APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 3, 1996

The American Physiological Society

• Connexin32/38 chimeras suggest a role for the second half of the inner loop in gap junction gating by low ph. Wang, Xiao Guang, and Camillo Peracchia. Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642-8642, Tel. (716) 275-2201, Fax (716) 461-3259 APStracts 3:0238C, 1996.
• Vascular endothelial growth factor affects the permeability of brain microvessel endothelial cells in vitro. Wang, Wen, Marsha J. Merrill, and Ronald T. Borchardt. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 APStracts 3:0239C, 1996.
• The calcium-force relationship of frog skeletal muscle: a dynamic model for parameter estimation. Shames, David M., Anthony J. Baker, Michael W. Weiner, and S. Albert Camacho. Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, and the Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121 APStracts 3:0240C, 1996.
• Study of the non-specific cation channel coupled to p2z purinergic receptors of rat submandibular glands using an acid load technique. Lachish, M., E. Alzola, N. Chaib, M. M[acute]etioui, K. Grosfils, E. Kabr[acute]e, A. Moran, A. Marino, and J. P. Dehaye. Department of Physiology, Corob Center for Medical Research, Faculty for Health Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Isra[diaeresis]el; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain; Laboratoire de Biochimie g[acute]en[acute]erale et humaine, Institut de Pharmacie, Universit[acute]e libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles Belgium APStracts 3:0241C, 1996.
• The l antigens of sheep red blood cell membranes and modulation of ion transport. Dunham, Philip B., and Rhoda Blostein. Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244; Departments of Medicine & Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada APStracts 3:0242C, 1996.
• The role of vacuolation in the death of gastric epithelial cells. Hagen, Susan J., Shin'ichi Takahashi, and Rudite Jansons. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Boston, MA, 02215 APStracts 3:0243C, 1996.
• Reduced inhibitory effect of mg2+ on ca2+ release in muscle fibers from pigs susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. Owen, V. J., N. L. Taske & G. D. Lamb. School of Zoology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083; John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., 2601, Australia APStracts 3:0244C, 1996.
• Properties of single drosophila trpl channels expressed in sf9 insect cells. Kunze, Diana L., William G. Sinkins, Luis Vaca, and William P. Schilling. Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research, MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44109-1998, Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexicao, D.F. 04510 APStracts 3:0245C, 1996.
• Beta-adrenergic modulation of barium currents and k+ contractures in frog slow skeletal muscle fibers . Huerta, Miguel, X[acute]ochitl Trujillo, and Clemente V[acute]asquez. Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biom[acute]edicas, Universidad de Colima, Apartado Postal 11, Colima, Colima, 28000, M[acute]exico APStracts 3:0246C, 1996.
• Inhibition of human neutrophil b2 integrin-dependent adherence by hyperbaric oxygen. Thom, Stephen R., Ignacio Mendiguren, Kevin Hardy, Todd Bolotin, Donald Fisher, Monique Nebolon, and Laurie Kilpatrick. University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Immunology APStracts 3:0247C, 1996.
• Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in l6 rat skeletal muscle cells. Okuda, S., F. Kanda, Y. Kawahara, and K. Chihara. Third Division, Department of Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, First Division, Department of Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650, Japan APStracts 3:0248C, 1996.
• A role for a background sodium current in spontaneous action potentials and secretion from rat lactotrophs. Sankaranarayanan, Sethuraman, and Steven M. Simasko. Program in Neuroscience, Department of Veterinary Comparative Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6520 APStracts 3:0249C, 1996.
• Effects of f-actin stabilization or disassembly on epithelial cl- secretion and na-k-2cl cotransport. Matthews, Jeffrey B., Jeremy A. Smith, and Bruce J. Hrnjez. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA APStracts 3:0250C, 1996.
• Gap junctions in human umbilical cord endothelial cells contain multiple connexins. Van, Harold V. M., Rijen, Marjan J. A. Van Kempen, Luc J. S. Analbers, Martin B. Rook, Antoni C. G. Van Ginneken, Daniel Gros, Habo J. Jongsma. Department of Medical Physiology and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, A.M.C. Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IBDM, Laboratoire de G[acute]en[acute]etique et Physiologie du D[acute]eveloppement, Universit[acute]e de la M[acute]editerran[acute]ee, 13288 Marseille C[acute]edex 09, France APStracts 3:0251C, 1996.
