Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – November 2000
Recent scientific publications of investigators whose research derives
from support of the Life Sciences Division of NASA are listed below.
The Principal Investigator or PI is noted. The lists are compiled weekly,
and a new list is added each week.
There was no Current Awareness this week.
1
AU – Firstenberg MS ; Azoury F ; Lytle BW ; Thomas JD
TI – Interposition vein graft for giant coronary aneurysm repair.
SO – Ann Thorac Surg 2000 Oct;70(4):1397-8.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)
2
AU – Dunbar SL ; Berkowitz DE ; Brooks-Asplund EM ; Shoukas AA
TI – The effects of hindlimb unweighting on the capacitance of rat
small mesenteric veins.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2073-7.
(PI: A.A. Shoukas)
3
AU – Darquenne C ; Paiva M ; Prisk GK
TI – Effect of gravity on aerosol dispersion and deposition in the
human lung after periods of breath holding.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):1787-92.
(PI: G.K. Prisk)
4
AU – Convertino VA ; Luetkemeier MJ ; Elliott JJ ; Ludwig DA ; Wade CE
TI – Renal responsiveness to aldosterone during exposure to simulated
microgravity.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):1737-43.
(PIs: V.A. Convertino and C.E. Wade)
5
AU – Hu S ; Brady SR ; Kovar DR ; Staiger CJ ; Clark GB ; Roux SJ ;
Muday GK
TI – Technical advance: identification of plant actin-binding proteins
by F-actin affinity chromatography.
SO – Plant J 2000 Oct;24(1):127-37.
(PI: G.K. Muday)
6
AU – Sutton F ; Paul SS ; Wang XQ ; Assmann SM
TI – Distinct abscisic acid signaling pathways for modulation of guard
cell versus mesophyll cell potassium channels revealed by
expression studies in xenopus laevis oocytes.
SO – Plant Physiol 2000 Sep;124(1):223-30.
(PIs: S.M. Assman and M.L. Evans: NASA/NSF Joint Program in Plant Biology)
7
AU – Belaguli NS ; Sepulveda JL ; Nigam V ; Charron F ; Nemer M ;
Schwartz RJ
TI – Cardiac tissue enriched factors serum response factor and GATA-4
are mutual coregulators.
SO – Mol Cell Biol 2000 Oct;20(20):7550-8.
(PI: R.J. Schwartz)
8
AU – Chakravarthy MV ; Abraha TW ; Schwartz RJ ; Fiorotto ML ; Booth FW
TI – Insulin-like growth factor-I extends in vitro replicative life span of skeletal
muscle satellite cells by enhancing G1/S cell cycle progression via the
activation of phosphatidylinositol 3′-Kinase/Akt signaling pathway.
SO – J Biol Chem 2000 Nov 17;275(46):35942-52.
(PIs: R.J. Schwartz and F.W. Booth)
9
AU – Nebenfuhr A ; White TJ ; Lomax TL
TI – The diageotropica mutation alters auxin induction of a subset of the
Aux/IAA gene family in tomato.
SO – Plant Mol Biol 2000 Sep;44(1):73-84.
10
AU – Gomez S ; Toffanin R ; Bernstorff S ; Romanello M ; Amenitsch H ;
Rappolt M ; Rizzo R ; Vittur F
TI – Collagen fibrils are differently organized in weight-bearing and
not-weight-bearing regions of pig articular cartilage.
SO – J Exp Zool 2000 Oct 1;287(5):346-52.
11
AU – Cooper PJ ; Lei M ; Cheng LX ; Kohl P
TI – Cellular Responses to Mechanical Stress. Selected contribution:
axial stretch increases spontaneous pacemaker activity in rabbit
isolated sinoatrial node cells.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2099-104.
12
AU – Smith PG ; Roy C ; Fisher S ; Huang QQ ; Brozovich F
TI – Cellular Responses to Mechanical Stress. Selected contribution:
mechanical strain increases force production and calcium sensitivity in
cultured airway smooth muscle cells.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2092-8.
13
TI – Commentary.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2091.
14
AU – Stamenovic D ; Wang N
TI – Cellular Responses to Mechanical Stress. Invited review: engineering
approaches to cytoskeletal mechanics.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2085-90.
15
AU – Liu M ; Post M
TI – Cellular Responses to Mechanical Stress. Invited review: mechanochemical
signal transduction in the fetal lung.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Nov;89(5):2078-84.
16
AU – Sigler PB ; Stein GS ; Boskey AL ; Jones ND ; Kuriyan J ; Miller
WM ; Shuler ML ; Wang BC
TI – Cell science and protein crystal growth research for the
international space station.
SO – J Cell Biochem 2000 Sep 14;79(4):662-71.
17
AU – Young RB ; Bridge KY ; Vaughn JR
TI – beta-adrenergic receptor population is up-regulated by increased
cyclic adenosine monophosphate concentration in chicken skeletal
muscle cells in culture.
SO – In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2000 Jul-Aug;36(7):485-92.
