Vishwajit S. CHOWDHURY

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University

Degree: Ph.D.(Mar, 2004, Hiroshima University)

Other name(s) (e.g. nickname): Sur (スル)
Researcher number: 00535453
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-2788
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801006326658673
researchmap Member ID: B000317757

We are conducting research on 'Stress Physiology and Metabolism' using mainly chickens. The current aim of our research is to understand the mechanisms of heat stress and to develop thermo-tolerant and stress-tolerant chickens.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2010 - Present

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
Mar, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2009

JSPS postdoc, Dept of Biology, Waseda Univ.
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2006

Univ. postdoc, Hiroshima Univ.

Education

Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2004

Doctor of Philosophy, Animal Science, Hiroshima Univ.
Apr, 1999 - Mar, 2001

Master of Agriculture, Animal Science, Hiroshima Univ.
Jan, 1996 - Dec, 1998

Master of Science, Animal Nutrition, Bangladesh Agricultural Univ.
Sep, 1989 - Dec, 1996

Bachelor of Science, Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural Univ.

Committee Memberships

Aug, 2022 - Present

Council Member, World Poultry Science Association, World Poultry Science Association
Sep, 2021 - Present

Topic Editor, Frontiers in Animal Science (Animal Physiology and management)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Editorial Board, Amino Acids
Feb, 2021 - Present

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Animal Science
Apr, 2016 - Present

Council Member, Japan Poultry Science Association
Apr, 2014 - Present

Editorial Board, The Journal of Poultry Science
Apr, 2014 - Present

Section Editor, Japan Poultry Science Association
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2019

Editorial Board, Warm Regional Society for Animal Science

Awards

Sep, 2022

Japanese Society of Animal Science Award, Elucidation of the mechanism of heat stress in chickens and research on improvement of heat tolerance, Japanese Society of Animal Science

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury
Sep, 2017

Japan Poultry Science Association Award, Regulation of food intake and body temperature in heat-exposed chicks, The Japan Poultry Science Association

Vishwajit, S. Chowdhury
Sep, 2013

Outstanding Paper Award, Physiological and behavioral responses of young chicks to high ambient temperature, the Japan Poultry Science Association

Vishwajit, S. Chowdhury
Mar, 2004

President’s Distinction Award, Recognition of distinguished results achieved in PhD study, Hiroshima Univ.

Vishwajit, S. Chowdhury
Sep, 2003

Awards the Year 2003 prize, Recognition of my research work (Responsiveness of LHRH-II on Anterior Pituitary of Pre- and post-molt Hens), The Dimitris N. CHORAFAS Foundation, Switzerland

Vishwajit, S. Chowdhury
Dec, 1996

University Prize (for the best student in Bachelor degree), Bangladesh Agricultural Univ.

Vishwajit, S. Chowdhury

Papers

112

Central Interaction Between L-Ornithine and Neuropeptide Y in the Regulation of Feeding Behavior of Neonatal Chicks

Phuong V. Tran, Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Yuriko Tsuru, Ying Wang, Guofeng Han, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Mitsuhiro Furuse

The Journal of Poultry Science, 60(1) n/a-n/a, 2023
Effects of different coating materials on the morphological characteristics of chicken adenohypophyseal folliculo-stellate cells in vitro.

Shotaro Nishimura, Shungo Yamahira, Vishwajit S Chowdhury, Yoshinao Z Hosaka

Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho, 94(1) e13814, Jan, 2023
Comparison of oral administration of fructose and glucose on food intake and physiological parameters in broiler chicks

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Yoshinori Komaki, Kensuke Shimizu, Natsuki Fukano, Toshihisa Sugino, Jun-ichi Shiraishi, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Takashi Bungo

Poultry Science, 102(1) 102249-102249, Jan, 2023
Effect of neonatal isolation on responses to subsequent exposure to isolation stress in young chickens

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Koichi Yoshidome, John F. Cockrem, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Takashi Bungo

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 274 111320-111320, Dec, 2022
Intracerebroventricular injection taurine changes free amino acid concentrations in the brain and plasma in chicks

Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Phuong V. Tran, Ying Wang, Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Shogo Haraguchi, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Mark A. Cline, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury

