Basic Information

Faculty

• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Email Address

• Email Address

  nishida.akari.2akyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 31 Mar. 2022

  東京農工大学修士（農学）
• 24 Mar. 2025

  京都大学博士（薬科学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 東京農工大学, 農学部応用生物科学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Apr. 2025, To Present

  Kyoto University, 大学院生命科学研究科, 助教
• From Apr. 2022, To Mar. 2025

  日本学術振興会, 特別研究員（DC1）

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202501004882664196

• Researcher number

  51024674

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/51024674

Research

Papers

• The free fatty acid receptor GPR164 maintains intestinal homeostasis and barrier function

  Takako Ikeda; Yuki Masujima; Keita Watanabe; Akari Nishida; Mayu Yamano; Miki Igarashi; Nobuo Sasaki; Hironori Katoh; Ikuo Kimura

  EMBO Reports, 28 Oct. 2025

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• Ketone-body receptor GPR109A suppresses hepatic inflammation via gut-liver axis regulation

  Akari Nishida; Shota Nishikawa; River Budau; Ryuji Ohue-Kitano; Takako Ikeda; Nobuo Sasaki; Ikuo Kimura

  bioRxiv (preprint), Aug. 2025

  
• Sucrose-preferring gut microbes prevent host obesity by producing exopolysaccharides.

  Hidenori Shimizu; Junki Miyamoto; Keiko Hisa; Ryuji Ohue-Kitano; Hiromi Takada; Mayu Yamano; Akari Nishida; Daiki Sasahara; Yuki Masujima; Keita Watanabe; Shota Nishikawa; Sakura Takahashi; Takako Ikeda; Yuya Nakajima; Naofumi Yoshida; Chiaki Matsuzaki; Takuya Kageyama; Ibuki Hayashi; Akari Matsuki; Ryo Akashi; Seiichi Kitahama; Masako Ueyama; Takumi Murakami; Shinsuke Inuki; Junichiro Irie; Noriko Satoh-Asahara; Hirokazu Toju; Hiroshi Mori; Shinji Nakaoka; Tomoya Yamashita; Atsushi Toyoda; Kenji Yamamoto; Hiroaki Ohno; Takane Katayama; Hiroshi Itoh; Ikuo Kimura

  Nature communications, 29 Jan. 2025

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• Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici, a propionate-producing bacterium, contributes to GPR41 signaling and metabolic regulation in high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice.

  Junki Miyamoto; Yuna Ando; Mayu Yamano; Akari Nishida; Kota Murakami; Ikuo Kimura

  Frontiers in nutrition, 2025

  
• Medium-chain fatty acid receptor GPR84 deficiency leads to metabolic homeostasis dysfunction in mice fed high-fat diet.

  Akari Nishida; Ryuji Ohue-Kitano; Yuki Masujima; Hazuki Nonaka; Miki Igarashi; Takako Ikeda; Ikuo Kimura

  FASEB bioAdvances, Nov. 2024

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• Fructooligosaccharides Intake during Pregnancy Improves Metabolic Phenotype of Offspring in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.

  Junki Miyamoto; Yuna Ando; Akari Nishida; Mayu Yamano; Shunsuke Suzuki; Hiromi Takada; Ikuo Kimura

  Molecular nutrition & food research, May 2024

  
• Medium-chain fatty acids suppress lipotoxicity-induced hepatic fibrosis via the immunomodulating receptor GPR84.

  Ryuji Ohue-Kitano; Hazuki Nonaka; Akari Nishida; Yuki Masujima; Daisuke Takahashi; Takako Ikeda; Akiharu Uwamizu; Miyako Tanaka; Motoyuki Kohjima; Miki Igarashi; Hironori Katoh; Tomohiro Tanaka; Asuka Inoue; Takayoshi Suganami; Koji Hase; Yoshihiro Ogawa; Junken Aoki; Ikuo Kimura

  JCI insight, 24 Jan. 2023

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• Intestinal GPR119 activation by microbiota-derived metabolites impacts feeding behavior and energy metabolism.

  Miki Igarashi; Tetsuhiko Hayakawa; Haruka Tanabe; Keita Watanabe; Akari Nishida; Ikuo Kimura

  Molecular metabolism, Jan. 2023

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• Host metabolic benefits of prebiotic exopolysaccharides produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides.

  Junki Miyamoto; Hidenori Shimizu; Keiko Hisa; Chiaki Matsuzaki; Shinsuke Inuki; Yuna Ando; Akari Nishida; Ayano Izumi; Mayu Yamano; Chihiro Ushiroda; Junichiro Irie; Takane Katayama; Hiroaki Ohno; Hiroshi Itoh; Kenji Yamamoto; Ikuo Kimura

  Gut microbes, 2023

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• Short-chain fatty acid receptors and gut microbiota as therapeutic targets in metabolic, immune, and neurological diseases.

  Takako Ikeda; Akari Nishida; Mayu Yamano; Ikuo Kimura

  Pharmacology & therapeutics, Nov. 2022

  
• Involvement of Gut Microbial Metabolites Derived from Diet on Host Energy Homeostasis.

  Akari Nishida; Yuna Ando; Ikuo Kimura; Junki Miyamoto

  International journal of molecular sciences, 16 May 2022

  
• Gut microbial short-chain fatty acids-mediated olfactory receptor 78 stimulation promotes anorexigenic gut hormone peptide YY secretion in mice.

