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

The American Physiological Society

• Endothelin-1 and nitric oxide release modulates contraction of rat aorta to selected thrombin receptor agonists. Magazine, Harold I., 0mar Butt, and Hooman R. Yaghoutiel. Department of Biology, Queens College and Graduate School of the City University of New York, and The Cardiac Research Center, University Medical Center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367 APStracts 3:0001C, 1996.
• Hydrolytic and non - hydrolytic interactions in the atp regulation of cftr- cl conductance. Reddy, M. M., and P. M. Quinton. Division of Biomedical Sciences, Univ. of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA- 92521 APStracts 3:0002C, 1996.
• Camp- but not ca2+-regulated cl- conductance in epididymides and seminal vesicles is defective in a cystic fibrosis mouse model. Leung, A. Y. H., P. Y. D. Wong, J. R. Yankaskas, & R. C. Boucher. Department of Physiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Cystic Fibrosis Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA APStracts 3:0003C, 1996.
• Characteristics and physiological role of the calcium-activated chloride conductance in smooth muscle. Large, William A., and Qiang Wang. Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK; Department of Animal Biology, Laboratory of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 3:0004C, 1996.
• Preservation of structural and functional polarity in isolated epithelial cells. Torres, Rub[acute]en J., Guillermo A. Altenberg, Julio A. Copello, Guido Zampighi, and Luis Reuss. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California APStracts 3:0005C, 1996.
• Cell volume in vascular smooth muscle is regulated by bumetamide -sensitive ion transport. Orlov, Sergei N., Johanne Tremblay, and Pavel Hamet. Centre de Recherche H[circumflex]otel-Dieu de Montr[acute]eal, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, Laboratory of Biomembranes, Faculty of Biology, University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia APStracts 3:0006C, 1996.
• Plasmin-platelet interaction involves cleavage of functional thrombin receptor. Kimura, Masayuki, Thomas T. Andersen, John W. Fenton Ii, Wadie F. Bahou, and Abraham Aviv. Hypertension Research Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB F-464, Newark, New Jersey 07103-2714, Department of Biochemistry &AMP Molecular Biology, The Albany Medical College of Union University, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208-3470, New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, Albany, New York 12201-0509, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8151 APStracts 3:0007C, 1996.
• Chloride channel blockers and polyunsaturated fatty acids similarly inhibit the volume activated pathways for cl and taurine in cultured cerebellar neurons. S[acute]anchez-Olea, R., M. Morales, O. Garc[acute]ia, and H. Pasantes-Morales. Instituto de Fisiolog[acute]ia Celular, UNAM, Mexico D.F., Mexico APStracts 3:0008C, 1996.
• Attenuation of endothelin-1-induced calcium response by tyrosine kinase inhibitors in vascular smooth muscle cells. Liu, Cynthia Y., and Michael Sturek. Vascular Biology Laboratory, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 APStracts 3:0009C, 1996.
• Trans-immortalized mouse intestinal cells (m-iccl2) that maintain a crypt phenotype. Bens, Marcelle, Anna Bogdanova, Francoise Cluzeaud, Lucille Miquerol, Sophie Kerneis, Jean Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Axel Kahn, Eric Pringault, and Alain Vandewalle. Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale (INSERM) U246, Institut F[acute]ed[acute]eratif de Recherche, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine Xavier Bichat, B.P. 416, 75870 Paris, Cedex 18, France, Unit[acute]e de biologie des membranes, Institut Suisse de Recherches Exp[acute]erimentales sur le Cancer (ISREC) et Institut de Biochimie de l'Universit[acute]e de Lausanne, CH 1066, Epalinges, Suisse, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, G[acute]en[acute]etique et Pathologie Mol[acute]eculaires (ICGM), INSERM U129, Facult[acute]e Cochin, 75014 Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France APStracts 3:0010C, 1996.
• Protein kinase c-dependent phosphorylation of the na+,k+-atpase [alpha]-subunit in rat kidney cortical tubules. Carranza, Maria Luisa, Eric F[acute]eraille, and Herv[acute]e Favre. Division de N[acute]ephrologie, H[circumflex]opital Cantonal Universitaire, Rue Micheli du Crest, 24, CH-1211 Gen[grave]eve 14, Switzerland APStracts 3:0011C, 1996.
