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

The American Physiological Society

• Region specific anti-proliferative effect of vip and pacap38 on rabbit enteric smooth muscle. Assche, Gert Van, Inge Depoortere, Rita De Vos, Karel Geboes, Jozef J. Janssens, Stephen M. Collins and Theo L. Peeters. Center for Gastrointestinal Research1 and Department of Morphology and Imaging2, University of Leuven, Belgium; Intestinal Diseases Research Programme3, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. APStracts 5:0273G, 1998.
• Effects of systemic hypotension on postnatal intestinal circulation: role of angiotensin. Minnich, Philip T. Nowicki Lisa A. Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, The Ohio State University and The Wexner Institute of Pediatric Research, Columbus, OH. APStracts 5:0274G, 1998.
• Regulation of apolipoprotein secretion by biliary lipids in newborn swine intestinal epithelial cells. Wang, Heng, Russell Roberson, Jianhui Du, John Eshun, Helen M. Berschneider and Dennis D. Black. 1Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202 and 2College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606 APStracts 5:0275G, 1998.
• Genetic disorders of copper transport . Schaefer, Mark, and Jonathan D. Gitlin. Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 APStracts 5:0276G, 1998.
• Distribution and regulation of apical cl-anion exchanges in surface and crypt cells of rat distal colon. Rajendran, Vazhaikkurichi M., and Henry J. Binder. Departments of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 APStracts 5:0277G, 1998.
• Peripheral and central actions of orphanin fq/nociceptin on murine colon. Osinski, M. A., P. Bass and E. A. Gaumnitz,. 1Department of Medicine, Section for Gastroenterology; 2School of Pharmacy; and 3GRECC 98_07, William S. Middleton VA Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 APStracts 5:0278G, 1998.
• Rat pancreatic fibroblasts stimulate acinar cell proliferation through igf-i: a role during regeneration from acute pancreatitis. Ludwig, C. U., A. Menke, G. Adler, M. P. Lutz. Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, 89070 Ulm, Germany APStracts 5:0279G, 1998.
• Structural and electrophysiological properties of the porcine ileal circular muscle: origin and control over slow waves. Jim[acute]enez, M., J. R. Borderies, P. Vergara, Y.-F. Wang and E. E. Daniel. Dept. Cell Biology and Physiology, Veterinary Faculty. Universitat Aut[acute]onoma de Barcelona. 08193 Barcelona, Spain, *Department of Biomedical Sciences. McMaster University. Hamilton. Ontario. Canada APStracts 5:0280G, 1998.
• The gastrointestinal expression and partial cdna cloning of murine muc2. Klinken, B. Jan-Willem Van, Alexandra W. C. Einerhand, Louise A. Duits, Mireille K. Makkink, Kristien M. A. J. Tytgat, Ingrid B. Renes, Melissa Verburg, Hans A. B_ller, Jan Dekker. 1 Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department Pediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and 2 Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0281G, 1998.
• Gastrin induces c-fos gene transcription via multiple signaling pathways. Stepan, Vinzenz M., Makoto Tatewaki, Masashi Matsushima, Chris J. Dickinson _, John Del Valle, Andrea Todisco . Departments of *Internal Medicine and _Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA APStracts 5:0282G, 1998.
• Electrogenic na+ transport in rat late distal colon by natural and synthetic glucocorticosteroids. Grotjohann, Ingo, J[diaeresis]org-Dieter Schulzke, and Michael Fromm. 1Institut f[umlaut]ur Klinische Physiologie and 2Medizinische Klinik I Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie, Universit[umlaut]atsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, APStracts 5:0283G, 1998.
• Epithelial injury induces egr-1 and fos expression by a pathway involving protein kinase c and erk. Dieckgraefe, Brian K., and Danielle M. Weems. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St˙2E Louis, MO, 63110˙2E APStracts 5:0284G, 1998.
• Bile duct cells: a novel in vitro model for the study of lipid metabolism˙2E implications for the autonomous role of biliary epithelium in bile acid production. Zoltowska, Monika, Edgard E. Delvin, Khazal Paradis, Ernest Seidman, and Emile Levy. Departments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Pediatrics, Centre de Recherche, H[circumflex]opital Ste-Justine, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H3T 1C5 APStracts 5:0285G, 1998.
• Voltage sensitivity of slow wave frequency in isolated circular muscle strips from guinea pig gastric antrum. Huang, S.-M., S. Nakayama, S. Iino & T. Tomita+. Department of Physiology and *Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-8550, and +Division of Smooth Muscle Research, Institute of Medical Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-11, JAPAN APStracts 5:0286G, 1998.
