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

The American Physiological Society

• Role of nitric oxide in the control of renin secretion. Kurtz, Armin, and Charlotte Wagner. Institut f[umlaut]ur Physiologie der Universit[umlaut]at Regensburg, Germany APStracts 5:0125F, 1998.
• Dietary k+ restriction upregulates total and sch 28080- sensitive bicarbonate absorption in rat timcd. Wall, Susan M., Pramod Mehta, and Thomas D. Dubose, Jr., University Of Texas, Medical School At Houston, Houston, Tx. . Susan M. Wall, M.D., Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Texas, Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, M.S.B. 4.148, Houston, TX. 77030, Phone: (713) 500-6868, FAX: (713) 500 -6882, e-mail: swall@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu APStracts 5:0126F, 1998.
• Selective increase of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in a model of renal ablation. Wang, Jun-Ling, Hui-Fang Cheng, Ming-Zhi Zhang, James. A. McKanna and Raymond C. Harris. George M. O'Brien Kidney and Urologic Diseases Center and 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, 2Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 APStracts 5:0127F, 1998.
• Inducible transcriptional activity of the bcn-1 element from the laminin [gamma]1 chain gene promoter in renal and non-renal cells.. Suzuki, Hideaki, Oleg N. Denisenko, Yu Suzuki, Daniel S. Schullery, and Karol Bomsztyk. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 APStracts 5:0128F, 1998.
• Inactivation of kinase cascades in mesangial cells grown on collagen type i. Miralem, Tiho, and Douglas M. Templeton. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto APStracts 5:0129F, 1998.
• Intrarenal and subcellular localization of rat clc5. Luyckx, Valerie A., Fatime O. Goda, David B. Mount, Toshiyuki Nishio, Amy Hall, Steven C. Hebert, Timothy G. Hammond and Alan S. L. Yu. 1Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, 2Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center and New Orleans Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, 3Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 APStracts 5:0130F, 1998.
• Hypertonicity activates map kinases and inhibits absorption via distinct pathways in thick ascending limb. Iii, Bruns A. Watts, John F. Di Mari, Roger J. Davis and David W. Good. 1Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555 and 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605 APStracts 5:0131F, 1998.
• Dopamine d4 receptor isoform mrna and protein is expressed in the rat cortical collecting duct. Sun, Duo, Teresa W. Wilborn, and James A. Schafer. Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Nephrology Research and Training Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 APStracts 5:0132F, 1998.
• Cyclosporin a increases hypoxia and free radical production in the rat kidney: prevention by dietary glycine1. Zhong, Zhi, Gavin E. Arteel, Henry D. Connor, Ming Yin, Moritz V. Frankenberg, Robert, F. Stachlewitz, James A. Raleigh, Ronald P. Mason and Ronald G. Thurman,. 2Depts. of Pharmacology and 4Radiation Oncology, 3Curriculum in Toxicology, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and 5Lab. Of Pharmacology and Chemistry, NIEHS, RTP, NC 27709 APStracts 5:0133F, 1998.
• Aquaporin-2 expression in primary cultured rat inner medullary collecting duct cells. Maric, Kenan, Alexander Oksche, and Walter Rosenthal,. 1Forschungsinstitut f[umlaut]ur Molekulare Pharmakologie, Alfred -Kowalke Strasse 4, 10315 Berlin, 2Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut f[umlaut]ur Pharmakologie, Frankfurter Strasse 107, 35392 Giessen APStracts 5:0134F, 1998.
• Inhibitory effect of calyculin a, serine/threonine protein phosphatase type-i inhibitor, on renin secretion. Park, Chun Sik, Mi Hyun Kim, Chae Hun Leem, Yeon Jin Jang, Hae Won Kim, Hyoun Sik Kim, and Yoo Sun Hong. Departments of Physiology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine and Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, Korea 138-736 APStracts 5:0135F, 1998.
• Role of superoxide in apoptosis induced by growth factor withdrawal. Lieberthal, Wilfred, Veronica Triaca, Jason S. Koh, Patrick J. Pagano and Jerrold S. Levine. Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, MA 02118 and Division of Hypertension and Vascular Research*, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202. APStracts 5:0136F, 1998.
