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

The American Physiological Society

• Tissue-specificity and alternative splicing of the na+-ca2+ exchanger isoforms ncx1, ncx2, and ncx3 in rat. Quednau, Beate D., Debora A. Nicoll, and Kenneth D. Philipson. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, and the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1760 APStracts 3:0360C, 1996.
• Role of the matrixin mmp-2 in the multicellular organization of adipocytes cultured in basement membrane components. Brown, Lynn M., Heather L. Fox, Stacy A. Hazen, Kathryn F. Lanoue, Stephen R. Rannels, and Christopher J. Lynch. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033 APStracts 3:0361C, 1996.
• Hypertension alters rapid cooling contractures in single rat cardiocytes. Stauffer, Brian L., Bradley M. Palmer, Alexander Hazel, Joseph Y. Cheung, and Russell L. Moore. Department of Kinesiology, Campus Box 354, University of Colorado, Boulder, C0 80309-0354 & The Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033 APStracts 3:0362C, 1996.
• Cholera and pertussis toxins increase acidification of endocytic vesicles without altering ion conductances. Van, Rebecca W., Dyke. Gastroenterology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0682 APStracts 3:0363C, 1996.
• G proteins activate ionic conductances at multiple sites in t84 cells. Izu, Leighton, Ming Li, Rob Demuro, and Michael E. Duffey. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, U.S.A. APStracts 3:0364C, 1996.
• Localization of amiloride-sensitive sodium channels in a6 cells by atomic force microscopy. Smith, Peter R., Anne Lynn Bradford, Stefan Schneider, Dale J. Benos, and John P. Geibel. Department of Physiology - Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, Department of Surgery and Cell & Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510 APStracts 3:0365C, 1996.
• Mitochondrial permeability transition in hepatocytes induced by t -butylhydroperoxide: nad(p)h and reactive oxygen species. Nieminen, Anna-Liisa, Aaron M. Byrne, Brian Herman, and John J. Lemasters. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina APStracts 3:0366C, 1996.
• Chimaeric calsequestrin and its targeting to the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle. Nori, Alessandra, Katyuscia A. Nadalini, Adelina Martini, Rosario Rizzuto, Antonello Villa, and Pompeo Volpe. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali dell'Universit[grave]a di Padova, via Trieste 75, 35121 Padova, and DIBIT, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Universit[grave]a di Milano, via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milano APStracts 3:0367C, 1996.
• Roles of cytoplasmic ca2& and intracellular ca2& stores in induction and suppression of apoptosis in s49 cells. Bian, Xiaopeng, Francis M. Hughes, Jr., Yi Huang, John A. Cidlowski, James W. Putney, Jr. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 APStracts 3:0368C, 1996.
• A carboxyl terminal peptide of the [alpha]1 subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor inhibits calcium release channels. Slavik, Kenneth J., Jian-Ping Wang, Bahman Aghdasi, Jia-Zheng Zhang, and Frederic Mandel, Nadia Malouf and Susan L. Hamilton. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina APStracts 3:0369C, 1996.
• Gap junctional units are functionally expressed before 1st cleavage in the early ascidian embryo. Tosti, Elisabetta. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Stazione Zoologica, Villa Comunale, 80121 - Napoli- Italy APStracts 3:0370C, 1996.
• Electrogenic lithium-lithium exchange mediated by the sodium -potassium pump in rabbit cardiac myocytes. Hemsworth, Paul D., David W. Whalley, and Helge H. Rasmussen. Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales 2065, AUSTRALIA APStracts 3:0371C, 1996.
• The role of actin in regulation of epithelial sodium channels by cftr. Ismailov, Iskander I., Bakhram K. Berdiev, Vadim Gh. Shlyonsky, Catherine M. Fuller, Adriana G. Prat, Biljana Jovov, Horacio F. Cantiello, Dennis A. Ausiello, and Dale J. Benos. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0005 and Renal Unit - Massachusetts General Hospital, East, Charlestown, MA 02129 APStracts 3:0372C, 1996.
• Expression of functional mitochondrial creatine kinase in liver of transgenic mice. Miller, Kenneth, Kathy Sharer, Joe Suhan, Alan P. Koretsky. Department of Biological Sciences and Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 APStracts 3:0373C, 1996.
• Early alterations in airway mucociliary clearance and inflammation of the lamina propria in cf mice. Zahm, Jean-Marie, Dominique Gaillard, Florence Dupuit, Jocelyne Hinnrasky, David Porteous, Julia R. Dorin, Edith Puchelle. INSERM U314, IFR53, CHU Maison Blanche, Reims, France, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, U.K. APStracts 3:0374C, 1996.
