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Center for Integrated Control, Epidemiology and Molecular Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases |
ZHANG Tianli
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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Inflammatory responses
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Sulfur biology
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Micribiology
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Immunology
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Host defense
Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】
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-2011.07
Jiujiang University Faculty of Medicine Graduated
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2015.04-2019.03
Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Microbiology Graduated
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2013.04-2015.03
Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Immunology Graduated
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2015.04-2019.03
Kumamoto University Graduate School, Division of Medicine Doctor's Course Completed
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2013.04-2015.03
Kumamoto University Graduate School, Division of Medicine Master's Course Completed
Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2024.06-Now
Akita University Center for Integrated Control, Epidemiology and Molecular Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor
External Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2024.06
Akita University Center for Integrated Control, Epidemiology and Molecular Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor
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2022.10-2024.05
Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences
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2020.10-2022.09
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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2019.04-2020.09
Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Life Science / Medical biochemistry
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Life Science / Immunology
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Life Science / Immunology
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Life Science / Medical biochemistry
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Life Science / Bacteriology
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Regulation of innate immune and inflammatory responses by supersulfides.
Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Tianli Zhang, Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa
International immunology 2024.01 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal)
Innate immunity plays an important role in host defense against microbial infections. It also participates in activation of acquired immunity through cytokine production and antigen presentation. Pattern recognition receptors such as Toll-like receptors and nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptors sense invading pathogens and associated tissue injury, after which inflammatory mediators such as pro-inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide are induced. Supersulfides are molecular species possessing catenated sulfur atoms such as persulfide and polysulfide moieties. They have recently been recognized as important regulators in cellular redox homeostasis by acting as potent antioxidants and nucleophiles. In addition, recent studies suggested that supersulfides are critically involved in the regulation of innate immune and inflammatory responses. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of the chemistry and biology of supersulfides, with particular attention to their roles in regulation of innate immune and inflammatory responses. Studies with animal models of infection and inflammation demonstrated the potent anti-inflammatory functions of supersulfides such as blocking pro-inflammatory signaling cascades, reducing oxidative stresses, and inhibiting replication of microbial pathogens including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Precise understanding of how supersulfides regulate innate immune responses is the necessary requirement for developing supersulfide-based diagnostic as well as therapeutic strategies against inflammatory disorders.
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Thioglucose-derived tetrasulfide, a unique polysulfide model compound.
Stephen Lindahl, Meg Shieh, Tianli Zhang, Chunyu Guo, Jerome R Robinson, Tomohiro Sawa, Ming Xian
Redox biology 70 103045 - 103045 2024.01 [Refereed]
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Polysulfides have received increased interest in redox biology due to their role as the precursors of H2S and persulfides. However, the compounds that are suitable for biological investigations are limited to cysteine- and glutathione-derived polysulfides. In this work, we report the preparation and evaluation of a novel polysulfide derived from thioglucose, which represents the first carbohydrate-based polysulfide. This compound, thioglucose tetrasulfide (TGS4), showed excellent stability and water solubility. H2S and persulfide production from TGS4, as well as its associated antioxidative property were also demonstrated. Additionally, TGS4 was demonstrated to significantly induce cellular sulfane sulfur level increase, in particular for the formation of hydropersulfides/trisulfides. These results suggest that TGS4 is a useful tool for polysulfide research.
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Redox Biology Involved in the Toxicity of Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Toxin SubAB
Tsutsuki Hiroyasu, Zhang Tianli, Sawa Tomohiro
YAKUGAKU ZASSHI ( The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan ) 144 ( 1 ) 57 - 60 2024.01
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Redox Regulation of Xenobiotics by Reactive Sulfur and Supersulfide Species.
Tianli Zhang, Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa
Antioxidants & redox signaling 2023.09 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal)
Significance: Routine exposure to xenobiotics is unavoidable during our lifetimes. Certain xenobiotics are hazardous to human health, and are metabolized in the body to render them less toxic. During this process, several detoxification enzymes cooperatively metabolize xenobiotics. Glutathione (GSH) conjugation plays an important role in the metabolism of electrophilic xenobiotics. Recent Advances: Recent advances in reactive sulfur and supersulfide (RSS) analyses showed that persulfides and polysulfides bound to low-molecular-weight thiols, such as GSH, and to protein thiols are abundant in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. The highly nucleophilic nature of hydropersulfides and hydropolysulfides contributes to cell protection against oxidative stress and electrophilic stress. Critical Issues: In contrast to GSH conjugation to electrophiles that is aided by glutathione S-transferase (GST), persulfides and polysulfides can directly form conjugates with electrophiles without the catalytic actions of GST. The polysulfur bonds in the conjugates are further reduced by perthioanions and polythioanions derived from RSS to form sulfhydrated metabolites that are no longer electrophilic but rather nucleophilic, and differ from metabolites that are formed via GSH conjugation. Future Directions: In view of the abundance of RSS in cells and tissues, metabolism of xenobiotics that is mediated by RSS warrants additional investigations, such as studies of the impact of microbiota-derived RSS on xenobiotic metabolism. Metabolites formed from reactions between electrophiles and RSS may be potential biomarkers for monitoring exposure to electrophiles and for studying their metabolism by RSS.
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Non-canonical inflammasome activation analysis in a mouse model of Citrobacter rodentium infection.
Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Tianli Zhang, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Touya Toyomoto, Tomohiro Sawa
STAR protocols 3 ( 4 ) 101741 - 101741 2022.12 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal)
Infection of mice with Citrobacter rodentium is a useful model for studying the pathogenicity of enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, pathogens that have a close association with humans. Here, we provide a protocol detailing the approaches for non-canonical inflammasome analysis in a mouse model of C. rodentium infection, including preparation of bacteria, oral administration of bacteria to mice, counting colony-forming units to quantify bacterial colonization, and analysis of expression and activation of inflammasome-related factors. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Tsutsuki et al. (2022).
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Anti-inflammatory effects of supersulfides
Tsutsuki Hiroyasu, Zhang Tianli, Sawa Tomohiro
93 ( 5 ) 666 - 673 2021.10
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Physiological role of b-lactam inactivation mediated by cysteine in redox-dependent manner
小野勝彦, 津々木博康, ZHANG Tianli, 井原敏博, 赤池孝章, 澤智裕
日本細菌学雑誌(Web) 75 ( 1 ) 2020
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Emerging role of glutathione in the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome
Zhang Tianli, Tsutsuki Hiroyasu, Ono Katsuhiko, Akaike Takaaki, Sawa Tomohiro
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 128 S114 2018.11 [Refereed]
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Regulation of innate immune signaling by reactive sulfur species
SAWA Tomohiro, ZHANG Tianli, TSUTSUKI Hiroyasu, ONO Katsuhiko
Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology ( The Japanese Society of Toxicology ) 45.1 ( 0 ) S10-4 2018
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Altered Glutathione Homeostasis in NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Mediated by ATP-P2X7 Receptor Signaling
Tomohiro Sawa, Tianli Zhang, Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Katsuhiko Ono, Takaaki Akaike
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE ( ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC ) 112 210 - 211 2017.11 [Refereed]