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

The American Physiological Society

• Phosphorylation of calponin in airway smooth muscle. Pohl, Jennifer, Steven J. Winder, Bruce G. Allen, Michael P. Walsh, James R. Sellers, and William T. Gerthoffer. Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557 and Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 APStracts 3:0161L, 1996.
• Selective and transient in vitro effects of heat shock on alveolar type ii cell gene expression. Wong, Hector R., Marnie Ryan, Sarah Gebb, and Jonathan R. Wisp. Divisions of Critical Care Medicine1 and Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 APStracts 3:0162L, 1996.
• The role of membrane potential in hypoxic inhibition of l-arginine uptake by lung endothelial cells. Zharikov, S. I., H. Herrera, and E. R. Block. Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, and the Medical Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197 APStracts 3:0163L, 1996.
• Cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions modulate apoptosis of bronchial epithelial cells.. Aoshiba, Kazutetsu, Stephen I. Rennard, John R. Spurzem. Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105 and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5300 APStracts 3:0164L, 1996.
• Nitrofen dose dependent and gestational day specific left-sided diaphragmatic hernia and lung hypoplasia in fetal mice. Cilley, Robert E., Steven E. Zgleszewski, Thomas M. Krummel, Mala R. Chinoy. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033 APStracts 3:0165L, 1996.
• The adenylate cyclase-coupled atp receptor and surfactant secretion in type ii pneumocytes from newborn rats. Gobran, Laurice I, and Seamus A. Rooney. Division of Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 APStracts 3:0166L, 1996.
• Lipopolysaccharide-induced goblet cell hypersecretion in the guinea pig trachea: inhibition by macrolides. Tamaoki, Jun, Kiyoshi Takeyama, Isao Yamawaki, Mitsuko Kondo, and Kimio Konno. First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo 162, Japan APStracts 3:0167L, 1996.
• Identification of na+, k+-atpase b-subunit in alveolar epithelial cells. Zhang, Xiao-Ling, Spencer I. Danto, Zea Borok, Jennifer T. Eber, Pablo Martaen-Vasallo, and Richard L. Lubman. Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033 and Laboratorio de Biologaea del Desarrollo, Departamento de Bioquaemica y Biologaea Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda Astrofaesico S[cedilla]cnchez s/n, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain APStracts 3:0168L, 1996.
• Temporal changes in expression of tgf-[beta] isoforms in mouse lung exposed to oxygen. O'reilly, Michael A., Rhonda J. Staversky, Kathleen C. Flanders, Carl J. Johnston, Jacob N. Finkelstein. Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Laboratory of Chemoprevention, Building 41, Rm C629, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 3:0169L, 1996.
• Endothelial gaps: time course of formation and closure in inflamed venules of rats. Baluk, Peter, Akira Hirata, Gavin Thurston, Takashi Fujiwara[acute]a, Chris R. Neal, C. Charles Michel, and Donald M. McDonald. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA and Departments of Anatomy and Ophthalmology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860, JAPAN and [acute]aLaboratory Animal Center, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu, Ehime 791-02, JAPAN and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK APStracts 3:0170L, 1996.
• Effects of hydrogen and bicarbonate ions on endocrine cells in fetal rat lung organ cultures. Ebina, Masahito, Richard F. Hoyt, Nancy A. F. McNelly, Sergei P. Sorokin, and R. Ilona Linnoila. Laboratory of Pulmonary Cell Biology1, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 USA, Biomarkers and Prevention Research Branch2, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20850 USA APStracts 3:0171L, 1996.
• Surfactant phospholipid secretion from rat alveolar type ii cells: possible role of protein kinase c isozymes. Linke, Michael J., Fannie M. Burton, Dana T. Fiedeldey, Ward R. Rice. Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati, OH APStracts 3:0172L, 1996.
• Intracellular signal transduction pathways of muscarinic-induced mucin secretion by primary cultures of hamster tracheal goblet cells. Steel, Daniella M., and John. W. Hanrahan. Department of Physiology and Respiratory Health Network of Centres of Excellence, McGill University, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6 APStracts 3:0173L, 1996.
• In situ visualization of bronchial submucosal glands and their secretory response to acetylcholine. Inglis, Sarah K., Michel R. Corboz, Aubrey E. Taylor, and Stephen T. Ballard. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688 APStracts 3:0174L, 1996.