• Effect of chronic hypoxia on ca2&-activated k& channels: regulation in human pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. Peng, Wei, John R. Hoidal, Sv Karwande, and Imad S. Farrukh. Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Science Center, and The Veterans Affairs Medical Center Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 APStracts 3:0375C, 1996.
• Loss of cytoskeletal support is not sufficient for anoxic plasma membrane disruption in renal cells. Chen, Jing, Jianwu Dai, Roberta L. Grant, R. Brian Doctor, Michael P. Sheetz, and Lazaro J. Mandel. DEPARTMENT OF CELL BIOLOGY, DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DURHAM, NC 27710 APStracts 3:0376C, 1996.
• Telokin expression in a10 smooth muscle cells requires serum response factor. Herring, B. Paul, and Aiping Fan Smith. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120 APStracts 3:0377C, 1996.
• A caffeine-sensitive ca2& store modulates &-evoked secretion in chromaffin cells. Lara, Baldomero, Manuela G. L[acute]opez, Mercedes Villarroya, Luis Gand[acute]ia, Lars Cleeman, Martin Morad, and Antonio G. Garc[acute]ia. Departamento de Farmacolog[acute]ia y Terap[acute]eutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Aut[acute]onoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain APStracts 3:0378C, 1996.
• Modulation of voltage-dependent ca 2& conductance by changing chloride ion concentration in rat lactotrophs. Garcia, L., M Fahmi, N. Prevarskaya, B. Dufy, and P. Sartor. LABORATOIRE DE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE, CNRS UMR 5543, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX II, 146, rue L[acute]eo Saignat 33076 Bordeaux, FRANCE, T[acute]el. (33) 5 57 57 15 51, Fax (33) 5 56 90 14 21 APStracts 3:0379C, 1996.
• Mitochondrial biogenesis during cellular differentiation . Moyes, C. D., O. A. Mathieu-Costello, N. Tsuchiya, C. Filburn, and R. G. Hansford. Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0623, USA, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA APStracts 3:0380C, 1996.
• Non coordinate regulation of epithelial sodium channel and na, k -atpase subunit mrnas in kidney and colon by aldosterone. Escoubet, Brigitte, Christiane Coureau, Jean-Pierre Bonvalet, and Nicolette Farman. Institut F[acute]ed[acute]eratif de Recherche Cellules Epith[acute]eliales, INSERM U 426, and U 246, and D[acute]epartement de Physiologie, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine X. Bichat, Universit[acute]e Paris 7, Paris France. APStracts 3:0381C, 1996.
• Stimulation of protein synthesis by insulin in rat skeletal muscle is accompanied by enhanced association of eukaryotic initiation factors eif-4e and eif-4g. Kimball, Scot R., Christine V. Jurasinski, John C. Lawrence, Jr. [acute]a, and Leonard S. Jefferson. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 3:0382C, 1996.
• Increased tetanic force and reduced myoplasmic [pi] following a brief series of tetani in mouse soleus muscle. Bruton, Joseph D., Charlott Wretman, Abram Katz, and H[angstrom]akan Westerblad. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 3:0383C, 1996.
• Cloning and widespread distribution of the rat rod-type cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel. Ding, Changlin, Elizabeth Potter, Weiping Qiu, Steven L. Coon, David C. Klein, Michael A. Levine, and Sandra Guggino. Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine; and Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 929 Ross Building, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205, Section of Neuroendocrinology, NIH, Bldg. 49, Rm 5A38, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 3:0384C, 1996.
• A non-isometric kinetic model for smooth muscle. Yu, Sung-Nien, Patrick E. Crago, and Hillel J. Chiel. Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 APStracts 3:0385C, 1996.
• Expression of cftr in human and bovine thyroid epithelium. Devuyst, Olivier, Philippe E. Golstein, Marcio V. Sanches, Klaus Piontek, Patricia D. Wilson, William B. Guggino, Jacques E. Dumont, and Renaud Beauwens. Division of Nephrology and Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205; Department of Pathophysiology and Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Free University of Brussels Medical School, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium APStracts 3:0386C, 1996.
• The amiloride-sensitive epithelial na+ channel: binding sites and channel densities. Blazer-Yost, Bonnie L., Sandy I. Helman. Department of Biology, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis, and VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign APStracts 3:0387C, 1996.
