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Han X, Li D, Zhu Y, Schneider-Futschik EK. Recommended Tool Compounds for Modifying the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Channel Variants. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2024; 7:933-950. [PMID: 38633590 PMCID: PMC11019735 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.3c00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder arising from variations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, leading to multiple organ system defects. CFTR tool compounds are molecules that can modify the activity of the CFTR channel. Especially, patients that are currently not able to benefit from approved CFTR modulators, such as patients with rare CFTR variants, benefit from further research in discovering novel tools to modulate CFTR. This Review explores the development and classification of CFTR tool compounds, including CFTR blockers (CFTRinh-172, GlyH-101), potentiators (VRT-532, Genistein), correctors (VRT-325, Corr-4a), and other approved and unapproved modulators, with detailed descriptions and discussions for each compound. The challenges and future directions in targeting rare variants and optimizing drug delivery, and the potential synergistic effects in combination therapies are outlined. CFTR modulation holds promise not only for CF treatment but also for generating CF models that contribute to CF research and potentially treating other diseases such as secretory diarrhea. Therefore, continued research on CFTR tool compounds is critical.
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- XiaoXuan Han
- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology,
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and
Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology,
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and
Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology,
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and
Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology,
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and
Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Young PG, Levring J, Fiedorczuk K, Blanchard SC, Chen J. Structural basis for CFTR inhibition by CFTR inh-172. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2316675121. [PMID: 38422021 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316675121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an anion channel that regulates electrolyte and fluid balance in epithelial tissues. While activation of CFTR is vital to treating cystic fibrosis, selective inhibition of CFTR is a potential therapeutic strategy for secretory diarrhea and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Although several CFTR inhibitors have been developed by high-throughput screening, their modes of action remain elusive. In this study, we determined the structure of CFTR in complex with the inhibitor CFTRinh-172 to an overall resolution of 2.7 Å by cryogenic electron microscopy. We observe that CFTRinh-172 binds inside the pore near transmembrane helix 8, a critical structural element that links adenosine triphosphate hydrolysis with channel gating. Binding of CFTRinh-172 stabilizes a conformation in which the chloride selectivity filter is collapsed, and the pore is blocked from the extracellular side of the membrane. Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments indicate that CFTRinh-172 inhibits channel gating without compromising nucleotide-binding domain dimerization. Together, these data reconcile previous biophysical observations and provide a molecular basis for the activity of this widely used CFTR inhibitor.
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- Paul G Young
- Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
- Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38101
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
- HHMI, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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Xu W, Qadir MMF, Nasteska D, Mota de Sa P, Gorvin CM, Blandino-Rosano M, Evans CR, Ho T, Potapenko E, Veluthakal R, Ashford FB, Bitsi S, Fan J, Bhondeley M, Song K, Sure VN, Sakamuri SSVP, Schiffer L, Beatty W, Wyatt R, Frigo DE, Liu X, Katakam PV, Arlt W, Buck J, Levin LR, Hu T, Kolls J, Burant CF, Tomas A, Merrins MJ, Thurmond DC, Bernal-Mizrachi E, Hodson DJ, Mauvais-Jarvis F. Architecture of androgen receptor pathways amplifying glucagon-like peptide-1 insulinotropic action in male pancreatic β cells. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112529. [PMID: 37200193 PMCID: PMC10312392 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Male mice lacking the androgen receptor (AR) in pancreatic β cells exhibit blunted glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS), leading to hyperglycemia. Testosterone activates an extranuclear AR in β cells to amplify glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) insulinotropic action. Here, we examined the architecture of AR targets that regulate GLP-1 insulinotropic action in male β cells. Testosterone cooperates with GLP-1 to enhance cAMP production at the plasma membrane and endosomes via: (1) increased mitochondrial production of CO2, activating the HCO3--sensitive soluble adenylate cyclase; and (2) increased Gαs recruitment to GLP-1 receptor and AR complexes, activating transmembrane adenylate cyclase. Additionally, testosterone enhances GSIS in human islets via a focal adhesion kinase/SRC/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 actin remodeling cascade. We describe the testosterone-stimulated AR interactome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome that contribute to these effects. This study identifies AR genomic and non-genomic actions that enhance GLP-1-stimulated insulin exocytosis in male β cells.
