A src-like kinase activates outwardly rectifying chloride channels in CFTR-defective lymphocytes

Autor: Ulrich Wieland, Luzia Heil, Florian Lang, Tilmann Laun, Albecht Lepple-Wienhues, Martin Stern
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: The FASEB Journal. 15:927-931
ISSN: 1530-6860
0892-6638
Popis: Defective activation of chloride channels is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis (CF). Recently we have described activation of a volume-sensitive, outwardly rectifying chloride conductance (I(OR)) through the src-like tyrosine kinase p56(lck). Here we show that p56(lck) activates I(OR) independently of CFTR. In lymphocytes from healthy donors, chloride channels could be opened by either intracellular cAMP, p56(lck) or osmotic swelling. In CF lymphocytes, p56(lck) and cell swelling but not cAMP could activate chloride channels. Regulation of I(OR) by p56(lck) thus represents an alternative pathway of stimulating membrane chloride conductance that is left intact in cystic fibrosis.
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