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

The American Physiological Society

• Mechanisms of inhibition of insulin release. Sharp, Geoffrey W. G. Department of Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell university, Ithaca, NY 14853 APStracts 3:0195C, 1996.
• Atp activates k and cl channels via purinoceptor-mediated release of ca2+ in human coronary artery smooth muscle. Str[stod]obaek, Dorte, Palle Christophersen, Steen Dissing & S[stod]oren-Peter Olesen. NeuroSearch A/S, 26B Smedeland, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark; Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark APStracts 3:0196C, 1996.
• Angiotensin ii activation of ca++-permeant nonselective cation channels in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. Lotshaw, David P., and Fang Li. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL 60115 APStracts 3:0197C, 1996.
• Evidence for a central role of transcription in the timing mechanism of a circadian clock. Khalsa, Sat Bir S., David Whitmore, Barbara Bogart, and Gene D. Block. NSF Center for Biological Timing, Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 APStracts 3:0198C, 1996.
• New perspectives in gustatory physiology: transduction, development and plasticity. Stewart, Robert E., John A. Desimone, and David L. Hill. Department of Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 and Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 APStracts 3:0199C, 1996.
• Continuous contractile activity induces fiber type specific expression of hsp70 in skeletal muscle. Neufer, P. Darrell, George A. Ordway, Gregory A. Hand, John M. Shelton, James A. Richardson, Ivor J. Benjamin, and R. Sanders Williams. Departments of Internal Medicine, Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235 APStracts 3:0200C, 1996.
• Outward k+ current in the epithelial cells isolated from the intermediate portion of the endolymphatic sac in guinea pigs. Wu, Dazheng, and Nozomu Mori. Department of Otolaryngology, Kagawa Medical School, Japan APStracts 3:0201C, 1996.
• Pharmacologic activation changes stiffness of cultured human airway smooth muscle cells. Hubmayr, Rolf D., Stephanie A. Shore, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Emanuelle Planus, Reynold A. Panettieri, Winfried Moller, Joachim Heyder, and Ning Wang. Physiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health Institute for Inhalation Biology D/85764, Oberschleissheim, Germany APStracts 3:0202C, 1996.
• Expression of drosophila melanogaster p-glycoproteins is associated with atp-channel activity. Bosch, Irene, George R. Jackson, Jr., James M. Croop, and Horacio F. Cantiello. Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and The Children's Hospital, Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital East, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School APStracts 3:0203C, 1996.
• Characterization of the rabbit renal na+/dicarboxylate cotransporter using anti-fusion protein antibodies. Pajor, Ana M., and Ning Sun. University of Arizona, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724 APStracts 3:0204C, 1996.
• Proton currents in human eosinophils. Schrenzel, Jacques, Daniel P. Lew, and Karl-Heinz Krause. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland APStracts 3:0205C, 1996.
• Na+-ca2+ exchange currents and sr ca2+ contents in post-infarction myocytes. Zhang, Xue-Qian, Douglas L. Tillotson, Russell L. Moore, R. Zelis, and Joseph Y. Cheung. Departments of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033; Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309; and Department of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02188 APStracts 3:0206C, 1996.
• Oxygen dependence of respiration in coupled and uncoupled endothelial cells. Steinlechner-Maran, Rosmarie, Thomas Eberl, Marie-Luise Kunc, Raimund Margreiter, and Erich Gnaiger. Department of Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Anichstra[beta]e 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria APStracts 3:0207C, 1996.
• Polarized expression of cyclic amp-activated chloride channels in isolated epithelial cells. Torres, Rub[acute]en J., Guillermo A. Altenberg, Jonathan A. Cohn, and Luis Reuss. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0641, and Department of Medicine, Duke University and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina 27710 APStracts 3:0208C, 1996.