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- Weiwei Xu
- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA; Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA; Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA; Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Molecular Imaging Facility, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Departments of Cancer Systems Imaging and Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77054, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA; Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Kadagathur M, Patra S, Devabattula G, George J, Phanindranath R, Shaikh AS, Sigalapalli DK, Godugu C, Nagesh N, Tangellamudi ND, Shankaraiah N. Design, synthesis of DNA-interactive 4-thiazolidinone-based indolo-/pyrroloazepinone conjugates as potential cytotoxic and topoisomerase I inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 238:114465. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Poerio N, Riva C, Olimpieri T, Rossi M, Lorè NI, De Santis F, Henrici De Angelis L, Ciciriello F, D’Andrea MM, Lucidi V, Cirillo DM, Fraziano M. Combined Host- and Pathogen-Directed Therapy for the Control of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0254621. [PMID: 35080463 PMCID: PMC8791191 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02546-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium abscessus is the etiological agent of severe pulmonary infections in vulnerable patients, such as those with cystic fibrosis (CF), where it represents a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality. Treatment of pulmonary infections caused by M. abscessus remains extremely difficult, as this species is resistant to most classes of antibiotics, including macrolides, aminoglycosides, rifamycins, tetracyclines, and β-lactams. Here, we show that apoptotic body like liposomes loaded with phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (ABL/PI5P) enhance the antimycobacterial response, both in macrophages from healthy donors exposed to pharmacological inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and in macrophages from CF patients, by enhancing phagosome acidification and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The treatment with liposomes of wild-type as well as CF mice, intratracheally infected with M. abscessus, resulted in about a 2-log reduction of pulmonary mycobacterial burden and a significant reduction of macrophages and neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Finally, the combination treatment with ABL/PI5P and amikacin, to specifically target intracellular and extracellular bacilli, resulted in a further significant reduction of both pulmonary mycobacterial burden and inflammatory response in comparison with the single treatments. These results offer the conceptual basis for a novel therapeutic regimen based on antibiotic and bioactive liposomes, used as a combined host- and pathogen-directed therapeutic strategy, aimed at the control of M. abscessus infection, and of related immunopathogenic responses, for which therapeutic options are still limited. IMPORTANCE Mycobacterium abscessus is an opportunistic pathogen intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics, frequently linked to chronic pulmonary infections, and representing a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients, such as those affected by cystic fibrosis. M. abscessus-caused pulmonary infection treatment is extremely difficult due to its high toxicity and long-lasting regimen with life-impairing side effects and the scarce availability of new antibiotics approved for human use. In this context, there is an urgent need for the development of an alternative therapeutic strategy that aims at improving the current management of patients affected by chronic M. abscessus infections. Our data support the therapeutic value of a combined host- and pathogen-directed therapy as a promising approach, as an alternative to single treatments, to simultaneously target intracellular and extracellular pathogens and improve the clinical management of patients infected with multidrug-resistant pathogens such as M. abscessus.
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- Noemi Poerio
- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Emerging Bacteria Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Emerging Bacteria Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Emerging Bacteria Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Complex Operating Unit, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Complex Operating Unit, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Emerging Bacteria Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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de Jonge HR, Ardelean MC, Bijvelds MJC, Vergani P. Strategies for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator inhibition: from molecular mechanisms to treatment for secretory diarrhoeas. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:4085-4108. [PMID: 33113586 PMCID: PMC7756540 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an unusual ABC transporter. It acts as an anion‐selective channel that drives osmotic fluid transport across many epithelia. In the gut, CFTR is crucial for maintaining fluid and acid‐base homeostasis, and its activity is tightly controlled by multiple neuro‐endocrine factors. However, microbial toxins can disrupt this intricate control mechanism and trigger protracted activation of CFTR. This results in the massive faecal water loss, metabolic acidosis and dehydration that characterize secretory diarrhoeas, a major cause of malnutrition and death of children under 5 years of age. Compounds that inhibit CFTR could improve emergency treatment of diarrhoeal disease. Drawing on recent structural and functional insight, we discuss how existing CFTR inhibitors function at the molecular and cellular level. We compare their mechanisms of action to those of inhibitors of related ABC transporters, revealing some unexpected features of drug action on CFTR. Although challenges remain, especially relating to the practical effectiveness of currently available CFTR inhibitors, we discuss how recent technological advances might help develop therapies to better address this important global health need.
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- Hugo R. de Jonge
- Department of Gastroenterology & HepatologyErasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity College LondonUK
- Department of Natural SciencesUniversity College LondonUK
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- Department of Gastroenterology & HepatologyErasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity College LondonUK
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CFTR deficiency causes cardiac dysplasia during zebrafish embryogenesis and is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. Mech Dev 2020; 163:103627. [PMID: 32574800 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2020.103627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Mutations in the CFTR gene cause cystic fibrosis (CF) with myocardial dysfunction. However, it remains unknown whether CF-related heart disease is a secondary effect of pulmonary disease, or an intrinsic primary defect in the heart. Here, we used zebrafish, which lack lung tissue, to investigate the role of CFTR in cardiogenesis. Our findings demonstrated that the loss of CFTR impairs cardiac development from the cardiac progenitor stage, resulting in cardiac looping defects, a dilated atrium, pericardial edema, and a decrease in heart rate. Furthermore, we found that cardiac development was perturbed in wild-type embryos treated with a gating-specific CFTR channel inhibitor, CFTRinh-172, at the blastula stage of development, but not at later stages. Gene expression analysis of blastulas indicated that transcript levels, including mRNAs associated with cardiovascular diseases, were significantly altered in embryos derived from cftr mutants relative to controls. To evaluate the role of CFTR in human heart failure, we performed a genetic association study on individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy and found that the I556V mutation in CFTR, which causes a channel defect, was associated with the disease. Similar to other well-studied channel-defective CFTR mutants, CFTR I556V mRNA failed to restore cardiac dysplasia in mutant embryos. The present study revealed an important role for the CFTR ion channel in regulating cardiac development during early embryogenesis, supporting the hypothesis that CF-related heart disease results from an intrinsic primary defect in the heart.
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Nicola T, Kabir FL, Coric T, Wall SB, Zhang W, James M, MacEwen M, Ren C, Halloran B, Ambalavanan N, Harris WT. CFTR dysfunction increases endoglin and TGF-β signaling in airway epithelia. Physiol Rep 2020; 7:e13977. [PMID: 30806029 PMCID: PMC6389738 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Endoglin (ENG) regulates signaling by transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β), a genetic modifier of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease severity. We hypothesized that ENG mediates TGF‐β pathobiology in CF airway epithelia. Comparing CF and non‐CF human lungs, we measured ENG by qPCR, immunoblotting and ELISA. In human bronchial epithelial cell lines (16HBE), we used CFTR siRNA knockdown and functional inhibition (CFTRINH‐172) to connect loss of CFTR to ENG synthesis. Plasmid overexpression of ENG assessed the direct effect of ENG on TGF‐β transcription and signal amplification in 16HBE cells. We found ENG protein to be increased more than fivefold both in human CF bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) and human CF lung homogenates. ENG transcripts were increased threefold in CF, with a twofold increase in TGF‐β signaling. CFTR knockdown in 16HBE cells tripled ENG transcription and doubled protein levels with corresponding increases in TGF‐β signaling. Plasmid overexpression of ENG alone nearly doubled TGF‐β1 mRNA and increased TGF‐β signaling in 16HBE cells. These experiments identify that loss of CFTR function increases ENG expression in CF epithelia and amplifies TGF‐β signaling. Targeting ENG may offer a novel therapeutic opportunity to address TGF‐β associated pathobiology in CF.
