Publications

 

Articles

  1. Perfluoroether peptide-modified artificial viral capsid for enhanced doxorubicin delivery to liver cancer cells A. Ghosh, Y. Yamamoto, M. Wada, Y. Takaki, H. Inaba, K. Aikawa, Y. Ota, Y. Hirata, T. Okazoe, K. Matsuura* ACS Omega, 2026, 11, 49855–49871. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6c04693
  2. Virus-inspired functional spherical biomaterials constructed from high-symmetry biomacromolecules: design and applicationsK. Matsuura*, H. InabaChem. Soc. Rev., 2026, 55, 8562–8594. DOI: 10.1039/d6cs00383d
  3. Programmable antigen-specific immunity via self-adjuvanting nanovaccines co-delivering immune modulatorsK. Ito, Y. Manabe*, S. Ohshima, M. Maeki, M. Tokeshi, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura, K. Kabayama, Y. Kametani*, K. Fukase*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 54, e20474. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202520474
  4. A genetically encoded microtubule bundler for causal dissection of microtubule bundling in cellsS. Watari, T. Chinen, Y. Kunitatsu, T. Saitou, Y. Takahashi, K. Matsuura*, T. Inoue, H. Inaba*bioRxiv, 2026. DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.22.700042
  5. Tau-derived peptides bearing azobenzene on side chains for light-controllable microtubule polymerizationH. Inaba*, M. Umayahara, A. Kakugo, K. Matsuura*Cytoskeleton, 2026, 83, 259–267. DOI: 10.1002/cm.70034
  6. Perfluoroalkyl chain-modified artificial viral capsid for enhanced intracellular delivery of mRNAA. Ghosh, Y. Yamamoto, M. Wada, H. Inaba, K. Aikawa, Y. Ota, T. Okazoe, K. Matsuura*Bioconjugate Chem., 2025, 36, 2627–2636. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00477
  7. Design of Tau-derived peptides for modulating structures and functions of microtubulesH. Inaba*Acc. Pept. Sci. Jpn., 2025, 36, 11–21.
  8. Local deformation in phase-separated giant liposomes via photo-induced peptide nanofiber formationY. Liang, Y. Takaki, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Langmuir, 2025, 41, 15173–15181. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c01634
  9. Photo-modulation of actin filaments using spiropyran-modified peptide nanofibersS. Guria, Y. Liang, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2025, 98, uoaf045. DOI: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf045
  10. Peptide-mediated display of Tau-derived peptide for construction of microtubule superstructuresH. Inaba*, D. Kageyama, S. Watari, M. Tateishi, A. Kakugo, K. Matsuura*RSC Chem. Biol., 2025, 6, 737–745. DOI: 10.1039/D4CB00290C
  11. Optical control of microtubule accumulation and dispersion by Tau-derived peptide-fused photoresponsive proteinS. Watari, H. Inaba*, Q. H. Lv, M. Ichikawa*, T. Iwasaki, B. Wang, H. Tadakuma, A. Kakugo, K. Matsuura*JACS Au, 2025, 5, 791–801. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c01017
  12. Enveloped viral replica equipped with spike protein derived from SARS-CoV-2H. Furukawa, S. Nakamura, R. Mizuta, K. Sakamoto, H. Inaba, S. Sawada, Y. Sasaki, K. Akiyoshi, K. Matsuura*ACS Synth. Biol., 2024, 13, 2029–2037. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00165
  13. Strategy toward in-cell self-assembly of an artificial viral capsid from a fluorescent protein-modified β-annulus peptideK. Sakamoto*, Y. Yamamoto, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*ACS Synth. Biol., 2024, 13, 1842–1850. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00135
  14. Alkyl anchor-modified artificial viral capsid budding outside-to-inside and inside-to-outside giant vesiclesK. Matsuura*, M. Hirahara, K. Sakamoto, H. InabaSci. Technol. Adv. Mater., 2024, 25, 2347191. DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2024.2347191
  15. Photoresponsive peptide materials: spatiotemporal control of self-assembly and biological functionsK. Matsuura*, H. InabaBiophysics Rev., 2023, 4, 041303. DOI: 10.1063/5.0179171
  16. A supramolecular system mimicking the infection process of an enveloped virus through membrane fusionH. Furukawa, Y. Kimura, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Sci. Rep., 2023, 13, 19934. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47347-7
