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Shares of J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) have turned around remarkably in the past three months, gaining more than 50%, and it looks like the company's spectacular turnaround is set to continue after its recently released first quarter earnings. J.C. Penney reported sales growth in its first quarter, with net sales increasing to $2.8 billion from the year ago period's revenue of $2.64 billion. This was its first quarterly sales jump in the past three years. Also, margins improved by 230 basis points compared to the same quarter last year, while J.C. Penney minimized its losses to $1.16 per share, exceeding the $1.22 loss per share estimated by analysts.
Hence, after a dismal performance over the past few years, J.C. Penney has been posting some pretty good numbers under the leadership of CEO Mike Ullman. Although the company still has losses, they are being reduced. Looking at the strategies of J.C. Penney, I believe that its spectacular turnaround should continue.
Smart strategies
Penney has carried out its turnaround strategy in three stages. First was the stabilization stage, which was followed by the phase of rebuilding, and the third stage was the go-forward phase during which the company is repositioning itself for long-term profitable growth. Penney has already completed the first two stages and is currently in the third phase.
The third phase mainly focuses on refining its merchandise and marketing strategies, steadily growing its sales and improve the margins, and curbing expenses. Management is currently implementing this phase, and it is happy with the results that have exceeded expectations. The company has managed to improve its margins, and management anticipates further improvements going forward.
To continue its turnaround efforts, Penney has also arranged for the necessary sources of cash. It has obtained a $2.35 billion credit facility, replacing its existing bank line of $1.85 billion. The facility is being underwritten by Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Merrill Lynch, as well as JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Barclays and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). This will increase its borrowing capacity by $500 million. It also managed to curtail its expenses by lowering corporate support and advertising cost. Coupled with $1.17 billion in cash, Penney certainly has the necessary resources to continue investing in its business and sustain its turnaround.
Focusing on growth
J.C. Penney has re-launched its new home store with the name Home Collections of J.C. Penney. It has rearranged its merchandise assortment in a manner that makes optimum utilization of its floor space, keeping in mind customer preferences. It has refined the merchandise according to customers' budget and lifestyle. J.C. Penney has also opened 30 new Sephora stores, which continue to deliver good results.
J.C. Penney is also focusing on its marketing strategy, and its new punch line "When It Fits You Feel It" has been received well by customers. This new brand positioning is aimed at differentiating J.C. Penney from its peers. Its promotions were mainly focused around Easter and Valentine's Day last quarter. All these efforts have finally paid off as they managed to bring customers back to J.C. Penney's stores. Its digital marketing has also increased and its online sales rose 25.7% for the quarter.
Although J.C. Penney's turnaround is going on at a good pace, investors should remember that the company still has a long way to go. Its balance sheet is still constrained with a cash position of $1.17 billion compared to a massive debt of $5.59 billion. So, J.C. Penney's performance going forward would also depend on its negotiations with its financiers. If it receives favorable terms, then it can easily invest in its turnaround, but unfavorable situations could result in tough times.
Also, Penney needs to shore up its cash generation. The company's operating cash flow over the last twelve months is a negative $1.33 billion while the levered cash flow is again negative at $2 billion. Hence, the company needs to overcome these issues to sustain its performance going forward.
Bright projections
J.C. Penney's first quarter has been rewarding and the business continues to show improvement. Management is satisfied with the comp performance in such a challenging environment, and a look at analysts' estimates will suggest that the company should continue outperforming. For this year, analysts expect J.C. Penney's earnings to increase 53.4%, followed by a jump of 52% next year. Thus, all in all, the signs are there that J.C. Penney will continue its remarkable turnaround.
Due to losses, J.C. Penney doesn't have any trailing or forward P/E, but a PEG ratio of just 0.11 indicates that J.C. Penney is expected to grow at a solid rate going forward. Management proved its potential with solid first quarter results, and is confident the company will perform better in the future and return to profitability. Considering these factors, J.C. Penney seems to be a good investment option.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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As parents we were actively involved in discussions about clinical follow-up and left with a son who had not only been patched up but, importantly, felt confident and reassured that he had had an expert assessment and could begin to get well again, knowing that there were no other injuries.
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No One Likes to Ferment Under pressure
Sundays are definitely a special day for me! It's the day my entire family gathers together, first we meet in church, and then we have a barbecue or a pool party at my aunt's house. I look forward to experiencing a super duper time with my cousins on this day.
The other days of the week are filled with school obligations and chores and I think this is not modish. At least, I don't imagine it's amusing. I don't like to ferment under pressure, and I have to push myself to succeed in order to keep my dad from scolding me. Even though, I get Bs and Cs, he believes this is not grand enough! He's extremely strict and wants me to get A's in my assignments and mom supports him in every decision.
One Saturday I grabbed my bike, hopped on and called to my dad, "Hey, I'm travelling to the playground."
"Is your homework done?" Dad asked from the open garage.
I groaned softly. "No, but I'll get it done this afternoon."
"Sorry! You'll get it done this morning." He pointed at my bike. "Park it."
"But Dad..."
Young Jonathon Was a 'Little Me'
Anyhow, getting back to spending Sunday afternoons with my little cousins, they make me laugh out loud. And at times I feel like singing, since they do such silly things!
Granted the preacher was my Grandpa! My little cousins don't realize we hold church on Sundays. And they constantly want to get right up to the pulpit while he's preaching to greet him, or throw him a bear hug. It's awesome how my boy cousins' resemble him and Jonathon also walks like him. It's pleasant to watch them together, because Little Jonathon was a "little me". You know, like the "little me" in the motion pictures of Austin Powers. My dream is to be just like my granddad. He's counting on me to carry his legacy some day.
Last Sunday, Jonathon did something totally adorable! He had the entire Congregation in an uproar. While grandpa was preaching, he scurried up to the pulpit with his little push cart and baton and started preaching too. He placed the stick to his lips and made believe it was a microphone. And then he took off to repeat the words of grandpa. Though, I couldn't make out all his words, I definitely heard him say several times, "Jesus saves" for the first time.
I thought, wow for a two year old this is genuinely excellent! I wondered what he was going to do next. And just as his mother gently grabbed him, he abided by the flagstone that was in a corner and started to repeat the "I Pledge Allegiance" too. We all belly laughed when he stated, "and justice for all, amen."
