Dr. Sokolova's publications
[*Indicates a graduate student co-author; ** an undergraduate student co-author]

Peer reviewed publications

  1. Sokolova I.M., Lannig G. (2008). Interactive effects of metal pollution and temperature on ectotherm metabolism and their implications for the global climate change in aquatic ecosystems. Climate Research (in press).

  2. Ivanina A.V.*, Habinck E.**, Sokolova I.M. (2008). Differential sensitivity to cadmium of key mitochondrial enzymes in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 148: 72-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.03.009

  3. Ivanina A.V.*, Sokolova I.M. (2008). Effects of cadmium exposure on expression and activity of P-glycoprotein in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. Aquatic Toxicology 88:19-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.014

  4.  Ivanina A.V.*, Sokolova I.M., Sukhotin A.A. (2008). Oxidative stress and expression of chaperones in aging mollusks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 150: 53-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.01.005

  5. Lannig G., Bock C., Cherkasov A.*, Pörtner H.O., Sokolova I.M. (2008). Cadmium-dependent oxygen limitation affects temperature tolerance in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin). American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology  294:1338-1346

  6. Ivanina A.V.*,  Cherkasov A.S.*, Sokolova I.M. (2008). Effects of cadmium on cellular protein and glutathione synthesis and expression of stress proteins in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 577-586. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/211/4/577

  7. Sanni B.**, Williams K.**, Sokolov E.P., Sokolova I.M. (2008). Effects of acclimation temperature and cadmium exposure on mitochondrial aconitase and LON protease from a model marine ectotherm, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 147: 101 - 112.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.08.005

  8. Cherkasov A.S.*, Grewal S.*, Sokolova I.M. (2007). Combined effects of temperature and cadmium exposure on haemocyte apoptosis and cadmium accumulation in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Journal of Thermal Biology 32 (3): 162-170.

  9. Cherkasov A.S.*, Overton, R.A. Jr**, Sokolov E.P., Sokolova I.M. (2007). Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium and purine nucleotides on mitochondrial aconitase from a marine ectotherm, Crassostrea virginica: a role of temperature in oxidative stress and allosteric enzyme regulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 46-55. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/210/1/46
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  10. Lannig G., Flores J.F., Sokolova I.M. (2006). Temperature-dependent stress response in oysters, Crassostrea virginica: Pollution reduces temperature tolerance in oysters. Aquatic Toxicology 79: 278-287.

  11. Cherkasov A.S.*, Ringwood A.H., Sokolova I.M. (2006). Effects of cadmium exposure on mitochondrial function are modulated by acclimation temperature in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 25: 2461-2469.

  12. Lannig G., Cherkasov A.S.*, Sokolova I.M. (2006). Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on mitochondrial and whole-organism bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Environmental Research 62: S79-S82.

  13. Sokolova I.M., Oliver J.D., Leamy L.J. (2006). An AFLP approach to identify genetic markers associated with resistance to Vibrio vulnificus and Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 95-100.

  14. Cherkasov A.S.*, Biswas P.K., Ridings D.M., Ringwood A.H., Sokolova I.M. (2006). Effects of acclimation temperature and cadmium exposure on cellular energy budgets in a marine mollusk Crassostrea virginica: Linking cellular and mitochondrial responses. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:1274-1284.

  15. Sokolova I.M., Leamy L., Harrison M.**, Oliver J.D. (2005). Intrapopulational variation in Vibrio vulnificus levels in Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1971) is associated with the host size but not with disease status or developmental stability. Journal of Shellfish Research 24: 503-508.

