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

The American Physiological Society

• Altered circadian responses to light in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Challet, Etienne, Olivier Van Reeth and Fred W. Turek. 1Center for Circadian Biology and Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA and 2Center for the Study of Biological Rhythms, Free University of Brussels, Erasme Campus, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium APStracts 6:0088E, 1999.
• Down-regulation of the human taurine transporter by glucose in cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells. Stevens, Martin J., Yoshiyuki Hosaka, Jennifer A. Masterson, Sandra M. Jones, Thommey P. Thomas, and Dennis D. Larkin. Department of Internal Medicine and the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0678 APStracts 6:0089E, 1999.
• Changes in the circulating igf-system during short term fasting and refeeding in rats. Frystyk, J., P. J. D. Delhanty, C. Skjaerbaek & R. C. Baxter . 1Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and 2Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark APStracts 6:0090E, 1999.
• Low-dose t3 during the bedrest deconditioning model improves the simulation of weightlessness effects on body protein stores in men and women. Lovejoy, Jennifer C., Steven R. Smith, Jeffrey J. Zachwieja, George A. Bray, Marlene M. Windhauser, Peter J. Wickersham, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Richard Tulley, and Jacques A. De La Bretonne. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, 1Univ. of Virginia Health Sciences Center and NSF Center for Biological Timing, Charlottesville, VA, and 2Baton Rouge General Health Center, Baton Rouge, LA APStracts 6:0091E, 1999.
• The effect of tension on contraction induced glucose transport in rat skeletal muscle Ihlemann, ]acob, Thorkil Ploug, Ylva Hellsten, and Henrik Galbo. Copenhagen Muscle Research Center, Rigshospitalet, and Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. APStracts 6:0092E, 1999.
• Decreased visceral adiposity accounts for leptin effect on hepatic but not peripheral insulin action.. Barzilai&, Nir, Li She, Lisen Liu, Jiali Wang, Meizu Hu, Patricia Vuguin@ and Luciano Rossetti. Department of Medicine, Divisions of Geriatrics&, Pediatric Endocrinology@, and Endocrinology, and the Diabetes Research and Training Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,Bronx, NY 10461 APStracts 6:0093E, 1999.
• The impact of one week of diabetes on the regulation of myocardial carbohydrate and fatty acid oxidation. Chatham, John C., Zhi-Ping Gao, and John R. Forder. Division of NMR Research, Department of Radiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA APStracts 6:0094E, 1999.
• A new model of cancer cachexia: contribution of the ubiquitin -proteasome pathway. Lazarus, Douglas D., Antonia T. Destree, Laureen M. Mazzola, Teresa A. McCormack, Lawrence R. Dick, Bi Xu, Jian Q. Huang, Jackie W. Pierce, Margaret A. Read, Michael B. Coggins, Vered Solomon, Alfred L. Goldberg, Stephen J. Brand, and Peter J. Elliott. ProScript, Inc., 38 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 and *Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 6:0095E, 1999.
• Glutamate transport asymmetry and metabolism in the functioning kidney. Schuldt, Scott, Patsy Carter, and Tomas Welbourne,. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, LSUMC, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130 APStracts 6:0096E, 1999.
• Monoclonal antibodies to growth hormone (gh) prolong liver gh binding and gh-induced igf-i/igfbp-3 synthesis. Beauloye, V., S. M. Muaku, P. Lause, D. Portetelle, R. Renaville, A. R. Robert, J. M. Ketelslegers, and D. Maiter. Unit[acute]e de Diab[acute]etologie et Nutrition and #Ecole de Sant[acute]e Publique, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels and *Faculty of Agronomy, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium APStracts 6:0097E, 1999.
• Endurance exercise training does not alter lipolytic or adipose tissue blood flow sensitivity to epinephrine. Horowitz, Jeffrey F., Renata J. Braudy, Wade H. Martin Iii, and Samuel Klein. Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 6:0098E, 1999.
• Differentiation-dependent inhibition of proteolysis by norepinephrine in brown adipocytes. Desautels, M., and S. Heal. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Health Sciences Building, 107 Wiggins Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 5E5, Phone Number: (306) 966 6538, FAX Number: (306) 966 6532, email desautel@duke.usask.ca APStracts 6:0099E, 1999.
• T3 stimulates resting metabolism and ucp2 and ucp3 mrna but not non-phosphorylating mitochondrial respiration in mice. Horwitz, B. A., Mika B. Jekabsons, Et Al. Department of APStracts 6:0100E, 1999.