Thank goodness that Sunday it was just us along with two couples who are considered kin. Even though, we were interrupted by Little Jonathon, we were not completely embarrassed by him. He made us laugh and we had a belly laugh. It broke up grandpa's deep sermon and had us contemplating about the awesome things kids do. I'm sure Jonathon didn't understand what he said!
I'm Smart, Fast and Beautiful.
We Thanked God from the Bottom of Our Hearts, Since He Put a Sweet Desire in Our Hearts to Serve Him Every Day.
After church, grandpa decided to celebrate. He said we have two new preachers in the family, first me then little Jonathon.
"This is not an ordinary day. It is a cause for an immense celebration."
It was a day to thank God because he has put a desire in Jonathon's heart just like he did to me to preach the Gospel ten years ago. Grandpa took us all to his favorite restaurant and my aunt insisted we all come to her house for a swim afterwards. Since, it had been a blistering summer day in August we all decided to cool off in her lovely swimming pool.
My aunt brought out her crystal cups and made her favorite fruit punch and placed it along her grand pool deck. We put on our bathing suits and jumped into the pool. Since Jonathon knew he was the life of the party, he began to show off and this time instead of preaching he started to dance. His mom was afraid he would leap into the deep end of the pool and so she put small floaters on him just in case.
Now, grandpa said, "If there's going to be all this dancing, we must have music". And he instructed me to grab my boom box. I put on my favorite radio station, Fm 80. They play the best disco music, the ones I enjoy hearing like Gloria Gainer's singing "I Will Survive". I wished this particular Sunday would never end. I wasn't looking forward to school the next day. I hadn't completed my weekend homework. It's terrible here in Florida there's school in August, while the rest of the country, it luckily starts in September.
I Had the Answer!
By six-thirty the excitement was over and it was time to head home. Boy, I had to discover a way to sneakily do my homework without my dad or mom catching me. They definitely would be upset if they discovered, I didn't get it all done after school on Friday.
I took a shower after drinking my warm glass of milk and quickly leaped into bed. I waited until everyone fell asleep, then I turned on my night light and started reading.
How am I going to get all this done? If mom wakes up to check up on me tonight, she'll find me doing homework and she'll be frustrated with me.
There must be a better way. And I had it! I'll do all the reading tonight and find a way to arrive to school early tomorrow. And before school starts, I answer all my homework questions in a jiffy. This is why I get Bs and Cs. It's my parents fault and not mine! My family has so much fun on the weekends that I'm not able to finish my homework on time for Monday's classes. If only I could find a superior way, I would get the As they yearn for me.
Oh well, I'm trying my hardest and I think this is what matters. I want to be a preacher just like my grandfather. If I understand the Bible like him, I'll become a successful preacher on Sundays and no one will worry about the marks I received.
The Words of God Is Eloquently Iterated in the Holy Bible for You.
The Lord Is My Shepherd.
More Godly Children's Stoires for You!
- Mommy is God in the Air I Breathe?
Is God on the moon, in a tree or a car? Is he in the air, I breathe? Can I write a letter to God? Of course! And Mommy said, "Learn to love the God who created all things for your benefit, son."
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A cocktail bar in South Baltimore new to the scene, Bar Liquorice recently had a soft opening.
It has been tweaking its dimly lit lounge aesthetic thanks to one Jeff Cahill, previously of Helen's Garden/John Stevens LTD while co-owner Tom Looney of Gypsy Queen food truck and Helen's Garden fame has been building the food menu.
With these two realms in good hands, the cocktail list should be soon to follow. And indeed, Bar Liquorice has a noteworthy cocktail program featuring the time-honored "modern twists on the classics," from New Old-Fashioneds to Manhattans and Moscow Mule variants. Bartender Shaun Stewart assembles the drinks while developing his own creations. He's a dedicated mixologist providing a promising future for the small establishment and its place in the city's cocktail lounge community.
And what better way to get classy with it than to sample some of Bar Liquorice's finer scotch offerings, such as this cocktail named after the TV show.
The Downton Abbey is an adept creation with several layers of sophistication. A base of Dewar's Scotch whisky is blended with a house-made honey syrup and freshly grated ginger. That makes a cocktail that would stand well enough on its own. But the coup de grace lies in a top layer of Laphroaig single malt, a highly prized scotch from the isle of Islay. Laphroaig's 10-year is peaty and smoky.
The smokiness blending with sweet and ginger is a great palate experience. I'd rub a bit of lemon on the rim for a citrus pop, but your tastes may vary.
Despite the fact that the cocktail list was conceived before his arrival, Stewart has "tinkered with the Downton Abbey repeatedly, and this is the way to go," he said. Stewart will be introducing another 14 to 15 cocktails to the list in coming weeks as he perfects them.
If the final version of the Downton Abbey is any indication, they'll be worth a try, one and all. Kudos.
How to make the Downton Abbey
2 oz. Dewar's Scotch whiskey
1 oz. honey syrup
Freshly grated ginger
Laphroaig single malt to top
Combine Dewar's and honey syrup over ice, shake and strain into martini glass. Grate fresh ginger to taste, top with Laphroaig single malt.
Where to get the Downton Abbey
Bar Liquorice
801 E. Fort Ave., Riverside


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Meitantei Konan: Bekâ Sutorîto no bôrei, (Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street) (2002)
Directed By: Kanetsugu Kodama
Rated: G
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Release Date: April 20, 2002
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Steven Vincent Gee
Let Kogorou Mouri drag Conan, Ran, Professor Agasa and the Detective… More Let Kogorou Mouri drag Conan, Ran, Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys with him to another party where he was invited to, with lots of kids, celebrity's and known people from the anime. But, before the actual story, with Conan begins, we get an intro, of a very young protagonist in the computer world. Well, there's story in each game world, Conan and the gang have to solve the mystery of JTR (Jack The Ripper), and then capture him, sacrifice's are made, puzzle's are solved, death is around each corner. A cool story within a cool story, then about the art, the style's the same as in the series, yet better animated, and more things are realistic now, movements, carriage's and such. The sound, the ending is sweet and beautiful (mixed with the movie) and all the sfx's and such are amazing. The characters stay the same, new introduced characters are basic type's too, like the murderer, the victim(s), and the snobby, irritating, dumb rich snobs which are introduced. An anime movie where you can't take you're eye's from, when it's not humorous, it's intresting, when it's not intresting, it's exciting, when it's not exciting, it's beautiful. One of the best Detective Conan movie.


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Shoreline work planned at James River bridge in Yankton Co.