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- Teodora Nicola
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Numata T, Sato-Numata K, Okada Y. Herbal components of Japanese Kampo medicines exert laxative actions in colonic epithelium cells via activation of BK and CFTR channels. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15554. [PMID: 31664151 PMCID: PMC6820752 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52171-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Japanese Kampo medicines Junchoto and Mashiningan are mixtures of numerous herbal plant extracts and empirically known to exert laxative actions by stimulating fluid secretion in the colonic epithelium. However, it is unknown which and how the herbal components of these crude Kampo drugs are effective to stimulate ion effluxes causing fluid secretion. Here, we selected four herbal components of Junchoto and Mashiningan, Mashinin (MSN), Kyonin (KYN), Tonin (TON), and Daio (DIO), which are putatively laxatives, and examined their effects on the ion channel activity of human colonic epithelial Caco-2 cells. Patch clamp analyses revealed that MSN activated whole-cell current characteristics of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channel, whereas KYN, TON, and DIO activated the large-conductance and voltage-activated K+ (BK) channel. Furthermore, electronic cell sizing showed that MSN induced secretory volume decrease (SVD) sensitivity to a CFTR blocker, whereas TON, KYN, and DIO induced SVD sensitivity to a K+ channel blocker. In conclusion, MSN and TON, KYN, and DIO promote fluid secretion from colonic epithelial cells by activating CFTR and BK channels. Thus, Japanese Kampo medicines, Junchoto and Mashiningan, exert anti-constipation actions by inducing KCl efflux through the combined actions of CFTR- and BK-stimulating herbal components.
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- Tomohiro Numata
- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.,Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.,National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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Kim Chiaw P, Hantouche C, Wong MJH, Matthes E, Robert R, Hanrahan JW, Shrier A, Young JC. Hsp70 and DNAJA2 limit CFTR levels through degradation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220984. [PMID: 31408507 PMCID: PMC6692068 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cystic Fibrosis is caused by mutations in the CFTR anion channel, many of which cause its misfolding and degradation. CFTR folding depends on the Hsc70 and Hsp70 chaperones and their co-chaperone DNAJA1, but Hsc70/Hsp70 is also involved in CFTR degradation. Here, we address how these opposing functions are balanced. DNAJA2 and DNAJA1 were both important for CFTR folding, however overexpressing DNAJA2 but not DNAJA1 enhanced CFTR degradation at the endoplasmic reticulum by Hsc70/Hsp70 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP. Excess Hsp70 also promoted CFTR degradation, but this occurred through the lysosomal pathway and required CHIP but not complex formation with HOP and Hsp90. Notably, the Hsp70 inhibitor MKT077 enhanced levels of mature CFTR and the most common disease variant ΔF508-CFTR, by slowing turnover and allowing delayed maturation, respectively. MKT077 also boosted the channel activity of ΔF508-CFTR when combined with the corrector compound VX809. Thus, the Hsp70 system is the major determinant of CFTR degradation, and its modulation can partially relieve the misfolding phenotype.
