APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 6, 1999

The American Physiological Society

• Glut4myc ectopic expression in l6 myoblasts generates a glut4 -specific pool conferring insulin sensitivity. Ueyamaa#, Atsunori, Karen L. Yaworskya,b, Qinghua Wanga, Yousuke Ebinac, and Amira Klipab. aProgramme in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada; bDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada; cDivision of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan; and # Permanent address: Department of Advanced Pharmacology, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 463-10 Kagasuno Kawachi-cho, Tokushima 771 -0192, Japan APStracts 6:0127E, 1999.
• Oligomycin sensitivity of mitochondrial f1f0atpase in diabetes -prone bhe/cdb rats1. Kim, Sook-Bae, and Carolyn D. Berdanier. Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3622 APStracts 6:0128E, 1999.
• Differential regulation of map kinase by contraction and insulin in skeletal muscle: metabolic implications. Wojtaszewski, J[diaeresis]orgen F. P., Jan Lynge, Allan B. Jakobsen, Laurie J. Goodyearand Erik A. Richter. 1Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen University, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark and 2Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women_s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. APStracts 6:0129E, 1999.
• The availability of intestinal microbial lysine for whole-body lysine homeostasis in human subjects. Metges, Cornelia C., Antoine E. El-Khoury, Lidewij Henneman, Klaus J. Petzke, Ian Grant, Shahinaze Bedri, Paulo P. Pereira, Alfred M. Ajami, Malcolm F. Fuller and Vernon R. Young. 1Laboratory of Human Nutrition, School of Science and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A., 2Department Biochemistry and Physiology of Nutrition, Unit Protein Metabolism, German Institute of Human Nutrition, 14558 Bergholz-Rehbr[umlaut]ucke, Germany, 3Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB, Scotland, U.K., and 4MassTrace, Inc., Woburn, MA 01801, U.S.A. APStracts 6:0130E, 1999.
• Increased intracellular localization of brain glut1 transporter in response to ethanol during chick embryonic development. Carver, F. M., I. A. Shibley, Jr., D. S. Miles, J. S. Pennington and S. N. Pennington. Departments of (Biochemistry, (Pediatrics, and (Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 and (Current Address: Ivan A. Shibley, Jr., Department of Chemistry, Penn State Berks Campus, Box 7009, Reading, PA 19610 USA APStracts 6:0131E, 1999.
• Acute effect of growth hormone to induce peripheral insulin resistance is independent of plasma ffa and insulin levels in rats. Kim, Jason K., Cheol S. Choi, and Jang H. Youn. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 APStracts 6:0132E, 1999.
• Absence of [beta]-cell compensation to reduced insulin sensitivity contributes to glucose intolerance in dogs made obese by high-fat feeding. Kaiyala, Karl J., Ronald L. Prigeon, Steven E. Kahn, Stephen C. Woods, Daniel Porte, Jr. and Michael W. Schwartz. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, 2 Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle WA 98108, and 3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267 APStracts 6:0133E, 1999.
• Renin in thymus, gut, hindlimb and adrenal of (mren 2)27 and normal rats: secretion and content studies.. Rong, Pei, Jennifer L. Wilkinson-Berka, and Sandford L. Skinner. Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 APStracts 6:0134E, 1999.
• Potassium control of extra-renal renin secretion in transgenic ( mren-2)27 and normal rats. Rong, Pei, Jennifer L. Wilkinson-Berka, and Sandford L. Skinner. Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 APStracts 6:0135E, 1999.
• Pharmacokinetics of insulin-like growth factor-i in hypopituitarism: correlation with binding proteins. Mauras, Nelly, Valerie Quarmby, Duane C. Bloedow. Nemours Children_s Clinic (NM), Jacksonville, Florida; Genentech, Inc. (VQ, DB), So. San Francisco, California APStracts 6:0136E, 1999.
• The measurement of gluconeogenesis using mass isotopomer analysis based on [u 13c] glucose.. Radziuk, Jerry, and W-N Paul Lee. *The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada and **Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA APStracts 6:0137E, 1999.
• The head arterial glucose level is not the reference site for the generation of the portal signal in conscious dogs. Hsieh, Po-Shiuan, Mary Courtney Moore, Bess Marshall, Michael J. Pagliassotti, Brian Shay, Dennis Szurkus, Doss W. Neal, Alan D. Cherrington. Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0615 APStracts 6:0138E, 1999.
• Inverse alterations of branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase activity in cardiac and skeletal muscles of diabetic rats. Lombardo, Yolanda B., Cynthia Serdikoff, Manikkavasagar Thamotharan, Harbhajan S. Paul and Siamak A. Adibi. Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of APStracts 6:0139E, 1999.
• Glucocorticoids reverse leptin effects on food intake and body fat in mice without increasing npy mrna. Solano, Joel M., and Lauren Jacobson. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA APStracts 6:0140E, 1999.
• 4-hydroxyisoleucine: experimental evidence of its insulinotropic and antidiabetic properties. Broca, Christophe, Ren[acute]e Gross, Pierre Petit, Yves Sauvaire, Mich[grave]ele Manteghetti, Michel Tournier, Pellegrino Masiello, Ramon Gomis, G[acute]erard Ribes. 1UMR 9921 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France; 2Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine and Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Substances Naturelles V[acute]eg[acute]etales, UPRES EA 1677, Montpellier, France; 3Istituto di Patologia Generale, University of Pisa, Italy; and 4Endocrinology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain APStracts 6:0141E, 1999.
• Sympathetic inhibition, leptin, and uncoupling protein subtype expression in normal fasting rats. Wi, Sivitz, Fink Bd, Morgan Da, Fox Jm, Donohoue Pa, and Haynes Wg. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology and Adult Cardiovascular Disease, University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA APStracts 6:0142E, 1999.
• Ethnicity affects the postprandial regulation of glycogenolysis. Balasubramanyam, Ashok, Siripoom McKay, Prashant Nadkarni, Arun S. Rajan, Armandina Garza, Valory Pavlik, J. Alan Herd, Farook Jahoor and Peter J. Reeds. Division of Endocrinology (1) and Section on Atherosclerosis (4), Department of Medicine; Children's Nutrition Research Center (2), Department of Pediatrics; Department of Community Medicine (3), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. APStracts 6:0143E, 1999.
• Changes in cardiac protein kinase c activities and isozymes in streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Liu, Xueliang, Jingwei Wang, Nobuakira Takeda, Luciano Binaglia, Vincenzo Panagia, and Naranjan S. Dhalla. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 2A6, Canada and 1Aoto Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan and 2Institute of Biochemistry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy APStracts 6:0144E, 1999.
• Role of at1 and at2 receptors and the autonomic nervous system in mediating acute pressor responses to angiotensin ii in the anesthetized mouse. Bivalacqua, Trinity J., Ajay Dalal, Hunter C. Champion, and Philip J. Kadowitz. Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 APStracts 6:0145E, 1999.
• Genetic variability in plasma melatonin in sheep is due to pineal weight, not to variations in enzyme activities. Coon, Steven L., Luis A. Zarazaga, Beno[circumflex]it Malpaux, Jean -Paul Ravault, Loys Bodin, Pierre Voisin, Joan L. Weller, David C. Klein, Philippe Chemineau. 1Section on Neuroendocrinology, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; 2Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, CNRS URA 1291, Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, Physiologie de la Reproduction, 37380 Nouzilly, France; 3Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Station d'Am[acute]elioration G[acute]en[acute]etique des Animaux, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France; and 4Neurobiologie et Neuroendocrinologie Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 1869, Fac Sciences, 86002 Poitiers, France APStracts 6:0146E, 1999.
• Lower recovery of muscle protein lost during starvation in old rats despite a stimulation of protein synthesis. Mosoni, L., T. Malmezat, M. C. Valluy, M. L. Houlier, D. Attaix, and P. Patureau Mirand. Laboratoire d'Etude du M[acute]etabolisme Azot[acute]e, INRA, Centre de Clermont - Ferrand - Theix, 63122 Saint Gen[grave]es Champanelle, France APStracts 6:0147E, 1999.
