MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY March 2004 Volume 65 Number 3 http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org ISSN 0026-895X MINIREVIEW The Molecular Pharmacology of Organic Anion Transporters: from DNA to FDA? Satish A. Eraly, Kevin T. Bush, Rosemary V. Sampogna, Vibha Bhatnagar, and Sanjay K, Nigam 479 PERSPECTIVES The Confluence of Population Genetics with Molecular Pharmacology at the Angiotensin II Receptor: Dawn of a New Era or Just a New Wrinkle? M Morton P. Printz 488 Receptor Domains Regulating /J. Opioid Receptor Uncoupling and Internalization: Relevance to Opioid Tolerance <§> Brian M. Cox and A. Tamara Crowder 492 ARTICLES Identification of Novel Alternative Splice Variants of Human Constitutive Androstane Receptor and Characterization of Their Expression in the Liver Hideto Jinno, Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa, Nobumitsu Hanioka, Seiich Ishida, Mayumi Saeki, Akiko Soyama, Masaya Itoda, Tetsuji Nishimura, Yoshiro Saito, Shogo Ozawa, Masanori Ando, and Jun-ichi Sawada 496 Functional Role of Lipid Raft Microdomains in Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Activation James D. Brady, Thomas C. Rich, Xuan Le, Kimberlee Stafford, Cedar J. Fowler, Leatha Lynch, Jeffrey W. Karpen, R. Lane Brown, and Jeffrey R. Martens 503 Functional and Genetic Diversity in the Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter, CNT1, in Human Populations Jennifer H. Gray, Lara M. Mangravite, Ryan P. Owen, Thomas J. Urban, Wendy Chan, Elaine J. Carlson, Conrad C. Huang, Michiko Kawamoto, Susan J. Johns, Douglas Stryke, Thomas E. Ferrin, and Kathleen M. Giacomini 512 Valproic Acid Inhibits Angiogenesis in Vitro and in Vivo Martin Michaelis, U. Ruth Michaelis, Ingrid Fleming, Tatyana Suhan, Jaroslav Cinatl, Roman A. Blaheta, Katrin Hoffmann, Rouslan Kotchetkov, Rudi Busse, Heinz Nau, and Jindrich Cinatl Jr. 520 Distinct Domains of the ^t-Opioid Receptor Control Uncoupling and Internalization Jeremy Celver, Mei Xu, Wenzhen Jin, Janet Lowe, and Charles Chavkin 528 8R-Lisuride Is a Potent Stereospecific Histamine H 1-Receptor Partial Agonist R. A. Bakker, D. M. Weiner, T. ter Laak, T Beuming, O. P. Zuiderveld, M. Edelbroek, U. Hacksell, H. Timmerman, M. R. Brann, and R. Leurs 538 Retinoid X Receptor a Regulates Glutathione Homeostasis and Xenobiotic Detoxification Processes in Mouse Liver Yong Wu, Xiaoxue Zhang, Fawzia Bardag-Gorce, Rose C. V. Robel, Jonathan Aguilo, Lixin Chen, Ying Zeng, Kelly Hwang, Samuel W. French, Shelly C. Lu, and Yu-Jui Y. Wan 550 Molecular Requirements of the Human Nucleoside Transporters hCNTl, hCNT2, and hENTl C. Chang, P. W. Swaan, L. Y. Ngo, P. Y. hum, S. D. Patil, and J. D. Unadkat 558 Evidence of a Functional Role for ^21WAF1IC1P1 Down-Regulation in Synergistic Antileukemic Interactions between the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Sodium Butyrate and Flavopiridol Roberto R. Rosato, Jorge A. Almenara, Chunrong Yu, and Steven Grant 571 Structural Determinants Required for the Bioactivities of Prokineticins and Identification of Prokineticin Receptor Antagonists Clayton M. Bullock, Jia-Da Li, and Qun-Yong Zhou 582 Differential Role of Janus Family Kinases (JAKs) in Interferon-7-Induced Lung Epithelial ICAM-1 Expression: Involving Protein Interactions between JAKs, Phospholipase Cy, c -Src, and STAT1 Ya-Jen Chang, Michael J. Holtzman, and Ching-Chow Chen 589 Caffeic Acid Esters Activate TREK-1 Potassium Channels and Inhibit Depolarization-Dependent Secretion Sanjay Danthi, Judith A. Enyeart, and John J. Enyeart 599 Up-Regulation of Brain Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Rat during Long -Term SelfAdministration of Nicotine: Disproportionate Increase of the a6 Subunit Steven L. Parker, Yitong Fu, Kathleen McAllen, Jianhong Luo, J. Michael Mclntosh, Jon M. Lindstrom, and Burt M. Sharp 611 Vasopressin Stimulates Insulin Release from Islet Cells through Vlb Receptors: a Combined Pharmacological/Knockout Approach Sayuri Oshikawa, Akito Tanoue, Taka-aki Koshimizu, Yoko Kitagawa, and Gozoh Tsujimoto 623 Blockage of Intermediate-Conductance C a 2+-Activated K + Channels Inhibit Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth in Vitro Heike Jdger, Tobias Dreker, Anita Buck, Klaudia Giehl, Thomas Gress, and Stephan Grissmer 630 Dipyridamole Alters Cardiac Substrate Preference by Inducing Translocation of FAT/CD36, but Not That of GLUT4 Joost J. F. P. Luiken, Susan L. M. Coort, Jodil Willems, Will A. Coumans, Arend Bo nen, and Jan F. C. Glatz 639 Selective Knock-Down of P2X 7 ATP Receptor Function by Dominant-Negative Subunits Ramin Raouf Yassar Chakfe, Dominique Blais, Audrey Speelman, Eric Boue-Grabot, Duncan Henderson, and Philippe Seguela 646 Protein Adduct-Trapping by Hydrazinophthalazine Drugs: Mechanisms of Cytoprotection Against Acrolein-Mediated Toxicity Philip C. Burcham, Frank R. Fontaine, Lisa M. Kaminskas, Dennis R. Petersen, and Simon M. Pyke . 