| Autor: |
Lader AS; Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA., Prat AG, Jackson GR Jr, Chervinsky KL, Lapey A, Kinane TB, Cantiello HF |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Clinical physiology (Oxford, England) [Clin Physiol] 2000 Sep; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 348-53. |
| DOI: |
10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00272.x |
| Abstrakt: |
Recent studies have shown that the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter whose mutations are responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF), permeates ATP. However, little information is available concerning extracellular ATP concentrations in CF patients. Thus, the goal of this preliminary study was to determine the circulating levels of plasma ATP in CF patients. Circulating levels of plasma ATP were determined by the luciferin-luciferase assay in both CF patients and healthy volunteer control subjects. The two groups were compared using an analysis of variance. CF genotype and age, which ranged from 7 to 56 years, were also used to compare data by single-blind analysis. With comparable sample numbers, CF patients had statistically higher levels of circulating ATP (34%, P<0.01) when compared by analysis of covariance with the age of the subjects as the cofactor. The CF patients bearing the DeltaF508 genotype had a 54% (n=33, P<0.01) higher plasma ATP concentration compared to controls, while patients bearing other CF genotypes were similar to controls (n=10, P<0.4). We conclude that CF patients have higher circulating levels of ATP when compared to controls. Increased levels of plasma ATP, which is an important autocrine/paracrine hormone in many cell types, may be associated with chronic manifestations of the disease. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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