Naoyuki Sotta

Naoyuki Sotta

Assistant professor, Ph.D.

Graduate School of Agriculture
Osaka Metropolitan University
1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi,
Okasa 599-8531, JAPAN

Tel: +81-72-247-6096
E-mail: nsotta[at]omu.ac.jp

Research Interest

Plants support ecosystems by absorbing inorganic substances from the soil and air and synthesising organic substances. We study the mechanisms by which plants absorb nutrients under diverse nutritional conditions and adapt to their environment from a genetic and molecular biological perspective, using genetic methods and multidisciplinary approaches such as the development of experimental devices, mathematical modelling and bioinformatics, to understand and apply biological processes from a perspective that has not been possible before. Our aim is to understand and apply life phenomena from a previously unseen perspective. We welcome those who wish to conduct research with us.

Keywords:

Examination of the role of boron in plant food defence.
Quantitative and comprehensive analysis of changes in plant root system structure and nutritional status in heterogeneous nutrient environments.
Comprehensive analysis of translational regulation of genes in response to the nutrient environment.
Understanding of plant nutrient transport systems using mathematical models.

C.V.

2004-2007 Yamanashi Gakuin Senior High School
2008-2012 Department of Biochemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo.
2012-2014 Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Master (Agriculture),Laboratory of Plant Nutrient and Fertilizers (Supervisor: Prof. Toru Fujiwara)

2014-2017 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Ph.D. (Agriculture), Laboratory of Plant Nutrient and Fertilizers (Supervisor: Prof. Toru Fujiwara)
2017-2018 Project Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Nutrients and Fertilisers, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2018-2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Nutrients and Fertilisers, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2019-2020 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, Cardiff University, U.K., Systems and Predictive Biology lab (Prof. Stan Maree)
2024- Assistant Professor, Applied Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University

Awards

2024 Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Encouragement Award

Editorial board member

2024- Plant Cell and Physiology, Budding editor

Selected Publication

Sotta, N., & Fujiwara, T. (2024). Time-course analysis system for leaf feeding marks reveals effect of Arabidopsis trichomes on insect herbivore feeding behavior. Journal of Experimental Botany, erae184.

Tanaka, M., Yokoyama, T., Saito, H., Nishimoto, M., Tsuda, K., Sotta, N., . . . Ito, T. (2024). Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF1. Nature Chemical Biology, , 1-10.

Aoyama, H., Arae, T., Yamashita, Y., Toyoda, A., Naito, S., Sotta, N., & Chiba, Y. (2024). Impact of translational regulation on diel expression revealed by time-series ribosome profiling in arabidopsis. The Plant Journal,

Sotta, N., Sakamoto, T., Kamiya, T., Tabata, R., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S., . . . Fujiwara, T. (2023). NAC103 mutation alleviates DNA damage in an arabidopsis thaliana mutant sensitive to excess boron. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1099816.

Sotta, N., Niikura, S., Kamiya, T., & Fujiwara, T. (2023). A low boron condition without high temperature stress induces internal browning in raphanus sativus L. (japanese radish). Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 69(1), 19-23.

Sotta, N., Chiba, Y., Aoyama, H., Takamatsu, S., Suzuki, T., Miwa, K., . . . Fujiwara, T. (2022). Translational landscape of a C4 plant, sorghum bicolor, under normal and sulfur-deficient conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology, 63(5), 592-604.

Sotta, N., Chiba, Y., Miwa, K., Takamatsu, S., Tanaka, M., Yamashita, Y., . . . Fujiwara, T. (2021). Global analysis of boron‐induced ribosome stalling reveals its effects on translation termination and unique regulation by AUG‐stops in arabidopsis shoots. The Plant Journal, 106(5), 1455-1467.

Sotta, N., Bian, B., Peng, D., Hongkham, P., Kamiya, T., Niikura, S., & Fujiwara, T. (2019). Local boron concentrations in tuberous roots of japanese radish (raphanus sativus L.) negatively correlate with distribution of brown heart. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 136, 58-66.

Sotta, N., Sakamoto, T., Matsunaga, S., & Fujiwara, T. (2019). Abnormal leaf development of rpt5a mutant under zinc deficiency reveals important role of DNA damage alleviation for normal leaf development. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 9369.

Sotta, N., Duncan, S., Tanaka, M., Sato, T., Maree, A. F., Fujiwara, T., & Grieneisen, V. A. (2017). Rapid transporter regulation prevents substrate flow traffic jams in boron transport. eLife, 6, e27038.

Sotta, N., & Fujiwara, T. (2017). Preparing thin cross sections of arabidopsis roots without embedding. BioTechniques, 63(6), 281-283.

Sotta, N., Shantikumar, L., Sakamoto, T., Matsunaga, S., & Fujiwara, T. (2016). TPR5 is involved in directional cell division and is essential for the maintenance of meristem cell organization in arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(8), 2401-2411.