YANKTON (AP) -- Yankton County is spending up to $50,000 to place rock riprap near a bridge over the James River to prevent further shoreline erosion.
The media reports that the erosion problems at the bridge on Old Highway 50 date back 20 years but were exacerbated by flooding last year.
Replacing the 60-year-old bridge would cost an estimated $4.8 million.
The riprap work is to be done next week.


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Eye Candy 5: ImpactFilter effects collection for Adobe Photoshop Summary: Eye Candy 5: Impact is the third collection in the newly revamped Eye Candy series of filters for Adobe Photoshop. Packed with 10 individual filters, the collection produces effects ranging from backlighting (with light rays) and perspective shadows to bevels and metallic surfaces.
Recommendation: Buy
Users: Professional graphic designers, graphics enthusiasts
Platform: Mac OS X and Windows
Price: $99 for the full versions (upgrade pricing also available for registered users of Alien Skin's produces when purchasing directly through Alien Skin)
More information: http://www.alienskin.com
With the release of Eye Candy 5: Impact, Alien Skin has completed its three-stage re-release of the Eye Candy filters, broken into three smaller effects collections. The latest release offers 10 miscellaneous filters for producing surface, lighting and shadow effects. Has Alien Skin saved the best for last?
I don't think I can answer that question with an outright "yes." Impact is a solid collection, as far as the Eye Candy filters go, but I don't think it stands out above the previous release, Eye Candy 5: Nature. Both Nature and Impact contain filters that come in handy in everyday effects/compositing work, but neither one has any particular filters that shout, "Buy Me Now!"
As has been the case with the previous two releases in the Eye Candy 5 series, Impact contains filters that are carried over from Eye Candy 4000, which was released back in 2000. In this case, seven of the 10 filters carry over, although they have been rewritten to accommodate the new Eye Candy 5 interface/workflow and seem to have gotten some performance boosts in the process. Each of the rewritten filters also incorporate some features unique to Eye Candy 5--in other words, they've gained some parameters and capabilities that you won't find in their Eye Candy 4000 counterparts.
That said, the filters that do carry over in many cases are getting a bit long in the tooth and seem to have been included in the new collection just to round it out to an even 10 filters. For example, the Bevel filter is basically the equivalent of the Bevel & Emboss layer style that you already get with Photoshop, with the disadvantage that the Eye Candy version is applied as a filter, rather than as a non-destructive effect.
And "Super Star" is a filter that might have been impressive back in the days of MacPaint, but nowadays you have to wonder what it's doing in a commercially released filter collection, particularly one that costs $99. Its sole purpose is to generate star shapes and similar objects.
Nevertheless, there are some filters that are worth noting in Impact. The first of these is the Brushed Metal filter. Obviously this type of effect isn't too uncommon these days, and it wouldn't be too tricky to reproduced it with a little manual labor. But the effect does come out looking pretty nice, and it gives you the option of using linear and radial patterns on the effect. (This is one of the new filters in the Eye Candy 5 collection.)
Also new is the filter called Backlight, which produces light rays that seem to come from behind the object on the layer. (It also has plenty of options for producing other kinds of lighting effects, although the light ray effect is going to be its most popular application.)
And the last of the new filters is Extrude, which, of course, extrudes the contents of a layer and gives you control over things like lighting, length and angle of extrusion.
Of the filters that carry over from the Eye Candy 4000 collection, I think four are worth positive mention. These include Chrome, which produces metallic effect but gives you a huge amount of control over lighting, reflections and bevel parameters, including fully customizable bevel profiles.
Like the Chrome filter, the Glass filter in this collection, while nothing new, does produce some nice results, again with several options that you won't find in other plugins designed to produce glass/plastic-like surfaces, such as reflections, various bevel and lighting options and the like.
Motion Trail is also worth mentioning because it allows you to create motion blurs while controlling the curvature and length of the trail the effect produces.
And then there's Perspective Shadow, which allows you to create shadows while giving you control over not just the perspective, but also the fade, color (including reflecting the original) and perspective blur.
The last filter in the collection is Gradient Glow, which is another throw-away because it doesn't seem to do much that you couldn't accomplish easily using inner and outer glow layer styles in Photoshop.
One of the selling points for me of the Eye Candy series is its fantastic interface and workflow. Alien Skin has done a great job in this collection--and in the previous Eye Candy 5 collections--of creating an environment outside of the main Photoshop interface that easy to use, intuitive and packed with useful little features, like multiple levels of undo, the ability to switch between filters in the collection on the fly, navigation controls, customizable backdrops and the ability to save and recall presets easily.
And, with seven of the 10 filters, it also provides you with the ability to render the effects to new layers, which allows you to manipulate the final appearance more easily than filters rendered to the same layer to which they were applied.
As for performance, Eye Candy 5: Impact is solid. I didn't encounter any filters that took an inordinate amount of time to preview or render, so I have no complaints to make in this area.
Although the Eye Candy series is beginning to look a bit old, many of the filters in the various Eye Candy 5 collections are still viable and produce great results. Nevertheless, it continues to disturb me that what we're getting in these collections is essentially a rehash of filters that are nearly five years old, broken up into separate collections and selling for $99 per collection, when the original complete Eye Candy 4000 set sold for $169. I like some of the filters in each of the Eye Candy sets, but I can't envision a time when I'd need all of the filters that come in the three collections. What would make much more sense for me, as a user, would be if Alien Skin would provide these filters a la carte for $5 to $15 apiece (depending on the filter), or provide a "Best of Eye Candy" collection containing just those effects that people really want (or, to make matters more simple, excluding the filters that people clearly will not want, like Super Star, Bevel and Gradient Glow). As it is, I see Eye Candy 5: Impact as something between a neutral and a buy recommendation, which I'll round up to a final Buy recommendation on the strengths of a few of the filters in this set.
Eye Candy 5: Impact is available now for Mac OS X and Windows for $99. It supports Adobe Photoshop 7/CS/CS2 and Photoshop Elements 2 or later; Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later; Corel Paint Shop Pro 8 or later; and CADlink SignLab 7.5. For more information, visit http://www.alienskin.com.
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Boro eye Mackie move
Skysports.com understands Middlesbrough are lining up a move for Plymouth forward Jamie Mackie.
Last Updated: 14/01/10 1:38pm
Skysports.com understands Middlesbrough are lining up a move for Plymouth forward Jamie Mackie.
Mackie's future at Home Park has been the subject of speculation for some time with a number of clubs thought to be keeping tabs on his situation.