• Role of nitric oxide and superoxide anion in spontaneous lung chemiluminescence. Barnard, Michele L., Blair Robertson, Benjamin P. Watts, Jr., and Julio F. Turrens. Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, IL 60616 and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688 APStracts 3:0175L, 1996.
• Air blast overpressure-induced oxidative stress in rat lungs: interplay between hemoglobin, antioxidants and lipid peroxidation. Gorbunov, Nikolai V., Nabil M. Elsayed, Elena R. Kisin, Andrey V. Kozlov, and Valerian E. Kagan. Department of Respiratory Research, Division of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 APStracts 3:0176L, 1996.
• Quantitation of mucin rna by pcr reveals induction of both muc2 and muc5ac mrna levels by retinoids. Guzman, Karen, Thomas E. Gray, Joo-Heon Yoon, Paul Nettesheim. Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 APStracts 3:0177L, 1996.
• Role of acidic ca++-independent phospholipase a2 in synthesis of lung dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine. Fisher, Aron B., and Chandra Dodia. INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 APStracts 3:0178L, 1996.
• Functional comparison of endothelin receptors in human and rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle. Bialecki, Russell A., Carol S. Fisher, Wallace W. Murdoch, Herbert G. Barthlow, and Darci L. Bertelsen. Respiratory, Inflammatory and Neurological Diseases Research Section, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals, A business unit of ZENECA, Inc., Wilmington, DE 19850-5437 APStracts 3:0179L, 1996.
• Airway recruitment of eosinophils and lymphocytes in mice is dependent on [alpha]4 integrins and vascular cell adhesion molecule -1. Chin, Jia En, Cheryl A. Hatfield, Greg E. Winterrowd, John R. Brashler, Steven L. Vonderfecht, Stephen F. Fidler, Robert L. Griffin, Karen P. Kolbasa, Raymond F. Krzesicki, Laurel M. Sly, Nigel D. Staite, and Ivan M. Richards. Cell Biology and Inflammation Research and *Drug Development Toxicology, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc., 301 Henrietta Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 APStracts 3:0180L, 1996.
• Decreased copper, zinc superoxide dismutase activity in asthmatic airway epithelium: correction by inhaled corticosteroid in vivo. Raeve, Hilde R. De, Frederic B. J. M. Thunnissen, F. Takao Kaneko, Fuhua H. Guo, Marc Lewis, Mani S. Kavuru, Michelle Secic, Mary Jane Thomassen, and Serpil C. Erzurum. Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cancer Biology, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, Institutional affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0181L, 1996.
• Interleukin-4 receptor blockade prevents airway responses induced by antigen challenge in mice. Gavett, Stephen H., Daniel J. O'hearn, Christopher L. Karp, Brian H. Schofield, Fred D. Finkelman, and Marsha Wills-Karp. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; and the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 APStracts 3:0182L, 1996.
• Activated protein c prevents lps-induced pulmonary vascular injury by inhibiting cytokine production. Murakami, Kazunori, Kenji Okajima, Mitsuhiro Uchiba, Masayoshi Johno, Tomohiro Nakagaki, Hiroaki Okabe, and Kiyoshi Takatsuki. Departments of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Dermatology, Kumamoto University Medical School, and The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Kumamoto, 860, JAPAN APStracts 3:0183L, 1996.
• Decreased copper, zinc superoxide dismutase activity in asthmatic airway epithelium: correction by inhaled corticosteroid in vivo. Raeve, Hilde R. De, Frederic B. J. M. Thunnissen[tilde]n, F. Takao Kaneko, Fuhua H. Guo, Marc Lewis, Mani S. Kavuru, Michelle Secic, Mary Jane Thomassen, and Serpil C. Erzurum. Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cancer Biology, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, Institutional affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0184L, 1996.
• Intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species mechanotransduction mediated depolarization and oxidant generation dduring non-hypoxic lung lung iischemia. Al-Mehdi, A. Abu B., Henry Shuman, and Henry Shuman and Aron B. Fisher. Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 3:0185L, 1996.
• Activation of map kinases in airway smooth muscle. Gerthoffer, William T., Ilia A. Yamboliev, Jennifer Pohl, Robert Haynes, Steve Dang, and Jeannette McHugh. Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557 APStracts 3:0186L, 1996.