• A calcium-activated chloride channel in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. Kourie, Joseph I., Derek R. Laver, Gerard P. Ahern, and Angela F. Dulhunty. Muscle Research Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, PO Box 334, Canberra City, ACT, 2601, AUSTRALIA APStracts 3:0012C, 1996.
• Effect of hypotonic swelling and camp on hyperpolarization -activated chloride conductance in rat leydig cells. Noulin, J. F., E. Fayolle-Julien, J. F. Desaphy, J. P. Poindessault, and M. Joffre. Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, URA CNRS 1869 "Biomembranes et Signalisation cellulaire", UFR Sciences, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022-Poitiers, France APStracts 3:0013C, 1996.
• A model of multisensitive taste cells of the rat: mechanism of nonlinear responses of taste cells to mixed taste stimuli. Kashimori, Yoshiki, Masayoshi Naito, Naoyuki Sasaki, and Takeshi Kambara. Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, 182; Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Limited, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03; Applied Mathematics Laboratory,The Nippon Dental University, Fujimi, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102, Japan APStracts 3:0014C, 1996.
• Electrophysiological characterization of ractk1 k+ channel in stable cell line. Suzuki, Makoto, Mitsunobu Murata, Masato Ikeda, Taku Miyoshi, Masashi Imai. Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical School. 3311-1, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Tochigi 293-04, Japan APStracts 3:0015C, 1996.
• Increased sensitivity to 1,25(oh)2d3 in bone from genetic hypercalciuric rats. Krieger, Nancy S., Victoria M. Stathopoulos, and David A. Bushinsky. Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 3:0016C, 1996.
• Egression of anp-stimulated cgmp in rabbit renal collecting duct cells: abrogation of polarity by sv40 large-t. Millul, Valerie, Dominique Prie, Monique Geniteau-Legendre, Marie -Christine Verpont, Beatrice Baudouin, and Pierre M. Ronco. Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale U64, H[circumflex]opital Tenon, 75020 Paris ; U436, Facult[acute]e Xavier-Bichat, 75018 Paris ; and Facult[acute]e de Pharmacie, Chatenay-Malabry, France APStracts 3:0017C, 1996.
• P450 metabolites mediate extracellular ca2+-induced inhibition of apical k+ channels in the thick ascending limb of the rat kidney. Wang, Wen-Hui, Ming Lu, and Steven C. Hebert. Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 and Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 3:0018C, 1996.
• Effects of cytochrome p-450 inhibitors on ionic currents in isolated rat type i carotid body cells, and modulation of such effects by hypoxia. Hatton, C. J., and C. Peers. Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. APStracts 3:0019C, 1996.
• Transient activation of k+ channels by carbachol in bovine pigmented ciliary body epithelial cells. Stelling, J. W., and T. J. C. Jacob. Physiology Unit, School of Molecular & Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, PO Box 911, Cardiff, CF1 3US, UK APStracts 3:0020C, 1996.
• Modal gating in neuronal and skeletal muscle ryanodine-sensitive ca2+ release channels. Armis[acute]en, R., J. Sierralta, P. V[acute]elez, D. Naranjo, and B. A. Su[acute]arez-Isla. Departamento de Fisiolog[acute]ia y Biof[acute]isica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 70005, Santiago 7, Chile, Phone: (562) 777-6886, Fax: (562) 777-6916, E-mail: bsuarez@med.uchile.cl APStracts 3:0021C, 1996.
• Regulation of heat shock protein 70 (hsp 70) by parathyroid hormone (pth): a model of gene regulation not regulated by changes in cyclic amp levels. Fukayama, Shoichi, Beate Lanske, Jun Guo, Henry M. Kronenberg, and F. Richard Bringhurst. Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02114 APStracts 3:0022C, 1996.
• The effect of purinergic blockers on outward current in isolated smooth muscle cells of the sheep bladder. Cotton, K. D., M. A. Hollywood, K. D. Thornbury, and N. G. McHale. School of Biomedical Science, Queen's University, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL APStracts 3:0023C, 1996.