Nottingham Forest and Derby have been credited with an interest in the 24-year-old, but now Middlesbrough have entered the race for the powerful frontrunner.
Boro boss Gordon Strachan is keen to bolster his attacking options and has been linked with the likes of Scott McDonald and Kris Boyd in recent weeks.
However, he could turn his attentions Mackie, who be a cheaper option for Boro and Plymouth could face a fight to resist a sizeable offer for the player.
New Burnley boss Brian Laws is also thought to be weighing up a move for Mackie, but Boro are thought to leading the chase for his signature.
Plymouth signed Mackie from Exeter City for £145,000 in January 2008 and he has scored 12 goals in 81 games for the Pilgrims.


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I have a home network with a 1760 WAN router that has a static external address assigned to it's outside interface. I have NAT, VRF's and ACL's working internally / externally, without any issue.
I am wanting to set my 1760 up as a proxy server. So that I can change my browser settings anywhere on the Internet and point my browser to use my 1760 as an proxy server.
Has anyone set this up or know of a way to set this up? I have been looking over the Internet and it seems I'll need an external proxy server i.e. a ACNS box to redirect my proxy requests to / from.
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Sep 10, 2010 at 4:18 UTC
First you need to know if this device support it, otherwise I will be necessary external hardware or application. I was checking and it is not.
Sep 10, 2010 at 4:34 UTC
A proxy server is just another way to get to the internet so to speak or a specific gateway for ssl purposes maybe.
So if your 1760 already has an internal ip and it has an external ip address assigned to the Eth0 WIC and your acl's are setup correctly and you have possibly created a DNS, then you can just point your browser to use either the DNS you assigned the 1760 or the ip address assigned the 1760.
Split DNS is another thing you might want to use on the 1760.
What IOS are you on?
Sep 11, 2010 at 10:34 UTC
Sep 11, 2010 at 11:21 UTC
Here's some commands you may want to learn, give me the first ones results.
sh ver
sh run
sh inven
sh conf
Your ver is 12.3.4-XQ1(ED)
|Release Date: 26/Mar/2006
|Size: 17456.75 KB (17875708 bytes)
the latest is 12.4.25d
Buy your IOS is fairly up to date.
Most updates just accommodate newer hardware released by Cisco and a few other vendors that Cisco supports.
So how do you want to use the proxy? Give me your scenario.
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
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The purposes of this study were to determine 1) the presence of the major ion transport activities that regulate cytoplasmic pH (pHc) in cat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, i.e., Na+/H+ and the Na+-dependent and -independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange,2) whether pHc changes in cells from small (SPAs) and large (LPAs) pulmonary arteries during hypoxia, and3) whether changes in pHc are due to changes in the balance of exchange activities. Exchange activities as defined by physiological maneuvers rather than molecular identity were ascertained with fluorescence microscopy to document changes in the ratio of the pHc indicator 2′,7′-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein. Steady-state pHc was higher in LPA than in SPA normoxic smooth muscle cells. SPAs and LPAs possessed all three transport activities; in HCO3 −-containing normoxic solutions, Cl−/HCO3 − exchange rather than Na+/H+ exchange set the level of pHc; in HCO3 −-containing hypoxic solutions, pHc increased in SPA and decreased in LPA cells; altering the baseline pHc of a cell type to that of the other did not change the direction of the pHc response during hypoxia. The absence of Na+ prevented hypoxia-induced alkalinization in SPA cells; in both cell types, inhibiting the Cl−/HCO3 − exchange activities reversed the normal direction of pHc changes during hypoxia.
- cat
- sodium/hydrogen exchange
- sodium-dependent chloride/bicarbonate exchange
- sodium-independent chloride/bicarbonate exchange
Despite a considerable research effort to elucidate the mechanism(s) of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the sequence of cellular events leading to the contraction of the pulmonary vascular smooth muscle are not yet fully understood. In a study of cat pulmonary arteries, our laboratory (6) found that hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is a function of the small (200- to 600-μm-diameter) arteries. Smooth muscle cells isolated from these small arteries contract when they are exposed to hypoxia (7), and the free cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]c) also increases (12). In contrast, arteries > 800 μm in diameter, as well as their smooth muscle cells, do not contract to hypoxia, and the [Ca2+]c decreases. In a preliminary report, our laboratory (11) found that during hypoxia the cytoplasmic pH (pHc) of small pulmonary artery (SPA) smooth muscle cells increased concomitantly with the increase in [Ca2+]c. In the large pulmonary artery (LPA) cells, pHc decreased in parallel with the decrease in [Ca2+]c. Changes in pHc can alter Ca2+/calmodulin binding to modify the magnitude of myosin phosphorylation and the contractile response for a given [Ca2+]c (1). Thus changes in pHc as well as in [Ca2+]c may play a role in determining whether a pulmonary artery does or does not constrict in response to hypoxia.
pHc regulation in smooth muscle cells is accomplished through the activities of several ion transport systems (Fig.1). Some of these transport activities are poised to acidify the cell, i.e., Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange. Others work to alkalinize it, principally Na+/H+ and Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange. Vasoactive agonists and cellular energy status can affect the activity and possibly the direction of ion transport activities in vascular smooth muscle (1, 5, 8, 13). For the smooth muscle cell to respond appropriately to agonists, the transport activities must be coordinated. For example, agonist stimulation of transport activity may increase the cycling of an ion between the cell and its environment, and this, in turn, may stimulate other transport activities to restore ionic homeostasis (13).
How pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells regulate pHc has not been extensively studied nor has it been determined whether any of the transport activities that regulate pHc are affected by hypoxia. Na+/H+ exchange has been shown indirectly in ferret pulmonary artery (3) and directly in guinea pig main pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (9). In the guinea pig cells, Na+/H+ exchange played an active role in pHc regulation even in HCO3 −-containing buffers (9). Other than the aforementioned work by Quinn et al. (9), the presence and role of Na+-dependent and -independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells has not been studied.
The purposes of this study were to determine 1) the presence of the major ion transport activities that regulate pHc in cat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, i.e., Na+/H+ and Na+-dependent and -independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange;2) whether pHc changes in cells from SPAs and LPAs during hypoxia; and 3) whether changes in pHc are due, at least in part, to changes in the balance of transport activities that regulate pHc. The presence and activity of the ion exchange activities as defined by conventional physiological maneuvers, not by determination of a specific molecular identity, was accomplished with fluorescence microscopy to document changes in the ratio of the fluorescence indicator, 2′,7′-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), which reflects changes in pHc.