• Cytokines regulate membrane-bound leukocyte elastase on neutrophils: a novel mechanism for effector activity. Owen, Caroline A., Melody A. Campbell, Steve S. Boukedes, Edward J. Campbell. Department of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132; and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148 APStracts 3:0187L, 1996.
• Gelatinases in epithelial lining fluid of patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome. Delclaux, Christophe, Marie-Pia D'ortho, Christophe Delacourt, Fran[grave]iois Lebargy, Christian Brun-Buisson, Laurent Brochard, Fran[grave]iois Lemaire, Chantal Lafuma, Alain Harf. D[umlaut]apartement de Physiologie and Institut National de la Sant[umlaut]a et de la Recherche M[umlaut]adicale, INSERM U 296, Service de R[umlaut]aanimation M[umlaut]adicale, H[diaeresis]opital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-H[diaeresis]opitaux de Paris, 94010 Cr[umlaut]ateil, France APStracts 3:0188L, 1996.
• Respiratory syncytial virus infection of human airway epithelial cells causes production of the [beta]- chemokine rantes. Becker, Susanne, William Reed, Fredrick W. Henderson, and Terry L. Noah. Health Effects Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park NC 27711, Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 APStracts 3:0189L, 1996.
• Effects of mononuclear cells on pulmonary arteries from rejecting, transplanted lungs. Wiklund, Lars, Virginia M. Miller, Henry D. Tazelaar, Christopher G. A. McGregor. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota APStracts 3:0190L, 1996.
• Mechanisms and sequelae of increased alveolar fluid clearance in hyperoxic rats. Yue, Gang, and Sadis Matalon. Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics and Pediatrics APStracts 3:0191L, 1996.
• Disruption of protein tyrosine phosphate homeostasis in bronchial epithelial cells exposed to oil fly ash. Samet, James M., Jackie Stonehuerner, William Reed, Robert B. Devlin, Lisa A. Dailey, Thomas P. Kennedy, Philip A. Bromberg, and Andrew J. Ghio. Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, and Human Studies Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC APStracts 3:0192L, 1996.
• Age-dependent neutrophil and blood flow responsiveness in acute pulmonary inflammation in rabbits. Hyde, Dallas M., Gregory P. Downey, Fern Tablin, Sanna Rosengren*, Patricia C. Giclas, Peter M. Henson and G. Scott Worthen Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, 1400 Jackson St., Denver, Colorado, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, California, Department of Medicine, Clinical Sciences Division, 1 Kings College Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 APStracts 3:0193L, 1996.
• Parathyroid hormone-related protein, an autocrine growth inhibitor of alveolar type ii cells. Hastings, Randolph H., Daphne Summers-Torres, Burt Yaszay, James Lesueur, Douglas W. Burton, and Leonard J. Deftos. Anesthesiology and Medicine Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, University of California San Diego APStracts 3:0194L, 1996.
• Sickle erythrocytes induce prostacyclin and thromboxane synthesis by isolated perfused rat lungs. Ibe, Basil O., Jean Morris, Joseph Kurantsin-Mills, and J. Usha Raj. Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA and Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology, The George Washington University, Medical Center, Washington DC APStracts 3:0195L, 1996.
• Pharmacological heterogeneity of constrictions mediated by endothelin receptors in rat pulmonary arteries. Higashi, Tooru, Takeshi Ishizaki, Kazuo Shigemori, Tuguhiko Nakai, Susumu Miyabo, Takashi Inui, and Takaki Yamamura. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Fukui, 910-11 and; International Research Laboratories, Ciba-Geigy Japan, Takarazuka 665, Japan APStracts 3:0196L, 1996.
• Biotinylation of membrane proteins accessible via the pulmonary circulation in normal and hyperoxic rats. De, Elsa Kathleen, La Fuente, Christopher A. Dawson, Leif D. Nelin, Robert D. Bongard, Timothy L. McAuliffe, and Marilyn P. Merker. Departments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Physiology, Pediatrics and Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, V.A. Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53295 APStracts 3:0197L, 1996.
• Mek-1 is required for pdgf-induced erk activation and dna synthesis in tracheal myocytes. Karpova, Alla Yu., Mark K. Abe, Jing Li, Pai T. Liu, Jessica M. Rhee, Wen-Liang Kuo, and Marc B. Hershenson. Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 APStracts 3:0198L, 1996.