Dr Melissa Reichelt
Lecturer-Physiology
School of Biomedical Sciences
+61 7 336 52957
Researcher biography
Dr Reichelt undertook her PhD studies in cardiac physiology at the Heart Foundation Research Center at Griffith University, and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney. She then worked at The University of California, San Diego before returning to Australia to undertake a National Health and Medical Research Council Peter Doherty Fellowship at the University of Melbourne. Dr Reichelt was then recruited to the University of Queensland working as a postdoctoral fellow for four years, before being appointed as an academic in the School of Biomedical Sciences.
Journal Articles
Siegers, Jurre Y., Novakovic, Boris, Hulme, Katina D., Marshall, Rebecca, Bloxham, Conor J., Thomas, Walter G., Reichelt, Mellissa E., Leijten, Lonneke, van Run, Peter, Knox, Karen, Sokolowski, Kamil A., Tse, Brian W. C., Chew, Keng Yih, Christ, Angelika N., Howe, Greg, Bruxner, Timothy J. C., Karolyi, Mario, Pawelka, Erich, Koch, Rebecca M., Bellmann-Weiler, Rosa, Burkert, Francesco, Weiss, Günter, Samanta, Romit J., Openshaw, Peter J. M., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, van Riel, Debby and Short, Kirsty R. (2020). A high fat diet increases influenza A virus-associated cardiovascular damage. The Journal of infectious diseases, 222 (5), 820-831. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa159
O'Brien, Shannon L., Johnstone, Elizabeth K.M., Devost, Dominic, Conroy, Jacinta, Reichelt, Melissa E., Purdue, Brooke W., Ayoub, Mohammed A., Kawai, Tatsuo, Inoue, Asuka, Eguchi, Satoru, Hébert, Terence E., Pfleger, Kevin D.G. and Thomas, Walter G. (2018). BRET-based assay to monitor EGFR transactivation by the AT1R reveals Gq/11 protein-independent activation and AT1R-EGFR complexes. Biochemical Pharmacology, 158, 232-242. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.10.017
Tan, Wei Sheng, Mullins, Thomas P., Flint, Melanie, Walton, Sarah L., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Carter, David A., Gandhi, Meera R., McDonald, Hayley R., Li, Joan, Moritz, Karen M., Reichelt, Melissa E. and Gallo, Linda A (2018). Modeling heart failure risk in diabetes and kidney disease: limitations and potential applications of transverse aortic constriction in high fat fed mice. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 314 (6), R858-R869. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00357.2017
Chandramouli, Chanchal, Reichelt, Melissa E., Curl, Claire L., Varma, Upasna, Bienvenu, Laura A., Koutsifeli, Parisa, Raaijmakers, Antonia J. A., De Blasio, Miles J., Qin, Cheng Xue, Jenkins, Alicia J., Ritchie, Rebecca H., Mellor, Kimberley M. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2018). Diastolic dysfunction is more apparent in STZ-induced diabetic female mice, despite less pronounced hyperglycemia. Scientific reports, 8 (1) 2346, 2346. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20703-8
Bienvenu, Laura A., Morgan, James, Reichelt, Melissa E., Delbridge, Lea M. D. and Young, Morag J. (2017). Chronic in vivo nitric oxide deficiency impairs cardiac functional recovery after ischemia in female (but not male) mice. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 112, 8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.08.012
Kaakinen, Mika, Reichelt, Melissa E., Ma, Zhibin, Ferguson, Charles, Martel, Nick, Porrello, Enzo R., Hudson, James E., Thomas, Walter G., Parton, Robert G. and Headrick, John P. (2017). Cavin-1 deficiency modifies myocardial and coronary function, stretch responses and ischaemic tolerance: roles of NOS over-activity. Basic Research in Cardiology, 112 (3) 24, 24. doi: 10.1007/s00395-017-0613-6
Reichelt, Melissa E., O'Brien, Shannon, Thomas, Walter G. and Headrick, John P. (2017). Transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in responses to myocardial stress and cardioprotection. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 83, 97-110. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.12.014