  17. Construction of silver nanoparticles inside microtubules using Tau-derived peptide ligated with silver-binding peptideH. Inaba*, Y. Hori, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2023, 96, 1082–1087. DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20230162
  18. Construction of functional microtubules and artificial motile systems based on peptide designH. Inaba*Polym. J., 2023, 55, 1261–1274. DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00838-w
  19. Antigen/adjuvant-displaying enveloped viral replica as a self-adjuvanting anti-breast-cancer vaccine candidateK. Ito†, H. Furukawa†, H. Inaba, S. Ohshima, Y. Kametani, M. Maeki, M. Tokeshi, X. Huang, K. Kabayama, Y. Manabe*, K. Fukase*, K. Matsuura* (†Equal contribution)J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 15838–15847. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02679
  20. An artificial viral capsid decorated with a DNA aptamer internalizing into lymphoma cellsK. Sakamoto, K. Uchiyama, T. Iwasaki, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 6053–6059. DOI: 10.1039/D3TB00169E
  21. Binding of Tau-derived peptide-fused GFP to plant microtubules in Arabidopsis thalianaH. Inaba†*, K. Oikawa†, K. Ishikawa, Y. Kodama, K. Matsuura, K. Numata* (†Equal contribution)PLoS ONE, 2023, 18, e0286421. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286421
  22. Development of dynamic bionanostructures based on peptides: molecular encapsulation inside microtubules and light-induced propulsion of microspheresH. Inaba*Chem. Lett., 2023, 52, 459–468. DOI: 10.1246/cl.230121
  23. Dramatic morphological changes in liposomes induced by peptide nanofibers reversibly polymerized and depolymerized by the photoisomerization of spiropyranY. Liang, S. Ogawa, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Front. Mol. Biosci., 2023, 10, 1137885. DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1137885
  24. Reversible photocontrol of microtubule stability by spiropyran-conjugated Tau-derived peptidesH. Inaba*, M. Sakaguchi, S. Watari, S. Ogawa, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*ChemBioChem, 2023, 24, e202200782. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200782
  25. Stabilization of artificial viral capsid using surface modification with BODIPYK. Matsuura*, S. Yano, H. Ohtani, R. Kobayashi, H. InabaChem. Lett., 2022, 51, 1087–1090. DOI: 10.1246/cl.220398
  26. Generation of stable microtubule superstructures by binding of peptide-fused tetrameric proteins to inside and outsideH. Inaba†*, Y. Sueki†, M. Ichikawa†, A. M. R. Kabir, T. Iwasaki, H. Shigematsu, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, T. Tsukazaki, K. Matsuura* (†Equal contribution)Sci. Adv., 2022, 8, eabq3817. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3817
  27. Light-induced stabilization of microtubules by photo-crosslinking of a Tau-derived peptideS. Watari, H. Inaba*, T. Tamura, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, I. Hamachi, K. Matsuura*Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 9190–9193. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC01890J
  28. Mechanistic studies for the rational design of multivalent glycodendrimersY. Manabe*, M. Tsutsui, K. Hirao, R. Kobayashi, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura, D. Yoshidome, K. Kabayama, K. Fukase*Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202201848. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201848
  29. Intracellular delivery and photothermal therapeutic effects of polyhistidine peptide-modified gold nanoparticlesK. Hori, S. Higashida, T. Osaki, T. Kawano, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura, T. Iwasaki*J. Biotechnol., 2022, 354, 34–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.06.006
  30. Anticancer activity of reconstituted ribonuclease S-decorated artificial viral capsidY. Liang, H. Furukawa, K. Sakamoto, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*ChemBioChem, 2022, 23, e202200220. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200220
