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

The American Physiological Society

• Low nitric oxide concentrations inhibit osteoclast formation in mouse marrow cultures by a cgmp-dependent mechanism. Holliday, L. Shannon, Alan D. Dean, Royana H. Lin, James E. Greenwald, and Stephen L. Gluck. Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, and the George M. O'Brien Center for Kidney and Urological Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 3:0208F, 1996.
• N-acetyl cysteine ameliorates ischemic renal failure. Dimari, John, Judit Megyesi, Nora Udvarhelyi, Peter Price, Roger Davis, Robert Safirstein. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Blvd., 4.200 John Sealy Annex, Route #0562, Galveston, Texas 77555 -0562, (409) 772-1811 (phone), (409) 772-5451 (fax), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605 APStracts 3:0209F, 1996.
• Role of prostaglandins and renal nerves in the renal actions of adrenomedullin. Jougasaki, Michihisa, Lawrence L. Aarhus, Denise M. Heublein, Sharon M. Sandberg, and John C. Burnett. Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester MN 55905 APStracts 3:0210F, 1996.
• Igf-i receptor binding, autophosphorylation and kinase activity in kidney and muscle of acutely uremic rats. Tsao, Tanny, Fay W. Hsu, and Ralph Rabkin. Research Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA APStracts 3:0211F, 1996.
• Igf-i receptor binding, autophosphorylation and kinase activity in kidney and muscle of acutely uremic rats. Tsao, Tanny, Fay W. Hsu, and Ralph Rabkin. Research Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA APStracts 3:0212F, 1996.
• Role of prostaglandins and renal nerves in the renal actions of adrenomedullin. Jougasaki, Michihisa, Lawrence L. Aarhus, Denise M. Heublein, Sharon M. Sandberg, and John C. Burnett. Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester MN 55905 APStracts 3:0213F, 1996.
• Immunoglobulin light chain alters mesangial cell calcium homeostasis. Zhu, Ling, Guillermo A. Herrera, C. Roger White, Paul W. Sanders. Departments of Pathology, Medicine and Physiology, Nephrology Research and Training Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, and Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA APStracts 3:0214F, 1996.
• Angiotensin i converting enzyme activity in tubular fluid along the rat nephron.. Casarini, D. E., Boim, M. A., Stella, R. C. R., Krieger-Azzolini M. H., Krieger J. E. and Schor, N. Disciplina de Nefrologia and Departamento de Bioqumica, Universidade Federal de So Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, S[pi]o Paulo, SP, CEP 04023-062, Brazil, and Laborat APStracts 3:0215F, 1996.
• Renal dopamine-1 receptor coupling with gs and gq/11 proteins in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hussain, Tahir, and Mustafa F. Lokhandwala. Institute for Cardiovascular Studies, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5511 USA APStracts 3:0216F, 1996.
• Heat stress ameliorates atp depletion-induced sublethal injury in mouse proximal tubule cells. Borkan, S. C., Y. H. Wang, W. Lieberthal, P. R. Burke, and J. H. Schwartz. Renal Section, Evan's 428, Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118-2393 APStracts 3:0217F, 1996.
• Targeting deletion of angiotensin type 1b receptor gene in the mouse . Chen, Hiangmei, Wenge Li, Hiroaki Yoshida, Shinya Tsuchida, Hideki Nishimura, Fumi Takemoto, Soichiro Okubo, Agnes Fogo, Taiji Matsusaka, and Iekuni Ichikawa. Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 APStracts 3:0218F, 1996.
• Human leptin has natriuretic activity in the rat. Jackson, Edwin K., and Ping Li. Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582 APStracts 3:0219F, 1996.
• Evidence for the distinct nature of f2-isoprostane receptors from those of thromboxane a2. Fukunaga, Megumu, Takafumi Yura, Ryszard Grygorczyk, and Kamal F. Badr. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Department of Pharmacology, Merck Frosst for Therapeutic Research., Pointe Claire -Dorval, Quebec, Canada APStracts 3:0220F, 1996.
• Physiological role of nitric oxide in regulation of renal function in humans. Haynes, William G., Malcolm F. Hand, Mark E. C. Dockrell, David W. Eadington, Michael R. Lee, Ziad Hussein, Nigel Benjamin and David J. Webb. Clinical Pharmacology Unit and Research Centre, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU; *Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Glaxo-Wellcome, Beckenham BR3 3BS; and [grave]aDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, St BartholomewOs Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom APStracts 3:0221F, 1996.
• G[alpha]i-2 mediates renal llc-pk1 growth by a raf independent activation of p42/p44 map kinase. Kinane, T. Bernard, I. Kang, A. Chu, S. H. Chin, and Louis Ercolani. Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 APStracts 3:0222F, 1996.
• Endogenous inhibitor of the na-k-cl cotransport system in inbred dahl rats. Alvarez-Guerra, M., F. Vargas, J. O. Alda, and R. P. Garay. Inserm U400, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, 94010 Cr[acute]eteil, France, Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Zaragoza and Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain APStracts 3:0223F, 1996.
• Reabsorptive and secretory 5-methyltetrahydrofolate transport pathways in cultured human proximal tubule cells. Morshed, Khandoker M., and Kenneth E. McMartin. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130 APStracts 3:0224F, 1996.
• Chloride is essential for contraction of afferent arterioles after agonists and potassium. Jensen, Boye L., Peter Ellekvist, and Ole Sktt. Institute of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Department of Physiology, University of Odense, Denmark APStracts 3:0225F, 1996.
• The adenylate cyclase coupled vasopressin receptor activates the aquaporin-2 promoter via a dual effect on cre and ap1 elements. Yasui, Masato, Sergey M. Zelenin, Gianni Celsi, and Anita Aperia. Department of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, St. G[diaeresis]oran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, S-112 81, Stockholm, Sweden, Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia APStracts 3:0226F, 1996.
• Localization of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 in adult and fetal human kidney: implication for their renal functions. K[umlaut]umhoff, Martin, Hermann-Josef Gr[umlaut]une, Thomas Klein, Hannsjoerg W. Seyberth, and Rolf M. Nsing. Department of Pediatrics and Pathology, Philipps University Marburg, D-35033 Marburg, Germany APStracts 3:0227F, 1996.
• Apical k+ conductance in maturing rabbit principal cell. Satlin, Lisa M., and Lawrence G. Palmer. Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1410 Pelham Pkwy South, Bronx, New York 10461 and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021 APStracts 3:0228F, 1996.