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50 th Anniversary Annual Meeting and ToxExpo<br />

<strong>Program</strong> Description (Continued)<br />

Tuesday<br />

Abstract # Abstract #<br />

Tuesday Morning, March 8<br />

6:30 AM to 7:50 AM<br />

Room 147<br />

Integration <strong>of</strong> Toxicological and Epidemiological Evidence<br />

to Understand Human Risk<br />

Informational Session: Emerging Science for Environmental<br />

Health Decisions: Tools, Strategies, and Evidence<br />

Chairperson(s): William Farland, Colorado State University, Fort<br />

Collins, CO, and John Balbus, NIEHS, Bethesda, MD.<br />

Sponsor:<br />

Risk Assessment Specialty Section<br />

Endorsed by:<br />

Association <strong>of</strong> Scientist <strong>of</strong> Indian Origin Special Interest Group<br />

Biological Modeling Specialty Section<br />

The last year was very productive for the National Research Council’s<br />

(NRC) Standing Committee on Emerging Science for Environmental Health<br />

Decisions, sponsored by the National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Environmental Health<br />

Science. A number <strong>of</strong> timely, topical sessions were held that included SOT<br />

members that were <strong>of</strong> special relevance to toxicology, risk assessment, and<br />

public health. These topics were designed to extend discussion contained<br />

in two 2007 NRC reports—Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision<br />

and a Strategy and Application <strong>of</strong> Toxicogenomics Technologies to Predictive<br />

<strong>Toxicology</strong> and Risk Assessment. These sessions brought together<br />

government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community<br />

to discuss emerging scientific concepts and advances and their potential<br />

implications for environmental health decisions. Specifically, these sessions<br />

have explored emerging tools and technologies for epigenetics, computational<br />

toxicology, stem cell models, and exposome research and their<br />

potential roles in identifying, quantifying, and mitigating environmental<br />

impacts on human health. In follow up to these dynamic sessions we will<br />

highlight many aspects <strong>of</strong> this important topic. Our panel <strong>of</strong> experts will<br />

address what was learned linking specifically to the common threads among<br />

the sessions, such as bioinformatics and expanding input information for<br />

systems approaches to toxicology. In closing, we’ll synthesize how to best<br />

integrate data across these emerging and evolving areas <strong>of</strong> research and<br />

explore potential next steps for using such data and insights in environmental<br />

health decisions and policy.<br />

#883 6:30 EMERGING SCIENCE FOR<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DECISIONS:<br />

TOOLS, STRATEGIES, AND EVIDENCE. ​W.<br />

H. Farland. Colorado State University, Fort Collins,<br />

CO.<br />

6:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION. ​William<br />

H. Farland<br />

6:35 THE EPIGENETICS LINK. ​Helmut Zarbl<br />

6:50 THE EXPOSOME: EXPLORING THE<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL ETIOLOGY OF HUMAN<br />

DISEASE. ​Elaine Cohen Hubal<br />

7:05 STEM CELL MODELS AND<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. ​Tom Gasiewicz<br />

7:20 INTEGRATING EMERGING SCIENCE:<br />

COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY. ​Ivan<br />

Rusyn<br />

7:35 THE PATH TO INCORPORATING<br />

EMERGING SCIENCE IN<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DECISIONS. ​<br />

Linda Birnbaum<br />

Tuesday Morning, March 8<br />

7:00 AM to 7:50 AM<br />

Room 201<br />

Leading Edge in Basic Science Award<br />

Lecture: Roles <strong>of</strong> Keap1-Nrf2 in<br />

Environmental Response<br />

Lecturer: Masayuki Yamamoto, Tohoku University<br />

Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Sendai, Japan.<br />

Studies <strong>of</strong> the erythroid gene expression identified the<br />

NF-E2 motif and CNC family <strong>of</strong> transcription factors. As the NF-E2<br />

motif and antioxidant responsive element (ARE) share high-level<br />

sequence similarity, a CNC factor Nrf2 was identified as a key transcriptional<br />

activator interacting with ARE. Targeted disruption <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Nrf2 gene revealed that Nrf2 is essential for the coordinated induction<br />

<strong>of</strong> cellular defense enzymes. Keap1 was identified as a sensor for xenobiotic<br />

and oxidative stresses and a component <strong>of</strong> ubiquitin E3 ligase.<br />

The two-site substrate recognition model proposed for the Keap1-Nrf2<br />

system describes the regulation <strong>of</strong> nuclear accumulation <strong>of</strong> Nrf2 by a<br />

Keap1-dependent mechanism. Both high-affinity ETGE and low-affinity<br />

DLG motifs <strong>of</strong> the Nrf2 Neh2 domain bind to two Keap1-DC domains <strong>of</strong><br />

the Keap1 homodimer. This allows correct positioning <strong>of</strong> the ubiquitintarget<br />

lysines within Neh2 for efficient ubiquitination. Oxidative or<br />

electrophilic stress modifies multiple reactive cysteines <strong>of</strong> Keap1, and<br />

these modifications lead to alteration <strong>of</strong> the local conformation, resulting<br />

in the dissociation <strong>of</strong> either lower-affinity DLG motif or an E3 component<br />

Cul3 from Keap1. We recently found cancer-related mutations <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Keap1-Nrf2 system. These mutations are activating mutations <strong>of</strong> Nrf2<br />

and concentrated in the Keap1-Nrf2 interface, strongly supporting the<br />

two-site recognition model.<br />

Tuesday Morning, March 8<br />

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM<br />

Room 103<br />

Regional Chapter Presidents and Officers Meeting<br />

If you will be a President or a Vice President <strong>of</strong> a Regional Chapter in<br />

2011–2012, please make plans to attend the Regional Chapter Presidents<br />

and Officers meeting. The agenda for the meeting will include an overview<br />

<strong>of</strong> the SOT Long-Range Plan. SOT Headquarters support services<br />

and 50th Anniversary Celebration Events, SAC, and PDA Representatives<br />

recruitment and involvement, Regional Chapter funding, RC Communities<br />

on ToXchange, RC Governance Group, and discussion <strong>of</strong> face-to-face<br />

summer leadership meeting.<br />

Tuesday Morning, March 8<br />

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM<br />

Room 142<br />

Speciality Section Graduate Committee Meeting<br />

194<br />

Education-Career Development Sessions<br />

Exhibitor Hosted Sessions<br />

Featured Sessions<br />

Historical Highlights<br />

Informational Sessions<br />

Platform Sessions

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