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

The American Physiological Society

• Regulation of hepatic glutamine metabolism during exercise in the dog. Halseth, Amy E., Nathalie Rh[acute]eaume, Allison B. Messina, Erica K. Reed, Mahesh G. Krishna, Paul J. Flakoll, D. Brooks Lacy, and David H. Wasserman. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 APStracts 5:0143E, 1998.
• Simultaneous time-varying systemic appearance of oral and hepatic glucose in adults monitored with [6,62h2]- and [13c6]d-glucose.. Livesey, G., Wilson, P. D. G., Dainty, J. R., Brown, J. C., Faulks, R. M., Roe, M. A., Newman, T. A., Eagles, J., Mellon, F. A. and Greenwood, R. H. 1Department of Nutrition Diet and Health, 2 Department of Food Biophysics, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK and 3Department of Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich NR1 3SR, UK. APStracts 5:0144E, 1998.
• Kinetics of dexamethasone-induced alterations of glucose metabolism in healthy humans. Schneiter, Ph., and L. Tappy. Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland APStracts 5:0145E, 1998.
• Ligand-induced down-regulation of receptor-mediated clearance of hepatocyte growth factor in rats. Liu, Ke-Xin, Yukio Kato, Ichiro Kino, Toshikazu Nakamura and Yuichi Sugiyama. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, and *Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan APStracts 5:0146E, 1998.
• Effect of dietary protein on translation initiation in rat skeletal muscle and liver. Yoshizawa, Fumiaki, Scot R. Kimball, Thomas C. Vary, and Leonard S. Jefferson. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 APStracts 5:0147E, 1998.
• Sensitivity to epinephrine in older individuals. Marker, James C., William E. Clutter, Philip E. Cryer. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and the Division of Geriatrics, and the General Clinical Research Center and the Diabetes Research and Training Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0148E, 1998.
• Hyperglycemia-induced inhibition of splanchnic fatty acid oxidation increases hepatic triacylglycerol secretion. Sidossis, Labros S., Bettina Mittendorfer, Eric Walser, David Chinkes, and Robert R. Wolfe. Metabolism Unit, Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, TX and the Departments of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550. APStracts 5:0149E, 1998.
• Synergistic actions of insulin and troglitazone on vascular contractility in endothelium-denuded rat aortic rings. Goud, Chetan, Bertram Pitt, R. Clinton Webb, and Joyce M. Richey. Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622 APStracts 5:0150E, 1998.
• Effects of exercise intensity and training on lipid metabolism in young women. Friedlander, Anne L., Gretchen A. Casazza, Michael A. Horning, Thomas F. Buddinger, and George A. Brooks. Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3140 APStracts 5:0151E, 1998.
• Age-related differences in the secretion of calcitonin in female rats. Lu, Chien-Chen, Shiow-Chwen Tsai, Shyi-Wu Wang, William J. S. Huang, and Paulus S, Wang. 1 Department of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, and 2 Department of Physiology, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, 3Graduate Institute of Clinical Research, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 4Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China APStracts 5:0152E, 1998.
• The inhibition of gluconeogenesis following alcohol in humans. Siler, Scott Q., Richard A. Neese, Mark P. Christiansen, Marc K. Hellerstein,_. 1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, 309 Morgan Hall, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720-3104 2. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110 APStracts 5:0153E, 1998.
• 13c nmr measurements of human gluconeogenic fluxes after ingestion of [u-13c]propionate, phenylacetate and acetaminophen. Jones, John G., Michael A. Solomon,$ A. Dean Sherry,# F. M. H. Jeffrey, and Craig R. Malloy$. *Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, $Department of Internal Medicine, UT -Southwestern Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216, #Department of Chemistry, University of Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083 APStracts 5:0154E, 1998.
• Counterregulatory hormones oscillate during steady-state hypoglycemia.. Genter, Pauline, Nancy Berman, Mary Jacob and Eli Ipp. Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center1, Torrance, CA 90509; and California State University2 at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840 APStracts 5:0155E, 1998.
• Differential regulation of arginases and inducible nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophage cells. Morris, Sidney M., Diane Kepka-Lenhart, and Li-Chun Chen. Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 5:0156E, 1998.
• Forearm norepinephrine spillover during standing, hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia. Paramore, Deanna S., Carmine G. Fanelli, Suresh D. Shah, Philip E. Cryer. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and the General Clinical Research Center and the Diabetes Research and Training Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0157E, 1998.
