APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 9, 2002

The American Physiological Society

• Dynamics of microvascular oxygen pressure during rest-contraction transition in skeletal muscle of diabetic rats. Behnke, Bradley J., Casey A. Kindig, Paul McDonough, David C. Poole, and William L. Sexton. 1Department of Kinesiology and Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506«hyphen»5602; 2Department of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, California 92093«hyphen»0623; and 3Department of Physiology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri 63501 APStracts 9:0237H, 2002.
• Spatial velocity profile in mouse embryonic aorta and Doppler-derived volumetric flow: preliminary model. Phoon, Colin K. L., Orlando Aristizabal, and Daniel H. Turnbull. 1Pediatric Cardiology Program, 2Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and 3Departments of Radiology and Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016 APStracts 9:0238H, 2002.
• Effect of gender on endothelium-dependent dilation to bradykinin in human adipose microvessels. Sato, Atsushi, Hiroto Miura, Yanping Liu, Lewis B. Somberg, Mary F. Otterson, Michael J. Demeure, William J. Schulte, Luann M. Eberhardt, Fausto R. Loberiza, Ichiro Sakuma, and David D. Gutterman. 1Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226; and 2Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060«hyphen»8638, Japan APStracts 9:0239H, 2002.
• Differential distribution of Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 subunits in canine atrium and ventricle. Melnyk, Peter, Liming Zhang, Alvin Shrier, Stanley Nattel. 1Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8; 2Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7; and Departments of 3Pathology, 4Pharmacology, and 5Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada APStracts 9:0240H, 2002.
• ADP-induced pial arteriolar dilation in ovariectomized rats involves gap junctional communication. Xu, H. L., R. A. Santizo, V. L. Baughman, and D. A. Pelligrino. Neuroanesthesia Research Laboratory, 1Department of Anesthesiology, 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607 APStracts 9:0241H, 2002.
• Sildenafil (Viagra) induces powerful cardioprotective effect via opening of mitochondrial KATP channels in rabbits. Ockaili, Ramzi, Fadi Salloum, John Hawkins, and Rakesh C. Kukreja. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298 APStracts 9:0242H, 2002.
• Nitric oxide-independent effects of tempol on sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in DOCA-salt rats. Xu, Hui, Gregory D. Fink, and James J. Galligan. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and The Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 APStracts 9:0243H, 2002.
• Stabilization of mast cells by heme oxygenase-1:an anti-inflammatory role. Takamiya, Rina, Makoto Murakami, Mayumi Kajimura, Nobuhito Goda, Nobuya Makino, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Tokio Yamaguchi, Yuzuru Ishimura, Nobumichi Hozumi, and Makoto Suematsu. 1Department of Biochemistry and Integrative Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160«hyphen»8582; 2Department of Biotechnology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 0000000; 3Department of Health Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo 0000000; and 4Department of Biochemical Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 0000000, Japan APStracts 9:0244H, 2002.
• Mitochondrial respiratory control can compensate for intracellular O2 gradients in cardiomyocytes at low «po2». Takahashi, Eiji, and Koji Asano. Department of Physiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990«hyphen»9585, Japan APStracts 9:0245H, 2002.
• Altered dose response to ß-agonists in SERCA1a-expressing hearts ex vivo and in vivo. Huke, Sabine, Vikram Prasad, Michelle L. Nieman, Kalpana J. Nattamai, Ingrid L. Grupp, John N. Lorenz, and Muthu Periasamy. 1Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus 43210; and Departments of 2Molecular and Cellular Physiology and 3Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 APStracts 9:0246H, 2002.
• Myocardial infarction in rat eliminates regional heterogeneity of AP profiles, Ito K+ currents, and [Ca2+]i transients. Kaprielian, Roger, Rajan Sah, Tin Nguyen, Alan D. Wickenden, and Peter H. Backx. University Health Network Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4 APStracts 9:0247H, 2002.
