Cellular Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins II: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Maastricht, August 31 and September 1, 1992: Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, cartea 10

Preface.- High resolution X-ray studies of mammalian intestinal and muscle fatty acid-binding proteins provide an opportunity for defining the chemical nature of fatty acid: protein interactions.- Solution structure of bovine heart fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABPc).- Involvement of arginine in the binding of heme and fatty acids to fatty acid-binding protein from bovine liver.- Titration calorimetry as a binding assay for lipid-binding proteins.- Identification of high affinity membrane-bound fatty acid-binding proteins using a photoreactive fatty acid.- Diversity of fatty acid-binding protein structure and function: studies with fluorescent ligands.- Genome organization and expression of the rat ACBP gene family.- Regulation of transcription factor mRNA accumulation during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation by antagonists of adipogenesis.- Expression of rat L-FABP in mouse fibroblasts: role in fat absorption.- Research of an in vitro model to study the expression of fatty acid-binding proteins in the small intestine.- Mechanisms of regulation of liver fatty acid-binding protein.- Fatty acid-binding protein and its relation to fatty acid oxidation.- Modulation of fatty acid-binding protein content of adult rat heart in response to chronic changes in plasma lipid levels.- Expression and localization of intestinal 15 kDa protein in the rat.- Retinal FABP principally localizes to neurons and not to glial cells.- The function of acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP)/Diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI).- Purification and partial characterisation of an ?-tocopherol-binding protein from rabbit heart cytosol.- Role of fatty acid-binding protein in lipid metabolism of insect flight muscle.- Developmental changes of FABP concentration, expression, and intracellular distribution inlocust flight muscle.- Characterization of the nonspecific lipid transfer protein EP2 from carrot (Daucus carota L.).- Significance of cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding protein for the ischemic heart.- Release of fatty acid-binding protein and long chain fatty acids from isolated rat heart after ischemia and subsequent calcium paradox.- Fatty acid-binding proteinuria diagnoses myocardial infarction in the rat.- Cellular binding proteins for fatty acids and retinoids: similar or specialized functions.