Kawasaki T, Nishimura T, Tani N, Ramos C, Karaulanov E, Shinya M, Saito K, Taylor E, Ketting RF, Ishiguro K, Tanaka M, Siegfried KR, Sakai N. Meioc-Piwil1 complexes regulate rRNA transcription for differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells. eLife, 14:RP104295, 2025.
Kaneko, S, Miyoshi, K, Tomuro, K, Terauchi M, Tanaka R, Kondo S, Tani N, Ishiguro K, Toyoda A, Kamikouchi A, Noguchi H, Iwasaki S, Saito K.Mettl1-dependent m7G tRNA modification is essential for maintaining spermatogenesis and fertility in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat. Commun., 15(1):8147, 2024.
Akiyama T, Ishiguro K, Chikazawa N, Ko SBH, Yukawa M, Ko MSH. ZSCAN4-binding motif – TGCACAC is conserved and enriched in CA/TG microsatellites in both mouse and human genomes. DNA Res., 31(1):dsad029, 2024.
Kuwayama N, Kujirai T, Kishi Y, Hirano R, Echigoya K, Watanabe S, Nakao M, Suzuki Y, Ishiguro K, Kurumizaka H, Gotoh Y. HMGA2 directly mediates chromatin condensation in association with neuronal fate regulation. Nat. Commun., 14(1):6420, 2023.
Mwalilino L, Yamane M, Ishiguro K, Usuki S, Endoh M, Niwa H. The Role of Zfp352 in the regulation of transient expression of 2-cell specific genes in mouse embryonic stem cells. Genes Cells, 28(12):831-844, 2023.
Frey T, Murakami T, Maki K, Kawaue T, Tani N, Sugai A, Nakazawa N, Ishiguro K, Adachi T, Kengaku M, Ohki K, Gotoh Y, Kishi Y. Age-associated reduction of nuclear shape dynamics in excitatory neurons of the visual cortex. Aging Cell, 22(9):e13925, 2023.
Ishihara T, Fenelon J, Griffith O, Ishiguro K, Renfree M. Conserved H3K27me3-associated chromatin remodeling allows STRA8 but not MEIOSIN expression in mammalian germ cells. Reproduction, 165(5):507-520, 2023.
Ito T, Ohta M, Osada A, Nishiyama A, Ishiguro K, Tamura T, Sekita Y, Kimura T. Switching defective/sucrose non-fermenting chromatin remodeling complex coordinates meiotic gene activation via promoter remodeling and Meiosin activation in female germline. Genes Cells, 28(1):15-28, 2022.
Abe H, Yeh YH, Munakata Y, Ishiguro K, Andreassen PR, Namekawa SH. Active DNA damage response signaling initiates and maintains meiotic sex chromosome inactivation. Nat. Commun., 13(1):7212, 2022.
Sano H, Nakamura A, Yamane M, Niwa H, Nishimura T, Araki K, Takemoto K, Ishiguro K, Aoki H, Kato Y, Kojima M. The polyol pathway is an evolutionarily conserved system for sensing glucose uptake. PLOS Biol., 20(6):e3001678, 2022.
Oura S, Hino T, Satoh T, Noda T, Koyano T, Sotani A, Matsuyama M, Akira S, Ishiguro K, Ikawa M. Trim41 is required to regulate chromosome axis protein dynamics and meiosis in male mice. PLOS Genet., 18(6):e1010241, 2022.
Hirano K, Nonami Y, Nakamura Y, Sato T, Sato T, Ishiguro K, Ogawa T, Yoshida S. Temperature sensitivity of DNA double-strand break repair underpins heat-induced meiotic failure in mouse spermatogenesis. Commun. Biol., 5(1):504, 2022.
Saito Y, Santosa V, Ishiguro K, Kanemaki M. MCMBP promotes the assembly of the MCM2–7 hetero-hexamer to ensure robust DNA replication in human cells. eLife, 11:e77393, 2022.
Kikuchi K, Sakamoto Y, Uezu A, Yamamoto H, Ishiguro K, Shimamura K, Saito T, Hisanaga S, Nakanishi H. Map7D2 and Map7D1 facilitate microtubule stabilization through distinct mechanisms to control cell motility and neurite outgrowth. Life Sci. Alliance, 5(8):e202201390, 2022.
