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

The American Physiological Society

• Growth factor-like action of lysophosphatidic acid on human blymphoblasts. Rosskopf, Dieter, Wim Daelman, Stefan Busch, Markus Sch[umlaut]urks, Kathrin Hartung, Andreas Kribben, Martin C. Michel, and Winfried Siffert. Institut f[umlaut]ur Pharmakologie, and Abteilung f[umlaut]ur Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Universit[umlaut]atsklinikum, D -45122 Essen, Germany APStracts 5:0047C, 1998.
• Effects of [agonist], cytochalasin, and temperature on length -dependent modulation of smooth muscle activation. Youn, Thomas, Son A Kim, and Chi-Ming Hai. Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 APStracts 5:0048C, 1998.
• Developmental regulation of enac subunit mrna levels in rat kidney. Vehaskari, V. Matti, James M. Hempe, Jennifer Manning, Diego H. Aviles, and Mary Catherine Carmichael. Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112 APStracts 5:0049C, 1998.
• Inhibition of mek increases raf-1 activity, but has variable effects on mitogenesis, in vascular smooth muscle cells. Weiss, Robert H., Elizabeth A. Maga, and Al Ramirez. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, CA USA. 95616, and Department of Veterans' Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Pleasant Hill, CA USA 94523 APStracts 5:0050C, 1998.
• Role of cyclic adp ribose in the regulation of [ca2+]i in porcine tracheal smooth muscle. Prakash, Y. S., Mathur S. Kannan, Timothy F. Walseth, and Gary C. Sieck. Departments of Anesthesiology, and Physiology & Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905. Departments of Veterinary PathoBiology, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 APStracts 5:0051C, 1998.
• The effect of clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum function on single skinned mammalian skeletal muscle fibers. Bakker, Anthony J., Stewart I. Head, Anthony C. Wareham & D. George Stephenson. Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 6907, Australia. School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester M13 9PT, U.K. School of Zoology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, Australia. APStracts 5:0052C, 1998.
• Modulation of potassium channel gating by co-expression of kv2.1 with regulatory kv5.1 or kv6.1 [alpha]-subunits. Kramer, J. W., M. A. Post, A. M. Brown, and G. E. Kirsch. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Rammelkamp Research Center, MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109 APStracts 5:0053C, 1998.
• Regulation of the na+/h+ exchanger (nhe1) in fibroblasts overexpressing the na+/ca2+ exchanger (ncx1). Ikeda, Toshitaro, Takahiro Iwamoto, Shigeo Wakabayashi, Munekazu Shigekawa. Department of Molecular Physiology, National Cardiovascular Research Institute, Osaka 565, Japan APStracts 5:0054C, 1998.
• Distinct domains of the voltage-gated k+ channel kv[beta]1.3 beta subunit affect voltage-dependent gating. Uebele, Victor N., Sarah K. England, Daniel J. Gallagher, Dirk J. Snyders, Paul B. Bennett, and Michael M. Tamkun. Departments of Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Medicine, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109 APStracts 5:0055C, 1998.
• How many messengers to send calcium?. Somlyo, Andrew P. Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and the Center for Structural Biology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. APStracts 5:0056C, 1998.
• Regulation of renac mrna by dietary nacl and steroids: organ, tissue and steroid heterogeneity.. Stokes, John B., and Rita D. Sigmund. Laboratory of Epithelial Transport, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, and The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242 APStracts 5:0057C, 1998.
• Inflammatory cytokines modulate the ca2+ signaling pathway in osteoblastic cells: an effect independent of no production.. Tam, Vincent K., Sandra Schotland, Jacob Green. LABORATORY OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DIVISION OF NEPHROLOGY AND DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90048, U S A. APStracts 5:0058C, 1998.
• Selective hydrolysis of plasmalogen phospholipids by ca2+ -independent pla2 in hypoxic ventricular myocytes. McHowat, Jane, Shi Liu, and Michael H. Creer. Department of Pathology, St. Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO and Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR APStracts 5:0059C, 1998.
• An analysis of calcium release by dgea: mobilisation of two functionally distinct internal stores in saos-2 cells.. McCann, T. J., J. W. Keyte, S. S Papaioannou, W. T. Mason, M. C. Meikle, and F. McDonald. Department of Orthodontics & Paediatric Dentistry, United Medical & Dental Schools, Floor 22, Guy's Tower, St. Thomas Street, LONDON, SE1 9RT, UK, Department of Neurobiology, The Babraham Institute, Babraham, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 4AT, UK and Biopolymer Synthesis and Analysis Unit, School of Biomedical Science, Queens Medical Centre, NOTTINGHAM. NG7 2UH, UK. APStracts 5:0060C, 1998.
• Glutamate transport and cellular glutamine metabolism: regulation in llc-pk1 versus llc-pk1-f+ cell lines. Meade, Dale, Catherine Chess, and Tomas C. Welbourne. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport APStracts 5:0061C, 1998.
• B-adrenergic-induced cytosolic redistribution of rap1 in rat parotid acini: role in secretion. D'silva, Nisha J., Kerry L. Jacobson, Sabrina M. Ott, and Eileen L. Watson. Departments of Oral Biology and Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 APStracts 5:0062C, 1998.
• Control of heat production by the ca2+-atpase of rabbit and trout sarcoplasmic reticulum. Meis, Leopoldo De. Instituto de Ci[circumflex]encias Biom[acute]edicas, Departamento de Bioqu[acute]imica M[acute]edica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universit[acute]aria, RJ 21941-590, Brasil APStracts 5:0063C, 1998.
• Sodium/calcium exchange in catfish retina horizontal cells: regulation of intracellular calcium store function. Micci, M. A., Burgess N. Christensen. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0641 APStracts 5:0064C, 1998.
• Effect of cell swelling on membrane and cytoplasmic distribution of pi cln. Emma, Francesco, Sylvie Breton, Rebecca Morrison, Stephen Wright, and Kevin Strange. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232. Renal Division, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115. Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02129. Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 APStracts 5:0065C, 1998.
• Equibiaxial strain stimulates early activation of g proteins in cardiac fibroblasts: the role of strain and strain rate in mechanical signaling. Gudi, Siva R. P., Ann A. Lee, Craig B. Clark, and John A. Frangos. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 APStracts 5:0066C, 1998.
• Pharmacological characterization of swelling-induced [3h] -d -aspartate release from primary astrocyte cultures. Rutledge, Eric M., Michael Aschner, and Harold K. Kimelberg. Department of Pharmacology/Neuroscience and Department of Neurosurgery at Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208 and Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157. APStracts 5:0067C, 1998.
• The synergistic induction of ornithine decarboxylase by asparagine and gut peptides in small intestinal crypt cells. Wang, Jian-Ying, Ji Li, Anami R. Patel, Stephen Summers, Li Li, and Barbara L. Bass. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical School and Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 5:0068C, 1998.