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

The American Physiological Society

• Glucose kinetics in interstitial fluid can be predicted by compartmental modeling. Gastaldelli, Amalia, Jean-Marc Schwarz, Elisabetta Caveggion, Lillian D. Traber, Daniel L. Traber, Judah Rosenblatt, Gianna Toffolo, Claudio Cobelli, and Robert R. Wolfe. Metabolism Unit, Shriners Burns Institute and Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550 and Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, Italy APStracts 3:0229E, 1996.
• Regulation of gluconeogenesis by glutamine in normal postabsorptive humans. Perriello, G., N. Nurjhan, M. Stumvoll, A. Bucci, S. Welle, G. Dailey, D. M. Bier, I. Toft, T. G. Jenssen, and J. E. Gerich. The University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037, Washington University School of Medicine, Metabolism Division, St. Louis, MO 63110, University Hospital of Troms, Department of Medicine, Troms, Norway APStracts 3:0230E, 1996.
• Transthyretin is not essential for thyroxine to reach the brain and other tissues in transthyretin-null mice 1 . Palha, Joana Almeida, Marguerite Thompson Hays, Gabriella Morreale De Escobar, Vasso Episkopou, Max E. Gottesman, Maria Joao Mascarenhas Saraiva. Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University, 701W, 168 th St., New York, NY, 10032. USA. _ Instituto de Ci[circumflex]encias Biom[acute]edicas Abel Salazar e Centro de Estudos da Paramiloidose, 4050 Porto, Portugal, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304. USA., Endocrinologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biom[acute]edicas CSIC, 28029 Madrid, Spain. a MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, W12 London, UK APStracts 3:0231E, 1996.
• Igf-i inhibits the burst mass of pulsatile insulin secretion at supraphysiologic and low igf-i infusion rates. P[stod]orksen, Niels, Mehboob A. Hussain, T. L. Bianda, Birgit Nyholm, Jens S. Christiansen, Peter C. Butler, Johannes D. Veldhuis. E. Rudi Froesch, Ole Schmitz APStracts 3:0232E, 1996.
• At1-receptor blockade and the sympathoadrenal response to insulin induced hypoglycaemia in man. Worck, Ren[acute]e H, Hans Ibsen, Erik Frandsen, Harriet Dige -Petersen. Department of Medicine C, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, all Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK - 2600, Denmark APStracts 3:0233E, 1996.
• Glutamate transport and not cellular content modulates paracellular permeability in llc-pk1-f+ cells. Welbourne, T. C., and D. Chevalier. Department of Physiology, LSUMC, Shreveport, LA 71130 APStracts 3:0234E, 1996.
• Mechanisms of host wasting induced by administration of cytokines in rats. Ling, Pei Ra, Joseph H. Schwartz, Bruce R. Bistrian. Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 APStracts 3:0235E, 1996.
• Phenotypic characterization and functional correlation of [alpha] -msh binding to pituitary cells. Zheng, Tian, Carlos Villalobos, Kevin D. Nusser, Thomas W. Gettys, William J. Faught, Justo P. Casta-O, and L. Stephen Frawley. Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Medicine (TWG), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425 APStracts 3:0236E, 1996.
• Characterization of a hyperpolarization-activated cation current (ih) in rat pituitary cells. Simasko, Steven M., and Sethuraman Sankaranarayanan. Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6520 APStracts 3:0237E, 1996.
• Endothelin stimulates osteoblastic production of interleukin-6 but not macrophage colony stimulating factor. Perkins, Sherrie L., Emad Sarraj, Stephen J. Kling, and Donald E. Kohan. Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Salt Lake City Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 APStracts 3:0238E, 1996.
• Roles of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and ras on insulin -stimulated glucose transport in 3t3-l1 adipocytes. Katagiri, Hideki, Tomoichiro Asano, Kouichi Inukai#, Takehide Ogihara, Hisamitsu Ishihara, Yoshikazu Shibasaki, Tomiyasu Murata, Jungo Terasaki, Masatoshi Kikuchi, Yoshio Yazaki, and Yoshitomo Oka. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 Japan, Institute for Adult Disease, Asahi Life Foundation, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku Tokyo 160, Japan, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi 755, Japan APStracts 3:0239E, 1996.
• Measurement and modeling of glucose-6-phosphatase in pancreatic islets. Sweet, Ian R., Habiba Najafi, Guizhu Li, Jennifer Grodberg, Franz M. Matschinsky. Department of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 3:0240E, 1996.
• Acute exercise attenuates age associated resistance to insulin-like growth factor-1. Willis, P. E., S. Chadan, V. Baracos, and W. S. Parkhouse. Metabolic Biochemistry Lab, School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada. V5A 1S6, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5 APStracts 3:0241E, 1996.
• Transient upregulation of igf-i gene expression in brown adipose tissue of cold-exposed rats. Duchamp, C., K. A. Burton, A. Glo[grave]en, and M. J. Dauncey. Laboratoire de Physiologie des Rgulations Energtiques, Cellulaires et Molculaires, UMR 5578 CNRS, Universit Claude Bernard, Lyon, France; Department of Cellular Physiology, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK APStracts 3:0242E, 1996.
