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

The American Physiological Society

• Role of central circulatory factors in the fat-free mass-maximal aerobic capacity relation across age in humans. Hunt, Brian E., Kevin P. Davy, Pamela P. Jones, Christopher A. Desouza, Rachael E. Van Pelt, Hirofumi Tanaka, and Douglas R. Seals. Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Center for Physical Activity, Disease Prevention, and Aging, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309; and Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262 APStracts 5:0245H, 1998.
• Acellular hemoglobin-mediated oxidative stress towards endothelium: a role for ferryl iron 1. Goldman, Daniel W., Richard J. Breyer Iii, David Yeh, Beth A. Brockner-Ryan, and Abdu I. Alayash. Laboratory of Cellular Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 5:0246H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide-independent activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase contributes to endotoxin shock in rats. Wu, Chin-Chen, Shiu-Jen Chen and Mao-Hsiung Yen. Department of Pharmacology1 and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences2, National Defense Medical Center, P.O. Box 90048, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. APStracts 5:0247H, 1998.
• Intracellular acidosis differentially regulates kv channels in coronary and pulmonary vascular smooth muscle. Berger, Marcie G., Christophe Vandier,+ Pierre Bonnet,+ William F. Jackson,_ and Nancy J. Rusch. * Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 + Laboratoire de Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires, C.N.R.S. UMR 6542, Tours, France _ Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 5380 McCracken Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 APStracts 5:0248H, 1998.
• Responses of muscle sympathetic nerve activity to lower body positive pressure. Fu, Qi, Yoshiki Sugiyama, Atsunori Kamiya, A. S. M. Shamsuzzaman, and Tadaaki Mano. Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University APStracts 5:0249H, 1998.
• Non-nmda and nmda receptors in the synaptic pathway between area postrema and nucleus tractus solitarius. Horowitz, Maria Luz Aylwin John M., and Ann C. Bonham. 3Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, 2Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. APStracts 5:0250H, 1998.
• Reflex vascular responses in the anesthetized dog to large rapid changes in carotid sinus pressure.. Doe, C P A, D A Self, M J Drinkhill, N McMahon, D S Myers, and R Hainsworth. Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT U.K. and *Department of Physiology, U.S.U.H.S. 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda MD 20814-4799, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0251H, 1998.
• Neutrophil-dependent augmentation of paf-induced vasoconstriction and albumin flux in coronary arterioles. Huang, Qiaobing, Mac Wu, Cynthia Meininger, Katherine Kelly, and Yuan Yuan. Departments of Surgery and Medical Physiology, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, 1901 South First Street, Building 4, Temple, TX 76504 APStracts 5:0252H, 1998.
• Localization of the angiotensin ii type 2 receptor in the microcirculation of skeletal muscle. Noraa, Elizabeth H., Diane H. Munzenmaiera, Feona M. Hansen-Smithb, Julian H. Lombarda, and Andrew S. Greenea. aDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A., bDepartment of Biological Sciences and Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0253H, 1998.
• Different effects of red and white wine on endothelial-dependent vasorelaxation of rat aorta and human coronary arteries. Flesch, Markus, Md, Andreas Schwarz, and Michael B[diaeresis]ohm, Md. Klinik III f[umlaut]ur Innere Medizin der Universit[umlaut]at zu K[diaeresis]oln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, 50924 Cologne, Germany APStracts 5:0254H, 1998.
• Assessment of relationship between hemodynamic variables in artificial-heart implanted dogs with mutual information. Osaka, Motohisa, Tomoyuki Yambe, Hirokazu Saitoh, Makoto Yoshizawa, Takashi Itoh, Shin-Ichi Nitta, Hiroshi Kishida, and Hirokazu Hayakawa. First Department of Internal Medicine and Centre of Informatics Science, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8603; Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Division of Organ Pathology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, and Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980 -8575, Japan APStracts 5:0255H, 1998.
• Overexpression of [alpha]1b-adrenergic receptor induces left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of hypertrophy. Grupp, Ingrid L., John N. Lorenz, Richard A. Walsh, Gregory P. Boivin, Hansj[diaeresis]org Rindt. 1Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, 2Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, 3Department of Internal Medicine, 4Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, USA, and the 5Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0256H, 1998.
• Interaction between carotid baroregulation and the pulsating heart: a mathematical model. Ursino, Mauro. Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems, Viale Risorgimento 2, I40136 Bologna, Italy APStracts 5:0257H, 1998.