Kassan, Adam, Pham, Uyen, Quynhmy Nguyen, Reichelt, Melissa E., Cho, Eunbyul, Patel, Piyush M., Roth, David M., Head, Brian P. and Patel, Hemal H. (2016). Caveolin-3 plays a critical role in autophagy after ischemia-reperfusion. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 311 (6), C854-C865. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00147.2016
Ashton, Kevin J., Reichelt, Melissa E., Mustafa, S. Jamal, Teng, Bunyen, Ledent, Catherine, Delbridge, Lea M. D., Hofmann, Polly A., Morrison, R. Ray and Headrick, John P. (2016). Transcriptomic effects of adenosine 2A receptor deletion in healthy and endotoxemic murine myocardium. Purinergic Signalling, 13 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s11302-016-9536-1
Bienvenu, Laura A., Reichelt, Melissa E., Morgan, James, Fletcher, Elizabeth K., Bell, James R., Rickard, Amanda J., Delbridge, Lea M. and Young, Morag J. (2015). Cardiomyocyte mineralocorticoid receptor activation impairs acute cardiac functional recovery after ischemic insult. Hypertension, 66 (5), 970-977. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05981
Bell, James R., Raaijmakers, Antonia J. A., Curl, Claire L., Reichelt, Melissa E., Harding, TristanW., Bei, Aier, Ng, Dominic C. H., Erickson, Jeffrey R., Petroff, Martin Vila, Harrap, Stephen B. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2015). Cardiac CaMKIIδ splice variants exhibit target signaling specificity and confer sex-selective arrhythmogenic actions in the ischemic-reperfused heart. International Journal of Cardiology, 181, 288-296. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.159
Yu, Ze-Yan, Tan, Ju-Chiat, McMahon, Aisling C., Iismaa, Siiri E., Xiao, Xiao-Hui, Kesteven, Scott H., Reichelt, Melissa E., Mohl, Marion C., Smith, Nicola J., Fatkin, Diane, Allen, David, Head, Stewart I., Graham, Robert M. and Feneley, Michael P. (2014). RhoA/ROCK signaling and pleiotropic α1A-adrenergic receptor regulation of cardiac contractility. PLoS ONE, 9 (6) e99024, e99024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099024
Peart, Jason N., Pepe, Salvatore, Reichelt, Melissa E., Beckett, Nikkie, Hoe, Louise See, Ozberk, Victoria, Niesman, Ingrid R., Patel, Hemal H. and Headrick, John P. (2014). Dysfunctional survival-signaling and stress-intolerance in aged murine and human myocardium. Experimental Gerontology, 50 (1), 72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.11.015
Reichelt, M. E., Mellor, K. M., Curl, C. L., Stapleton, D. and Delbridge, L. M. D. (2013). Myocardial glycophagy - a specific glycogen handling response to metabolic stress is accentuated in the female heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 65, 67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.09.014
Bienvenu, Laura A., Reichelt, Melissa E., Delbridge, Lea M. D. and Young, Morag J. (2013). Mineralocorticoid receptors and the heart, multiple cell types and multiple mechanisms: a focus on the cardiomyocyte. Clinical Science, 125 (9), 409-421. doi: 10.1042/CS20130050
Reichelt, Melissa E., Mellor, Kimberley M., Bell, James R., Chandramouli, Chanchal, Headrick, John P. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2013). Sex, sex steroids, and diabetic cardiomyopathy: making the case for experimental focus. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 305 (6), H779-H792. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00141.2013
Reichelt, Melissa E., Ashton, Kevin J., Tan, Xing Lin, Mustafa, S. Jamal, Ledent, Catherine, Delbridge, Lea M. D., Hofmann, Polly A., Headrick, John P. and Morrison, R. Ray (2013). The adenosine A2A receptor - myocardial protectant and coronary target in endotoxemia. International Journal of Cardiology, 166 (3), 672-680. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.075
Mellor, Kimberley M., Reichelt, Melissa E. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2013). Autophagic predisposition in the insulin resistant diabetic heart. Life Sciences, 92 (11), 616-620. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.03.042
