Spring 2002

12:00-1:00, Wednesdays

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

January 23, 2002
Presenter: Eric Kelley
Paper: Aslan M. et al. (2001) Oxygen radical inhibition of nitric oxide-dependent vascular function in sickle cell disease. PNAS 98: 15215-15220

This paper can be found at the following website:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/98/26/15215.pdf

January 3, 2002
Presenter: Doug Spitz
Paper: Rutter J et al. (2001) Regulation of Clock and NPAS2 DNA Binding by the Redox State of NAD Cofactors. Science 293: 510-514.

This paper can be found at the following website: http://www.sciencemag.org

February 6, 2002
Presenter: Mike McCormick
Paper: Peachman K et al. (2001) Mitochondria in eosinophils: Functional role in apoptosis but not respiration. PNAS 98: 1717-1722.

This paper can be found at the following website: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/98/4/1717.pdf

February 13, 2002
Presenter: Larry W. Oberley
Paper: Arbiser JL et al. (2002) Reactive oxygen generated by Nox1 triggers the angiogenic switch. PNAS 99: 715-720.

February 20, 2002
Presenter: Shawn Flanagan
Paper: Dobson et al. (2000) Enhanced Mitochondrial DNA Repair and Cellular Survival after Oxidative Stress by Targeting the Human 8-Oxoguanine Glycosylase Repair Enzyme to Mitochondria. JBC 275(48): 37518-37523.

This paper can be found at the following website: http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/275/48/37518.pdf

February 27, 2002
Presenter: Sarita Menon
Paper: "Thiol Oxidase Activity of Copper,Zinc Superoxide Dismutase" by Winterbourn et al. from J. Biol. Chem. 277(3):1906-1911 (2002).

This paper can be found at the following website: http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/277/3/1906.pdf

March 6, 2002
Presenter: Ling Li
Paper: Troyano et al. (2001) Effect of Glutathione Depletn on Antitumor Drug Toxicity (Apoptosis and Necrosis) in U-937 Human Promonocytic Cells" in JBC 276(50): 47107-47115.

This paper can be found at the following website: http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/276/50/47107.pdf

March 13, 2002
Presenter: Wenqing Sun
Paper: "Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Neutralizes Carbamoylating Potential of 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea in C6 Glioma Cells," by Yin et al. in J. Pharmacol. Exp.Ther. 297: 308-315 (2001).

This paper can be found at the following website: http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/297/1/308.pdf

March 20, 2002
No Presentation: Spring Break

March 27, 2002
Presenter: Ling Xiao
Paper: "Aggregation of a-synuclein induced by the Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase and hydrogen peroxide system," by Kim et al. in FRBM 32(6):544-550, 2002.

This paper can be found at the following website:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/

April 3, 2002
Presenter: Sabina Peters
Paper: "Asparagine Hydroxylation of the HIP Transactivation Domain: A Hypoxic Switch" by D. Lando et al. (2002) Science 295:868-862.

This paper can be found at the following website:
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/frrb/FRJC/858.pdf

April 10, 2002
Presenter: Christine Weydert
Paper: "The roles of thioredoxin in Protection against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in SH-SY5Y cells," by Andoh et al. in J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277(12):9655-9660.

This paper can be found at the following website:
http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/277/12/9655.pdf

April 17, 2002
Presenter: Dr. Krzysztof Reszka
Paper: "Microperoxidase 8 catalyzed nitration of phenol by nitrogen dioxide radicals," by Ricoux et al. from Eur. J. Biochemistry 268(13):3783-3788, 2001.

April 24, 2002
Presenter: Jun Luo
Paper: "Photoaging is Associated with Protein Oxidation in Human Skin in vivo" by Sander et al. from J. Invest. Dermatol. 118:618-625, 2002.

May 1, 2002
Presenter: Sharon Hu
Paper: "Neuron-specific expression of mutant superoxide dismutase 1 in transgenic mice does not lead to motor impairment," by Pramatarova et al., in The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 2001, 21(10):3369-33794.

May 8, 2002
Presenter: Matt Zimmerman
Paper: "Effects of Angiotensin II Infusion on the Expression and Function of NAD(P)H Oxidase and Components of Nitric Oxide/cGMP Signaling," (2002) by Mollnau et al. in Circ. Res. 90:e56-e65.