APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 10, 2003

The American Physiological Society

• Heme activates the heme oxygenase-1 gene in renal epithelial cells by stabilizing Nrf2. Alam, Jawed, Erin Killeen, Pengfei Gong, Ryan Naquin, Bin Hu, Daniel Stewart, Julie R. Ingelfinger, and Karl A. Nath. 1Department of Molecular Genetics, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans 70121; 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112; 3Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; and 4Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 APStracts 10:0001F, 2003.
• Renal tubular epithelial cell apoptosis is associated with caspase cleavage of the NHE1 Na+/H+ exchanger. Wu, Karen L., Shenaz Khan, Sujata Lakhe-Reddy, Liming Wang, George Jarad, R. Tyler Miller, Martha Konieczkowski, Arthur M. Brown, John R. Sedor, and Jeffrey R. Schelling. Departments of 1Medicine and 4Physiology and Biophysics, and 2Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland 44109; and 3Louis B. Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 APStracts 10:0002F, 2003.
• Comparative analysis of ontogenic changes in renal and intestinal biotin transport in the rat. Nabokina, Svetlana M., Veedamali S. Subramanian, and Hamid M. Said. 2Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach 90822, and 1University of California, Irvine, California 92697 APStracts 10:0003F, 2003.
• Differential regulation of glomerular arginine transporters (CAT-1 and CAT-2) in lipopolysaccharide-treated rats. Schwartz, Doron, Idit F. Schwartz, Ehud Gnessin, Yoram Wollman, Tamara Chernichovsky, Miriam Blum, and Adrian Iaina. Nephrology Department, The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel APStracts 10:0004F, 2003.
• Cycloheximide increases glucocorticoid-stimulated a-ENaC mRNA in collecting duct cells by p38 MAPK-dependent pathway. Itani, Omar A., Kristyn L. Cornish, Kang Z. Liu, and Christie P. Thomas. 1Department of Internal Medicine, and 2Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and 3Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 10:0005F, 2003.
• Role of PKC and calcium in modulation of the effects of angiotensin II on sodium transport in proximal tubule. Du, Zhaopeng, William Ferguson, and Tong Wang. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520«hyphen»8026 APStracts 10:0006F, 2003.
• Proinflammatory effects of oxidative stress in chronic kidney disease: role of additional angiotensin II blockade. Agarwal, Rajiv. Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 APStracts 10:0007F, 2003.
• Glucose-induced changes of integrins and matrix-related functions in cultured human glomerular epithelial cells. Kitsiou, Paraskevi V., Athina K. Tzinia, William G. Stetler-Stevenson, Alfred F. Michael, Wei-Wei Fan, Bing Zhou, and Effie C. Tsilibary. 1Institute of Biology, Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research, 15310 Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece; 2Laboratory of Pathology, «nci», National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; and 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 APStracts 10:0008F, 2003.
• Characterization of a type IIb sodium phosphate cotransporter from zebrafish (Danio rerio) kidney. Graham, C., P. Nalbant, B. Schölermann, H. Hentschel, R. K. H. Kinne, and A. Werner. 1School of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, United Kingdom; and 2Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany APStracts 10:0009F, 2003.
• Preserved macula densa-dependent renin secretion in A1 adenosine receptor knockout mice. Schweda, Frank, Charlotte Wagner, Bernhard K. Krämer, Jürgen Schnermann, and Armin Kurtz. 1Institut für Physiologie and 2Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; and 3«niddk», National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 APStracts 10:0010F, 2003.
• Organic anion transporter 3 (Slc22a8) is a dicarboxylate exchanger indirectly coupled to the Na+ gradient. Sweet, Douglas H., Lauretta M. S. Chan, Ramsey Walden, Xiao-Ping Yang, David S. Miller, and John B. Pritchard. 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425; and 2Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, «niehs», National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 APStracts 10:0011F, 2003.
• Characterization of cis-acting element in renal NaPi-2 cotransporter mRNA that determines mRNA stability. Moz, Yulia, Justin Silver, and Tally Naveh-Many. Minerva Center for Calcium and Bone Metabolism, Nephrology Services, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel 91120 APStracts 10:0012F, 2003.
• An update on renal peptide transporters. Daniel, Hannelore, and Isabel Rubio-Aliaga. Molecular Nutrition Unit, Technical University of Munich, D-85350 Freising- Weihenstephan, Germany APStracts 10:0013F, 2003.
• The ins and outs of aquaporin-2 trafficking. Brown, Dennis. Program in Membrane Biology and Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 APStracts 10:0014F, 2003.
• Sodium and calcium transport pathways along the mammalian distal nephron: from rabbit to human. Loffing, Johannes, and Brigitte Kaissling. Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 9:0015F, 2003.
• Effect of partial outlet obstruction on rabbit urinary bladder smooth muscle function. Su, Xiaoling, Raymund Stein, Michaela C. Stanton, Stephen Zderic, and Robert S. Moreland. 1Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia 19102; and 2Department of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 APStracts 9:016F, 2003.
• CNP gene expression is activated by Wnt signaling and correlates with Wnt4 expression during renal injury. Surendran, Kameswaran, and Theodore C. Simon. 1Department of Pediatrics, 3Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, and 2Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 APStracts 9:0017F, 2003.
• Male gender increases sensitivity to renal injury in response to cholesterol loading. Attia, Diana M., Roel Goldschmeding, Mahmoud A. Attia, Peter Boer, Hein A. Koomans, and Jaap A. Joles. Departments of 1Nephrology and Hypertension and 2Pathology, University Medical Center, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands; and 3Department of Pathology, Centre International de Toxicologie, Miserey, France APStracts 9:0018F, 2003.
