Status Report

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #614 5 September 2014

By SpaceRef Editor

September 5, 2014

Filed under ISS, Spaceline, Spaceline Current Awareness, US

Papers deriving from NASA support:

Zwart SR, Launius RD, Coen GK, Morgan JLL, Charles JB, Smith SM.

Body mass changes during long-duration spaceflight.

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85:897-904.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/asem/2014/00000085/00000009/art00002

(PI: S.M. Smith)

Note:ISS results.

Journal Impact Factor:1.238

Funding:”This study was funded by the NASA Human Research Program’s Human Health and Countermeasure Element.”

Theriot CA, Zanello SB.

Molecular effects of spaceflight in the mouse eye after Space Shuttle Mission STS-135.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):3-24.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/643

(PI: S.B. Zanello)

Note:STS-135 results. The article is featured on the cover ofGravitational and Space Research:http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal. “From the cover:”The eye is subjected to the combination of microgravity and high energy particle radiation during spaceflight. A study that examines the histology and gene expression changes in the retina of mice exposed to spaceflight compared to ground controls suggest that these effects may have implications in retinal health.” Theriot and Zanello, p. 3.” This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”This material is based upon work supported by the NASA Human Research Program.”

Parsons-Wingerter P, Vickerman MB, Paul AL, Ferl RJ.

Mapping by VESGEN of leaf venation patterning inArabidopsis thalianawith bioinformatic dimensions of gene expression.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):68-81.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/618

(PIs: R.J. Ferl, A-L. Paul)

Note:STS-130 results. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”The research was supported by NASA Glenn Internal Research & Development (IR&D) 04-54, 2010 Technology Transfer and Partnership (TTP) Fund, and 2011 Center Innovation Fund (CIF) Fund to PPW and MBV, NASA Glenn project support for the ISS Light Microscopy Module (LMM) to PPW, and NASA grants NNX07AH27G and NNX09AL96G to RJF and A-LP.”

Austin AW, Patterson SM, Ziegler MG, Mills PJ.

Plasma volume and flight duration effects on post-spaceflight soluble adhesion molecules.

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85:912-8.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/asem/2014/00000085/00000009/art00004

Note:STS results.

Journal Impact Factor:1.238

Funding:”Research support was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH HL58120; NIH UL1TR000100) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA 96-OLMSA-01-051). Salary support for AWA was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Rosenzweig JA, Ahmed S, Eunson J Jr, Chopra AK.

Low-shear force associated with modeled microgravity and spaceflight does not similarly impact the virulence of notable bacterial pathogens.

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2014 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25149449

Note:STS flight results are reviewed.

Journal Impact Factor:3.811

Funding:”Work on this manuscript was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) cooperative agreement NNX08B4A47A (JAR), and NIH/NIAID AI064389 and N01 AI30065 grants awarded to AKC.” [Editor’s note: grant number is NNX08BA47A.]

Godinez A, Liston DB, Ayzenberg R, Toscano WB, Cowings PA, Stone LS.

G-loading and vibration effects on heart and respiration rates.

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85:949-53.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/asem/2014/00000085/00000009/art00009

(PI: L.S. Stone)

Journal Impact Factor:1.238

Funding:”This work was supported by grant SA002002 from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.”

Ade CJ, Broxterman RM, Craig JC, Schlup SJ, Wilcox SL, Barstow TJ.

Relationship between simulated extravehicular activity tasks and measurements of physical performance.

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2014 Aug 25. pii: S1569-9048(14)00207-9. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25169116

(PI: T.J. Barstow)

Journal Impact Factor:1.967

Funding:”This study was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research grant NNX10AK60G awarded to T.J. Barstow. R.M. Broxterman was supported by a NASA EPSCoR research grant.”

Darquenne C, Borja MG, Oakes JM, Breen EC, Olfert IM, Scadeng M, Prisk GK.

Increase in relative deposition of fine particles in the rat lung periphery in the absence of gravity. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Aug 28. pii: jap.00298.2014. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170069

(PI: G.K. Prisk)

Note:Parabolic flight results.

Journal Impact Factor:3.434

Funding:”This work was supported by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute through NASA NCC 9-58, by the National Center for Research Resources grant 5R21RR021919-02 and by National Science Foundation Fellowships (to M. G. Borja and

Cotter JA, Yu A, Haddad F, Kreitenberg A, Baker MJ, Tesch PA, Baldwin KM, Caiozzo VJ, Adams GR.

