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

The American Physiological Society

• Nonlinear Filter Properties of the Thick Ascending Limb. H. E. Layton, E. Bruce Pitman, Leon C. Moore. Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27708-- 0320, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 14214-3093, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8661 APStracts 4:0169F, 1997.
• Spectral Properties of the Tubuloglomerular Feedback System. E. Layton, E. Bruce Pitman, Leon C. Moore Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-- 0320, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214-3094, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8661 APStracts 4:0170F, 1997.
• Renal growth and development in mice lacking at 1a receptors for angiotensin ii. Oliverio, Michael I., Kirsten Madsen, Christopher F. Best, Masaki Ito, Nobuyo Maeda, Oliver Smithies, and Thomas M. Coffman. Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Japan;Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Pathology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC APStracts 4:0171F, 1997.
• Role of at1 angiotensin ii receptors in renal ischemic injury. Kontogiannis, Jimmy, and Kevin D. Burns. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Division of Nephrology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6 APStracts 4:0172F, 1997.
• A functional cftr-nbf1 is required for romk2-cftr interaction. McNicholas, Carmel M., Malcolm W. Nason, Jr., William B. Guggino, Erik M. Schwiebert, Steven C. Hebert, Gerhard Giebisch, Marie E. Egan. Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8026, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 -8026, Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 21205, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UAB, Birmingham, AL 35294, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, S-3121 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2372 APStracts 4:0173F, 1997.
• Disruption of the guinea pig urinary bladder permeability barrier in noninfectious cystitis.. Lavelle, John P., Gerard Apodaca, Susan A. Meyers, Wily G. Ruiz, and Mark L. Zeidel. Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, and Laboratory of Epithelial Cell Biology, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 APStracts 4:0174F, 1997.
• Reconstitution of water channel function of aquaporins 1 and 2 by expression in yeast secretory vesicles. Coury, Larry A., John C. Mathai, G. V. Ramesh Prasad, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Peter Agre, and Mark L. Zeidel. Laboratory of Epithelial Cell Biology, Renal Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3550 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2500. Phone: (412) 383-8953, Fax: (412) 383-8956, Email: ZEIDEL@NOVELL1.DEPT-MED.PITT.EDU. Departments of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205-2185, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 APStracts 4:0175F, 1997.
• Effect of brain natriuretic peptide on renal hemodynamics, tubular function and vasoactive hormones in man.. Jensen, K T, J Carstens, E B Pedersen. RESEARCH LABORATORY OF NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION, AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, AARHUS, DENMARK. APStracts 4:0176F, 1997.
• Contrasting endocrine responses to acute oral compared with intravenous sodium loading in normal man. Singer, Donald R. J., Nirmala D. Markandu, Martin G. Buckley, Michelle A. Miller, Giuseppe A. Sagnella, Graham A. Macgregor. Blood Pressure Unit, Department of Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK APStracts 4:0177F, 1997.
• Detection of dopamine receptor d1a subtype specific messenger rna in rat kidney by in situ amplification. O'connell, Damian P., Anna M. Aherne, Eamon Lane, Robin A. Felder, Robert M. Carey. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Ireland, and the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. APStracts 4:0178F, 1997.
• Numerical analysis of viscous flow through fibrous media. a model for glomerular basement membrane permeability. Palassini, Matteo, and Andrea Remuzzi. Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via Gavazzeni 11, 24125 Bergamo, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56100 Pisa, Italy, E-mail: palassini@sns.it APStracts 4:0179F, 1997.
• Mechanism and regulation of riboflavin uptake by the human renal proximal tubule epithelial cell line hk-2. Kumar, Chandira K., Norimoto Yanagawa, Alvaro Ortiz, and Hamid M. Said. Medical Research Service, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822; Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and Physiology /Biophysics, University of California, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92697; and Nephrology division, Sepulveda VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, CA 91343. APStracts 4:0180F, 1997.
• Expression and localization of the epithelial sodium channel in the mammalian urinary bladder. Smith, Peter R., Scott A. Mackler, Philip C. Weiser, David R. Brooker, Yoon J. Ahn, Brian J. Harte, Kathleen A. McNulty, and Thomas R. Kleyman. Department of Physiology, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19129, and Departments of Medicine & Physiology, University of Pennsylvania and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 4:0181F, 1997.
• Dietary acid increases blood and renal cortical acid content in rats. Wesson, Donald E. Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas APStracts 4:0182F, 1997.
• Apical and basolateral uptake and intracellular fate of l-3, 4 -dihydroxyphenylalanine, the dopamine precursor, in llc-pk1 cells.. Soares-Da-Silva, P., M. P. Serrao & M. A. Vieira-Coelho. Institute of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, APStracts 4:0183F, 1997.
• Characterization of the 5` flanking region of the ok-cell type ii na/pi-cotransporter gene. Hilfiker, Helene, Claudia M. Hartmann, Gerti Stange, and Heini Murer. Department of Physiology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 4:0184F, 1997.
• Role of the n-terminus in arachidonic acid-mediated inhibition of the cloned renal k+ channel, romk1.. Macica, Carolyn M., Yinhai Yang, Kenneth Lerea, Steven C. Hebert, and Wenhui Wang. Department of Pharmacology and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595 and Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 APStracts 4:0185F, 1997.
