安井　正人 （ ヤスイ　マサト ）

YASUI Masato

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医学部 薬理学教室 （ 信濃町 ）

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教授

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総論文数: 180 総引用数: 7470 h-index: 43

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  • 医学部, 教授

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  • 1989年04月
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    1992年03月

    聖路加国際病院　, 小児科, 研修医

  • 1992年04月
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    1993年01月

    東京女子医科大学 母子総合医療センター, 新生児室, 助手

  • 1992年04月
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    1993年01月

    東京大学, 医科学研究所 御子柴研究室, 客員研究員

  • 2000年
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    2001年

    米国ジョンズホプキンス大学医学部, 講師

  • 2001年
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    2006年

    米国ジョンズホプキンス大学医学部, Depts of Pediatrics and Biological Chemistry, 助教授

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  • 1983年04月
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    1989年03月

    慶應義塾大学, 医学部

    大学, 卒業

  • 1997年04月

    スウェーデン王国カロリンスカ医科大学, 博士課程

    スウェーデン王国, 大学院, 卒業, 博士

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  • Doctor of Philosophy, スウェーデン王国カロリンスカ医科大学, 1997年04月

  • 博士(医学）, 慶応義塾大学, 1998年

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  • 医師免許証, 1989年05月

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  • ライフサイエンス / 薬理学

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  • 水・電解質・アクアポリン

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  • ①アクアポリンの構造機能相関　②脳のアクアポリンの機能解析　③アクアフォトミクスの臨床応用, 

    1997年01月
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    継続中

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  • LRBA organizes distinct vesicular traffcking systems in distal nephron segments for water and sodium conservation

    Nagaoka K., Ando F., Fujiki T., Abolhassani H., Hara Y., Yanagawa H., Suzuki S., Sakamaki Y., Oikawa D., Kikuchi H., Mandai S., Mori Y., Mori T., Susa K., Sohara E., Hoshino A., Ito T., Arakawa Y., Sasahara Y., Yasuda S., Abe Y., Yasui M., Tokunaga F., Kanegane H., Uchida S.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 （ 18 ）  2026年05月

    ISSN  00278424

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    Lipopolysaccharide-responsive and beige-like anchor protein (LRBA) defciency is a rare genetic disorder characterized by immune dysregulation. Te immune checkpoint molecule cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) fails to perform proper membrane trafcking in the absence of LRBA. In addition to immune cells, LRBA localizes to intracellular vesicles in various epithelial cells; however, its physiological roles have not been accurately deciphered. It was observed in this study that LRBA facilitates water and sodium transport by promoting vesicular trafcking of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) and AQP4 in renal collecting duct cells and that of sterile 20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) in distal convoluted tubule cells. Consequently, Lrba knockout mice exhibited vasopressin-resistant polyuria and hypotension under sodium-restricted conditions. Tis registry study revealed a polyuric phenotype in a subset of patients with LRBA defciency, characterized by inappropriately low urine specifc gravity despite the presence of chronic diarrhea. Notably, desmopressin treatment ameliorated impaired urinary concentration in a mouse model of human LRBA defciency. LRBA functions as a central coordinator of fuid and sodium homeostasis by organizing segment-specifc vesicular trafcking systems in renal epithelial cells.

  • Glycerol enhances mitochondrial metabolism and inflammatory response in pro-inflammatory macrophages

    Tanaka M., Hishiki T., Matsuura T., Yasui M., Chikuma S., Hara-Chikuma M.