• Aldosterone release during the sleep-wake cycle in humans. Charloux, Anne, Claude Gronfier, Evelyne Lonsdorfer-Wolf, 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 5:0158E, 1998.
• Corticosteroid-independent inhibition of tumor necrosis factor production by the neuropeptide urocortin. Agnello, Davide, Riccardo Bertini, Silvano Sacco, Cristina Meazza, Pia Villa, and Pietro Ghezzi. 1 Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", 20157 Milan, Italy; 2_Department of Pharmacology, Domp[acute]e S.p.A. Research Center, L'Aquila, Italy; and 3_CNR-Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Center, 20129 Milan, Italy. APStracts 5:0159E, 1998.
• Testosterone injection stimulates net protein synthesis but not tissue amino acid transport. Ferrando, Arny A., Kevin D. Tipton, David Doyle, Stuart M. Phillips, Joaquin Cortiella and Robert R. Wolfe. 1Departments of Surgery and 2Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550 APStracts 5:0160E, 1998.
• Muscle contraction increases palmitate esterification and oxidation, and triacylglycerol oxidation. Dyck, D. J., and A. Bonen. Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. APStracts 5:0161E, 1998.
• 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 up-regulates natriuretic peptide receptor -c expression in mouse osteoblasts. Yanaka, Noriyuki, Hiroyuki Akatsuka, Eri Kawai, and Kenji Omori. Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Yodogawa -ku, Osaka 532-8505, Japan APStracts 5:0162E, 1998.
• Human aging is associated with parallel reductions in insulin and amylin release. Dechenes, Cynthia J., C. Bruce Verchere, Sofianos Andrikopoulos _ and Steven E. Kahn. Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 and VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle WA 98108 APStracts 5:0163E, 1998.
• Glucose-induced desensitization of the pancreatic b-cell is species dependent. Zawalich, Walter S., Marc Bonnet-Eymard, Kathleen C. Zawalich . Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06536-0740, 203-785-5522 (Telephone), 203-785-6455 (Fax), Email: Walter.Zawalich@Yale.Edu APStracts 5:0164E, 1998.
• Whole-body, adipose tissue and forearm norepinephrine kinetics in lean and obese women. Coppack, Simon W., Jeffrey F. Horowitz, Deanna S. Paramore, Philip E. Cryer, Henry D. Royal, Samuel Klein. Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 and *Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, London N19 3UA, UK APStracts 5:0165E, 1998.
• The role of local contractile activity and muscle fiber type on lpl regulation during exercise. Hamilton, Marc T., Jacqueline Etienne, Warren C. McClure, Brian S. Pavey, and Alisha K. Holloway . 1Integrative Biology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Texas, USA, 77030, and 2Biochimie et Biologie Mol[acute]eculaire, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine St. Antoine, Paris, France APStracts 5:0166E, 1998.
• Adrenal-dependent modulation of the catalytic subunit isoforms of the na+-k+-atpase in aorta.. Michea, Luis, Viviana Valenzuela, Ignacio Bravo A., Andr_s Schuster, and Elisa T. Marusic. Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, School of Medicine, University Los Andes, Casilla 20106, Santiago 20-Chile APStracts 5:0167E, 1998.
• Isolation of human skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain and actin for measurement of fractional synthesis rates. Hasten, D. L., G. S. Morris, S. Ramanadham and K. E. Yarasheski,. Divisions of 1Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and 2Geriatrics and Gerontology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110; and 3School of Physical Therapy, Texas Women's University, Houston, TX 79030 APStracts 5:0168E, 1998.
• Relationship of fetal alanine uptake and placental alanine metabolism to maternal plasma alanine concentration. Timmerman, Michelle, Misoo Chung, Randall B. Wilkening, Paul V. Fennessey, Frederick C. Battaglia, and Giacomo Meschia. Division of Perinatal Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0169E, 1998.
• Pancreastatin inhibits insulin action in rat adipocytes . Sanchez-Margalet, Victor, and Carmen Gonz Lez-Yanes. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Investigation Unit of the University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain APStracts 5:0170E, 1998.
• Effect of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-i (rhigf-i) infusion on whole fetal and fetal skeletal muscle protein metabolism in sheep. Boyle, David W., Scott C. Denne, Helen Moorehead, Wei-Hua Lee, Ronald R. Bowsher, and Edward A. Liechty. The Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine and Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5119 APStracts 5:0171E, 1998.
