About the Authors

Yosuke Masubuchi

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Yuko Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Jinhui Ma

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Tsutomu Sasaki

Affiliation Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Tadahiro Kitamura

Affiliation Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Yoritsuna Yamamoto

Affiliation Divsion of Environmental Medicine, Defense Medicine Research Institute, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan

Hitoshi Kurose

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Itaru Kojima

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Hiroshi Shibata

hshibata@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS. Performed the experiments: YM YN JM TS YY HS. Analyzed the data: YM YN IK HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK TS TK YY. Wrote the paper: HS.