    EMBO Reports 2026年

    ISSN  1469221X

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    Although glycerol is a ubiquitous metabolite in mammalian systems, its cellular metabolic pathways and functions have not been fully elucidated. Here, we find that elevated extracellular glycerol modulates intracellular metabolism and pro-inflammatory responses of macrophages. In pro-inflammatory macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide, glycerol is taken up through glycerol channels including Aquaporin 3 (AQP3) and metabolized to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), which is then converted to dihydroxyacetone phosphate by glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2 (GPD2). This glycerol-driven pathway enhances mitochondrial ATP production, potentially by supplying electrons to the electron transport chain (ETC) via GPD2, and by upregulating the transcription of genes encoding ETC complexes.　In addition, glycerol supplementation elevates intracellular acetyl-CoA levels, promotes histone acetylation at the promoters of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes, and consequently increases cytokine gene expression, suggesting enhanced pro-inflammatory response. In vivo experiments, macrophage-specific AQP3 conditional knockout mice exhibit reduced weight gain and adipose tissue inflammation in a high-fat diet-induced obesity model. Our findings provide novel insights into the metabolic regulation and macrophage inflammation by extracellular glycerol.

  • Aquaporin 3 inhibition attenuates imiquimod-induced psoriatic symptoms in a murine model

    Okubo R., Tanaka M., Kubo A., Yasui M., Hara-Chikuma M.

    Molecular Biology Reports 52 （ 1 ）  2025年12月

    ISSN  03014851

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    Background: Aquaporin 3 (AQP3) is highly expressed in both keratinocytes and T cells within psoriatic skin. Previous studies have demonstrated that AQP3 knockout mice show reduced development of psoriatic symptoms in murine models. This study aims to evaluate the effect of AQP3 inhibition on psoriasis progression. Methods and results: AQP3 conditional knockout mice were generated to assess the role of AQP3 expression in keratinocytes and T cells in psoriasis pathogenesis. In an imiquimod (IMQ)-induced psoriasis model, psoriatic symptoms were significantly reduced in mice with keratinocyte-specific AQP3 deletion. Additionally, AQP3 inhibition by administration of anti-AQP3 monoclonal antibody (mAb) effectively alleviated IMQ-induced psoriasis symptoms in wild-type mice. Conclusions: AQP3 inhibition presents a promising approach for the treatment of psoriasis.

  • Early neuromyelitis optica antibody-induced molecular changes in aquaporin 4 and associated proteins at astrocyte endfeet in murine brain tissues

    Yoshikawa Y., Tomioka M., Abe Y., Yasui M., Nuriya M.

    Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 158 （ 3 ） 212 - 218 2025年07月

    ISSN  13478613

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    Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is characterized by the production of autoantibodies against aquaporin 4 (AQP4). Because NMOSD progressively causes irreversible and severe neurological damages, understanding the initial molecular changes induced by anti-AQP4 antibody binding is crucial for designing early interventions. However, knowledge about the effects of the antibodies before AQP4 loss in brain tissues is limited. Using acutely prepared mouse brain slices, we aimed to investigate the initial molecular impact of NMO model antibodies on AQP4 and its associated proteins. We employed two different types of NMO model antibodies, E5415A and E5415B; E5415A recognizes both M1 and M23 isoforms, whereas E5415B exclusively binds to M23. We found that E5415A but not E5415B disrupted the uniform perivascular localization of AQP4, leading to fragmentation. We further addressed the impact of these changes on AQP4-associated proteins and found that strong colocalizations between AQP4 and dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) components were preserved, even after AQP4 localization pattern became fragmented. Thus, our study reveals the initial molecular changes in the AQP4 channel at the astrocytic endfeet in response to NMO model antibodies and highlights the early pathological events occurring in NMOSD.

  • Cooling-rate dependence of the cryopreservation of aquaporin-overexpressing cells with a non-permeable cryoprotectant

    Matsuo S., Yamazaki K., Yasui M., Abe Y., Uchida T.

