Name

Satoru ISHIKAWA, Dr.

Affiliation/Job Title

Soil Environment Division
Senior Researcher

Present research projects

Studies on physiological and genetic mechanisms related to cadmium and arsenic uptake by rice.
Development of low-cadmium rice for food safety or high-cadmium rice for phyto- extraction use.

Recent publication (after 2005)

Abe T., Nonoue, Y., Ono N., Omoteno M., Kuramata M., Fukuoka S., Yamamoto T., Yano M., Ishikawa S. (2013) Detection of QTLs for reducing cadmium content in rice grain by using LAC23/Koshihikari chromosome segment substitution lines. Breed. Sci., accepted.
Kuramata M, Abe T, Kawasaki A, Ebana K, Shibaya T,Yano M, Ishikawa S. (2013) Genetic diversity of arsenic accumulation in rice and QTL analysis of methylated arsenic in rice grains. Rice 6, 3
Bolan NS, Makino T, Kunhikrishnan A, Kim P-J, Ishikawa S, Murakami M, Naidu R, Kirkham MB. (2013): Chapter four - Cadmium contamination and its risk management in rice ecosystems, ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY, 119, 183-273
Ishikawa S, Ishimaru Y, Igura M, Kuramata M, Abe T, Senoura T, Hase Y, Arao T, Nishizawa NK, Nakanishi H (2012): Ion-beam irradiation, gene identification, and marker-assisted breeding in the development of low-cadmium rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(47):19166-19171.
Nouchi I, Hayashi K, Hiradate S, Ishikawa S, Fukuoka M, Chen CP, Kobayashi K (2012): Overcoming the Difficulties in Collecting Apoplastic Fluid from Rice Leaves by the Infiltration-Centrifugation method. Plant Cell Physiol, 53(9):1659-1668.
Yamaguchi N, Ishikawa S, Abe T, Baba K, Arao T, Terada Y(2012): Role of the node in controlling traffic of cadmium, zinc, and manganese in rice. J Exp Bot, 63(7):2729-2737.
Ishimaru Y, Takahashi R, Bashir K, Shimo H, Senoura T, Sugimoto K, Ono K, Yano M, Ishikawa S, Arao T et al (2012): Characterizing the role of rice NRAMP5 in Manganese, Iron and Cadmium Transport. Sci Rep-Uk, 2.
Duan GL, Kamiya T, Ishikawa S, Arao T, Fujiwara T (2012): Expressing ScACR3 in Rice Enhanced Arsenite Efflux and Reduced Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Grains. Plant Cell Physiol, 53(1):154-163.
Uraguchi S, Kamiya T, Sakamoto T, Kasai K, Sato Y, Nagamura Y, Yoshida A, Kyozuka J, Ishikawa S, Fujiwara T (2011): Low-affinity cation transporter (OsLCT1) regulates cadmium transport into rice grains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(52):20959-20964.
Takahashi R, Ishimaru Y, Senoura T, Shimo H, Ishikawa S, Arao T, Nakanishi H, Nishizawa NK (2011): The OsNRAMP1 iron transporter is involved in Cd accumulation in rice. J Exp Bot, 62(14):4843-4850.
Kuramata M, Abe T, Matsumoto S, Ishikawa S (2011): Arsenic accumulation and speciation in Japanese paddy rice cultivars. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 57(2):248-258.
Ishikawa S, Suzui N, Ito-Tanabata S, Ishii S, Igura M, Abe T, Kuramata M, Kawachi N, Fujimaki S (2011): Real-time imaging and analysis of differences in cadmium dynamics in rice cultivars (Oryza sativa) using positron-emitting107Cd tracer. BMC Plant Biol, 11:172.
Abe T, Taguchi-Shiobara F, Kojima Y, Ebitani T, Kuramata M, Yamamoto T, Yano M, Ishikawa S (2011): Detection of a QTL for accumulating Cd in rice that enables efficient Cd phytoextraction from soil. Breed Sci, 61(1):43-51.
Kato M, Ishikawa S, Inagaki K, Chiba K, Hayashi H, Yanagisawa S, Yoneyama T (2010): Possible chemical forms of cadmium and varietal differences in cadmium concentrations in the phloem sap of rice plants (Oryza sativa L.). Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 56(6):839-847.
Ishikawa S, Abe T, Kuramata M, Yamaguchi M, Ando T, Yamamoto T, Yano M (2010): A major quantitative trait locus for increasing cadmium-specific concentration in rice grain is located on the short arm of chromosome 7. J Exp Bot, 61(3):923-934.
Arao T, Ishikawa S, Murakami M, Abe K, Maejima Y, Makino T (2010): Heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil and countermeasures in Japan. Paddy Water Environ, 8(3):247-257.