• MitoKATP opener, diazoxide, reduces neuronal damage after middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat. Shimizu, Katsuyoshi, Zsombor Lacza, Nishadi Rajapakse, Takashi Horiguchi, James Snipes, and David W. Busija. 1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157«hyphen»1083; and 2Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary 1082 APStracts 9:0248H, 2002.
• A new inbred Wistar-Kyoto rat substrain exhibiting apparent salt sensitivity and borderline hypertension. Alemayehu, Adamu, Laura Breen, and Morton P. Printz. Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0636 APStracts 9:0249H, 2002.
• Normal contractions triggered by ICa,L in ventricular myocytes from rats with postinfarction CHF. Sjaastad, Ivar, Janny Bøkenes, Fredrik Swift, J. Andrew Wasserstrom, and Ole M. Sejersted. 1Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo; 2Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Center, Ullevaal Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway; and 3Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, and the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 00000 APStracts 9:0250H, 2002.
• Systemic and microvascular responses to hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation with Hb vesicles. Sakai, Hiromi, Reto Wettstein, Amy G. Tsai, Shinji Takeoka, Eishun Tsuchida, and Marcos Intaglietta. 1Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169«hyphen»8555, Japan; and 2Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093«hyphen»0412 APStracts 9:0251H, 2002.
• EDHF, but not NO or prostaglandins, is critical to evoke a conducted dilation upon ACh in hamster arterioles. Höpfl, Bernd, Barbara Rodenwaldt, Ulrich Pohl, and Cor de Wit. Physiologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, 80336 München, Germany APStracts 9:0252H, 2002.
• Effect of lower limb exercise on forearm vascular function: contribution of nitric oxide. Green, Daniel, Craig Cheetham, Louise Mavaddat,Katie Watts, Matthew Best, Roger Taylor, and Gerard O'driscoll. 1Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907; and 2Cardiac Transplant Unit, 3Department of Cardiology and Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth 6000, Western Australia APStracts 9:0253H, 2002.
• Analysis of right ventricular function in healthy mice and a murine model of heart failure by in vivo MRI. Wiesmann, Frank, Alex Frydrychowicz, Judith Rautenberg, Ralf Illinger, Eberhard Rommel, Axel Haase, and Stefan Neubauer. 1Medizinische Universitätsklinik and 2Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; and 3Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom APStracts 9:0254H, 2002.
• Thrombin stimulates dissociation and induction of HSP27 via p38 MAPK in vascular smooth muscle cells. Hirade, Kouseki, Osamu Kozawa, Kumiko Tanabe, Masayuki Niwa, Hiroyuki Matsuno, Yutaka Oiso, Shigeru Akamatsu, Hidenori Ito, Kanefusa Kato, Yoshihiro Katagiri, and Toshihiko Uematsu. 1Departments of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu 500-8705; 2Department of Pharmacy, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu 500-8705; 3First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8560; and 4Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi 480- 0392, Japan APStracts 9:0255H, 2002.
• Oxygen transport across vasa recta in the renal medulla. Zhang, Wensheng, and Aurélie Edwards. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 APStracts 9:0256H, 2002.
• Estrogen replacement reduces PGHS-2-dependent vasoconstriction in the aged rat. Armstrong, Stephen J., Yunlong Zhang, Ken G. Stewart, and Sandra T. Davidge. Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Physiology, Perinatal Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2 APStracts 9:0257H, 2002.
• Cardiac function and metabolism in type 2 diabetic mice after treatment with BM 17.0744, a novel PPAR-a activator. Aasum, Ellen, Darrell D. Belke, David L. Severson, Rudolph A. Riemersma, Marie Cooper, Morten Andreassen, and Terje S. Larsen. 1Department of Medical Physiology, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway; 2Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1; and 3Department of Cardiology and Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XF, Scotland APStracts 9:0258H, 2002.
• Evidence of unbalanced regulatory mechanism of heart rate and systolic pressure after acute myocardial infarction. Nollo, Giandomenico, Luca Faes, Alberto Porta, Barbara Pellegrini, Flavia Ravelli, Maurizio Del Greco, Marcello Disertori, and Renzo Antolini. 1Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38050 Povo, Trento; 2DiSP LITA di Vialba, Università di Milano, 20157 Milano; and 3Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Chiara, 38100 Trento, Italy APStracts 9:0259H, 2002.
