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KUTSUKAKE Mayako
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST)
Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute（Website）
Deputy Director
Central 6, 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, JAPAN
TEL：+81 (0)50-3521-1648
E-mail：m-kutsukake(at)aist.go.jp
Education
  • 1999 Ph.D. Graduate School of Humanityes and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
Career History
  • 1999~　Postdoctoral fellow, NIBH, AIST
  • 2005~　Researcher, AIST
  • 2013~　Senior Researcher, AIST
  • 2020~　Group Leader, BPRI, AIST
  • 2022~　Affiliated Research Fellow, BPRI, AIST
  • 2024~　Deputy Director, CMB, AIST
Research

Research interest

Molecular biology, Evolution, Entomology (gall-forming social aphids in particular)

Publication list

【Original papers】

29) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Fukatsu T., Kutsukake M. (2023) Description of a new species of the aphid genus Schizoneuraphis (Hemiptera) from southern Japan, with special reference to the long flagelliform labrum of the first-instar exule. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 29: 353-362.
28) Shibao H., Kutsukake M., Matsuyama S., Fukatsu T. (2022) Linoleic acid as corpse recognition signal in a social aphid. Zoological Letters 8: 2.
27) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Fukatsu T., Hsin-Ting Y., Kutsukake M. (2021) Revision of the Japanese species of Metanipponaphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae) and its allied genera. Entomological Science, 24: 302-319.
26) Shibao H., Kutsukake M., Fukatsu T. (2021) Temporal division of labor in an aphid social system. Scientific Reports 11: 1183.
25) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Uematsu K., Fukatsu T., Kutsukake M. (2019) Dimorphic sessile apterae of the aphid Neothoracaphis glaucae (Hemiptera) on the evergreen oak Quercus glauca. Psyche 2019: 1280414.
24) Kutsukake M., Moriyama M., Shigenobu S., Meng X. Y., Nikoh N., Noda C., Kobayashi S., Fukatsu T. (2019) Exaggeration and co-option of innate immunity for social defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 8950-8959.
23) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Uematsu K., Fukatsu T., Kutsukake M. (2019) Two closely related species of Nipponaphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) that migrate between Distylium racemosum and Machilus trees in Japan. Entomological Science 22: 220-229.
22) Uematsu K., Kutsukake M., Fukatsu T. (2018) Water-repellent plant surface structure induced by gall-forming insects for waste management. Biology Letters 14: 20180470.
21) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Uematsu K., Fukatsu T., Kutsukake M. (2018) Dermaphis coccidiformis sp. nov. (Hemiptera), an aphid species with asymmetrically sclerotized apterae and “winter alates”. Entomological Science 21: 142-153.
20) Kurosu U., Aoki S., Uematsu K., Kutsukake M., Fukatsu T. (2016) Defensive nymphs of the woolly aphid Thoracaphis kashifolia (Hemiptera) on the oak Quercus glauca. Psyche 2016: 4036571.
19) Shibao H., Takanashi T., Kutsukake M., Matsuyama S., Shimada M., Fukatsu T. (2016) Social aphids use their antennae to perceive density cue for soldier production. Entomological Science 19: 147-151.
18) Aoki S., Kutsukake M., Kurosu U., Yeh H. T., Sano M., Fukatsu T. (2015) Nipponaphis species (Aphididae, Hormaphidinae) that form green galls on Distylium racemosum in Japan. Entomological Science 18: 420-434.
17) Aoki S., Kurosu U., Kutsukake M., Hsieh T.-J., Yang M.-M., Choe J. and Fukatsu T. (2013) The aphid Ceratovacuna nekoashi (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae) and its allied species in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Entomological Science 16: 203-221.
16) Kutsukake M., Meng X.-Y., Katayama N., Nikoh N., Shibao H. and Fukatsu T. (2012) An insect-induced novel plant phenotype for sustaining social life in a closed system. Nature Communications 3: 1187
15) Uematsu K., Kutsukake M., Fukatsu T., Shimada M., Shibao H. (2010) Altruistic colony defense by menopausal female insects. Current Biology 20: 1182-1186.
14) Kutsukake M., Shibao H., Uematsu K., and Fukatsu T. (2009) Scab formation and wound healing of plant tissue by soldier aphid. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 1555-1563.
13) Kutsukake M., Nikoh N., Shibao H., Rispe C., Simon J.-C.,and Fukatsu T. (2008) Evolution of soldier-specific venomous protease in social aphids. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 2627-2641.
12) Kurosu U., Kutsukake M., Aoki S., Wang C.-C., Lee H.-J.,and Fukatsu T. (2008) Galls of Cerataphis bambusifoliae (Hemiptera, Aphididae) found on Styrax suberifolius in Taiwan. Zoological Studies 47: 191-199.
11) Rispe C., Kutsukake M., Doublet V., Hudaverdian S., Legeai F., Simon J.-C., Tagu D.,and  Fukatsu T. (2008) Large gene family expansion and variable selective pressures for cathepsin B in aphids. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 5-17.
10) Uematsu K., Kutsukake M., Fukatsu T., Shimada M.,and Shibao H. (2007) Altruistic defenders in a Japanese gall-forming aphid, Quadrartus yoshinomiyai (Homoptera: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae). Sociobiology 50: 711-724.
  9) Kutsukake M., Shibao H., Nikoh N., Morioka M., Tamura T., Hoshino T., Ohgiya S.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) Venomous protease of aphid soldier for colony defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101: 11338-11343.
8) Shibao H., Kutsukake M.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) Density-dependent induction and suppression of soldier differentiation in an aphid social system. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 995-1000.
7) Shibao H., Kutsukake M.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) The proximate cue of density-dependent soldier production in a social aphid. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 143-147.
6) Shibao H., Kutsukake M.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) Density triggers soldier production in a social aphid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 271: S71-S74.
5) Shibao H., Lee J. M., Kutsukake M.,and Fukatsu T. (2003) Aphid soldier differentiation: density acts on both embryos and newborn nymphs. Naturwissenschaften 90: 501-504.
  4) Hurst G. D. D., Anbutsu H., Kutsukake M., and Fukatsu T. (2003) Hidden from the host: Spiroplasma bacteria infecting Drosophila do not cause an immune response, but are suppressed by ectopic immune activation. Insect Molecular Biology 12: 93-97.
3) Shibao, H., Kutsukake M., Lee J.,and Fukatsu T. (2002) Maintenance of soldier-producing aphids on an artificial diet. Journal of Insect Physiology 48: 495-505.
  2) Nagaya.Y, Kutsukake M., Ishiwa-Chigusa, S., and Komatsu, A. (2002) A trace amine, tyramine, functions as a neuromodulator in Drosophila melanogaster. Neuroscience Letters 329: 324-328.
1)Kutsukake M., Komatsu A., Yamamoto D.,and Ishiwa-Chigusa S. (2000) A tyramine receptor gene mutation causes a defective olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 245: 31-42.
 

