Dr Yusuke Nishimura
Sport and Exercise Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: Sport and Exercise Sciences
Email address: Y.Nishimura@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Yusuke Nishimura is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Muscle Proteomics with a primary interest in the molecular and cellular mechanisms in the regulation of skeletal muscle protein turnover and mass in health and disease. Yusuke is based at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES). His current research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in collaboration with Prof Jatin Burniston and Dr Yi-Wen Chen (Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA).
Yusuke regularly reviews international peer-review journals, including FASEB Journal, Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, European Journal of Nutrition, and Biochimie.
Languages
Japanese
English
Degrees
2022, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, PhD
2018, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, MRes
2016, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, BSc
Postgraduate training
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Muscle Proteomics, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Highlighted publications
Nishimura Y, Bittel AJ, Stead CA, Chen Y-W, Burniston JG. 2022. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is associated with altered myoblast proteome dynamics Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DOI Publisher Url
Nishimura Y, Chunthorng-Orn J, Lord S, Musa I, Dawson P, Holm L, Lai YC. 2022. Ubiquitin E3 ligase Atrogin-1 protein is regulated via the rapamycin-sensitive mTOR-S6K1 signaling pathway in C2C12 muscle cells American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 323 :C215-C225 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Jensen M, Bülow J, Thomsen TT, Arimitsu T, van Hall G, Fujita S, Holm L. 2022. Co-ingestion of cluster dextrin carbohydrate does not increase exogenous protein-derived amino acid release or myofibrillar protein synthesis following a whole-body resistance exercise in moderately trained younger males: a double-blinded randomized controlled crossover trial European Journal of Nutrition, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Højfeldt G, Breen L, Tetens I, Holm L. 2021. Dietary protein requirements and recommendations for healthy older adults: a critical narrative review of the scientific evidence. Nutrition research reviews, :1-17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Musa I, Holm L, Lai YC. 2021. Recent advances in measuring and understanding the regulation of exercise-mediated protein degradation in skeletal muscle American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 321 :C276-C287 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
preprint
Nishimura Y, Bittel AJ, Stead CA, Chen Y-W, Burniston JG. 2022. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is associated with altered myoblast proteome dynamics Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DOI Publisher Url
Nishimura Y, Musa I, Dawson P, Holm L, Lai Y-C. 2021. Ubiquitin E3 ligases Atrogin-1 and MuRF1 protein contents are differentially regulated in the rapamycin-sensitive mTOR-S6K1 signaling pathway in C2C12 myotubes Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DOI Publisher Url
Journal article
Nishimura Y, Chunthorng-Orn J, Lord S, Musa I, Dawson P, Holm L, Lai YC. 2022. Ubiquitin E3 ligase Atrogin-1 protein is regulated via the rapamycin-sensitive mTOR-S6K1 signaling pathway in C2C12 muscle cells American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 323 :C215-C225 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Jensen M, Bülow J, Thomsen TT, Arimitsu T, van Hall G, Fujita S, Holm L. 2022. Co-ingestion of cluster dextrin carbohydrate does not increase exogenous protein-derived amino acid release or myofibrillar protein synthesis following a whole-body resistance exercise in moderately trained younger males: a double-blinded randomized controlled crossover trial European Journal of Nutrition, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Højfeldt G, Breen L, Tetens I, Holm L. 2021. Dietary protein requirements and recommendations for healthy older adults: a critical narrative review of the scientific evidence. Nutrition research reviews, :1-17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nishimura Y, Musa I, Holm L, Lai YC. 2021. Recent advances in measuring and understanding the regulation of exercise-mediated protein degradation in