogeneity of dynein structure implies coordinated suppression of dynein motor activity in the axoneme.” J. Struct. Biol., 179, 235-241.

Ueno, H., Ishikawa, T., Bui, K.H., Gonda, K., Ishikawa, T. and Yamaguchi, T. (2012) “Mouse respiratory cilia with the asymmetric axonemal structure on sparsely distributed ciliary cells can generate overall directional flow.” Nanomedicine, 8, 1081-1087.

Pigino, G., Maheshwari, A., Bui, K.H., Shingyoji, C., Kamimura, S. and Ishikawa, T. (2012) “Comparative structural analysis of eukaryotic flagella and cilia from Chlamydomonas, Tetrahymena and sea urchins.” J. Struct. Biol., 178, 199-206.

Guichard, P., Desfosses, A., Maheshwari, A., Hachet, V., Dietrich, C., Brune, A., Ishikawa, T., Sachse, C. and Gonczy, P. (2012) “Cartwheel architecture of Trichonympha basal body.” Science, 337, 553.

Pigino, G., Bui, K.H., Maheshwari, A., Lupetti, P., Diener, D. and Ishikawa, T. (2011) “Cryoelectron tomography of radial spokes in cilia and flagella.” J. Cell Biol., 195, 673-687.

Bui, K.H., Pigino, G. and Ishikawa, T. (2011) “3D structural analysis of eukaryotic flagella/cilia by electron cryo-tomography” J. Synchrotron Radiation, 18, 2-5.

Movassagh, T., Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2010) “Global conformational changes of dynein arms in flagella induced by nucleotides” Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 17, 761-767.

Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Movassagh, T., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2009) “Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links in Chlamydomonas flagella” J. Cell Biol. 186, 437-446.

Bui, K.H., Sakakibara, H., Movassagh, T., Oiwa, K. and Ishikawa, T. (2008) “Molecular architecture of inner dynein arms in situ in Chlamydomonas flagella” J. Cell Biol., 183, 923-932.

Ishikawa, T., Sakakibara, H., and Oiwa, K. (2007) “The architecture of outer dynein arms in situ” J. Mol. Biol. 368, 1249-1258.

Reviews and book chapters

Ishikawa, T. (2014) “Protein tagging reveals new insights into signaling in flagella“ J. Cell Biol. 204, 631-633.

Ishikawa, T. (2012) “Structural biology of cytoplasmic and axonemal dyneins.“ J. Struct. Biol. 179, 229-234.

Pigino, G. and Ishikawa, T. (2012) “Axonemal radial spokes: 3D structure, function and assembly“ BioArchitecture, 2, 50-58.

Ishikawa, T. (2012) “3D structures of axonemes” in “Handbook of Dynein” edited by L. Amos and K. Hirose, Pan Stanford

Ishikawa, T. (2011) “Organization of dyneins and associated regulatory systems in the axoneme” in “Dyneins: Structure, biology and disease” edited by S. King, Elsevier

Collaborations with other groups

Liebi, M., Kuster, S., Kohlbrecher, J., Ishikawa, T., Fischer, P., Walde, P. and Windhab, E.L. (2013) “Cholesterol-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate complexd with thulium ions integrated into bicelles to increase their magnetic alignability.“ J. Phys. Chem. B., 117, 14743-14748.

Liebi, M., Kuster, S., Kohlbrecher, J., Ishikawa, T., Fischer, P., Walde, P. and Windhab, E.L. (2012) “Magnetically enhanced bicelles delivering switchable anisotropy in optical gels.“ ACS Appl. Mater Interfaces, 6, 1100-1105.

Liebi, M., Kohlbrecher, J., Ishikawa, T., Fischer, P., Walde, P. and Windhab, E.L. (2012) “Cholesterol increases the magnetic aligning of bicellar disks from an aqueous mixture of DMPC and DMPE-DTPA with complexed thulium ions.“ Langmuir, 28, 10905-10915.

Lowell, A.N., Qiao, H., Liu, T., Ishikawa, T., Zhang, H., Oriana, S., Wang, M., Ricciotti, E., FitzGerald, G.A., Zhou, R. and Yamakoshi, Y. (2012) “Functionalized low-density lipoprotein nanoparticles for in vivo enhancement of atherosclerosis on magnetic resonance images“ Bioconjug. Chem., 23, 2313-2319.