Cell Isolation and Culture
This study was approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Zablocki VA Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI). Adult mongrel cats (2.5–4.0 kg) of either sex were anesthetized with ketamine (15 mg/kg) and pentobarbital sodium (30 mg/kg) and decapitated. The animals were exsanguinated by severance of the carotid artery, and the lungs were removed under aseptic techniques and immediately placed in chilled sterile physiological saline solution (PSS). SPAs (200- to 600-μm diameter) and LPAs (>800-μm diameter) were dissected from portions of both lung lobes under sterile conditions and placed in sterile MEM plus penicillin and streptomycin (Sigma) until the dissection process was complete.
The dissected arteries were cut into 2-mm segments and placed in sterile centrifuge tubes containing 1 ml of enzyme solution. The tubes were then placed in a sterile incubator at 37°C for ∼1 h. Enzyme digestion was stopped by the addition of an equal volume of smooth muscle basal medium and smooth muscle medium supplement plus penicillin and streptomycin (all from Sigma). The crude digestate was filtered through three staccups in series as previously described (7) to remove connective tissue and cell debris, and the resulting suspension was centrifuged for 10 min at 1,200 rpm at 4°C. The supernatant was removed and discarded, and the pellet was suspended in 1 ml of the medium. Approximately 0.1 ml of the suspension was plated onto coverslips coated with 0.1 mg/ml of poly-d-lysine (Sigma). The coverslips were put into culture dishes and left in a darkened hood for 30 min. Afterward, 2.5 ml of smooth muscle medium were added to the culture dishes, and they were put in a water-jacketed incubator at 37°C for 48–72 h before use.
Fluorescence Imaging
For fluorescence imaging studies of individual smooth muscle cell pHc, the cells were loaded with 5 μl of 5 μM BCECF (Molecular Probes) for 45 min at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air-5% CO2. The coverslip containing the cells was placed in a specially constructed 2-ml volume chamber designed to sit on the stage of a Leitz upright microscope. Warm, gassed PSS from the reservoir was slowly perfused over the cells.
The cells were imaged at the selected wavelengths for BCECF (seepHc Calibration) with a SenSys air-cooled CCD camera (Photometrics, Tucson, AZ) and epifluorescence illumination. The epifluorescence illumination light path had an eight-position, computer-controlled filter wheel and shutter attached to the microscope. The delay between the two excitation wavelengths was on the order of 50 ms. The computer-controlled shutter was used to eliminate unnecessary specimen illumination. The microscope was linked to a Silicon Graphics SGI Indy computer equipped with RatioTool software (Inovision, Raleigh, NC).
Fluorescence measurements rely on the ratio principle, which involves selecting ion-sensitive excitation or emission wavelengths that increase or decrease on cation binding. Cells loaded with BCECF were sequentially excited at 450 and 500 nm and light emitted at 535 nm (10-nm bandwidth for all filters). The ratio of 500- to 450-nm excitation was directly proportional to pHc. Individual pulmonary artery muscle cells were selected in a field of view, and changes in their BCECF ratios were acquired every 5 s during an experiment with RatioTool software. The ratios were converted to pHc based on calibration curves (see pHcCalibration).
pHc Calibration
The pHc was determined from calibration curves for each cell type. The cells in the chamber were perfused sequentially with solutions (see Solutions) of pH 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 that contained the K+ ionophore nigericin (10). This ionophore exchanges intracellular K+ for extracellular H+ and in the presence of a high concentration of K+, allows equalization of intracellular and extracellular pH. For each of the three solutions, the BCECF ratios were recorded every 5 s until the ratios were stable. The BCECF ratios obtained for each solution were plotted, and a straight line demonstrating the relationship between pH and fluorescence was fit to the curve. These curves were used to calculate pHc for the pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells used in the experiments.
Enzyme solution.
The enzyme solution contained 500 U/ml of collagenase (type II), 50 U/ml of elastase, 0.75% (wt/vol) bovine serum albumin, 4 mM ATP, and 0.25% (wt/vol) soybean trypsin inhibitor (Worthington Biochemical, Freehold, NJ).
Pucks saline solution.
Pucks saline solution contained (in mM) 0.1 CaCl2 · 2H2O, 4.7 KCl, 1.18 KH2PO4, 1.19 MgSO4 · 7H2O, 120 NaCl, 0.116 Na2HPO4 · 7H2O, 5.5d-glucose, and 0.013 phenol red (pH 7.34).
PSS contained (in mM) 141 Na+, 4.7 K+, 2.5 Ca2+, 0.72 Mg2+, 124 Cl−, 1.7 H2PO4 3−, 22.5 HCO3 −, and 11 glucose. Solutions used for the ammonia pulse technique were prepared by replacing NaCl with 15 mM NH4Cl. HCO3 −-free solution was prepared by substituting 20 mM HEPES buffer.
Cl−-free solution.
This solution contained (in mM) 128 sodium gluconate, 3.3 potassium gluconate, 6 calcium gluconate (hemi Ca2+ salt), 1.2 KH2PO4, 0.72 MgSO4, 2.25 Na2SO4, 11 glucose, and 22.5 NaHCO3 −.
Na+-free solution.
This solution contained (in mM) 140N-methyl-d-glucamine, 3.3 KCl, 1.2 KH2PO4, 0.72 MgSO4, 2.5 CaCl2, 11 glucose, and 118 HCl, adjusted to pH 7.37 with 2 M Tris buffer.
pH calibration solution.
pH calibration solution contained (in mM) 140 K+, 2.5 CaCl2, 1 MgSO4, 50 HEPES, 10 μM nigericin, and 1 μM valinomycin. The solutions were titrated with 2 M Tris buffer to adjust pH to 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5.
Exchanger Inhibitors
Exchanger inhibitors were 3 × 10−5 M 5-(N,N-dimethyl)amiloride hydrochloride (DMA; Calbiochem, San Diego, CA) and 1 mM 4,4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS; Sigma).