Takeda I, Araki M, Ishiguro K, Ohga T, Takada K, Yamaguchi Y, Hashimoto K, Kai T, Yoshinobu K, Nakagata N, Imasaka M, Araki K. Gene trapping reveals a new transcriptionally active genome element: the chromosome-specific clustered trap region. Genes Cells, 26(11):874-890, 2021.
Takada Y, Yaman-Deveci R, Shirakawa T, Sharif J, Tomizawa S, Miura F, Ito T, Ono M, Nakajima K, Koseki Y, Shiotani F, Ishiguro K, Ohbo K, Koseki H. Maintenance DNA methylation in pre-meiotic germ cells regulates meiotic prophase by facilitating homologous chromosome pairing. Development, 148(10):dev194605, 2021.
Oura S, Koyano T, Kodera C, Takada Y, Matsuyama M, Ishiguro K, Ikawa M. KCTD19 and its associated protein ZFP541 are independently essential for meiosis in male mice.PLOS Genet., 17(5):e1009412, 2021.
Imai Y, SaitoK, Takemoto K, Velilla F, Kawasaki T, Ishiguro K, Sakai N. Sycp1 is not required for subtelomeric DNA double-strand breaks but is required for homologous alignment in zebrafish spermatocytes. Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 9:664377, 2021.
Nakatake Y, Ko BHS, Sharov A, Wakabayashi S, Murakami M, Sakota M, Chikazawa N, Ookura C, Sato S, Ito N, Ishikawa-Hirayama M, Mak SS, Jakt LM, Ueno T, Hiratsuka K, Matsushita M, Goparaju SK, Akiyama T, Ishiguro K, Oda M, Gouda N, Umezawa A, Akutsu H, Nishimura K, Matoba R, Ohara O, Ko MSH. Generation and profiling of 2,135 human ESC lines for the systematic analyses of cell states perturbed by inducing single transcription factors. Cell Rep., 31(7):107655, 2020.
Takemoto K#, Imai Y#, Saito K, Kawasaki T, Carlton MP, Ishiguro K, Sakai N. Sycp2 is essential for synaptonemal complex assembly, early meiotic recombination and homologous pairing in zebrafish spermatocytes. PLoS Genet., 16(2):e1008640, 2020. (#, equally contributed)
Hiratsuka K, Monkawa T, Akiyama T, Nakatake Y, Oda M, Goparaju SK, Kimura H, Chikazawa-Nohtomi N, Sato S, Ishiguro K, Yamaguchi S, Suzuki S, Morizane R, Ko BSH, Itoh H, Ko MSK. Induction of human pluripotent stem cells into kidney tissues by synthetic mRNAs encoding transcription factors. Sci. Rep.,9(1):913, 2019.
Ida H, Akiyama T, Ishiguro K, Goparaju SK, Nakatake Y, Chikazawa NN, Sato S, Kimura H, Yokoyama Y, Nagino M, Ko MSH, Ko SBH. Establishment of a rapid and footprint-free protocol for differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into pancreatic endocrine cells with synthetic mRNAs encoding transcription factors. Stem Cell Res. Ther., 9(1):277, 2018.