skeletal muscle American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 321 :C276-C287 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Edwards SJ, Smeuninx B, McKendry J, Nishimura Y, Luo D, Marshall RN, Perkins M, Ramsay J, Joanisse S, Philp A, Breen L. 2020. High-dose leucine supplementation does not prevent muscle atrophy or strength loss over 7 days of immobilization in healthy young males American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112 :1368-1381 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Højfeldt G, Nishimura Y, Mertz K, Schacht SR, Lindberg J, Jensen M, Hjulmand M, Lind MV, Jensen T, Jespersen AP, Reitelseder S, Tetens I, Holm L. 2020. Daily protein and energy intake are not associated with muscle mass and physical function in healthy older individuals—a cross-sectional study Nutrients, 12 :1-16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Luo D, Edwards S, Smeuninx B, McKendry J, Nishimura Y, Perkins M, Philp A, Joanisse S, Breen L. 2020. Immobilization leads to alterations in intracellular phosphagen and creatine transporter content in human skeletal muscle American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 318 :C34-C44 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Smeuninx B, Nishimura Y, McKendry J, Limb M, Smith K, Atherton PJ, Breen L. 2019. The effect of acute oral phosphatidic acid ingestion on myofibrillar protein synthesis and intracellular signaling in older males Clinical Nutrition, 38 :1423-1432 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Yoshii N, Sato K, Ogasawara R, Nishimura Y, Shinohara Y, Fujita S. 2018. Effect of mixed meal and leucine intake on plasma amino acid concentrations in young men Nutrients, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Other
Nishimura Y, Højfeldt G, Breen L, Tetens I, Holm L. 2021. Erratum: Dietary protein requirements and recommendations for healthy older adults: a critical narrative review of the scientific evidence.(Nutrition Research Reviews FirstView (2021) (1-17) DOI: 10.1017/S0954422421000329) Nutrition Research Reviews, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Conference publication
Nishimura Y, Hojfeldt G, Schacht SR, Mertz K, Hjulmand M, Reitelseder S, Lind MV, Tetens I, Holm L. 2020. Impact of daily protein and energy intake and distribution on muscle mass and strength in Danish older individuals-The CALM study Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79 DOI Publisher Url
Edwards S, Smeuninx B, McKendry J, Nishimura Y, Perkins M, Ramsay J, Joanisse S, Philp A, Breen L. Leucine Supplementation Does Not Attenuate Metabolic Or Functional Declines Following 7-days Of Unilateral Lower-limb Immobilisation Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, The American College of Sports Medicine 52 :507-507 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kido K, Ato S, Nishimura Y, Yokokawa T, Sato K, Fujita S. Chronic Resistance Training-Induced Increase in Insulin-Stimulated Akt Activation and GLUT4 Translocation Is Associated with APPL1 Expression in Skeletal Muscle of Type 2 Diabetic Rat Diabetes, 77th Scientific Sessions of the American-Diabetes-Association 66 :A191-A191 Author Url
Other Professional Activity:
The Research Communications Group (Muscular Dystrophy UK). 2022
Award:
Nutrition Research Reviews - Paper of the Month for April, The Nutrition Society, https://www.nutritionsociety.org/papers/dietary-protein-requirements-and-recommendations-why-it-so-complex. 2022
Research Grants Awarded:
Institute for Food and Health Science, Yazuya Co., Ltd, Interaction between energy and protein intake on resistance exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy –Systematic review and meta-analysis, Dr Jun Yasuda, Dr Akiko Kamei, Dr Takahiro Yoshizaki, Prof Satoshi Fujita, Grant value (£): 440,000 JPY, Duration of research project: 1 year. 2020
Vanderbilt University, Scholarship for attendance to the 2019 Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research: Principles and Practice of Kinetic Analysis (12th Annual Course), Grant value (£): 400 USD. 2019
The Physiological Society, Travel Grant, Grant value (£): 500. 2019
Conference presentation:
Impact of daily protein and energy intake and distribution on muscle mass and strength in Danish older individuals-The CALM study, 13th European Nutrition Conference, Dublin, Ireland, Oral presentation. 2019
Membership of professional bodies:
Early Career Membership, The Biochemical Society.
Postdoctoral Membership, American Physiological Society.
Postgraduate Member, The Physiological Society.