18
AU – Paul RJ ; Bowman PS ; Kolodney MS
TI – Effects of microtubule disruption on force, velocity, stiffness and [Ca(2+)](i)
in porcine coronary arteries.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Nov;279(5):H2493-501.
19
AU – Cavagna GA ; Willems PA ; Heglund NC
TI – The role of gravity in human walking: pendular energy exchange, external work
and optimal speed.
SO – J Physiol 2000 Nov 1;528(Pt 3):657-68.
1
AU – Verghese P ; McKee SP ; Grzywacz NM
TI – Stimulus configuration determines the detectability of motion
signals in noise.
SO – J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 2000 Sep;17(9):1525-34.
(PI: P. Verghese)
2
TI – 34th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements: Cosmic Radiation Exposure of Airline Crews, Passengers
and Astronauts. Arlington, Virginia, April 1-2, 1998. Proceedings.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):466-613.
3
AU – Wilson JW
TI – Overview of radiation environments and human exposures.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):470-94.
(PI: J.W. Wilson)
4
AU – Blakely EA
TI – Biological effects of cosmic radiation: deterministic and stochastic.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):495-506.
(PI: E.A. Blakely)
5
AU – Badhwar GD
TI – Radiation measurements in low Earth orbit: U.S. and Russian results.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):507-14.
(PI: G.D. Badhwar)
6
AU – Simonsen LC ; Wilson JW ; Kim MH ; Cucinotta FA
TI – Radiation exposure for human Mars exploration.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):515-25.
(PIs: J.W. Wilson and J.F. Dicello)
7
AU – Sinclair WK
TI – Dose limits for astronauts.
SO – Health Phys 2000 Nov;79(5):585-90.
(PI: W.K. Sinclair)
8
AU – Hoffmann AK ; Huttermann J
TI – Products from polycrystalline DNA constituents after X-irradiation and
heavy-ion bombardment: formation of the 5,6-dihydroadduct in thymidine
5′-monophosphate and release of unaltered bases in nucleotides.
SO – Int J Radiat Biol 2000 Sep;76(9):1167-78.
9
AU – Suzuki M ; Nakano K ; Suzuki K ; Watanabe M
TI – Influence of the sampling time on chromosomal aberrations at G2 phase in
Syrian hamster embryonic cells irradiated with different types of
radiation.
SO – Int J Radiat Biol 2000 Jun;76(6):815-21.
10
AU – Hammond TG ; Benes E ; O’Reilly KC ; Wolf DA ; Linnehan RM ;
Taher A ; Kaysen JH ; Allen PL ; Goodwin TJ
TI – Mechanical culture conditions effect gene expression:
gravity-induced changes on the space shuttle.
SO – Physiol Genomics 2000 Sep 8;3(3):163-73.
11
AU – Crucian B ; Norman J ; Brentz J ; Pietrzyk R ; Sams C
TI – Laboratory outreach: student assessment of flow cytometer fluidics in
zero gravity.
SO – Lab Med 2000;31(10):569-73.
12
AU – Ohira Y
TI – Neuromuscular adaptation to microgravity environment.
SO – Jpn J Physiol 2000 Jun;50(3):303-314.
13
AU – Furman JM ; Koizuka I ; Schor RH
TI – Characteristics of secondary phase post-rotatory nystagmus
following off-vertical axis rotation in humans.
SO – J Vestib Res 2000;10(3):143-50
14
AU – Peters K ; Darlington CL ; Smith PF
TI – The effects of repeated optokinetic stimulation on human
autonomic function.
SO – J Vestib Res 2000;10(3):139-42.
15
AU – Nomura Y ; Watanabe Y ; Igarashi M ; Sudoh M ; Sekiguchi C ;
Ishii M ; Kobayashi N
TI – [Ocular counter-rolling after prolonged alteration in the
direction of gravity]
SO – Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho 2000 Aug;103(8):916-21.
1
AU – Holman HY ; Martin MC ; Blakely EA ; Bjornstad K ; McKinney WR
TI – IR spectroscopic characteristics of cell cycle and cell death probed by
synchrotron radiation based fourier transform IR spectromicroscopy.
SO – Biopolymers 2000;57(6):329-35.
(PI: E.A. Blakely)
2
AU – Lackner JR ; DiZio P
TI – Artificial gravity as a countermeasure in long-duration space flight.
SO – J Neurosci Res 2000 Oct 15;62(2):169-76.
(PI: J.R. Lackner)
3
AU – Costes S ; Barcellos-Hoff MH
TI – Quantitative image analysis of laminin immunoreactivity in skin basement
membrane irradiated with 1 GeV/nucleon iron particles.
SO – Radiat Res 2000 Oct;154(4):389-97.
(PIs: M.H. Barcellos-Hoff and A. Chatterjee: NSCORT in Radiation Health)
4
AU – Stone LS ; Beutter BR
TI – Visual-motion integration for perception and pursuit.
