APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 4, 1997

The American Physiological Society

• Normal phosphate transport in cell cultures from the proximal convoluted tubule of gy mice: evidence for a single defect underlying x-linked hypophosphatemia. Nesbitt, Teresa, and Marc K. Drezner. Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology and The Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 APStracts 4:0063F, 1997.
• Calcitonin activates a na+-independent hco dependent pathway in the rabbit distal convoluted tubule. Dagher, Georges, S. Randall Thomas, Nina Griffiths, Sylvie Siaume -Perez, and Claude Sauterey. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Coll[angstrom]age de France, * INSERM Unit[umlaut]a 467, Facult[umlaut]a de Medecine Necker, PARIS, France APStracts 4:0064F, 1997.
• Interactions of ultrapure bovine hemoglobin with renal epithelial cells in vivo and in vitro. Somers, M., A. I. Piqueras, K. Strange, M. L. Zeidel[tilde]n, W. Pfaller, M. Gawryl, and H. W. Harris. Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Renal and Electrolyte Division University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Institute of Physiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Biopure Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts APStracts 4:0065F, 1997.
• Morphological heterogeneity of renal glomerular arterioles and distinct [ca++]i responses to angiotensin ii. Helou, Claudia M. De B., and Jeannine Marchetti. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Unit[acute]e de Recherche Associ[acute]ee 219, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Coll[grave]ege de France, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, -and Unit[acute]e 367, INSERM, Physiologie et Pathologie exp[acute]erimentale vasculaires, 17 rue du Fer [grave]a Moulin 75005 Paris, France, Tel: (33) (1) 01 45 87 61 15, Fax: (33) (1) 45 35 66 29 APStracts 4:0066F, 1997.
• Specific coupling of a cation-sensing receptor to g protein - subunits in mdck cells. Arthur, John M., Georgiann P. Collinsworth, Thomas W. Gettys, L. Darryl Quarles, and John R. Raymond. Departments of Medicine at The University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425 APStracts 4:0067F, 1997.
• Osmo-mechanical sensitive phosphatidylinositol signaling regulates a calcium influx channel in renal epithelial cells. O'neil, Roger G., and Lijun Leng. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030 APStracts 4:0068F, 1997.
• Cysteine s-conjugates activate transcription factor nf-kb in cultured renal epithelial cells. Otieno, Monicah A., and M. W Anders. University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rochester, New York 14642 APStracts 4:0069F, 1997.
• Unexpected protection of glomerular mesangial cells from oxidant -triggered apoptosis by bioflavonoid quercetin. Yokoo, Takashi, and Masanori Kitamura. Glomerular Engineering Unit, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, The Rayne Institute, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom APStracts 4:0070F, 1997.
• Flow versus pressure in the control of renin release in conscious dogs. Nafz, Benno, Heike Berthold, Heimo Ehmke, Eberhard Hackenthal, Hartmut R. Kirchheim, and Pontus B. Persson. Institut f[umlaut]ur Physiologie der Humboldt Universit[umlaut]at zu Berlin (Charit[acute]e), I. Physiologisches Institut der Ruprecht- Karls- Universit[umlaut]at Heidelberg, Pharmakologisches Institut der Ruprecht- Karls- Universit[umlaut]at Heidelberg APStracts 4:0071F, 1997.
• Role of renal nerves and endogenous dopamine in amino acid-induced glomerular hyperfiltration. M[umlaut]uhlbauer, Bernd, Fabian Sp[diaeresis]ohr, Ren[acute]e Schmidt, and Hartmut Osswald. Department of Pharmacology, University of T[umlaut]ubingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, D-72074 T[umlaut]ubingen, Germany, Phone +49 7071 29 74944, Fax +49 7071 29 4942, email: muehlbauer@uni -tuebingen.de APStracts 4:0072F, 1997.
• Podocyte a-actinin induction, precedes foot process effacement in experimental nephrotic syndrome. Smoyer, William E., Peter Mundel, Avneesh Gupta, and Michael J. Welsh. Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Institut fuer Anatomie und Zellbiologie, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany APStracts 4:0073F, 1997.
• Differentiation and cell polarity during renal cyst formation in the han:sprd (cy/+) rat, a model for adpkd. Oberm[umlaut]uller, Nicholas, Norbert Gretz, Wilhelm Kriz, Fokko J. Van Der Woude, Robert F. Reilly, Heini Murer, J[umlaut]urg Biber, Ralph Witzgall. Medical Research Center and V. Medical Department, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, U.S.A.; Institute of Physiology, University of Z[umlaut]urich, Z[umlaut]urich, Switzerland APStracts 4:0074F, 1997.
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of renal peptide transport. Daniel, Hannelore, and Martina Herget. Biochemistry of Nutrition Unit, Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Giessen Wilhelmstrasse 20, D-35392 Giessen, Germany APStracts 4:0075F, 1997.
• Immunohistochemical localization of angiotensin ii at1 receptor in the adult rat kidney using a monoclonal antibody. Harrison-Bernard, Lisa M., L. Gabriel Navar, Mei Mei Ho, Gavin P. Vinson, and Samir S. El-Dahr. Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and Department of Biochemistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London E1 4NS APStracts 4:0076F, 1997.
• Cloning of rat and mouse aquaporin-2 gene promoters and identification of a negative cis-regulatory element. Rai, Tatemitsu, Shinichi Uchida, Fumiaki Marumo, and Sei Sasaki. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 113, Japan APStracts 4:0077F, 1997.
• Post-transcriptional up-regulation of na+,k+-atpase activity in newborn guinea pig renal cortex . Guillery, Edward N., David J. Huss, Alicia A. McDonough, and Leslie C. Klein. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792 and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 APStracts 4:0078F, 1997.
• Intracellular ph regulation in the rabbit cortical collecting duct a-type intercalated cell. Milton, Amy E., and I. David Weiner. Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610 and Gainesville Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32609 APStracts 4:0079F, 1997.
• Downregulation of aquaporin-2 parallels changes in renal water excretion in unilateral ureteral obstruction. Fr_kir, J_rgen, Birgitte M_nster Christensen, David Marples, Jens Chr. Djurhuus, Uffe B. Jensen, Mark A. Knepper, and S_ren Nielsen. Department of Clinical Physiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Aarhus; Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; and Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA APStracts 4:0080F, 1997.
• Adhesion of hydroxyapatite crystals to anionic sites on the surface of renal epithelial cells. Lieske, John C., Rebbecca Norris, and F. Gary Toback. Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 APStracts 4:0081F, 1997.
• Expression of carbonic anhydrase iv in carbonic anhydrase ii -deficient mice. Brion, Luc P., Wendy Cammer, Lisa M. Satlin, Carlos Suarez, Beth J. Zavilowitz, and Victor L. Schuster. ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS, MEDICINE AND NEUROLOGY, BRONX, NY APStracts 4:0082F, 1997.
• Proximal tubular fluid, kidney and plasma levels of angiotensin ii in hypertensive ren-2 transgenic rats. Mitchell, Kenneth D., Severina M. Jacinto, and John J. Mullins. Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, and Centre for Genome Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ, Scotland APStracts 4:0083F, 1997.
• Afferent arteriolar responses to angiotensin ii involves activation of phospholipase a2 and modulation by lipoxygenase and cytochrome p450 pathways. Imig, John D., and Paul C. Deichmann . Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana APStracts 4:0084F, 1997.