Fall 1996

12:00-1:00, Wednesdays

Room B180, Med Labs
Contact: garry-buettner@uiowa.edu Tel 319/335-6749

August 26, 1996
Presenter: Garry R. Buettner, PhD
Paper: Forrest et al. (1994) Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis prevented by Trolox. Free Rad Biol Med 16: 675-684.

Fryer MJ (1995) The mechanism of apoptosis, cell membrane lipid peroxidation and a novel in vivo function for antioxidant vitamin E (a-tocopherol). Redox Report 1: 159-161.

September 04, 1996
Presenter: Mr. Eric Kelley
Paper: Leist, M. et al. (1996) Conventional cell culture media do not adequately supply cells with antioxidants and thus facilitate peroxide-induced genotoxicity. Free Rad Biol Med 21: 297-306.

Antunes, F. et al. (1995) PHGPx and phospholipase A2/GPX: Comparative importance on the reduction of hydroperoxides in rat liver mitochondria. Free Rad Biol Med 19: 669-677.

September 11, 1996
Presenter: Dr. Garry R. Buettner
Paper: Bertling CJ; Lin F; Girotti AW. (1996) Role of hydrogen peroxide in the cytotoxic effects of UVA/B radition on mammalian cells. Photochem. Photobiol. 64:137-142.

September 18, 1996
Presenter: Dr. Larry W. Oberley
Paper: Briehl MM et al (1995) Downregulation of the antioxidant defence during glucocorticoid-mediated apoptosis. Cell Death Difff. 2:707-716.

Baker AF et al. (1996) Decreased antioxidant defence and increased oxidant stress during dexamethasone-induce apoptosis: bcl-2 prevents the loss of antioxidant enzyme activity. Cell Death Diff.

October 02, 1996
Presenter: Dr. Shawn Flanagan
Paper: Lebovitz RM, et al. (1996) Neurodegeneration, myocardial injury, and perinatal death in mitochondrial superoxide dismutase-deficient mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 9782-9787.

October 30, 1996
Presenter: Heather Adu-Sarkodie
Paper: Partridge, M. et al. (1991) Production of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 by human keratinocytes and squamous cell carcinoma cell lines. J. Invest. Dermatol. 96:771-776.

November 06, 1996
Presenter: Shijun Li
Paper: Abe, J-i et al. (1996) Big mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (BMK1) is a redox-sensitive kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 271:16586-16590.

November 13, 1996
Presenter: Steven Qian
Paper: Waldeck AR, Stocker R. (1996) Radical-initiated lipid peroxidation in low density lipoproteins: Insights obtained from kinetic modeling. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 9: 954-964.

November 20, 1996
Oxygen '96, Miami, FL No Meeting

December 04, 1996
Presenter: Jie Yang
Paper: MacMillan-Crow, L.A. et al. (1996) Nitration and inactivation of manganese superoxide dismutase in chronic rejection of human renal allographs. Proc., Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:11853-11858.

December 11, 1996
Presenter: Hong Wang