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

The American Physiological Society

• Increased intestinal muscle contractility and worm expulsion in nematode-infected mice. Vallance, Bruce A., Patricia A. Blennerhassett, and Stephen M. Collins. Intestinal Diseases Research Programme, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada APStracts 3:0207G, 1996.
• Potentiation to vasodilators by nitric oxide synthase blockade in superior mesenteric but not hepatic artery. Macedo, M. Paula, and W. Wayne Lautt. DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, R3E OW3 APStracts 3:0208G, 1996.
• Intestinal absorption of dodecyl sulfate in the rodent: evidence for paracellular absorption. Amelsberg, Andree, Claudio D. Schteingart, Jurgen Stein, Wilfred J. Simmonds, Geri A. Sawada, Norman F. H. Ho, and Alan F. Hofmann. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92092-0813 and Drug Delivery Systems Research Laboratory, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 49007, Medicine, University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine 0813, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla CA 92093-0813, Division of Gastroenterology, Center for Internal Medicine, University Clinic, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Drug Delivery Systems Research, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI., 49007, Drug Delivery Systems Research, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc. Kalamazoo, MI. 49007 APStracts 3:0209G, 1996.
• Polyamines are necessary for normal expression of the transforming growth factor [beta] gene during cell migration. Wang, Jian-Ying, Mary Jane Viar, Ji Li, Hui-Jun Shi, Shirley A. McCormack, and Leonard R. Johnson. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical School and Baltimore, VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN 38163 APStracts 3:0210G, 1996.
• Human pancreatic enzyme and intestinal motor responses to a meal: association with duodenal and ileal nutrient delivery . Keller, Jutta, Michael R[umlaut]unzi, Harald Goebell, Peter Layer. Dept Medicine, Israelitisches Krankenhaus, Hamburg, Div Gastroenterology, Dept Medicine, University of Essen, Germany APStracts 3:0211G, 1996.
• Increased c/ebp in fetal rat small intestine precedes initiation of differentiation marker mrna synthesis. Montgomery, Robert K., Edmond H. H. M. Rings, John F. Thompson, Carelle C. Schuijt, Kathleen M. Aras, Vera J. M. Wielenga, M. J. Christine Kothe, Hans A. B[umlaut]uller, and Richard J. Grand. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Boston Floating Hospital for Children, New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA and Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. APStracts 3:0212G, 1996.
• Role of vagus nerves and gastrin in the gastric phase of acid secretion in male anesthetized rats. Noto, Tsunehisa, Masaaki Nagasaki, and Toshio Endo. Lead Optimization Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Toda, Saitama 335, Japan APStracts 3:0213G, 1996.
• Maintenance of morphology and function of canine proximal colon smooth muscle in organ culture. Horner, Michelle J., Sean M. Ward, William T. Gerthoffer, Kenton M. Sanders, and Burton Horowitz. Department of Physiology and Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557, (702) 784-1462, Fax: (702) 784-6903 APStracts 3:0214G, 1996.
• Effect of short chain fatty acids on paracellular permeability in the caco-2 model of intestinal epithelium. Mariadason, John M., David H. Barkla, Peter R. Gibson. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, THE ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL, and MONASH UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA APStracts 3:0215G, 1996.
• Effects of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition on mesenteric perfusion in young pigs. Alemany, Carlos A., William Oh, Barbara S. Stonestreet. BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, WOMEN & INFANTS' HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02905 APStracts 3:0216G, 1996.
• Gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit during lactation in rats. Chen, Tseng-Shing, Ming-Luen Doong, Shyi-Wu Wang, Shiow-Chwen Tsai, Chien-Chen Lu, Hsi-Chang Shih, Yen-Hao Chen, Full-Young Chang, Shou -Dong Lee, and Paulus S. Wang. Graduate Institute of Clinical Research, Department of Physiology and Center for General Education, National Yang-Ming University; and Division of Gastroenterology,Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taipei and Department of Physiology, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China APStracts 3:0217G, 1996.
