Graham, T. E., V. Sgro, D. Friars, and M. J. Gibala. Glutamate ingestion: the plasma and muscle free amino acid pools of resting humans. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 278: E83–E89, 2000.—Monosodium glutamate (MSG) ingestion is known to increase plasma glutamate concentration, and MSG infusion stimulates insulin secretion. We investigated the impact of MSG ingestion on both the plasma and i...

Courtois, F., I. Suc, C. Garofalo, M. Ledoux, E. Seidman, and E. Levy. Iron-ascorbate alters the efficiency of Caco-2 cells to assemble and secrete lipoproteins. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 279: G12–G19, 2000.— Although oxidative stress has been implicated in development of gut pathologies, its role in intestinal fat transport has not been investigated. We assessed the effect of Fe2...

Rhodopsin is the primary molecule in the visual signaling cascade in vertebrate and invertebrate photoreceptor cells. Upon light absorption, the retinal chromophore in rhodopsin undergoes isomerization from the 11-cis to the all-trans configuration, which initiates the photoactivation process. In vertebrate retinas, the final photoproduct, meta-rhodopsin, activates a subtype of heterotrimeric G...

Frick, Fredrik, Jan Oscarsson, Kerstin VikmanAdolfsson, Malin Ottosson, Noriko Yoshida, and Staffan Edén. Different effects of IGF-I on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E729–E737, 2000.—The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake was studied in adipose and muscle tissues of hyp...

NAZZARENO BALLATORI,1 JAMES F. REBBEOR,1 GREGORY C. CONNOLLY,1 DAVID J. SEWARD,2 BENJAMIN E. LENTH,3 JOHN H. HENSON,4 PAZHANI SUNDARAM,5 AND JAMES L. BOYER5 1Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School Medicine, Rochester, New York 14642; 2Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267; 3Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459; 4Department of Biology, Di...

Ruge, Toralph, Martin Bergö, Magnus Hultin, Gunilla Olivecrona, and Thomas Olivecrona. Nutritional regulation of binding sites for lipoprotein lipase in rat heart. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 278: E211–E218, 2000.— Several laboratories have shown that when rats are fasted, the amount of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) at the vascular endothelium in heart (monitored as the amount released by hep...

FRANK LE FOLL, OLIVIER SORIANI, HUBERT VAUDRY, AND LIONEL CAZIN European Institute for Peptide Research (Institut Fédératif de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur les Peptides no. 23), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 413, Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Rouen, 76...

1 Department of Periodontics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; “S. Giovanni Calibita, Fatebenefratelli” Hospital 2 Odontostomatology “S. Giovanni Calibita, Fatebenefratelli” Hospital 3 Department of Odontostomatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Foundation Policlinico “Tor Vergata” 4 Department in Periodontics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata“. Director and Chief Department of Periodonti...

Fujimiya, Mineko, Etsuro Itoh, Naoki Kihara, Ikuo Yamamoto, Masaki Fujimura, and Akio Inui. Neuropeptide Y induces fasted pattern of duodenal motility via Y2 receptors in conscious fed rats. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 278: G32–G38, 2000.—Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino acid peptide abundantly expressed in the brain, has been implicated in the regulation of feeding and viscera...

Mazzocchi, Giuseppina, Ludwik K. Malendowicz, Anna Markowska, Giovanna Albertin, and Gastone G. Nussdorfer. Role of adrenal renin-angiotensin system in the control of aldosterone secretion in sodium-restricted rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E1027–E1030, 2000.—This study examined the effect of the pharmacological manipulation of adrenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) on aldosterone sec...