• Atp activates a cation conductance and a ca2+-dependent chloride conductance in hensen cells of the guinea-pig cochlea. Sugasawa, Masashi, Carlos Erostegui, Christophe Blanchet, and Didier Dulon. Laboratoire d'Audiologie Exp[acute]erimentale, Inserm et Universit[acute]e de Bordeaux II, H[circumflex]opital Pellegrin, 33076 Bordeaux, France APStracts 3:0209C, 1996.
• Sodium/glucose cotransporters display sodium and phlorizin -dependent water permeability. Loike, John D., Suzanne Hickman, Kunyan Kuang, Long Cao, Juan C. Vera, Samuel C. Silverstein, and Jorge Fischbarg. Rover Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia Univ., New York, NY 10032; and (+) the Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center, New York, N.Y. 10021 APStracts 3:0210C, 1996.
• Ibuprofen protects human endothelial cell prostaglandin h synthase from hydrogen peroxide. Wessels, Duane A., and Stephen L. Hempel. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 3:0211C, 1996.
• Cftr-dependent membrane insertion is linked to stimulation of the cftr chloride conductance. Takahashi, Akira, Simon C. Watkins, Marybeth Howard, and Raymond A. Frizzell. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 3:0212C, 1996.
• Ischemia induced alterations in sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+-atpase activity in rat soleus and edl muscles. Green, H. J., N. H. McKee, A. J. Carvalho, and J. C. Dossett-Mercer. Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1A8 APStracts 3:0213C, 1996.
• Caffeine- and carbachol-induced chloride and cation currents in single opossum esophageal circular muscle cells. Wang, Q., H. I. Akbarali, N. Hatakeyama, and R. K. Goyal. Center for Swallowing and Motility Disorders, Harvard-Thorndike Lab and Charles, A Dana Research Institute, Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 3:0214C, 1996.
• Carbonic anhydrase and cardiac ph regulation. Vandenberg, Jamie I., Nicholas D. Carter, Hugh W. L. Bethell, Antal Nogradi, Yvonne Ridderstr[angstrom]ale, James C. Metcalfe, and Andrew A. Grace. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK APStracts 3:0215C, 1996.
• Actin polymerization and depolymerization during apoptosis in hl-60 cells. Levee, Minette G., Milena I. Dabrowska, Joseph L. Lelli, Jr., and Daniel B. Hinshaw. Sections of General and Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School and Surgical Service, VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI APStracts 3:0216C, 1996.
• Myoglobin content and oxygen diffusion: model analysis of horse and steer muscle. Conley, Kevin E., and Cliff Jones. Department of Radiology and the Center for Bioengineering, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195-7115 APStracts 3:0217C, 1996.
• Induction of human myeloblastic ml-1 cell g1 arrest by suppression of k+ channel activity. Xu, Bo, Brenda A. Wilson, and Luo Lu. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435 APStracts 3:0218C, 1996.
• Fiber-specific regulation by thyroid hormone of sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+-atpase isoform expression in rat skeletal muscle. Linden, C. Gerard Van Der, Warner S. Simonides, Alice Muller, Willem J. Van Der Laarse, Jacqueline L. Vermeulen, Marian J. Zuidwijk, Antoon F. Moorman, Cornelis Van Hardeveld. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0219C, 1996.
• Both m1 and m3 receptors regulate exocrine secretion by mucous acini. Culp, D. J., W. Luo, L. A. Richardson, G. E. Watson, L. R. Latchney. University of Rochester, Department of Dental Research and of Pharmacology and Physiology, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642 APStracts 3:0220C, 1996.
• Short-chain fatty acids inhibit camp-mediated chloride secretion in rat colon. Dagher, Pierre C., Richard W. Egnor, Angelagrace Taglietta -Kohlbrecher, and Alan N. Charney. Nephrology Section, VA Medical Center, New York, NY, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010 APStracts 3:0221C, 1996.
• An electrophysiological study of neurons in the horizontal of the diagonal band of broca. Easaw, Jacob C., Theodor Petrov, and Jack H. Jhamandas. Department oMedicine (Neurology) and Division of Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7 APStracts 3:0222C, 1996.