• The relative importance of proximal versus distal tubular injury in acute renal failure. Lieberthal, Wilfred, and Sanjay K. Nigam. Medical Services, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences Technology, Boston, MA APStracts 5:0137F, 1998.
• A tyrosine-based signal regulates h/k-atpase mediated potassium resorption in the kidney.. Wang, Tong, Nathalie Courtois-Coutry, Gerhard Giebisch, and Michael J. Caplan. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Streetm New Haven, CT 06510 APStracts 5:0138F, 1998.
• Morphological and functional characterization of a conditionally immortalized collecting tubule cell line. Takacs-Jarrett, Marcia, William E. Sweeney, Ellis D. Avner, and Calvin U. Cotton. Departments of Pediatrics, and Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4948 APStracts 5:0139F, 1998.
• Transport and regulatory properties of the apical na:k:2cl cotransporter of macula densa cells. Darwin, M. Anuar Laamarti P., Bell_ & Jean-Yves Lapointe. Groupe de recherche en transport membranaire, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H3C 3J7 and, _ Nephrology Research and Training Center, Division of Nephrology and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294. APStracts 5:0140F, 1998.
• Chronic metabolic acidosis reversibly inhibits extracellular matrix gene expression in mouse osteoblasts. Frick, Kevin K., and David A. Bushinsky. Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 5:0141F, 1998.
• Pge2 stimulates mg2+ uptake in mouse distal convoluted tubule cells. Dai, Long-Jun, Brian Bapty, Gordon Ritchie, and Gary A. Quamme. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Koerner Pavilion, Vancouver, BC Canada APStracts 5:0142F, 1998.
• Gene transfer in the kidney. Kelley, Vicki Rubin, and Vikas P. Sukhatme. 1Renal Division, Molecular Autoimmunity, Brigham and Women_s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115; and 2Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02215 APStracts 5:0143F, 1998.
• Effects of okadaic acid, calyculin a and pdbu on the state of phosphorylation of rat renal na+-k+-atpase. Li, Dailin ), Sam Xian Jun Cheng(), Gilberto Fisone(), Michael J. Caplan(), Yoshiyuki Ohtomo(), and Anita Aperia(),. Departments of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Unit(1),, and Neuroscience(2), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510(3). APStracts 5:0144F, 1998.
• Increased decorin mrna in diabetic mouse kidney and in mesangial and tubular cells cultured in high glucose. Mogyorosi, Andras, and Fuad N. Ziyadeh. Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, and the Penn Center for the Molecular Studies of Kidney Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA APStracts 5:0145F, 1998.
• Isolation of rat fibrillin-1 cdna and its relevance in metanephric development. Kanwar, Yashpal S., Kosuke Ota, Qiwei Yang, Anil Kumar, Jun Wada, Naoki Kashihara, and Darryl R. Peterson. Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611 APStracts 5:0146F, 1998.
• Snap-23 in rat kidney: co-localization with aquaporin-2 in collecting duct vesicles. Inoue, Takeaki, S Ren Nielsen, Beatrice Mandon, James Terris, Bellamkonda K. Kishore and Mark A. Knepper. 1Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1603, 2 Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DK, 3Department of Physiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD APStracts 5:0147F, 1998.
• Up-regulation of h+-atp ase in the distal nephron during potassium depletion: structural and functional evidence.. Bailey, Matthew A., Robert M. Fletcher, David F. Woodrow, Robert J. Unwin, Stephen J. Walter. 1Centre for Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, University College London, 5 University Street, WC1E 6JJ; 2Department of Histopathology, Division of Investigative Science and 3Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom. APStracts 5:0148F, 1998.
• Effects of physiologic hyperinsulinemia on systemic, renal and hepatic glucose, glutamine and free fatty acid metabolism. Meyer, Christian, Jean Dostou, Veena Nadkarni and John Gerich,. University of Rochester School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine1 and Physiology and Pharmacology2, Rochester, New York APStracts 5:0149F, 1998.
• Renal and systemic hemodynamic, natriuretic and neuro-humoral responses to different doses of l-name in man.. Broere, A., A. H. Van Den Meiracker, F. Boomsma, F. H. M. Derkx, A. J. Man In _t Veld, and M. A. D. H. Schalekamp. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0150F, 1998.