Calibrated gas mixtures were pumped from weather balloons through dispersion stones into the PSS reservoir. The gas mixtures used were normoxic control (Po 2 140 Torr; Pco 2 37 Torr), normoxic acidosis (Pco 2 increased to 51 Torr), normoxic alkalosis (Pco 2 decreased to 21 Torr), hypoxic control (Po 2 50 Torr; Pco 2 37 Torr), hypoxic acidosis and hypoxic alkalosis (Pco 2 changed as above). The PSS from the reservoir and the cell chamber described in Fluorescence Imaging were sampled at regular intervals, and the Po 2, Pco 2, and pH were determined with a Corning model 278 blood gas analyzer. When the gas mixtures bubbling into the reservoir were changed during an experiment, the gas tension in the cell chamber changed within 2 min. The new values for the Po 2, Pco 2, and pH in the cell chamber were determined 5 min after the gas change, the point at which the BCECF ratios were stable.
Data and Statistical Analyses
pHc values for the cells are expressed as means ± SE for n cells. To determine differences, Student's paired and unpaired t-tests or ANOVA and Fisher's least significant difference (LDS) test were used as appropriate. A value ofP < 0.05 was considered significant.
Steady-State and Hypoxic pHc
In HCO3 −-containing solution under normoxic conditions, the pHc of the smooth muscle cells from SPAs and LPAs averaged 6.92 ± 0.02 and 7.02 ± 0.01, respectively (P < 0.05 by unpaired Student's t-test). When the cells were then exposed to hypoxia, the BCECF ratios stabilized within 5 min. At this point, the pHc of the SPA cells had increased to 7.02 ± 0.01, whereas in LPA cells, it had decreased to 6.96 ± 0.01 (both at P < 0.05 by paired Student's t-test). Thus with hypoxia, SPA cells become more alkaline, whereas LPA cells become more acidic (Fig.2 A).
Because the baseline normoxic pHc differed between the two cell types, we wondered if baseline pHc determined the direction of the pHc change during hypoxia and if changing the baseline pHc would alter the direction of the hypoxic change. In LPA cells, the Pco 2 of the bath was increased to 51 Torr to reduce the pHc closer to that of the SPA cells (6.88 ± 0.03 vs. 6.92 ± 0.01). However, when the LPA cells were then exposed to hypoxia, the pHc still decreased to 6.81 ± 0.04 (P < 0.05; Fig.2 B). In SPA cells, the Pco 2 of the bath was decreased to 21 Torr to raise the pHc to a level approximately that of the LPA cells (7.07 ± 0.02 vs. 7.05 ± 0.01). Again, the direction of the pHc response to hypoxia was not changed; the pHc increased to 7.14 ± 0.02 (P < 0.05; Fig. 2 C).
Na+/H+Exchange Activity
The activity of Na+/H+ exchange in pHc recovery from an acid load was demonstrated with the NH4Cl pulse maneuver. Brief exposure to 15 mM NH4Cl resulted in alkalinization due to NH3diffusion into the cells. The NH4Cl was then washed out, and pHc became acidotic due to NH3 diffusion out of the cells together with NH4 + dissociation. pHc thus decreased to a value below the normal baseline. Recovery from this acidosis can occur by a number of different exchange processes. Figure 3 shows the typical pattern of changes in SPA pHc during an NH4Cl experiment performed in the absence of CO2 and HCO3 − to eliminate any contribution from Cl−/HCO3 − exchange. This same pattern was also seen in the LPA cells.
Table 1 presents the pHc values obtained for SPA and LPA cells during this experiment. In the absence of the inhibitor DMA, pHc in SPAs and LPAs returned to baseline after NH4Cl washout in 8.36 ± 1.08 and 8.50 ± 1.42 min, respectively. With DMA, pHc recovery was minimal. These results are consistent with activation of Na+/H+ exchange being responsible for the recovery of pHc after intracellular acidification with an NH4Cl pulse.
When the same experiments were conducted in HCO3 −-containing PSS, pHc also returned to baseline after NH4Cl washout (Table 1) in 3.62 ± 0.45 and 4.57 ± 0.44 min, respectively. DMA added to the washout solution did not affect pHc recovery, but if Na+ was also removed from the washout fluid, pHc did not recover in either cell type (Table 1).
Although the above experiments demonstrated the presence and activity of Na+/H+ exchange in the SPA and LPA smooth muscle cells, it did not appear that this was either solely or predominantly responsible for maintaining pHc when the cells were bathed in solutions containing CO2 and HCO3 −. In addition to the lack of effect of DMA on pHc recovery from an acid load (Table 1), adding DMA to SPA cells in HCO3 −-containing PSS at steady state resulted in only a slight and insignificant acidification from 6.92 ± 0.04 to 6.87 ± 0.04. Within 2.65 ± 0.26 min, the pHchad returned to baseline (n = 8 cells). When DMA was added to LPA cells, pHc remained constant at 7.01 ± 0.02 (n = 10 cells).
Under hypoxic conditions, it did not appear that the alkalinization observed in SPA cells was due to activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger to pump H+ out of the cells. Even in the presence of DMA, exposure to hypoxia still resulted in an increase in pHc from 6.88 ± 0.03 to 7.05 ± 0.04 (data not shown; P < 0.05 by paired Student's t-test; n = 8 cells).
Na+-Dependent and -Independent Cl−/HCO3− Exchange Activity
When Cl− was removed from the medium bathing the cells, the pHc in both SPA and LPA cells increased in the manner shown in Fig. 4 and to the values shown in Table 2. This change indicated intracellular alkalinization, presumably due to Cl− efflux and HCO3 − influx or to the absence of extracellular Cl− to exchange for intracellular HCO3 −. When pHc reached a new, higher steady state, extracellular Cl− was restored, and pHc decreased to baseline levels (Table 2). When DIDS, a blocker of anion transport, was present during the recovery phase, pHc remained significantly above baseline in both cell types (P < 0.05; Table 2). If Cl− was restored but Na+was removed from the PSS, the pHc continued to decline to a level significantly below baseline (P < 0.05; Table2). This suggests that the recovery from the cellular alkalosis is mediated by Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange
Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange helps to maintain steady-state pHc in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells by exchanging cellular Cl− for extracellular Na+ and HCO3 − (Fig. 1). When Na+ was removed from the HCO3 −-containing PSS bathing SPA cells, the pHc decreased from 6.97 ± 0.02 to 6.45 ± 0.03 (P < 0.05; n= 7 cells), reflecting intracellular acidification. Returning Na+ to the PSS restored the pHc to baseline, even in the presence of DMA. LPA smooth muscle cells showed a similar response to Na+ removal, decreasing from 7.00 ± 0.02 to 6.59 ± 0.07 (P < 0.05; n = 6 cells). However, when Na+ was restored to LPA cells treated with DMA, the pHc increased above baseline to 7.84 ± 0.17 (P < 0.05). This result might be indicative of less intrinsic activity of Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange in LPA than in SPA cells.
