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Louis J. Guillette

Medical University of South Carolina

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC  29425  

Project List:

Using Embryonic Stem Cell Fate to Determine Potential Adverse Effects of Petroleum/Dispersant Exposure

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Outreach Team, Outreach Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2016

Bowers, R. R., Temkin, A. M., Guillette, L. J., Baatz, J. E., & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2016). The commonly used nonionic surfactant Span 80 has RXRα transactivation activity, which likely increases the obesogenic potential of oil dispersants and food emulsifiers. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 238, 61–68.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Magaletta, M. E., Holshouser, S., Maggi, A., Ciana, P., et al. (2016). Effects of Crude Oil/Dispersant Mixture and Dispersant Components on PPARy Activity in Vitro and in Vivo: Identification of Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS; CAS #577-11-7) as a Probable Obesogen. Ehp, 124(1).

2015

Kohno, S., Bernhard, M. C., Katsu, Y., Zhu, J., Bryan, T. A., Doheny, B. M., et al. (2015). Estrogen Receptor 1 (ESR1; ERα), not ESR2 (ERβ), Modulates Estrogen-Induced Sex Reversal in the American Alligator, a Species With Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination. Endocrinology, 156(5), 1887–1899.

2014

Kohno, S., Parrott, B. B., Yatsu, R., Miyagawa, S., Moore, B. C., Iguchi, T., et al. (2014). Gonadal Differentiation in Reptiles Exhibiting Environmental Sex Determination. Sex Dev, 8(5), 208–226.

