SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | THE EXPANDING FAMILY OF PDES: NOVEL PDES IN LOWER ORGANISMS |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Beavo (Univ. Washington) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Kenji Omori (Tanabe Seiyaku)
"Phylogenetic Analysis of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Peter van Haastert (Univ. Groningen)
"Unusual PDEs Degrading Intracellular and Extracellular cAMP and cGMP in Dictyostelium" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Thomas Seebeck (Univ. Bern)
"PDEs of Trypanosomes - New Targets for Urgently Needed Drugs?" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Ana Rascon (Univ. Central de Venezuela) "PDEs in Chagas’ disease: The PDEB family in Trypanosoma cruzi " |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Jonathan Day (Univ. Glasgow) "Drosophila cGMP-phosphodiesterases: Novel Roles and Interactions" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MEMBRANE ANCHORING PROTEINS AND COMPARTMENTATION OF PDE |
| Discussion Leaders: Laurence Brunton (Univ. Calif. - San Diego) and Thomas Rich (Univ. South Alabama)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am | John Scott (Oregon Health and Science Univ.) "Cyclic AMP Signaling: Seeing Is Believing" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Rodolphe Fischmeister (Universite Paris-Sud) "Role of PDE2 and PDE5 in the Compartmentation of Intracellular cGMP in Cardiac Myocytes" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | George Baillie (Univ. of Glasgow) "The Signaling Scaffold Proteins, beta-Arrestin and RACK1, Interact in a Mutually Exclusive Fashion with PDE4D5" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Manuella Zaccolo (Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine) "Role of Phosphodiesterases in Compartmentalized cAMP Signalling" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Donald Maurice (Queen's Univ.) "Differential Targeting of PDE3 and PDE4 Variants: Role in Regulating Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Migration" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Kimberly Dodge-Kafka (Univ. Conn. Health Ctr.) "Molecular Mechanisms of cAMP Micro-domains" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Shota Yamanaka (Otsuka Pharmaceutical) "Discovery of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors with Anti-Parasitic Activity" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Gary Morris (Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. Medicine) "Studies of Catalytic Mechanism of PDE5 Using Fluorescently Labeled Nucleotides and Stopped-flow Analysis" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Charles Hoffman (Boston College) "A Novel Platform for Identifying Chemical and Biological Regulators of cAMP Phosphodiesterases Using the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | FUNDAMENTALS OF PDE THERAPEUTICS: STRUCTURE OF THE ACTIVE SITE AND DRUG DISCOVERY |
| Discussion Leaders: Sam Gillette (Plexxikon) and Michael Tota (Merck) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Jayvardhan Pandit (Pfizer Global R&D) "Structure-based Design of PDE Inhibitors" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Hengming Ke (Univ N. Carolina) "Crystal Structures of PDE4 and Development of PDE4 Inhibitors" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Sharron Francis (Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. Med.) "Influence of Structural Features of PDE5 Regulatory and Catalytic Domains on Selectivity for cGMP and Inhibitors" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Jackie Corbin (Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. Med.) "Molecular Mechanisms of PDE5 Involvement in Negative Feedback Control of the cGMP Pathway" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Claire Lugnier (Univ. Strasbourg) "Polyphenols and Natural Products As PDE Inhibitors in Angiogenesis" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Peng Wang (Schering Plough) "PDE4 Inhibitor-induced Adverse Effects" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PDES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| Discussion Leaders: James O'Donnell (W. Virginia Univ.) and Frank Menniti (Pfizer Global R&D) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Han-Ting Zhang (W. Virginia Univ.) "Characteristics of Phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B) Knockout Mice" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Nick Brandon (Wyeth Research Lab) "Towards an Understanding of the Role of DISC1 in Schizophrenia - The importance of PDE4" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Christopher Schmidt (Pfizer) "Striatal Inhibition of the Dual Substrate Phosphodiesterase, PDE10A: Neurochemical Predictors of Antipsychotic Activity" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Anthony West (Chicago Med. School) "Regulation of Striatal Medium Spiny Neuron Activity by Cyclic GMP/PDE Signaling Cascades: Implications for Parkinson's Disease" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Katerina Akassoglou (U. Cal. San Diego) "Targeting cAMP Degradation to p75 Neurotrophin Receptor via Direct Recruitment of PDE4A5" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Dennis Fiorino (Memory Pharmaceutical) "MEM1414, a specific PDE4 inhibitor, enhances cognitive function in multiple species across different cognitive domains" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Michele Kelly (Univ. Penn.) "Compensatory Upregulation of cAMP PDE Activity in a Mouse Model of Endophenotypes Associated with Schizophrenia" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Jean DaSilva (Univ. Ottawa Heart Inst.) "Imaging Phosphodiesterase-4 Using (R)-[C-11]rolipram and Positron Emission Tomography (PET)" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF PDE EXPRESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Vincent Manganiello (Natl. Inst. Health - NHLBI) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Andrew Bender (Univ. Washington) "PDE1B2 Regulation of Macrophage Phenotype and Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Visvanathan Ramamurthy (Univ. Washington) "PDE6, AIPL1 and Childhood Blindness" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Brigitte Vannier (Univ. de Poitiers) "Interaction of the Regulatory Subunit of Phosphodiesterase 6 with Endocytosis-related Proteins and Its Impact on Ribbon Synapse Formation" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Wito Richter (Stanford Univ.) "Distinct Properties and Functions of PDE4D Splice Variants" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Adam Lerner (Boston Univ.) "Analysis of Rolipram-induced Alterations in Transcript Levels in B-CLL" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Faiyaz Khan (NHLBI-NIH) "Differential Regulation of PM/Caveolae- and ER/Golgi-Associated PDE3B by a beta3-receptor Agonist and Insulin: Formation of Distinct Macromolecular Signaling Complexes" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INVOLVEMENT OF PDES IN CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Miles Houslay (Glasgow Univ.) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Thomas Rich (Univ. South Alabama) "The Roles of Phosphodiesterase Activity in Controlling Compartmentalized Cyclic Nucleotide Signals" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Eva Degerman (Lund Univ.) "Role and Regulatory Mechanisms of PDE3B in Energy Homeostasis" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Robin Kleiman (Pfizer Global R&D) "PDE9 Signal Transduction in the Central Nervous System; Phenotypic Analysis of a PDE9 Knockout Mouse" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Peter Sandner (Bayer AG) "Treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms with Vardenafil: Preclinical Evidence" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Nigel Pyne (Univ. Strathclyde) "Role of Phosphodiesterases in Regulating GLP-1 Release" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Yan Tang (NHLBI-NIH) "PDE3B and Inflammation in Adipose Tissue" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Valeria Vasta (Univ. Washington) "Role of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in Leydig Cell Function" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Helena Walz (Lund Univ.) "The Role of Phosphodiesterase 3B in the Regulation of First Phase Insulin Secretion" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chairs; fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; election of the next Vice Chairs) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PDE FUNCTION IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Discussion Leaders: Rakesh Kukreja (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.) and Jackie Corbin (Vanderbilt Univ.) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Andrew Marks (Coll. Physicians Surgeons Columbia Univ.) "Phosphodiesterase 4D Deficiency in the Ryanodine Receptor Complex Promotes Heart Failure and Arrhythmias" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | David Kass (Johns Hopkins Med. Inst.) "PDE5A: An Important Regulator of Cardiac Stress Response" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Chen Yan (Univ. of Rochester) "Regulation and Function of PDE3 in Cardiac Disease" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Matthew Movsesian (Univ. Utah Sch. Med.) "Regulation of cGMP Hydrolysis by cAMP in Human Heart" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Ralph Schermuly (Univ of Giessen Lung Centre) "Upregulation of Phosphodiesterase 1 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PDE INHIBITOR THERAPY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Marco Conti (Stanford Univ. Med. Ctr.) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Patricia Podolin (GlaxoSmithKline) "Role of PDE4 Subtype-Selective Inhibition in Animal Models of Inflammatory Disease" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Catherine Jin (Stanford Univ.) "Role of PDE4 in Inflammatory Cells" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Celine Mehats (INSERM U767) "PDE4 Involvement in the Inflammation of Gestational Tissues" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Kjetil Tasken (Univ. Oslo) "Signalling by CD28 Involves Recruitment of a PDE/beta-arrestin Signal Complex" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Peter Schafer (Celgene Corp.) "CC-10004: Effects of an Orally Available Inhibitor of TNF-a and Other Inflammatory Mediators in Psoriasis" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Marc Gavin (Univ. Washington) "Homeostasis of the CD25+CD4+ Regulatory T cell Population Is Promoted by Foxp3-mediated Repression of Phosphodiesterase 3B Expression" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Juergen Klar (ALTANA Pharma) "Expression, Regulation, and Functional Role of PDE4 in Human Lung Fibroblasts" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Paul Epstein (Univ. Conn. Health Ctr.) "PDE8 as a Potential Target for Inhibition of Lymphocyte Chemotaxis" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ALLOSTERIC REGULATION OF THE PDE HOLOENZYME |
| Discussion Leaders: Sharron Francis (Vanderbilt Univ.) and Rick Cote (Univ. New Hampshire) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Nikolai Artemyev (Univ. Iowa Coll. Medicine) "Evolution and Regulation of PDE6" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Theodore Wensel (Baylor Coll. Med.) "Cryo-electron Microscopy of PDE6 and Its Membrane and G Protein Complexes" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Arnold Ruoho (Univ. Wisc. Med. Sch.) "Interactions of the PDE6 Catalytic alpha and beta Subunits with the Regulatory gamma Subunit" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Joachim Schultz (Univ. Tubingen) "Comparing Cyclic Nucleotide Binding versus Signaling Using Mammalian GAF Domains" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |