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

The American Physiological Society

• Persistence of helicobacter pylori vaca toxin and vacuolating potential in cultured gastric epithelial cells. Sommi, Patrizia, Vittorio Ricci, Roberto Fiocca, Vittorio Necchi, Marco Romano, John L. Telford, Enrico Solcia and Ulderico Ventura. 1Institute of Human Physiology and 2Department of Human Pathology, University of Pavia and IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy; 3Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, II University of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy; 4Immunological Research Institute of Siena (IRIS-Chiron Vaccine), 53100 Siena, Italy. APStracts 5:0157G, 1998.
• Hepatocellular expression of glucose-6-phosphatase is unaltered during hepatic regeneration. Zakko, Wisam F., Carl L. Berg+, John L. Gollan+, Richard M. Green+. Richard M. Green, M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, 840 South Wood Street (M/C 787), Chicago, IL 60612-7323, Tel: (312) 996-5178, FAX: (312) 996-5103, Email: RMGREEN@UIC.EDU APStracts 5:0158G, 1998.
• Cystatin a expression reduces bile salt-induced apoptosis in a rat hepatoma cell line1,2, blake jones*, patricia j. roberts*, william a. faubion*, eiki kominami+, gregory j. gores*. Gores, Gregory J., Md, Professor Of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Clinic, and Foundation, First Street Sw, Rochester, Minnesota, Tel:, Fax:, E-Mail: Gores. Gregory@mayo. Edu. *Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; +Juntendo University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. APStracts 5:0159G, 1998.
• Characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the gene for the murine polymeric iga receptor (pigr). Mart[acute]in, Mart[acute]in G., Jiafang Wang, Tony W. H. Li, Jason T. Lam, Edgar M. Gutierrez, R. Sergio Solorzano V._, Hugh V. Tsai. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and the Department Physiology*, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1752. Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California 91330 APStracts 5:0160G, 1998.
• Glutathione depletion is associated with decreased bcl-2 expression and increased apoptosis in cholangiocytes. Celli, Adriane, Florencia G. Que, Gregory J. Gores, Nicholas F. Larusso. Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D., Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905 Phone: (507) 284-1006, Fax: (507) 284-0762, email: larusso.nicholas@mayo.edu APStracts 5:0161G, 1998.
• Rat hepatic stellate cells produce cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant in culture and in vivo1, 2. Maher, Jacquelyn J., John S. Lozier, and Myron K. Scott _. Liver Center and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco APStracts 5:0162G, 1998.
• Role of transcellular pathway in ileal calcium absorption: stimulation by low-ca diet. Auch[grave]ere, D., Tardivel S., Gounelle J-C., Dr[umlaut]ueke T., Lacour B.,. 1- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Facult[acute]e des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 92290 Ch[circumflex]atenay-Malabry, France, 2- Laboratoire du M[acute]etabolisme Min[acute]eral des Mammif[grave]eres de l_Ecole Pratique de Hautes Etudes, Facult[acute]e des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 92290 Ch[circumflex]atenay-Malabry, France, 3- INSERM U90, H[circumflex]opital Necker,149 rue de S[grave]evres, 75015 Paris, France. APStracts 5:0163G, 1998.
• Role of gap junctions in inhibiting ischemia-reperfusion injury of rat gastric mucosa. Iwata, Fumihiro, ) Takashi Joh,) Fusao Ueda,) and Makoto Itoh ). 1)Department of Internal Medicine, Kosai General Hospital, Kosai, Shizuoka, 2)First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Nagoya, and 3)Discovery Research Laboratories II, Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan APStracts 5:0164G, 1998.
• Effect of vip and pacap on the basal release of serotonin from isolated vascularly and luminally perfused rat duodenum. Fujimiya, Mineko, Hiroshi Yamamoto and Atsukazu Kuwahara#. *Department of Anatomy, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga 520-21, #Laboratory of Environmental Physiology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422, Japan APStracts 5:0165G, 1998.