Rickard, Amanda J., Morgan, James, Bienvenu, Laura A., Fletcher, Elizabeth K., Cranston, Greg A., Shen, Jimmy Z., Reichelt, Melissa E., Delbridge, Lea M. and Young, Morag J. (2012). Cardiomyocyte mineralocorticoid receptors are essential for deoxycorticosterone/salt-mediated inflammation and cardiac fibrosis. Hypertension, 60 (6), 1443-1450. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.203158
Prele, Cecilia M., Reichelt, Melissa E., Mutsaers, Steven E., Davies, Marilyn, Delbridge, Lea M., Headrick, John P., Rosenthal, Nadia, Bogoyevitch, Marie A. and Grounds, Miranda D. (2012). Insulin-like growth factor-1 overexpression in cardiomyocytes diminishes ex vivo heart functional recovery after acute ischemia. Cardiovascular Pathology, 21 (1), 17-27. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.11.008
Bell, James R., Mellor, Kimberley M., Wollermann, Amanda C., Ip, Wendy T. K., Reichelt, Melissa E., Meachem, Sarah J., Simpson, Evan R. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2011). Aromatase deficiency confers paradoxical postischemic cardioprotection. Endocrinology, 152 (12), 4937-4947. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1212
Mellor, Kimberley M., Reichelt, Melissa E. and Delbridge, Lea M. D. (2011). Autophagy anomalies in the diabetic myocardium. Autophagy, 7 (10), 1263-1267. doi: 10.4161/auto.7.10.17148
Headrick, John P., Peart, Jason N., Reichelt, Melissa E. and Haseler, Luke J. (2011). Adenosine and its receptors in the heart: regulation, retaliation and adaptation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes, 1808 (5), 1413-1428. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.11.016
Reichelt, Melissa E., Shanu, Anu, Willems, Laura, Witting, Paul K., Ellis, Natasha A., Blackburn, Michael R. and Headrick, John P. (2009). Endogenous adenosine selectively modulates oxidant stress via the A1 receptor in ischemic hearts. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 11 (11), 2641-2650. doi: 10.1089/ars.2009.2644
Reichelt, Melissa E., Willems, Laura, Hack, Benjamin A., Peart, Jason N. and Headrick, John P. (2009). Cardiac and coronary function in the Langendorff-perfused mouse heart model. Experimental Physiology, 94 (1), 54-70. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.043554
Peart, Jason N., Gross, Eric R., Reichelt, Melissa E., Hsu, Anna, Headrick, John P. and Gross, Garrett J. (2008). Activation of kappa-opioid receptors at reperfusion affords cardioprotection in both rat and mouse hearts. Basic Research in Cardiology, 103 (5), 454-463. doi: 10.1007/s00395-008-0726-z
Woodcock, Elizabeth A., Du, Xiao-Jun, Reichelt, Melissa E. and Graham, Robert M. (2008). Cardiac α1-adrenergic drive in pathological remodelling. Cardiovascular Research, 77 (3), 452-462. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvm078
Reichelt, Melissa E., Willems, Laura, Peart, Jason N., Ashton, Kevin J., Matherne, G. Paul, Blackburn, Michael R. and Headrick, John P. (2007). Modulation of ischaemic contracture in mouse hearts: a 'supraphysiological' response to adenosine. Experimental Physiology, 92 (1), 175-185. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2006.035568
Willems, Laura, Reichelt, Melissa E., Molina, Jose G., Sun, Chun-Xiao, Chunn, Janci L., Ashton, Kevin J., Schnermann, Jurgen, Blackburn, Michael R. and Headrick, John P. (2006). Effects of adenosine deaminase and A1 receptor deficiency in normoxic and ischaemic mouse hearts. Cardiovascular Research, 71 (1), 79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.03.006
Reichelt, ME, Willems, L, Molina, JG, Sun, CX, Noble, JC, Ashton, KJ, Schnermann, J, Blackburn, MR and Headrick, JP (2005). Genetic deletion of the A1 adenosine receptor limits myocardial ischemic tolerance. Circulation Research, 96 (3), 363-367. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000156075.00127.C3
Reichelt, M., Shi, S. N., Hayes, M., Kay, G., Batch, J., Gole, G. A. and Browning, J. (2003). Vascular endothelial growth factor-B and retinal vascular development in the mouse. Clinical And Experimental Ophthalmology, 31 (1), 61-65. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00602.x
Browning, J., Reichelt, M., Naug, H. L. and Gole, G. (2000). Vascular change in the proximal hyaloid in oxygen induced retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41 (4), 5336.