APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 5, 1998

The American Physiological Society

• Quantitative contribution of nhe2 and nhe3 to rabbit ileal brush border na/h exchange. Wormmeester, Louktje, Fermin Sanchez De Medina, Freddy Kokke, Chung -Ming Tse, Seema Khurana, Joellyn Bowser, Michael E. Cohen, and Mark Donowitz. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, G.I. Division, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 21205 APStracts 5:0020C, 1998.
• Insp3 receptor blockade fails to prevent intracellular ca2+ release by et-1 and [alpha]-thrombin. Mathias, Robert S., Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, Takayuki Michikawa, Atsushi Miyawaki, and Harlan E. Ives. Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, and Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo APStracts 5:0021C, 1998.
• Modulation of human neuronal [alpha]1e type calcium channel by [alpha]2d subunit. Qin, Ning, Riccardo Olcese, Enrico Stefani, and Lutz Birnbaumer. Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology Institute, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 APStracts 5:0022C, 1998.
• Neuropeptide y inhibition of calcium channels in pc12 pheochromocytoma cells. McCullough, Laura A., Terrance M. Egan, and Thomas C. Westfall. Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, MO, USA 63104 APStracts 5:0023C, 1998.
• Contractile activity-induced adaptations in the mitochondrial protein import system. Takahashi, Mark, Alan Chesley, and David A. Hood. Department of Biology and Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 APStracts 5:0024C, 1998.
• Increased prostacyclin and prostaglandin e2 stimulated camp production by macrophages from endotoxin (lps) tolerant rats. Makhlouf, Michel A., Lawrence P. Fernando, Thomas W. Gettys, Perry V. Halushka, and James A. Cook. Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425 APStracts 5:0025C, 1998.
• Differential regulation of single cftr channels by pp2c, pp2a and other phosphatases. Luo, Jiexin, Mary D. Pato, John R. Riordan, and John W. Hanrahan. Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada H3G 1Y6; Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchwan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W0; S.C. Johnson Medical Research Center, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 85259 APStracts 5:0026C, 1998.
• Dying enterocytes downregulate signaling pathways converging on ras; rescue by protease inhibition. Scheving, Lawrence A., Wen-Hui Jin, Kang-Mei Chong, Wendi Gardner, and Frederick O. Cope. Department of Pediatrics Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN and Neoprobe Corporation Columbus, Ohio APStracts 5:0027C, 1998.
• In vitro and in vivo evaluation of insulin producing [beta] tc6-f7 cells in microcapsules.. Zhou, D., A. M. Sun, X. Li, S. N. Mamujee, I. Vacek, J. Georgiou and M. B. Wheeler. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8. APStracts 5:0028C, 1998.
• Snap-25 is essential for cortical granule exocytosis in mouse eggs. Ikebuchi, Yoshihide, Nobuyuki Masumoto, Tetsu Matsuoka, Takeshi Yokoi, Masahiro Tahara, Keiichi Tasaka, Akira Miyake, and Yuji Murata. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan APStracts 5:0029C, 1998.
• 5( heterogeneity in epithelial sodium channel [alpha] subunit mrna leads to distinct nh2-terminal variants isoforms of the subunit peptide.. Thomas, Christie P., Scott Auerbach, John B. Stokes, and Kenneth A. Volk. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 52246. APStracts 5:0030C, 1998.
• Diversity of ca2+ mobilizing mechanisms. Biancani, Piero. Department of Medicine. Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital APStracts 5:0031C, 1998.
• Basis for late rise in fura-2 r signal reporting [ca2+]i during relaxation in intact rat ventricular trabeculae. Jiang, Yandong, Michael F. Patterson, David L. Morgan, and Fred J. Julian. Department of Anesthesia Research Laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 5:0032C, 1998.
• Milrinone inhibits contractility in skinned skeletal muscle fibers. Seow, C. Y., L. Morishita, and B. H. Bressler. Departments of Anatomy and Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3 APStracts 5:0033C, 1998.
• Proteinase-activated receptors: novel mechanisms of signaling by serine proteases. D[acute]ery, Olivier O., Carlos U. Corvera, Martin Steinhoff, and Nigel W. Bunnett. Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco CA 94143-0660 APStracts 5:0034C, 1998.
• Dynamics of myosin light chain phosphorylation at ser19 and thr18/ ser19 in smooth muscle cells in culture. Sakurada, Katsuhiko, Minoru Seto, and Yasuharu Sasaki. Frontier 21 Project, Life Science Research Center, Asahi Chemical Industry, Co., Ltd., 2-1, Samejima, Fuji, Shizuoka 416, Japan APStracts 5:0035C, 1998.