Conference Presentations - 48

2016

Brumbaugh, A., Williams, C., Guillette, L. J., Spyropoulos, D. D., & Kohno, S. (2016). Obesogenic activity of oil dispersant corexit 9500 in the American alligator. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Guillette, L. J., & Jr. (2016). Inflammation in sentinel species and the curious case of pansteatitis at Loskop Dam, South Africa. In 25 Years of Endocrine Disruption Research: Past Lessons and Future Directions. Bethesda, MD : 9/18/16-9/20/16.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Lowers, R., & Guillette, L. J. (2016). Assessing inflammation and oxidative stress in wildlife species affected by pansteatitis in South Africa. In Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. Sunday River, Newry, ME : 06/1916-06/24/16: Poster.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Lowers, R., & Guillette, L. J. (2016). Examination of predictive parameters for pansteatitis in Nile crocodiles and prey species along the Olifants River, South Africa: The use of targeted lipidomics for wildlife health assessments. In 24th International meeting of the Crocodile Speacialist Group. Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa : 05/21/16-05/26/16.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Lowers, R., & Guillette, L. J. (2016). Investigation of eicosanoids and fatty acids in pansteatitis-affected Mozambique tilapia at Loskop Dam, South Africa. In American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2016. San Antonio, TX : 06/05/16-06/09/16: Poster.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Temkin, A., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Jr. (2016). Eicosanomics: Novel Approaches to Investigate the Effect of Oil/Dispersant Exposure on Eicosanoid Biosynthesis in Sentinel Species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Cantu, T., Bowden, J. A., Temkin, A., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Jr. (2016). Life Lessons From Wildlife And Lou: The Tale Of Pansteatitis And Use Of Novel Eicosanomic Techniques To Assess Inflammation In Sentinel Species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Kohno, S., Newman, R. B., Nishizawa, H., Guillette, L. J., Kitai, T., & Sato, T. (2016). Transgenerational alteration of estrus cycle proportion in F1 female mice obtained from F0 males neonatally exposed to 17?-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. In Annual Meeting of Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. Atlanta, GA : 02/04/16-02/06/16: Poster.
McNabb, N. A., Miyagawa, S., Iguchi, T., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2016). Investigating estrogenicity of oil dispersant COREXIT® EC9500A in the American alligator and diamondback terrapin. In Annual Meeting of Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. Portland, OR : 01/03/16-01/07/16: Poster.
McNabb, N. A., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2016). Investigating estrogenicity and developmental effects of the dispersant COREXIT® EC9500A in the American alligator. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
McNabb, N. A., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2016). Investigating Estrogenicity Of COREXIT In The American Alligator: Learning In The Field And Lab From Lou Guillette. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
McNabb, N. A., Williams, C. E., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2016). Investigating effects of COREXIT and CWAF on sex determination in the American alligator. In Palmetto Alligator Research and Management Symposium.. Georgetown, SC : 03/11/16.
Spyropoulos, D. D., Temkin, A. M., Cantu, T. M., McNabb, N. A., Williams, C. E., Bowers, R. R., et al. (2016). From Oiled Stem Cells to Pregnant Women: Methodically Navigating Between Complex Environments and Human Health. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Guillette, L. J., Bowden, J. A., Kucklick, J. R., Baatz, J. E., et al. (2016). In vivo Exposure and Stem Cell Transcriptomics To Determine If Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) Is A Bona Fide Obesogen. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Magaletta, M. E., Holshouser, S., Maggi, A., Ciana, P., et al. (2016). DOSS in Corexit and in Laxatives: Finding a Poster Child for Encouraging Movement in Dispersant and Obesity Sciences. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Sojka, C., Anderson, M., Guillette, L. J., Bowden, J. A., et al. (2016). Rapid and sensitive assay screening reveals multiple potential hormone disrupting activities in MC252 crude oil and different dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Williams, C. E., Guillette, L. J., Spyropoulos, D. D., & Kohno, S. (2016). Estrogenic effects of CWAF exposure on sex determination in the American alligator. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Williams, C. E., Guillette, L. J., Spyropoulos, D. D., & Kohno, S. (2016). Effects of exogenous estradiol on gonadal sex determination in the American alligator during in vitro culture of the isolated gonad-adrenal-mesonephric complex. In Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Portland, OR : 01/03/16-01/07/16: Poster.
Williams, C. E., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2016). Lessons in research and beyond from Lou Guillette – assessing the impacts of CWAF on sex determination in the American alligator. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Bernhard, M. C., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2015). Can tributyltin be used as a positive control for obesogenic exposure in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Finnell, B., Bowden, J., & Guillette, L. J. (2015). A Snapshot of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Southeastern Populations of American Alligator. In 2015 Medical University of South Carolina, HML Poster Session of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, the Environment and Human Health.. Charleston, SC : 7/29/2015: Poster.
Finnell, B., Bowden, J., & Guillette, L. J. (2015). A Snapshot of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Southeastern Populations of American Alligator. In 2015 Medical University of South Carolina Summer Undergraduate Research Program Oral Presentations. Charleston, SC : 7/30/2015.
Guillette, L. (2015). Environmental factors influence the epigenetics of the developing vertebrate gonad. In European Community EpiConception Program -Invited Plenary Speaker. Dubrovnik, Croatia : 4/27/2015.
Kitai, T., Nishizawa, H., Iguchi, T., Guillette, L. J., Kohno, S., & Sato, T. (2015). Reproductive study of f1 mice obtained from F0 mice neonatally exposed to 17?-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. In 63rd NIBB Conference: Environment to Bioresponse. Okazaki, Japan : 11/30/15-12/02/15.
Kohno, S., McNabb, N. A., Williams, C. E., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Parrott, B. B. (2015). Long-term influences of environmental factors on sex determination and differentiation in the American alligator. In 63rd NIBB Conference: Environment to Bioresponse. Okazaki, Japan : 11/30/15-12/02/15.
McNabb, N., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2015). Effects Of COREXIT 9500 As A Potential Endocrine Disruptor On Sex Determination Of The American Alligator. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
McNabb, N. A., Guillette, L. J., Spyropoulos, D. D., & Kohno, S. (2015). Investigating estrogenicity and developmental effects of the dispersant COREXIT in the American alligator and diamondback terrapin. In 19th Annual College of Charleston Graduate Program in Marine Biology Student Research Colloquium. Charleston, SC : 11/14/15-11/14/15.
McNabb, N. A., Miyagawa, S., Iguchi, T., Spyropoulos, D. D., Guillette, L. J., & Kohno, S. (2015). Investigating estrogenicity and developmental effects of the dispersant COREXIT in the American alligator and diamondback terrapin. In 63rd NIBB Conference: Environment to Bioresponse. Okazaki, Japan : 11/30/15-12/02/15: Poster.
Perez-Viscalles, J., Cantu, T. M., Bowden, J., & Guillette, L. J. (2015). Eicosanoid activity in the Chorioallantoic membrane of the developing chicken. In College of Charleston NSF REU MIMES undergraduate research symposium.. Charleston, SC : 08/025/15: Poster.
Temkin, A., Bowers, R., Baatz, J., Guillette, L., & Spyropoulos, D. (2015). Evaluating the endocrine disrupting potential of crude oil and dispersant via transactivation assay screens. In SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT : 11/01/15-11/05/15.
Temkin, A., Bowers, R., Baatz, J., Guillette, L., & Spyropoulos, D. (2015). Identification and characterization of putative obesogens in crude oil and dispersants used in the deepwater horizon oil spill. In SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT : 11/01/15-11/05/15: Poster.
Temkin, A., Bowers, R., Baatz, J., Guillette, L. J., Kohno, S., & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2015). Keynote Speaker: Empowering Awareness of Environmental Impacts on Women's Health – From Wildlife and Stem Cells to the Clinic and Personal Choices. In Carolina Womenâ??s Health Research Forum. Columbia, SC : 10/23/15-10/23/15.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Guillette, L. J., & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2015). RFP-II: Using Embryonic Stem Cell Fate to Determine Potential Adverse Effects of Petroleum/Dispersant Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Temkin, A. M., Bowers, R. R., Magaletta, M. E., Holshouser, S., Maggi, A., Ciana, P., et al. (2015). Predicting Long Term Impacts of Oil/dispersant Exposures on Human Health and Higher Trophic Organisms: Obesogenicity. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Williams, C. E., Guillette, L. J., Spyropoulos, D. D., & Kohno, S. (2015). Estrogenic Effects Of CWAF Exposure In Vitro On Sex Determination Of The American Alligator. In 19th Annual College of Charleston Graduate Program in Marine Biology Student Research Colloquium. Charleston, SC : 10/02/15-10/02/15: Poster.