• Enhanced nitric oxide production during mg-deficiency and its role in mediating red cell glutatione loss. Mak, I. Tong, Andrei M. Komarov, Tammy L. Wagner, Richard E. Stafford, Benjamin F. Dichens, William B. Weglicki. Departments of Medicine & Physiology, Division of Experimental Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, 20037 APStracts 3:0024C, 1996.
• Human connexin43 gap junction channel gating: evidence for mode shifts and/or heterogeneity.. Brink, P. R., S. V. Ramanan, and G. J. Christ. Department of Physiology & Biophysics, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, Department of Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461 APStracts 3:0025C, 1996.
• Cyclic amp and swelling activated chloride conductance in rat hepatocytes. Meng, Xue-Jun, and Steven A. Weinman. Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0641 APStracts 3:0026C, 1996.
• The intestinal epithelial cytoskeleton selectively constrains lumen-to-tissue migration of neutrophils. Hofman, Paul, Lisanne D'andrea, Denice Carnes, Sean P. Colgan, and James L. Madara. Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Departments of Pathology and Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA APStracts 3:0027C, 1996.
• Bovine adrenal endothelial cells express nucleoside transporters non-regulated by protein kinases a and c. Sen, R. P., Sobrev[acute]ia, L., Delicado, E. G., Yudilevich, D. and Miras-Portugal M. T. DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY. FACULTAD DE VETERINARIA. UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE. 28040 MADRID. SPAIN, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, AND BIOPHYSICS, FACULTAD DE MEDICINA. UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. P. O. BOX 70005 SANTIAGO. CHILE. APStracts 3:0028C, 1996.
• Nitric oxide regulates the low-conductance k+ channel in the basolateral membrane of the cortical collecting duct. Lu, Ming, and Wen-Hui Wang. Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 APStracts 3:0029C, 1996.
• Changes of action potentials and ion currents in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes during long-term primary culture. Guo, Weinong, Kaichiro Kamiya, Jianhua Cheng, and Junji Toyama. Department of Circulation, Division of Regulation of Organ Function, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-01, Japan APStracts 3:0030C, 1996.
• Paracrine mediation of calcium signaling in human sk-n-mcixc neuroepithelioma cells. Palmer, R. Kyle, David I. Yule, Donna S. Shewach, John A. Williams, and Stephen K. Fisher. Neuroscience Laboratory, Mental Health Research Institute (RKP and SKF) and Departments of Pharmacology (DSS, RKP, SKF) and Physiology (DIY and JAW), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1687 APStracts 3:0031C, 1996.
• Angiotensin ii type 1 receptor-modulation of neuronal k+ and ca2+ currents: INTRACELLULAR MECHANISMS. Sumners, Colin, Mingyan Zhu, Craig Gelband, and Philip Posner. Department of Physiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, PO Box 100274, Gainesville, FL 32610 APStracts 3:0032C, 1996.
• Prostaglandin e2 inhibits nak2cl cotransport in medullary thick ascending limb cells . Kaji, Deepak M., Herbert S. Chase, Jr., John P. Eng, and J. Diaz. Department of Medicine, V.A. Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 10468 and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029; and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 APStracts 3:0033C, 1996.
• Action of protein kinase c in endothelin-induced contractions in rat aortic rings. Oriji, Gibson K., and Harry R. Keiser. Hypertension-Endocrine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 3:0034C, 1996.
• Altered sodium current response to intracellular fatty acids in halothane-hypersensitive skeletal muscle. Wieland, Steven J., Qi-Hua Gong, Jeffrey E. Fletcher, and Henry Rosenberg. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, Philadelphia, PA 19102 APStracts 3:0035C, 1996.
• Expression of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors changes the ca2+ signal of xenopus oocytes. Delisle, Sylvain, Olivier Blondel, Frank J. Longo, William E. Schnabel, Graeme I. Bell, and Michael J. Welsh. Veterans Administration Medical Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Internal Medicine, [grave]aAnatomy, and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60637 APStracts 3:0036C, 1996.