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Dev Singh
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1. Currently working on a project on K+ ion channels (Kir channels), relationship between endothelial stiffness and cellular cholesterol metabolism. Some of our findings with Primary endothelial cells from the lumen of femoral, coronary and carotid arteries from pigs fed on high and low cholesterol diet have shown that the Kir Current is suppressed in pigs fed on high cholesterol diet. The 86Rb+ flux assay, patch clamping also confirmed the suppression of kir current. MSH cells from undifferentiated Bone Marrow derived cells have shown that kir current is regulated by cholesterol. Ex-vivo culture of coronary arteries and transfecting the arteries with adeno and lenti-virsuses 2. Effect of Conjugated Fatty acid on the lipid metabolism”. Isolation and characterization of lipid rafts. Effect of conjugated fatty acid on the membrane fluidity. Synthesis of synthetic conjugated phospholipids and their interaction with cholesterol. Cell culture studies (Effect of SPF protein on Cholesterol metabolism in McARH 7777 cell line and HEPG2 Cells. Effect of Garlic and Garlic Compounds/ Tea (Black Tea and Green Tea)/ Tea Compounds and Policosanol on Cholesterol biosynthesis in cell culture. Study of various enzymes involved in cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and use of various inhibitors in cell culture to demonstrate effect of garlic Tea and Policosanol. 3. Physiological Role of Sphingomyelin in the metabolism of Plasma lipoproteins. Regulation of secretory phospholipase (V and X) by Ceramide and effect of cis and Trans sphingomyelin on plasma lipoproteins metabolism. General techniques used in Lipid biochemistry. 4. Enzymology: Standardization of enzyme assays, Enzyme/ Protein purification (using chromatographic techniques, Ion exchange. Affinity, gel filtration etc) and characterization. 5. Cloned and purified Human Supernatant Protein factor (SPF) and Rat Supernatant protein factor- like protein (SPF2), Squalene monooxygenase and P-450 reductase in E. coli, we have studied the regulation of Cholesterol synthesis by SPF and involvement of this entire enzyme. Some of the data has already been published in Journal of Biological Chemistry (see the reference section). 6. 86Rb+ flux assay for Ion Channels, Patch clamping for electrophysiology, Characterization of human proteins through their expression and purification in E. coli. Working knowledge of recombinant DNA techniques to clone the cDNAs and then express the encoded proteins using bacterial expression vectors. Purification of enzymes/protein using various techniques including affinity chromatography. Possess strong working knowledge in enzyme assays, ELISA methodology, electrophoresis, protein isolation and purification, cell biology and Western blotting, immuno-precipitation, RT-PCR techniques, and Radioactive- enzyme assays, human plasma analysis (separation of HDL, LDL, and VLDL by density gradient).

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UIC

About devkaram:
Instructor:06-01-2004- Continue
Department of Medicine Section Endocrinology and Metabolism, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Associate
11-15-2002- 05-31-2004
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Lexington KY-40536
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow:
08-06- 2001 – 11-14-2002
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY-40536
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow:
11-23-1999-08-05-2001
Department of Surgery
Division Neurosurgery
University of Kentucky, Medical Chandler
Lexington KY-40536
Member of Professional Societies:
1. 2003—2005, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
2. 1999-2001. The Neurotrauma Society, USA.
3. 1999- 2000. Executive member of Association of Pharmaceuticals Analyst (Indian Drug Manufacturer Association IDMA) Mumbai, India.

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1. Bauer W. The adolescent who has lost a significant other. IMJ. Illinois medical journal 1975 148(6).
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Publications

