Articles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Design of Tau-derived peptides for modulating structures and functions of microtubulesH. Inaba*Acc. Pept. Sci. Jpn., 2025, 36, 11–21.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Photoresponsive peptide materials: spatiotemporal control of self-assembly and biological functionsK. Matsuura*, H. InabaBiophysics Rev., 2023, 4, 041303. DOI: 10.1063/5.0179171
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Peptide nanomaterials designed from natural supramolecular systemsH. Inaba, K. Matsuura*Chem. Rec., 2019, 19, 843–858. DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800149
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Design of biomaterials for intracellular delivery of carbon monoxideH. Inaba, K. Fujita, T. Ueno*Biomater. Sci., 2015, 3, 1423–1438. DOI: 10.1039/C5BM00210A
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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