Dennis J. Stuehr, Ph.D.
Staff
Lerner Research Institute,
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Location: NC2-103
Email: stuehrd@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-6950
Fax: (216) 444-9329
Our laboratory studies nitric oxide (NO) biosynthesis in mammals. NO is made by an enzyme named NO synthase, and is involved in many aspects of cell function and disease, including signal transduction in the brain, control of blood pressure and heart rate, gastric motility, oxygen delivery, immunologic destruction of tumor cells and microbes, infertility, impotence, and stroke. We study how NO biosynthesis takes place at the molecular level and how it is regulated, and also study the impact of NO synthesis on certain aspects of cells and tissues. Our interests include the NO synthase enzyme chemistry, understanding how the enzyme’s protein structure relates to its function, and learning how other cellular proteins can interact with NO synthase to control its activity. We are also studying how NO regulates heme insertion into cellular proteins, and how protein nitration, which is a downstream consequence of NO production, takes place in cells, is regulated, and how it may control protein functions in cells and tissues.
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is a chaperone that allocates labile heme in cells.
Sweeny EA, Singh AB, Chakravarti R, Martinez-Guzman O, Saini A, Haque MM, Garee G, Dans PD, Hannibal L, Reddi AR, Stuehr DJ.
J Biol Chem. 2018 Sep 14;293(37):14557-14568. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.004169. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
PMID:
30012884
Hsp90 chaperones hemoglobin maturation in erythroid and nonerythroid cells.
Ghosh A, Garee G, Sweeny EA, Nakamura Y, Stuehr DJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Feb 6;115(6):E1117-E1126. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717993115. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
PMID:
29358373
Ramasamy S, Haque MM, Gangoda M, Stuehr DJ.
FEBS J. 2016 Dec;283(24):4491-4501. doi: 10.1111/febs.13933. Epub 2016 Nov 18.
PMID:
27760279
Soluble guanylate cyclase as an alternative target for bronchodilator therapy in asthma.
Ghosh A, Koziol-White CJ, Asosingh K, Cheng G, Ruple L, Groneberg D, Friebe A, Comhair SA, Stasch JP, Panettieri RA Jr, Aronica MA, Erzurum SC, Stuehr DJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Apr 26;113(17):E2355-62. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524398113. Epub 2016 Apr 11.
PMID:
27071111
Ghosh A, Stuehr DJ.
Antioxid Redox Signal. 2017 Feb 1;26(4):182-190. doi: 10.1089/ars.2016.6690. Epub 2016 May 2.
PMID:
26983679
He Y, Haque MM, Stuehr DJ, Lu HP.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):11835-40. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1508829112. Epub 2015 Aug 26.
PMID:
26311846
Uncovering How Hemeprotein Maturation, Regulation Contributes to Disease
Dennis Stuehr, PhD, Department of Inflammation & Immunity, was recently awarded a four-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate how hemeproteins contribute to a host of biological processes critical for life, and may be associated with a broad number of clinically relevant diseases, including asthma, autoimmune disorders, bacterial infections and more.
Stuehr Wins Morley Medal for Research Achievement
The American Chemical Society (Cleveland Section) awarded the 2018 Edward W. Morley Medal to Dennis Stuehr, PhD, Lerner Research Institute Department of Inflammation and Immunity.
Critical Missing Step in Hemoglobin Maturation Process Uncovered
Published online January 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cleveland Clinic researchers describe for the first time how hemoglobin (Hb) forms and matures. Up until now, this process was only partially understood. Understanding how Hb is formed is critical to treating blood disorders, and research suggests may have implications for cancer treatment.
