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

The American Physiological Society

• The role of reactive oxygen metabolites in murine peritoneal macrophage phagocytosis and phagocytic killing. Takao, Sonshin, Elise H. Smith, Dajie Wang, Candy K. Chan, Gregory B. Bulkley, Andrew S. Klein. Department of Surgery, Division of Liver Transplantation, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Md. 21287 APStracts 3:0127C, 1996.
• Electrophysiological and functional effects of adenosine on ventricular cardiomyocytes of various mammalian species. Song, Yejia, and Luiz Belardinelli. Department of Medicine, University of Florida Medical School, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA APStracts 3:0128C, 1996.
• Stimulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation participates in delayed neuronal death in ischemic hippocampus. Ohtsuki, Toshiho, Masayasu Matsumoto, Kazuo Kitagawa, Takuma Mabuchi, Kenji Mandai, Kohji Matsushita, Keisuke Kuwabara, Masafumi Tagaya, Satoshi Ogawa, Hirokazu Ueda, Takenobu Kamada, and Takehiko Yanagihara. First Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 565, Japan APStracts 3:0129C, 1996.
• Both neural factor(s) and muscle activity regulate the developmental shift of myosin heavy chain mrna expression. Camoretti-Mercado, Blanca, Yimin Qin, Smilja Jakovcic, Edgar Salazar -Grueso, and Radovan Zak. Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 APStracts 3:0130C, 1996.
• Intercellular calcium waves in rat pancreatic acini: mechanism of transmission. Yule, David I., Edward Stuenkel, and John A. Williams. Department of Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-48105 APStracts 3:0131C, 1996.
• Aldosterone regulation of sodium channel g-subunit mrna in cortical collecting duct cells. Denault, Deanna L., G[acute]eza Fejes-T[acute]oth, Anik[acute]o N[acute]aray-Fejes-T[acute]oth. Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756 APStracts 3:0132C, 1996.
• Apical membrane permeability of mdck cells. Rivers, Rickey L., James A. McAteer, Jeffrey L. Clendenon, Bret A. Connors, Andrew P. Evan, James C. Williams, Jr. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425-2204 and Department of Anatomy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 -5120 APStracts 3:0133C, 1996.
• Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 levels vary exponentially over a physiologically relevant range of o2 tension. Jiang, Bing-Hua, Gregg L. Semenza, Christian Bauer, and Hugo H. Marti. Center for Medical Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 3:0134C, 1996.
• Angiotensin ii stimulates t-type calcium channel currents in adrenal glomerulosa cells via activation of a g protein, gi. Lu, Hong-Kai, Robert J. Fern, David Luthin, Li-Ping Liu, Charles J. Cohen, and Paula Q. Barrett. Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 and Department of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065 APStracts 3:0135C, 1996.
• Metallothionein is a component of exocrine pancreas secretion: implications for zinc homeostasis. Lisle, Robert C. De, Michael P. Sarras, Juan Hidalgo, and Glen K. Andrews. Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160 and Departamento de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Unidad de Fisiologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain APStracts 3:0136C, 1996.
• Diacylglycerols derived from membrane phospholipids are metabolized by lipases in a10 smooth muscle cells. Migas, Iris, and David L. Severson. Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada APStracts 3:0137C, 1996.
• Bicarbonate/chloride exchange and intracellular ph throughout preimplantation mouse embryo development. Zhao, Yuyuan, and Jay M. Baltz. Loeb Medical Research Institute, and Human IVF Laboratory, Ottawa Civic Hospital, and Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Biology Unit), and Physiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9 Canada APStracts 3:0138C, 1996.
• Recovery of protein secretion after brefeldin a treatment of rat lacrimal glands : effect of cyclic amp. Robin, Philippe, Bernard Rossignol, and Marie-No[diaeresis]elle Raymond. Laboratoire de Biochimie des Transports Cellulaires, CNRS URA 1116, b[circumflex]atiment 432, Universit[acute]e Paris XI, 91 405 Orsay Cedex, France, Tel: (1) 69 41 71 88, Fax: (1) 69 85 37 15 APStracts 3:0139C, 1996.