  31. Structural changes of microtubules by encapsulation of gold nanoparticles using a Tau-derived peptideH. Inaba*, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Chem. Lett., 2022, 51, 348–351. DOI: 10.1246/cl.210761
  32. Embedding a membrane protein into an enveloped artificial viral replicaH. Furukawa, H. Inaba, Y. Sasaki, K. Akiyoshi, K. Matsuura*RSC Chem. Biol., 2022, 3, 231–241. DOI: 10.1039/D1CB00166C
  33. Turn-on fluorescent probe based on a dansyl triarginine peptide for ganglioside imagingK. Matsuura*, K. Hisamoto, T. Tanaka, R. Sakamoto, M. Okazaki, H. InabaACS Org. Inorg. Au, 2021, 1, 60–67. DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.1c00013
  34. Modulation of microtubule properties and functions by encapsulation of nanomaterials using a Tau-derived peptideH. Inaba*, K. Matsuura*Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2021, 94, 2100–2112. DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210202
  35. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analysis of effect of molecular crowding on self-assembly of β-annulus peptide into artificial viral capsidR. Kobayashi, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2021, 22, 4754. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094754
  36. Directional propulsion of DNA microspheres based on light-induced asymmetric growth of peptide nanofibersH. Inaba*, K. Hatta, K. Matsuura*ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 5425–5434. DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00146
  37. Horseradish peroxidase-decorated artificial viral capsid self-assembled from β-annulus peptide via interaction between His-tag and Ni-NTAK. Matsuura*, Y. Shiomi, T. Mizuta, H. InabaProcesses, 2020, 8, 1455. DOI: 10.3390/pr8111455
  38. Encapsulation of mRNA into artificial viral capsids via hybridization of a β-annulus-dT20 conjugate and the poly(A) tail of mRNAY. Nakamura, Y. Sato, H. Inaba, T. Iwasaki, K. Matsuura*Appl. Sci., 2020, 10, 8004. DOI: 10.3390/app10228004
  39. Immunological evaluation of co-assembling a lipidated peptide antigen and lipophilic adjuvants as self-adjuvanting anti-breast cancer vaccine candidatesT. Aiga, Y. Manabe*, K. Ito, T.-C. Chang, K. Kabayama, S. Ohshima, Y. Kametani, H. Furukawa, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura, K. Fukase*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 17705–17711. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007999
  40. Magnetic force-induced alignment of microtubules by encapsulation of CoPt nanoparticles using a Tau-derived peptideH. Inaba*, M. Yamada, M. R. Rashid, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 5251–5258. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01573
  41. Enveloped artificial viral capsids self-assembled from anionic β-annulus peptide and cationic lipid bilayerH. Furukawa, H. Inaba, F. Inoue, Y. Sasaki, K. Akiyoshi, K. Matsuura*Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 7092–7095. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02622K
  42. Cyclic Tau-derived peptides for stabilization of microtubulesH. Inaba*, M. Nagata, K. J. Miyake, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Polym. J., 2020, 52, 1143–1151. DOI: 10.1038/s41428-020-0356-3
  43. Construction of ribonuclease-decorated artificial virus-like capsid by peptide self-assemblyK. Matsuura*, J. Ota, S. Fujita, Y. Shiomi, H. InabaJ. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 1668–1673. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02295
  44. Fluorescent Tau-derived peptide for monitoring microtubules in living cellsH. Inaba*, T. Yamamoto, T. Iwasaki, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 11245–11250. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01089
  45. Stabilization of microtubules by encapsulation of the GFP using a Tau-derived peptideH. Inaba*, T. Yamamoto, T. Iwasaki, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9072–9075. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04345D
  46. Construction of artificial viral capsids encapsulating short DNAs via disulfide bonds and controlled release of DNAs by reductionY. Nakamura, H. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Chem. Lett., 2019, 48, 544–546. DOI: 10.1246/cl.190091
