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

The American Physiological Society

• Effects of growth hormone on glucocorticoid-induced increase in ability of urea synthesis and urea enzyme gene expression in rats. Grofte, Thorbjorn, Dorthe Svenstrup Jensen, Henning Gronbak, Troels Wolthers, Niels Tygstrup, and Hendrik Vilstrup. Department of Medicine V and Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Medicine A, State University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. APStracts 5:0060E, 1998.
• The acute-phase protein response to infection in severe malnutrition. Morlese, John F., Terrence Forrester, and Farook Jahoor. USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. 77030 and the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica. APStracts 5:0061E, 1998.
• In vivo regulation of acyl-coa synthetase mrna and activity by endotoxin and cytokines. Memon, Riaz A., John Fuller, Arthur H. Moser, Pamela J. Smith, Kenneth R. Feingold, and Carl Grunfeld. Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California 94143 and Metabolism Section, Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121 and Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio 43215 APStracts 5:0062E, 1998.
• Perioperative insulin and glucose infusion maintains normal insulin sensitivity after surgery. Nygren, Jonas O, Anders Thorell, Mattias Soop, Suad Efendic, Kerstin Brismar, Fredrik Karpe, K S Nair, and Olle Ljungqvist. Depts. of Surgery, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Gustaf V Research Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mn, USA APStracts 5:0063E, 1998.
• Rapid phase advance of the 24-h melatonin profile following afternoon dark exposure. Cauter, Eve Van, Rodrigo Moreno-Reyes, Elif Akseki, Mireille L'hermite-Bal[acute]eriaux, Ulrich Hirschfeld, Rachel Leproult, and Georges Copinschi. Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 - and - Center for the Study of Biological Rhythms (CERB) and Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Universit[acute]e Libre de Bruxelles, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. APStracts 5:0064E, 1998.
• Short term culture of ovine embryos modifies fetal myogenesis. Maxfield, E. K., K. D. Sinclair, P. J. Broadbent, T. G. McEvoy, J. J. Robinson, and C. A. Maltin. Rowett Research Institute, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB, The Scottish Agricultural College, Ferguson Building, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9YA. APStracts 5:0065E, 1998.
• Maternal hyperglycemia alters glucose transport and utilization in mouse. Embryos, Preimplantation. Kelle H. Moley, Maggie M-Y. Chi, Mike M. Mueckler APStracts 5:0066E, 1998.
• The effects of flooding amino acids on the incorporation of labelled amino acids into human muscle protein. Smith, Kenneth, Nigel Reynolds, Shaun Downie, Ayyub Patel, and Michael J Rennie. Department of Anatomy & Physiology, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland APStracts 5:0067E, 1998.
• Responses of hepatic tnfa mrna to repeated hemorrhage in the conscious rat. Yamashita, Masatomo, and Mamoru Yamashita. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tsukuba School of Medicine, Tennohdai, Tsukuba, 305 Japan APStracts 5:0068E, 1998.
• Plasma growth hormone secretion is impaired in obesity-prone rats prior to onset of diet-induced obesity.. Lauterio, Thomas J., Ariel Barkan, Mark Deangelo, Roberta Demott -Friberg, and Ray Ramirez. Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23501, Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23501 APStracts 5:0069E, 1998.
• Effects of daytime melatonin infusion in young adults. Heuvel, Cameron J. Van Den, David J. Kennaway, and Drew Dawson. The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia, The Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, 5th Floor CDRC Building, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 11-23 Woodville Rd, Woodville SA 5011, Australia. APStracts 5:0070E, 1998.
• Role of free fatty acids and glucagon in the extrahepatic effect of insulin on glucose production in humans. Lewis, Gary F., Mladen Vranic, Adria Giacca. The Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada APStracts 5:0071E, 1998.
• Lean (fa/fa) but not obese (fa/fa) zucker rats release cholecystokinin at the pvn after a gavaged meal. Fanti, Brant A. De, Robert C. Backus, Jock S. Hamilton, Dorothy W. Gietzen, and Barbara A. Horwitz. Division of Biological Sciences: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior; School of Veterinary Medicine: Molecular Bioscience and Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology; and Food Intake Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 APStracts 5:0072E, 1998.
• Short chain fatty acids alter the pattern of igf binding proteins secreted by intestinal (caco-2) epithelial cells. Nishimura, Akiyoshi, Mika Fujimoto, Satoshi Oguchi, Robert D. Fusunyan, Richard P. Macdermott, Ian R. Sanderson. Developmental Gastroenterology Laboratory, Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and *Gastrointestinal Section, Lahey Hitchcock Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805 APStracts 5:0073E, 1998.
• Infused igf-i/igfbp-3 complex causes glomerular localization of igf-i in the rat kidney. Sandra, Alexander, Mary Boes, Brian L. Dake, John B. Stokes, and Robert S. Bar. Departments of Internal Medicine and Anatomy, Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246 APStracts 5:0074E, 1998.
• Effects of short-term submaximal training in humans on muscle metabolism in exercise. Putman, Ct, Nl Jones, E Hultman, Mg Hollidge-Horvat, A Bonen, Dr McConachie, and Gjf Heigenhauser. Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada; Department of Clinical Chemistry, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden; Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada APStracts 5:0075E, 1998.
