JAPANESE 
Yuki Kondo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Biomolecular Organization, Cell Function
Research Interests
Plant vascular system transports water and nutrients throughout the plant body. The vasculature consists of different kinds of vascular cells, which are derived from vascular stem cells located in the cambial meristem. However, it remains largely unknown how these diverse vascular cells are differentiated from the vascular stem cells. We are studying on the molecular mechanisms underlying vascular cell fate determination using "VISUAL", which is a new vascular cell induction system developed in our laboratory.
Research Focus
1. Mechanisms underlying vascular cell fate determination using a vascular
cell induction system named VISUAL
2. Challenge to cell fate manipulation from synthetic biological approaches
3. Evolutionary study on gene regulatory networks for plant stem cells
Recent Publications
- Matsuoka K, Sato R, Matsukura Y, Kawajiri Y, Iino H, Nozawa N, Shibata
K, Kondo Y, Satoh S, Asahina M. (2021)
Wound-inducible ANAC071 and ANAC096 transcription factors promote cambial cell formation in incised Arabidopsis flowering stems.
Comms Biol. 4, Article number: 369. [Press release (in Japanese)]
- Hanano S, Tomatsu H, Ohnishi A, Kobayashi K, Kondo Y, Betsuyaku S, Takita E, Ogata Y, Ozawa K, Suda K, Hosouchi T, Nagase T, Suzuki H, Sakurai N, Masumoto H, Fukuda H, Shibata D. (2020)
An Artificial Conversion of Roots into Organs with Shoot Stem Characteristics by Inducing Two Transcription Factors
iScience 23, Article number: 101332.
- Tamaki T, Oya S, Naito M, Ozawa Y, Furuya T, Saito M, Sato M, Wakazaki
M, Toyooka K, Fukuda H, Helariutta Y, Kondo Y. (2020)
VISUAL-CC system uncovers the role of GSK3 as an orchestrator of vascular cell type ratio in plants.
Comms Biol. 3, Article number: 184. [Press release (in Japanese)]
- Nurani, A.M., Ozawa, Y., Furuya, T., Sakamoto, Y., Ebine, K., Matsunaga, S., Ueda, T., Fukuda, H. and Kondo, Y. (2020)
Deep Imaging Analysis in VISUAL Reveals the Role of YABBY Genes in Vascular Stem Cell Fate Determination.
Plant and Cell Physiology, 61, 255-264. [Link]
- Toyokura, K., Goh, T., Shinohara, H., Shinoda, A., Kondo, Y., Okamoto, Y., Uehara, T., Fujimoto, K., Okushima, Y., Ikeyama, Y., Nakajima,
K., Mimura, T., Tasaka, M., Matsubayashi, Y. and Fukaki, H. (2019)
Lateral inhibition by a peptide hormone-receptor cascade during Arabidopsis lateral root founder cell formation.
Developmental Cell, 48, 64-75.
- Miyashima, S., Roszak, P., Sevilem, I., Toyokura, K., Blob, B., Heo, J.O.,
Mellor, N., Help-Rinta-Rahko, H., Otero, S., Smet, W., Boekschoten, M.,
Hooiveld, G., Hashimoto, K., Smetana, O., Siligato, R., Wallner, E.S.,
Mähönen, A.P., Kondo, Y., Melnyk, C.W., Greb, T., Nakajima, K., Sozzani, R., Bishopp, A., De,
Rybel, B. and Helariutta, Y. (2019)
Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth.
Nature, 565, 490-494.
- Yamazaki, K., Kondo, Y., Kojima, M., Takebayashi, Y., Sakakibara, H. and Fukuda, H. (2018)
Suppression of DELLA signaling induces procambial cell formation in culture.
The Plant journal, 94, 48-59.
- Takahashi, F., Suzuki, T., Osakabe, Y., Betsuyaku, S., Kondo, Y., Dohmae, N., Fukuda, H., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. and Shinozaki, K. (2018)
A small peptide modulates stomatal control via abscisic acid in long-distance signalling.
Nature, 556, 235-238.
- Saito, M., Kondo, Y. and Fukuda, H. (2018)
BES1 and BZR1 Redundantly Promote Phloem and Xylem Differentiation.
Plant and Cell Physiology, 59, 590-600.
- Guo, X., Wang, J., Gardner, M., Fukuda, H., Kondo, Y., Etchells, J.P., Wang, X. and Mitchum, M.G. (2017)
Identification of cyst nematode B-type CLE peptides and modulation of the vascular stem cell pathway for feeding cell formation.
PLoS pathogens, 13, e100614.
- Morita, J., Kato, K., Nakane, T., Kondo, Y., Fukuda, H., Nishimasu, H., Ishitani, R. and Nureki, O. (2016)
Crystal structure of the plant receptor-like kinase TDR in complex with the TDIF peptide.
Nature Communications, 7, 12383.
- Kondo, Y., Nurani, A.M., Saito, C., Ichihashi, Y., Saito, M., Yamazaki, K., Mitsuda,
N., Ohme-Takagi, M. and Fukuda, H. (2016)
Vascular Cell Induction Culture System Using Arabidopsis Leaves (VISUAL) Reveals the Sequential Differentiation of Sieve Element-Like Cells.
The Plant cell, 28, 1250-1262.
- Kondo, Y., Fujita, T., Sugiyama, M. and Fukuda, H. (2015)
A novel system for xylem cell differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Molecular plant, 8, 612-621.
- Kondo, Y., Ito, T., Nakagami, H., Hirakawa, Y., Saito, M., Tamaki, T., Shirasu,
K. and Fukuda, H. (2014)
Plant GSK3 proteins regulate xylem cell differentiation downstream of TDIF-TDR signalling.
Nature Communications, 5, 3504.
(Reviews, Books)
- Saito, M. and Kondo, Y. (2019)
What Can Cell Culture Systems Reveal About Sieve Element Differentiation?
Methods in molecular biology, 2014, 459-466.
- Kondo, Y. (2018)
Reconstitutive approach for investigating plant vascular development.
Journal of plant research, 131, 23-29.
- Kondo, Y. and Sugano, S.S. (2018)
Opening new avenues for plant developmental research.
Journal of plant research, 131, 3-4.
- Nurani, A.M., Kondo, Y. and Fukuda, H. (2018)
Ectopic Vascular Induction in Arabidopsis Cotyledons for Sequential Analysis of Phloem Differentiation.
Methods in molecular biology, 1830, 149-159.
- Kondo, Y., Suguchi, S. and Fukuda, H. (2017)
Easy and Rapid Induction of Vascular Cells by VISUAL.
CYTOLOGIA, 82, 335.
- Saito, M., Nurani, A.M., Kondo, Y. and Fukuda, H. (2017)
Tissue Culture for Xylem Differentiation with Arabidopsis Leaves.
Methods in molecular biology, 1544, 59-65. - Kondo, Y. and Fukuda, H. (2015)
The TDIF signaling network.
Current opinion in plant biology, 28, 106-110.
Contact
Office: Building C, room 513, (lab: room 520)
Tel: +81-78-803-5724
Fax: +81-78-803-5724
E-mail: pkondo@tiger.kobe-u.ac.jp