  16. Sokolova I.M., Ringwood A.H., Johnson C.** (2005). Tissue-specific accumulation of cadmium in subcellular compartments of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Aquatic Toxicology 74: 218-228. http://www.sciencedirect.com/ (doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.05.012) or PDF

  17. Sokolova I.M., Sokolov E.P., Ponnappa K.M.** (2005).Cadmium exposure affects mitochondrial bioenergetics and gene expression of key mitochondrial proteins in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Aquatic Toxicology 73: 242- 255. http://www.sciencedirect.com/ or PDF

  18. Sokolova I.M., Sokolov E.P. (2005). Evolution of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins: Novel invertebrate UCP homologues suggest early evolutionary divergence of the UCP family. FEBS Letters 579: 313-317 http://www.febsletters.org/article/PIIS0014579304015340/abstract  or PDF

  19. Sokolova I.M., Evans S.**, Hughes F.M. (2004). Cadmium-induced apoptosis in oyster hemocytes involves disturbance of cellular energy balance but no mitochondrial permeability transition. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3369-3380. PDF or http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/207/19/3369

  20. Sokolova I.M. (2004). Cadmium effects on mitochondrial function are enhanced by elevated temperatures in a marine poikilotherm, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 2639-2648. PDF or  http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/207/15/2639.pdf

  21. Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2004). A neutral DNA marker suggests that parallel physiological adaptations to open shore and salt marsh habitats have evolved more than once within two different species of gastropods. Marine Biology 145: 133-147 PDF

  22. Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2004). Length polymorphisms in an intron of aminopeptidase N provide a useful nuclear DNA marker for Littorina species (Caenogastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 165 - 172. PDF

  23. Sokolov E.P., Pörtner H.O., Lucassen M., Sokolova I.M. (2003). Microscale genetic differentiation along the vertical shore gradient in White Sea snails Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) assessed by microsatellite markers. Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 388 - 391. PDF

  24. Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O.(2003) Metabolic plasticity and critical temperatures for aerobic scope in a eurythermal marine invertebrate (Littorina saxatilis, Gastropoda: Litorinidae) from different latitudes. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 195-207 PDF  or http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/206/1/195.pdf

  25. Sokolov, E.P., Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2002). Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers from the marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 27-29 PDF

  26. Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2001). Adaptation to high shore life in Littorina saxatilis involves improved water conservation abilities and metabolic rate depression. Marine Ecology Progress Series 224: 171 - 186. PDF

  27. Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2001). Temperature effects on key metabolic enzymes in Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata from different latitudes and shore levels. Marine Biology 139: 113 – 126. PDF

  28. Granovitch A.I., Sokolova I.M. (2001). Littorina arcana Hannaford Ellis, 1978 – a new record from the eastern Barents Sea. Sarsia 86: 241 – 243. PDF

  29. Sokolov, E.P., Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2001). Composition and relative abundance of microsatellite repeats in genome of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 499 – 501. PDF

  30. Sokolova, I.M., Bock, C., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Resistance to freshwater exposure in White Sea Littorina spp. I. Anaerobic metabolism and energetics. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170 (2): 91 – 103. PDF

  31.  Sokolova, I.M., Bock, C., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Resistance to freshwater exposure in White Sea Littorina spp. I. Acid-base regulation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170 (2): 105 – 115. PDF

  32. Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O., Sokolova, I.M. (2000). Spatial and temporal variation of trematode infection in coexisting populations of intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 41: 53 – 64.

  33. Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A.I., Berger, V.Ja., Johannesson, K. (2000). Intraspecific physiological variability of the gastropod Littorina saxatilis related to the vertical shore gradient in the White and North Seas. Marine Biology 137: 297 – 308. PDF

  34. Sokolova, I.M., Berger, V.Ja. (2000). Physiological variation related to shell colour polymorphism in White Sea Littorina saxatilis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 245: 1 – 23. PDF

  35. Sokolova I.M. (2000). Effects of salinity on growth rate and survival of juvenile gastropods Littorina saxatilis from habitats with different salinity regimes. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 26(6): 427 – 431 PDF

  36. Sergievsky, S.O., Granovitch, A.I. and Sokolova I.M. (1997). Long-term studies of the Littorina obtusata and Littorina saxatilis populations in the White Sea. Oceanologica Acta 20 (1), 259 - 265.

  37. Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A. I., Sergievsky, S. O. (1997). Shell colour polymorphism in Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis populations along a salinity gradient in a White Sea estuary. In: The responses of marine organisms to their environment. L.E. Hawkins, S. Hutchinson [Eds.]. University of Southampton. Pp. 57 - 65.

  38. Sokolova, I.M. (1995). The influence of trematodes on the demography of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Littorinidae) in the White Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 21, 91–101.