SO – Perception 2000;29(7):771-87.
(PI: L.S. Stone)
5
AU – Koide M ; Hamawaki M ; Narishige T ; Sato H ; Nemoto S ; DeFreyte
G ; Zile MR ; Cooper G IV ; Carabello BA
TI – Microtubule depolymerization normalizes in vivo myocardial
contractile function in dogs with pressure-overload left
ventricular hypertrophy.
SO – Circulation 2000 Aug 29;102(9):1045-52.
(PI: M.R. Zile)
6
AU – Howe EE ; Wronski TJ ; Halloran BP ; Miller SC
TI – Histologic changes in the adrenal cortex from young rats following
spaceflight.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):1039-44.
(PIs: T.J. Wronski and B.P. Halloran)
7
AU – Kuriyama K ; Ueno T ; Ballard RE ; Cowings PS ; Toscano WB ; Watenpaugh
DE ; Hargens AR
TI – Cerebrovascular responses during lower body negative pressure-induced
presyncope.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):1033-8.
(PIs: P.S. Cowings and A.R. Hargens)
8
AU – Callini G ; Essig SM ; Heher DM ; Young LR
TI – Effectiveness of an expert system for astronaut assistance on a sleep
experiment.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):1023-32.
(PI: L.R. Young)
9
AU – Cowings PS ; Toscano WB ; DeRoshia C ; Miller NE
TI – Promethazine as a motion sickness treatment: impact on human performance
and mood states.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):1013-22.
(PI: P.S. Cowings)
10
AU – Dai M ; Kaufmann H ; Raphan T ; Cohen B
TI – Promethazine affects optokinetic but not vestibular responses in monkeys.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):1003-12.
(PI: B. Cohen)
11
AU – Wunsch SA ; Muller-Delp J ; Delp MD
TI – Time course of vasodilatory responses in skeletal muscle arterioles: role
in hyperemia at onset of exercise.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Oct;279(4):H1715-23.
(PI: M.D. Delp)
12
AU – Crandall CG ; Zhang R ; Levine BD
TI – Effects of whole body heating on dynamic baroreflex regulation of heart rate
in humans.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Nov;279(5):H2486-92.
(PIs: C.G. Crandall, B.D. Levine and C.G. Blomqvist: NSCORT in Integrated Physiology)
13
AU – Ray CA
TI – Interaction of the vestibular system and baroreflexes on sympathetic nerve
activity in humans.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Nov;279(5):H2399-404.
(PI: C.A. Ray)
14
AU – Rabot S ; Szylit O ; Nugon-Baudon L ; Meslin JC ; Vaissade P ; Popot F ;
Viso M
TI – Variations in digestive physiology of rats after short duration flights
aboard the US space shuttle.
SO – Dig Dis Sci 2000 Sep;45(9):1687-95.
15
AU – Stevens L ; Firinga C ; Gohlsch B ; Bastide B ; Mounier Y ; Pette D
TI – Effects of unweighting and clenbuterol on myosin light and heavy chains
in fast and slow muscles of rat.
SO – Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000 Nov;279(5):C1558-63.
16
AU – An SS ; Hai CM
TI – Mechanical signals and mechanosensitive modulation of intracellular
[Ca(2+)] in smooth muscle.
SO – Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000 Nov;279(5):C1375-84.
17
AU – Mills KL ; Griffin MJ
TI – Effect of seating, vision and direction of horizontal oscillation on
motion sickness.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):996-1002.
18
AU – Burton RR
TI – Mathematical models for predicting G-duration tolerances.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Oct;71(10):981-90.
19
AU – Taucher-Scholz G
TI – Immediate localized CDKN1A (p21) radiation response after damage produced
by heavy-Ion tracks.
SO – Radiat Res 2000 Oct;154(4):398-405.
20
AU – Gabrielsen A ; Sorensen VB ; Pump B ; Galatius S ; Videbaek R ; Bie P ;
Warberg J ; Christensen NJ ; Wroblewski H ; Kastrup J ; Norsk P
TI – Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to water immersion in
compensated heart failure.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Oct;279(4):H1931-40.
21
AU – Shi X ; Wray DW ; Formes KJ ; Wang HW ; Hayes PM ; O-Yurvati AH ; Weiss
MS ; Reese IP
TI – Orthostatic hypotension in aging humans.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Oct;279(4):H1548-54.
22
AU – Fukuda T ; Fukuda K ; Takahashi A ; Ohnishi T ; Nakano T ; Sato M ; Gunge
N
TI – Analysis of deletion mutations of the rpsL gene in the yeast Saccharomyces
cerevisiae detected after long-term flight on the Russian space station Mir.
SO – Mutat Res 2000 Oct 31;470(2):125-32.
23
AU – Yatagai F ; Saito T ; Takahashi A ; Fujie A ; Nagaoka S ; Sato M ; Ohnishi T
TI – rpsL mutation induction after space flight on MIR.
SO – Mutat Res 2000 Sep 20;453(1):1-4.