Concurrent exercise on a gravity-independent device during simulated microgravity.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25160844

(PI: G.R. Adams)

Note:Unilateral lower limb suspension was used.

Journal Impact Factor:4.459

Funding:”This study was funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI, NCC 9-58-70, MA01601), the National Institutes of Health (NIH, UCI CTSA UL1 TR000153) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB; PAT).”

Ozcivici E, Zhang W, Donahue LR, Judex S.

Quantitative trait loci that modulate trabecular bone’s risk of failure during unloading and reloading.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24698783

(PI: S. Judex)

Note:Hindlimb unloading study.

Journal Impact Factor:4.461

Funding:”This research was kindly funded by NASA NAG 9-1499, NNX08BA35G and NNX12AL25G.”

Romero-Weaver AL, Lin L, Carabe-Fernandez A, Kennedy AR.

Effects of solar particle event-like proton radiation and/or simulated microgravity on circulating mouse blood cells.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):42-53.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/619

(PI: A.R. Kennedy)

Note:Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”This work was supported by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) Center of Acute Radiation Research (CARR) grant and the NIH Radiation Biology Training Grant, 2T32CA009677. The NSBRI is funded through NASA NCC 9-58.”

Kim SB, Shay JW, Zhang L.

Oxygen and silicon ion particles induce neoplastic transformation in human colonic epithelial cells.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):32-41.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/640

(PI: J.W. Shay, A.J. Fornace/NSCOR)

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”This work was performed in laboratories constructed with support from NIH grant C06 RR30414. This work was supported by NASA Grants NNX11AC15G and NNX09AU95G to JWS.”

Billings PC, Romero-Weaver AL, Kennedy AR.

Effect of gender on the radiation sensitivity of murine blood cells.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):25-31.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/617

(PI: A.R. Kennedy)

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”This work was supported by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute NSBRI) Center of Acute Radiation Research (CARR) grant and the NIH Radiation Biology Training Grant, 2T32CA009677. The NSBRI is funded through NASA NCC 9-58.”

Lasio G, Guerrero M, Goetz W, Lima F, Baulch JE.

Effect of varying dose-per-pulse and average dose rate in X-ray beam irradiation on cultured cell survival.

Radiat Environ Biophys. 2014 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25169705

(PI: J.E. Baulch)

Journal Impact Factor:1.582

Funding:”This work was supported by NASA Grants NNX13AK69G and NNX13AK70G to J E Baulch.”

Ray FA, Robinson E, McKenna M, Hada M, George K, Cucinotta F, Goodwin EH, Bedford JS, Bailey SM, Cornforth MN.

Directional genomic hybridization: Inversions as a potential biodosimeter for retrospective radiation exposure.

Radiat Environ Biophys. 2014 May;53(2):255-63. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24477407

(PIs: S.M. Bailey, E.H. Goodwin, F.A. Ray)

Journal Impact Factor:1.582

Funding:”Funding for this work from NASA (NNX08AB65G; NNX09CE42P; NNX10CB05C; NNJ06HA29A) and NIH/NIAID (R01AI080486-02) is gratefully acknowledged.”

Nakashima J, Sparks JA, Carver JA Jr, Stephens SD, Kwon T, Blancaflor EB.

Delaying seed germination and improving seedling fixation: Lessons learned during science and payload verification tests for advanced plant experiments (APEX) 02-1 in space.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):5467.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/644

(PI: E.B. Blancaflor)

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal.

Funding:”This work was supported by NASA grant NNX12AM94G.”

Somers JT, Gohmert DM, Brinkley JW.

Spacecraft occupant protection requirements: A review of the recent changes.

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85:9408. Review.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/asem/2014/00000085/00000009/art00008

(PI: J.T. Somers)

Journal Impact Factor:1.238

Funding:”This work was funded by the NASA Human Research Program, Johnson Space Center (JSC) Health and Human Performance Directorate, and the JSC Engineering Directorate. Portions of the work were performed under the Bioastronautics Contract (NAS9-02078).”

Somers JT, Newby N, Lawrence C, DeWeese R, Moorcroft D, Phelps S.

Investigation of the THOR anthropomorphic test device for predicting occupant injuries during spacecraft launch aborts and landing.

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2014 Mar 17;2:4.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25152879

(PI: J.T. Somers)

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor:Not available for this journal

Funding:”This work is supported by the NASA Human Research Program (HRP) through the Bioastronautics Contract (NAS9-02078).”