• Effect of the organic calcium channel blocker d-600 on sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+ uptake in skeletal muscle. Ortega, Alicia, H. Gonzalez-Serratos, and J. R. Lepock. Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201 U.S.A.; Departments of Biology and Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, M[acute]exico, AP 70-159, CP 04510 APStracts 3:0252C, 1996.
• Lacrimal gland pkc isoforms are differentially involved in agonist -induced protein secretion. Zoukhri, Driss, Robin R. Hodges, Christian Sergheraert, Alex Toker, and Darlene A. Dartt. Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford St., Boston, MA 02114, Institut Pasteur de Lille, URA CNRS 1309, B.P. 245, 59019 Lille, France, Department of Medicine, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 3:0253C, 1996.
• Activity-dependent induction of slow myosin gene expression in isolated fast mouse muscle. Barton-Davis, Elisabeth R., William A. Laframboise, and Martin J. Kushmerick. Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, of Radiology, of Biochemistry and Center for Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 APStracts 3:0254C, 1996.
• Isovolumetric regulation of c6 rat glioma cells in hyperosmotic media. Mountian, Irina, and Willy Van Driessche. Laboratory of Physiology, K. U. Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, B -3000, Leuven, Belgium APStracts 3:0255C, 1996.
• Changes of the actin cytoskeleton during swelling and volume regulatory decrease in cultured astrocytes. Mor[acute]an, J., M. Sabanero, I. Meza, and H. Pasantes-Morales. Instituto de Fisiolog[acute]ia Celular, Universidad Nacional A. de M[acute]exico, Departamento de Biolog[acute]ia Celular, Centro de Investigaci[acute]on y de Estudios Avanzados, del IPN, M[acute]exico DF, Instituto de Biolog[acute]ia Experimental, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico APStracts 3:0256C, 1996.
• Glutathione redox cycle regulates nitric oxide-mediated glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibition. Padgett, Christine M., and A. Richard Whorton. Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 3:0257C, 1996.
• Different contributions of l- and q-type ca 2+ channels to ca2+ signals and secretion in chromaffin cell subtypes. Lomax, Richard B., Pedro Michelena, Luc[acute]ia N[acute]u[tilde]nez, Javier Garc[acute]ia-Sancho, Antonio G. Garc[acute]ia, and Carmen Montiel. Departamento de Farmacolog[acute]ia y Terap[acute]eutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Aut[acute]onoma de Madrid, c/ Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain, Servicio de Farmacolog[acute]ia Cl[acute]inica and Instituto de Gerontolog[acute]ia, Hospital de la Princesa, c/Diego de Le[acute]on, 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain and Instituto de Biolog[acute]ia y Gen[acute]etica Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid y CSIC; Departamento de Bioqu[acute]imica, Biolog[acute]ia Molecular y Fisiolog[acute]ia, Facultad de Medicina, 47005 Valladolid, Spain APStracts 3:0258C, 1996.
• Pathways of hepatic oxalate synthesis and their regulation. Poore, Raymond E., Chris H. Hurst, Dean G. Assimos, Ross P. Holmes. Department of Urology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 APStracts 3:0259C, 1996.
• Protection from apoptosis in human neutrophils is determined by the surface of adhesion. Ginis, Irene, and Douglas V. Faller. Cancer Research Center, and Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Microbiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA APStracts 3:0260C, 1996.
• Protection from apoptosis in human neutrophils is determined by the surface of adhesion. Ginis, Irene, and Douglas V. Faller. Cancer Research Center, and Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Microbiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA APStracts 3:0261C, 1996.
• Induction of heme oxygenase-1 (hsp 32) mrna in skeletal muscle following contractions. Essig, David A., Darrell R. Borger, and David A. Jackson. Department of Exercise Science, Laboratory of Exercise Molecular Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC APStracts 3:0262C, 1996.