Uraguchi S, Mori S, Kuramata M, Kawasaki A, Arao T, Ishikawa S (2009): Root-to-shoot Cd translocation via the xylem is the major process determining shoot and grain cadmium accumulation in rice. J Exp Bot, 60(9):2677-2688.
Mori S, Uraguchi S, Ishikawa S, Arao T (2009): Xylem loading process is a critical factor in determining Cd accumulation in the shoots of Solanum melongena and Solanum torvum. Environ Exp Bot, 67(1):127-132.
Mori S, Kawasaki A, Ishikawa S, Arao T (2009): A new method for evaluating symplastic cadmium absorption in the roots of Solanum melongena using enriched isotopes Cd-113 and Cd-114. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 55(2):294-299.
Kuramata M, Masuya S, Takahashi Y, Kitagawa E, Inoue C, Ishikawa S, Youssefian S, Kusano T: Novel Cysteine-Rich Peptides from Digitaria ciliaris and Oryza sativa Enhance Tolerance to Cadmium by Limiting its Cellular Accumulation. Plant Cell Physiol, 50(1):106-117.
Khan MSH, Tawaraya K, Sekimoto H, Koyama H, Kobayashi Y, Murayama T, Chuba M, Kambayashi M, Shiono Y, Uemura M, Ishikawa S, Wagatsuma T (2009): Relative abundance of Delta(5)-sterols in plasma membrane lipids of root-tip cells correlates with aluminum tolerance of rice. Physiologia Plantarum 2009, 135(1):73-83.
Akhter A, Khan MSH, Hiroaki E, Tawaraya K, Rao IM, Wenzl P, Ishikawa S, Wagatsuma T (2009): Greater contribution of low-nutrient tolerance to sorghum and maize growth under combined stress conditions with high aluminum and low nutrients in solution culture simulating the nutrient status of tropical acid soils. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 55(3):394-406.
Murakami M, Ae N, Ishikawa S, Ibaraki T, Ito M (2008): Phytoextraction by a high-Cd-accumulating rice: Reduction of Cd content of soybean seeds. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(16):6167-6172.
Hayashi K, Hiradate S, Ishikawa S, Nouchi I (2008): Ammonia exchange between rice leaf blades and the atmosphere: Effect of broadcast urea and changes in xylem sap and leaf apoplastic ammonium concentrations. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 54(5):807-818.
Murakami M, Ae N, Ishikawa S (2007): Phytoextraction of cadmium by rice (Oryza sativa L.), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), and maize (Zea mays L.). Environmental Pollution, 145(1):96-103.
Ishikawa S , Ae N, Murakami M, Wagatsuma T (2006): Is Brassica juncea a suitable plant for phytoremediation of cadmium in soils with moderately low cadmium contamination? Possibility of using other plant species for Cd-phytoextraction. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 52(1):32-42.
Arao T, Ishikawa S (2006): Genotypic differences in cadmium concentration and distribution of soybean and rice. Jarq-Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly, 40(1):21-30.
Wagatsuma T, Uemura M, Mitsuhashi W, Maeshima M, Ishikawa S, Kawamura T, Murayama T, Shiono Y, Khan SH, Tawaraya K (2005): A new and simple technique for the isolation of plasma membrane lipids from root-tips. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 51(1):135-139.
Wagatsuma T, Ishikawa S, Uemura M, Mitsuhashi W, Kawarnura T, Khan MSH, Tawaraya K (2005): Plasma membrane lipids are the powerful components for early stage aluminum tolerance in triticale. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 51(5):701-704.
Ishikawa S, Ae N, Yano M (2005): Chromosomal regions with quantitative trait loci controlling cadmium concentration in brown rice (Oryza sativa). New Phytol, 168(2):345-350.
Ishikawa S, Ae N, Sugiyama M, Murakami M, Arao T (2005): Genotypic variation in shoot cadmium concentration in rice and soybean in soils with different levels of cadmium contamination. Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 51(1):101-108.

International patent application

Ishikawa S., Kuramata M., Abe T., Igura M., Nakanishi H., Nishizawa N. Cadmium absorption regulation gene, protein, and rice plant having reduced cadmium absorption. Pub. No: WO/2013/065517, International application No.: PCT/JP2012/077300