• Reversal of glibenclamide- and voltage-block of an epithelial k( atp) channel. Mayorga-Wark, O., W. P. Dubinsky, and Stanley G. Schultz. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030 APStracts 3:0140C, 1996.
• Effects of aging on calcium pump activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum and twitch duration in gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the fischer 344 rat. Narayanan, N., D. L. Jones, A. Xu, and J. C. Yu. Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1 APStracts 3:0141C, 1996.
• Changes in atp, phosphocreatine and 16 metabolites in muscle stimulated for up to 96 hours. Salmons, Stanley, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Caroline N. Mayne, Maggie M. Y. Chi, Jill K. Manchester, David B. McDougal, and Oliver H. Lowry. Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology and The Muscle Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom; and Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA APStracts 3:0142C, 1996.
• The role of phospholipases a2, c and d in the bradykinin-induced release of arachidonic acid in mdck cells. Kennedy, Chris R. J., Pierre R. Proulx, and Richard L. H[acute]ebert. Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8M5 APStracts 3:0143C, 1996.
• Modeling spiral ca 2+ waves in single cardiac cells: role of the spatial heterogeneity created by the nucleus. Dupont, Genevieve, Jose Pontes, and Albert Goldbeter. Unite de Chronobiologie Theorique, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles CP 231, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Phone: 32-2-650 57 87. Fax: 32-2-650 57 87. E-mail: gdupont@ulb.ac.be APStracts 3:0144C, 1996.
• Plasticity and stressor-specificity of osmotic and heat shock responses of gillichthys mirabilis gill cells. K[umlaut]ultz, Dietmar. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Cordley Hall 3029, Corvallis, OR 97331-2914, USA APStracts 3:0145C, 1996.
• Iloprost activates ca-activated k channels of single vascular smooth muscle cells, role of camp-dependent protein kinase. Schubert, Rudolf, Vladimir N. Serebryakov, Heidrun Engel, and Hans -Heinrich Hopp. University of Rostock, Institute of Physiology, PSF 100888, D-18055 Rostock, Germany, Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center, Academy of Medical Sciences, 3rd Cherepkovskaya Street 15A, 121552 Moscow, Russia APStracts 3:0146C, 1996.
• Nongenomic potentiation by thyroid hormone of interferon-induced antiviral state requires pka and pkc activities . Lin, Hung-Yun, Harshad R. Thacore, Faith B. Davis, and Paul J. Davis. Division of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, and Department of Microbiology, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214 APStracts 3:0147C, 1996.
• Inadequacy of high k+/nigericin for calibrating bcecf: i. estimating steady-state intracellular ph 0. Boyarsky, Gregory, Christopher Hanssen, Lisa A. Clyne. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77550 APStracts 3:0148C, 1996.
• Inadequacy of high k+/nigericin to calibrate bcecf ii. intracellular ph-dependence of the correction in vascular smooth muscle cells. Boyarsky, Gregory, Chris Hanssen, Lisa A. Clyne. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77550 APStracts 3:0149C, 1996.
• Nitric oxide donor sin-1 inhibits insulin release by differentially suppressing [beta]-cell stimulus-secretion coupling. Sj[diaeresis]oholm, [angstrom]ake. Department of Molecular Medicine, The Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, The Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital (L6:01B), S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 3:0150C, 1996.
• Interpretation of extraordinary kinetics of sodium, potassium adenosine triphosphatase by a phase change. Post, Robert L., and Irena Klodos. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA and Institute of Biophysics, University of Aarhus, DK 8000 Aarhus, Denmark APStracts 3:0151C, 1996.
• Caerulein-stimulated arachidonic acid release in rat pancreatic acini : a diacylglycerol lipase affair. Hou, Wei, Yoshiyuki Arita, and Jean Morisset. D[acute]epartement de M[acute]edecine, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, Universit[acute]e de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada J1H 5N4 APStracts 3:0152C, 1996.
• Endotoxin induces cardiac heat shock protein 70 and resistance to endotoxemic myocardial depression in the rat. Meng, Xianzhong, James M. Brown, Lihua Ao, Steven K. Nordeen, Wilbur Franklin, Alden H. Harken, Anirban Banerjee. Departments of Surgery and Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 80262 APStracts 3:0153C, 1996.