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- Patrick Kim Chiaw
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Nirwan S, Chahal V, Kakkar R. Thiazolidinones: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Their Biological Applications. J Heterocycl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Sonam Nirwan
- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi Delhi 110007 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi Delhi 110007 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi Delhi 110007 India
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Csanády L, Vergani P, Gadsby DC. STRUCTURE, GATING, AND REGULATION OF THE CFTR ANION CHANNEL. Physiol Rev 2019; 99:707-738. [PMID: 30516439 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) belongs to the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily but functions as an anion channel crucial for salt and water transport across epithelial cells. CFTR dysfunction, because of mutations, causes cystic fibrosis (CF). The anion-selective pore of the CFTR protein is formed by its two transmembrane domains (TMDs) and regulated by its cytosolic domains: two nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) and a regulatory (R) domain. Channel activation requires phosphorylation of the R domain by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), and pore opening and closing (gating) of phosphorylated channels is driven by ATP binding and hydrolysis at the NBDs. This review summarizes available information on structure and mechanism of the CFTR protein, with a particular focus on atomic-level insight gained from recent cryo-electron microscopic structures and on the molecular mechanisms of channel gating and its regulation. The pharmacological mechanisms of small molecules targeting CFTR's ion channel function, aimed at treating patients suffering from CF and other diseases, are briefly discussed.
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- László Csanády
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary ; MTA-SE Ion Channel Research Group, Budapest , Hungary ; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London , London , United Kingdom ; and Laboratory of Cardiac/Membrane Physiology, The Rockefeller University , New York, New York
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary ; MTA-SE Ion Channel Research Group, Budapest , Hungary ; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London , London , United Kingdom ; and Laboratory of Cardiac/Membrane Physiology, The Rockefeller University , New York, New York
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary ; MTA-SE Ion Channel Research Group, Budapest , Hungary ; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London , London , United Kingdom ; and Laboratory of Cardiac/Membrane Physiology, The Rockefeller University , New York, New York
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Liao H, Chen Y, Li Y, Xue S, Liu M, Lin Z, Liu Y, Chan HC, Zhang X, Sun H. CFTR is required for the migration of primordial germ cells during zebrafish early embryogenesis. Reproduction 2018; 156:261-268. [PMID: 29930176 PMCID: PMC6106808 DOI: 10.1530/rep-17-0681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene affect fertility in both sexes. However, the involvement of CFTR in regulating germ cell development remains largely unknown. Here, we used zebrafish model to investigate the role of CFTR in primordial germ cells (PGCs) development. We generated a cftr frameshift mutant zebrafish line using CRISPR/Cas9 technique and investigated the migration of PGCs during early embryo development. Our results showed that loss of Cftr impairs the migration of PGCs from dome stages onward. The migration of PGCs was also perturbed by treatment of CFTRinh-172, a gating-specific CFTR channel inhibitor. Moreover, defected PGCs migration in cftr mutant embryos can be partially rescued by injection of WT but not other channel-defective mutant cftr mRNAs. Finally, we observed the elevation of cxcr4b, cxcl12a, rgs14a and ca15b, key factors involved in zebrafish PGCs migration, in cftr-mutant zebrafish embryos. Taken together, the present study revealed an important role of CFTR acting as an ion channel in regulating PGCs migration during early embryogenesis. Defect of which may impair germ cell development through elevation of key factors involved in cell motility and response to chemotactic gradient in PGCs.
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- Huijuan Liao
- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Life ScienceShandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Epithelial Cell Biology Research CenterSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis CenterDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecologic, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
- Epithelial Cell Biology Research CenterSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- SCU-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Reproductive MedicineKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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Cossu C, Fiore M, Baroni D, Capurro V, Caci E, Garcia-Valverde M, Quesada R, Moran O. Anion-Transport Mechanism of a Triazole-Bearing Derivative of Prodigiosine: A Candidate for Cystic Fibrosis Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:852. [PMID: 30131695 PMCID: PMC6090297 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic lethal disease, originated from the defective function of the CFTR protein, a chloride and bicarbonate permeable transmembrane channel. CF mutations affect CFTR protein through a variety of molecular mechanisms which result in different functional defects. Current therapeutic approaches are targeted to specific groups of patients that share a common functional defect. We seek to develop an innovative therapeutic approach for the treatment of CF using anionophores, small molecules that facilitate the transmembrane transport of anions. We have characterized the anion transport mechanism of a synthetic molecule based on the structure of prodigiosine, a red pigment produced by bacteria. Anionophore-driven chloride efflux from large unilamellar vesicles is consistent with activity of an uniporter carrier that facilitates the transport of anions through lipid membranes down the electrochemical gradient. There are no evidences of transport coupling with protons. The selectivity sequence of the prodigiosin inspired EH160 ionophore is formate > acetate > nitrate > chloride > bicarbonate. Sulfate, phosphate, aspartate, isothionate, and gluconate are not significantly transported by these anionophores. Protonation at acidic pH is important for the transport capacity of the anionophore. This prodigiosin derived ionophore induces anion transport in living cells. Its low toxicity and capacity to transport chloride and bicarbonate, when applied at low concentration, constitute a promising starting point for the development of drug candidates for CF therapy.
