SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Across Societies – Experimental Biology

PHYSIOLOGYD400 657.11 Electrogenic characteristics of the facilitativeglucose transporter GLUT12. M.P. Lostao, A. Perez, A. Reyesand J. Pujol. Univ. of Navarra, Spain and Austral Univ. ofChile.D401 657.12 Kinetics of hyperosmotically-stimulated Na-K-2Cl cotransporter in Xenopus laevis oocytes. E. Delpire andK.B. Gagnon. Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. of Med.D402 657.13 Chronic exposure of mice to genistein: sexdependenteffects. L. Al-Nakkash, J. Martin, C. Hamrick, D.Petty, S. Lynch, D. Lucy, L. Batia, A. Peterson, L. Rubin andT.L. Broderick. Midwestern Univ., AZ and Univ. of Missouri-Columbia.D403 657.14 Characteristics of uptake systems for copperdelivered to cells as copper-histidine and on plasma proteins.R. Farhad, T.Z. Kidane, E. Russo and M.C. Linder. CaliforniaState Univ., Fullerton.658. APOPTOSIS AND CELL DEATHPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:45 PM-3:00 PMD404 658.1 Effects of HIV-1 gp120 and protease inhibitorson apoptotic susceptibility of CD34 + hematopoietic progenitorcells. O.J. MacEneaney, E. Connick and C.A. DeSouza. Univ.of Colorado at Boulder and Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora.D405 658.2 Effect of various concentrations of resveratrolon pancreatic beta-cell. C-Y. Lin, Y-T. Shen and C-c. Ni. AsiaUniv., Taiwan.D406 658.3 Chlorella protects pancreatic beta-cell fromhydrogen peroxide-induced cellular damage. C-Y. Lin, Y-Y.Lee, S-L. Chen, P-J. Huang and P-C. Chen. Asia Univ. andNatl. Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan.D407 658.4 CB1 receptor activation induces ROSdependentand independent MAPK activation and cell deathin human endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. R. Mohanraj,P. Mukhopadhyay, S. Bátkai, V. Patel, B. Horvath, G. Haskó,L. Liaudet, K. Mackie and P. Pacher. NIAAA, NIH, UMDNJ,Newark, Univ. of Lausanne and Indiana Univ.D408 658.5 Increased apoptosis in fi brotic lung fi broblastsunder the effects of histone deacetylase inhibitor SAHA. Y.Sanders, W. Zhang, N. Ambalavanan and J. Hagood. Univ.of Alabama at Birmingham and UCSD.D409 658.6 The effect of curcumin in transforming growthfactorβ1-induced rat lung fi brosis. Y. Cui, J. Robertson, S.Maharaj, J. Niu, J. Wang, M. Kolb and J. Gauldie. BeijingUniv. of Chinese Med. and McMaster Univ., Canada.D410 658.7 Inhibition of MP1 expression induces apoptosisof MCF-7 breast cancer cells. M. Marina and S.E. Conrad.Michigan State Univ.D411 658.8 IRF1 promotes antiestrogen sensitivity byregulating Bik expression in breast cancer cells. R. Hu, J.Schwartz, R. Riggins and R. Clarke. Georgetown Univ.D412 658.9 Role of FLIP and CD95 in sildenafi l-inducedincreased chemosensitivity of doxorubicin in prostate cancercells. A. Das, D. Durrant, C. Mitchell, N.N. Hoke, P. Dent andR.C. Kukreja. Virginia Commonwealth Univ.D413 658.10 Spatiotemporal patterning of mitosis andapoptosis during cyclic blastogenesis in a colonial protochordate.C.J. Brown and R.J. Lauzon. Union Col., NY.D414 658.11 Aging reduces in vitro thick ascending limbviability. J.X. Masjoan-Juncos, P. Dibo and G.B. Silva. J.Robert Cade Fndn. and Msgr. Carlos V. Cruvellier Fndn.,Cordoba, Argentina.D415 658.12 Surface-charge induced cellular uptake andcytotoxicity of gold nanoparticles. S. Choi, J.H. Park, S.H.Jang, H. Lee, K. Lee, P.D. Ryu, S.I. Yang, S-W. Joo and S.Y.Lee. Seoul Natl. Univ., Soongsil Univ., Yonsei Univ. and KyungHee Univ., South Korea.659. LUNG PHYSIOLOGY: AIRWAY EPITHELIALCELL BIOLOGYPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:45 PM-3:00 PMSUNDAYD416 659.1 Studies on the activity of the δ-ENaCc in humanrespiratory epithelial cell lines. E. Schwagerus, S.T. Buckleyand C. Ehrhardt. Sch. of Pharm. and Pharmaceut. Sci., TrinityCol. Dublin.D417 659.2 The roles of K + channels in bronchial epithelialcells. K.M. MacLeod and E. Cowley. Dalhousie Univ.,Canada.D418 659.3 Calcium entry is restricted to basolateralmembrane SOC channels in activated human bronchialepithelial cells. C.M. Wolber, C.T. Poll and C.W. Davis. Univ.of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Novartis Inst. for Biomed.Res., Horsham, U.K.D419 659.4 Arsenic alters P2 receptor Ca 2+ signalingassociated with innate immunity in human airway epithelialcells. C.L. Sherwood, R.C. Lantz, J.L. Burgess and S.Boitano. Univ. of Arizona.D420 659.5 A potential role of tyrosine phosphorylation inthe function of the cystic fi brosis transmembrane conductanceregulator. A.K. England, R. Muimo and L. Robson. Univ. ofSheffi eld and Royal Hallamshire Hosp., Sheffi eld.D421 659.6 Bicarbonate secretion is an essentialphysiological component of electrolyte transport in the smallairways. A.K. M. Shamsuddin and P.M. Quinton. UCSD andUniv. of California, Riverside.D422 659.7 Regulation of copper ion transporter expressionby copper and silver in A549 cells. K. Woo and C.L. Cannon.Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.D423 659.8 Evidence for GABA signaling in the pulmonaryneuroepithelial body microenvironment. K. Schnorbusch, R.Lembrechts, I. Pintelon, J-P. Timmermans, D. Adriaensenand I. Brouns. Univ. of Antwerp.D424 659.9 Molecular and physiological evidencefor neuroepithelial bodies as mechanotransducers in theintrapulmonary airway epithelium. R. Lembrechts, I. Brouns,K. Schnorbusch, I. Pintelon, J-P. Timmermans and D.Adriaensen. Univ. of Antwerp.D425 659.10 PTEN signaling modulates lung epithelialcells migration and wound repair through changes in cellularmechanics. C. Mihai, R. Zielinski, S. Bao, D. Knoell and S.Ghadiali. Ohio State Univ.D426 659.11 Podosome formation in human bronchialepithelial cells and its signaling mechanism. M. Liu and H.Xiao. Univ. of Toronto.200