Tokutsu, R., Kato, N., Bui, K.H., Ishikawa, T. and Minagawa, J. (2012) “Revisiting the supramolecular organization of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii“ J. Biol. Chem., 287, 31574-31581.

Effantin, G., Ishikawa, T., De Donatis, G.M., Maurizi, M.R. and Steven, A.C. (2010) “Local and global mobility in th ClpA AAA+ chaperone detected by cryo-electron microscopy: functional connotations“ Structure, 18, 553-562.

Megli, P., Conte, E. and Ishikawa, T. (2010) “Cholesterol attenuates and prevents bilayer damage and breakdown in lipoperoxidized model membranes. A spin labeling EPR study“ Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1808, 2267-2274.

Beck, P., Liebi, M., Kohlbrecher, J., Ishikawa, T., Ruegger, H., Zepik, H, Fischer, P., Walde, P. and Windhab, E. (2010) “Novel type of bicellar disks from a mixture of DMPC and DMPE-DTPA with complexed lanthanides“ Langmuir, 26, 5382-5387.

Bleicken, S., Classen, M., Padmavathi, P.V., Ishikawa, T., Zeth, K., Steinhoff, H.J. and Bordignon, E. (2010) “Molecular details of Bax activation, oligomerization and membrane insertion“ J. Biol. Chem. 285, 6636-6647.

Beck, P., Liebi, M., Kohlbrecher, J., Ishikawa, T., Ruegger, H., Zepik, H, Fischer, P., Walde, P. and Windhab, E. (2010) “Magnetic field alignable domains in phospholipid vesicle membranes containing lanthanides“ J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 174-186.

Guo, Z.W., Ruegger, H., Kissner, R., Ishikawa, T., Willeke, M. and Walde, P. (2009) “Vesicles as soft templates for the enzymatic polymerization on aniline“ Langmuir, 25, 11390-11405.

Kato, K., Walde, P., Koike, N., Ichikawa, S., Ishikawa, T., Nagayama, R., Ishihara, T., Tsuji, T., Shudou, M., Omokawa, Y., Kuroiwa, T. (2008) “Temperature-sensitive nonionic vesicles prepared from Span 80 (sorbitan monooleate)” Langmuir, 24, 10762-10770.

Nishiyama, M., Ishikawa, T., Rechsteiner, H. and Glockshuber, R. (2008) “Reconstruction of pilus assembly reveals a bacterial outer membrane catalyst” Science 320, 376-379.

Capone S., Walde P., Seebach D., Ishikawa T. and Caputo R. (2008) “pH-sensitive vesicles containing a lipidic beta-amino acid with two hydrophobic chains” Chem. Biodivers. 5, 16-30.

Zepik, H.H., Walde, P., and Ishikawa, T. (2008) “Vesicle formation from reactive surfactants“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 47, 1323-1325.

Namani, T., Ishikawa, T., Morigaki, K. and Walde, P. (2007) “Vesicles from docosahexaenoic acid“ Colloids Surf. B Biointerfaces 54, 118-123.

Schaffitzel, C., Oswald, M., Berger, I., Ishikawa, T., Abrahams, J.P., Koerten, H.K., Koning, R.I. and Ban, N. (2006) “Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome” Nature 444, 503-506.

