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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Cystic fibrosis ; Cl- channel ; K+ channel ; Na+ channel ; Respiratory tract ; Colon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In most epithelia ion transport is tightly regulated. One major primary target of such regulation is the modulation of ion channels. The present brief review focuses on one specific example of ion channel regulation by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR functions as a cAMP-regulated Cl- channel. Its defect leads to the variable clinical pictures of cystic fibrosis (CF), which today is understood as a primary defect of epithelial Cl- channels in a variety of tissues such as the respiratory tract, intestine, pancreas, skin, epididymis, fallopian tube, and others. Most recent findings suggest that CFTR also acts as a channel regulator. Three examples are discussed by which CFTR regulates other Cl- channels, K+ channels, and epithelial Na+ channels. From this perspective it is evident that CFTR may play a major role in the integration of cellular function.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Key words Cystic fibrosis ; Cl ; channel ; K+ channel ; Na+ channel ; Respiratory tract ; Colon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Abstract: In most epithelia ion transport is tightly regulated. One major primary target of such regulation is the modulation of ion channels. The present brief review focuses on one specific example of ion channel regulation by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR functions as a cAMP-regulated Cl–channel. Its defect leads to the variable clinical pictures of cystic fibrosis (CF), which today is understood as a primary defect of epithelial Cl–channels in a variety of tissues such as the respiratory tract, intestine, pancreas, skin, epididymis, fallopian tube, and others. Most recent findings suggest that CFTR also acts as a channel regulator. Three examples are discussed by which CFTR regulates other Cl–channels, K+ channels, and epithelial Na+ channels. From this perspective it is evident that CFTR may play a major role in the integration of cellular function.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Human sweat duct ; Cl− conductance ; Cl− channel blockers ; Cystic fibrosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract To characterize the chloride conductance of human sweat duct the effect of various analogues of diphenylamine-2-carboxylate was investigated on the transepithelial potential difference (PDT) and resistance (R T ) of isolated microperfused sweat ducts. Although the most powerful analogues which block Cl− channels in various secretory and absorptive epithelia were ineffective, a number of analogues (in particular Cl substituted ones) were found which at high concentrations significantly and reversibly increased PDT andR T . The data suggest that the main chloride conductance pathway of sweat duct epithelium resides in the cell membranes rather than in the tight junctions. In addition the different blocking spectra of the chloride conductances of sweat duct and tracheal epithelium (Welsh MJ, Science 232:1648, 1986) suggest that the combined impairment of both conductances in cystic fibrosis does not result from a molecular defect in the Cl− channels.
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  • 4
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    Pflügers Archiv 411 (1988), S. 546-553 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Pancreas ; Isolated perfused ducts ; Luminal membrane ; Cl− conductance ; Cl−/HCO 3 − antiport ; cAMP
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate by what transport mechanism does HCO 3 − cross the luminal membrane of pancreatic duct cells, and how do the cells respond to stimulation with dibytyryl cyclic AMP (db-cAMP). For this purpose a newly developed preparation of isolated and perfused intra-and interlobular ducts of rat pancreas was used. Responses of the epithelium to inhibitors and agonists were monitored by electrophysiological techniques. Addition of HCO 3 − /CO2 to the bath side of nonstimulated ducts depolarized the PD across the basolateral membrane (PDbl) by about 9mV, as also observed in a previous study [21]. This HCO 3 − effect was abolished by Cl− channel blockers or SITS infused into the lumen of the duct: i. e. 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid (NPPB, 10−5 M) hyperpolarized PDbl by 8.2±1.6 mV (n=13); 3′,5-dichlorodiphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (DCl-DPC, 10−5 M) hyperpolarized PDbl by 10.3±1.7 mV (n=10); and SITS hyperpolarized PDbl by 7.8±0.9 mV (n=4). Stimulation of the ducts with dbcAMP in the presence of bath HCO 3 − /CO2 resulted in depolarization of PDbl, the ductal lumen became more negative and the fractional resistance of the luminal membrane decreased. Together with forskolin (10−6 M), db-cAMP (10−4 M) caused a fast depolarization of PDbl by 33.8±2.5 mV (n=6). When db-cAMP (5×10−4 M) was given alone in the presence of bath HCO 3 − /CO2, PDbl depolarized by 25.3±4.2 mV (n=10). In the absence of exogenous HCO 3 − , db-cAMP also depolarized PDbl by 24.7±3.0 mV (n=10). The present data suggest that in the luminal membrane of pancreatic duct cells there is a Cl− conductance in parallel with a Cl−/HCO 3 − antiport. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP increases the Cl− conductance of the luminal membrane. Taking together our present results, and the recent data obtained for the basolateral membrane [21], a tentative model for pancreatic HCO 3 − transport is proposed.