• Renal cortical na-,k--atpase activity and abundance is decreased in normal pregnant rats. Mahaney, J., C Felton, D Taylor#, W Fleming#, Jq Kong# and C Baylis. Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry*, and Pharmacology and Toxicology#, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-9229 APStracts 5:0151F, 1998.
• Regulation of sodium transport in m-1 cells. Nakhoul, Nazih L., Kathleen S. Hering-Smith, Cecilia T. Gambala, and L. Lee Hamm. Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112. APStracts 5:0152F, 1998.
• Inhibition of adenosine1 receptor-mediated preglomerular vasoconstriction in at1areceptor deficient mice. Traynor, Timothy, Tianxin Yang, Yuning G. Huang, Lois Arend, Michael I. Oliverio, Thomas Coffman, Josie P. Briggs, and J[umlaut]urgen Schnermann. 1Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2DKUHD, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, and 3Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina APStracts 5:0153F, 1998.
• Extracellular matrix-related genes in kidney following ischemic injury: potential role for tgf-[beta] in repair. Basile, David P., Daniel R. Martin, and Marc R. Hammerman. George M. O'Brien Kidney and Urological Disease Center, Renal Division, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 63110 APStracts 5:0154F, 1998.
• Urinary concentrating function in mice lacking ep3 receptors for prostaglandin e2. Fleming, Eric F., Krairek Athirakul_, Michael I. Oliverio_, Mikelle Key, Jennifer Goulet, Beverly H. Koller and Thomas M. Coffman_. Thomas M. Coffman, M.D., Room B3002/Nephrology (111I), VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, Telephone: (919) 286 -2947, FAX: (919) 286-6879, e-mail: tcoffman@acpub.duke.edu APStracts 5:0155F, 1998.
• Ph-dependent modulation of the cloned renal k+ channel, romk. McNicholas, Carmel M., Gordon G. Macgregor, Leon D. Islas, Yinhai Yang, Steven C. Hebert and Gerhard Giebisch. 1 Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, 2 Present Address: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, 320 Longwood Ave., Enders 1309, Boston, MA 02115, 3 Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, S3223 MCN, Nashville, TN 37322 -2372 APStracts 5:0156F, 1998.
• Kid-1 expression is high in differentiated renal proximal tubule cells and suppressed in cystic epithelia. Witzgall, Ralph, Nicholas Oberm[umlaut]uller, Ulrike B[diaeresis]olitz, James P. Calvet, Benjamin D. Cowley, Jr., Cheryl Walker, Wilhelm Kriz, Norbert Gretz, Joseph V. Bonventre. 1Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; 2Medical Research Center, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; 3Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas, U.S.A.; 4University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957; 5Renal Unit and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0157F, 1998.
• Regulation of c-ret expression by retinoic acid in rat metanephros : implication in nephron mass control. Moreau, Evelyne, Jos[acute]e Vilar, Martine Lelievre-Pegorier, Claudie Merlet-Benichou, and Thierry Gilbert. INSERM U319 "D[acute]eveloppement normal et pathologique des fonctions [acute]epith[acute]eliales", Universit[acute]e Paris 7 -Denis Diderot, 2 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France APStracts 5:0158F, 1998.
• Concerted actions of il-1[beta] inhibit na+ absorption and stimulate anion secretion by imcd cells. Husted, Russell F., Chong Zhang, and John B. Stokes. Laboratory of Epithelial Transport, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242 APStracts 5:0159F, 1998.
• Extracellular atp causes apoptosis and necrosis of cultured mesangial cells via p2z/p2x7 receptors. Schulze-Lohoff, Eckhard, Christian Hugo, Sylvia Rost, Susanne Arnold, Angela Gruber, Bernhard Br[umlaut]une, and Ralf Bernd Sterzel. Nephrologisches Labor, Medizinische Klinik IV, Universit[umlaut]at Erlangen-N[umlaut]urnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany APStracts 5:0160F, 1998.
• Prostanoid signalling, localization and expression of ip receptors in rat thick ascending limb cells. H[acute]ebert, Richard L., Tim O_connor, Chris Neville, Kevin D. Burns, Odette Laneuville and Linda N. Peterson,. Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine1 of Medicine2 of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology3 and of Paediatrics4, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1H 8M5. APStracts 5:0161F, 1998.