1. Subbaiah, PVS, Sowa, JM and. Singh DK, 2008. Role of sphingolipids in cellular cholesterol homeostasis: Effect of ceramide on HMG CoA Reductase activity and cholesterol trafficking. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (in press).
2. Singh, DK and Subbaiah, PV. 2007. Sphingolipids and Inflammation: Modulation of the activity and fatty acid specificity of group X Secretory phospholipase A2 by sphingomyelin and ceramide. J. lipid Research 48(3):683-92.
3. Singh, DK, Gesquiere LR and Subbaiah, PV. 2006. Regulation of the activity and fatty acid specificity of group V secretory phospholipase A2 by sphingomyelin and ceramide. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 459(2):280-287.
4. Singh, D.K., Li, Li and Porter TD. 2006. Policosanol inhibits cholesterol synthesis by activation of AMP kinase. J. Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 318 (2): 1020-1026.
5. Singh D.K., and Porter, TD, 2006. Inhibition of sterol 4-methyl oxidase is the principal mechanism by which garlic decreases cholesterol synthesis. J. Nutr. 136(3):759S-64S.
6. Mokashi, V., Singh, D.K., and Porter, T.D. 2005. Supernatant Protein Factor Stimulates HMG-CoA Reductase in Cell Culture and in vitro. Arch Biochem Biophys. 433(2):474-80.
7. Mokashi, V., Singh, D.K. and Porter, T.D. 2004. Rat Supernatant Protein factor-like protein (SPF2) Stimulates Squalene mono oxygenase and activated by protein kinase A. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 316: 688-692.
8. Singh, D.K., Mokashi, V., Elmore, C.L., and Porter, T.D. (2003) Phosphorylation of supernatant protein factor enhances its ability to activate microsomal squalene monooxygenase. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 5646-5651.
9. Dong, G., Singh, D.K., Dendle, P. and Prasad. R.M. 2001.Regional expression of Bcl-2 mRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome C release after experimental brain injury in the rat. Brain Research. 903(1-2): 45-52.
10. Prasad, R.M., Doubinskaia, I, Singh, D.K., Dhillon, H.S., Campbell, G., Mace, D., Fletcher, A., Dendle, P., Yurek, D.M., Scheff, S.W. and Kraemer, P.J. 2001. Effects of binge ethanol administration on the behavioral outcome of rats after lateral fluid percussion brain injury. J. Neurotrauma. 18(10): 1019-1029.
11. Singh, D.K., Malhotra, S.P. and Singh, R. 2000. Purification and characterization of cytosolic pyruvate kinase from developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L.) Indian J. Biochem. Biophys. 37(1): 51-58.
12. Singh, D.K. and Singh, R.A. 2000. Helicobacter pylori induced peptic ulcer and its treatment (Review Article). The Antiseptic. 97(3): 73-75.
13. Singh, D.K. and Singh, R.A. 1999.Simultaneous estimation of Oxybenzone and Octylmethoxy cinnamate by Gas Liquid Chromatography. The Eastern Pharmacist. 494:121-122.
14. Singh, D.K., Singh, R.A. and Anand, A. 1998. Simultaneous estimation of camphor, menthol, methyl salicylate and Thymol by Gas liquid chromatography in pharmaceuticals preparations. Indian Drugs 35(5): 300-302.
15. Singh, D.K., Malhotra, S.P. and Singh, R. 1998. Purification and characterization of Plastidic pyruvate kinase from developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L.) Indian J Biochem. Biophys. 35 (6): 346-352.
16. Dhamija, S.S., Gera, R., Singh, D.K., Singh, D. and Marchant, R. 1997. Physiological and biochemical characterization of inter generic hybrid of thermo tolerant and non-thermo tolerant yeasts. J. Basic Microbiol. 37(5): 307-312.
17. Singh, D.K. and Singh, R. 1996. Partial purification and characterization of phosphoenol pyruvate phosphatase from developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 66 (spl. Issue): 53-63.
18. Singh, D.K. Rao, A.S., Singh, R. and Jambunathan, R. 1988. Amino acids composition of major seed storage proteins of promising chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivar. J. Sci. Food Agric. 43: 373-379. (Great Britain Press).
National/ International Conferences/ Seminars etc. attended
Lectures and Presentations:
Total number of lectures/ presentations in national and international conferences: 15.
1. Kunal GURSAHANI, Dev Singh, Yulia Epshtein, Arun Chopra, and Irena Levitan The impact of low- and high-density lipoproteins on inwardly-rectifying K+ channels in macrophages
FASEB J. 2008 22:1180.7
