Selected Publications

Cherr, G.N., M. Morisawa, C.A. Vines, K. Yoshida, E.H. Smith, T. Matsubara, M.C. Pillai, F.J. Griffin, and R. Yanagimachi.  2008. Role of two egg-derived molecules in sperm motility initiation and fertilization in the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi).  International Journal of Developmental Biology, in press.

Tollner, T.L., A.I. Yudin, A.F. Tarantal, C.A. Treece, J.W. Overstreet, and G.N. Cherr.  2008. Beta-Defensin 126 on the surface of macaque sperm mediates attachment of sperm to oviductal epithelia.  Biology of Reproduction, in press.

Nunomura, W., Y. Takakuwa, G.N. Cherr and K. Murata.  2007. Characterization of Protein 4.1R in erythrocytes of zebrafish (Danio rerio): Unique binding properties with transmembrane proteins and calmodulin. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 148(2):124-138.

Rose, W.L., R.M. Nisbet, P.G. Gree, S. Norris, T. Fan, E.H. Smith, G.N. Cherr, and S.L. Anderson.  2006.  Using an integrated approach to link biomarker responses and physiological stress to growth impairment of cadmium-exposed larval topsmelt.  Aquatic Toxicology, 80:298-308.

Rajagopal, M., T.L. Tollner, W. Finkbeiner, G.N. Cherr, and J. Widdicombe.  2006. Differentiated structure and function of primary cultures of monkey oviductal epithelium. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Animal, 42:248-254.

Roepke, T.A., A.M. Hamdoun, and G.N. Cherr.  2006. An increase in multidrug transport activity is associated with oocyte maturation in sea stars.  Development, Growth, Differentiation, 48(9):559-574.

Cao, Y., G.N. Cherr, A. L. Córdova, T.W.-M. Fan, R.M. Higashi, M. G. LaMontagne, K.M. Scow, J. Yuan, and P. A. Holden.  2006.  Relationships between Sediment Microbial Communities and Pollutants in Two California Salt Marshes.  Microbial Ecology, 52:619-633.

Roepke, T.A., E.S. Chang, and G.N. Cherr. Maternal exposure to estradiol and endocrine disrupting compounds alters the sensitivity of sea urchin embryos and the expression of an orphan steroid receptor, Journal of Experimental Zoology,  305A:831-840. 2006

Anderson, S.L., G.N. Cherr, S.G. Morgan, C.A. Vines, R.M. Higashi, W.A. Bennett, W.L. Rose, A. Brooks, R.M. Nisbet. Integrating contaminant responses in indicator saltmarsh species, Marine Environmental Research,  62:S317-S321. 2006

Ellis-Hutchings, R.G., G.N. Cherr, L.A. Hanna, and C.L. Keen. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)-induced alterations in vitamin A and thyroid hormone concentrations in the rat during lactation and early postnatal development, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology,  215:135-145. 2006

Roepke, T.A., M.J. Snyder, and G.N. Cherr. Estradiol and endocrine disrupting compounds adversely affect development of sea urchin embryos at environmentally relevant concentrations, Aquatic Toxicology,  71:155-173. 2005

Friedman, C.S., H.M. Brown, T.W. Ewing, F.J. Griffin, and G.N. Cherr. Pilot study of the Olympia oyster Ostrea conchaphila in the San Francisco Bay estuary: Description and distribution of diseases., Diseases of Aquatic Organisms,  65:1-8. 2005

Yudin, A.I., S.E.Generao, T.L.Tollner, C.A. Treece, J.W. Overstreet, and G.N. Cherr. ESP13.2 on the cell surface protects sperm from immunorecognition and binding of Anti-sperm antibodies., Biology of Reproduction,  73:1243-1252. 2005

Yudin, A.I., C.A. Treece, T.L. Tollner, J.W. Overstreet, G.N. Cherr. The Carbohydrate Structure of DEFB126, the Major Component of the Cynomolgus Macaque Sperm Plasma Membrane Glycocalyx, Journal of Membrane Biology,  207(2):110-129. 2005

Rose, W.L., J. Hobbs, R. Nisbet, P.G. Green, G.N. Cherr, S.A. Anderson. Validation of Otolith Growth Rate Analysis Using Cadmium-Exposed Larval Topsmelt (Atherinops affinis), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,  24(10):2612-2620. 2005

Griffin, F.J., M.R, Brenner, H.M. Brown, E.H. Smith, C.A. Vines, and G.N. Cherr. Survival of Pacific herring larvae is a function of external salinity, In: Larval Fish Ecology in the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed,  American Fisheries Society Symposium,  39:37-46. 2004

Brown, H.M.,  A. Briden, T. Stokell, F.J. Griffin, and G.N. Cherr. Thermotolerance and    Hsp70 Profiles in Adult and Embryonic California Native Oysters, Ostrea conchaphila (Carpenter,  1857), Journal of Shellfish Research,  23(1):135-141. 2004