• Rhythmic oscillating complexes in the gastrointestinal tract of chickens: a role for motilin. Rodr[acute]iguez-Sinovas, A., M. Jim[acute]enez, P. De Clercq, T. L. Peeters, and P. Vergara. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Aut[grave]onoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain Gut Hormone Laboratory. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium APStracts 3:0218G, 1996.
• Cold preservation and rewarming differentially affects na+/h+, na+( hco3-)n and cl-/hco3- transport activity in isolated rat hepatocytes. Forestal, Doris A., Judith Haimovici, and Pierre Haddad. Groupe de Recherche en Transport Membranaire and D[acute]epartement de pharmacologie, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec APStracts 3:0219G, 1996.
• Interleukin 15 signals t84 colonic epithelial cells in the absence of the interleukin 2 receptor [beta] chain. Ac, Stevens, Matthews J, Andres P, Baffis V, Zheng Xx, Chae D-W, Smith J, Strom Tb, Maslinski W. Divisions of Gastroenterology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 02215, Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3T 1E2 APStracts 3:0220G, 1996.
• The role of nitric oxide in hypoxia-induced colonic dysfunction in the neonatal rat. Brown, James F., and Barry L. Tepperman. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A5C1 APStracts 3:0221G, 1996.
• Presynaptic [alpha]2-adrenoceptors inhibit excitatory glutamatergic synaptic transmission in rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Bertolino, Maria, Stefano Vicini, Richard Gillis, and Alberto Travagli. Department of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007, Department of Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506 APStracts 3:0222G, 1996.
• Endothelin-1 production by hepatic endothelial cells: characterization and augmentation by endotoxin exposure. Eakes, Ann T., Katherine M. Howard, Joseph E. Miller, and Merle S. Olson. Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7760 APStracts 3:0223G, 1996.
• Regulation of apolipoprotein secretion and lipid synthesis by fatty acids in a newborn swine intestinal epithelial cell line. Wang, Heng, Helen M. Berschneider, Jianhui Du, and Dennis D. Black. Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202 and APStracts 3:0224G, 1996.
• Effects of camp dependent protein kinase and guanylate cyclase inhibition on intestinal microvascular responses to norepinephrine in chronic portal hypertension. Wu, Zhi-Yong, and Joseph N. Benoit. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36688 AND DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71130 APStracts 3:0225G, 1996.
• Cftr mediates camp- and ca2+-activated duodenal epithelial hco3- secretion. Hogan, Daniel L., Diane L. Crombie, Jon I. Isenberg, Per Svendsen, Ove B. Schaffalitzky De Muckadell, and Mark A. Ainsworth. Biomedical Laboratory and Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University, Denmark, and Division of Gastroenterology, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA APStracts 3:0226G, 1996.
• [ack]pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptides stimulate duodenal bicarbonate secretion at pacap receptors in the rat. Takeuchi, Koji, Koji Takehara, Shinichi Kato, and Koji Yagi. Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina, Kyoto 607, Japan APStracts 3:0227G, 1996.
• Tnfa contributes to the pathogenesis of ethanol-induced gastric damage in cirrhotic rats. Ferraz, Jos Geraldo P., Allan W. Tigley, Caroline B. Appleyard & John L. Wallace. Intestinal Disease Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada APStracts 3:0228G, 1996.
• Fermentable carbohydrate exerts a urea lowering effect in normals and nephrectomized rats. Younes, Hassan, Christian Remesy, Stephen Behrmdsu, and Christian Demigne. Laboratoire des maladies m[acute]etaboliques et des Micronutriments, I.N.R.A., Centre de Recherches en Nutrition Humaine de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, F-63122 St-Gen[grave]es-Champanelle, France, Tel: (33) 73 62 42 33, Fax: (33) 73 62 46 38 APStracts 3:0229G, 1996.
