Atsushi (Austin) Nakano

Publications:

Nakano H, Nakano A. The role of metabolism in cardiac development. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2024; 156:201-243. view on PubMed

Perez-Ramirez CA, Nakano H, Law RC, Matulionis N, Thompson J, Pfeiffer A, Park JO, Nakano A, Christofk HR. Atlas of fetal metabolism during mid-to-late gestation and diabetic pregnancy. Cell. 2024 01 04; 187(1):204-215.e14. view on PubMed

Langenbacher AD, Lu F, Tsang L, Huang ZYS, Keer B, Tian Z, Eide A, Pellegrini M, Nakano H, Nakano A, Chen JN. Rtf1-dependent transcriptional pausing regulates cardiogenesis. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 15. view on PubMed

Liu N, Kawahira N, Nakashima Y, Nakano H, Iwase A, Uchijima Y, Wang M, Wu SM, Minamisawa S, Kurihara H, Nakano A. Notch and retinoic acid signals regulate macrophage formation from endocardium downstream of Nkx2-5. Nat Commun. 2023 09 05; 14(1):5398. view on PubMed

Nakano A, Liu N. Response to Matters Arising: Intercellular genetic tracing of cardiac endothelium in the developing heart. Dev Cell. 2023 08 21; 58(16):1513-1514. view on PubMed

Liu N, Butcher JT, Nakano A, Del Campo A. Changes in macrophage immunometabolism as a marker of skeletal muscle dysfunction across the lifespan. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 05 25; 15(10):4035-4050. view on PubMed

Trieu T, Mach P, Bunn K, Huang V, Huang J, Chow C, Nakano H, Fajardo VM, Touma M, Ren S, Wang Y, Nakano A. A novel murine model of atrial fibrillation by diphtheria toxin-induced injury. Front Physiol. 2022; 13:977735. view on PubMed

Dunham CS, Mackenzie ME, Nakano H, Kim AR, Nakano A, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK. Cardio PyMEA: A user-friendly, open-source Python application for cardiomyocyte microelectrode array analysis. PLoS One. 2022; 17(5):e0266647. view on PubMed

Dunham CS, Mackenzie ME, Nakano H, Kim AR, Juda MB, Nakano A, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK. Pacemaker translocations and power laws in 2D stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte cultures. PLoS One. 2022; 17(3):e0263976. view on PubMed

Zhao Y, Wang LK, Eskin A, Kang X, Fajardo VM, Mehta Z, Pineles S, Schmidt RJ, Nagiel A, Satou G, Garg M, Federman M, Reardon LC, Lee SL, Biniwale R, Grody WW, Halnon N, Khanlou N, Quintero-Rivera F, Alejos JC, Nakano A, Fishbein GA, Van Arsdell GS, Nelson SF, Touma M. Recessive ciliopathy mutations in primary endocardial fibroelastosis: a rare neonatal cardiomyopathy in a case of Alstrom syndrome. J Mol Med (Berl). 2021 11; 99(11):1623-1638. view on PubMed

Harada Y, Tanaka T, Arai Y, Isomoto Y, Nakano A, Nakao S, Urasaki A, Watanabe Y, Kawamura T, Nakagawa O. ETS-dependent enhancers for endothelial-specific expression of serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 during mouse embryo development. Genes Cells. 2021 Aug; 26(8):611-626. view on PubMed

Fajardo VM, Feng I, Chen BY, Perez-Ramirez CA, Shi B, Clark P, Tian R, Lien CL, Pellegrini M, Christofk H, Nakano H, Nakano A. GLUT1 overexpression enhances glucose metabolism and promotes neonatal heart regeneration. Sci Rep. 2021 04 21; 11(1):8669. view on PubMed

Nakano H, Fajardo VM, Nakano A. The role of glucose in physiological and pathological heart formation. Dev Biol. 2021 07; 475:222-233. view on PubMed

