Rare Sugar Symposium 2014
in Kagawa
Kagawa International Convention Hall
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
March 29th – 30th, 2014

ORGANIZERInternational Society of Rare Sugars

COSPONSORS
Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa University
Kagawa Industrial Support Foundation

PROGRAM
Saturday, March 29th
13:00-13:15

Opening Ceremony

Session 1

Production of rare sugars and their derivatives
Chairpersons: Dr. Lumyong Saisamorn and Dr. Ken Izumori

13:15-13:45

S1 1. Short and Sweet: D-Glucose to L-Glucose,
2. 16 Stereoisomers of Homonojirimycin.
George Fleet, Ken Izumori

13:45-14:05

S2 Rare Sugar Sweet (RSS) Development and Applications.
Pushpa Kiran Gullapalli, Shintani Tomoya, Satoshi Takamine, YumaTani, Tetsuo Iida, Kazuhiro Okuma, Ken Izumori,

14:05-14:25

S3 Physiological function and marketing of Rare Sugar Sweet (RSS).
Yuma Tani, Masako Nakamura, Tomonori Kimura, Takako Yamada,
Noriko Hayashi, Kazuhiro Okuma, Masaaki Tokuda

14:25-14:45

S4 Supermolecule Rare Sugar (SRS): A New Category of Rare Sugar.
Tomohiko Ishii, Shunsuke Ohga, Kimina Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Senoo,Kazuhiro Fukada, Taro Kozakai, Akihide Yoshihara, ChihiroFujimoto

14:45-15:00

Coffee BreakSession 2

Production of rare sugars and their derivatives
Application of rare sugars for plants
Chairpersons: Dr. Eric Vandamme and Dr. Kazuya Akimitsu

15:00-15:20

S5 Enzymatic Characterization of a Cellobiose 2-epimerase fromCaldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus for Bioconversion of Rare
Monosaccharides.
Chang-Su Park.

15:20-15:40

S6 Biosynthesis of Rare Sugars through Constructing A
Multi-Enzyme Coupling Reaction Pathway in Genetic
Engineering Bacteria.
Yuanxia Sun, Jiangang Yang, Yueming Zhu, Hongyi Li, Ken Izumori15:40-16:00

S7 Hexokinase Is Essential for the Effects of D-Allose in Plant
Responses.
Kazuya Akimitsu, Takeshi Fukumoto, Akihito Kano, Kouhei Ohtani,
Megumi Inoue, Kazushi Matsudaira, Ayaka Aki, Shigeyuki Tajima,
Fumito Kasai, Yutaka Ishida, Akihide Yoshihara, Ken Izumori

16:00-16:20

S8 Itea of Thailand.
Verasak Sahachaisaree, Akihide Yoshihara, and Ken Izumori

16:20-16:40

S9 Development of Research Platform Using the
D-Allulose-producing Itea Plant.
Takeshi Fukumoto, Kazushi Matsudaira, Takuya Shimagami,Akihide Yoshihara, Megumi Inoue, Ayaka Aki, Kouhei Ohtani, Saki
Nikaido, Mai Katsumoto, Hana Azumi, Shigeyuki Tajima, KenIzumori, Kazuya Akimitsu

18:00- 20:00

BanquetSky Banquet CIERO, JR Hotel Clement Takamatsu

Sunday, March 30thSession 3

Application of rare sugars for health
Chairpersons: Dr. Matti Leisola and Dr. Masaaki Tokuda

9:30- 9:50

S10 Anti-Inflammatory Effects of D-Allose on Cerebral
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats.
Nobuyuki Kawai, Dakuan Gao, Takehiro Nakamura, MasaakiTokuda, Takashi Tamiya

9:50-10:10 S11

Molecular Analysis of D-Allose Anti-Proliferative Effect forDevelopment of A New Cancer Therapy.
Kazuyo Kamitori, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Youyi Dong, AkramHossain, Yuko Hirata, Ayako Katagi, Chisato Noguchi, Hiroshi
Hoshikawa, Masaaki Tokuda

10:10-10:30 S12 Physiological Activities of The Rare Sugar Derivatives.
Ikuko Tsukamoto, Maki Takata, Yasuo Kubota, Yasuhiro Kawanami,
Norikazu Sakakibara, Tokumi Maruyama, Masaaki Tokuda, Ryoji
Konishi
10:30-10:50 S13 Transepithelial Transports of Rare Sugar D-Psicose in HumanIntestine.
Masahiro Ogawa and Shigeru Hayakawa
10:50-11:10 S14 D-psicose, an Epimer of Fructose, Favorably Alters LipidMetabolism in Sprague-Dawley Rats.
Yasuo Nagata, Akane Kanasaki, Shizuka Tamaru, Kazunari Tanaka
11:10-11:30 S15 Effects of D-Psicose on Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Levels in
Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
Jingya Lyu, Hitomi Imachi, Satoshi Tada, Takamasa Nisiuchi, Takuo
Yoshimoto, Kensaku Fukunaga, Xiaozhou Zhang, Maki Ueda, Koji
Kondoh, Masaaki Tokuda, Koji Murao
11:30-11:45

Coffee Break11:45-12:45

Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. M. Leisola, Dr. E. Vandamme, Dr. G. Fleet,
Dr. L. Saisamorn, Dr. K. Izumori, Dr. S. Hayakawa,
Dr. K. Akimitsu, Dr. M. Tokuda

12:45-13:00

1.

Nomenclature of Rare Sugars

2.

Future Direction of International Society of Rare Sugars

Closing Ceremony