655 Endocannabinoids Modulate N-Type Calcium Channels and G-Protein-Coupled Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels via CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors Heterologously Expressed in Mammalian Neurons Juan Guo and Stephen R. Ikeda 665 The Molecular Basis of the Action of Disulfiram as a Modulator of the Multidrug Resistance -Linked ATP Binding Cassette Transporters MDR1 (ABCB1) and MRP1 (ABCC1) Zuben E. Sauna, Xiang-Hong Peng, Krishnamachary Nandigama, Samrawit Tekle, and Suresh V. Ambudkar 675 Combinatorial Interaction of Scorpion Toxins Lqh-2, Lqh-3, and LqhalT with Sodium Channel Receptor Sites-3 Enrico Leipold, Songqing Lu, Dalia Gordon, Alfred Hansel, and Stefan H. Heinemann 685 Uptake Inhibitors but not Substrates Induce Protease Resistance in Extracellular Loop Two of the Dopamine Transporter Jon D. Gaffaney and Eoxanne A. Vaughan 692 Random Mutagenesis of the Human Adenosine A 2B Receptor Followed by Growth Selection in Yeast. Identification of Constitutively Active and Gain of Function Mutations Margot W. Beukers, Joris van Oppenraaij, Patrick P. W. van der Hoorn, Clara C. Blad, Hans den Dulk, Jaap Brouwer, and Adriaan P. IJzerman 702 Expression of A 3 Adenosine Receptors in Human Lymphocytes: Up-Regulation in T Cell Activation Stefania Gessi, Katia Varani, Stefania Merighi, Elena Cattabriga, Arianna Avitabile, Riccardo Gavioli, Cinzia Fortini, Edward Leung, Stephen Mac Lennan, and Pier Andrea Borea 711 Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfotransferase Is a Target for Transcriptional Induction by the Vitamin D Receptor Ibtissam Echchgadda, Chung S. Song, Arun K. Roy, and Bandana Chatterjee 720 Regulation of Mouse Renal CYP2J5 Expression by Sex Hormones Jixiang Ma, Joan Graves, J. Alyce Bradbury, Yun Zhao, Deborah L, Swope, Lorraine King, Wei Qu, James Clark, Page Myers, Vickie Walker, Jonathan Lindzey, Kenneth S. Korach, and Darryl C. Zeldin 730 SB-505124 Is a Selective Inhibitor of Transforming Growth Factor-/3 Type I Receptors ALK4, ALK5, and ALK7 Stacey DaCosta By field, Christopher Major, Nicholas J. Laping, and Anita B. Roberts 744 Ligand Function at Constitutively Active Receptor Mutants Is Affected by Two Distinct Yet Interacting Mechanisms Martin Beinborn, Yong Ren, Michael Bld'ker, Ci Chen, and Alan S. Kopin 753 DAXX, FLASH, and FAF-1 Modulate Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptor-Mediated Transcription in Hippocampal Cells—Toward a Basis for the Opposite Actions Elicited by Two Nuclear Receptors? D. Obradovic, M. Tirard, Zs. Nemethy, O. Hirsch, H. Gronemeyer, and O. F. X. Almeida 761 H Loss-of-Function Polymorphic Variants of the Human Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Jakob Lerche Hansen, Stig Hauns0, Mark R. Brann, S0ren P. Sheikh, and David M. Welner Phorbol 12-Myristate 13-Acetate Protects Jurkat Cells from Methylglyoxal-Induced Apoptosis by Preventing c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase-Mediated Leakage of Cytochrome c in an Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase-Dependent Manner Yoshikazu Takagi, Jun Du, Xiu-Yang Ma, Izumi Nakashima, and Fumihiko Nagase 770 778 An Apamin- and Scyllatoxin-Insensitive Isoform of the Human SK3 Channel Oliver H. Wittekindt, Violeta Visan, Hiroaki Tomita, Faiqa Imtiaz, Jay J, Gargus, Frank Lehmann-Horn, Stephan Grissmer, and Deborah J. Morris-Rosendahl 788 Effects of SEA0400 on Mutant NCX1.1 Na +-Ca2+ Exchangers with Altered Ionic Regulation Ron Bouchard, Alexander Omelchenko, Hoa Dinh Le, Platon Choptiany, Toshio Matsuda, Akemichi Baba, Kenzo Takahashi, Debora A. Nzcolt, Kenneth D. Philipson, Mark Hnatowich, and Larry V. Hryshko 802 Correction to "Agonist binding and Gq-stimulating activities of the purified human P2Y a receptor" 811