• Increased expression of glomerular at1 receptors in rats with myocardial infarction. Mento, Peter F., Mary E. Pica, Jim Hilepo, Jaime Chang, Larissa Hirsch, and Barry M. Wilkes. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, New York University Medical College, Manhasset, New York 11030 APStracts 5:0258H, 1998.
• A nonlinear explanation of aging induced changes in heartbeat dynamics. Giuliani, A., G. Piccirillo, V. Marigliano and A. Colosimo. 1. Istituto Superiore di Sanita_, TCE Lab, 00161 Rome, Italy, 2. Prima Clinica Medica Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy, 3. Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Universita_ di Roma _La Sapienza_ 00185 Rome, Italy APStracts 5:0259H, 1998.
• Effect of crosslinked hemoglobin transfusion on endothelial dependent dilation in feline pial arterioles. Asano, Yoshio, Raymond C. Koehler, John A. Ulatowski, Richard J. Traystman, and Enrico Bucci. 1The Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-4961 and 2The Department of Biological Chemistry, The University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 5:0260H, 1998.
• Are interatrial band myocytes maximally hypertrophied in normal canine hearts?. Dolber, Paul C., Robert P. Bauman, Judith C. Rembert, and Joseph C. Greenfield . DEPARTMENTS OF MEDICINE (DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY) AND PATHOLOGY, DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DURHAM, NC 27710, MEDICAL SERVICE (CARDIOLOGY SECTION), RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, DURHAM, NC 27705 APStracts 5:0261H, 1998.
• Functional evidence for alternative angiotensin ii- forming pathways in hamster cardiovascular system. Nishimura, Hikaru, M. D., Hendrik Buikema, Ph. D., Ovidiu Baltatu, M. D., Detlev Ganten, M. D., Ph. D. and Hidenori Urata, M. D. 1Max-Delbr[umlaut]uck-Center for Molecular Medicine, D-13122 Berlin-Buch, Germany, 2Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Netherlands, 3Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Free University, D-12200 Berlin, Germany, 4Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-80, Japan, 5Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki 569, Japan APStracts 5:0262H, 1998.
• Endothelial dysfunction in human intramyocardial small arteries in atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia. Cooper, Anne, Mb, Bchir, Md, Mrcp; Anthony M. Heagerty, Md, Frcp. Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK. APStracts 5:0263H, 1998.
• Hydrogen peroxide relaxes porcine coronary arteries by stimulating bkca channel activity. Barlow, Robert S., and Richard E. White. Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435 APStracts 5:0264H, 1998.
• Stimulation of different phospholipases a2 by tumor necrosis factor- and interleukin-1 in adult rat ventricular myocytes. Liu, Shi J., and Jane McHowat_. Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences*, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology*, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205 APStracts 5:0265H, 1998.
• Amino terminal probnp in ovine plasma : evidence for enhanced secretion in response to cardiac overload. Pemberton, Cj, Tg Yandle, Mt Rademaker, Cj Charles, Gd Aitken, Ea Espiner. Department of Endocrinology, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch 1, New Zealand APStracts 5:0266H, 1998.
• Dissociation between regional dysfunction and [beta]-adrenergic receptor signaling in heart failure. Anzai, Toshihisa, N. Chin Lai, Meihua Gao, H. Kirk Hammond. VAMC-San Diego and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California APStracts 5:0267H, 1998.
• Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy with captopril normalizes membrane currents in rabbits. Rials, Seth J., Xiaoping Xu, Ying Wu, Roger A. Marinchak, and Peter R. Kowey. Cardiovascular Division, The Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, PA 19096 and Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA APStracts 5:0268H, 1998.
• Hemodynamics of the gastric microcirculation in the rat. Peti-Peterdi, J[acute]anos, Gergely Kov[acute]acs, P[acute]eter Hamar, L[acute]aszl[acute]o Rosivall. Institute of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Nagyv[acute]arad t[acute]er 4., Hungary, H-1089 APStracts 5:0269H, 1998.
• Myocardial overexpression of g protein-coupled receptor kinase-3 in transgenic mice: evidence for in vivo selectivity of grks. Iaccarino(, Guido, (, Howard A. Rockman(, Kyle F. Shotwell(, Eric D. Tomhave+, and Walter J. Koch((. Department of (Surgery, and (Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 and (Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27704 APStracts 5:0270H, 1998.