• Hypokalemia alters steroid sex hormone and gonadotropin levels: evidence that fsh may be required for luteinization. Tejada, Francisco, Asunci[acute]on Cremades, Manuel Avil[acute]es(, Maria T. Castells( and Rafael Pe[tilde]nafiel. Departments of Pharmacology, Cell Biology( and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology*. Faculty of Medicine. University of Murcia. 30100. Murcia. Spain. APStracts 5:0172E, 1998.
• Regulation of glycogen accumulation in l6 myotubes cultured under optimized differentiation conditions. Elsner, Peter, Bj_rn Quistorff, Thomas S. Hermann, John Dich, and Niels Grunnet. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark APStracts 5:0173E, 1998.
• Endurance training changes in lipolytic responsiveness of obese adipose tissue. Glisezinski, I. De, F. Crampes, I. Harant, M. Berlan, J. Hejnova, D. Langin, D. Riviere, V. Stich. 1 Laboratoire des Adaptations de l'Organisme [grave]a l'Exercice Musculaire, H[circumflex]opital Purpan, 31059 Toulouse Cedex, France, 2 Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale Unit[acute]e 317, Universit[acute]e Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France, 3 Department of Sport Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 10 000 Prague 10, Czech Republic APStracts 5:0174E, 1998.
• The stimulatory effect of insulin on creatine accumulation in human skeletal muscle. Steenge, G. R., J. Lambourne, A. Casey, I. A. Macdonald, and P. L. Greenhaff. School of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical School, Queen s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH APStracts 5:0175E, 1998.
• The beta-adrenergic regulation of lipolysis and blood flow in human skeletal muscle in vivo. M-Toft, Eva Hagstr, Staffan Enoksson, Erik Moberg, Jan Bolinder, Peter Arner. Department of Medicine and the Research Center, 1Department of Vascular Surgery, Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institute, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden. APStracts 5:0176E, 1998.
• Altered muscle metabolism associated with vasoconstriction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Ye, Ji-Ming, and Eric Q. Colquhoun. Division of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, APStracts 5:0177E, 1998.
• Early biochemical events in insulin-stimulated fluid phase endocytosis. Pitterle, Diana M., Robert T. Sperling#, Martin G. Myers, Jr. ^, Morris F. White^ and Perry J. Blackshear. Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, ^Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine and Program in Cell and Developmental Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, **Office of Clinical Research and Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 and the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 5:0178E, 1998.
• Hepatic glucose uptake rapidly decreases after elimination of the portal signal in conscious dogs. Hsieh, Po-Shiuan, Mary Courtney Moore, Doss W. Neal, Alan D. Cherrington. Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0615 APStracts 5:0179E, 1998.
• Overestimation of minimal model glucose effectiveness in presence of insulin response is caused by undermodeling.. Cobelli, Claudio, Francesca Bettini, Andrea Caumo, Michael J. Quon . 1 Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 2 San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, 3 Hypertension-Endocrine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA APStracts 5:0180E, 1998.
• Calorie restriction increases cell surface glut4 in insulin -stimulated skeletal muscle. Dean, David J., Joseph T. Brozinick, Jr., Samuel W. Cushman and Gregory D. Cartee. Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, and the *Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition Section, Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD APStracts 5:0181E, 1998.
• Pinealectomy causes glucose intolerance and decreases adipose cell responsiveness to insulin in rats. Lim, ]abio B., Ubiratan F. Machado, Ione Bartol, Patricia M. Seraphim, Doris H. Sumida, Solange M. F. Moraes, Naomi S. Hell, Maristela M. Okamoto, Mario J. A. Saad, Carla R. O. Carvalho and Jos[acute]e Cipolla-Neto. 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2Department of Clinics, School of Medicine, State University of Campinas, 13081-970 SP, Brazil APStracts 5:0182E, 1998.
• Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion is not obligatorily linked to an increase in oxygen consumption in bhc9 cells. Papas, Klearchos K., and Mary Ann Jarema. 1 Core Technologies /Analytics & Bio-NMR, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, and 2New Product Marketing, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901-1398. APStracts 5:0183E, 1998.