List of Publications

2011 - present

  • Ishikawa T
    Mass-spec, cryo-EM and AI join forces for a close look at the transporter complex in cilia
    EMBO Journal. 2023; 42: e113010 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2022113010
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    Structure of motile cilia
    In: Harris RJ, Marles-Wright J, eds. Macromolecular protein complexes IV. Structure and function. Subcellular biochemistry. Cham: Springer Nature; 2022:471-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00793-4_15
    DORA PSI
  • Noga A, Horii M, Goto Y, Toyooka K, Ishikawa T, Hirono M
    Bld10p/Cep135 determines the number of triplets in the centriole independently of the cartwheel
    EMBO Journal. 2022; 41(20): e104582 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020104582
    DORA PSI
  • Tran HT, Lucas MS, Ishikawa T, Shahmoradian SH, Padeste C
    A compartmentalized neuronal cell-culture platform compatible with cryo-fixation by high-pressure freezing for ultrastructural imaging
    Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021; 15: 726763 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.726763
    DORA PSI
  • Panneels V, Diaz A, Imsand C, Guizar-Sicairos M, Müller E, Bittermann AG, et al.
    Imaging of retina cellular and subcellular structures using ptychographic hard X-ray tomography
    Journal of Cell Science. 2021; 134(19): jcs258561 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.258561
    DORA PSI
  • Yamamoto R, Hwang J, Ishikawa T, Kon T, Sale WS
    Composition and function of ciliary inner-dynein-arm subunits studied in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Cytoskeleton. 2021; 78(3): 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21662
    DORA PSI
  • Kutomi O, Yamamoto R, Hirose K, Mizuno K, Nakagiri Y, Imai H, et al.
    A dynein-associated photoreceptor protein prevents ciliary acclimation to blue light
    Science Advances. 2021; 7(9): eabf3621 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf3621
    DORA PSI
  • Rösner B, Finizio S, Koch F, Döring F, Guzenko VA, Langer M, et al.
    Soft x-ray microscopy with 7 nm resolution
    Optica. 2020; 7(11): 1602-1608. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.399885
    DORA PSI
  • Poghosyan E, Iacovache I, Faltova L, Leitner A, Yang P, Diener DR, et al.
    The structure and symmetry of the radial spoke protein complex in Chlamydomonas flagella
    Journal of Cell Science. 2020; 133(16): jcs245233 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.245233
    DORA PSI
  • Zhu X, Poghosyan E, Rezabkova L, Mehall B, Sakakibara H, Hirono M, et al.
    The roles of a flagellar HSP40 ensuring rhythmic beating
    Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2019; 30(2): 228-241. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E18-01-0047
    DORA PSI
  • Li T, Krumeich F, Ihli J, Ma Z, Ishikawa T, Pinar AB, et al.
    Heavy atom labeling enables silanol defect visualization in silicalite-1 crystals
    Chemical Communications. 2019; 55(4): 482-485. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc07912a
    DORA PSI
  • Kashima K, Fujisaki T, Serrano-Luginbühl S, Kissner R, Janošević Ležaić A, Bajuk-Bogdanović D, et al.
    Effect of template type on the Trametes versicolor laccase-catalyzed oligomerization of the aniline dimer p-aminodiphenylamine (PADPA)
    ACS Omega. 2019; 4(2): 2931-2947. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b03441
    DORA PSI
  • Guerrero-Ferreira RC, Hupfeld M, Nazarov S, Taylor NMI, Shneider MM, Obbineni JM, et al.
    Structure and transformation of bacteriophage A511 baseplate and tail upon infection of Listeria cells
    EMBO Journal. 2019; 38(3): e99455 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201899455
    DORA PSI
  • Neuhaus F, Mueller D, Tanasescu R, Balog S, Ishikawa T, Brezesinski G, et al.
    Synthesis and biophysical characterization of an odd-numbered 1,3-diamidophospholipid
    Langmuir. 2018; 34(10): 3215-3220. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04227
    DORA PSI
  • Isabettini S, Stucki S, Massabni S, Baumgartner ME, Reckey PQ, Kohlbrecher J, et al.
    Development of smart optical gels with highly magnetically responsive bicelles
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2018; 10(10): 8926-8936. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b17134
    DORA PSI
  • Neuhaus F, Mueller D, Tanasescu R, Stefaniu C, Zaffalon P-L, Balog S, et al.
    Against the rules: pressure induced transition from high to reduced order
    Soft Matter. 2018; 14(19): 3978-3986. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm00212f
    DORA PSI
  • Zhu X, Poghosyan E, Gopal R, Liu Y, Ciruelas KS, Maizy Y, et al.
    General and specific promotion of flagellar assembly by a flagellar nucleoside diphosphate kinase
    Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2017; 28(22): 3029-3042. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E17-03-0156
    DORA PSI
