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

The American Physiological Society

• Bcl-2 inhibits selective oxidation and externalization of phosphatidylserine during paraquat-induced apoptosis. Fabisiak, James P., Valerian E. Kagan, Vladimir B. Ritov, Daniel E. Johnson, John S. Lazo. Departments of Pharmacology, Medicine and Environmental & Occupational Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 3:0287C, 1996.
• Down regulation of volume-activated cl- currents during muscle differentiation. Voets, Thomas, Lin Wei, Patrick De Smet, Willy Van Driessche, Jan Eggermont, Guy Droogmans, and Bernd Nilius. K.U. Leuven, Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, B -3000 LEUVEN, Belgium APStracts 3:0288C, 1996.
• Adp regenerating enzyme systems in mitochondria of the guinea pig myometrium and heart. Clark, Joseph F., Andrey V. Kuznetsov, and George K. Radda. Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England APStracts 3:0289C, 1996.
• Effects of ph on the potassium current in rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Rich, Adam, Christopher Bartling, Gianrico Farrugia, and James L. Rae. Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Gastroenterology and Ophthalmology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, (507) -284-1118 or FAX (507)-284-8566 APStracts 3:0290C, 1996.
• Metabolic support of na+-pump in apically permeabilized a6 kidney cell epithelia: role of creatine kinase. Guerrero, Maria Lourdes, J[diaeresis]org Beron, Benjamin Spindler, Peter Groscurth, Theo Wallimann, and Fran[cedilla]cois Verrey. Institute of Physiology and Institute of Anatomy, University of Z[umlaut]urich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Institue for Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH -H[diaeresis]onggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 3:0291C, 1996.
• Myonuclear accretion is a major determinant of avian skeletal muscle growth. Mozdziak, P. E., E. Schultz, and R. G. Cassens. Department of Anatomy and Muscle Biology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, 53706 APStracts 3:0292C, 1996.
• The role of intracellular calcium and metabolites in low frequency fatigue of mouse skeletal muscle . Chin, E. R., C. D. Balnave & D. G. Allen. Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Physiology F13, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia APStracts 3:0293C, 1996.
• The roles of ca2+ and na+ in the inward current and action potentials of guinea pig ureteral myocytes. Sui, J. L., and C. Y. Kao. Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11203 APStracts 3:0294C, 1996.
• Effects of aging on shortening velocity and myosin isoform composition in single human skeletal muscle cells. Larsson, Lars, Xiaopeng Li, and Walter R. Frontera. Departments of Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, APStracts 3:0295C, 1996.
• The colonic epithelium-enriched protein, a4, is a proteolipid that exhibits ion channel characteristics. Breitwieser, Gerda E., John C. McLenithan, Joseph F. Cortese, Janiel M. Shields, Maria M. Oliva, Jessica L. Majewski, Carolyn E. Machamer, and Vincent W. Yang. Departments of Medicine, Physiology, Biological Chemistry, Pediatrics, and Cell Biology and Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 APStracts 3:0296C, 1996.
• Intracellular regulation of intestinal folate uptake: studies with cultured iec-6 epithelial cells. Said, Hamid M., Thomas Y. Ma, Alvaro Ortiz, Alicia Tapia, and Claudia K. Valerio. Medical Research Service, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822 and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California-School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92717 APStracts 3:0297C, 1996.
• Cyclic amp activates an atp-conductive pathway in cultured shark rectal gland cells. Cantiello, Horacio F., George R. Jackson, Jr., Adriana G. Prat, J. Lynn Gazley, John N. Forrest, Jr., and Dennis A. Ausiello. Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital East, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; 2. Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; 3. Amherst College; 4. The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory APStracts 3:0298C, 1996.
• Endothelial cell conditioned media downregulates smooth muscle contractile protein expression. Vernon, Sarah M., Manuel J. Campos, Timothy Haystead, Maria M. Thompson, Paul E. Dicorleto, and Gary K. Owens. Departments of Medicine (Cardiology), Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, and Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908; Department of Cell Biology, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195 APStracts 3:0299C, 1996.