Education
Ph.D., College of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, 1999
Current Position
Chief Researcher in Genetics & Genomics Group, Department of Life Sciences, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan
Publications (since 2005)
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Sharma, S., Hirabuchi, A., Yoshida, K., Fujisaki, K., Ito, A., Uemura, A., Terauchi, R., Kamoun, S., Sohn, K. H., Jones, J. D. and Saitoh, H. (2013). Deployment of the Burkholderia glumae type III secretion system as an efficient tool for translocating pathogen effectors to monocot cells. Plant J 74(4): 701-712.
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Giraldo, M. C., Dagdas, Y. F., Gupta, Y. K., Mentlak, T. A., Yi, M., Martinez-Rocha, A. L., Saitoh, H., Terauchi, R., Talbot, N. J. and Valent, B. (2013). Two distinct secretion systems facilitate tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Nat Commun 4: 1996.
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Fekih, R., Takagi, H., Tamiru, M., Abe, A., Natsume, S., Yaegashi, H., Sharma, S., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Mitsuoka, C., Utsushi, H., Uemura, A., Kanzaki, E., Kosugi, S., Yoshida, K., Cano, L., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2013). MutMap+: genetic mapping and mutant identification without crossing in rice. PLoS One 8(7): e68529.
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Takagi, H., Uemura, A., Yaegashi, H., Tamiru, M., Abe, A., Mitsuoka, C., Utsushi, H., Natsume, S., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Yoshida, K., Cano, L. M., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2013). MutMap-Gap: whole-genome resequencing of mutant F2 progeny bulk combined with de novo assembly of gap regions identifies the rice blast resistance gene Pii. New Phytol 200(1): 276-283.
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Saitoh, H., Fujisawa, S., Mitsuoka, C., Ito, A., Hirabuchi, A., Ikeda, K., Irieda, H., Yoshino, K., Yoshida, K., Matsumura, H., Tosa, Y., Win, J., Kamoun, S., Takano, Y. and Terauchi, R. (2012). Large-scale gene disruption in Magnaporthe oryzae identifies MC69, a secreted protein required for infection by monocot and dicot fungal pathogens. PLoS Pathog 8(5): e1002711.
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Kanzaki, H., Yoshida, K., Saitoh, H., Fujisaki, K., Hirabuchi, A., Alaux, L., Fournier, E., Tharreau, D. and Terauchi, R. (2012). Arms race co-evolution of Magnaporthe oryzae AVR-Pik and rice Pik genes driven by their physical interactions. Plant J.
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Mentlak, T. A., Kombrink, A., Shinya, T., Ryder, L. S., Otomo, I., Saitoh, H., Terauchi, R., Nishizawa, Y., Shibuya, N., Thomma, B. P. and Talbot, N. J. (2012). Effector-mediated suppression of chitin-triggered immunity by magnaporthe oryzae is necessary for rice blast disease. Plant Cell 24(1): 322-335.
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Okuyama, Y., Kanzaki, H., Abe, A., Yoshida, K., Tamiru, M., Saitoh, H., Fujibe, T., Matsumura, H., Shenton, M., Galam, D. C., Undan, J., Ito, A., Sone, T. and Terauchi, R. (2011). A multifaceted genomics approach allows the isolation of the rice Pia-blast resistance gene consisting of two adjacent NBS-LRR protein genes. Plant J 66(3): 467-479.
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Terauchi, R., Yoshida, K., Saitoh, H., Kanzaki, H., Okuyama, Y., Fujisaki, K., Miya, A., Abe, A., Tamiru, M. and Tosa, Y. (2011). Studying genome-wide DNA polymorphisms to understand Magnaporthe-rice interactions. Australasian Plant Pathology 40(4): 328-334.
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Terauchi R, Yoshida K, Saitoh H, Matsumura H, Oli MT, Abe A, Undan J, Okuyama Y. (2011) Association genetics reveals genes critical for Magnaporthe-rice interactions. In: Genome-enabled analysis of plant-pathogen interactions. (Wolpert, T., Shiraishi, T., Collmer, A., Akimitsu, K. and Glazebrook, J. eds) The American Phytopathological Society press 33-38.
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Takeda, T., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi-Masuno, T., Nakano, Y., Saitoh, H., Hirabuchi, A., Fujisawa, S. and Terauchi, R. (2010). Characterization of endo-1,3-1,4-beta-glucanases in GH family 12 from Magnaporthe oryzae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 88(5): 1113-1123.
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Yoshida, K., Saitoh, H., Fujisawa, S., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Tosa, Y., Chuma, I., Takano, Y., Win, J., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2009). Association genetics reveals three novel avirulence genes from the rice blast fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant Cell 21(5): 1573-1591.