• Cell-specific expression of amiloride-sensitive, na+-conducting ion channels in the kidney. Ciampolillo, Flora, David E. McCoy, Ryan B. Green, Katherine H. Karlson, Andre Dagenais, Robert S. Molday, and Bruce A. Stanton. Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755; Centre de Recherche, Hotel-Dieu de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1T8; and Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1W APStracts 3:0154C, 1996.
• Myosin heavy chain turnover in cultured neonatal rat heart cells: effects of [ca2+]i and contractile activity. Byron, Kenneth L., Jos[acute]e L. Puglisi, Jaclyn R. Holda, Diane Eble, and Allen M. Samarel. The Cardiovascular Institute and the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153 APStracts 3:0155C, 1996.
• Key role of 12-lipoxygenase and biphasic mitogen activated protein kinase activity. Wen, Yeshao, Jerry L. Nadler, Noe Gonzales, Stephen Scott, Eric Clauser, and Rama Natarajan. Department Of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, City Of Hope Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Shapiro 106, Duarte, CA 91010, Laboratoire de Medicine Experimentale, College de France, 3, rue d, Ulm 75005, Paris France APStracts 3:0156C, 1996.
• A dihydropyridine-sensitive t-type ca2+ current is the main ca2+ current carrier in mouse primary spermatocytes. Santi, Celia M., Alberto Darszon, and Arturo Hern[acute]andez-Cruz. Instituto de Fisiolog[acute]ia Celular, Universidad Nacional Aut[acute]onoma de M[acute]exico, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria M[acute]exico City, D.F. 04510, M[acute]exico, and Instituto de Biotecnolog[acute]ia, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mor., M[acute]exico APStracts 3:0157C, 1996.
• Intracellular ph regulation in detubulated frog skeletal muscle fibers. Putnam, Robert W. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45435 APStracts 3:0158C, 1996.
• Membrane domain localization of ph-regulating transporters in frog skeletal muscle membrane vesicles. Putnam, Robert W., Phyllis B. Douglas, and N. A. Ritucci. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45435 APStracts 3:0159C, 1996.
• Effect of forskolin on bradykinin-induced calcium mobilization in tracheal muscle cells. Luo, Shue-Fen, Chi-Tso Chiu, Hui-Liang Tsao, Richard Ong, Lir-Wan Fan, Chuen-Tao Tsai, and Chuen-Mao Yang. Department of Internal Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China APStracts 3:0160C, 1996.
• Optimization of a mammalian expression system for the measurement of sodium channel gating currents. Sheets, Michael F., John W. Kyle, Stephanie Krueger, and Dorothy A. Hanck. The Department of Medicine & The Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University Medical School and The Departments of Medicine & Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois APStracts 3:0161C, 1996.
• Expression of cftr controls camp-dependent activation of epithelial k+ currents. Loussouarn, Gildas, Sophie Demolombe, Raha Mohammad-Pannah, Denis Escande, and Isabelle Bar[grave]u. Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et de Pharmacologie Cellulaires et Mol[umlaut]aculaires, H[diaeresis]opital G & R Laaennec, 44035 Nantes, France, Phone: (33).40.16.54.86; FAX: (33).40.16.54.91. APStracts 3:0162C, 1996.
• Electrolyte transport mechanisms involved in regulatory volume increase in c6 glioma cells. Mountian, Irina, Kuang-Yi Chou, and Willy Van Driessche. Laboratory of Physiology, K.U.Leuven, Gasthuisberg, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium APStracts 3:0163C, 1996.
• Tyrosine phosphorylation of the dense plaque protein paxillin is regulated during smooth muscle contraction. Wang, Zhonglin, Fredrick. M. Pavalko, and Susan J. Gunst. Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202 APStracts 3:0164C, 1996.
• Identification of a second region of the [beta] subunit involved in regulation of calcium channel inactivation . Qin, Ning, Riccardo Olcese, Jianming Zhou, Olga A. Cabello, Lutz Birnbaumer, and Enrico Stefani. Departments of Anesthesiology and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology Institute University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095, Department of Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 770303 APStracts 3:0165C, 1996.