【Proceedings】

2) Kutsukake M., Shibao H., Lee J. M.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) Soldier-specific genes expressed in the 2nd instar soldier of Tuberaphis styraci. In: Aphids in a New Millennium. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Aphids (Ed. by J.-C. Simon, C. A. Dedryver, C. Rispe & M. Hulle), pp. 233-237. Versailles, INRA Editions. Proceedings 
1) Shibao H., Kutsukake M., Lee J. M.,and Fukatsu T. (2004) Analysis of age polyethism in a soldier-producing aphid, Tuberaphis styraci, on an artificial diet. In: Aphids in a New Millennium. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Aphids (Ed. by J.-C. Simon, C. A. Dedryver, C. Rispe & M. Hulle), pp. 73-77. Versailles, INRA Editions. Proceedings

【Review Papers / Books】

3) Kutsukake M., Uematsu K., Fukatsu T. Plant manipulation by gall-forming social aphids for waste management. (2019) Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 933.
2) Shibao H., Kutsukake M., Matsuyama S., Fukatsu T, and Shimada M. (2009) Mechanisms regulating caste differentiation in an aphid social system. Comparative and Integrative Biology, 3: 1-5.
1) Shibao H., Kutsukake M., Matsuyama S., Suzuki T., Shimada M. Fukatsu T. (2006) Mechanism of caste differentiation and control in an aphid social system. In: Frontiers in Life Sciences (eds. M. Fujiwara, S. Ishiura, N. Sato), pp. 127-145, Research Signpost, Kerala, India.