Watanabe Y, Seya D, Ihara D, Ishii S, Uemoto T, Kubo A, Arai Y, Isomoto Y, Nakano A, Abe T, Shigeta M, Kawamura T, Saito Y, Ogura T, Nakagawa O. Importance of endothelial Hey1 expression for thoracic great vessel development and its distal enhancer for Notch-dependent endothelial transcription. J Biol Chem. 2020 12 18; 295(51):17632-17645. view on PubMed

Anderson A, Masuho I, Marron Fernandez de Velasco E, Nakano A, Birnbaumer L, Martemyanov KA, Wickman K. GPCR-dependent biasing of GIRK channel signaling dynamics by RGS6 in mouse sinoatrial nodal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 06 23; 117(25):14522-14531. view on PubMed

Ihara D, Watanabe Y, Seya D, Arai Y, Isomoto Y, Nakano A, Kubo A, Ogura T, Kawamura T, Nakagawa O. Expression of Hey2 transcription factor in the early embryonic ventricles is controlled through a distal enhancer by Tbx20 and Gata transcription factors. Dev Biol. 2020 05 15; 461(2):124-131. view on PubMed

Shigeta A, Huang V, Zuo J, Besada R, Nakashima Y, Lu Y, Ding Y, Pellegrini M, Kulkarni RP, Hsiai T, Deb A, Zhou B, Nakano H, Nakano A. Endocardially Derived Macrophages Are Essential for Valvular Remodeling. Dev Cell. 2019 03 11; 48(5):617-630.e3. view on PubMed

Lee SW, Anderson A, Guzman PA, Nakano A, Tolkacheva EG, Wickman K. Atrial GIRK Channels Mediate the Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Heart Rate Dynamics and Arrhythmogenesis. Front Physiol. 2018; 9:943. view on PubMed

Anderson A, Kulkarni K, Marron Fernandez de Velasco E, Carlblom N, Xia Z, Nakano A, Martemyanov KA, Tolkacheva EG, Wickman K. Expression and relevance of the G protein-gated K+ channel in the mouse ventricle. Sci Rep. 2018 01 19; 8(1):1192. view on PubMed

Tao Y, Yen MR, Chitiashvili T, Nakano H, Kim R, Hosohama L, Tan YC, Nakano A, Chen PY, Clark AT. TRIM28-Regulated Transposon Repression Is Required for Human Germline Competency and Not Primed or Naive Human Pluripotency. Stem Cell Reports. 2018 01 09; 10(1):243-256. view on PubMed

Nakano H, Minami I, Braas D, Pappoe H, Wu X, Sagadevan A, Vergnes L, Fu K, Morselli M, Dunham C, Ding X, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK, Pellegrini M, Clark PM, Reue K, Lusis AJ, Ribalet B, Kurdistani SK, Christofk H, Nakatsuji N, Nakano A. Glucose inhibits cardiac muscle maturation through nucleotide biosynthesis. Elife. 2017 12 12; 6. view on PubMed

Zhu H, Scharnhorst KS, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK, Minami I, Nakatsuji N, Nakano H, Nakano A. Two dimensional electrophysiological characterization of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte system. Sci Rep. 2017 03 07; 7:43210. view on PubMed

Ding Y, Lee J, Ma J, Sung K, Yokota T, Singh N, Dooraghi M, Abiri P, Wang Y, Kulkarni RP, Nakano A, Nguyen TP, Fei P, Hsiai TK. Light-sheet fluorescence imaging to localize cardiac lineage and protein distribution. Sci Rep. 2017 02 06; 7:42209. view on PubMed

Sung K, Ding Y, Ma J, Chen H, Huang V, Cheng M, Yang CF, Kim JT, Eguchi D, Di Carlo D, Hsiai TK, Nakano A, Kulkarni RP. Simplified three-dimensional tissue clearing and incorporation of colorimetric phenotyping. Sci Rep. 2016 08 08; 6:30736. view on PubMed

