Reinhold J. Hutz Professor of Biological Sciences Phone: 414-229-5416 Fax: 414-229-3926 E-Mail: Web Site: http://www.uwm.edu/~rjhutz/ Great Lakes WATER Institute 600 E. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204
Research Interests Control of development and atresia of ovarian follicles in mammals (rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, primates) and fish; effects of estrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone, and growth factors on the induction of atresia, studied in vivo and on follicle cells and oocytes in vitro; regulation of estrogen receptor function and fertility by dioxins.
Education B.S., Loyola Univ. of Chicago 1978 M.S., Loyola Univ. of Chicago 1980 Ph.D., Michigan State Univ. 1983 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, 1983-1986
Publications Matthews M, Heimler I, Fahy M, Radwanska E, Hutz R, Trewin A, Rawlins R. . Effects of TCDD, an environmental pollutant, on mouse blastocyst development and apoptosis. Fertil . Steril.75:1159-1162, 2001. Ozawa M, Shi FX, Suzuki AK, Komura H, Watanabe G, Trewin AL, Hutz R, Taya K. Evidence for a regulatory role of inhibin in follicle-stimulating hormone secretion and folliculogenesis in the guinea pig. J Vet Med Sci 2001 (in press). Dasmahapatra AK, Wimpee BAB, Trewin AL, Hutz RJ. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin increases steady-state ERβ mRNA levels after CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 induction in rat granulosa cells in vitro. Mol Cell Endocrinol 182:39-48, 2001. Gerstenberger SL, Heimler I, Smies R, Hutz RJ, Dasmahapatra AK, Dellinger JA, Tripoli V. Minimal endocrine alterations in rodents after consumption of lake trout (Salvelinus namycush). Arch Environ. Contam. Toxicol.38:371-376, 2000. Shi FX, Ozawa M, Watanabe G, Trewin AL, Hutz RJ, Taya K. Immunohistochemical localization of ovarian inhibin/activin subunits in follicular dominance during the estrous cycle of guinea pigs. Zool. Sci 17:1311-1320, 2000.