  39. Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Embryonic abnormalities in populations of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in the White Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 61 (3), 303–311.

  40. Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O. and Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Co-occurrence of several trematode species in the White Sea molluscs Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata. Parazitologiya 29(6), 45–46 (in Russian with English summary).

  41. Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Seasonal dynamics of fecundity in populations of intertidal gastropod molluscs Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) in the White Sea. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 78–88 (in Russian with English summary).

  42. Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O. and Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Dynamics of phenotypic structure of coexisting populations of the intertidal molluscs Littorina obtusata (L.) and L. saxatilis (Olivi): a 11-years long study. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 89–118 (in Russian with English summary).

  43. Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A.I. and Sergievsky, S.O. (1995). Phenotypic structure of the estuarine populations of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) and Littorina obtusata (L.) in the White Sea. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 119–140 (in Russian with English summary).

  44. Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. (1995). Influence of trematode infection on population structure of intermediate snail hosts Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology 5: 115.

  45. Lyzen (Sokolova), I.M., Sukhotin, A.A. and Sergievsky, S.O. (1992). Influence of the infection by trematode partenites on the aquatic respiration rate of the intertidal mollusk Littorina obtusata. Parazitologiya 26 (6), 521–523 (in Russian with English summary)

Non-peer reviewed publications

1.      Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. (1995). Influence of trematode infection on population structure of intermediate snail hosts Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology 5: 115.

2.      Sokolova, I.M. (1997). Populational aspects of adaptation of the intertidal gastropod molluscs Littorina saxatilis to low salinity. Summary of the dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in biology (St. Petersburg): 1–20 (in Russian).

3.      Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Adaptation of intertidal snails to life at high shore levels: Is increased anaerobic capacity involved? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 126: S138

4.      Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2002). Metabolic aspects of temperature adaptations in a eurythermal marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis: latitudinal vs. microscale comparisons. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A: S19.

5.      Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2002). Bridging genetics and physiology: Candidate gene approach to the study of habitat-related variation in enzyme activities in intertidal snails (Littorina spp.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A:  S91.

6.      Sokolova I.M., F. M. Hughes. (2004).Temperature and cadmium synergistically affect mitochondrial function in a marine poikilotherm, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137A: S9.

7.  Sokolova I.M., S. Evans**, F. M. Hughes. (2004). Role of mitochondria in cadmium-induced apoptosis in hemocytes of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137A: S13.

8.  Sokolova I., Cherkasov A.*, Biswas P., Lannig G. (2006). Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on the bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica): from mitochondrial to whole-organism responses. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S128.

9.  Lannig G., Flores J., Sokolova I. (2006). Cadmium reduces temperature tolerance in oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S130.

10.  Cherkasov A.*, Grewal S.*, Sokolova I. (2006). Cadmium and temperature effects on mitochondrial and cellular function of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S130.

11.  Sokolova I.M., Ringwood A.H., Habinck E.** (2006). Subcellular distribution of cadmium and its effect on mitochondrial function and enzyme activity in oysters Crassostrea virginica. Marine Environmental Research 62: S97.

12. Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2007). The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors. Editorial for a special issue of Journal of Thermal Biology 32 (3): 117.

13. Sokolova I.M. (2006). The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors. Bulletin of the Society for Experimental Biology, July 2006: 17-18.

14. Sanni B.**, Cherkasov A.*, Sokolova I. (2007). Mitochondrial aconitase is sensitive to oxidative stress induced by cadmium and elevated temperatures but not protected by uncoupling proteins in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica. The FASEB Journal, 21 (6): A819-820.

15. Sokolova I.M., Cherkasov A.S.*, Lannig G. (2007). Metabolic limitations reduce tolerance to combined cadmium and temperature stress in oysters, Crassostrea virginica. The FASEB Journal, 21 (6): A1141.

16. Lannig G., Bock C., Pörtner H.O., Cherkasov A.S.* and Sokolova I.M. (2007). Reduced temperature tolerance in cadmium-exposed oysters: Early mismatch between O2-demand and O2-supply due to impaired aerobic capacities. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146 (4): S213