SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Across Societies – Experimental Biology

SUNDAYC314 630.5 Glucosamine protects against TNFα-inducedendothelial dysfunction in cultured rat aortic rings. R. Hilgersand S. Oparil. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham.C315 630.6 Upregulation of heme oxygenase-1 impairsendothelium-dependent contractions. Z. Li and P.M. Vanhoutte.Univ. of Hong Kong.631. ENDOTHELIAL CELLS — REGULATIONPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:45 PMC316 631.1 Prenatal hypoxia programs vascularendothelin-1 activity in adult offspring. S. Bourque and S.Davidge. Univ. of Alberta.C317 631.2 Dual ECE/NEP inhibition and ETA/B receptorantagonists: two ways of inhibiting endogenous ET-1 effectsin resistance arteries. P. Lemkens, J. Nelissen, M.J. P. M. T.Meens, J.G. P. Bost, B.J. A. Janssen, P.M. H. Schiffers andJ.G. R. De Mey. Maastricht Univ., Netherlands.C318 631.3 Characterization of gender related differencesin vascular reactivity of mesenteric veins and arteries toendothelin-1 in gonadally intact and nurtured rats. A.S. Al-Najeer and R. Johnson. Univ. of Guelph, Canada.PHARMACOLOGY/PHYSIOLOGYC319 631.4 Gender-specifi c relaxation effects of luteolin inrat mesenteric arteries. Y. Zhang, S.W. S. Leung and R.Y. K.Man. Univ. of Hong Kong.C320 631.5 Gender differences in mesenteric endothelialfunction of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: role ofendothelium-derived relaxing factors. R. Zhang, L. Andersonand R. Rahimian. Sch. of Pharm. & Hlth. Sci., Univ. of Pacifi c,Stockton and Sch. of Dent., Univ. of Pacifi c, San Francisco.C321 631.6 Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factordependentrelaxation diminishes with age in murine saphenousarteries. R. Chennupati, E. Koehler, W. Lamers, B. Janssenand J. De Mey. Maastricht Univ., Netherlands.C322 631.7 Activation of nicotinic receptors contributes toacetylcholine-induced endothelium-denpendent relaxations inrat aorta. Q. Zou and P.M. Vanhoutte. Univ. of Hong Kong.C323 631.8 Vascular protective action of GLP-1 in vivo. R.Scalia, D. Feather and G. Mishra. Sch. of Med., Temple Univ.C324 631.9 A non-GPCR dependent role for P-Rex1 inendothelial cells. R.P. Naikawadi, N. Cheng, D. Wu and R. Ye.Univ. of Illinois at Chicago and Yale Univ. Sch. of Med.C325 631.10 Paracrine dysfunction in diabetic endothelialprogenitor cells. Y.P. R. Jarajapu, M.K. Raizada, S.H.Bartelmez and M.B. Grant. Univ. of Florida and BetaStemTherapeut. Inc., San Francisco.Physiology632. LYMPHATICS AND VENULAR FUNCTIONPoster(Sponsored by: The Microcirculatory Society)SUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:45 PM-3:00 PMD1 632.1 Rho kinase enhances tone in contractilelymphatics. K.M. Kurtz, F. Souza-Smith and J.W. Breslin.LSU Hlth. and Sci. Ctr., New Orleans.D2 632.2 Rat mesenteric lymphatics undergo remodelingand have altered contractility and calcium sensitivity in amodel of metabolic syndrome. S.D. Zawieja, W. Wang, Z.Nepiyushchikh, X. Wu, D.C. Zawieja and M. Muthuchamy.Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Col. of Med.D3 632.3 Short-term functional adaptation of bovinemesenteric lymphatic vessels to partial occlusion. T.L. Nguyen,R.M. Dongaonkar, J. Hardy, R.H. Stewart and E. Wilson.Texas A&M Univ. and Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr.D4 632.4 Acute alcohol intoxication increases themagnitude of phasic Ca 2+ transients in rat mesenteric collectinglymphatics. F.M. Souza, K. Kurtz, P. Molina and J. Breslin.LSU Hlth. Sci. Ctr., New Orleans.D5 632.5 A resident population of APC within themuscularized vessel walls of the rat lymphatic network. W.Wang and D.C. Zawieja. Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Temple.D6 632.6 Contractility and fl ow in aged mesentericlymphatic vessels. A.A. Gashev, T.J. Akl, T. Nagai and G.L.Cote. Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Col. of Med. and Texas A&MUniv.D7 632.7 Rapid myogenic constriction of isolatedcollecting lymphatic vessels to abrupt increases in outputpressure. J.H. Wolpers and M.J. Davis. Univ. of Missouri Sch.of Med.D8 632.8 Heterogeneous production and infl uencesof NO along the lymphatic endothelium. H.G. Bohlen, O.Y.Gasheva and D.C. Zawieja. Indiana Univ. Med. Sch. and TexasA&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Col. of Med., Temple.D9 632.9 Nitric oxide-dependent cellular signaling incultured lymphatic smooth muscle cells. M.N. Uddin, O.Y.Gasheva and D.C. Zawieja. Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Col. ofMed., Temple.D10 632.10 Adenylate cyclase: role in regulation ofcontractility of mesenteric lymphatic vessels in adult and agedrats. T. Nagai and A.A. Gashev. Texas A&M Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Col.of Med.D11 632.11 Class III β-tubulin identifi cation of angiogenicpericytes and lymphatic sprouts during microvascularremodeling. P.C. Stapor and W.L. Murfee. Tulane Univ.184