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

The American Physiological Society

• The mitochondrial uncoupling protein may participate in futile cycling of pyruvate and other monocarboxylates. Je_ek, Petr, and Ji_[acute]i Boreck. Department of Membrane Transport Biophysics, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, CZ 14220 APStracts 5:0117C, 1998.
• Uptake and metabolism of biotin by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Zempleni, Janos, and Donald M. Mock. Department of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Children_s Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 APStracts 5:0118C, 1998.
• Swelling-activated cation-selective channels in a6 epithelia are permeable to large cations.. Li, Jinqing, Patrick De Smet, Danny Jans, Jeannine Simaels, and Willy Van Driessche. Laboratory of Physiology, K. U. Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000 LEUVEN (Belgium) APStracts 5:0119C, 1998.
• Myocardial gene reprogramming associated with a cardiac cross -resistant state induced by lps preconditioning. Meng, Xianzhong, James M. Brown, Lihua Ao, Robert T. Rowland, Steven K. Nordeen, Anirban Banerjee, Alden H. Harken . DEPARTMENTS OF SURGERY, AND PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO, 80262 APStracts 5:0120C, 1998.
• Cloning and characterization of fiber type specific ryanodine receptor isoforms in skeletal muscles of fish . Franck, Jens P. C., Jeffery Morrissette, John E. Keen, Richard L. Londraville, Mark Beamsley, and Barbara A. Block. Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950. APStracts 5:0121C, 1998.
• An immortalized rat parotid gland cell line, par-c10, that exhibits neurotransmitter-regulated transepithelial anion secretion. Turner, John T., Robert S. Redman, Jean M. Camden, Linda A. Landon, and David O. Quissell. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, Oral Pathology Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Research, School of Dentistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262 APStracts 5:0122C, 1998.
• Effects of bapta on force and intracellular ca2+ transient during isometric contraction of frog muscle fibers. Sun, Y. B., C. Caputo, and K. A. P. Edman. Department of Pharmacology, University of Lund, S divided by lvegatan 10, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden APStracts 5:0123C, 1998.
• Uptake and metabolism of biotin by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells1,2. Zempleni, Janos, and Donald M. Mock. Department of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Children_s Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 APStracts 5:0124C, 1998.
• Overexpression of protein kinase c delta increases tight junction permeability in llc-pk1 epithelia. Mullin, James M., Jennifer A. Kampherstein, Kathleen V. Laughlin, Cheryl E. K. Clarkin, R. Daniel Miller, Zoltan Szallasi, Bechara Kachar, Alejandro Peralta Soler, and Dan Rosson. The Lankenau Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, PA 19096-3411, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institute On Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20850 APStracts 5:0125C, 1998.
• Effects of local anesthetics on na+ channels containing the equine hyperkalemic periodic paralysis mutation. Sah, Rajan L., Robert G. Tsushima, and Peter H. Backx. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada APStracts 5:0126C, 1998.
• Activation of f508 cftr in an epithelial monolayer. Beb[diaeresis]ok, Zsuzsa, Charles J. Venglarik, Zita P[acute]ancz[acute]el, Tam[acute]as Jilling, Kevin L. Kirk, and Eric J. Sorscher. Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Departments of Medicine, and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 ,University Medical School of Pecs, Hungary, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL 60201 APStracts 5:0127C, 1998.
• Using gadolinium to identify stretch-activated channels: technical considerations. Caldwell, Ray A., Henry F. Clemo, and Clive M. Baumgarten. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 APStracts 5:0128C, 1998.
• Growth hormone (gh) regulates the distribution of l-type calcium channels in rat adipocyte membranes 1,2. Gaur, Shikha, Mary E. Morton, G. Peter Frick, and H. Maurice Goodman. Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester MA 01655 and Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA 01610 APStracts 5:0129C, 1998.
• Expression of the transforming growth factor-( gene during growth inhibition following polyamine depletion. Patel, Anami R., Ji Li, Barbara L. Bass, and Jian-Ying Wang. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical School and Baltimore Veterans, Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201 APStracts 5:0130C, 1998.
• Myosin heavy chain isoform expression in rat smooth muscle development. White, Sheryl L., Ming Yuan Zhou, Robert B. Low, Muthu Periasamy. Dept. Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405 and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 APStracts 5:0131C, 1998.