• ADF/cofilin mediates actin cytoskeletal alterations in LLC-PK cells during ATP depletion. Ashworth, Sharon L., Erica L. Southgate, Ruben M. Sandoval, Peter J. Meberg, James R. Bamburg, and Bruce A. Molitoris. 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, and Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202«hyphen»5116; 2Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201; 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523«hyphen»1870 APStracts 9:0019F, 2003.
• Axial heterogeneity in basolateral AQP2 localization in rat kidney: effect of vasopressin V2-receptor activation and deactivation. Mønster Christensen, Birgitte, Weidong Wang, Jørgen Frøkiær, and Søren Nielsen. 1The Water and Salt Research Center, 2Institute of Anatomy, and 3Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University of DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark APStracts 9:0020F, 2003.
• Arginase inhibition slows the progression of renal failure in rats with renal ablation. Sabbatini, Massimo, Antonio Pisani, Francesco Uccello, Giorgio Fuiano, Raffaele Alfieri, Antonio Cesaro, Bruno Cianciaruso, and Vittorio E. Andreucci. Departments of 1Nephrology and and 3Experimental Medicine,University Federico II, 80131 Naples; and 2Department of Nephrology, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy APStracts 9:0021F, 2003.
• CFTR null mutation altered cAMP-sensitive and swelling-activated Cl«minus» currents in primary cultures of mouse nephron. Barrière, Hervé, Radia Belfodil, Isabelle Rubera, Michel Tauc, Chantal Poujeol, Michel Bidet, and Philippe Poujeol. UMR «cnrs» 6548, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France APStracts 10:0022F, 2003.
• CFTR-dependent and -independent swelling-activated K+ currents in primary cultures of mouse nephron. Belfodil, Radia, Hervé Barrière, Isabelle Rubera, Michel Tauc, Chantal Poujeol, Michel Bidet, and Philippe Poujeol. UMR «cnrs» 6548 Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, O6108 Nice Cedex 2, France APStracts 10:0023F, 2003.
• Mathematical models of renal fluid and electrolyte transport: acknowledging our uncertainty. Weinstein, Alan M. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021 APStracts 10:0024F, 2003.
• Substance P via NK1 receptor facilitates hyperactive bladder afferent signaling via action of ROS. Chien, Chiang-Ting, Hong-Jeng Yu, Tser-Bin Lin, Ming-Kuen Lai, and Su-Ming Hsu. Departments of 1Medical Research, 2Urology, 3Medicine, and 4Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei; and 5Department of Physiology, Chung-Shan Medical and Dental College, Taichung, Taiwan APStracts 10:0025F, 2003.
• Central role for Rho in TGF-ß1-induced smooth muscle actin expression during epithelial-mesenchymal transition. MASSZI, ANDRÁS, CATERINA DI CIANO, GÁBOR SIROKMÁNY, WILLIAM T. ARTHUR, ORI D. ROTSTEIN, JIAXU WANG, CHRISTOPHER A. G. McCULLOCH, LÁSZLÓ ROSIVALL, ISTVÁN MUCSI, AND ANDRÁS KAPUS. 1Department of Surgery, The Toronto General Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7; 4Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Matrix Dynamics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E2; 2Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, International Nephrology Training and Research Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest H-1089; 5First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and 6Faculty of Medicine, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary H- 1083; and 3Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 APStracts 10:0026F, 2003.
• Localization of human equilibrative nucleoside transporters, hENT1 and hENT2, in renal epithelial cells. MANGRAVITE, LARA M., GUANGQING XIAO, AND KATHLEEN M. GIACOMINI. Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143«hyphen»0446 APStracts 10:0027F, 2003.
• Advective transport of nitric oxide in a mathematical model of the afferent arteriole. Smith, Kayne M., Leon C. Moore, and Harold E. Layton. 1Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708«hyphen»0320; and 2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794«hyphen»8661 APStracts 10:0028F, 2003.
• Determinants of GFR depression in early membranous nephropathy. Hladunewich, M. A., K. V. Lemley, K. L. Blouch, and B. D. Myers. Divisions of Nephrology, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 APStracts 10:0029F, 2003.
• PTH stimulates a Cl«minus»-dependent and EIPA-sensitive current in chick proximal tubule cells in culture. LAVERTY, GARY, COLLEEN McWILLIAMS, AMANDA SHELDON, AND SIGHVATUR S. ÁRNASON. 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716; and 2Department of Physiology, University of Iceland, IS-101 Reykjavík, Iceland APStracts 10:0030F, 2003.
• Mechanism of activation of ERK and H-K-ATPase by isoproterenol in rat cortical collecting duct. Joubert, Nicolas Laroche, Sophie Marsy, Stéphanie Luriau, Martine Imbert-Teboul, and Alain Doucet. Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrée des Cellules Rénales, Service de Biologie Cellulaire, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Saclay, Unité de Recherche Associée 1859, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France APStracts 10:0031F, 2003.
• Impaired ability of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger from the Dahl/Rapp salt-sensitive rat to regulate cytosolic calcium. Hwang, E. F., I. Williams, G. Kovacs, J. Peti-Peterdi, B. Siroky, W. C. Rice, E. Bates, E. M. Schwiebert, M. T. Unlap, and P. D. Bell. Nephrology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294 APStracts 10:0032F, 2003.