  • Isabettini S, Liebi M, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Fischer P, Windhab EJ, et al.
    Mastering the magnetic susceptibility of magnetically responsive bicelles with 3β-amino-5-cholestene and complexed lanthanide ions
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017; 19(17): 10820-10824. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp01025g
    DORA PSI
  • Isabettini S, Baumgartner ME, Reckey PQ, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Fischer P, et al.
    Methods for generating highly magnetically responsive lanthanide-chelating phospholipid polymolecular assemblies
    Langmuir. 2017; 33(25): 6363-6371. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00725
    DORA PSI
  • Isabettini S, Massabni S, Hodzic A, Durovic D, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, et al.
    Molecular engineering of lanthanide ion chelating phospholipids generating assemblies with a switched magnetic susceptibility
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017; 19(31): 20991-21002. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp03994h
    DORA PSI
  • Buscema M, Matviykiv S, Mészáros T, Gerganova G, Weinberger A, Mettal U, et al.
    Immunological response to nitroglycerin-loaded shear-responsive liposomes in vitro and in vivo
    Journal of Controlled Release. 2017; 264: 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.08.010
    DORA PSI
  • Obbineni JM, Yamamoto R, Ishikawa T
    A simple and fast approach for missing-wedge invariant classification of subtomograms extracted from filamentous structures
    Journal of Structural Biology. 2017; 197(2): 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2016.08.003
    DORA PSI
  • Yamamoto R, Obbineni JM, Alford LM, Ide T, Owa M, Hwang J, et al.
    Chlamydomonas DYX1C1/PF23 is essential for axonemal assembly and proper morphology of inner dynein arms
    PLoS Genetics. 2017; 13(10): e1006996 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006996
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    Axoneme structure from motile cilia
    Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2017; 9(1): a028076 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a028076
    DORA PSI
  • Neuhaus F, Mueller D, Tanasescu R, Balog S, Ishikawa T, Brezesinski G, et al.
    Vesicle origami: cuboid phospholipid vesicles formed by template-free self-assembly
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017; 56(23): 6515-6518. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201701634
    DORA PSI
  • Tanasescu R, Lanz MA, Mueller D, Tassler S, Ishikawa T, Reiter R, et al.
    Vesicle origami and the influence of cholesterol on lipid packing
    Langmuir. 2016; 32(19): 4896-4903. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01143
    DORA PSI
  • Aroua S, Tiu EGV, Ishikawa T, Yamakoshi Y
    Well-defined amphiphilic C60-PEG conjugates: water-soluble and thermoresponsive materials
    Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2016; 99(10): 805-813. https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201600171
    DORA PSI
  • Isabettini S, Liebi M, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Windhab EJ, Fischer P, et al.
    Tailoring bicelle morphology and thermal stability with lanthanide-chelating cholesterol conjugates
    Langmuir. 2016; 32(35): 9005-9014. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01968
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    Cryo-electron tomography of motile cilia and flagella
    Cilia. 2015; 4(Suppl. 1): 3 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13630-014-0012-7
    DORA PSI
  • Liebi M, Kuster S, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Walde P, Windhab EJ, et al.
    Design of magnetically responsive phospholipid bicelles towards switchable optical hydrogels
    Swiss Neutron News. 2015:4-13.
    DORA PSI
  • Fodor D, Ishikawa T, Krumeich F, van Bokhoven JA
    Synthesis of single crystal nanoreactor materials with multiple catalytic functions by incipient wetness impregnation and ion exchange
    Advanced Materials. 2015; 27(11): 1919-1923. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201404628
    DORA PSI
  • Diaz A, Malkova B, Holler M, Guizar-Sicairos M, Lima E, Panneels V, et al.
    Three-dimensional mass density mapping of cellular ultrastructure by ptychographic X-ray nanotomography
    Journal of Structural Biology. 2015; 192(3): 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2015.10.008
    DORA PSI
  • Maheshwari A, Obbineni JM, Bui KH, Shibata K, Toyoshima YY, Ishikawa T
    α- and β-Tubulin Lattice of the Axonemal Microtubule Doublet and Binding Proteins Revealed by Single Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography
    Structure. 2015; 23(9): 1584-1595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2015.06.017
    DORA PSI
  • Weinberger A, Tanasescu R, Stefaniu C, Fedotenko LA, Favarger F, Ishikawa T, et al.
    Bilayer properties of 1,3-diamidophospholipids