• Angiotensin ii-induced hypertrophy of adult rat cardiomyocytes is blocked by nitric oxide.. Ritchie, Rebecca H., Rick J. Schiebinger, Margot C. Lapointe and James D. Marsh. Program in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University and the Detroit VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 48201 and the Hypertension and Vascular Research Unit**, Henry Ford Hospital**, Detroit, MI, 48202. APStracts 5:0271H, 1998.
• Role of intracellular calcium and ph in the positive inotropic response of cardiomyocytes to diacylglycerol. . Pi, Yeqing, and Jeffery W. Walker. Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 APStracts 5:0272H, 1998.
• Abnormal myocyte ca2+ homeostasis in rabbits with pacing-induced heart failure. Yao, Atsushi, M. D., Zhi Su, Ph. D.+, Akihiko Nonaka, M. D., Iram Zubair, M. D., Kenneth W. Spitzer, Ph. D.#, John H. B. Bridge, Ph. D.#,. Gerhard Muelheims, M.D.*, John Ross Jr., M.D.(, William H. Barry, M.D.* APStracts 5:0273H, 1998.
• Irregular beat ventricular contractility in atrial fibrillation is predictable by mechanical restitution and potentiation. Suzuki, Shunsuke, Junichi Araki, Terumasa Morita), Satoshi Mohri, Takeshi Mikane, Hiroki Yamaguchi), Shunji Sano), Tohru Ohe), Masahisa Hirakawa) and Hiroyuki Suga. Departments of Physiology II, Cardiovascular Surgery1), Cardiovascular Medicine2), and Anesthesiology and Resuscitology3), Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, 700-8558, JAPAN APStracts 5:0274H, 1998.
• Effects of coronary artery disease on expression and microvascular response to vascular endothelial growth factor. M[acute]etais, Caroline, Md, Jianyi Li, Mb, Ms, Jian Li, Md, Phd, Michael Simons, Md, Frank W. Sellke, Md. . Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, *Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine of Beth Israel -Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. APStracts 5:0275H, 1998.
• Effects of isoflurane on [ca2+]i, sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+ content, and twitch force in intact trabeculae. Jiang, Yandong, and Fred J. Julian. Department of Anesthesia Research Laboratories, righam and Women_s Hospital, 5 Francis Street, oston, MA 02115 APStracts 5:0276H, 1998.
• 2,3-butanedione monoxime drives protein dephosphorylation and inhibits adenine nucleotide exchange in cardiomyocytes. Stapleton, Mary T., Claudia M. Fuchsbauer, Ashley P. Allshire. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College, Cork, Ireland. APStracts 5:0277H, 1998.
• Capillaries and arterioles are electrically coupled in the hamster cheek pouch. Beach, James M., Eugene D. McGahren, and Brian R. Duling. Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 APStracts 5:0278H, 1998.
• A load-independent in vivo model for evaluating therapeutic interventions in injured myocardium. Lewis, Cleveland W., B. Zane Atkins, Kelley A. Hutcheson, Christian T. Gillen, Mary C. Reedy,donald D. Glower,doris A. Taylor. Departments of 1Medicine, 2Surgery, 3Biomedical Engineering and 4Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 5:0279H, 1998.
• Mitochondrial atp-sensitive k+ channels modulate cardiac mitochondrial function. Holmuhamedov, Ekshon L., Sofija Jovanovic, Petras P. Dzeja, Aleksandar Jovanovic, and Andre Terzic. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 APStracts 5:0280H, 1998.
• Endothelial vasodilator production by uterine and systemic arteries: iii. effects of the ovarian cycle and estrogen treatment on no synthase expression. Vagnoni, Karen E., Phd,cynthia E. Shaw, Bs, Terry M. Phernetton, Bs, Beth M. Meglin, Bs, Ian M. Bird, Phd and Ronald R. Magness, Phd,. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatal Research Laboratories1, and Meat/Animal Science 2 , 7E Meriter Hospital/Park, Madison WI, 53715 APStracts 5:0281H, 1998.
• Increased myocardial lactate oxidation in lambs with aortopulmonary shunts at rest and during moderate exercise. Beaufort-Krol, Gertie C. M., Janny Takens, Marieke C. Molenkamp, Gioia B. Smid, Koos J. Meuzelaar, Willem G. Zijlstra, and Jaap R. G. Kuipers. Beatrix Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, and Groningen -Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0282H, 1998.