Tollner, T.L, A.I. Yudin, C.A. Treece, J.W. Overtsreet, and G.N. Cherr. Macaque sperm release ESP13.2 and PSP94 during capacitation: The absence of ESP13.2 is linked to sperm-zona recognition and binding, Molecular Reproduction and Development,  69:325-337. 2004

Hamdoun, A.M., G.N. Cherr, T.A. Roepke, and D. Epel. Activation of multidrug efflux transporter activity at fertilization in sea urchin embryos (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), Developmental Biology,  276:452-462. 2004

Watters, D.L., H.M. Brown, F.J. Griffin, E.J. Larson, and G.N. Cherr. Pacific Herring spawning grounds in San Francisco Bay:  1973- 2000, In: Larval Fish Ecology in the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed, American Fisheries Society Symposium,  39:1-9. 2004

Pillai, M.C., C.A. Vines, A.H. Wikramanayake and G.N. Cherr. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons disrupt axial development in sea urchin embryos through a Beta-Catenin dependent pathway, Toxicology,  186:93-108. 2003

Hamdoun, A.M., Cheney, D.P., and G.N. Cherr. Phenotypic plasticity of HSP70 and HSP70 gene expression in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Implications for thermal limits and induction of thermal tolerance, Biological Bulletin,  205:160-169. 2003

Yudin, A.I., , T.L. Tollner, M.-W. Li, C.A.Treece, J.W. Overstreet, and G.N. Cherr. ESP13.2, a Member of the Beta Defensin Family, is a Macaque Sperm Surface Coating Protein Involved in the Capacitation Process, Biology of Reproduction,  69:1118-1128. 2003

Vines, C.A., K. Yoshida, F.J. Griffin, M.C. Pillai, M. Morisawa, R. Yanagimachi and G.N. Cherr. Motility Initiation in Herring Sperm is Regulated by Reverse Sodium-Calcium Exchange. Proceedings. National Academy of Sciences, USA,  99:2026-2031. 2002

Cherr, G.N. Can we develop and utilize indicators of ecological integrity to successfully manage ecosystems?, Managing for Ecosystem Health, Third International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Qualset, Rapport, Ralston, Lasley, eds.227-229. 2002

Hamdoun, A.M., F.J. Griffin, and G.N. Cherr. Tolerance to Biodegraded Crude Oil in Marine Invertebrate embryos and larvae is associated with expression of a multixenobiotic resistance transporter., Aquatic Toxicology,  61:127-140. 2002

Morisawa, S. and G.N. Cherr.  Acrosome reaction in spermatozoa from hagfish (Agnatha) Eptatretus burgeri and E. stouti: Acrosomal exocytosis and the identification of filamentous actin., Development, Growth and Differentiation,  44:337-344. 2002

Tollner. T.L., J.W. Overstreet, M.W. Li, S.A. Meyers, A.I. Yudin, E.R. Salinas, and G.N. Cherr. Lignosulfonic acid blocks In Vitro fertilization of macaque oocytes when sperm are treated prior to capacitation.  Journal of Andrology,  23(6):889-898. 2002

Vines, C.A., M.W. Li, X. Deng, A.I. Yudin, G.N. Cherr, and J.W. Overstreet.  Identification of a Hyaluronic Acid (HA) binding domain in the PH-20 protein that may function in cell signaling, Molecular Reproduction and Development,  60:542-552. 2001

Cherr, G.N., A.I. Yudin, and J.W. Overstreet.  2001. The dual functions of GPI-anchored PH-20: Hyaluronidase and intracellular signaling., Matrix Biology,  20:515-525. 2001

Huovinen, P.S., A.O.J. Oikari, M.R. Soimasu, G.N. Cherr, Impact of UV radiation on the early development of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gametophytes, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 72:308-313, 2000

Vines, C.A., F.J. Griffin, M.C. Pillai, G.N. Cherr, The effects of soluble creosote-derived compounds on development of Pacific herring embryos, Aquatic Toxicology, 51:225-239, 2000

Cherr, G.N., A.I. Yudin, M.-W. Li, C.A. Vines, J.W. Overstreet, Hyaluronic acid and the cumulus extracellular matrix induce increases in intracellular calcium in macaque sperm via the plasma membrane protein PH-20, Zygote, 7(3):211-222, 1999

Griffin, F.J, Pillai, M.C, Vines, C.A, Kaaria, J, Hibbard-Robbins, T, Yanagimachi, R, Cherr, G.N., Effects of salinity on sperm motility, fertilization, and early development in the Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, Biological Bulletin, 19:425-35, 1998

Middaugh, D.P, Shelton, C.L, McKenney, J.R, Cherr, G.N., Chapman, P.J, Courtney, L.A., Preliminary observations on responses of embryonic and larval Pacific herring to neutral fraction biodegradation products of weathered Alaska North Slope oil, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 34:188-196, 1998