• Secondary regulatory volume increase (rvi) conferred on xenopus oocytes by expression of ae2 anion exchanger. Jiang, Lianwei, Marina N. Chernova, and Seth L. Alper. Depts. of Medicine and Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School; and Molecular Medicine and Renal Units, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215 APStracts 3:0263C, 1996.
• Expression of the na-cl cotransporter in osteoblast-like cells: effects of thiazide diuretics. Barry, Elizabeth L. R., Frank A. Gesek, Mark R. Kaplan, Steven C. Hebert, and Peter A. Friedman. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755; and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 APStracts 3:0264C, 1996.
• Cloning and induction by low nacl intake of avian intestine na+ channel subunits. Goldstein, Orly, Carol Asher, and Haim Garty. Dept. of Membrane Research and Biophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel APStracts 3:0265C, 1996.
• Modulation of cftr chloride channels by calyculin a and genistein. Yang, Iris C-H., Tzu-Hurng Cheng, Fei Wang, Elmer M. Price, and Tzyh -Chang Hwang. Departments of Physiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences#, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri -Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan APStracts 3:0266C, 1996.
• Altered contractility of urinary bladder in the diabetic rabbit: relationship to reduced na + -pump activity. Gupta, Sandeep, Stone Yang, Richard A. Cohen, Robert J. Krane, and I[tilde]nigo Saenz De Tejada. DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY UNIT, BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BOSTON, MA 02118 APStracts 3:0267C, 1996.
• Ocorticosteroids increase sodium transport in middle ear epithelium. Herman, P., Tan Ching-Ting, Van Den Abbeele T., Escoubet B., Friedlander G., Tran Ba Huy P. Laboratoire d'Otologie Exp[acute]erimentale, Facult[acute]e Lariboisi[grave]ere-St-Louis, Universit[acute]e Paris VII, Paris, France, Department Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Department of Physiology, INSERM U 426, Facult[acute]e Xavier Bichat, Universit[acute]e Paris VII, Paris, France APStracts 3:0268C, 1996.
• The insulin-mimetic agents vanadate and pervanadate stimulate glucose but inhibit amino acid uptake. Tsiani, E., N. Abdullah, and I. G. Fantus. Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, the Department of Physiology and Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada APStracts 3:0269C, 1996.
• Extracellular calcium directly regulates tight junctional permeability in the human cervical cell line caski. Gorodeski, George I., Wenwu Jin, and Ulrich Hopfer. Departments of Reproductive Biology and Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio APStracts 3:0270C, 1996.
• Protein kinase a activity modulates natriuretic peptide-dependent cgmp accumulation in renal cells. Ledoux, S[acute]everine, Jean-Claude Dussaule, Christos Chatziantoniou, Nicole Ardaillou, Sophie Vandermeersch, and Raymond Ardaillou. INSERM 64, H[circumflex]opital Tenon, 75020 Paris, France APStracts 3:0271C, 1996.
• Muscarinic activation and calcium permeation of non-selective cation currents in airway myocytes. Fleischmann, Bernd K., Yong-Xiao Wang, Michael I. Kotlikoff. Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6046 APStracts 3:0272C, 1996.
• Nitric oxide, superoxide, and peroxynitrite -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Beckman, Joseph S., and Willem H. Koppenol. Departments of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, Eidgen[diaeresis]ossische Technische Hochschule CH-8092 Z[umlaut]urich, Switzerland APStracts 3:0273C, 1996.
• Cyclic adp-ribose signaling in sea urchin gametes: metabolism in spermatozoa. Chini, Eduardo N., Michael A. Thompson, Claudia C. S. Chini, and Thomas P. Dousa. Renal Pathophysiology Laboratory, Dept. Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, 55905 APStracts 3:0274C, 1996.
• Non-coordinated expression of alpha, [beta], and [gamma] sub-unit mrnas of the epithelial sodium channel along the rat respiratory tract. Farman, N., C. R. Talbot, R. Boucher, M. Fay, C. Canessa, B. Rossier, and J. P. Bonvalet. Inserm U246, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine X. Bichat, 75018 Paris, France, *Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7020, USA, and Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Universit[acute]e de Lausanne, CH 1005 Lausanne, Suisse APStracts 3:0275C, 1996.