• Glucagon enhances the direct suppressive effect of insulin on hepatic glucose production (hgp) in humans. Lewis, Gary F., Mladen Vranic, Adria Giacca. The Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine (G.F.L.) and the Department of Physiology and Medicine (M.V. and A.G.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada APStracts 3:0243E, 1996.
• Preclinical screening of the applicability of strontium as a marker for intestinal calcium absorption. Sips, Adri[diaeresis]enne J. A. M., Rob Barto, J. Coen Netelenbos, Wim J. F. Van Der Vijgh. Department of Endocrinology, Clinical Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0244E, 1996.
• Decline in muscle insulin dependent and independent glucose uptake but not glut-4 in 21 vs. 28-35 day-old rats. Cartee, Gregory D., Thomas J. Wetter, Alma N. Guerra, and Tara N. Cox. Biodynamics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. APStracts 3:0245E, 1996.
• Glucose regulation of islet amyloid polypeptide (iapp) gene expression in rat pancreatic islets. Gasa, R., R. Gomis, R. Casamitjana, F. Rivera, and A. Novials. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Hormonology Laboratory, Hospital Cl[acute]inic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain APStracts 3:0246E, 1996.
• Role of glycogen concentration and adrenaline on glucose uptake in rat epitrochlearis muscle. Jensen, Jrgen, Rune Aslesen, John L. Ivy, Odd Brrs. Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1105 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway, The Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, P.O.Box 4014, Ullev[angstrom]al Hageby, N-0806 Oslo, Norway, Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA,Department of Clinical Chemistry, Ullev[angstrom]al Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway APStracts 3:0247E, 1996.
• Daily energy expenditure in free-living heart failure patients. Toth, Michael J., Stephen S. Gottlieb, Michael I. Goran, Michael L. Fisher, and Eric T. Poehlman. Divisions of Gerontology and Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201 and Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 APStracts 3:0248E, 1996.
• Central opioid receptors mediate inhibition of pituitary luteinizing hormone secretion by the glucose antimetabolite, 2-deoxy -d-glucose. Briski, Karen P. Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6520 APStracts 3:0249E, 1996.
• Glucoregulation during progressive starvation in late pregnancy in the rat. Holness, Mark J., and Mary C. Sugden. Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK APStracts 3:0250E, 1996.
• Insulin secretion in adult rats which had experienced different underfeeding patterns during their development. Mart[acute]in, M. A., C. Alvarez, L. Goya, B. Portha and A. M. Pascual-Leone. Instituto de Bioqu[acute]imica (Centro Mixto CSIC-UCM). Facultad de Farmacia, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain, Laboratoire de Physiopathologie de la Nutrition-CNRS URA 307; Tour 33, 2, Place Jussieu F-75251 Paris Cedex 05 APStracts 3:0251E, 1996.
• Human skeletal muscle protein breakdown during spaceflight. Stein, T. P., and M. D. Schluter. Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, 08084 and the Human Research Facility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 APStracts 3:0252E, 1996.
• Zglucose-fatty acid interactions in prepubertal and pubertal children: effects of lipid infusion. Arslanian, Silva, Chittiwat Suprasongsin. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 APStracts 3:0253E, 1996.
• Steady state and nonsteady state measurements of plasma glutamine turnover in humans. Kreider, M. E., M. Stumvoll, C. Meyer, D. Overkamp, S. Welle, J. Gerich. Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, Medizinische Klinik, Eberhard-Karls-Universit[umlaut]at T[umlaut]ubingen, T[umlaut]ubingen, Germany 72076 APStracts 3:0254E, 1996.
• Amino acids suppress proteolysis independent of insulin throughout the neonatal period. Poindexter, Brenda B., Cheryl A. Karn, Julie A. Ahlrichs, Junying Wang, Catherine A. Leitch, Edward A. Liechty, and Scott C. Denne. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 APStracts 3:0255E, 1996.
• Gender-dependent effects of exercise training on serum leptin levels in humans. Hickey, Matthew S., Joseph A. Houmard, Robert V. Considine, Gilian L. Tyndall, Jack B. Midgette, Karen E. Gavigan, Melinda L. Weidner, Michael R. McCammon, Richard G. Israel, and Jose F. Caro. Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine,Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107; Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN 46285 APStracts 3:0256E, 1996.
• Insulin receptor mrna splicing and altered metabolic control in aged and in mildly insulin deficient rats. Wiersma, Mariska M. L., Didier Auboeuf, Ingeborg M. Nieuwenhuizen -Bakker, Jasper K. Radder, Jean Paul Riou, and Hubert Vidal. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital Leiden, 2300 RC Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS and INSERM U. 449, Facult de Mdecine R. Lannec, Rue G. Paradin, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, FRANCE APStracts 3:0257E, 1996.