• Is cytoskeletal tension a major determinant of cell deformability in adherent endothelial cells?. Pourati, Jacob, Andrew Maniotis, David Spiegel, Jonathan L. Schaffer, James P. Butler, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Donald E. Ingber, Dimitrijie Stamenovic, and Ning Wang. Physiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health; Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115. Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 APStracts 5:0036C, 1998.
• Glucagon mediated ca2+ signaling in bhk cells expressing cloned human glucagon receptors. Hansen, Lars H., Jesper Gromada, Pierre Bouchelouche, Ted Whitmore, Laura Jelinek, Wayne Kindsvogel, and Erica Nishimura. Department of Molecular Signaling, Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark; Islet Cell Physiology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Symbion Science Park, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Biochemistry Roskilde County Hospital, Kge, Denmark and ZymoGenetics Inc., Seattle, USA APStracts 5:0037C, 1998.
• Alterations in amp deaminase activity and kinetics in skeletal muscle of creatine kinase deficient mice. Tullson, Peter C., James W. E. Rush, B[acute]e Wieringa, and R. L. Terjung. Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York 13210. Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0038C, 1998.
• Chronic exposure to tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate depletes protein kinase ca content and augments calcium-dependent insulin secretion from cultured rat islets. Zawalich, Walter S., Marc Bonnet-Eymard, Kathleen C. Zawalich, Gordon C. Yaney. Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06536-0740. Boston University Medical Center, Evans Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, 88 East Newton Street, Boston MA 02118 APStracts 5:0039C, 1998.
• Hormonal regulation of enacs: insulin and aldosterone. Blazer-Yost, Bonnie L., Xuehong Liu, and Sandy I. Helman. Biology Department, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 APStracts 5:0040C, 1998.
• Testosterone: the culprit for producing splenocyte immune depression following trauma-hemorrhage. Angele, Martin K., Alfred Ayala, William G. Cioffi, Kirby I. Bland, Irshad H. Chaudry. Center for Surgical Research and Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903. APStracts 5:0041C, 1998.
• Deoxygenation of sickle red blood cells stimulates kcl cotransport without affecting na/h exchange. Joiner, C. H., M. Jiang, H. Fathallah, F. Giraud, and R. S. Franco. Cincinnati Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Divisions of Pediatric and Medical Hematology/Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Ohio. Laboratoire de Biomembranes et Messagers Cellulaires, CNRS ERS 571, Universit[acute]e Paris XI, Orsay, France APStracts 5:0042C, 1998.
• Peroxynitrite inhibits amiloride-sensitive na+ currents in xenopus oocytes expressing (,(,(-renac.. Duvall, M. D., S. Zhu, C. M. Fuller, and S. Matalon. Departments. of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 APStracts 5:0043C, 1998.
• Occludin is concentrated at tight junctions of mouse/rat but not human/guinea pig sertoli cells in testes. Moroi, Seiji, Mitinori Saitou, Kazushi Fujimoto, Akira Sakakibara, Mikio Furuse, Osamu Yoshida, and Shoichiro Tsukita. Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606; and Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606; and Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan. APStracts 5:0044C, 1998.
• Synergism between toxin gamma from the brazilian scorpion tityus serrulatus and veratridine in chromaffin cells. Conceiao, Isaltino M., Ivo Lebrun, Mar[acute]ia Cano-Abad, Luis Gand[acute]ia, Jes[acute]us M. Hern[acute]andez-Guijo, Manuela G. L[acute]opez, Mercedes Villarroya, Aron Jurkiewicz, and Antonio G. Garc[acute]ia. Departamento de Farmacolog[acute]ia y Terap[acute]eutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Aut[acute]onoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo, 4. 28029 Madrid, Spain. Servicio de Farmacolog[acute]ia Cl[acute]inica, Instituto de Gerontolog[acute]ia. Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Diego de Le[acute]on, 62. 28006 Madrid, Spain. Laboratorio de Farmacolog[acute]ia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1550, 05503 S[circumflex]ao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Departamento de Farmacolog[acute]ia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu, 862, Caixa Postal 20.372, 04034-970-S[circumflex]ao Paulo, Brazil. Laboratorio de Bioqu[acute]imica e Biof[acute]isica, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1550, 05503 S[circumflex]ao Paulo, SP, Brazil APStracts 5:0045C, 1998.
• Androgen receptors in human preadipocytes and adipocytes : regional specificities and regulation by sex steroids.. Dieudonne, Mn., R. Pecquery, A. Boumediene, Mc. Leneveu, and Y. Giudicelli. Service de Biochimie, INSERM CJF 9402, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine Paris-Ouest, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes (Paris V) Centre Hospitalier de POISSY, 78303 Poissy Cedex FRANCE. APStracts 5:0046C, 1998.