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

The American Physiological Society

• Juxtaglomerular cell expression and partial regulation of a human renin genomic transgene driven by a minimal renin promoter. Sinn, Patrick L., Xiaoji Zhang, and Curt D. Sigmund. Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 6:0104F, 1999.
• Real-time assessment of [alpha]-ketoglutarate effect on organic anion secretion in perfused rabbit proximal tubules. Shuprisha, Apichai, Ronald M. Lynch, Stephen H. Wright, and William H. Dantzler. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 APStracts 6:0105F, 1999.
• Capacitative calcium entry in smooth muscle cells from preglomerular vessels. Fellner, Susan K., and William J. Arendshorst. Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7545 APStracts 6:0106F, 1999.
• A role for intracellular calcium in tight junction reassembly after atp depletion- repletion. Ye, Jiuming, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Adam Sun and Sanjay K. Nigam. From the Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, and *the Renal Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903. APStracts 6:0107F, 1999.
• Nitric oxide inhibits sodium-hydrogen exchange activity in the thick ascending limb. Garvin, Jeffrey L., and Nancy J. Hong. Division of Hypertension and Vascular Research, Departemnt of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan APStracts 6:0108F, 1999.
• Mechanisms of hco3- secretion in the rabbit connecting segment. Tsuruoka, Shuichi, and George J. Schwartz. Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 6:0109F, 1999.
• Hepatocyte growth factor promotes renal epithelial cell survival by dual mechanisms. Liu, Youhua. Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA APStracts 6:0110F, 1999.
• Attenuation of renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in inducible nitric oxide synthase knockout mice. Ling, Hong, Charles Edelstein, Patricia Gengaro, Xianhong Meng, Scott Lucia, Mladen Knotek, Adisorn Wangsiripaisan, Yeuxian Shi and Robert Schrier. Departments of Medicine1, Surgery 2 and Pathology 3, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA APStracts 6:0111F, 1999.
• Chloride dependency of renal brush border membrane phosphate transport. Yanagawa, Norimoto, Chi Pham, Remi N. J. Shih, Stephen Miao, and Oak Don Jo. Division of Nephrology, Medical and Research Services, Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. APStracts 6:0112F, 1999.
• Receptors for pth and pthrp: their biological importance and functional properties. Mannstadt, Michael, Harald J[umlaut]uppner and Thomas J. Gardella. 1Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and 2Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Tel.: 617-726 3966; Fax: 617-726 7543 APStracts 6:0113F, 1999.
• Nucleotides regulate nacl transport in mimcd-k2 cells via p2x and p2y purinergic receptors. McCoy, David E., Amanda L. Taylor, Brian A. Kudlow, Katherine Karlson, Margaret J. Slattery, Lisa M. Schwiebert, Erik M. Schwiebert and Bruce A. Stanton. 1Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH and 2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL APStracts 6:0114F, 1999.
• Inhibition of macula densa-stimulated renin secretion bypharmacological blockade of cyclooxygenase-2. Traynor, Timothy R., Ann Smart, Josephine P. Briggs, and Jurgen Schnermann. The University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Physiology, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 6:0115F, 1999.
• Functional and molecular characterization of the human neutral solute channel aquaporin 9. Tsukaguchi, Hiroyasu, Stanislawa Weremowicz, Cynthia C. Morton and Matthias A. Hediger. #Renal Division, Department of Medicine, and *Departments of Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, and **Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115. APStracts 6:0116F, 1999.
• Regulation of the renal na-hco3 cotransporter: xi. signal transduction mechanisms underlying co2 stimulation. Ruiz, Ofelia S., R. Brooks Robey, Yi-Yong Qiu, Long Jiang Wang, Cheng Jin Li, Jianfei Ma, and Jose A. L. Arruda. The University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine and The Chicago, VA Health Care System, West Side Division, Chicago, Illinois APStracts 6:0117F, 1999.
• Cisplatin induces renal expression of p-glycoprotein and canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter. Demeule, Michel, Mathieu Brossard, and Richard Bliveau. Laboratoire d'Oncologie Molculaire, Dpartement de Chimie-Biochimie, Universit du Qubec Montral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3P8; and Hpital Ste.-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5. APStracts 6:0118F, 1999.
• Vasopressin stimulates sodium transport in a6 cells through a phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase dependent pathway. Edinger, R. S., M. D. Rokaw, and J. P. Johnson. Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine APStracts 6:0119F, 1999.
• Dexamethasone increases enos gene expression and prevents renal vasoconstriction induced by cyclosporine. Bobadilla, Norma A., Edilia Tapia, Fabiola Jim[acute]enez, Laura G. S[acute]anchez-Lozada, Jos[acute]e Santamar[acute]ia, Alberto Monjard[acute]in, Alexis Bolio, Gerardo Gamba, and Jaime Herrera -Acosta. 1Department of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiolog[acute]ia Ignacio Ch[acute]avez and 2Molecular Physiology Unit, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrici[acute]on Salvador Zubir[acute]an and Instituto de Investigaciones Biom[acute]edicas, National University of Mexico APStracts 6:0120F, 1999.
• Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. i. characterization and renal epithelial-cell-specific activity. Whyte, Dilys A., Congyi Li, R. Brent Thomson, Stacey L. Nix, Reza Zanjani, Sharon L. Karp, Peter S. Aronson, and Peter Igarashi,. Departments of 1Pediatrics, 2Internal Medicine, and 3Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 06520; 4Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 46202; 5Current address: Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794; and 6These authors contributed equally to this work. APStracts 6:0121F, 1999.
• Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. ii. kidney-specific activity in transgenic mice. Igarashi, Peter, Cooduvalli S. Shashikant, R. Brent Thomson, Dilys A. Whyte, Shuxian Liu-Chen, Frank H. Ruddle and Peter S. Aronson,. Departments of 1Internal Medicine, 2Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and 4Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 06520; 3Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 06520; Current addresses: 5Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, and 6Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794 APStracts 6:0122F, 1999.
• Expression of na-po4 cotransport type iii (pit1) in human embryonic kidney cell line (hek 293) and regulation by pth. Fernandes, Isabelle, Richard B[acute]eliveau, G[acute]erard Friedlander and Caroline Silve. 1INSERM U 426, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine Xavier Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris France and 2Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moleculaire, Membrane transport research group, Universit[acute]e du Qu[acute]ebec [grave]a Montr[acute]eal-H[circumflex]opital Ste -Justine, Canada APStracts 6:0123F, 1999.
• Nitric oxide and renal nerve-mediated proximal tubular reabsorption in normotensive and hypertensive rats. Wu, Xiao Chun, Peter J Harris and Edward J Johns. 1Department of Physiology, The Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and 2Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. APStracts 6:0124F, 1999.
• Albumin is a major serum survival factor for murine renal proximal tubular cells and macrophages that acts by scavenging reactive oxygen species. Iglesias, Jos[acute]e, Vivian Elizabeth Abernethy, Zhiyong Wang, Wilfred Lieberthal, Jason S. Koh and Jerrold S. Levine. 1Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA APStracts 6:0125F, 1999.