When SPA cells were exposed to hypoxia in the absence of Na+, the pHc did not increase; rather it decreased from 6.86 ± 0.02 to 6.68 ± 0.02 (P < 0.05; n = 6 cells). In LPA cells, the pHc still decreased during hypoxia from 6.66 ± 0.08 to 6.49 ± 0.09 (P < 0.05; n = 7 cells). That the activity of both Cl−/HCO3 − exchangers determines the pHc response to hypoxia is further suggested by the data shown in Fig. 5. When these exchangers were inhibited in SPA smooth muscle cells either with HEPES-buffered PSS or by exposing the cells to DIDS in the presence of CO2and HCO3 −, the pHc decreased during hypoxia (P < 0.05 by ANOVA and Fisher's LSD test; Fig. 5 A). The pHc of similarly treated LPA cells increased in response to hypoxia (P < 0.05 by ANOVA and Fisher's LSD test; Fig. 5 B). Under normoxic conditions, exposing SPA cells to DIDS resulted in a decline of 0.06 ± 0.01 pH units (P < 0.05) but no significant change in LPA cells (data not shown).
The major findings of this study were that 1) in the presence of CO2 and HCO3 −, pHcwas higher in the smooth muscle cells of LPAs than of SPAs;2) activation of Na+/H+ exchange as well as both Na+-dependent and -independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange could be demonstrated in SPA and LPA smooth muscle cells; 3) in the presence of CO2 and HCO3 −, Cl−/HCO3 − exchange rather than Na+/H+ exchange appeared to be more active in regulating pHc under normoxic conditions; 4) under hypoxic conditions, pHc increased in SPA cells and decreased in LPA cells; 5) altering the baseline pHc of either cell type to a level characteristic of the other did not change the usual direction of the pHcresponse during hypoxia; 6) the absence of Na+but not the pharmacological inhibition of Na+/H+ exchange prevented the hypoxia-induced alkalinization in SPA cells; and 7) inhibiting Cl−/HCO3 − exchange activity in the two cell types reversed the normal direction of pHc changes during hypoxia.
The finding in this study that under normoxic conditions pHc was higher in LPA cells than in SPA cells agrees with a preliminary report from our laboratory (11). The decreased pHc in hypoxic LPA cells is also consistent with that report and agrees with the recent study by Leach et al. (4) where pHc decreased in large-diameter pig pulmonary arteries during hypoxia. The increased pHc in hypoxic SPA smooth muscle cells seen in this work and in the previous study from our laboratory (11) are, to our knowledge, the only reports of this kind. The pHc changes in both cell types during hypoxia appear to be a consistent response to hypoxia rather than a function of baseline pHc. This was suggested by the finding that altering the baseline pHc of each type of cell to a level characteristic of the other, i.e., increasing the pHc of the SPA cells or decreasing it in LPA cells, did not change the usual direction of the pHc response during hypoxia.
The role of ion transport mechanisms in regulating pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell pHc has not been extensively studied. However, studies done in HCO3 −-free medium have provided evidence for Na+/H+ exchange activity in the pulmonary vasculature. For example, in ferret main pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, the resting pHc and its recovery from acidosis depended on the external Na+concentration and was most likely mediated by the Na+/H+ exchanger (3). Likewise, in guinea pig main pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, Quinn et al. (9) demonstrated that the Na+/H+exchanger played a significant role in regulating intracellular pH under steady-state conditions. Even in the presence of HCO3 −, the Na+/H+ exchanger appeared to be very active in these cells. In rat aorta smooth muscle cells, Little et al. (5) found that the Na+/H+ exchanger regulated pHcunder control conditions, but when cellular ATP was depleted, the activity of this exchanger was attenuated and the Na+- and HCO3 − -dependent mechanisms were more active.
In the present study of cat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, activity of the three major ion transport mechanisms, Na+/H+ and both Na+-dependent and -independent forms of Cl−/HCO3 − exchange, could be demonstrated. In CO2- and HCO3 −-containing solutions, Na+/H+ exchange appears to be less active than Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange both at steady-state pHc and during recovery from an acid load. This was evidenced by the fact that the Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor DMA had no effect on baseline pHc in either cell type, nor did DMA inhibit recovery from an acid load.
Putative activity of a cell-acidifying Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange was demonstrated in both cell types by withdrawing and then restoring extracellular Cl−. pHc recovery after Cl−restoration did not occur in the presence of DIDS. Additionally, if Na+ was not present when Cl− was restored, the pHc continued to decline. This likely reflects continued activity of this exchange mechanism and inactivity of the cell alkalinizing exchange mechanisms, i.e., Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange and Na+/H+ exchange. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence of a role for Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.
We investigated whether the two Cl−/HCO3 −exchange mechanisms observed under normoxic conditions might be involved in the pHc changes noted during hypoxia. Our results indicate that they were. In SPA cells treated with DMA, the pHc still increased during hypoxia, thereby ruling out a hypoxia-induced activation of the Na+/H+exchanger. Na+ removal abrogated the alkalinization observed with hypoxia in SPA cells. In fact, the pHcdecreased rather than increased in response to hypoxia. Additionally, in HCO3 −-free (HEPES-buffered) PSS and in DIDS plus HCO3 −-containing PSS, the pHc decreased during hypoxia in the SPA cells. These results suggest that activation of a Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchanger is responsible for the increase in pHc observed with hypoxia in SPA cells. In LPA cells bathed in HCO3 −-free (HEPES-buffered) PSS and in DIDS plus HCO3 −-containing PSS, the pHc increased during hypoxia. However, in Na+-free, HCO3 −-containing PSS, pHc decreased as usual in the hypoxic LPA cells, suggesting that the decrease was mediated, at least in part, by Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange activity.
The results of the present studies have been integrated into an overall model describing the balance of the acid-base exchange activities examined in these studies (Fig. 6). Assuming a hypothetical smooth muscle cell that contains equal numbers of functional acidifying and alkalinizing transport mechanisms, the steady-state pHc would be set at a point where the activity versus pHc curves of the two exchangers cross each other. Increasing the amount of acidifying exchange (e.g., Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange in SPA cells) would act to lower pHc. This decline in pHc would continue until an allosteric stimulation of activity of the countervailing transporter (in this case, Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange) occurs because of the decreased pHc or cell HCO3 −. At this point, the steady state would be restored, albeit at a lower pHc than in the hypothetical cell. Increasing the amount of alkalinizing exchange, Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange in LPA cells would have the opposite effect, leading to a higher pHc than the hypothetical cell and, more to the point, higher than the pHc observed in the SPA cells. This describes the situation that pertains to normoxic conditions.