• Phospholipase d activity facilitates ca2+-induced aggregation and fusion of complex liposomes. Blackwood, R. Alexander, James E. Smolen, Amy Transue, Ronald J. Hessler, Donna M. Harsh, Ruth C. Brower, and Scott French. University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 -0244, Departmaent of Pediatrics, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Hematology APStracts 3:0388C, 1996.
• Modes of operation of an electroneutral na+/li+ countertransport in human skin fibroblasts. Zerbini, Gianpaolo, Ruggero Mangili, Daniela Gabellini, and Guido Pozza. Renal Pathophysiology Laboratory, Division of Medicine, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, I -20132 APStracts 3:0389C, 1996.
• Defining the volume dependence of multiple k flux pathways of trout red cells. Berenbrink, Michael, Yasmin R. Weaver, and Andrew R. Cossins. Integrative Physiology Research Group, School of Biological Science, University of Liverpool, Derby Building, LIVERPOOL L69 3BX, U.K. and *Institut fuer Tierphysiologie, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, Abderhaldenhaus, D-10115 BERLIN, Germany. APStracts 3:0390C, 1996.
• In vivo brain phosphocreatine and atp regulation in mice fed a creatine analogue. Holtzman, D., R. Meyers, E. O'gorman, I. Khait, T. Wallimann, E. Allred, F. Jensen. Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA, Institute for Cell Biology, ETH-Honggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 3:0391C, 1996.
• Nh2-terminal inserted myosin ii heavy chain is expressed in smooth muscle of small muscular arteries. Disanto, Michael E., Robert H. Cox, Ze Wang, and Samuel Chacko. Departments of Pathobiology, Physiology, and Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania APStracts 3:0392C, 1996.
• Cftr-independent atp release from epithelial cells triggered by mechanical stimuli. Grygorczyk, Ryszard, and John W. Hanrahan. Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montr[theta]al, Qu[theta]bec H3G 1Y6 Canada APStracts 3:0393C, 1996.
• Temporal expression of pdgf receptors and pdgf regulatory effects on fetal rat calvarial osteoblastic cells in long-term mineralizing cultures. Yu, Xiaohui, Sung-Chih Hsieh, Wei Bao, and Dana T. Graves. Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts APStracts 3:0394C, 1996.
• Na+-pump a subunit containing amino acids v115-i126 of gastric h, k-atpase is inhibited by ouabain and sch28080. Lyu(, Rong-Ming, and Robert A. Farley( (. (Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and ( Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 APStracts 3:0395C, 1996.
• Extracellular atp regulates transcervical permeability by modulating two distinct paracellular pathways. Gorodeski, George I., and James Goldfarb. Departments of Reproductive Biology, and Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio APStracts 3:0396C, 1996.
• Glucose transport by isolated plasma membranes of the bovine blood -brain barrier. Lee, Wha-Joon, D. R. Peterson, E. J. Sukowski, and R. A. Hawkins. Department of Physiology and Biophysics APStracts 3:0397C, 1996.
• Inhibition of glucose transport in human red blood cells by adenosine antagonists. Gabel, Scott A., Thomas M. Ooconnell, Elizabeth Murphy, and Robert E. London. Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, NIEHS, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 APStracts 3:0398C, 1996.
• Extracellular atp modulates [ca2+]i in retinoic acid-treated embryonic chondrocytes. Hung, Clark T., Fred D. Allen, Kyle D. Mansfield, and Irving M. Shapiro. Center for Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, Dept. of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6392, Dept. of Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6003 APStracts 3:0399C, 1996.
• Endothelin-1 cooperates with epidermal growth factor to induce mitogenesis via a ptx-sensitive pathway in airway smooth muscle cells. Fujitani, Yasushi, and Claude Bertrand. Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Ciba-Geigy Ltd., CH-4002 Basel Switzerland APStracts 3:0400C, 1996.
• Changes in p2y1 nucleotide receptor activity during the development of rat salivary glands. Park, Minjung K., Richard C. Garrad, Gary A. Weisman, and John T. Turner. Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 65212 APStracts 3:0401C, 1996.
• Protein kinase a phosphorylation and g-protein regulation of type ii pneumocyte na+ channels in lipid bilayers. Berdiev, Bakhram K., Vadim Gh. Shlyonsky, Oksana Senyk, Debbie Keeton, Yi Guo+, Sadis Matalon, Horacio F. Cantiello, Adriana G. Prat, Dennis A. Ausiello, Iskander I. Ismailov, and Dale J. Benos. Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Pulmonary Medicine, and Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 APStracts 3:0402C, 1996.