Young CS, Hicks MR, Ermolova NV, Nakano H, Jan M, Younesi S, Karumbayaram S, Kumagai-Cresse C, Wang D, Zack JA, Kohn DB, Nakano A, Nelson SF, Miceli MC, Spencer MJ, Pyle AD. A Single CRISPR-Cas9 Deletion Strategy that Targets the Majority of DMD Patients Restores Dystrophin Function in hiPSC-Derived Muscle Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2016 Apr 07; 18(4):533-40. view on PubMed

Nakano A, Nakano H, Smith KA, Palpant NJ. The developmental origins and lineage contributions of endocardial endothelium. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 Jul; 1863(7 Pt B):1937-47. view on PubMed

Shimura D, Kusakari Y, Sasano T, Nakashima Y, Nakai G, Jiao Q, Jin M, Yokota T, Ishikawa Y, Nakano A, Goda N, Minamisawa S. Heterozygous deletion of sarcolipin maintains normal cardiac function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2016 Jan 01; 310(1):H92-103. view on PubMed

Lluri G, Huang V, Touma M, Liu X, Harmon AW, Nakano A. Hematopoietic progenitors are required for proper development of coronary vasculature. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2015 Sep; 86:199-207. view on PubMed

Yamamoto K, Kakino A, Takeshita H, Hayashi N, Li L, Nakano A, Hanasaki-Yamamoto H, Fujita Y, Imaizumi Y, Toyama-Yokoyama S, Nakama C, Kawai T, Takeda M, Hongyo K, Oguro R, Maekawa Y, Itoh N, Takami Y, Onishi M, Takeya Y, Sugimoto K, Kamide K, Nakagami H, Ohishi M, Kurtz TW, Sawamura T, Rakugi H. Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) activates the angiotensin II type 1 receptor by binding to the lectin-like oxLDL receptor. FASEB J. 2015 Aug; 29(8):3342-56. view on PubMed

Kim PG, Nakano H, Das PP, Chen MJ, Rowe RG, Chou SS, Ross SJ, Sakamoto KM, Zon LI, Schlaeger TM, Orkin SH, Nakano A, Daley GQ. Flow-induced protein kinase A-CREB pathway acts via BMP signaling to promote HSC emergence. J Exp Med. 2015 May 04; 212(5):633-48. view on PubMed

Yan Y, Tsukamoto O, Nakano A, Kato H, Kioka H, Ito N, Higo S, Yamazaki S, Shintani Y, Matsuoka K, Liao Y, Asanuma H, Asakura M, Takafuji K, Minamino T, Asano Y, Kitakaze M, Takashima S. Augmented AMPK activity inhibits cell migration by phosphorylating the novel substrate Pdlim5. Nat Commun. 2015 Jan 30; 6:6137. view on PubMed

Shimizu H, Schredelseker J, Huang J, Lu K, Naghdi S, Lu F, Franklin S, Fiji HD, Wang K, Zhu H, Tian C, Lin B, Nakano H, Ehrlich A, Nakai J, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK, Nakano A, Goldhaber JI, Vondriska TM, Hajnóczky G, Kwon O, Chen JN. Mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake by the voltage-dependent anion channel 2 regulates cardiac rhythmicity. Elife. 2015 Jan 15; 4. view on PubMed

Nakashima Y, Yanez DA, Touma M, Nakano H, Jaroszewicz A, Jordan MC, Pellegrini M, Roos KP, Nakano A. Nkx2-5 suppresses the proliferation of atrial myocytes and conduction system. Circ Res. 2014 Mar 28; 114(7):1103-13. view on PubMed

Kioka H, Kato H, Fujikawa M, Tsukamoto O, Suzuki T, Imamura H, Nakano A, Higo S, Yamazaki S, Matsuzaki T, Takafuji K, Asanuma H, Asakura M, Minamino T, Shintani Y, Yoshida M, Noji H, Kitakaze M, Komuro I, Asano Y, Takashima S. Evaluation of intramitochondrial ATP levels identifies G0/G1 switch gene 2 as a positive regulator of oxidative phosphorylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jan 07; 111(1):273-8. view on PubMed