If an increase in the amount of Na+-dependent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange in SPA occurs during hypoxia, pHc would increase as it did in these studies. The increase in pHc would continue until stimulation of the countervailing ion transport activity, Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange, occurs. Stimulation of Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 −exchange would serve to restore the steady state but at a higher pHc than during normoxia. Similarly, an increase in the amount of Na+-independent Cl−/HCO3 − exchange in LPA cells during hypoxia would have the opposite effect, leading to a decline in pHc, again consistent with the results observed in these studies.
Why the pHc changes during hypoxia were reversed in SPA and LPA smooth muscle cells bathed either in HEPES-buffered or in HCO3 −-buffered PSS plus DIDS is not immediately evident. However, if the scenario outlined above pertains, the data could be interpreted as follows. In SPA cells in the presence of DIDS or in the absence of CO2 and HCO3 −, Na+/H+ exchange, although present, is not sufficiently active either to raise pHc under normoxic conditions or to prevent acidification due to increasing metabolic acids during hypoxia. In LPA cells in the presence of DIDS or in the absence of CO2 and HCO3 −, Na+/H+ exchange may have an enhanced role in regulating pHc. During hypoxia, this transport mechanism may, in a way analogous to our argument above for Cl−/HCO3 − exchange, increase in activity, thereby increasing pHc.
Differences between cell types, preparations, and animal species as they relate to the proposed mechanisms that regulate hypoxic vasoconstriction have complicated the understanding of the response. The postulated roles for Cl−/HCO3 −exchange in pHc control of the cat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells may be specific to this species. Quinn et al. (9) found that Na+/H+ exchange appeared to play a more prominent role in pH control of guinea pig pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Therefore, without additional evidence from studies in other species and organs, it is difficult to generalize our findings. To determine the relative contributions of the acidifying and alkalinizing exchange mechanisms in different species and among various cell types, it will be necessary to study cells under physiological conditions, e.g., in the presence of HCO3 − and CO2, and to know whether or not the data are derived from primary or passaged cells. Complete understanding of pHc regulation in the pulmonary vasculature will also require studying the roles of the ion exchange mechanisms in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Evidence from Cutaia et al. (2) has shown that prolonged exposure to hypoxia decreases activity of Na+/H+ exchange isoform 1 of the Na+/H+ exchanger in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells, but whether or not this result is species and/or cell specific is difficult to know. Finally, investigations into the interaction between pHc and [Ca2+]c to determine whether changes in pHc and [Ca2+]c are linked to one another and whether this linkage occurs through changes in the activities of the known acid-base and Ca2+ transport mechanisms should also be performed.
This study was supported by Veterans Affairs Medical Research funds awarded to J. A. Madden and J. G. Kleinman, by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases funds awarded to J. G. Kleinman, and by funds from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Present address of D. E. Ray: Pulmonary Associates, 1210 S. Cedarcrest Blvd., Suite 3200, Allentown, PA 18103.
Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: J. A. Madden, Neurology Research 151, VAMC, Milwaukee, WI 53295 (E-mail:jmadden{at}mcw.edu).
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Non-Cake Inspiration Photos
Decorating By letsgetcaking Updated 22 Oct 2010 , 3:47am by letsgetcaking
I've read so many photo descriptions on CC about finding inspiration for cakes from all kinds of non-cakey things...from gift wrap and bedding to wrought-iron fences. I would love to see pictures of the inspiration along with the finished product. It'll be fun to see how the decorators here use their creativity. Please share!
Here's one for me:
I tried to mimic the ornate look and 3D effect of this guest book on a pumpkin carriage cookie.
Guest Book
I was perusing cakes on CC a few days ago and someone took the scroll pattern from the Wendy's sign and put it on the side of the cake. It was very elegant. I had to Google Wendy's to look at. Sure enough it was the logo. Who knew. I stop and look at everything twice. Remembering it is another story.
That is so funny. I had to Google it, too, because I couldn't picture the scroll in my head. Even after the small images popped up, I couldn't see the scroll. (I was expecting it to be 3D and in yellow for some reason.) I never noticed it before. What a fun place to find inspiration!
ha! i had to google it too:
Here's a cake inspired by the baby's dress:
My SIL has this bedding for her nursery:
Here's the cake I created for her:
This is a great thread.. I do a lot of cakes based on an invitation.. here is probably one of my favorite..
and here is another..
Here's a cake inspired by the baby's dress:
Love your interpretation of that dress... very well executed~!
My SIL has this bedding for her nursery:
Here's the cake I created for her:
Both sites are the same
darnit! lol...computers!
Ok, lets try again:
WOW! you guys are so amazing!!!
darnit! lol...computers!
Ok, lets try again:
totally cute.. I'm sure everyone loved it too..
i love seeing cakes modeled after invitations. their great inspirations.another great inspiration for some cakes are the diaper cakes. excellent ideas there.
...inspiration from my favorite plate.
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These are all incredible! Thank you all for sharing your ideas. DianeLM, your cake is amazing and I love the interpretation of the flowers. Your directions on how to blow edible glitter onto the cake had me laughing out loud, too.
Abra526, your baby animals cake is darling. I especially love how the pig turned out.
CakesByLJ, both of your cakes are beautiful. I love your interpretation of the invites!
Cocobean, I would love to see yours if you're able to figure out a way to post it!
These are so fun to look at, like eye candy! Keep them coming, please!
Bedding for my DD's baby-to-be and the cake I made to match. Loving ALL of these ideas!
made these cookies a while back after falling in love with this gift bag
i too would love to see the plate cocoabean
Crisseyann, I love how the cake turned out, and your daughter did an amazing job with the transfer! I've got to learn to do those FBCTs.
Crazyladybaker, those cookies are awesome! I can definitely see the inspiration from the bag, but they still have their own little punch. Very cute!
I think this one is really cool. It was posted by Tracyj, and you may have already seen it because it's one of today's most "favorited" photos.
And another one from the "favorited" list:
It's Princess Tiana's dress by Twinkletwinkledliz: