Sunday, 18. Sept.

10:45  Chair:   Francis Sluse (Liège BE, f.sluse@ulg.ac.be)

                                      Richard Porter (Dublin IE, rkporter@tcd.ie)

10:50-12:05    Oral presentations 10+5 min

6-01.           10:50-11:00

Joris Hoeks (Maastricht NL) The effect of high-fat feeding on intramuscular lipid and lipid peroxidation levels in UCP3-ablated mice. [YIP]

6-02.           11:05-11:15

Wieslawa Jarmuszkiewicz (Poznan PL) Inhibition of A. castellanii uncoupling protein activity by GTP depends on the redox state of quinone.

6-03.           11:20-11:30

Richard K Porter (Dublin IE) Elucidation of the mechanism of mitochondrial uncoupling protein function using a synthetic glycolipid (glucose-o-ω-palmitate).

6-04.           11:35-11:45

Francis Sluse (Liège BE) Functional and proteomic impacts of variations of the expression of uncoupling proteins in living cells.

6-05.           11:50-12:00

Nils-Erik Saris (Helsinki FI) The permeabilisation of mitochondria and bilayer phospholipid membranes by palmitic acid and Ca²⁺.

6-06.           Poster C9

Valgardur Egilsson (Reykjavik IS) Mitochondria are sensitive to carcinogenic chemicals.

6-07.           Poster C10

Petr Ježek (Prague CZ) Low abundance of UCP2 (UCP3, UCP4, UCP5) is sufficient for attenuation of mitochondrial ROS production.

6-08.         Poster C11

Irina Shabalina (Stockholm SE) No evidence for superoxide or 4-hydroxy-nonenal activation of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) as elucidated from studies of SOD2-overexpressing or UCP1-ablated mice.

6-09.           Poster C12

Jaap Keijer (Wageningen NL) The metabolic phenotype of HT-29 human colon cancer cells is normalized by low intracellular folate levels.

6-10.           Poster C13

Michael Menze (Baton Rouge US) Mitochondrial permeability transition in an invertebrate:  Absence of a calcium-regulated pore in the face of profound Ca storage.

6-11.           Poster C14

Evgeny Pavlov (Calgary CA) Single channel properties of the mitochondrial poly-3-hydroxybutyrate/Ca²⁺/polyphosphate complex.

6-12.           Poster C15

Steven A Weinman (Galveston US) Hepatitis C virus core protein binds to mitochondria and induces Ca²⁺ uptake, ROS production, complex I inhibition, and permeability transition.

6-13.           Poster C16

Assegid Garedew (Innsbruck AT) Respiratory coupling control ratio, respiratory capacity, and oxygen kinetics in cultured fibroblasts and myeloid progenitor cells.

6-14.           Poster C17

Magnus Hansson (Lund SE) Brain mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species is increased by calcium-induced permeability transition. [YIP]

6-15A.           Abstract without presentation

Svitlana N Pyvovar (Kiev UA) Changes of the mitochondrial function by the new fluorine-containing K_ATP channel openers.

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