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  • 5
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    Pflügers Archiv 431 (1996), S. 419-426 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Colon ; Triamterene ; Amiloride ; Na+ channel ; Cl− channel ; K+ channel ; Carbachol
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Whole-cell patch-clamp studies were performed in isolated colonic crypts of rats pretreated with dexamethasone (6 mg/kg subcutaneously on 3 days consecutively prior to the experiment). The cells were divided into three categories according to their position along the crypt axis: surface cells (s.c.); mid-crypt cells (m.c.) and crypt base cells (b.c.). The zero-current membrane voltage (V m) was −56 ± 2 mV in s.c (n = 34); −76 ± 2 mV in M.C. (n = 47); and −87 ± 1 mV in b.c. (n = 87). The whole-cell conductance (G m) was similar (8–12 nS) in all three types of cells. A fractional K+ conductance accounting for 29–67% ofG m was present in all cell types. A Na+conductance was demonstrable in s.c. by the hyperpolarizing effect onV m of a low-Na+ (5 mmol/1) solution. In m.c. and b.c. the hyperpolarizing effect was much smaller, albeit significant. Amiloride had a concentration-dependent hyperpolarizing effect onV m in m.c. and even more so in s.c.. It reducedG m by approximately 12%. The dissociation constant (K D) was around 0.2 μmol/l. Triamterene had a comparable but not additive effect (K D = 30 μmol/l,n = 14). Forskolin (10 μmol/l, in order to enhance cytosolic adenosine 3′, 5′-cyclic monophosphate or CAMP) depolarizedV m in all three types of cells. The strongest effect was seen in b. c..G m was enhanced significantly in b.c. by 83% (forskolin) to 121% [8-(4-chlorophenylthio)cAMP]. The depolarization ofV m and increase inG m was caused to large extent by an increase in Cl− conductance as shown by the effect of a reduction in bath Cl− concentration from 145 to 32 mmol/1. This manocuvre hyperpolarizedV m under control conditions significantly by 6–9 mV in all three types of cells, whilst it depolarizedV m in the presence of forskolin in m.c. and in b.c.. These data indicate that s.c. of dexamethasone-treated rats possess mostly a K+ conductance and an amiloride- and Tramterene-inhibitable Na+ conductance. m.c. and b.c. possess little or no Na+ conductance; theirV m is largely determined by a K+ conductance. Forskolin (via cAMP) augments the Cl− conductance of m.c. and b.c. but has only a slight effect on s.c.
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  • 6
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    Pflügers Archiv 434 (1997), S. 188-194 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Exocrine pancreas ; Cl ; channel ; Cl ; secretion ; Exocrine secretion ; Patch clamp
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Pancreatic acini secrete Na+, Cl–and H2O in response to secretagogues such as acetylcholine. Cl–channels in the luminal membrane are a prerequisite for this secretion. The properties of the corresponding conductance have previously been examined using whole-cell recordings. The present study attempts to examine the properties of the single channels in cell-attached and cell-free excised patches from the luminal membrane. To this end the pipettes were filled with an N-methyl-D-glucamine (NMDG+) chloride/gluconate solution. The voltage-clamp range was chosen to be pipette positive (cell negative, –60 to –130 mV) in order to increase the driving force for outward Cl–currents. Under resting conditions cell attached luminal patches had very few single-channel currents (12 out of 45 experiments). Their incidence was sharply increased by carbachol (CCH, 1 μmol/l) in 41 out of 45 experiments. The single-channel conductance of these channels was 1.97 ± 0.05 pS. The properties of these channels in excised patches were examined further: their single-channel conductance was 2.2 ± 0.07 pS (n = 59) and their conductance selectivity was I– 〉 Br– 〉 Cl– 〉〉 gluconate. None of the typical Cl–channel blockers (DIDS, NPPB, glibenclamide 100 μmol/l) blocked these channels. It is concluded that the luminal membrane of the rat pancreatic acinus possesses Cl–channels with very low conductance which are activated by carbachol.
