Koma Rikuhide

Researcher Profile & Settings

Contact

r-koma@kanazawa-med.ac.jp

Research

Overview of research:
The main purpose of my study is to explore nutrients and external stimuli that enhance the quantity and quality of mitochondria in skeletal muscle using molecular biological techniques.

Special Field

• Health science
• Nutritional Science

Education

• Kanazawa University Graduate School Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
• Kanazawa University Graduate School Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
• Kanazawa University College of Human and Social Sciences School of Regional Development Studies

Degree

• Ph.D. of Science

Research Activities

Published Papers

• Survey report on health-related fitness of first-year students in the School of Nursing at Kanazawa Medical University, Koma R, Tsuda R., Memoirs on Liberal Arts and Sciences Kanazawa Medical University, 51:1-10, Dec. 2024
• Endurance training increases mitochondrial myoglobin and enhances its interaction with complex IV in rat plantaris muscle, Rikuhide Koma, Tsubasa Shibaguchi, Tatsuya Yamada, Yudai Nonaka, Thomas Jue, Ayaka Yamazaki, Kazumi Masuda, Acta Physiologica, 240:e14139, May 2024
  DOI:10.1111/apha.14139
• Data on mitochondrial respiratory function in skeletal muscle of adult male mice in response to 3-weeks heat stress, Rikuhide Koma, Tatsuki Matsumoto, Ayaka Yamazaki, Tsubasa Shibaguchi, Thomas Jue, Kazumi Masuda, Data in Brief, 53:110091, Apr. 2024
  DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2024.110091
• TOM complex-independent transport pathway of myoglobin into mitochondria in C2C12 myotubes, Rikuhide Koma, Tsubasa Shibaguchi, Yuhei Araiso, Tatsuya Yamada, Yudai Nonaka, Thomas Jue, Kazumi Masuda, Physiological Reports, 11:e15632, Apr. 2023
  DOI:10.14814/phy2.15632.
• Localization of myoglobin in mitochondria: implication in regulation of mitochondrial respiration in rat skeletal muscle, Rikuhide Koma, Tsubasa Shibaguchi, Claudia Pérez López, Toshihiko Oka, Thomas Jue, Hisashi Takakura, Kazumi Masuda, Physiological Reports, 9:e14769, Mar. 2021
  DOI:10.14814/phy2.14769.
• Pre-exercise glucose ingestion may improve endurance capacity in East Asian student athletes with lower blood glucose response, Rikuhide Koma, Naoko Terasawa, Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 66:150-157, Apr. 2020
  DOI:10.3177/jnsv.66.150.