• Effect of feeding diets of varying fatty acid composition on apolipoprotein expression in newborn swine. Wang, Heng, Felicia Hunter, and Dennis D. Black. Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202 APStracts 5:0166G, 1998.
• Monochloramine (nh2cl) induced dna fragmentation in gastric cell line, mkn45. Suzuki), Hidekazu, Koichi Seto), Mikiji Mori), Masayuki Suzuki), Soichiro Miura), Hiromasa Ishii). Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University1); Department of Pharmacology, Central Res. Lab., Zeria Pharm. Co., Ltd.2); Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Tokyo National Hospital3), Second Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College4); Tokyo, JAPAN APStracts 5:0167G, 1998.
• Uptake and metabolism of a structured triglyceride by caco-2 cells: reversal of essential fatty acid deficiency. Spalinger, Johannes H., Ernest G. Seidman, Guy Lepage, Daniel M[acute]enard, Victor Gavino, Emile Levy,. 1Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Centre de Recherche, H[circumflex]opital Ste-Justine, Depts. of 1Pediatrics and 3Nutrition, University of Montreal, Montreal, and 2Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (Canada) APStracts 5:0168G, 1998.
• Regulation of c-jun n-terminal kinases in isolated canine gastric parietal cells. Nagahara, A., L. Wang, J. Del Valle, A. Todisco. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA APStracts 5:0169G, 1998.
• Nitric oxide mediates hepatocyte injury1,2. Wang, Jiang Huai, H. Paul Redmond, Qiong Di Wu, and David Bouchier -Hayes. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland APStracts 5:0170G, 1998.
• Characterization and splice variants of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in rat small intestine. Huber, Andrea, Dieter Saur, Manfred Kurjak, Volker Schusdziarra, Hans -Dieter Allescher. Department of Internal Medicine II, Technical University of Munich, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany APStracts 5:0171G, 1998.
• Localization and secretion of tissue kallikrein in peptidoglycan -induced enterocolitis in lewis rats. Stadnicki, Antoni, Julie Chao, Iwona Stadnicka, Eric Van Tol, Kuei-Fu Lin, Fengling Li, R. Balfour Sartor,__ and Robert W. Colman. *Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; **Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; and Department of Medicine, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC APStracts 5:0172G, 1998.
• Central calcitonin gene_related peptide inhibits pancreatic enzyme secretion by modulation of vagal parasympathetic outflow. Li, Ying, Yi Cheng Jiang, and Chung Owyang. Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan APStracts 5:0173G, 1998.
• Binding of [3h]palmitate to bovine serum albumin . Elmadhoun, B. M., G. Q. Wang, J. F. Templeton, and F. J. Burczynski. Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 APStracts 5:0174G, 1998.
• Mechanisms of hepatic toxicity: tnf induced liver injury. Bradham, Cynthia A., J[diaeresis]org Pl[umlaut]umpe, Michael P. Manns, David A. Brenner and Christian Trautwein. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, FRG, Department of Medicine and Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA APStracts 5:0175G, 1998.
• Effect of gastrin on antroduodenal motility: role of intraluminal acidity. Verkijk, M., H. A. J. Gielkens, Md, C. B. H. W. Lamers, Md, and A. A. M. Masclee, Md. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0176G, 1998.
• Acute ethanol administration affects mg2+ homeostasis in liver cells: evidence for the activation of a na+/mg2+ exchanger.. Tessman, Patrick A., and Andrea Romani#. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-4970 APStracts 5:0177G, 1998.
• Endothelin 1 inhibits secretin-stimulated ductal secretion by interacting with eta receptors on large cholangiocytes. Caligiuri, Alessandra, Shannon Glaser, Rebecca E Rodgers, Jo Lynne Phinizy, Willie Robertson, Emanuela Papa, Massimo Pinzani, Gianfranco Alpini. Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Physiology, Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine and 3Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX 76504 and 2from Istituto di Medicina Interna, Universita' di Firenze, Italy. APStracts 5:0178G, 1998.