    Langmuir. 2015; 31(6): 1879-1884. https://doi.org/10.1021/la5041745
    DORA PSI
  • Aroua S, Tiu EGV, Ayer M, Ishikawa T, Yamakoshi Y
    RAFT synthesis of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) amine and preparation of a water-soluble C60-PVP conjugate
    Polymer Chemistry. 2015; 6(14): 2616-2619. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4py01333f
    DORA PSI
  • Liebi M, Kuster S, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Fischer P, Walde P, et al.
    Magnetically enhanced bicelles delivering switchable anisotropy in optical gels
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2014; 6(2): 1100-1105. https://doi.org/10.1021/am4046469
    DORA PSI
  • Ueno H, Bui KH, Ishikawa T, Imai Y, Yamaguchi T, Ishikawa T
    Structure of dimeric axonemal dynein in cilia suggests an alternative mechanism of force generation
    Cytoskeleton. 2014; 71(7): 412-422. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21180
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    Protein tagging reveals new insights into signaling in flagella
    Journal of Cell Biology. 2014; 204(5): 631-633. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201401142
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    3D structure of eukaryotic flagella/cilia by cryo-electron tomography
    Biophysics. 2013; 9: 141-148. https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysics.9.141
    DORA PSI
  • Liebi M, Kuster S, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Fischer P, Walde P, et al.
    Cholesterol-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate complexed with thulium ions integrated into bicelles to increase their magnetic alignability
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2013; 117(47): 14743-14748. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp406599c
    DORA PSI
  • Lowell AN, Qiao H, Liu T, Ishikawa T, Zhang H, Oriana S, et al.
    Functionalized low-density lipoprotein nanoparticles for in vivo enhancement of atherosclerosis on magnetic resonance images
    Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2012; 23(11): 2313-2319. https://doi.org/10.1021/bc300561e
    DORA PSI
  • Junker K, Zandomeneghi G, Guo Z, Kissner R, Ishikawa T, Kohlbrecher J, et al.
    Mechanistic aspects of the horseradish peroxidase-catalysed polymerisation of aniline in the presence of AOT vesicles as templates
    RSC Advances. 2012; 2(16): 6478-6495. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20566a
    DORA PSI
  • Bui KH, Yagi T, Yamamoto R, Kamiya R, Ishikawa T
    Polarity and asymmetry in the arrangement of dynein and related structures in the Chlamydomonas axoneme
    Journal of Cell Biology. 2012; 198(5): 913-925. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201201120
    DORA PSI
  • Maheshwari A, Ishikawa T
    Heterogeneity of dynein structure implies coordinated suppression of dynein motor activity in the axoneme
    Journal of Structural Biology. 2012; 179(2): 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.018
    DORA PSI
  • Ishikawa T
    Structural biology of cytoplasmic and axonemal dyneins
    Journal of Structural Biology. 2012; 179(2): 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.016
    DORA PSI
  • Pigino G, Maheshwari A, Bui KH, Shingyoji C, Kamimura S, Ishikawa T
    Comparative structural analysis of eukaryotic flagella and cilia from Chlamydomonas, Tetrahymena, and sea urchins
    Journal of Structural Biology. 2012; 178(2): 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.02.012
    DORA PSI
  • Ueno H, Ishikawa T, Bui KH, Gonda K, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi T
    Mouse respiratory cilia with the asymmetric axonemal structure on sparsely distributed ciliary cells can generate overall directional flow
    Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 2012; 8(7): 1081-1087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2012.01.004
    DORA PSI
  • Tokutsu R, Kato N, Bui KH, Ishikawa T, Minagawa J
    Revisiting the supramolecular organization of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2012; 287(37): 31574-31581. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.331991
    DORA PSI
  • Liebi M, Kohlbrecher J, Ishikawa T, Fischer P, Walde P, Windhab EJ
    Cholesterol increases the magnetic aligning of bicellar disks from an aqueous mixture of DMPC and DMPE-DTPA with complexed thulium ions
    Langmuir. 2012; 28(29): 10905-10915. https://doi.org/10.1021/la3019327
    DORA PSI
  • Bui KH, Pigino G, Ishikawa T
    Three-dimensional structural analysis of eukaryotic flagella/cilia by electron cryo-tomography
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2011; 18(1): 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049510036812
    DORA PSI
  • Pigino G, Bui KH, Maheshwari A, Lupetti P, Diener D, Ishikawa T
    Cryoelectron tomography of radial spokes in cilia and flagella
    Journal of Cell Biology. 2011; 195(4): 673-687. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201106125
    DORA PSI

