Dr Sanjaya Kuruppu - Researcher Profile

Biography

Don works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE)

Institution: Univeristy of Auckland

Year awarded: 2002

Publications

Journal Articles

Kuruppu, D.S., Tochon-Danguy, N., Smith, A.I., 2013, Applicability of green fluorescence protein in the study of endothelin converting enzyme-1c trafficking, Protein Science [P], vol 22, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, USA, pp. 306-313.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Rajapakse, N.W., Smith, A.I., 2013, Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 inhibition and renoprotection in end-stage renal disease, Pflugers Archiv-European Journal Of Physiology [P], vol E-pub, Springer, Germany, pp. 1-6.

Kuruppu, D.S., Smith, A.I., 2012, Endothelin converting Enzyme-1 phosphorylation and trafficking, FEBS Letters [P], vol 586, issue 16, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 2212-2217.

Rajapakse, N.W., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Hanchapola, I., Venardos, K.M., Mattson, D.L., Smith, A.I., Kaye, D.M., Evans, R.G., 2012, Evidence that renal arginine transport is impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats, American Journal of Physiology - Renal Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology [E], vol 302, issue 12, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. F1554-F1562.

Kuruppu, D.S., Tochon-Danguy, N., Smith, A.I., 2012, Protein Kinase C recognition sites in the cytoplasmic domain of Endothelin Converting Enzyme-1c, Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications [P], vol 427, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 606-610.

Pycroft, K., Fry, B.G., Isbister, G.K., Kuruppu, D.M., Lawrence, J.M., Smith, A.I., Hodgson, W.C., 2012, Toxinology of Venoms from Five Australian Lesser Known Elapid Snakes, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology [P], vol 111, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 268-274.

Pycroft, K., Fry, B.G., Isbister, G.K., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Lawrence, J.M., Smith, A.I., Hodgson, W.C., 2012, Toxinology of venoms from five Australian lesser known elapid snakes, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology [P], vol 111, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Chichester, United Kingdom, pp. 268-274.

Fry, B.G., Winter, K.L., Norman, J.A., Roelants, K., Nabuurs, R.J., van Osch, M.J., Teeuwisse, W.M., van der Weerd, L., McNaughton, J.E., Kwok, H.F., Scheib, H., Greisman, L., Kochva, E., Miller, L.J., Gao, F., Karas, J., Scanlon, D., Lin, F., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Shaw, C., Wong, L., Hodgson, W.C., 2010, Functional and structural diversification of the Anguimorpha lizard venom system, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics [P], vol 9, issue 11, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc., USA, pp. 2369-2390.

Kuruppu, S., Tochon-Danguy, N., Smith, A.I., 2010, Role of Protein Kinase C in Endothelin Converting Enzyme-1 trafficking and shedding from endothelial cells, Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications [P], vol 398, issue 2, Academic Press, USA, pp. 173-177.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Smith, A.I., Isbister, G.K., Hodgson, W.C., 2008, Neurotoxins from Australo-Papuan elapids: A biochemical and pharmacological perspective, Critical Reveiws in Toxicology, vol 38, issue 1, Informa Healthcare, United States, pp. 73-86.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Reeve, S.B., Smith, A.I., 2007, Characterisation of endothelin converting enzyme-1 shedding from endothelial cells, FEBS Letters [P], vol 581, issue 23, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, Denmark, pp. 4501-4506.

Lumsden, N.G., Banerjee, Y., Kini, R.M., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Hodgson, W.C., 2007, Isolation and characterization of rufoxin, a novel protein exhibiting neurotoxicity from venom of the psammophiine, Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Rufous beaked snake), Neuropharmacology, vol 52, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1065-1070.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Robinson, S.A., Hodgson, W.C., Fry, B.G., 2007, The in vitro neurotoxic and myotoxic effects of the venom from the Suta genus (curl snakes) of elapid snakes, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol 101, issue 6, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, England, UK, pp. 407-410.

Fry, B.G., Vidal, N., Norman, J.A., Vonk, F.J., Scheib, H., Ryan Ramjan, S.F., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Fung, K., Hedges, S.B., Richardson, M.K., Hodgson, W.C., Ignjatovic, V., Summerhayes, R., Kochva, E., 2006, Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes, Nature, vol 439, issue 7076, Nature Publishing Group, London England, pp. 584-588.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Fry, B.G., Hodgson, W.C., 2006, In vitro neurotoxic and myotoxic effects of the venom from the black whip snake (Demansia papuensis), Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol 33, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing, Australia, pp. 364-368.

Tan, L.C., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Smith, A.I., Reeve, S.B., Hodgson, W.C., 2006, Isolation and pharmacological characterisation of hostoxin-1, a postsynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the Stephen's banded snake (Hoplocephalus stephensi), Neuropharmacology, vol 51, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 782-788.

Clarke, C., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Reeve, S.B., Smith, A.I., Hodgson, W.C., 2006, Oxylepitoxin-1, a reversible neurotoxin from the venom of the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), Peptides, vol 27, issue 11, Elsevier Science Inc, New York NY USA, pp. 2655-2660.

Wen, S., Wilson, D.T.R., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Korsinczky, M.L., Hedrick, J., Pang, L., Szeto, T., Hodgson, W.C., Alewood, P., Nicholson, G.M., 2005, Discovery of an MIT-like atracotoxin family: spider venom peptides that share sequence homology but not pharmacological properties with AVIT family proteins, Peptides, vol 26, issue 12, Elsevier, USA, pp. 2412-2426.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Reeve, S.B., Smith, I.A., Hodgson, W.C., 2005, Isolation and pharmacological characterisation of papuantoxin-1, a postsynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus), Biochemical Pharmacology, vol 70, issue 5, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Kidlington England, pp. 794-800.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Reeve, S.B., Banerjee, Y., Kini, R.M., Smith, A.I., Hodgson, W.C., 2005, Isolation and pharmacological characterization of cannitoxin, a presynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the Papuan Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni), Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, vol 315, issue 3, The American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Bethesda USA, pp. 1196-1202.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Isbister, G.K., Hodgson, W.C., 2005, Phospholipase A2-dependent effects of the venom from The New Guinean small-eyed snake Micropechis ikaheka, Muscle & Nerve, vol 32, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken USA, pp. 81-87.

Kuruppu, D.M.S., Fry, B.G., Hodgson, W.C., 2005, Presynaptic neuromuscular activity of venom from the brown-headed snake (Glyphodon tristis), Toxicon, vol 45, issue 3, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Kidlington England, pp. 383-388.

Tibballs, J., Kuruppu, D.M.S., Hodgson, W.C., Carroll, T., Hawdon, G., Sourial, M., Baker, T., Winkel, K., 2003, Cardiovascular, haematological and neurological effects of the venom of the Papua New Guinean small-eyed snake (Micropechis ikaheka) and their neutralisation with CSL polyvalent and black snake antivenoms, Toxicon, vol 42, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 647-655.