• Glycolysis is a source of pyruvate for transamination of glutamine amino nitrogen in jejunal epithelial cells. Cremin, John D., Jr., and Sharon E. Fleming. Department of Nutritional Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A. APStracts 3:0230G, 1996.
• Central somatostatin prevents vagal efferent nerve excitation produced by trh but not by 2-deoxy-d-glucose. Masuda, Masao, Setsuko Kanai, and Kyoko Miyasaka. Department of Clinical Physiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo-173, Japan APStracts 3:0231G, 1996.
• Differing mechanisms of stimulation of na absorption in rabbit proximal colon. Sellin, Joseph H., and Roland Desoignie. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas APStracts 3:0232G, 1996.
• Both trypsin inhibitors and their protease complexes stimulate the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and modify their levels in the rat small intestine. Pusztai, A, G Grant, S Bardocz, K. Baintner, S W B Ewen. Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB, Scotland UK and E Gelencs[acute]er, Central Food Research Institute, Budafoki ut 59, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary and Pathology Department, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Aberdeen AB1 2ZZ, UK APStracts 3:0233G, 1996.
• Role of plasma vasopressin as a mediator of nausea and gastric slow wave dysrhythmias in motion sickness. Kim, Michael S., William D. Chey, Chung Owyang, William L. Hasler. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 APStracts 3:0234G, 1996.
• Biological determinants of the intestinotrophic properties of glp-2 in vivo. Tsai, Chun-Hui, Mary Hill, and Daniel J. Drucker. Department of Medicine, The Toronto Hospital, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G2C4 APStracts 3:0235G, 1996.
• Effects of transmural field stimulation in isolated smooth muscle of the human rectum and internal anal sphincter . Glavind, E. B., A. Forman, G. Madsen, A. T[stod]ottrup. Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Aarhus and Surgical Research Unit, Dept. of Surgery L, section Amtssygehuset, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark APStracts 3:0236G, 1996.
• Systemic and hepatic haemodynamic changes in acute liver injury. Makin, Aj, Rd Hughes, Roger Williams. Institute of Liver Studies, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London SE5 9PJ, UK APStracts 3:0237G, 1996.
• Acidosis induces hyperpermeability in caco-2bbe cultured intestinal epithelial monolayers. Menconi, Michael J., Andrew L. Salzman, Naoki Unno, Robert M. Ezzell, Diane M. Casey, Daniel A. Brown, Yoshifumi Tsuji, and Mitchell P. Fink. Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 and Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 APStracts 3:0238G, 1996.
• The protective effects of interleukin-11 (il-11) in a murine model of ischemic bowel necrosis. Du, Xunxiang, Qi Liu, Zhixiang Yang, Attilio Orazi, Frederick J Rescorla, Jay L Grosfeld, and David A Williams. Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children; Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery; Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA APStracts 3:0239G, 1996.
• Nitric oxide-induced derangements in the permeability barrier of cultured intestinal epithelial monolayers: effect of low extracellular ph. Unno, Naoki, Michael J. Menconi, Marianne Smith, Douglas E. Aguirre, and Mitchell P. Fink. Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA APStracts 3:0240G, 1996.
• L-glutamine stimulates intestinal cell proliferation and activates mitogen activated protein kinases. Rhoads, J. Marc, Robert A. Argenzio, Wunian Chen, Richard A. Rippe, John K. Westwick, Adrienne D. Cox, Helen M. Berschneider, and David A. Brenner. Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Radiation Oncology University of North Carolina; the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Radiological Sciences; and Center in Gastrointestinal Biology & Disease, Chapel Hill and Raleigh, NC. APStracts 3:0241G, 1996.
• Constitutive nitric oxide synthase isoforms account for gastric mucosal nitric oxide overproduction in uremic rats. Mendez1, Asuncion, Mercedes Fernandez4, Ysamar Barrios3, Ignacio Lopez-Coviella1, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Mora2, Maria Del Rivero1, Eduardo Salido3, Jaume Bosch4 and Enrique Quintero1. (1) Unidad de Investigaci APStracts 3:0242G, 1996.