2006-2010

  • Nucleotide-induced global conformational changes of flagellar dynein arms revealed by in situ analysis Movassagh T, Bui K, Sakakibara H, Oiwa K, Ishikawa T
    NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 17, 761 (2010).
    DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1832
  • Three-dimensional structural analysis of eukaryotic flagella/cilia by electron cryo-tomography Bui K, Pigino G, Ishikawa T
    JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 18, 2 (2010).
    DOI: 10.1107/s0909049510036812
  • Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links in Chlamydomonas flagella Bui K, Sakakibara H, Movassagh T, Oiwa K, Ishikawa T
    The Journal of Cell Biology 186, 437 (2009).
    DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903082
  • Molecular architecture of inner dynein arms in situ in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii flagella Bui K, Sakakibara H, Movassagh T, Oiwa K, Ishikawa T
    The Journal of Cell Biology 183, 923 (2008).
    DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200808050
  • Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome Schaffitzel C, Oswald M, Berger I, Ishikawa T, Abrahams J, Koerten Henk K, Koning Roman I, Ban N
    NATURE 448, 1076 (2007).
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06169
  • Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome Schaffitzel C, Oswald M, Berger I, Ishikawa T, Abrahams J, Koerten Henk K, Koning Roman I, Ban N
    NATURE 444, 503 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05182

before 2005

Ishikawa, T., Cheng, N., Liu, X., Korn, E.D. and Steven, A.C. (2004) “Subdomain organization of the Acanthamoeba myosin IC tail from cryo-electron microscopy” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 12189-12194.

Ishikawa, T., Maurizi, M.R. and Steven, A.C. (2004) “The N-terminal substrate-binding domain of ClpA unfoldase is highly mobile and extends axially from the distal surface of ClpAP protease” J. Struct. Biol. 146, 180-188.

Zakalskiy, A., Hoegenauer, G., Ishikawa, T., Wehrschuetz-Sigl, E., Wendler, F., Teis, D. Zisser, D., Steven, A.C. and Bergler, H. (2002) “Structural and enzymatic properties of the AAA Protein Drg1p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Decoupling of intracellular function from ATPase activity and hexamerization” J. Biol. Chem. 277, 26788-26795.

Miyanishi, T., Ishikawa, T., Hayashibara, T., Maita, T. and Wakabayashi, T. (2002) “The two actin-binding regions on the myosin heads of cardiac muscle” Biochemistry 41, 5429-5438.

Ishikawa, T., Beuron, F., Kessel, M., Wickner, S., Maurizi, M.R. and Steven, A.C. (2001) “Translocation pathway of protein substrates in ClpAP protease” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 4328-33.

Narita, A., Yasunaga, T., Ishikawa, T., Mayanagi, K. and Wakabayashi, T. (2001) “Ca(2+)-induced switching of troponin and tropomyosin on actin filaments as revealed by electron cryo-microscopy” J. Mol. Biol. 308, 241-261.

Singh, S.K., Rozycki, J., Ortega, J., Ishikawa, T., Lo, J., Steven, A.C. and Maurizi, M.R. (2001) “Functional domains of the ClpA and ClpX molecular chaperones identified by limited proteolysis and deletion analysis” J. Biol. Chem. 276, 29420-29429.

Ishikawa, T., Maurizi, M.R., Belnap, D.M. and Steven, A.C. (2000) “Docking of components in a bacterial complex” Nature 408, 667-668.

Ortega, J., Singh, S.K., Ishikawa, T., Maurizi, M.R. and Steven, A.C. (2000) “Visualization of substrate binding and translocation by the ATP-dependent protease,ClpXP” Mol. Cell 6, 1515-1521.

Ishikawa, T. and Wakabayashi, T. (1999) “Calcium-induced changes in the location and conformation of troponin in skeletal muscle thin filaments” J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 126, 200-211.

Mayanagi, K., Ishikawa, T., Toyoshima, C., Inoue, Y. and Nakazato, K. (1998) “Three- Dimensional Electron Microscopy of the Photosystem II Core Complex” J. Struct. Biol. 123, 211-224.

Kikkawa, M., Ishikawa, T., Wakabayashi, T. and Hirokawa, N. (1995) “Threedimensional structure of the kinesin head-microtubule complex” Nature 376, 274-277.

Ishikawa, T. and Wakabayashi, T. (1995) “Proposal of alignment-independent classification of electron microscopic images with helical symmetry and its application to reconstituted thin filament of skeletal muscle” Ultramicroscopy 57, 91-101.

Ishikawa, T. and Wakabayashi, T. (1994) “Calcium induced change in three-dimesional structure of thin filaments of rabbit skeletal muscle as revealed by cryo-elecron miscroscopy” Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 203, 951-958.

Kikkawa, M., Ishikawa, T., Nakata, T., Wakabayashi, T. and Hirokawa, N. (1994) “Direct visualization of the microtubule lattice seam both in vitro and in vivo” J. Cell Biol. 127, 1965-1971.

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