Groenke S, Larson ED, Alber S, Zhang R, Lamp ST, Ren X, Nakano H, Jordan MC, Karagueuzian HS, Roos KP, Nakano A, Proenza C, Philipson KD, Goldhaber JI. Complete atrial-specific knockout of sodium-calcium exchange eliminates sinoatrial node pacemaker activity. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e81633. view on PubMed

Harmon AW, Nakano A. Nkx2-5 lineage tracing visualizes the distribution of second heart field-derived aortic smooth muscle. Genesis. 2013 Dec; 51(12):862-9. view on PubMed

Arshi A, Nakashima Y, Nakano H, Eaimkhong S, Evseenko D, Reed J, Stieg AZ, Gimzewski JK, Nakano A. Rigid microenvironments promote cardiac differentiation of mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Sci Technol Adv Mater. 2013 Aug 01; 14(2). view on PubMed

Chen PY, Ganguly A, Rubbi L, Orozco LD, Morselli M, Ashraf D, Jaroszewicz A, Feng S, Jacobsen SE, Nakano A, Devaskar SU, Pellegrini M. Intrauterine calorie restriction affects placental DNA methylation and gene expression. Physiol Genomics. 2013 Jul 15; 45(14):565-76. view on PubMed

Nakano H, Liu X, Arshi A, Nakashima Y, van Handel B, Sasidharan R, Harmon AW, Shin JH, Schwartz RJ, Conway SJ, Harvey RP, Pashmforoush M, Mikkola HK, Nakano A. Haemogenic endocardium contributes to transient definitive haematopoiesis. Nat Commun. 2013; 4:1564. view on PubMed

Van Handel B, Montel-Hagen A, Sasidharan R, Nakano H, Ferrari R, Boogerd CJ, Schredelseker J, Wang Y, Hunter S, Org T, Zhou J, Li X, Pellegrini M, Chen JN, Orkin SH, Kurdistani SK, Evans SM, Nakano A, Mikkola HK. Scl represses cardiomyogenesis in prospective hemogenic endothelium and endocardium. Cell. 2012 Aug 03; 150(3):590-605. view on PubMed

Nakano H, Williams E, Hoshijima M, Sasaki M, Minamisawa S, Chien KR, Nakano A. Cardiac origin of smooth muscle cells in the inflow tract. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011 Feb; 50(2):337-45. view on PubMed

Min KD, Asakura M, Liao Y, Nakamaru K, Okazaki H, Takahashi T, Fujimoto K, Ito S, Takahashi A, Asanuma H, Yamazaki S, Minamino T, Sanada S, Seguchi O, Nakano A, Ando Y, Otsuka T, Furukawa H, Isomura T, Takashima S, Mochizuki N, Kitakaze M. Identification of genes related to heart failure using global gene expression profiling of human failing myocardium. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Feb 26; 393(1):55-60. view on PubMed

Laugwitz KL, Moretti A, Caron L, Nakano A, Chien KR. Islet1 cardiovascular progenitors: a single source for heart lineages? Development. 2008 Jan; 135(2):193-205. view on PubMed

Moretti A, Caron L, Nakano A, Lam JT, Bernshausen A, Chen Y, Qyang Y, Bu L, Sasaki M, Martin-Puig S, Sun Y, Evans SM, Laugwitz KL, Chien KR. Multipotent embryonic isl1+ progenitor cells lead to cardiac, smooth muscle, and endothelial cell diversification. Cell. 2006 Dec 15; 127(6):1151-65. view on PubMed

Seo S, Fujita H, Nakano A, Kang M, Duarte A, Kume T. The forkhead transcription factors, Foxc1 and Foxc2, are required for arterial specification and lymphatic sprouting during vascular development. Dev Biol. 2006 Jun 15; 294(2):458-70. view on PubMed