• Pancreastatin inhibits insulin action in rat adipocytes. S_nchez-Margalet, V_ctor, and Carmen Gonz_lez-Yanes. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Investigation Unit of the University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain APStracts 5:0184E, 1998.
• Insulinotropic action of _-l-glucose pentaacetate. Malaisse, Willy J., Leonard C. Best, Andr_ Herchuelz, Marcia Hiriart, Hassan Jijakli, Marcel M. Kadiata, Elena Larrieta-Carasco, Aouatif Laghmich, Karim Louchami, Dany Mercan, Elizabeth Olivares, Carmen S_nchez-Soto, Olivier Scruel, Abdullah Sener, Isabel Valverde, Mar_a L. Villanueva-Pe_acarrillo, Concepci_n Vi_ambres and Walter S. Zawalich. Laboratories of 1Experimental Medicine and 3Pharmacology, Brussels Free University, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium; 2Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, M13 9WL Manchester, UK; 4Department of Biophysics, Institute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Aut_noma de M_xico, Mexico City, DF-04510 Mexico City, Mexico; 5Fundaci_n Jim_nez D_az, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and 6Yale University School of Nursing, CT 06536, New Haven, USA APStracts 5:0185E, 1998.
• Age effect on fibrinogen and albumin synthesis in humans. Fu, Aizhong, and K. Sreekumaran Nair. Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA APStracts 5:0186E, 1998.
• The effect of hypophysectomy on the proliferation and differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells. Yeh, James K., Jodi F. Evans, Meng-Meng Chen, John F. Aloia,. 1Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501 APStracts 5:0187E, 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, Illinois, 60614 APStracts 5:0188E, 1998.
• Bone and hormonal changes induced by skeletal unloading in the mature male rat. Dehority, Walter, Bernard P. Halloran, Daniel D. Bikle, Tracy Curren, Paul J. Kostenuik, Thomas J. Wronski, Ying Shen, Brian Rabkin, Abderrahman Bouraoui, and Emily Morey-Holton. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California and Division of Endocrinology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (WD, BPH, DDB, PJK, AB), San Francisco, California 94121; Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida (TJW, YS), Gainsville, Florida 32610 and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Life Sciences Division (TC, BR, EM-H), Moffett Field California 94035 APStracts 5:0189E, 1998.
• Islet amyloid polypeptide tonally inhibits (, (, and ( cell secretion in isolated rat pancreatic islets. Wang, Feng, Thomas E. Adrian, Gunilla T. Westermark, Xianzhong Ding, Thomas Gasslander and Johan Permert. 1Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge 14186, 3Department of Biomedicine and Surgery, Link[diaeresis]oping University Hospital, Link[diaeresis]oping 58185, Sweden; 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178 APStracts 5:0190E, 1998.
• 3,3_,5-triiodothyronine actively stimulates ucp in brown fat under minimal sympathetic activity. Branco, Marcelo, Miriam Ribeiro, Nubio Negr_o, Antonio C. Bianco. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of S_o Paulo APStracts 5:0191E, 1998.
• Rapid and accurate 13co2 isotopic measurement in whole blood: comparison with expired gas. Dangin#, Martial, Jean Claude Desport, Pierre Gachon, Bernard Beaufrre. * Laboratoire de Nutrition humaine, Universit Clermont Auvergne, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, BP 321, 63009 Clermont -Ferrand, Cedex 1, France; # Nestl Research Centre, P.O. Box 44, CH 100 Lausanne 26, Switzerland APStracts 5:0192E, 1998.
• Biological roles of angiotensin ii via its type 2 receptor during rat follicle atresia. Kotani, Eri, Masataka Sugimoto, Hachiroh Kamata, Nobuharu Fujii, Masahiro Saitoh, Satoshi Usuki, Takeshi Kubo, [angstrom]a^keifu Song, [angstrom]a^mizuo Miyazaki, Kazuo Murakami, Hitoshi Miyazaki. Gene Experiment Center, Institute of Applied Biochemistry, *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan and [angstrom]a^Department of Pharmacology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka 569, Japan APStracts 5:0193E, 1998.
• Malonyl coa, fuel sensing and insulin resistance. Ruderman, Neil B., Asish K. Saha, Demetrios Vavvas and Lee A. Witters. 1Diabetes Unit, Section of Endocrinology and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 and 2Endocrine-Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine & Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755 APStracts 5:0194E, 1998.