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  • 7
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    Pflügers Archiv 421 (1992), S. 224-229 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Cl− conductance ; HT29 ; P2 receptor ; Colon ; Cl− secretion ; cAMP
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The colonic carcinoma cell line HT29 was used to examine the influence of agonists increasing cytosolic cAMP and Ca2+ activity on the conductances and the cell membrane voltage (V m). HT29 cells were grown on glass cover-slips. Cells were impaled by microelectrodes 4–10 days after seeding, when they had formed large plaques. In 181 impalements V m was −51±1 mV. An increase in bath K+ concentration from 3.6 mmol/l to 18.6 mmol/l or 0.5 mmol/l Ba2+ depolarized the cells by 10±1 mV (n=49) or by 9±2 mV (n=3), respectively. A decrease of bath Cl− concentration from 145 to 30 mmol/l depolarized the cells by 11±1 mV (n=24). Agents increasing intracellular cAMP such as isobutylmethylxanthine (0.1 mmol/l), forskolin (10 μmol/l) or isoprenaline (10 μmol/l) depolarized the cells by 6±1 (n=13), 15±3 (n=5) and 6±2 (n=3) mV, respectively. In hypoosmolar solutions (225 mosmol/l) cells depolarized by 9±1 mV (n=6). Purine and pyrimidine nucleotides depolarized the cells dose-dependently with the following potency sequence: UTP 〉 ATP 〉 ITP 〉 GTP 〉 TIP 〉 CTP = 0. The depolarization by ATP was stronger than that by ADP and adenosine. The muscarinic agonist carbachol led to a sustained depolarization by 27±6 mV (n=5) at 0.1 mmol/l, and to a transient depolarization by 12±4 mV (n=5) at 10 μmol/l. Neurotensin depolarized with a half-maximal effect at around 5 nmol/l. The depolarization induced by nucleotides and neurotensin was transient and followed by a hyperpolarization. We confirm that HT29 cells possess Cl−- and K+-conductive pathways. The Cl− conductance is regulated by intracellular cAMP level, cytosolic Ca2+ activity, and cell swelling. The K+ conductance in HT29 cells is regulated by intracellular Ca2+ activity.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Vascular smooth muscle cell ; K+ conductance ; Big Ca2+-dependent K+ channel ; Patch clamp ; Verapamil ; Protein kinase C
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Vascular smooth muscle cells were obtained from rabbit aorta and were studied in primary culture on days 1–7 after seeding with electrophysiological techniques. In impalement experiments a mean membrane potential difference (PD) of −50±0.3 mV (n=387) was obtained with Ringer-type solution in the bath. PD was depolarized by 6±0.3 mV (n=45) and 16±2 mV (n= 5) when the bath K+ concentration was increased from the control value of 3.6 mmol/l to 13.6 and 23.6 mmol/l, respectively. Ba2+ (0.1–1 mmol/l) depolarized PD. Tetraethylammonium (TEA, 10 mmol/l) depolarized PD only slightly but significantly. Verapamil (0.1 mmol/l) and charybdotoxin (10 nmol/l) had no effect on PD. The conductance properties of these cells were further examined with the patch-clamp technique. K+ channels were spontaneously present in cell-attached patches. When the pipette was filled with 145 mmol/l KCl, a mean conductance (g K) of 209.6±4.6 mV (n=17) was read from the current/voltage curves at a clamp voltage (V c) of 0 mV. After excision K+ channels were found in 129 patches with inside-out and in 50 with outside-out configuration. With KCl on one and NaCl on the other side the mean g K at a V c of 0 mV was 134.6±3.9 pS (n=179). The mean permeability was 0.89±0.03×10−12 cm3/s. With symmetrical KCl solution the mean g K was 227±6 pS (n=17). The conductance sequence was g K≫ g Rb= g Cs=g Na=0. TEA blocked dose-dependently only from the outside.(1–10 mmol/l). Lidocaine (5 mmol/l) quinidine (0.01–1 mmol/l) and quinine (0.01–1 mmol/l) blocked from both sides. Charybdotoxin (0.5–5 nmol/l) blocked only from the extracellular side. Ba2+ blocked from the cytosolic side and the inhibition was increased by depolarization and reduced by hyperpolarization. At a V c of 0 mV a half-maximal inhibition (IC50) of 2 μmol/l was obtained. Verapamil and diltiazem blocked from both sides, verapamil with an IC50 of 2 μmol/l and diltiazem with an IC50 of 10 μmol/l. The open probability of this channel was increased by Ca2+ on the cytosolic side at activities 〉 0.1 μmol/l. Half-maximal activation occurred at Ca2+ activities exceeding 1 μmol/l. The present data indicate that the vascular smooth muscle cells of rabbit aorta in primary culture possess a K+ conductance. In excised patches only a maxi K+ channel was detected. This channel has properties different from the macroscopic K+ conductance. Hence, it is likely that the K+ conductance of the intact cell is dominated by yet another and thus far not detected K+ channel.