Biochemistry of Stress Response Laboratory

Marcus F. Oliveira

 

1) Corrêa Soares, J.B.R., Gaviraghi A., Oliveira, M.F. Mitochondrial physiology in the major arbovirus vector Aedes aegypti: substrate preferences and sexual differences define respiratory capacity and superoxide production. PLoS ONE, 10, e0120600, 2015.

 

2) Stiebler, R., Majerowicz, D., Knudsen, J., Gondim, K.C., Wright, D.W., Egan, T.J., Oliveira M.F. Unsaturated Glycerophospholipids Mediate Heme Crystallization: Biological Implications for Hemozoin Formation in the Kissing Bug Rhodnius prolixus. PLoS ONE, 9, e88976, 2014.

 

3) Japiassú, A.M., Santiago, A.P.S.A., d´Avila, J.C.P., Garcia-Souza, L.F., Galina, A., Castro Faria-Neto, H.C., Bozza, F.A., Oliveira, M.F. Bioenergetic failure of human peripheral blood monocytes in patients with septic shock is mediated by reduced F1Fo adenosine-5-triphosphate synthase activity. Crit. Care Med., 39, 1056-1063, 2011.

 

4) Gonçalves, R.L.S., Menna Barreto, R.F.S., Polycarpo, C.R., Gadelha, F.R., de Castro, S.L., Oliveira, M.F. A comparative assessment of mitochondrial function in epimastigotes and bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr, 6, 1-11, 2011.

 

5) Stiebler, R., Timm, B.L., Oliveira, P.L., Hearne, G.R., Egan, T.J., Oliveira, M.F. On the physico-chemical and physiological requirements of hemozoin formation promoted by perimicrovillar membranes in Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol., 284-292, 2010.

 

6) Stiebler, R., Hoang A.N., Egan, T.J., Wright, D.W., Oliveira, M.F. Increase on the initial soluble heme levels in acidic conditions is an important mechanism for spontaneous heme crystallization in vitro. PLoS ONE, 5, e12694-e12694, 2010.

 

7) Lara, F.A., Kahn, S., Fonseca, A., Bahia, C., Pinho, J.P.C., Graça-Souza, A.V., Houzel, J.C., Oliveira, P.L., Neto, V.M., Oliveira, M.F. On the fate of extracellular hemoglobin and heme in brain. J. Cerebr. Blood Flow Metab., 29, 1109-1120, 2009.

 

8) Correa Soares, J.B.R., Menezes, D., Vannier, M.A., Ferreira-Pereira, A., Almeida, G.T., Venancio, T.M., Verjovski-Almeida S., Zishiri, V.K., Kuter, D., Hunter, R., Egan, T.J., Oliveira, M.F. Interference with hemozoin formation represents an important mechanism of schistosomicidal action of antimalarial quinoline methanols. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 3, e477-e493, 2009.

 

9) Gonçalves, R.L.S., Machado, A.C.L., Paiva-Silva, G.O., Sorgine, M.H.F., Momoli, M.M., Oliveira, J.H.M., Vannier-Santos, M.A., Galina, A., Oliveira, P.L., Oliveira, M.F. Blood-Feeding Induces Reversible Functional Changes in Flight Muscle Mitochondria of Aedes aegypti Mosquito. PLoS ONE, 4, 7854, 2009.

 

10) Correa Soares, J.B.R., Maya-Monteiro, C., Bittencourt-Cunha, P.R.B., Atella, G.C., Lara, F.A., d'Avila, J.C.P., Menezes, D.S., Vannier-Santos, M.A., Oliveira, P.L., Egan, T.J., Oliveira M.F. Extracellular lipid droplets promote hemozoin crystallization in the gut of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. FEBS Lett, 581, 1742-1750, 2007.

 

Patrícia H. Alvarenga

 

1) Alvarenga, P.H., Xu, X., OLIVEIRA, F., Chagas, A.C., Nascimento, C.R., Francischetti, I.M.B., Juliano, M.A., Juliano, L., Scharfstein, J., Valenzuela, J.G., Ribeiro, J.M.C., Andersen, J.F. Novel Family of Insect Salivary Inhibitors Blocks Contact Pathway Activation by Binding to Polyphosphate, Heparin, and Dextran Sulfate. Arter. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., 33, 2759-2770, 2013.

 

2) Assumpção, T.C.F., Alvarenga, P.H., Ribeiro, J.M.C., Andersen, J.F., Francischetti, I.M.B. Dipetalodipin, a novel multifunctional salivary lipocalin that inhibits platelet aggregation, vasoconstriction and angiogenesis through unique binding specificity: TXA2, PGF2alpha, and 15(S)-HETE. J.Biol. Chem., 110.152835, 2010.

 

3) Alvarenga, P.H., Francischetti, I.M.B., Calvo, E., Sá-Nunes, A., Ribeiro, J.M.C., Andersen, J.F. The Function and Three-Dimensional Structure of a Thromboxane A2/Cysteinyl Leukotriene-Binding Protein from the Saliva of a Mosquito Vector of the Malaria Parasite. PLoS Biology, 8, e1000547, 2010.

 

4) Alvarenga, P.H., Devenport, M., Shao, L., Fujioka, H., Bianconi, M.L., Oliveira, P.L., Jacobs-Lorena, M. Identification of the Aedes aegypti Peritrophic Matrix Protein AeIMUCI as a Heme-Binding Protein. Biochemistry, 45, 9540-9549, 2006.

 

5) Páscoa, V., Oliveira, P.L., Dansa-Petretski, M., Silva, J.R., Alavarenga, P.H., Jacobs-Lorena, M., Lemos, F.J.A. Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix and its interaction with heme during blood digestion. Insect Biochem. Mol.Biol., 32, 517-523, 2002.