  Akari Nishida; Junki Miyamoto; Hidenori Shimizu; Ikuo Kimura

  Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 11 Jun. 2021

  
• Ketone body receptor GPR43 regulates lipid metabolism under ketogenic conditions.

  Junki Miyamoto; Ryuji Ohue-Kitano; Hiromi Mukouyama; Akari Nishida; Keita Watanabe; Miki Igarashi; Junichiro Irie; Gozoh Tsujimoto; Noriko Satoh-Asahara; Hiroshi Itoh; Ikuo Kimura

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 19 Nov. 2019

  

Misc.

• 食由来腸内細菌代謝物と脂肪酸受容体

  西田朱里; 山野真由; 池田貴子; 木村 郁夫

  実験医学（増刊号）, Jan. 2026

  
• 難消化性多糖と宿主代謝制御

  山中祐人; 西川翔太; 西田朱里; 木村郁夫

  ルミナコイド研究, Dec. 2025

  
• 腸内細菌の代謝物のはたらき

  池田貴子; 西田朱里; 木村郁夫

  薬局, 2024

  
• マイクロバイオームによる代謝・内分泌制御

  山野真由; 西田朱里; 池田貴子; 木村郁夫

  実験医学（増刊号）, 2024

  
• 中鎖脂肪酸による非アルコール性脂肪肝炎（NASH）の発症抑制

  北野(大植) 隆司; 西田 朱里; 西川 翔太; 木村 郁夫

  バイオサイエンスとインダストリー（B&I）, 2023

  
• 短鎖脂肪酸受容体を介したエネルギー代謝と生理作用

  池田貴子; 西田朱里; 山野真由; 木村郁夫

  臨床化学, 2023

  
• 栄養環境の変化を認識する短鎖脂肪酸受容体

  池田 貴子; 西田 朱里; 山野 真由; 木村 郁夫

  実験医学（増刊号）, 2022

  
• 代謝制御におけるケトン体受容体の役割

  西田 朱里; 泉 綾乃; 池田 貴子; 木村 郁夫

  The lipid, 2022

  
• ケトン体による生体機能制御

  大植 隆司; 西田 朱里; 木村 郁夫

  医学のあゆみ, 2021

  
• 妊娠中の食物繊維摂取と胎児の代謝

  渡辺 啓太; 西田 朱里; 宮本 潤基; 木村 郁夫

  糖尿病学2021, 2021

  
• 低炭水化物食における分子栄養メカニズム

  西田 朱里; 宮本 潤基; 大植 隆司; 木村 郁夫

  Pharma Medica, 2020

  
• ケトン体（アセト酢酸）の受容体を介した脂質代謝

  西田 朱里; 宮本 潤基; 木村 郁夫

  化学と生物, 2020

  

Awards

• 21 Feb. 2026

  日本肥満学会アディポサイエンス･シンポジウム若手優秀研究奨励賞
• 07 Jun. 2025

  2025年度若手研究奨励賞(YIA)(日本内分泌学会)
• 11 Dec. 2022

  第22回国際栄養学会議若手研究者優秀演題賞(IUNS)
• 04 Sep. 2022

  第21回ファーマ・バイオフォーラム優秀発表賞（日本薬学会）
• 09 Jul. 2022

  第40回内分泌代謝学サマーセミナー優秀ポスター賞(日本内分泌学会)
• 08 Jun. 2025

  日本内分泌学会, 若手研究奨励賞

External funds: Kakenhi

• 腸内細菌および短鎖脂肪酸受容体による新規神経機能制御機構の解明

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 59040:Nutrition science and health science-related

  Kyoto University

  西田 朱里

  From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2029, Granted

  脂肪酸受容体;短鎖脂肪酸;腸内細菌;代謝;神経

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26K21079/
• 短鎖脂肪酸受容体Olfr78を介した神経機能制御機構の解明

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  0909:Sports sciences, physical education, health sciences, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  西田 朱里

  From 31 Jul. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted

  短鎖脂肪酸;GPCR;Olfactory receptor

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25K24291/

External funds: others

• 中鎖脂肪酸が腸管発達と疾患リスクに与える影響の解明

  一般財団法人油脂工業会館, 研究助成

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  西田朱里

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Research Proposal Writing Practice B

  8403, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Research Proposal Writing Practice A

  8402, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Pharmaceutical Laboratory Coaching Practice A

  8301, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Clinical Clerkship in Community Pharmacy

  E902, Year-long, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 10
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Clinical Clerkship in Community Pharmacy

  B902, Year-long, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 10
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Biological Chemistry III (Molecular biology)

  C214, Fall, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Biological Chemistry 3 (Molecular biology)

  A214, Fall, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Medicinal Frontier Science Research C

  8408, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Medicinal Frontier Science Research B

  8407, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Medicinal Frontier Science Research A

  8406, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Pharmaceutical Laboratory IV : Biochemistry and Microbiology

  C906, Fall, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences

  6002, Spring, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Modern Life Sciences for Drug Discovery

  1027, Spring, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Critical Reading of Scientific Papers B

  8405, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Critical Reading of Scientific Papers A

  8404, Year-long, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biochemistry

  8103, Spring, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2