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- Claudia Cossu
- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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Hwang TC, Yeh JT, Zhang J, Yu YC, Yeh HI, Destefano S. Structural mechanisms of CFTR function and dysfunction. J Gen Physiol 2018; 150:539-570. [PMID: 29581173 PMCID: PMC5881446 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201711946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Hwang et al. integrate new structural insights with prior functional studies to reveal the functional anatomy of CFTR chloride channels. Cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel plays a critical role in regulating transepithelial movement of water and electrolyte in exocrine tissues. Malfunction of the channel because of mutations of the cftr gene results in CF, the most prevalent lethal genetic disease among Caucasians. Recently, the publication of atomic structures of CFTR in two distinct conformations provides, for the first time, a clear overview of the protein. However, given the highly dynamic nature of the interactions among CFTR’s various domains, better understanding of the functional significance of these structures requires an integration of these new structural insights with previously established biochemical/biophysical studies, which is the goal of this review.
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- Tzyh-Chang Hwang
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO .,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.,Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.,Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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Kaminskyy D, Kryshchyshyn A, Lesyk R. 5-Ene-4-thiazolidinones - An efficient tool in medicinal chemistry. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 140:542-594. [PMID: 28987611 PMCID: PMC7111298 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
The presented review is an attempt to summarize a huge volume of data on 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones being a widely studied class of small molecules used in modern organic and medicinal chemistry. The manuscript covers approaches to the synthesis of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinone derivatives: modification of the C5 position of the basic core; synthesis of the target compounds in the one-pot or multistage reactions or transformation of other related heterocycles. The most prominent pharmacological profiles of 5-ene derivatives of different 4-thiazolidinone subtypes belonging to hit-, lead-compounds, drug-candidates and drugs as well as the most studied targets have been discussed. Currently target compounds (especially 5-en-rhodanines) are assigned as frequent hitters or pan-assay interference compounds (PAINS) within high-throughput screening campaigns. Nevertheless, the crucial impact of the presence/nature of C5 substituent (namely 5-ene) on the pharmacological effects of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones was confirmed by the numerous listed findings from the original articles. The main directions for active 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones optimization have been shown: i) complication of the fragment in the C5 position; ii) introduction of the substituents in the N3 position (especially fragments with carboxylic group or its derivatives); iii) annealing in complex heterocyclic systems; iv) combination with other pharmacologically attractive fragments within hybrid pharmacophore approach. Moreover, the utilization of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones in the synthesis of complex compounds with potent pharmacological application is described. The chemical transformations cover mainly the reactions which involve the exocyclic double bond in C5 position of the main core and correspond to the abovementioned direction of the 5-ene-4-thiazolidinone modification.
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- Danylo Kaminskyy
- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine.