• Normalization of atropine-induced postprandial dysrhythmias with gastric pacing. Qian, Liwei, Xuemei Lin, Jdz Chen. Lynn Institute For Healthcare Research, Oklahoma City, OK, USA APStracts 5:0287G, 1998.
• Differentiation of mouth versus gut as the site of origin of odoriferous breath gases after garlic ingestion. Suarez, F., J. Springfield, J. Furne, and M. Levitt. Research Department, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 APStracts 5:0288G, 1998.
• Sglt1 expression and the role of actin in egf-induced alterations in enterocyte membrane function and surface area. Chung, Brian M., Jason K. Wong, James A. Hardin, and D. Grant Gall. Gastrointestinal Research Group, Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0289G, 1998.
• Role of endotoxin in intestinal ischemia/reperfusion-induced expression of e-selectin. Bauer, Philippe, Janice M. Russell, and D. Neil Granger. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932 APStracts 5:0290G, 1998.
• Kinetic analysis of 59fe movement across the intestinal wall in iron-deficient and iron-adequate duodenal rat segments ex vivo. Sch[umlaut]umann, Klaus, Bernd Elsenhans, Wolfgang Forth. Walther-Straub-Institut f[umlaut]ur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit[umlaut]at, Nussbaumstr. 26, D-80336 M[umlaut]unchen, Germany APStracts 5:0291G, 1998.
• Analysis of fast synaptic pathways in myenteric plexus of the guinea pig ileum.. Lepard, Kathy J., and James J. Galligan. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. APStracts 5:0292G, 1998.
• Activation of neuronal adenosine a1 receptors suppresses secretory reflexes in the guinea pig colon. Cooke, Helen J., Y.-Z. Wang, C. Y. Liu, H. Zhang, and F. L. Christofi,. Departments of Pharmacology* and Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 APStracts 5:0293G, 1998.
• Role of nitric oxide in fasting gastric fundus tone and in 5-ht1 receptor-mediated relaxation of the gastric fundus. Coulie, Bernard, Jan Tack, Daniel Sifrim, Antonius Andrioli, Jozef Janssens. Center for Gastroenterological Research University Hospital Gasthuisberg Catholic University of Leuven B-3000 Leuven, Belgium APStracts 5:0294G, 1998.
• C-terminally extended secretins are potent stimulants of pancreatic secretion. Solomon, Travis E., John H. Walsh, Louis Bussjaeger, Yumei Zong, James W. Hamilton, F. J. Ho, Terry D. Lee and Joseph R. Reeve, Jr. 1CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, and Digestive Diseases Division, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 90024; 2Kansas City VAMC, Kansas City, MO 64128 and Department of Biochemistry, KUMC, Kansas City Kansas, KS 66160; 3Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, The City of Hope Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010. APStracts 5:0295G, 1998.
• Polyamine depletion is associated with an increase in jund/ap-1 activity in small intestinal crypt cells. Patel, Anami R., and Jian-Ying Wang. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical School and Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 5:0296G, 1998.
• Cardiac impairment and nitric oxide synthase activity in the chronic portal vein-stenosed rat. Battarbee, Harold D., James H. Zavecz, Matthew B. Grisham, Ronald E. Maloney, L. Judson Chandler, John W. Mercer, Jr. and Francois M. Cady. Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology1 and Pharmacology2 Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport, LA 71130 -3932 APStracts 5:0297G, 1998.
• The pre-chylomicron transport vesicle: isolation and partial characterization. Kumar, N. Suresh, and C. M. Mansbach Ii. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology The University of Tennessee, Memphis Memphis, TN 38163 and The Veterans Administration Medical Center Memphis, TN 38104 APStracts 5:0298G, 1998.
• Electrogenic na+ transport in rat late distal colon by natural and synthetic glucocorticosteroids. Grotjohann, Ingo, J[diaeresis]org-Dieter Schulzke, and Michael Fromm. 1Institut f[umlaut]ur Klinische Physiologie and 2Medizinische Klinik I Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie, Universit[umlaut]atsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, APStracts 5:0299G, 1998.
• Basal pressure patterns and reflexive motor responses in the human ileocolonic junction. Dinning, P. G., P. A. Bampton, M. L. Kennedy, T. Kajimoto, D. Z. Lubowski, D. J. De Carle, I. J. Cook. 1Departments of Gastroenterology and 2Colorectal Surgery, The St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia APStracts 5:0300G, 1998.