• Mutations in the pore region of romk enhance ba block. Zhou, Hao, Sergei Chepilko, Wolfgang Schutt, Han Choe, Lawrence G. Palmer, and Henry Sackin. Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021 APStracts 3:0223C, 1996.
• Regulation of human erythrocyte na+/h+-exchange by soluble and particulate guanylate cyclase. Petrov, Victor, and Paul Lijnen. Hypertension Unit, Department of Molecular and Cardiovascular Research, University of Leuven (KULeuven), Leuven, Belgium. APStracts 3:0224C, 1996.
• Rapid effects of steroid hormones on free intracellular calcium in t84 colonic epithelial cells. Doolan, Christina M., and Brian J. Harvey. Wellcome Trust Cellular Physiology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University College, Cork, Ireland APStracts 3:0225C, 1996.
• Nmr microscopy of single neurons under hypotonic perturbation. Hsu, Edward W., Nanci R. Aiken, Stephen J. Blackband. Department of Biomedical Engineering and 5Department of Radiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3302, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 3:0226C, 1996.
• Vanadate oxidation activates contraction in permeabilized guinea pig taenia coli without myosin light chain phosphorylation. Lalli, M. Jane, K. Obara, Richard J. Paul. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine APStracts 3:0227C, 1996.
• Annexin vi modulates ca2+ and k+ conductances of spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion neurons. Naciff, Jorge M., Michael M. Behbehani, Marcia A. Kaetzel, and John R. Dedman. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0576. APStracts 3:0228C, 1996.
• Ultrastructural and cytochemical characterization of cultured dogfish shark rectal gland cells. Valentich, John D., Karl J. Karnaky, and Tom W. Ecay. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0564, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and the Marine Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, Department of Physiology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, ME 04672 APStracts 3:0229C, 1996.
• L-ascorbic acid regulates growth and metabolism of renal cells: improvements in cell culture . Nowak, Grayna, and Rick G. Schnellmann. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 4301 West Markham St., Little Rock, AR 72205-7199 APStracts 3:0230C, 1996.
• Preferential potentiation by hypotonic cell swelling of muscarinic cation current in guinea- pig ileal smooth muscle. Waniishi, Yoshiki, Ryuji Inoue, and Yushi Ito. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and the 2nd Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-82, JAPAN APStracts 3:0231C, 1996.
• Sensitivity of volume-sensitive cl- conductance in human epithelial cells to extracellular nucleotides. Tsumura, Takehiko, Shigetoshi Oiki, Shunji Ueda, Minoru Okuma, and Yasunobu Okada. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444, and Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto 606-01, Japan APStracts 3:0232C, 1996.
• Altered expression of myosin mrna and protein in rat soleus and tibialis anterior following reinnervation. Huey, Kimberly A., and Sue C. Bodine. Biomedical Sciences Program, UCSD School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92093-9151 APStracts 3:0233C, 1996.
• Heterologous expression of rat nhe-4: a highly amiloride-resistant na+/h+ exchanger isoform. Chambrey, R[umlaut]agine, Jean-Michel Achard, and David G. Warnock. Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics and Nephrology Research and Training Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Station, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007 and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233 APStracts 3:0234C, 1996.
• Functional properties of cultured endothelial cells derived from large microvessels of human brain . Spatz, M., N. Kawai, N. Merkel, J. Bembry, and R. M. McCarron. Stroke Branch, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4128 APStracts 3:0235C, 1996.
• Effects of taxol on isolated rat hepatocyte metabolism . Manzano, Anna, Teresa Roig, Jordi Berm[acute]udez, and Ramon Bartrons. Unitat de Bioqu[acute]imica. Unitat de Biof[acute]isica. Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat APStracts 3:0236C, 1996.
• Association of tyrosine phosphorylation of gtpase activating protein with mitogenic action of serotonin. Lee, Sheu-Ling, Wei-Wei Wang, and Barry L. Fanburg. Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 APStracts 3:0237C, 1996.