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Saitoh, H., Fujisawa, S., Ito, A., Mitsuoka, C., Berberich, T., Tosa, Y., Asakura, M., Takano, Y. and Terauchi, R. (2009). SPM1 encoding a vacuole-localized protease is required for infection-related autophagy of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. FEMS Microbiol Lett 300(1): 115-121.
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Terauchi R, Win J, Kamoun S, Matsumura H, Saitoh H, Kanzaki H, Yoshida K, Shenton M, Berberich T, Fujisawa S, Ito A, Takano Y, Tosa Y (2009) Searching for effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae: a multi-faceted genomics approach. In: Advances in genetics, genomics and control of rice blast disease. (Wang, G-L. and Valent, B. eds) Springer 105-111.
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Takahashi, Y., Berberich, T., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Kusano, T. and Terauchi, R. (2009). Unraveling the roles of sphingolipids in plant innate immunity. Plant Signal Behav 4(6): 536-538.
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Takahashi, Y., Berberich, T., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Kusano, T. and Terauchi, R. (2009). Serine palmitoyltransferase, the first step enzyme in sphingolipid biosynthesis, is involved in nonhost resistance. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 22(1): 31-38.
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Kanzaki, H., Saitoh, H., Takahashi, Y., Berberich, T., Ito, A., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2008). NbLRK1, a lectin-like receptor kinase protein of Nicotiana benthamiana, interacts with Phytophthora infestans INF1 elicitin and mediates INF1-induced cell death. Planta 228(6): 977-987.
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Wang, G.-X., Imaizumi, T., Li, W., Saitoh, H., Terauchi, R., Ohsako, T. and Tominaga, T. (2008). Self-EcoTILLING to identify single-nucleotide mutations in multigene family. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 92(1): 24-29.
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Coemans, B., Takahashi, Y., Berberich, T., Ito, A., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Tsuda, S., Kamoun, S., Sagi, L., Swennen, R. and Terauchi, R. (2008). High-throughput in planta expression screening identifies an ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF1) involved in non-host resistance and R gene-mediated resistance. Mol Plant Pathol 9(1): 25-36.
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Wang, G.-X., Tan, M.-K., Rakshit, S., Saitoh, H., Terauchi, R., Imaizumi, T., Ohsako, T. and Tominaga, T. (2007). Discovery of single-nucleotide mutations in acetolactate synthase genes by Ecotilling. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 88(2): 143-148.
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Hirano, T., Ito, A., Berberich, T., Terauchi, R. and Saitoh, H. (2007). Virus-induced gene silencing of 14-3-3 genes abrogates dark repression of nitrate reductase activity in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mol Genet Genomics 278(2): 125-133.
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Yoshihiro, T., Nasir, K. H., Ito, A., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Fujisawa, S., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2007). A Novel MAPKK Involved in Cell Death and Defense Signaling. Plant Signal Behav 2(5): 396-398.
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Takahashi, Y., Nasir, K. H., Ito, A., Kanzaki, H., Matsumura, H., Saitoh, H., Fujisawa, S., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2007). A high-throughput screen of cell-death-inducing factors in Nicotiana benthamiana identifies a novel MAPKK that mediates INF1-induced cell death signaling and non-host resistance to Pseudomonas cichorii. Plant J 49(6): 1030-1040.
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Ludwig, A. A., Saitoh, H., Felix, G., Freymark, G., Miersch, O., Wasternack, C., Boller, T., Jones, J. D. and Romeis, T. (2005). Ethylene-mediated cross-talk between calcium-dependent protein kinase and MAPK signaling controls stress responses in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(30): 10736-10741.
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Uehara, Y., Takahashi, Y., Berberich, T., Miyazaki, A., Takahashi, H., Matsui, K., Ohme-Takagi, M., Saitoh, H., Terauchi, R. and Kusano, T. (2005). Tobacco ZFT1, a transcriptional repressor with a Cys2/His2 type zinc finger motif that functions in spermine-signaling pathway. Plant Mol Biol 59(3): 435-448.
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Nasir, K. H., Takahashi, Y., Ito, A., Saitoh, H., Matsumura, H., Kanzaki, H., Shimizu, T., Ito, M., Fujisawa, S., Sharma, P. C., Ohme-Takagi, M., Kamoun, S. and Terauchi, R. (2005). High-throughput in planta expression screening identifies a class II ethylene-responsive element binding factor-like protein that regulates plant cell death and non-host resistance. Plant J 43(4): 491-505.