• Enhanced triglyceride clearance with intraperitoneal human acylation stimulating protein (asp) in c57bl/6 mice. Murray, Ian, Allan D. Sniderman, and Katherine Cianflone. Mike Rosenbloom Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. APStracts 6:0101E, 1999.
• Alterations in the early steps of the insulin signaling system in skeletal muscle of gh-transgenic mice.. Dominici, Fernando P., Debora Cifone, Andrzej Bartke and Daniel Turyn. 1Instituto de Qu[acute]imica y Fisicoqu[acute]imica Biol[acute]ogicas (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioqu[acute]imica, Junin 956 (1113) Buenos Aires, Argentina and 2Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, 62901-6512, USA APStracts 6:0102E, 1999.
• Glucose and amino acid kinetic response to graded infusion of rhigf-i in the late gestation ovine fetus. Liechty, Edward A., David W. Boyle, Helen Moorehead, Wei-Hua Lee, Xian-Lin Yang and Scott C. Denne. The Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine* APStracts 6:0103E, 1999.
• In vivo regulation of protein-serine kinases by insulin in skeletal muscle of fructose-hypertensive rats. Bhanot, Sanjay, Baljinder S. Salh, Subodh Verma*, John H. McNeill* and Steven L. Pelech. From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and the *Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada APStracts 6:0104E, 1999.
• Insulin-like growth factor-i rapidly enhances acid efflux from osteoblastic cells. Santhanagopal, Anu, and S. Jeffrey Dixon. Department of Physiology and Division of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C APStracts 6:0105E, 1999.
• Acute exercise increases nitric oxide synthase activity in skeletal muscle. Roberts, Christian K., R. James Barnard, Arnie Jasman and Thomas W. Balon. 1Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024 and 2Department of Diabetes, Gonda Research Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010-3000 APStracts 6:0106E, 1999.
• Triiodothyronine induces collagenase 3 and gelatinase b expression in murine osteoblasts. Pereira, Renata C., Vanda Jorgetti and Ernesto Canalis . From The Departments of Research and Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT 06105 (1), The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030 (2) and The Laboratorio de Fisiopatologia Renal, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil (3) APStracts 6:0107E, 1999.
• Comparison of techniques to estimate total body skeletal muscle mass in people of different age groups. Proctor, D. N., P. O'brien, B. Atkinson and K. S. Nair. Endocrine3 and Anesthesia1 Research Units and Biostatistics Department2, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, and University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont APStracts 6:0108E, 1999.
• Metabolic control analysis of insulin stimulated glucose disposal in rat skeletal muscle. Jucker, Beat M., and Gerald I. Shulman. Department of Internal Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute*, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. APStracts 6:0109E, 1999.
• Non-invasive tracing of human liver metabolism: comparison of phenylacetate and apo-b100 to sample glutamine. Diraison, Frdrique, Valrie Large, Cyrille Maugeais, Michel Krempf and Michel Beylot. INSERM U499, Facult RTH Laennec, 69008, Lyon, France and * Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, 44000, Nantes, France APStracts 6:0110E, 1999.
• Lipid rather than glucose metabolism is implicated in altered insulin secretion caused by oleate in [beta](ins) cells. Segall, Laura, Nathalie Lameloise, Fran[cedilla]coise Assimacopoulos -Jeannet, Enrique Roche, Pamela Corkey, St[acute]ephane Thumelin, Barbara E. Corkey, and Marc Prentki. 1Molecular Nutrition Unit, Department of Nutrition, University of Montreal, and the CR-CHUM and Institut du Cancer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L 4M1; 2Department of Medical Biochemistry, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 1211; and 3Center for Obesity and Metabolism at BMC, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachussets 02118 APStracts 6:0111E, 1999.
• Oral amino acids stimulate muscle protein anabolism in the elderly despite higher first pass splanchnic extraction. Volpi, Elena, Bettina Mittendorfer, Steven E. Wolf and Robert R. Wolfe . Departments of *Internal Medicine, _Surgery and #Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, and *Shriners Burns Hospital, Galveston, Texas, 77550. APStracts 6:0112E, 1999.
• Leptin has acute effects on glucose and lipid metabolism in both lean and gold thioglucose-obese mice. Bryson, Janet M., Jenny L. Phuyal, Verity Swan, and Ian D. Caterson. Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia APStracts 6:0113E, 1999.