• Exercise and insulin cause glut4 translocation in human skeletal muscle. Thorell, Anders, Michael F. Hirshman, Jonas Nygren, Lennart Jorfeldt, J[diaeresis]orgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Scott D. Dufresne, Edward S. Horton, Olle Ljungqvist and Laurie J. Goodyear. Form the 1Department of Surgery, Huddinge University Hospital, 2Department of Surgery Karolinska Hospital, 3Department of Thoracic Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Hospital, and Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden, and 4Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. APStracts 6:0148E, 1999.
• Effect of induced metabolic acidosis on human skeletal muscle metabolism during exercise. Hollidge-Horvat, M. G., M. L. Parolin, D. Wong, N. L. Jones, and G. J. F. Heigenhauser. Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5 APStracts 6:0149E, 1999.
• Leptin response to carbohydrate or fat meal and association with subsequent satiety and energy intake. Romon, M, P Lebel, C Velly, N Marecaux, Jc Fruchart, J Dallongeville. 1Service de Nutrition, CHU. Lille, 2INSERM U-325, 3D[acute]epartement d'Ath[acute]eroscl[acute]erose, Institut Pasteur - 59000 Lille, France, and 4INSERM U-508 APStracts 6:0150E, 1999.
• Recycling of glucose and the determination of the cori cycle and gluconeogenesis. Katz, Joseph, and John A. Tayek. Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502 APStracts 6:0151E, 1999.
• [u-13c]glucose and the estimation of gluconeogenetic rates, closing remarks. Radziuk, J., and W-N. P. Lee. *The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, and **Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA APStracts 6:0152E, 1999.
• Estimating gluconeogenesis with [u-13c]glucose: molecular condensation requires a molecular approach. Kelleher, Joanne K. Department of Physiology, The George Washington University School, of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC., USA 20037 APStracts 6:0153E, 1999.
• A selective increase in circulating inhibin and inhibin pro- [alpha]c at the time of ovulation in the mare. Nagaoka, Kentaro, Yasuo Nambo, Natsuko Nagamine, Shun-Ichi Nagata, Yumiko Tanaka, Hiromi Shinbo, Koji Arai, Nobuo Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Taniyama, Gen Watanabe, Nigel P. Groome, and Kazuyoshi Taya,. 1Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, and 5Department of Tissue Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509; 2Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Tochigi 320-0856; 3Laboratory of Racing Chemistry, Tochigi 320-0851; 4Shadai Corporation, Hokkaido 059-1432; 6Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido 069-0836; 7School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Oxford, U.K. APStracts 6:0154E, 1999.
• Effect of guanethidine-induced adrenergic blockade on the different proteolytic systems in rat skeletal muscle. Navegantes, Luiz Carlos C., Neusa M. Z. Resano, Renato H. Migliorini, and Isis C. Kettelhut. Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeiro Preto - SP, Brazil. APStracts 6:0155E, 1999.
• Trifluoroacetate, a contaminant in purified proteins, inhibits proliferation of osteoblasts and chondrocytes. Cornish, J., K. E. Callon, C. Qx. Lin, C. L. Xiao, T. B. Mulvey_, G. J. S. Cooper_ and I. R. Reid. *Department of Medicine and _School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand APStracts 6:0156E, 1999.
• Threonine phosphorylations induced by rx871024 and insulin secretagogues in [beta]tc6-f7 cells. An, Jie, Genshi Zhao, Lisa M. Churgay, John J. Osborne, John E. Hale, Gerald W. Becker, Gerald Gold, Lawrence E. Stramm and Yuguang Shi. 1Endocrine Research, 2Infectious Disease, and 3Research Technology and Proteins, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN 46285 APStracts 6:0157E, 1999.
• Entry of cart into brain is rapid but not inhibited by excess cart or leptin. Kastin, Abba J., and Victoria Akerstrom. VA Medical Center and Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans LA 70112-1262 APStracts 6:0158E, 1999.
• Chronic alcohol feeding impairs hepatic translation initiation by modulating eif2 and eif4e. Lang, Charles H., Duanqing Wu, Robert A. Frost, Leonard S. Jefferson, Thomas C. Vary, and Scot R. Kimball. Departments of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033 APStracts 6:0159E, 1999.