Clegg, J.S, Uhlinger, K.R, Jackson, G.N. Cherr, S.A, Rifkin, E, Friedman, C.S., Induced thermotolerance and the heat shock protein-70 family in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology, 71(1):21-30, 1998

Yudin, A.I, Cherr, G.N., VandeVoort, C.A, Overstreet, J.A., Rearrangement of the PH-20 protein on the surface of macaque spermatozoa following exposure to anti-PH-20 antibodies or binding to the zona pellucida, Molecular Reproduction and Development, 50:207-220, 1998

Cherr, G.N., Griffin, F.J, Pillai, M.C, Vines, C.A, Morisawa, M, R. Yanagimachi., The role of the chorion in initiation of sperm motility in the Pacific herring, Zygote, 6(SUPPL.1):S16-S17, 1998

Pillai, M.C, Blethrow, H, Higashi, R.M, Vines, C.A, Cherr, G.N., Inhibition of the sea urchin sperm acrosome reaction by a lignin-derived macromolecule, Aquatic Toxicology, 37:139-156, 1997

Garman, G.D, Anderson, S.L, Cherr, G.N., Developmental abnormalities and DNA-protein crosslinks in sea urchin embryos exposed to three metals, Aquatic Toxicology, 39:247-265, 1997

Cherr G.N., Meyers S A, Yudin A I, VandeVoort C A, Myles D G, Primakoff P, Overstreet J W, The PH-20 protein in cynomolgus macaque spermatozoa: identification of two different forms exhibiting hyaluronidase activity., Developmental Biology, 175(1):142-53, 10 Apr 1996

Griffin, F.J, Vines, C.A, Pillai, M.C, Yanagimachi, R, Cherr, G.N., Sperm motility initiation factor (SMIF) is a minor component of the Pacific herring egg chorion, Development Growth and Differentiation, 38:193-202, 1996

Spangenberg, J.V, Cherr, G.N., Developmental effects of barium in a marine bivalve (Mytilus californianus)., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 15(10):1769-1774, 1996

Garman, G.D, Pillai, M.C, Goff, L.J, Cherr, G.N., Nuclear events during early development in Macrocystis pyrifera gametophytes and the temporal effects of a marine contaminant, Marine Biology, 121:355-362, 1995

Pillai, M.C, Shields, T.C, Yanagimachi, R, Cherr, G.N., Isolation and partial characterization of the sperm motility initiation factor from eggs of the Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 265:336-342, 1993

Cherr, G.N., Fan, T. W-M, Pillai, M.C, Shields, T, Higashi, R.M., Electrophoretic separation, characterization, and quantification of biologically active lignin-derived macromolecules, Analytical Biochemistry, 214:521-527, 1993

Cherr G.N., Summers R G, Baldwin J D, Morrill J B, Preservation and visualization of the sea urchin embryo blastocoelic extracellular matrix., Microscopy Research and Technique, 22(1):11-22, 1992

Baldwin, J.D, Pillai, M.C, Cherr, G.N., The Response of Sea Urchin embryos to aqueous petroleum wates includes the expression of a high molecular weight glycoprotein, Marine Biology, 114:21-30, 1992

Pillai, M.C, Baldwin, J.D, Cherr, G.N., Early development in an algal gametophyte: Role of the cytoskeleton in germination and nulear translocation, Protoplasma, 170:34-45, 1992

Yanagimachi, R, Cherr, G.N., Pillai, M.C, Baldwin, J.D., Factors controlling sperm entry into the micropyles of salmonid and herring eggs, Development Growth and Differentiation, 34:447-461, 1992

Cherr, G.N., A.I. Yudin, D.F. Katz, Organization of the hamster cumulus extracellular matrix: A hyaluronate-glycoprotein gel which modulates sperm access to the oocyte, Development Growth and Differentiation, 32(4):353-365, 1990

Cherr, G.N., S. Suarez, Structure and physiology of mature sperm and egg (E. Meisami and P.S. Timiras, eds.), Handbook of Human Growth and Developmental Biology, 2:159-168, 1989

Cherr, G.N., E.Z. Drobnis, D.F. Katz, Localization of cortical granule constituents before and after exocytosis in the hamster egg, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 246(1):81-93, 1988

Cherr, G.N., H. Lambert, S. Meizel, D.F. Katz., In vitro  studies of the golden hamster sperm acrosome reaction: Completion on the zona pellucida and induction by homologous soluble zonae pellucidae, Developmental Biology, 114:119-131, 1986

Cherr, G.N., W.H. Clark, Jr., An egg envelope component induces the acrosome reaction in sturgeon sperm, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 234:75-85, 1985

Cherr, G.N., W.H. Clark, Jr., Gamete interaction in the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus: A morphological and physiological review, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 14(1):11-22, 1985

Cherr, G.N., W.H. Clark, Jr., An acrosome reaction in sperm from the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 232(1):129-139, 1984

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