Amino Acids, Nov 27, 2022
Thermal manipulation modifies embryonic growth, hepatic free amino acid concentrations, and hatching performance in layer-type chicks

Guofeng Han, Sheng Li, Yansen Li, Phuong V. Tran, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Takashi Bungo, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Zongchun Bai, Chunmei Li

FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 9, Nov, 2022
Intracerebroventricular injection of taurine induces hypothermia through modifying monoaminergic pathways in chicks

Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Haruka Nishimura, Phuong V. Tran, Shogo Haraguchi, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Mark A. Cline, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury

European Journal of Pharmacology, 928 175092-175092, Aug, 2022
Thermal Conditioning Can Improve Thermoregulation of Young Chicks During Exposure to Low Temperatures

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, John F. Cockrem, Takashi Bungo

Frontiers in Animal Science, 3, Jun 10, 2022
Central administration of neuropeptide Y reduces the cellular heat stress response and may enhance spleen antioxidative functions in heat-exposed chicks

Haruka Nishimura, Ying Wang, Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Phuong V. Tran, Shogo Haraguchi, John F. Cockrem, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury

Neuroscience Letters, 136749-136749, Jun, 2022
Calpain-mediated proteolytic production of free amino acids in vascular endothelial cells augments obesity-induced hepatic steatosis.

Risako Akasu, Takuro Miyazaki, Mohamed Z Elhussiny, Yuki Sugiura, Yuki Tomitsuka, Shogo Haraguchi, Kinya Otsu, Vishwajit S Chowdhury, Akira Miyazaki

The Journal of biological chemistry, 298(6) 101953-101953, Apr 18, 2022
Oral Administration of L-Citrulline Changes Brain Free Amino Acid and Monoamine Metabolism in Heat-Exposed Broiler Chickens

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Guofeng Han, Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Phuong V. Tran, Haruka Nishimura, Shogo Haraguchi, John F. Cockrem, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse

Frontiers in Animal Science, 3, Apr 5, 2022
In ovo Feeding of L-Leucine Improves Antioxidative Capacity and Spleen Weight and Changes Amino Acid Concentrations in Broilers After Chronic Thermal Stress

Guofeng Han, Yangyang Cui, Dan Shen, Mingyang Li, Yu Ren, Takashi Bungo, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Yansen Li, Chunmei Li

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Mar 18, 2022
Central Taurine Attenuates Hyperthermia and Isolation Stress Behaviors Augmented by Corticotropin-Releasing Factor with Modifying Brain Amino Acid Metabolism in Neonatal Chicks

Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Phuong V. Tran, Yuriko Tsuru, Shogo Haraguchi, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Mark A. Cline, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury

Metabolites, 12(1) 83-83, Jan 16, 2022
mRNA Expressions of Methylation Related Enzymes and Duration of Thermal Conditioning in Chicks

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Takashi Bungo

The Journal of Poultry Science, 59(1) 90-95, 2022
Oral administration of L-citrulline changes the concentrations of plasma hormones and biochemical profile in heat-exposed broilers

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Guofeng Han, Hatem M. Eltahan, Shogo Haraguchi, Takuro Miyazaki, Jun Ichi Shiraishi, Toshihisa Sugino, Takashi Bungo

Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho, 92(1) e13578, Dec 1, 2021
Liver metabolomic analysis in broiler chicks: Profiling the metabolites after oral administration of l-citrulline

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Shogo Haraguchi, Takashi Bungo

Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho, 92(1) e13609, Dec 1, 2021
Neuropeptide Y modifies a part of diencephalic catecholamine but not indolamine metabolism in chicks depending on feeding status

Phuong V. Tran, Yui Tamura, Cuong V. Pham, Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Guofeng Han, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Mitsuhiro Furuse

Neuropeptides, 89, Oct, 2021
Adenosine 5’-monophosphate induces hypothermia and alters gene expressions in the brain and liver of chicks

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Miko Yamato, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Takashi Bungo

Brain Research Bulletin, 172 14-21, Jul, 2021
Av-UCP single nucleotide polymorphism affects heat production during cold exposure in chicks

Yoshimitsu Ouchi, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, John F. Cockrem, Takashi Bungo

Journal of Thermal Biology, 98, May, 2021
Central GABA<inf>A</inf> receptor mediates taurine-induced hypothermia and possibly reduces food intake in thermo-neutral chicks and regulates plasma metabolites in heat-exposed chicks

Mohamed Z. Elhussiny, Phuong V. Tran, Cuong V. Pham, Linh T.N. Nguyen, Shogo Haraguchi, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Mark A. Cline, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury

Journal of Thermal Biology, 98, May, 2021

Misc.