• Estradiol alters cholecystokinin stimulus-response coupling in rat pancreatic acini. Blevins, George. T., Jr., Sandra S. McCullough, Tasha N. Wilbert, R[acute]emelle M. Isom, Parimal Chowdhury and Stephania T. Miller. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 72205; 2 Department of Natural Sciences, Philander Smith College Little Rock, AR 72202 APStracts 5:0179G, 1998.
• Pathophysiology of gastrointestinal motility related to interstitial cells of cajal. Huizingajan, Jan D., D. Huizinga. Intestinal Disease Research Programme and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada APStracts 5:0180G, 1998.
• Functional alterations in jejunal myenteric neurons during inflammation in nematode-infected guinea pigs. Palmer, Jeffrey M., Margaret Wong-Riley and Keith A. Sharkey. 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178; 2Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226; and 3Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 APStracts 5:0181G, 1998.
• Effects of glyceryl trinitrate on gastric emptying of a nutrient liquid meal and antropyloroduodenal motility. Sun, W-M., S. Doran, K. L. Jones, E. Ooi, G. Boeckxstaens, G. S. Hebbard, Th. Lingenfelser, J. E. Morley_, J. Dent, M. Horowitz. Departments of Medicine and *Gastrointestinal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia and _St Louis University Health Sciences Center, Division of Geriatric Medicine and GRECC, St Louis VAMC, St Louis, USA. APStracts 5:0182G, 1998.
• Different mechanisms of ileal smooth muscle hyperpolarization based on redox forms of nitric oxide: no( as the nitrergic neurotransmitter. Goyal, Raj K., M. D. and Xue D. He, M. D. Center for Swallowing and Motility Disorders, Brockton/West Roxbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA 02132 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 APStracts 5:0183G, 1998.
• 5-hydroxytryptamine is present in nerves of the guinea pig sphincter of oddi (so) and depolarizes so neurons. Hillsley, Kirk, and Gary M. Mawe. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405 U.S.A. APStracts 5:0184G, 1998.
• Characterization and mechanisms of the pharyngo-esophageal inhibitory reflex. Lang, Ivan M., Bidyut K. Medda, Junlong Ren, and Reza Shaker. Dysphagia Institute and Dept of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 APStracts 5:0185G, 1998.
• Scintigraphic measurement of regional gastrointestinal transit in the dog. Iwanaga, Yuji, Ph. D., Jipu Wen, M. D., Mikael S. Thollander, M. D., Louis J. Kost, George M. Thomforde, Richard G. Allen, and Sidney F. Phillips, M.d. Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905 APStracts 5:0186G, 1998.
• Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells inhibits leukocyte adhesion. Binion, David G., Sidong Fu, Kalathur S. Ramanujam, Yuh Cherng Chai, Raed A. Dweik, Judith A. Drazba, Justin G. Wade, Nicholas P. Ziats, Serpil C. Erzurum and Keith T. Wilson. 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Center and Cardiovascular Research Center, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226; 2Division of Gastroenterology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; 3Departments of Cell Biology, 4Cancer Biology, and 5Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195; and 6The Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. APStracts 5:0187G, 1998.
• Reduced folate derivatives are endogenous substrates for cmoat in rats. Kusuharaa), Hiroyuki, Yong-Hae Hana), Minoru Shimodab), Eiichi Kokueb), Hiroshi Suzukia) and Yuichi Sugiyamaa). a)Graduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan, and b) Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo College of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183, Japan APStracts 5:0188G, 1998.
• Neural mediation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide inhibitory effect on jejunal alanine absorption. Barada, K. A., N. E. Saad[acute]e, S. F. Atweh, and C. F. Nassar. Departments of Physiology, Human Morphology and Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon APStracts 5:0189G, 1998.
• Supramaximal concentrations of cholecystokinin and carbamylcholine abolish vip potentiation of amylase secretion from pancreatic acini by inhibiting adenylyl cyclase activity. Akiyama, Toshiharu, Yoshihide Hirohata, Yoshinori Okabayashi, Issei Imoto, and Makoto Otsuki. Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu 807 -8555, Japan, and *Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe 650, Japan APStracts 5:0190G, 1998.