2014

Barrett, N., Temkin, A., Ellisor, D., Kohno, S., Guillette, L. J.,, & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2014). Histological Analysis of Adipose Tissue in the Tail of American Aliigators Exposed to Tributyltin in ovo. In MUSC Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Sciences Program, Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student Colloquium. James Island, SC : 07/29/14.
Barrett, N., Temkin, A., Kohno, S., Guillette, L. J.,, & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2014). Histological Analysis of Adipose Tissue in the Tail of American Aliigators Exposed to Tributyltin in ovo. In Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Final Presentation Day. Charleston SC : 07/30/14.
Bernhard, M., Kohno, S., Guillette, L. J.,, & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2014). Effects Of Ppar?/Rxr? Signaling Via In Ovo Tributyltin Exposure On Development Of The American Alligator, Alligator Mississippiensis. In College of Charleston Marine Biology Graduate Program Student Research Colloquium 2014. James Island, SC : 09/19/14.
Guillette, L. J. (2014). The Fragile Fetus: Sentinel Species and Environmental Health. In Annual Undergraduate Research symposium, USC Upstate – Keynote Speaker. Spartenburg, SC : 4/18/2014.
Guillette, L. J. (2014). Embryonic Origins of Adult Disease: Environmental Contaminants and the Need for 'Green'er Chemistry. In Annual International â??High Polymer Research Groupâ?? Meeting – Keynote Speaker. Macclesfield, England : 4/29/2014.
Guillette, L. J. (2014). Environmental contaminants and wildlife sentinel species: gene expression and epigenetic regulation of gonadal development. In Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; SETAC Asia/Pacific and Australasia Converence 2014. Adelaide, South Australia : 9/14/14-9/17/14.
Guillette, L. J., Parrott, B., Bowden, J., & Kohno, S. (2014). Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System. In Society for the Study of Reproduction 2014 ; Fertility: A Global Challenge. Grand Rapids, MI : 7/19/14-7/23/14.
Kohno, S., Sato, T., Miyagawa, S., Newman, R., Iguchi, T., & Guillette, L. J. (2014). Neonatal exposure to a synthetic progestin, 17?-hydroxyprogesterone caproate suppressed estrogenic responsiveness in transcriptome of female reproductive tract in adult mice. In Gordon Research Conferences, Mammalian Reproduction. New London, NH : 8/10/14-8/15/14.
McCoy, J., Parrott, B., Guillette, L. J.,, & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2014). Do warmer eggs yield hyper-masculinized alligator hatchlings? In MUSC Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Sciences Program, Annual Student Research Open House. James Island, SC : 07/18/14: Poster.
McNabb, N., Kohno, S., & Guillette, L. J. (2014). Effects of COREXIT 9500 As A Potential Endocrine Disruptor On Sex Determination Of The American Alligator. In College of Charleston Marine Biology Graduate Program Student Research Colloquium 2015. James Island, SC : 09/19/14: Poster.
Patton, M. P., Temkin, A., Ellisor, D., Kohno, S., Guillette, L. J.,, & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2014). Using Molecular Markers to Rapidly Characterize Adipogenic Stem Cell Differentiation. In 2014 Annual Meeting of SICB. Austin TX: Poster.

2013

Ellisor, D. L., Cloy-McCoy, J. A., Cantu, T.M., Kohno, S., Baatz, J. E., Guillette, L. J., & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2013). Using Embryonic Stem Cell Fate to Determine Potential Adverse Effects of Petroleum/Dispersant Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Ellisor, D. L., Cloy-McCoy, J. A., Cantu, T.M., Kohno, S., Baatz, J. E., Guillette, L. J., & Spyropoulos, D. D. (2013). Using Embryonic Stem Cell Fate to Determine Potential Adverse Effects of Petroleum/Dispersant Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.