(*: equally contributed)*Kim J, *Ishiguro K., Nambu A., Akiyoshi B., Yokobayashi S., Kagami A., Ishiguro T., Pendas A.M., Takeda N., Sakakibara Y., Kitajima T.S., Tanno Y., Sakuno T., Watanabe Y. : Meikin is a conserved regulator of meiosis-I-specific kinetochore function: Nature 517, 466-471 (2015)
Kumar R., Ghyselinck N., Ishiguro K., Watanabe Y., Kouznetsova A., Höög C., Strong E., Schimenti J., Daniel K., Toth A., de Massy B.: MEI4: a central player in the regulation of meiotic DNA double strand break formation in mouse: J. Cell Science 128(9), 1800-1811 (2015)
Ishiguro K., Kim J, Shibuya H, Hernández-Hernández A, Suzuki A, Fukagawa T, Shioi G, Kiyonari H, Li XC, Schimenti J, Höög C, Watanabe Y.: Meiosis-specific cohesin mediates homolog recognition in mouse spermatocytes. Genes&Development 28, 594-607 (2014)
Shibuya H, Ishiguro K, Watanabe Y.: The TRF1-binding protein TERB1 promotes chromosome movement and telomere rigidity in meiosis. Nature Cell Biology 16:145-156 (2014)
Belzil C., Asada N., Ishiguro K., Nakaya T., Parsons K., Pendolino V., Neumayer G., Mapelli M., Nakatani Y., Sanada K., Nguyen MD. : p600 regulates spindle orientation in apical neural progenitors and contributes to neurogenesis in the developing neocortex. Biol.OPEN 8;3(6):475-485 (2014)
(*: equally contributed) *Nakaya T., *Ishiguro K., Belzil C., Rietsch A.M., Yu Q., Mizuno S., Bronson R.T., Geng Y., Nguyen M.D., Akashi K., Sicinski P., Nakatani Y. : p600 Plays Essential Roles in Fetal Development., Plos One 8(6): e66269 (2013)
Kim J., Ishiguro K., Kudo N., Watanabe Y. Meiosis specific cohesins in mouse embryonic oocytes. Methods in Molecular Biology 957: 47-57. (2012)
Morimoto A, Shibuya H, Zhu X, Kim J, Ishiguro K, Han M, Watanabe Y. : A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis. J. Cell Biol.198:165-172 (2012)
Ishiguro K., Kim J., Fujiyama-Nakamura S., Kato S., Watanabe Y. A new meiosis-specific cohesin complex implicated in the cohesin code for homologous pairing: EMBO report 12 : 267-275 (2011)
Tanno Y., Kitajima T., Honda T., Ando Y., Ishiguro K., Watanabe Y.: Phosphorylation of mammalian Sgo2 by Aurora B recruits PP2A and MCAK to centromeres: Genes&Development 24 : 2169-2179 (2010)
Kawashima SA, Yamagishi Y, Honda T, Ishiguro K, Watanabe Y. :Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 Prevents Chromosomal Instability Through Localizing Shugoshin. Science. 327 : 172-177 (2010)
Shim SY., Wang J., Neumayer G., Tran H., Ishiguro K., Sanada K., Nakatani Y., Nguyen MD. : p600 is a Microtubule / Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Protein in CNS Neurons : J. Neuroscience 28 : 3604-3614 (2008)
Kitajima TS, Sakuno T, Ishiguro K, Iemura S, Natsume T, Kawashima SA, Watanabe Y. : Shugoshin collaborates with protein phosphatase 2A to protect cohesin. Nature 441 : 46-52 (2006)
Nakatani Y, Konishi H, Vassilev A, Kurooka H, Ishiguro K, Sawada J, Ikura T, Korsmeyer SJ, Qin J, Herlitz AM. : p600, a unique protein required for membrane morphogenesis and cell survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.;102:15093-15098 (2005)
(*: equally contributed) Ogawa H*, Ishiguro K.*, Gaubatz S., Livingston D., Nakatani Y. : A complex with chromatin modifiers that occupies E2F- and Myc-responsive genes in G0 cells, Science 296 : 1132-1136 (2002)
Nagawa F., Kodama M., Nishihara T., Ishiguro K., Sakano H.: Footprint analysis of recombination signal sequences in the 12/23 synaptic complex of V(D)J recombination, Mol. Cell. Biol. 22 : 7217-7225 (2002)
Yoshida T., Tsuboi A., Ishiguro K., Nagawa F., Sakano H.: The DNA bending protein, HMG1, is required for correct cleavage of 23bp-recombination signal sequences by RAG proteins in vitro, Int.Immunol. 12 : 101-109 : (2000)
(*: equally contributed) Nagawa F.*, Ishiguro K.*, Tsuboi A.*, Yoshida T., Ishikawa A., Takemori T., Otsuka A.J., Sakano H. : Footprint analysis of the RAG protein recombination signal sequence complex for V(D)J type recombination, Mol. Cell. Biol. 18 : 655-663(1998)