Shen, Hong, David E. Smith, Tianxin Yang, Yuning G. Huang, Jürgen B. Schnermann, and Frank C. Brosius III. Localization of PEPT1 and PEPT2 proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter mRNA and protein in rat kidney. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F658–F665, 1999.—To determine the renal localization of oligopeptide transporters, Northern blot analyses were performed and polyclonal antisera ...

Rowland, Neil E., and Kenneth R. Morian. Roles of aldosterone and angiotensin in maturation of sodium appetite in furosemide-treated rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1453–R1460, 1999.— When rats are treated with furosemide, there is a rapid natriuresis. However, increased sodium appetite does not occur until some time later. One hypothesis to explain this d...

Brännström, Kristina, and William J. Arendshorst. Thromboxane A2 contributes to the enhanced tubuloglomerular feedback activity in young SHR. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F758–F766, 1999.—We performed micropuncture studies to determine the role of thromboxane A2 in the exaggerated tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) activity in young spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Glomerular fun...

Khan, Janine Y., Rosario A. Rajakumar, Robert A. McKnight, Uday P. Devaskar, and Sherin U. Devaskar. Developmental regulation of genes mediating murine brain glucose uptake. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R892–R900, 1999.—We examined the molecular mechanisms that mediate the developmental increase in murine whole brain 2-deoxyglucose uptake. Northern and Western...

Kirouac, Gilbert J., and Quentin J. Pittman. Identification of barosensitive neurons in the mediobasal forebrain using juxtacellular labeling. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1766–R1771, 1999.— Previous investigations suggest a possible role in cardiovascular regulation for neurons of the mediobasal forebrain. The present study was designed to determine the loca...

Liu, Gele, Leonard Kleine, Rania Nasrallah, and Richard L. Hébert. Bradykinin inhibits ceramide production and activates phospholipase D in rabbit cortical collecting duct cells. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F589–F598, 1999.—Recent reports suggest that inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and vasoconstrictor peptides induce sphingomyelinase (SMase) activity. This results in the h...

Kadambi, Vivek J., Nancy Ball, Evangelia G. Kranias, Richard A. Walsh, and Brian D. Hoit. Modulation of force-frequency relation by phospholamban in genetically engineered mice. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H2245–H2250, 1999.—Phospholamban levels regulate cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca21 pump activity and myocardial contractility. To determine whether and to what extent pho...

Kim, Eun-Mee, Martha K. Grace, Catherine C. Welch, Charles J. Billington, and Allen S. Levine. STZ-induced diabetes decreases and insulin normalizes POMC mRNA in arcuate nucleus and pituitary in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1320–R1326, 1999.—Effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes and insulin on opioid peptide gene expression were examined in r...

Peng, Y., O. W. Moe, T.-S. Chu, P. A. Preisig, M. Yanagisawa, and R. J. Alpern. ETB receptor activation leads to activation and phosphorylation of NHE3. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C938–C945, 1999.—In OKP cells expressing ETB endothelin receptors, activation of Na1/H1 antiporter activity by endothelin-1 (ET-1) was resistant to low concentrations of ethylisopropyl amiloride, indicati...

MICHAEL S. EXTON,1 MARC SCHULT,2 STEFAN DONATH,3 TIM STRUBEL,3 ULRIKE BODE,3 ADRIANA DEL REY,4 JÜRGEN WESTERMANN,3 AND MANFRED SCHEDLOWSKI1 1Institute for Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Essen, 45122 Essen; Divisions of 2Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery and 3Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, 30623 Hannover; and 4Institute of Physiology, Divisio...