Potential Role of Amino Acids in the Adaptation of Chicks and Market-Age Broilers to Heat Stress

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Guofeng Han, Hatem M. Eltahan, Shogo Haraguchi, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Mark A. Cline, John F. Cockrem, Takashi Bungo, Mitsuhiro Furuse

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, Jan 8, 2021
Central regulation of feeding behavior through neuropeptides and amino acids in neonatal chicks

Phuong V. Tran, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Mitsuhiro Furuse

Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Dietary L-serine modifies free amino acid composition of maternal milk and lowers the body weight of the offspring in mice

Satsuki Nagamachi, Takuma Nishigawa, Mayumi Takakura, Hiromi Ikeda, Momoko Kodaira, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury, Shinobu Yasuo, Mitsuhiro Furuse

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 80(2) 235-241, Feb 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Restraint stress in lactating mice alters the levels of sulfur-containing amino acids in milk

Nishigawa T, Nagamachi S, Ikeda H, Chowdhury VS, Furuse M

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 80 503-509, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Maternal stress during the lactation period rather than the gestation period strongly influences the amino acid composition in milk and affects growth and behaviour in offspring

Nishigawa, T, Nagamachi, S, Takakura, M, Ikeda H, Kodaira M, Yamaguchi T, Chowdhury VS, Yasuo, S, Furuse, M

Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 63 61-70, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Disparities in activity levels and learning ability between Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)

Hiromi Ikeda, Mao Nagasawa, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kimie Minaminaka, Ryosei Goda, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Shinobu Yasuo, Mitsuhiro Furuse

ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 88(3) 533-545, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Differential activities, brain amino acid and monoamine metabolism occurred between Djungarian hamster (P. sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (P. roborovskii) are hardly influenced by social isolation stress

Ikeda H, Yamaguchi T, Kodaira M, Bahry MA, Chowdhury VS, Yasuo S, Furuse M

Journal of Pet Animal Nutrition, 20(1) 47-58, 2017 Peer-reviewed
The relationship between liver lipid accumulation and changes in plasma amino acids in mice challenged with carbon tetrachloride

Takagi S, Oikawa D, Ikeda H, Tateiwa N, Koba K, Chowdhury VS, Yasuo S, Furuse M

Journal of Animal Nutrition, 1(02) 12, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Effect of PPAR beta/delta Agonist on the Placentation and Embryo-Fetal Development in Rats

Kyohei Nishimura, Nao Nakano, Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury, Masako Kaneto, Mikinori Torii, Masa-aki Hattori, Nobuhiko Yamauchi, Motoyuki Kawai

BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART B-DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, 98(2) 164-169, Apr, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Changes in collagen fiber content and hepatic stellate cell distribution in the liver of chick embryos and growing chickens

Shotaro Nishimura, Akifumi Teshima, Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury, Shoji Tabata

ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 83(6) 499-503, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone mRNA expression is stimulated by heat stress in chicks

Chowdhury VS, Tomonaga S, Nishimura S, Tabata S, Furuse M

日本畜産学会, Aug, 2011
Heat stress enhances the gene expression of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in chicks

Chowdhury VS, Tomonaga S, Nishimura S, Tabata S, Furuse M

日本畜産学会, Mar, 2011
Discovery and functional significance of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in vertebrates: From comparative to general

Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Tomohiro Osugi, Takayoshi Ubuka, George E. Bentley, Lance J. Kriegsfeld, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Minoru Irahara, Stacia A. Sower, Hubert Vaudry

ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 57 S234-S235, Mar, 2010
Gonadotropes express the receptor for gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in quail.

