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Overview

Susumu Imaoka is affiliated with Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. The research activity of this scientist spans several intersecting areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work focuses notably on molecular biology, cancer research, epidemiology, biochemistry, and aging.

Their scientific contributions engage multiple thematic topics, including:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism
  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy

Imaoka's publication record includes papers published in venues such as The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, Free Radical Research, Current Drug Metabolism, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, and Scientific Reports. Frequent publication forums reflect a focus on toxicology, oxidative biology, drug metabolism, and gerontology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Imaoka include the following:

  • Feedback of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) transcriptional activity via redox factor-1 (Ref-1) induction by reactive oxygen species (ROS), 2021, Free Radical Research
  • Chlorogenic Acid Activates Nrf2/SKN-1 and Prolongs the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans via the Akt-FOXO3/DAF16a-DDB1 Pathway and Activation of DAF16f, 2022, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Bisphenol A and rotenone induce S-nitrosylation of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and inhibit neurite outgrowth of primary cultured cells of the rat hippocampus and PC12 cells, 2020, The Journal of Toxicological Sciences
  • Contribution of DHA diols (19,20-DHDP) produced by cytochrome P450s and soluble epoxide hydrolase to the beneficial effects of DHA supplementation in the brains of rotenone-induced rat models of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • Sp1 is a substrate of Keap1 and regulates the activity of CRL4AWDR23 ubiquitin ligase toward Nrf2, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their frequent collaborators include Ami Oguro, Ferbian Milas Siswanto, Yukino Kobayashi, Rika Sakuma, and Akiyoshi Tamura, reflecting ongoing collaborative engagement with peers in related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Dopamine Formation from Tyramine by CYP2D6

    Toyoko Hiroi;Susumu Imaoka;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Multiple forms of human P450 expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Systematic characterization and comparison with those of the rat.

    Susumu Imaoka;Takao Yamada;Toyoko Hiroi;Koji Hayashi

  • Changes in amounts of cytochrome P450 isozymes and levels of catalytic activities in hepatic and renal microsomes of rats with streptozocin-induced diabetes

    N Shimojo;T Ishizaki;S Imaoka;Y Funae

  • Simultaneous purification of multiple forms of rat liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 by high-performance liquid chromatography

    Yoshihiko Funae;Susumu Imaoka

  • Involvement of CYP2J2 and CYP4F12 in the metabolism of ebastine in human intestinal microsomes.

    Takanori Hashizume;Susumu Imaoka;Masashi Mise;Yoshiaki Terauchi

  • A COMPARISON OF HEPATIC CYTOCHROME P450 PROTEIN EXPRESSION BETWEEN INFANCY AND POSTINFANCY

    Tomonori Tateishi;Hironori Nakura;Masako Asoh;Minoru Watanabe

  • Lidocaine metabolism by human cytochrome P-450s purified from hepatic microsomes: comparison of those with rat hepatic cytochrome P-450s.

    S Imaoka;K Enomoto;Y Oda;A Asada

  • Role of phospholipids in reconstituted cytochrome P 450 3A form and mechanism of their activation of catalytic activity

    Susumu Imaoka;Yoshio Imai;Tsutomu Shimada;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Changes in the amount of cytochrome P450s in rat hepatic microsomes with starvation

    Susumu Imaoka;Yoshitake Terano;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Apigenin suppresses the expression of VEGF, an important factor for angiogenesis, in endothelial cells via degradation of HIF-1α protein

    Mayuko Osada;Susumu Imaoka;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Purification and characterization of liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 from untreated male rats.

    Yoshihiko Funae;Susumu Imaoka

  • Clofibrate-inducible rat hepatic P450s IVA1 and IVA3 catalyze the omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of fatty acids and the omega-hydroxylation of prostaglandins E1 and F2 alpha.

    T Aoyama;J P Hardwick;S Imaoka;Y Funae

  • Age-dependent expression of cytochrome P-450s in rat liver.

    Susumu Imaoka;Shoichi Fujita;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Sterol 14-Demethylase P450 (P45014DM*) Is One of the Most Ancient and Conserved P450 Species

    Yuri Aoyama;Mitsuhide Noshiro;Osamu Gotoh;Susumu Imaoka

  • Formation of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine and cell-cycle arrest in the rat liver via generation of oxidative stress by phenobarbital: association with expression profiles of p21WAF1/Cip1, cyclin D1 and Ogg1

    Anna Kinoshita;Hideki Wanibuchi;Susumu Imaoka;Motome Ogawa

  • Involvement of human liver cytochrome P4502B6in the metabolism of propofol

    Yutaka Oda;Naoya Hamaoka;Toyoko Hiroi;Susumu Imaoka

  • Hepatic cytochrome P450 is directly inactivated by nitric oxide, not by inflammatory cytokines, in the early phase of endotoxemia.

    Shigekazu Takemura;Yukiko Minamiyama;Susumu Imaoka;Yoshihiko Funae

  • Presence of a threshold for promoting effects of phenobarbital on diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatic foci in the rat.

    Mitsuaki Kitano;Toshio Ichihara;Tsutomu Matsuda;Hideki Wanibuchi

  • Progesterone oxidation by cytochrome P450 2D isoforms in the brain.

    Toyoko Hiroi;Wataru Kishimoto;Wataru Kishimoto;Toshio Chow;Susumu Imaoka

  • Participation of rat liver cytochrome P450 2E1 in the activation of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine to products genotoxic in an acetyltransferase-overexpressing Salmonella typhimurium strain (NM2009).

    H Yamazaki;Y Oda;Y Funae;S Imaoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiko Funae
Yoshihiko Funae Osaka Metropolitan University
Tetsuya Kamataki
Tetsuya Kamataki Hokkaido University
Tsutomu Shimada
Tsutomu Shimada Osaka Metropolitan University
Toshiyuki Mori
Toshiyuki Mori National Institute for Materials Science
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Hiroshi Yamazaki Showa Pharmaceutical University
Arthur K. Cho
Arthur K. Cho University of California, Los Angeles
Yasushi Yamazoe
Yasushi Yamazoe Tohoku University
Shinya Toyokuni
Shinya Toyokuni Nagoya University
Yoshito Kumagai
Yoshito Kumagai University of Tsukuba
Kenji Inaba
Kenji Inaba University of Southern California

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