• Differential regulation of nhe isoforms by sodium depletion in proximal and distal segments of rat colon. Ikuma, Mutsuhiro, Michael Kashgarian#, Henry J. Binder and Vazhaikkurichi M. Rajendran. *Departments of Internal Medicine and #Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 APStracts 5:0301G, 1998.
• Distribution and regulation of apical cl-anion exchanges in surface and crypt cells of rat distal colon. Rajendran, Vazhaikkurichi M., and Henry J. Binder. Departments of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 APStracts 5:0302G, 1998.
• The gastrointestinal expression and partial cdna cloning of murine muc2. Klinken, B. Jan-Willem Van, Alexandra W. C. Einerhand, Louise A. Duits, Mireille K. Makkink, Kristien M. A. J. Tytgat, Ingrid B. Renes, Melissa Verburg, Hans A. B_ller, Jan Dekker. 1 Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department Pediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and 2 Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0303G, 1998.
• Gastrin induces c-fos gene transcription via multiple signaling pathways. Stepan, Vinzenz M., Makoto Tatewaki, Masashi Matsushima, Chris J. Dickinson _, John Del Valle, Andrea Todisco . Departments of *Internal Medicine and _Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA APStracts 5:0304G, 1998.
• Epithelial injury induces egr-1 and fos expression by a pathway involving protein kinase c and erk. Dieckgraefe, Brian K., and Danielle M. Weems. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St˙2E Louis, MO, 63110˙2E APStracts 5:0305G, 1998.
• Effects of systemic hypotension on postnatal intestinal circulation: role of angiotensin. Minnich, Philip T. Nowicki Lisa A. Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, The Ohio State University and The Wexner Institute of Pediatric Research, Columbus, OH. APStracts 5:0306G, 1998.
• Regulation of apolipoprotein secretion by biliary lipids in newborn swine intestinal epithelial cells. Wang, Heng, Russell Roberson, Jianhui Du, John Eshun, Helen M. Berschneider and Dennis D. Black. 1Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202 and 2College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606 APStracts 5:0307G, 1998.
• Necrapoptosis and the mitochondrial permeability transition: shared pathways to necrosis and apoptosis*. Lemasters, John J. Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina APStracts 5:0308G, 1998.
• Expression of multiple na-/h- exchanger isoforms in rat parotid acinar and ductal cells. Park, Keerang, John A. Olschowka, Linda A. Richardson, Crescence Bookstein, Eugene B. Chang and James E. Melvin. 1Center for Oral Biology, Rochester Institute for Biomedical Sciences and the 2Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642; 3Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 APStracts 5:0309G, 1998.
• Participation of reactive oxygen metabolites in clostridium difficile toxin a-induced enteritis in rats. Qiu, Bosheng, Charalabos Pothoulakis, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Sigfus Nikulasson, and J. Thomas Lamont. Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, and *Mallory Institute, Department of Pathology, Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Boston MA 02118. APStracts 5:0310G, 1998.
• Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of rasn17 inhibits specific cck actions on pancreatic acinar cells. Nicke, Barbara, Min-Jen Tseng, Marycarol Fenrich, and Craig D. Logsdon. Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0622 APStracts 5:0311G, 1998.
• Characterization of the mechanisms involved in the gender differences in hepatic taurocholate uptake. Simon, Francis R., John Fortune, Mieko Iwahashi, Susan Bowman, Allan Wolkoff+, Eileen Sutherland. Department of Medicine and Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262; + Department of Medicine and Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461. APStracts 5:0312G, 1998.
• Prolonged colonic epithelial hyporesponsiveness following colitis: role of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Asfaha, Samuel, Cameron J. Bell, John L. Wallace, and Wallace K. Macnaughton. Intestinal Disease Research Unit, Departments of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Department of Gastroenterology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia APStracts 5:0313G, 1998.
• Protein kinase c mediates experimental colitis in the rat.. Brown, James F., Qing Chang, Brian D. Soper, and Barry L. Tepperman. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A_5C1. APStracts 5:0314G, 1998.
• Factors mediating the hemodynamic effects of tumor necrosis factor -a in portal hypertensive rats. Mu[tilde]noz, Javier, P.d., Agust[acute]in Albillos, M. D., Mar[acute]ia P[acute]erez-P[acute]aramo, M. D.,irma Rossi, P.d.,and Melchor Alvarez- Mon, M. D. Departments of 1Gastroenterology and 2Nuclear Medicine, Cl[acute]inica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid. 3Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Ram[acute]on y Cajal, Madrid. 4Department of Medicine, University of Alcal[acute]a, Madrid. Spain. APStracts 5:0315G, 1998.