Chowdhury VS, Iwasawa A, Hasunuma I, Yamamoto K, Tsutsui K

CompBiol2009（第34回日本比較内分泌学会大会及びシンポジウム・日本比較生理生化学会第31回大会合同大会）（大阪千里ライフサイエンスセンター/大阪）2009年10月22-24日, 講演要旨集 49-49, 2009
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone neurons interact directly with gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I and -II neurons in European starling brain (vol 149, pg 268, 2008)

Takayoshi Ubuka, Stephanie Kim, Yu-chi Huang, Jessica Reid, Jennifer Jiang, Tomohiro Osugi, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, George E. Bentley

ENDOCRINOLOGY, 149(8) 4229-4229, Aug, 2008
Functional significance and mode of action of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in birds

Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, Takayoshi Ubuka, Hong Yin, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Tomohiro Osugi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuyoshi Ukena, George E. Bentley, John C. Wingfield

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23(12) 1214-1214, Dec, 2006
Role of melatonin in the expression of frog growth hormone-releasing peptide in the bullfrog brain

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Itaru Hasunuma, Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Sakae Kikuyama, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 23(12) 1214-1214, Dec, 2006

Books and Other Publications

International perspectives on impacts of reproductive technologies for world food production in Asia associated with poultry production

Chowdhury VS, Sultana H, Furuse M (Role: Joint author, In: Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production)

Springer, 2014
Metabolism and physiology of glutamate in chickens

Chowdhury VS, Furuse M (Role: Joint author, In: Glutamic Acid: Chemistry, Food Sources and Health Benefits (Balcazar D and Perez E eds.))

Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2013
Central regulation of physiological and metabolic responses in neonatal chicks

Chowdhury VS, Furuse M (Role: Joint author, In: Chickens: Physiology, Diseases and Farming Practices (Kapur I and Mehra A eds.))

Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2012

Presentations

Neuropeptide Y plays an anti-stress role in heat-exposed chicks

Chowdhury VS, Cockrem JF, Furuse M

The 8th Intercongress Symposium of Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSCE), Aug 10, 2018 Invited
Oral Administration of L-Citrulline Affords Thermotolerance in Heat-Exposed Broilers

Chowdhury VS, Han G, Shirashi J, Sugino T, Furuse M, Bungo T

The 18th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Aug 1, 2018
L-Citrulline and L-leucine-mediated thermoregulation affords thermotolerance

Chowdhury VS, Han G, Yang H, Ikeda H, Bungo T, Furuse, M

Japanese Society for Animal Nutrition and Metabolism, Sep 8, 2017 Invited
Regulation of Food Intake and Body Temperature in Heat-Exposed Chicks

Chowdhury VS

Japan Poultry Science Association, Sep 5, 2017 Invited
Effects of heat stress and its coping in chicks

Chowdhury VS

International Symposium, Aug 26, 2016 Invited
Impact of oral L-citrulline administration on thermoregulation and heat-tolerance inChicks

Chowdhury VS, Tran PV, Bahry MA, Hui Yang H, Do PH, Han G, Furuse M

The 17th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Aug 23, 2016
Acute heat-stress induces diencephalic neuropeptide Y mRNA expression and alters brain concentrations of free amino acids in chicks

Chowdhury VS, Furuse M

The 9th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Aug 25, 2015
Oral administration of L-citrulline acts as a hypothermic agent in chicks

Chowdhury VS, Shigemura A, Erwan E, Phuong TV, Bahry MA, Furuse M

The 12th Asian Congress of Nutrition, May 15, 2015
Oxidative damage and brain concentration of free amino acid in heat-exposed chicks

Chowdhury VS, Ito K, Furuse M

The 10th Asia Pacific Poultry Conference, Oct 20, 2014
Young Scientists' Meeting of the Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology

Chowdhury VS

Research and Education, Oct 13, 2013 Invited
High ambient temperature modifies neuropeptide gene expression and free amino acid concentrations in the chicken tissues

Chowdhury VS

Heat Stress Physiology Symposium, Dec 21, 2012 Invited
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone mRNA expression is stimulated by heat stress in chicks

Chowdhury VS

Japan Society for Animal Science Conference, Aug 26, 2011 Invited
Identification, localization and regulatory mechanism of LPXRFamide peptides in vertebrates

Chowdhury VS

Symposium at Okayama Univ., Aug 10, 2010 Invited