Mouse cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator forms cAMP-PKA–regulated apical chloride channels in cortical collecting duct

Autor: Steven C. Hebert, Marie E. Egan, Ming Lu, Gerhard Giebisch, Emile L. Boulpaep, Ke Dong
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107:6082-6087
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902661107
Popis: The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is expressed in many segments of the mammalian nephron, where it may interact with and modulate the activity of a variety of apical membrane proteins, including the renal outer medullary potassium (ROMK) K + channel. However, the expression of CFTR in apical cell membranes or its function as a Cl − channel in native renal epithelia has not been demonstrated. Here, we establish that CFTR forms protein kinase A (PKA)-activated Cl − channels in the apical membrane of principal cells from the cortical collecting duct obtained from mice. These Cl − channels were observed in cell-attached apical patches of principal cells after stimulation by forskolin/3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. Quiescent Cl − channels were present in patches excised from untreated tubules because they could be activated after exposure to Mg-ATP and the catalytic subunit of PKA. The single-channel conductance, kinetics, and anion selectivity of these Cl − channels were the same as those of recombinant mouse CFTR channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The CFTR-specific closed-channel blocker CFTR inh -172 abolished apical Cl − channel activity in excised patches. Moreover, apical Cl − channel activity was completely absent in principal cells from transgenic mice expressing the ΔF508 CFTR mutation but was present and unaltered in ROMK-null mice. We discuss the physiologic implications of open CFTR Cl − channels on salt handling by the collecting duct and on the functional CFTR–ROMK interactions in modulating the metabolic ATP-sensing of ROMK.
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