2. Singh, DK, Decha, E, Collins, NC and Levitan, I 2008. Kirbac 1.1 activity in liposomes is suppressed by cholesterol FASEB J. (accepted for oral presentation for Experimental Biology, 2008 to be held at SanDiego from April 5-9.
3. Singh, D.K., Sircar, D. and Subbaiah, P.V. 2007. Effect of conjugated linoleic acid isomers on membrane raft composition. FASEB J. 21:629.1
4. Todd D. Porter, Singh, D.K. and Li, L. 2006. Inhibition of Cholesterol Synthesis in Hepatoma Cells by Policosanol. FASEB J. 20:A487
5. D. K. Singh and T. D. Porter 2005. MECHANISM OF INHIBITION OF CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN HEPATOMA CELLS BY GARLIC. Research Paper accepted at the International Conference on “The Significance of Garlic and its constituents on cancer and cardiovascular disease, An International conference held at Georgetown University, Washington DC, April 10-11, 2005. Co-organize and host by Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
6. Dev Karam Singh1, Laurence R Gesquire2, Papasani V Subbaiah, 2005. Modulation of secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) activities by sphingolipids. Research paper accepted for presentation at the ASBMB at San Diego from 2nd April to 6th April 2005.
7. Subbaiah, PV, Laurence R. Gesquiere and Singh Dev K. 2004. Sphingomyelin a physiological regulator of sPhospholipaseA2 activity. 2nd International Conference on Phospholipases A2. Berlin Germany, 6th -9th October, 2004.
8. Todd D. Porter, Dev K. Singh, Vishwesh Mokashi, and Li Li. 2003. Supernatant Protein Factor (SPF): An Enigmatic Protein Involved in Cholesterol Synthesis. Kern Aspen Lipid Conference at Colorado USA, August, 21-24, 2004.
9. Singh, D.K. and Prasad, R.M. 2001. Regional expression of Superoxide-dismutase (CuZn SOD and Mn-SOD) after experimental brain injury in the rat. Paper presented at the 19th Annual National Neurotruama Society symposium and Fifth International Neurotruama Symposium held at San Francisco from Nov. 11-14. USA.
10. Singh, D.K. Prasad, R.M., Doubinskaia, I, Dhillon, H.S., Campbell, G., 2001. Effects of binge ethanol administration on the behavioral outcome of rats after lateral fluid percussion brain injury. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of National Spinal cord Injury Association held at Lexington KY-40536. USA.
11. Singh, D.K., Saharan, M.R. and Singh, R. 1995. Pyruvate Kinase and its role in Phosphoenol pyruvate metabolism in developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L). Paper Presented In: National Symposium on Recent Advances in Bioscience. Held at Rohtak (India).
12. Singh, D.K. and Singh, R.1995. Purification and characterization of cytosolic pyruvate kinase from developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L). Paper presented In: National symposium on the role of Plant Biotechnology in Improving Agriculture held at Jaipur (India).
13. Singh, K. and Singh, R. 1994. Purification and characterization of Plastidic pyruvate kinase from developing seeds of Brassica (Brassica campestris L). Paper presented in: XVI International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at Delhi.
Papers communicated for Publication:
1. Singh, DK, Banerjee,S and Porter TD 2008. Green and black tea extracts inhibit HMG-CoA reductase and activate AMP-kinase to decrease cholesterol synthesis in hepatoma cells. J.Nutr. Biochem.

 

History of Education and Employment

06-01-2004- Continue
Department of Medicine Section Endocrinology and Metabolism, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Associate
11-15-2002- 05-31-2004
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Lexington KY-40536
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow:
08-06- 2001 – 11-14-2002
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY-40536
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow:
11-23-1999-08-05-2001
Department of Surgery
Division Neurosurgery
University of Kentucky, Medical Chandler
Lexington KY-40536
Member of Professional Societies:
1. 2003—2005, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
2. 1999-2001. The Neurotrauma Society, USA.
3. 1999- 2000. Executive member of Association of Pharmaceuticals Analyst (Indian Drug Manufacturer Association IDMA) Mumbai, India.

 

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