• Effect of central corticotropin-releasing factor on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in rats. Yokohama, Shiro, Masashi Yoneda, Kimihide Nakamura and Isao Makino. 1Second Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078, Japan, 2Second Department of Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu 321, Japan, and 3Division of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare, Otawara 324, Japan APStracts 5:0316G, 1998.
• Roliferation of transplanted hepatocytes is physiologically regulated in the normal rodent liver. Gupta, Sanjeev, Pankaj Rajvanshi, Emma Aragona, Rana P. Sokhi, Chang -Don Lee, Purnachandra R. Yernenirobert D. Burk,-. 1Marion Bessin Liver Research Center and 2Cancer Research Center, 3Departments of Medicine, 4Pediatrics, 5Microbiology & Immunology, and 6Epidemiology & Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. APStracts 5:0317G, 1998.
• A novel sp1-related cis-element involved in intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene transcription. Kim, Jeong H., Shufen Meng, Amy Shei, and Richard A. Hodin. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Digestive, Diseases Center, Boston, Mass. APStracts 5:0318G, 1998.
• Experimental enteropathy in athymic and euthymic rats: synergistic role of lipopolysaccharide and indomethacin. Koga, Hideki, M. D., Kunihiko Aoyagi, M. D., Takayuki Matsumoto, M. D., Mitsuo Iida, M. D., and Masatoshi Fujishima, M. D. Second Department of Internal Medicine,1) Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, and Division of Gastroenterology,2) Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan APStracts 5:0319G, 1998.
• Prevention of fas-induced liver apoptosis and death in mice by clenbuterol, a b2-adrenergic receptor-selective agonist.. Andr[acute]e, Claudine, Dominique Couton, Jesintha Gaston, _ Loubna Erraji, Laurent Renia,_ Paule Varlet,# Pascale Briand, and Jean -G[acute]erard Guillet_. *INSERM U380, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 22 rue M[acute]echain, 75014 Paris, France, _INSERM U445, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 27 rue du Fbg St. Jacques, 75014 Paris, France, and #INSERM U363, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 27 rue du Fbg St. Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. APStracts 5:0320G, 1998.
• Effects of duodenal distension on antropyloroduodenal pressures and perception are modified by mild hyperglycemia. Lingenfelser, Th, W-M Sun, G S Hebbard, J Dent, and M Horowitz. Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia APStracts 5:0321G, 1998.
• Intestinal fat induced inhibition of meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion depends on cholecystokinin but not peptide yy. Zhao, Xiao-Tuan, John H. Walsh, Helen Wong, Lijie Wang, and Henry C. Lin. Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Burns & Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048; CURE: Digestive Disease Research Center and University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 APStracts 5:0322G, 1998.
• Effects of physiological changes in blood glucose on proximal gastric compliance and the perception of gastric distension in normal subjects. Verhagen, M. A. M. T., C. K. Rayner, J. M. Andrews, G. S. Hebbard, S. M. Doran, M._samsom, M. Horowitz. 1Gastrointestinal Motility Unit, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 Department of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia APStracts 5:0323G, 1998.
• Hepatocyte-specific localization, copper-dependent trafficking and developmental expression of the wilson disease protein in the liver. Schaefer, Mark, Robin G. Hopkins, Mark L. Failla and Jonathan D. Gitlin. *Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110 and (Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27402 APStracts 5:0324G, 1998.
• Forced expression of bcl-2 inhibits ischemia/reperfusion-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelium of transgenic mice. Coopersmith, Craig M., David O_donnell and Jeffrey I. Gordon. Departments of 1Molecular Biology and Pharmacology and 2Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 5:0325G, 1998.
• Goblet cell specific expression mediated by the muc2 mucin gene promoter in the intestine of transgenic mice. Gum, James R., Jr., James W. Hicks, Anne-Marie Gillespie, Elaine J. Carlson, Lazlo K[diaeresis]om[umlaut]uves, Satyajit Karnik, Joe C. Hong, Charles J. Epstein and Young S. Kim. From the Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory (151M2), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco CA 941211, and the Departments of Anatomy2, Medicine3, Pediatrics4, and Dermatology5 of the University of California at San Francisco, 94143. APStracts 5:0326G, 1998.