Program - Society of Toxicology

44 th Annual Meeting
and ToxExpo
Program Description
MONDAY
#604 EFFECT OF INORGANIC ARSENIC EXPOSURE
INITIATING FROM IN UTERO THROUGH
AFTER BIRTH ON THE NEUROBEHAVIOR AND
NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE BRAIN OF
MOUSE OFFSPRING. T. Itoh 1 , Y. Nakagi 1 , K.
Nakai 2 , H. Sato 2 , C. Watanabe 3 , H. Yamauchi 4 and T.
Yoshida 1 . 1 Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa,
Japan, 2 Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 3 Tokyo
University, Tokyo, Japan and 4 St. Marianna Medical
College, Kawasaki, Japan.
#605 NEUROBEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN
METALLOTHIONEIN-NULL MICE
PRENATALLY EXPOSED TO MERCURY VAPOR.
M. Yoshida 1 , C. Watanabe 2 , K. Horie 1 , M. Satoh 3 , M.
Sawada 4 and A. Shimada 4 . 1 Department of
Biochemistry, St. Marianna University School of
Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, 2 Department of Human
Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3 Department of Hygienics, Gifu
Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan and
4 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tottori University,
Tottori, Japan.
#606 MERCURY EXPOSURE OF MOTHERS AND
NEWBORNS IN SURINAM: A PILOT STUDY. S.
Mohan 1 , M. Tiller 2 , G. B. Vandervoet 2 , H. Kanhai 2 and
F. A. de Wolff 2 . 1 Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, ‘s Lands Hospital, Gravenstratt,
Netherlands and 2 Toxicology Laboratory, Leiden
University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
#607 THE EFFECTS OF TRIBUTYLTIN (TBT)
CHLORIDE ON DOPAMINE METABOLISM IN
BRAIN TISSUES OF FEMALE MICE AFTER
SUBACUTE ORAL EXPOSURE. M. Tsunoda 1 , Y.
Kudo 1 , K. Nakano 2 , N. Konno 3 , Y. Sugita-Konishi 4 and
Y. Aizawa 1 . 1 Preventive Medicine and Public Health,
Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara,
Kanagawa, Japan, 2 Fukushima Prefecture Ken-poku
Public Health and Welfare Office, Fukushima, Japan,
3 Home Economics, Koriyama Women’s University,
Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and 4 Division of
Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences,
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
#608 BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER (BBB) DISRUPTION
AFTER VANADIUM INHALATION. M. AVILA-
COSTA 1,2 , A. Zepeda-Rodriguez 2 , L. Colin-Barenque 1 ,
F. Pasos 2 , P. Aley 1 , A. Gonzalez-Villalva 2 , P. Mussali-
Galante 2 , J. Ordonez-Librado 1 , A. Gutierrez-Valdez 1 , V.
Rodriguez-Lara 2 , A. Reyes-Olivera 1 , G. Pinon-Zarate 2 ,
M. Rojas-Lemus 2 , V. Delgado 2 , B. Chavez 2 and T. I.
Fortoul 2 . 1 Neurosciencias, UNAM, Mexico, D.F.,
Mexico and 2 Biologia Celular Y Tisular, UNAM,
Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
#609 CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF TELLURIUM
TETRACHLORIDE AND (4-METHOXYPHENYL)
TRICHLOROTELLURIUM ON RAT
HIPPOCAMPAL ASTROCYTES. M. Aravantinou 2
and D. Hardej 1 . 1 Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John’s
University, Jamaica, NY and 2 Biological Sciences, St.
John’s University, Jamaica, NY.
Monday Afternoon, March 7
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Exhibit Hall
POSTER SESSION: NEUROTOXICITY OF METALS: MECHANISMS
Chairperson(s): Richard Seegal, New York State Department of Health,
Albany, NY and Damani Parran, National Institute of Environmental Health
Science, Raleigh, NC.
Displayed: 1:30 PM–4:30 PM
Attended: 1:30 PM–3:00 PM
#610 TMT-INDUCED NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT
MOUSE HIPPOCAMPUS. B. C. Weig, K. R. Reuhl
and H. E. Lowndes. Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
#611 NEURONAL MICROTUBULE DAMAGE CAUSED
BY IN VITRO EXPOSURE TO LEAD AND
METHYLMERCURY. J. L. Bisson 1 and K. R.
Reuhl 1,2 . 1 Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology,
Rutgers/UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ and 2 Neurotoxicology
Labs, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
#612 THE EFFECTS OF MANCOZEB ON THE
MICROTUBULAR ARCHITECTURE OF RAT
HIPPOCAMPAL ASTROCYTES. M. M. Tsang and L.
D. Trombetta. Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Johns
Universtty, Jamaica, NY.
#613 NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF
MELATONIN ON NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS
EXPOSED TO LEAD. C. S. Chetty 1 , A. O. Dennis 1 , J.
Heinz 1 , M. C. Vemuri 2 and C. Suresh 1 . 1 Natural
Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University,
Savannah, GA and 2 Surgery, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
#614 BLOCKAGE OF INTERLEUKIN-6 SECRETION
FROM ASTROGLIA BY LEAD: INVOLVEMENT
OF GRP78. Y. Qian 1 , F. Valencia 1 , Y. Zheng 1 , K. S.
Ramos 2 and E. Tiffany-Castiglioni 1 . 1 Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX and 2 University of
Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, KY.
#615 MANGANESE INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN SH-
SY5Y HUMAN NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS. A. P.
Stephenson and R. Reams. College of Pharmacy, Florida
A&M University, Tallahassee, FL.
#616 THE MODULATION OF METALLOTHIONEIN-3
(MT-3) EXPRESSION IN MOUSE ASTROCYTES
IN RESPONSE TO PROINFLAMMATORY
MEDIATORS, SECOND MESSENGER
ACTIVATORS, AND CELL STRESS. S. H. Garrett.
Pathology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,
ND.
#617 MANGANESE-INDUCED ALTERATIONS IN NFκB-RELATED
GENE EXPRESSION BY
ACTIVATED MICROGLIA. P. L. Crittenden and N.
M. Filipov. Center for Environmental Health Sciences,
Basic Sciences, Coll. Vet. Med., Mississippi State
University, Mississippi State, MS.
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SOT’s 44 th Annual Meeting