  47. Peptide nanomaterials designed from natural supramolecular systemsH. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Chem. Rec., 2019, 19, 843–858. DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800149
  48. Molecular encapsulation inside microtubules based on Tau-derived peptidesH. Inaba*, T. Yamamoto, A. M. R. Kabir, A. Kakugo, K. Sada, K. Matsuura*Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 14958–14967. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802617
  49. Surveillance of cancer stem cell plasticity using an isoform-selective fluorescent probe for aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1C. Anorma, J. Hedhli, T. E. Bearrood, N. W. Pino, S. H. Gardner, H. Inaba, P. Zhang, Y. Li, D. Feng, S. E. Dibrell, K. A. Kilian, L. W. Dobrucki, T. M. Fan, J. Chan*ACS Cent. Sci., 2018, 4, 1045–1055. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00313
  50. Light-induced propulsion of a giant liposome driven by peptide nanofibre growthH. Inaba*, A. Uemura, K. Morishita, T. Kohiki, A. Shigenaga, A. Otaka, K. Matsuura*Sci. Rep., 2018, 8, 6243. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24675-7
  51. Artificial bio-nanomachines based on protein needles derived from bacteriophage T4H. Inaba, T. Ueno*Biophys. Rev., 2018, 10, 641–658. DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0336-9
  52. Light responsive metal-organic frameworks as a controllable CO-releasing cell culture substrateS. Diring, A. Carné-Sánchez, J. Zhang, S. Ikemura, C. Kim, H. Inaba, S. Kitagawa*, S. Furukawa*Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2381–2386. DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04824B
  53. A metal carbonyl-protein needle composite designed for intracellular CO delivery to modulate NF-κB activityH. Inaba, N. J. M. Sanghamitra, K. Fujita, T. Sho, T. Kuchimaru, S. Kitagawa*, S. Kizaka-Kondoh, T. Ueno*Mol. BioSyst., 2015, 11, 3111–3118. DOI: 10.1039/C5MB00327J
  54. Design of biomaterials for intracellular delivery of carbon monoxideH. Inaba, K. Fujita, T. Ueno*Biomater. Sci., 2015, 3, 1423–1438. DOI: 10.1039/C5BM00210A
  55. Protein needles as molecular templates for artificial metalloenzymesH. Inaba, S. Kitagawa*, T. Ueno*Isr. J. Chem., 2015, 55, 40–50. DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201400097
  56. Plasma membrane translocation of a protein needle based on a triple-stranded β-helix motifN. J. M. Sanghamitra, H. Inaba, F. Arisaka, D. O. Wang, S. Kanamaru, S. Kitagawa*, T. Ueno*Mol. BioSyst., 2014, 10, 2677–2683. DOI: 10.1039/C4MB00293H
  57. Intracellular protein delivery system with protein needle-GFP constructH. Inaba, N. J. M. Sanghamitra, T. Fukai, T. Matsumoto, K. Nishijo, S. Kanamaru, F. Arisaka, S. Kitagawa*, T. Ueno*Chem. Lett., 2014, 43, 1505–1507. DOI: 10.1246/cl.140481
  58. Inorganic design of protein assemblies as supramolecular platformsN. J. M. Sanghamitra, H. Inaba, S. Kitagawa, T. Ueno*J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., 2013, 23, 50–60. DOI: 10.1007/s10904-012-9728-2
  59. Semi-synthesis of an artificial scandium (III) enzyme with a β-helical bio-nanotubeH. Inaba, S. Kanamaru, F. Arisaka, S. Kitagawa, T. Ueno*Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 11424–11427. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31030A
  60. Dual modification of a triple-stranded β-helix nanotube with Ru and Re metal complexes to promote photocatalytic reduction of CO2N. Yokoi, Y. Miura, C.-Y. Huang, N. Takatani, H. Inaba, T. Koshiyama, S. Kanamaru, F. Arisaka, Y. Watanabe, S. Kitagawa, T. Ueno*Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2074–2076. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03015E
  61. Construction of robust bio-nanotubes using the controlled self-assembly of component proteins of bacteriophage T4N. Yokoi, H. Inaba, M. Terauchi, A. Z. Stieg, N. J. M. Sanghamitra, T. Koshiyama, K. Yutani, S. Kanamaru, F. Arisaka, T. Hikage, A. Suzuki, T. Yamane, J. K. Gimzewski, Y. Watanabe, S. Kitagawa, T. Ueno*Small, 2010, 6, 1873–1879. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201000772