    Cryobiology 119 2025年06月

    ISSN  00112240

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    Dehydration of intracellular water is an important factor in the cryopreservation of cells, but questions remain as to the appropriate amount and timing of dehydration and the detailed mechanism of the freezing process. Answering these questions will lead to improvements in cryopreservation methods that have remained unchanged for more than half a century and to an increase in the number of cell types that can be cryopreserved. Therefore, we aimed to reveal the time point when cells were dehydrated in their cooling process and how much their viabilities were improved by dehydration. We conducted cryopreservation experiments using cells with enhanced water permeability due to membrane overexpression of the water transport channel protein (AQP4). The AQP4-expressing cells or non-AQP4-expressing cells were cryopreserved under different cooling rates after addition of the membrane-permeable cryoprotectant (CPA) Me<inf>2</inf>SO, the non-membrane-permeable CPA trehalose, or no CPA. The results showed that no cryopreservation was successful without CPAs, even in the AQP4-expressing cells with increased water permeability. At slow freezing rates below 35 °C/min, viability with Me<inf>2</inf>SO was maintained with decreasing in the cooling rate, but with trehalose, the viability decreased. At cooling rates above 80 °C/min, the viability of AQP4-expressing cells was significantly higher than that of AQP4-non-expressing cells. These results suggest that dehydration due to the osmotic-pressure difference generated after extracellular freezing is fatal to cells.

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  • Prolonged Light Exposure Induces Circadian Impairment in Aquaporin-4-Knockout Mice

    Murakami A., Tsuji K., Isoda M., Matsuo M., Abe Y., Yasui M., Okamura H., Tominaga K.

    Journal of Biological Rhythms 38 （ 2 ） 208 - 214 2023年04月

    ISSN  07487304

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    Astrocytes are densely present in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which is the master circadian oscillator in mammals, and are presumed to play a key role in circadian oscillation. However, specific astrocytic molecules that regulate the circadian clock are not yet well understood. In our study, we found that the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) was abundantly expressed in SCN astrocytes, and we further examined its circadian role using AQP4-knockout mice. There was no prominent difference in circadian behavioral rhythms between Aqp4<sup>-/-</sup> and Aqp4<sup>+/+</sup> mice subjected to light-dark cycles and constant dark conditions. However, exposure to constant light induced a greater decrease in the Aqp4<sup>-/-</sup> mice rhythmicity. Although the damped rhythm in long-term constant light recovered after transfer to constant dark conditions in both genotypes, the period until the reappearance of original rhythmicity was severely prolonged in Aqp4<sup>-/-</sup> mice. In conclusion, AQP4 absence exacerbates the prolonged light-induced impairment of circadian oscillations and delays their recovery to normal rhythmicity.

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  • Roles of aquaporin‐ 4(AQP4)in neurodegenerative diseases

    Third Annual Stanford/Kanagawa Symposium, 

    2018年11月

  • 睡眠研究の最先端―ストレス社会で健康を守るために

    在ベルリン日本大使館慶應義塾大学医学講演会, 

    2018年10月

  • アクアポリン４（AQP4）と神経変性疾患の病態生理

    [国内会議]  第30回日本神経免疫学会学術集会, 

    2018年09月

  • New Insight into Aquaporin Function as Drug Targets

    [国際会議]  18th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 

    2018年07月

  • 脳のアクアポリンと神経変性疾患

    [国内会議]  第30回臨床MR脳機能研究会学術集会, 

    2018年04月

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  • 脳リンパ流の生理とその破綻による高次脳機能低下メカニズムの解明

    2018年04月
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    2021年03月

    文部科学省・日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 安井　正人, 基盤研究(B), 補助金,  研究代表者

  • 脳浮腫の新規治療法開発：アクアポリン4の調節機構と創薬基盤研究

    2015年04月
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    2018年03月

    文部科学省・日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 安井　正人, 基盤研究(B), 補助金,  研究代表者

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  • 薬理学実習

    2026年度

  • 構造生物学演習

    2026年度

  • 構造生物学実習

    2026年度

  • 薬理学特論

    2026年度

  • 薬理学演習

    2026年度

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  • 薬理学総論・薬理学各論・薬理学実習

    慶應義塾

    2017年04月
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    2018年03月

  • 薬理学総論・薬理学各論・薬理学実習

    慶應義塾

    2015年04月
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    2016年03月
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    春学期

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  • NEW薬理学

    1989年02月

    , 教科書・教材の開発

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  • 日本薬理学会・日本小児科学会・日本臨床薬理学会・日本生物物理学会

    　
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