• Serum-stimulated [alpha]1 type iv collagen gene transcription is mediated by tgf[beta] and inhibited by estradiol. Lei, Jun, Sharon Silbiger, Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Joel Neugarten. Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 E. 210 Street, Bronx, NY 10467. The Penn Center for Molecular Studies of Kidney Diseases, Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 4:0186F, 1997.
• Cloning and functional characterization of a na+-dependent purine nucleoside transporter from human kidney. Wang, Juan, Sheng-Fang Su, Mark J. Dresser, Marci E. Schaner, Carla B. Washington, and Kathleen M. Giacomini. Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 APStracts 4:0187F, 1997.
• Distribution of epithelial ankyrin (ank3) spliceoforms in renal proximal and distal tubules. Doctor, R. Brian, Jing Chen, Luanne L. Peters, Samuel E. Lux, and Lazaro J. Mandel. Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609. Dept of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 4:0188F, 1997.
• The molecular structure and assembly of the tight junction. Denkera, Bradley M., and Sanjay K. Nigam. Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St. Boston Ma 02115 APStracts 4:0189F, 1997.
• Role of luminal carbonic anhydrase. Tsuruoka, Shuichi, and George J. Schwartz. Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 4:0190F, 1997.
• Angiotensin ii induces tnf production by the thick ascending limb: functional implications. Ferreri, Nicholas R., Bruno A. Escalante, Yejun Zhao, Shao-Jian An, and John C. McGiff. Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, and Departamento Farmacologia y Toxicologia, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Mexico APStracts 4:0191F, 1997.
• Heat-shock protein 25 induction and redistribution during actin reorganization after renal ischemia. Aufricht, Christoph, Thomas Ardito, Gunilla Thulin, Michael Kashgarian, Norman J. Siegel, Scott K. Van Why. Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut APStracts 4:0192F, 1997.
• Effects of sulfate and chloride on three separate oxalate transporters reconstituted from rabbit renal cortex. Karniski, Lawrence P. Laboratory of Epithelial Transport, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City Veterans Administration and University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 APStracts 4:0193F, 1997.
• Effect of a-ketoglutarate on organic anion transport in single rabbit renal proximal tubules. Welborn, John R., Shlomo Shpun, William H. Dantzler, and Stephen H. Wright. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 APStracts 4:0194F, 1997.
• Hypoxia triggers the release of an endogenous inhibitor of na+-k+ -atpase from midbrain and adrenal.. Angelis, C. De, and G. T. Haupert, Jr. Italian Air Force, D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Aeroporto Pratica di Mare, 00040 Pomezia (Roma); Renal Unit, Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 APStracts 4:0195F, 1997.
• Effects of insulin-like growth factor-i on the renal juxtamedullary microvasculature. T[diaeresis]onshoff, Burkhard, Frederick J. Kaskel, Leon C. Moore. Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 -8661 APStracts 4:0196F, 1997.
• Protein kinase c regulation of organic anion transport in renal proximal tubule. Miller, David S. Intracellular Regulation Section, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine 04672 APStracts 4:0197F, 1997.
• Local up-regulation of colonic angiotensin ii receptors enhances potassium excretion in chronic renal failure. Hatch, Marguerite, Robert W. Freel, and N. D. Vaziri. Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of California at Irvine, CA 92697 APStracts 4:0198F, 1997.
• The human plasminogen activator inhibitor type i gene promoter targets to kidney. Emert, Martin P., Christine M. Sorenson, David P. Basile, Joseph G. Rogers, Marc R. Hammerman, and Joseph J. Billadello. Cardiovascular Division and George M. O'Brien Center, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 APStracts 4:0199F, 1997.
• Carbonic anhydrase ii and iv mrna in rabbit nephron segments stimulation during metabolic acidosis. Tsuruoka, Shuichi, Ann M. Kittelberger, and George J. Schwartz. University of Rochester School of Medicine, Strong Children's Research Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 4:0200F, 1997.
• Atp releases hsp-72 from protein aggregates after renal ischemia. Aufricht, Christoph, Ellen Lu, Gunilla Thulin, Michael Kashgarian, Norman J. Siegel, and Scott K. Van Why. Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut APStracts 4:0201F, 1997.
• Dynein and dynactin in kidney collecting duct: colocalization with aquaporin-2 water channels in intracellular vesicles. Marples, David, Trina A. Schroer, Nikolai Ahrens, Ann Taylor, Mark A. Knepper & S_ren Nielsen. Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, England;Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, England;Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark APStracts 4:0202F, 1997.
• Renal na/sulfate cotransporter nasi-1 is inhibited by heavy metals. Markovich, Daniel, and David Knight. Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld. 4072, AUSTRALIA. Tel: +61 7 3365 1400, Fax: +61 7 3365 1766, e-mail: danielm@plpk.uq.edu.au APStracts 4:0203F, 1997.
• A model explaining the relation between distal nephron li+ reabsorption and urinary na+ excretion in the rat. Shalmi, Michael, Thomas Jonassen, Klaus Thomsen, Jonathan D. Kibble, Peter Bie, and Sten Christensen. Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, and Institute for Basic Psychiatric Research, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. APStracts 4:0204F, 1997.
• The angiotensin iv- at4 receptor system in the rat kidney. Handa, Rajash K., Luke T. Krebs, Joseph W. Harding, and Shelly E. Handa. Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 APStracts 4:0205F, 1997.
• Localization of cytochrome p4504a isoforms along the rat nephron. Ito, Osamu, Magdalena Alonso-Galicia, Kathleen A. Hopp, Richard J. Roman. Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 APStracts 4:0206F, 1997.