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Other papers of interest:

Li J, Liu F, Wang Q, Ge P, Woo PC, Yan J, Zhao Y, Gao GF, Liu CH, Liu C.

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of NDM-1Klebsiella pneumoniaein spaceflight reveal mechanisms underlying environmental adaptability.

Sci Rep. 2014 Aug 28;4:6216.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25163721

Note:Shenzhou 10 results. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Dailey CM, Reinholtz C, Russomano T, Schuette M, Baptista R, Cambraia R.

Resistance exercise machine within lower body negative pressure for counteracting effects of microgravity.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):94-107.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/622

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Caruso JF, Urquhart MA, Giebel RM, Barbose AB, Craig CE, Mason ML, Unruh KD, Borsgmiller JA, Potter WT.

Human testosterone and lactate values from flywheel ergometry: Effect of contractile mode and work volume.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):108-16.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/621

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Yanagida R, Ogawa Y, Ueda K, Aoki K, Iwasaki KI.

Sustained mild hypergravity reduces spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity.

Auton Neurosci. 2014 Aug 13. pii: S1566-0702(14)00113-1. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25156804

Note:A short-arm centrifuge was used.

Jia B, Xie L, Zheng Q, Yang PF, Zhang WJ, Ding C, Qian AR, Shang P.

A hypomagnetic field aggravates bone loss induced by hindlimb unloading in rat femurs.

PLoS One. 2014 Aug 26;9(8):e105604.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25157571

Note:Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Vaquer S, Cuys E, Rabadn A, Gonzlez A, Fenollosa F, de la Torre R.

Active transmembrane drug transport in microgravity: A validation study using an ABC transporter model.

http://f1000research.com/articles/3-201/v1

Note:Parabolic flight results. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Paul S, Ghandhi SA, Weber W, Doyle-Eisele M, Melo D, Guilmette R, Amundson SA.

Gene expression response of mice after a single dose of (137)Cs as an internal emitter.

Radiat Res. 2014 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162453

Xie Y, Zhao QY, Li HY, Zhou X, Liu Y, Zhang H.

Curcumin ameliorates cognitive deficits heavy ion irradiation-induced learning and memory deficits through enhancing of Nrf2 antioxidant signaling pathways.

Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2014 Aug 23. pii: S0091-3057(14)00226-3. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25159739

Crane BT.

The influence of head and body tilt on human fore-aft translation perception.

Exp Brain Res. 2014 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25160866

Note:From the introduction: “The current paper examines how tilt and translation are disambiguated for human perception for fore-aft translation.”

Nesbitt AD, Dijk DJ.

Out of synch with society: An update on delayed sleep phase disorder.

Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2014 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25160887

Ma H, Zhu Y, Xiao Y, Liu B, Jin X, Yang KH, King AI.

Biomechanical sex differences of crewmembers during a simulated space capsule landing.

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85:9259.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/asem/2014/00000085/00000009/art00006

Rojas-Pierce M, Whippo CW, Davis PA, Hangarter RP, Springer PS.

PLASTID MOVEMENT IMPAIRED1 mediates ABA sensitivity during germination and implicates ABA in light-mediated Chloroplast movements.

Plant Physiol Biochem. 2014 Aug 1;83C:185-193. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25154696

Mhnen AP, Tusscher KT, Siligato R, Smetana O, Daz-Trivio S, Salojrvi J, Wachsman G, Prasad K, Heidstra R, Scheres B.

PLETHORA gradient formation mechanism separates auxin responses.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25156253

Wamelink GW, Frissel JY, Krijnen WH, Verwoert MR, Goedhart PW.

Can plants grow on Mars and the moon: A growth experiment on Mars and moon soil simulants.

PLoS One. 2014 Aug 27;9(8):e103138.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162657

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Beck-Winchatz B, Bramble J.

High-altitude ballooning student research with yeast and plant seeds.

Gravit Space Res. 2014 Aug;2(1):117-27.

http://gravitationalandspacebiology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/638

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

Chen C, Xie J, Deng L, Yang L.

Substrate stiffness together with soluble factors affects chondrocyte mechanoresponses.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162787

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge by registering at the journal website.

Duck G, Nenadic G, Brass A, Robertson DL, Stevens R.

Extracting patterns of database and software usage from the bioinformatics literature. Bioinformatics. 2014 Sep 1;30(17):i601-i608.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161253

Note:This article may be obtained online without charge.

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