• Integrated regulation of intestinal epithelial transport: inter- and intracellular pathways. Barrett, Kim E. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103 APStracts 3:0403C, 1996.
• Tension response of the cardiotonic agent (+) emd 57033 at the single cell level. Vannier, Catherine, Vladimir Lakomkine, and Guy Vassort. Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cardiovasculaire, INSERM U-390, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier, France APStracts 3:0404C, 1996.
• Amino acid control of asparagine synthetase: relation to asparaginase resistance in human leukemia cells. Hutson, Richard G., Toshiyuki Kitoh, David A. Moraga Amador, Sanja Cosic, Sheldon M. Schuster, and Michael S. Kilberg. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100245 JHMHC, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 APStracts 3:0405C, 1996.
• Nordihydroguaiaretic acid depletes atp and inhibits a swelling -activated, atp-sensitive taurine channel. Wang, Nazzareno Ballatori Wei. Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 3:0406C, 1996.
• Glutathione content of v79 cells in two- or three-dimensional culture. Romero, Francisco J., Daniel Zukowski, and Wolfgang Mueller-Klieser. Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany and Experimental Toxicology & Neurotoxicology Unit, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Valencia, E-46010 Valencia, Spain APStracts 3:0407C, 1996.
• Role of calcium and crossbridges in determining rate of force development in frog muscle fibers. Wahr, Philip A., and Jack A. Rall. Department of Physiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA APStracts 3:0408C, 1996.
• Cytoskeletal mechanics in confluent epithelial cells probed through integrins and e-cadherins. Potard, U. Silke Birlenbach, James P. Butler, and Ning Wang. Physiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 3:0409C, 1996.
• Induction of human endothelial cell apoptosis requires both heat shock and oxidative stress responses. Wang, Jiang Huai, H. Paul Redmond, R. William G. Watson, and David Bouchier-Hayes. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland APStracts 3:0410C, 1996.
• Inhibition of ion transport in septic rat heart: 133cs+ as an nmr active k+ analog. Schornack, Paul A., Sheng-Kwei Song, Richard Hotchkiss, and Joseph J. H. Ackerman. Department of Chemistry, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, and Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine,and Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093 APStracts 3:0411C, 1996.
• Angiotensin ii activates the [beta]1 isoform of phospholipase c in vascular smooth muscle cells. Schelling, Jeffrey R., Nnenna Nkemere, Martha Konieczkowski, Kathleen A. Martin and George R. Dubyak. * Rammelkamp Center for Research and Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44109 -1998, ** Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106 APStracts 3:0412C, 1996.
• Acute metabolic acidosis inhibits the induction of osteoblastic egr-1 and type 1 collagen. Frick, Kevin K., Li Jiang, and David A. Bushinsky. Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 3:0413C, 1996.
• Proteoglycan synthesis in the intervertebral disc nucleus: the role of extracellular osmolality. Ishihara, Hirokazu, Katarina Warensjo, Sally Roberts, Jill P. G. Urban. University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PT and Spinal Studies Centre, Roberts Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10, Dept Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan APStracts 3:0414C, 1996.
• Phenotypic characterization of an intestinal subepithelial myofibroblast cell line. Valentich, John D., Vsevold Popov, Jamal I. Saada and Don W. Powell,. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0564 APStracts 3:0415C, 1996.
• Eccentric contractions decrease glucose transporter (glut4) transcription rate, mrna and protein in skeletal muscle. Kristiansen, S_ren, Jared Jones, Aase Handberg, G. Lynis Dohm and Erik A. Richter. Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, 13 Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, 3 Blegdamsvej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark APStracts 3:0416C, 1996.
• Submandibular enzymatic vasoconstrictor increases dna and phosphoinositol synthesis by mesenchymal cells.. Carbini, Luis A., and A. Guillermo Scicli. Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202 APStracts 3:0417C, 1996.
• Different interactions of cardiac and skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors with fk506 binding protein isoforms. Barg, Sebastian, Julio A. Copello, and Sidney Fleischer. Department of Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37235 APStracts 3:0418C, 1996.
• Altered phi regulation in 3t3 / cftr clones and their chemotherapeutic drug - selected derivatives. Wei, Li Yong, Mary M. Hoffman & Paul D. Roepe. Program in Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, at the Raymond & Beverly Sackler Foundation Laboratory, Memorial Sloan -Kettering Cancer Center and Graduate Program in Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 APStracts 3:0419C, 1996.