• Angiotensin ii induces acrosomal exocytosis in bovine spermatozoa. Gur, Yael, Haim Breitbart, Yehudit Lax, Sarah Rubinstein, and Nadav Zamir. Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978; 3D-PHARM Ltd., Kiryat Weizmann, Science Park, Rehovot 76123, Israel APStracts 5:0076E, 1998.
• Are controlled by two independent but synchronized generators oscillating in phase opposition. Gronfier, Claude, Florian Chapotot, Laurence Weibel, Christophe Jouny, Fran[cedilla]cois Piquard, and Gabrielle Brandenberger. Laboratoire des R[acute]egulations Physiologiques et des Rythmes Biologiques chez l_Homme, Institut de Physiologie - 4, rue Kirschleger - 67085 Strasbourg Cedex _ France APStracts 5:0077E, 1998.
• Skeletal muscle insulin resistance after trauma: dissociation between insulin signaling and glucose transport. Str[diaeresis]ommer, Lisa, Johan Permert, Urban Arnelo, Camilla Koehler, Bengt Isaksson, J[diaeresis]orgen Larsson, Inger Lundkvist, Marie Bj[diaeresis]ornholm, Yuichi Kawano, Harriet Wallberg -Henriksson, and Juleen R. Zierath. Arvid Wretlinds Laboratory for Metabolic and Nutritional Research, Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital and Department of Clinical Physiology Karolinska Institute at Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0078E, 1998.
• Steroid specificity of the putative dehydrocorticosterone receptor: evidence that the receptor is not 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Sheppard, Karen E., Karen Khoo, Zygmunt S. Krozowski, and Kevin X. Z. Li. Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria, Australia ; and the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Monash University Medical School, Prahran, Victoria, Australia APStracts 5:0079E, 1998.
• A negative arterial-portal vein glucose gradient decreases skeletal muscle glucose uptake in the conscious dog. Galassetti, Pietro, Masakazu Shiota, Brad A. Zinker, David H. Wasserman, and Alan D. Cherrington. Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine APStracts 5:0080E, 1998.
• Increased protein synthesis after acute igf-i or insulin infusion is localized to muscle in mice. Bark, Tor H., Margaret A. McNurlan, Charles H. Lang, and Peter J. Garlick. State University of New York, Stony Brook, U.S.A., Department of Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0081E, 1998.
• Control of hepatic insulin-like growth factor-ii gene expression by thyroid hormones in fetal sheep near term. Forhead, Alison J., Juan Li, R. Stewart Gilmour+ and Abigail L. Fowden. Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG, and Department of Cellular Physiology, BBSRC Babraham Institute, Cambridge, CB2 4AT, UK. APStracts 5:0082E, 1998.
• The 24-hour status of whole body leucine and urea kinetics at normal and high protein intakes, with exercise, in healthy adults. Forslund, Anders H., Leif Hambraeus, Roger M. Olsson, Antoine E. El -Khoury, Yong-Ming Yu, Vernon R. Young. Department of Nutrition, Uppsala University, S-75237 Sweden; Laboratory of Human, Nutrition, School of Science and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139 USA APStracts 5:0083E, 1998.
• Over-expression of igf-i in skeletal muscle of transgenic mice does not prevent unloading-induced atrophy. Criswell, David S., Frank W. Booth, Franco Demayo, Robert J. Schwartz, Scott E. Gordon, and Marta L. Fiorotto. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Medical School, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030 APStracts 5:0084E, 1998.
• Localization and quantification of glucose transporters in liver of growth retarded fetal and neonatal rats. Lane, Robert H., Susan E. Crawford, Annette S. Flozak, Rebecca A. Simmons. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School and Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL and Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania APStracts 5:0085E, 1998.
• Organ-tissue mass measurement allows modeling of resting energy expenditure and metabolically active tissue mass. Gallagher, Dympna, Daniel Belmonte, Paul Deurenberg, Zimian Wang, Norman Krasnow, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Steven B. Heymsfield. Obesity Research Center and Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's -Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, and Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0086E, 1998.
• Surgical trauma decreases glutathione synthetic capacity in human skeletal muscle tissue. Luo, Jia-Li, Folke Hammarqvist, Kerstin Andersson, and Jan Wernerman. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Clinical Research Center, Huddinge University Hospital; Department of Surgery, St. G[diaeresis]orans Hospital; Karolinska Institute, 141 86 Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0087E, 1998.
• Relative contributions of a circumventricular organ and the microvascular bed to delivery of blood-borne il-1 to the brain. Maness, Lawrence M., Abba J. Kastin, and William A. Banks. Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 70146 APStracts 5:0088E, 1998.
• The effect of the shift of the sleep-wake cycle on three robust endocrine markers of the circadian clock. Goichot, Bernard, Laurence Weibel, Florian Chapotot, Claude Gronfier, Fran[cedilla]cois Piquard, Gabrielle Brandenberger. Laboratoire des R[acute]egulations Physiologiques et des Rythmes Biologiques chez l'Homme, Institut de Physiologie, 4 rue Kirschleger, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex APStracts 5:0089E, 1998.