• Interaction of exercise, insulin and hypoglycemia studied using hyperinsulinemic euglycemic and hypoglycemic clamp techniques. Zinker, Bradley A., Robert G. Allison, D. Brooks Lacy, and David H. Wasserman. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 APStracts 3:0258E, 1996.
• Rhigf-i administration in man: differential sensitivity to the metabolic effects of subcutaneous (sc) bolus vs. continuous. Mauras, Nelly, Paul M. Martha, Jr., Valerie Quarmby, Morey W. Haymond. Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (NM, MWH), and Genentech, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA (PMM, VQ) APStracts 3:0259E, 1996.
• The brain of the conscious dog is sensitive to physiologic changes in circulating insulin. Davis, S. N., B. Dunham, K. Walmsley, C. Shavers, D. Neal, P. Williams, and A. D. Cherrington. Departments of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 APStracts 3:0260E, 1996.
• Insulin stimulation of human adipocytes activates the kinase of only a fraction of the insulin receptors. Klein, Harald H., Britta Kowalewski, Maren Drenckhan, Horst-Lorenz Fehm. Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of L[umlaut]ubeck, FRG APStracts 3:0261E, 1996.
• Regulation of insulin secretion via atp-sensitive k+ channel independent mechanisms: role of phospholipase c activation. Zawalich, Walter S. Zawalich Kathleen C. Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, New Haven CT 06536-0740, 203-785-5522 (Telephone), 203-785-6455 (Fax), Email-Walter.Zawalich@Yale.Edu APStracts 3:0262E, 1996.
• Malonyl-coa regulation in skeletal muscle: its link to cell citrate and the glucose fatty acid cycle. Saha, Asish K., Demetrios Vavvas, Theodore G. Kurowski, Alex Apazidis, Lee A. Witters, Eleazar Shafrir, and Neil B. Ruderman. Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, Evans Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, Endocrine-Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756 and #Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel APStracts 3:0263E, 1996.
• Nongenomic effects of aldosterone on intracellular calcium in porcine endothelial cells. Schneider, Manfred, Axel Ulsenheimer, Michael Christ, Martin Wehling. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, University of Munich, Ziemssenstr. 1, 80336 Munich, Germany APStracts 3:0264E, 1996.
• Clenbuterol, a [beta]2-adrenoceptor agonist, reduces scoliosis due to partial transection of rat spinal cord. Zeman, Richard J., Yan Zhang, and Joseph D. Etlinger. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595 APStracts 3:0265E, 1996.
• Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and dynamics of insulin resistance in denervated slow and fast muscles in vivo. Elmendorf, Jeffrey S., Alice Damrau-Abney, Terry R. Smith, Tonya S. David, and Jiri Turinsky. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208 APStracts 3:0266E, 1996.
• Insulin stimulates cell surface aminopeptidase activity toward vasopressin in adipocytes. Herbst, John J., Stuart A. Ross, Hazel M. Scott, Stephen A. Bobin, Nicholas J. Morris, Gustav E. Lienhard, and Susanna R. Keller. Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755 APStracts 3:0267E, 1996.
• Coupling of oxytocin receptor to g proteins in the rat myometrium during labor: gi- receptor interaction. Strakova, Zuzana, Melvyn S. Soloff,. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555-1062, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555 APStracts 3:0268E, 1996.
• Influence of protein intake on whole-body and splanchnic leucine kinetics in humans. Cayol, Marc, Yves Boirie, Fabienne Rambourdin, Jacques Prugnaud, Pierre Gachon, Bernard Beaufrere, and Christiane Obled. Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Auvergne; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire d'Etude du M[acute]etabolisme Azot[acute]e, 63122 Saint-Gen[grave]es Champanelle; Laboratoire de Nutrition Humaine, 63000 Clermont -Ferrand; France APStracts 3:0269E, 1996.
• Long- and medium-chain triglycerides during parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients. Delafosse, Bertrand, Jean Paul Viale, Christiane Pachiaudi, Sylvie Normand, Joelle Goudable, Yves Bouffard, Guy Annat, Olivier Bertrand. Intensive Care Unit and Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine de Lyon, H[circumflex]opital Edouard Herriot, 69003 Lyon; and Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale Unit[acute]e 197, 69008 Lyon - France APStracts 3:0270E, 1996.
• Blockade of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system prevents growth hormone induced fluid retention in humans. M[phi]ller, Jens, Niels M[stod]oller, Erik Frandsen, Troels Wolthers, Jens O. L. J[stod]orgensen, Jens S. Christiansen. Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), University Hospital of Aarhus, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, 1) Department of Clinical Physiology, K[stod]obenhavns Amtssygehus Glostrup, DK 2600 Glostrup, Denmark APStracts 3:0271E, 1996.
• Direct quantification of norepinephrine spillover and hormone output from the pancreas of the conscious dog. Dunninga, Beth E., Melanie F. Scottb, Doss W. Nealb, and Alan D. Cherringtonb . METABOLIC DISEASES DEPARTMENT OF PRECLINICAL RESEARCH, SANDOZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, EAST HANOVER, NJ AND BDEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, NASHVILLE, TN APStracts 3:0272E, 1996.