• Microvascular reperfusion injury: rapid expansion of anatomic no reflow during reperfusion in the rabbit. Reffelmann, Thorsten, and Robert A. Kloner. The Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90017«hyphen»2395 APStracts 9:0260H, 2002.
• Comparison of generalized and gender-specific transfer functions for derivation of aortic waveforms. Hope, Sarah A., David B. Tay, Ian T. Meredith, and James D. Cameron. 1Cardiovascular Research Centre, Monash Medical Centre and Monash University, Melbourne 3168; and 2La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3083 Australia APStracts 9:0261H, 2002.
• Nonreentrant focal activations in pulmonary veins in canine model of sustained atrial fibrillation. Zhou, Shengmei, Che-Ming Chang, Tsu-Juey Wu, Yasushi Miyauchi, Yuji Okuyama, Angela M. Park, Akira Hamabe, Chikaya Omichi, Hideki Hayashi, Lauren A. Brodsky, William J. Mandel, Chih-Tai Ting, Michael C. Fishbein, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen. 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 90048-1865, 2Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, 3Department of Pathology, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California APStracts 9:0262H, 2002.
• Enhancement of closed-state inactivation in long QT syndrome sodium channel mutation ?KPQ. Chen, Tiehua, and Michael F. Sheets. The Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute and The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 APStracts 9:0263H, 2002.
• Troponin I serines 43/45 and regulation of cardiac myofilament function. Pyle, W. Glen, Marius P. Sumandea, R. John Solaro, and Pieter P. De Tombe. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612 APStracts 9:0264H, 2002.
• Increased vulnerability to inducible atrial fibrillation caused by partial cellular uncoupling with heptanol. Ohara, Toshihiko, Zhilin Qu, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Keiko Ohara, Chikaya Omichi, William J. Mandel, Peng-Sheng Chen, and Hrayr S. Karagueuzian. Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of California of Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048 APStracts 9:0265H, 2002.
• Effects of homocysteine on intracellular nitric oxide and superoxide levels in the renal arterial endothelium. Li, Ningjun, Fu-Xian Yi, Elizabeth Rute, David X. Zhang, Glenn R. Slocum, and Ai-Ping Zou. Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 APStracts 9:0266H, 2002.
• Estrogen increases iNOS expression in the ovine coronary artery. Mershon, John L., R. Scott Baker, and Kenneth E. Clark. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267«hyphen»0526 APStracts 9:0267H, 2002.
• ATP-sensitive K+ channel activation by nitric oxide and protein kinase G in rabbit ventricular myocytes. Han, Jin, Nari Kim, Hyun Joo, Euiyong Kim, and Yung E. Earm. 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan 614«hyphen»735; 2Department of Molecular Science and Technology/Life Science, Ajou University, Suwon 442«hyphen»749; and 3National Research Laboratory for Cellular Signaling and Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110«hyphen»799, Korea APStracts 9:0268H, 2002.
• Role of cardiac eNOS expression during pregnancy in the coupling of myocardial oxygen consumption to cardiac work. Linke, Axel, Wei Li, Harer Huang, Ziping Wang, and Thomas H. Hintze. New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York 10595 APStracts 9:0269H, 2002.
• Phosphorylation of cardiac protein kinase B is regulated by palmitate. Soltys, Carrie-Lynn M., Lori Buchholz, Manoj Gandhi, Alexander S. Clanachan, Kenneth Walsh, and Jason R. B. Dyck. 1Cardiovascular Research Group, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2; and 2Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 APStracts 9:0270H, 2002.
• Angiotensin Ii contributes to arterial compliance in congestive heart failure. Lage, Silvia G., Liliane Kopel, Caio C. J. Medeiros, Ricardo T. Carvalho, and Mark A. Creager. 1Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05403«hyphen»000, Brazil; and 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts APStracts 9:0271H, 2002.