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BBIOCHIBMICA E!T BIOP HYSICA ACTA Molecular Cell Research ny Vol. 1405, Nos. 1-3; 21 October 1998 ELSEVIER Contents BBA is cited in: Current Contents/ Life Sciences - Biological Abstracts - Chemical Abstracts - Index Chemicus - Index Medicus|MEDLINE - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) - EMBASE/Excerpta Medica - Reference Update - Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences Information for Contributors Vil Calcium additional to that bound to the transport sites is required for full activation of the sarcoplasmic re- In Memoriam Thomas Kreis Xili ticulum Ca-ATPase from skeletal muscle G.L. Alonso, D.A. Gonzalez, D. Takara, M.A. Ostuni Regular papers and G.A. Sanchez (Argentina) 47 Studies on the endothelin-l-induced contraction of rat Dopamine agonist treatment ameliorates hyperglycemia, granulation tissue pouch mediated by myofibroblasts hyperlipidemia, and the elevated basal insulin release T. Goto, F. Yanaga and I. Ohtsuki (Japan) 55 from islets of ob/ob mice The influence of elaborated pericellular matrix on the Y. Liang, M. Lubkin, H. Sheng, P.W.D. Scislowski deformation of isolated articular chondrocytes cul- and A.H. Cincotta (USA) l tured in agarose Differential regulation of MMP-13 (collagenase-3) and M.M. Knight, D.A. Lee and D.L. Bader (UK) 67 MMP-3 (stromelysin-1) in mouse calvariae Hydrolysis of hexose pentaacetate esters in rat pancre- C. Peeters-Joris, K. Hammani and C.F. Singer atic islets (Belgium ) 14 C. Vanhoutte, A. Sener and W.J. Malaisse (Belgium) 78 Upregulation of endothelin-1 production by lysophos- Nucleation and elongation of actin filaments in the pres- phatidic acid in rat aortic endothelial cells ence of high speed supernate from neutrophil lysates: C.C. Chua, R.C. Hamdy and B.H.L. Chua (USA) 29 modulating effects of Ca’+ and phosphatidylinositol- Identification and expression of two novel CLIP-170/ 4,5-bisphosphate Restin isoforms expressed predominantly in muscle M.J. DiNubile (USA) 85 L. Griparic and T.C.S. Keller IIT (USA) 35 Cholera toxin stimulates type II pneumocyte prolifera- tion by a cyclic AMP-independent mechanism B.D. Uhal, M. Papp, K. Flynn and M.E. Steck (USA) 99 Subsection — Signal Transduction Regular papers cAMP inhibits linoleic acid-induced growth by antago- nizing p27*'P! depletion, but not interfering with the Protein tyrosine phosphorylation in signalling pathways extracellular signal-regulated kinase or AP-1 activities leading to the activation of gelatinase A: activation Z.Y. Hu, N.R. Madamanchi and G.N. Rao (USA) 139 of gelatinase A by treatment with the protein tyrosine The PLCI encoded phospholipase C in the yeast Sac- phosphatase inhibitor sodium orthovanadate charomyces cerevisiae is essential for glucose-induced L. Li, A.Z. Eisen, E. Sturman and J.L. Seltzer (USA) 110 phosphatidylinositol turnover and activation of plas- The hydrolytic activity of bovine adrenal medullary plas- ma membrane H*-ATPase ma membranes towards diadenosine polyphosphates P. Coccetti, R. Tisi, E. Martegani, L. Souza Teixeira, is due to alkaline phosphodiesterase-I R. Lopes Brandao, I. de Miranda Castro and J.M. L. Gasmi, J.L. Cartwright and A.G. McLennan (UK) 121 Thevelein (Belgium, Brazil, Italy) 147 Tyrosine phosphorylation events during different stages The effect of prostaglandin E>. on cystine uptake and of collagen-platelet activation glutathione synthesis by human lung fibroblasts U. Kralisz and C.S. Cierniewski (Poland) 128 D.C. Rishikof, M. Krupsky and R.H. Goldstein (USA) 155 Role of Rho proteins in agonist regulation of phospho- Expression and activation of lyn in macrophages treated lipase D in HL-60 cells in vitro with cisplatin: regulation by kinases, phos- I. Guillemain and J.H. Exton (USA) phatases and Ca’*/calmodulin R.A.K. Singh and A. Sodhi (India) Author Index