• Minimal model sg overestimation and si underestimation: improved accuracy by a bayesian two compartment model. Cobelli, Claudio, Andrea Caumo and Matteo Omenetto. 1 Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and 2 Scientific Institute San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy APStracts 6:0114E, 1999.
• Calcium influx and intracellular stores in angiotensin ii stimulation of normal and hyperplastic pituitary cells. Gonz[acute]alez-Iglesias, Arturo, Graciela D[acute]iaz-Torga, Victoria Lux-Lantos, Carlos Libertun, and Damasia Becu-Villalobos. Instituto de Biolog[acute]ia y Medicina Experimental-CONICET. Vuelta de Obligado 2490. (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina. APStracts 6:0115E, 1999.
• D-glucose and insulin stimulate migration and tubular formation of human endothelial cells in vitro. Shigematsu, Satoshi, Keishi Yamauchi, Kohji Nakajima, Sachiko Iijima, Toru Aizawa, and Kiyoshi Hashizume. Department of Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan APStracts 6:0116E, 1999.
• Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed to fasted transition. O'doherty, Robert M., Paul R. Anderson, Allan Z. Zhao, Karin E. Bornfeldt and Christopher B. Newgard. 1Gifford Laboratories for Diabetes Research and Dept. of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. 75235 and 2Dept. of Pathology and Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195 APStracts 6:0117E, 1999.
• D-glucose and insulin stimulate migration and tubular formation of human endothelial cells in vitro.. Shigematsu, Satoshi, Keishi Yamauchi, Kohji Nakajima, Sachiko Iijima, Toru Aizawa, and Kiyoshi Hashizume. Department of Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan APStracts 6:0118E, 1999.
• Myocardial blood flow, oxygen consumption and fatty acid uptake in endurance athletes during insulin stimulation. Takala, Teemu O., Pirjo Nuutila, Chietsugu Katoh, Matti Luotolahti, J[diaeresis]orgen Bergman, Maija M[umlaut]aki, Vesa Oikonen, Ulla Ruotsalainen, Tove Gr[diaeresis]onroos, Merja Haaparanta, Jukka Kapanen, Juhani Knuuti,. Departments of Medicine1 and Clinical Physiology4, Turku PET Centre2, Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit, Paavo Nurmi Centre5, University of Turku, Finland. Department of Nuclear Medicine3, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. APStracts 6:0119E, 1999.
• Origins of the hydrogen bound to carbon 1 of glucose in fasting: significance in gluconeogenesis quantitation. Chandramouli, Visvanathan, Karin Ekberg, William C. Schumann, John Wahren, and Bernard R. Landau. Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 and Division of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, S-171 76 Sweden APStracts 6:0120E, 1999.
• Effect of nutrition on tumor necrosis factor receptors in weight gaining and losing rats.. Raina, Nilima, Jonathan Lamarre, Choong-Ching Liew,amir H. Lofti, and Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy. *Departments of Nutrition and Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1. APStracts 6:0121E, 1999.
• Subcutaneous glucose predicts plasma glucose independent of insulin - implications for continuous monitoring. Rebrin, Kerstin, Garry M. Steil, William P. Van Antwerp and John J. Mastrototaro. From 1MiniMed Inc., Sylmar, CA, 91342 and the 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114 APStracts 6:0122E, 1999.
• Systemic resistance to the anti-lipolytic effect of insulin in black and white women with visceral obesity. Albu, Jeanine B., Michael Curi, Meredith Shur, Laura Murphy, Dwight E. Matthews, and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer. Columbia University, New York, NY, 10025, and University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405 APStracts 6:0123E, 1999.
• Inhibition of liver protein synthesis during laparoscopic surgery. Barle, Hans, Bj[diaeresis]orn Nyberg, Stig Ramel, Pia Ess[acute]en, Margaret A. McNurlan, Jan Wernerman, Peter J. Garlick. 1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and 2Department of Surgery, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden and 3Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191 USA. APStracts 6:0124E, 1999.
• Glycyrrhetinic acid induced apoptosis in thymocytes: impact of 11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibition. Horigome, Hiroshi, Atsushi Horigome, Masato Homma, Toshihiko Hirano, Kitaro Oka. From the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. APStracts 6:0125E, 1999.
• Effect of protein intake on plasma and erythrocyte free amino acids, and serum igf-i and igfbp-1 levels in rats. Filho, J. C. Divino, S. J. Hazel, B. Anderstam, J. Bergstr[diaeresis]om, M. Lewitt, K. Hall. 1Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and 2The Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and 3Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. APStracts 6:0126E, 1999.