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Patch clamp ; Verapamil ; Charyb-dotoxin ; Apamin ; K+ channel blocker ; Permselectivity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The luminal membrane of principal cells of rat cortical collecting duct (CCD) is dominated by a K+ conductance. Two different K+ channels are described for this membrane. K+ secretion probably occurs via a small-conductance Ca2+-independent channel. The function of the second, large-conductance Ca2+-dependent channel is unclear. This study examines properties of this channel to allow a comparison of this K+ channel with the macroscopic K+ conductance of the CCD and with similar K+ channels from other preparations. The channel is poorly active on the cell. It has a conductance of 263±11 pS (n=36, symmetrical K+ concentrations) and of 139±3 pS (n=91) with 145 mmol/l K+ on one side and 3.6 mmol/l K+ on the other side of the membrane. Its open probability is high after excision (0.71±0.03, n=85). The channel flickers rapidly between open and closed states. Its permeability in the cell-free configuration was 7.0±0.2×10−13 cm3/s (n=85). It is inhibited by several typical blockers of K+ channels such as Ba2+, tetraethylammonium, quinine, and quinidine and high concentrations of Mg2+. The Ca2+ antagonists verapamil and diltiazem also inhibit this K+ channel. As is typical for the maxi K+ channel, it is inhibited by charybdotoxin but not by apamin. The selectivity of this large-conductance K+ channel demonstrates significant differences between the permeability sequence (P K 〉 P Rb 〉 P NH4 〉 P Cs=P Li=P Na=P choline=0) and the conductance sequence (g K 〉 g NH4 〉 g Rb 〉 g Li=g choline 〉 g Cs=g Na=0). The only other cations that are significantly conducted by this channel besides K+ (g K at V c =∞ is 279±8 pS, n=88) are NH 4 + (g NH4=127±22 pS, n=10) and Rb+ (g Rb=36±5 pS, n=6). The K+ currents through this channel are reduced by high concentrations of choline+, Cs+, Rb+, and NH 4 + . These properties and the dependence of this channel on Ca2+ and voltage classify it as a “maxi” K+ channel. A possible physiological function of this channel is discussed in the accompanying paper.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: TAL ; K+ channel ; NH4 + ; NH3 ; pH ; BCECF ; Kidney ; Na+2Cl−K+-cotransport
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The conductance properties of the luminal membrane of cells from the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of rat kidney (TAL) are dominated by K+. In excised membrane patches the luminal K+ channel is regulated by pH changes on the cytosolic side. To examine this pH regulation in intact cells of freshly isolated TAL segments we measured the membrane voltage (V m) in slow-whole-cell (SWC) recordings and the open probability (P o) of K+ channels in the cell-attached nystatin (CAN) configuration, where channel activity and part of V m can be recorded. The pipette solution contained K+ 125 mmol/l and Cl− 32 mmol/l. Intracellular pH was determined by 2′,7′ bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5,(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) fluorescence. pH changes were induced by the addition of 10 mmol/l NH4 +/NH3 to the bath. In the presence of NH4 +/NH3 intracellular pH acidified by 0.53±0.11 units (n=7). Inhibition of the Na+2Cl− K+ cotransporter by furosemide (0.1 mmol/l) reversed this effect and led to a transient alkalinisation by 0.62±0.14 units (n=7). In SWC experiments V m of TAL cells was -72±1 mV (n=70). NH4 +/NH3 depolarised V m by 22±2 mV (n=25). In 11 SWC experiments furosemide (0.1 mmol/l) attenuated the depolarising effect of NH4 + from 24±3 mV to 7±3 mV. Under control conditions the single-channel conductance of TAL K+ channels in CAN experiments was 66±5 pS and the reversal voltage for K+ currents was 70±2 mV (n=35). The P o of K+ channels in CAN patches was reduced by NH4 +/NH3 from 0.45±0.15 to 0.09±0.07 (n=7). NH4 +/NH3 exposure depolarised the zero current voltage of the permeabilised patches by-9.7±3.6 mV (n=5). The results show that TAL K+ channels are regulated by cytosolic pH in the intact cell. The cytosolic pH is acidified by NH4 +/NH3 exposure at concentrations which are physiologically relevant because Na+2Cl−K+(NH4 +) cotransporter-mediated import of NH4 + exceeds the rate of NH3 diffusion into the TAL. K+ channels are inhibited by this acidification and the cells depolarise. In the presence of furosemide TAL cells alkalinise proving that NH4 + uptake occurs by the Na+2Cl−K+ cotransporter. The findings that, in the presence of NH4 +/NH3 and furosemide, V m is not completely repolarised and that K+ channels are not activated suggest that the respective K+ channels may in addition to their pH regulation be inhibited directly by NH4 +/NH3.
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