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Jantarajit W, Lertsuwan K, Teerapornpuntakit J, Krishnamra N, Charoenphandhu N. CFTR-mediated anion secretion across intestinal epithelium-like Caco-2 monolayer under PTH stimulation is dependent on intermediate conductance K + channels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 313:C118-C129. [PMID: 28490422 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00010.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH), a pleiotropic hormone that maintains mineral homeostasis, is also essential for controlling pH balance and ion transport across renal and intestinal epithelia. Optimization of luminal pH is important for absorption of trace elements, e.g., calcium and phosphorus. We have previously demonstrated that PTH rapidly stimulated electrogenic [Formula: see text] secretion in intestinal epithelial-like Caco-2 monolayers, but the underlying cellular mechanism, contributions of other ions, particularly Cl- and K+, and long-lasting responses are not completely understood. Herein, PTH and forskolin were confirmed to induce anion secretion, which peaked within 1-3 min (early phase), followed by an abrupt decay and plateau that lasted for 60 min (late phase). In both early and late phases, apical membrane capacitance was increased with a decrease in basolateral capacitance after PTH or forskolin exposure. PTH also induced a transient increase in apical conductance with a long-lasting decrease in basolateral conductance. Anion secretion in both phases was reduced under [Formula: see text]-free and/or Cl--free conditions or after exposure to carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (acetazolamide), CFTR inhibitor (CFTRinh-172), Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE)-3 inhibitor (tenapanor), or K+ channel inhibitors (BaCl2, clotrimazole, and TRAM-34; basolateral side), the latter of which suggested that PTH action was dependent on basolateral K+ recycling. Furthermore, early- and late-phase responses to PTH were diminished by inhibitors of PI3K (wortmannin and LY-294002) and PKA (PKI 14-22). In conclusion, PTH requires NHE3 and basolateral K+ channels to induce [Formula: see text] and Cl- secretion, thus explaining how PTH regulated luminal pH balance and pH-dependent absorption of trace minerals.
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- Walailak Jantarajit
- Center of Calcium and Bone Research, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; and
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- Center of Calcium and Bone Research, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Calcium and Bone Research, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; .,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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CFTR protein is an ion channel regulated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation and expressed in many types of epithelial cells. CFTR-mediated chloride and bicarbonate secretion play an important role in the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Pharmacological modulators of CFTR represent promising drugs for a variety of diseases. In particular, correctors and potentiators may restore the activity of CFTR in cystic fibrosis patients. Potentiators are also potentially useful to improve mucociliary clearance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. On the other hand, CFTR inhibitors may be useful to block fluid and electrolyte loss in secretory diarrhea and slow down the progression of polycystic kidney disease.
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- Olga Zegarra-Moran
- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
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Faure G, Bakouh N, Lourdel S, Odolczyk N, Premchandar A, Servel N, Hatton A, Ostrowski MK, Xu H, Saul FA, Moquereau C, Bitam S, Pranke I, Planelles G, Teulon J, Herrmann H, Roldan A, Zielenkiewicz P, Dadlez M, Lukacs GL, Sermet-Gaudelus I, Ollero M, Corringer PJ, Edelman A. Rattlesnake Phospholipase A2 Increases CFTR-Chloride Channel Current and Corrects ∆F508CFTR Dysfunction: Impact in Cystic Fibrosis. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:2898-915. [PMID: 27241308 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Deletion of Phe508 in the nucleotide binding domain (∆F508-NBD1) of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR; a cyclic AMP-regulated chloride channel) is the most frequent mutation associated with cystic fibrosis. This mutation affects the maturation and gating of CFTR protein. The search for new high-affinity ligands of CFTR acting as dual modulators (correctors/activators) presents a major challenge in the pharmacology of cystic fibrosis. Snake venoms are a rich source of natural multifunctional proteins, potential binders of ion channels. In this study, we identified the CB subunit of crotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus as a new ligand and allosteric modulator of CFTR. We showed that CB interacts with NBD1 of both wild type and ∆F508CFTR and increases their chloride channel currents. The potentiating effect of CB on CFTR activity was demonstrated using electrophysiological techniques in Xenopus laevis oocytes, in CFTR-HeLa cells, and ex vivo in mouse colon tissue. The correcting effect of CB was shown by functional rescue of CFTR activity after 24-h ΔF508CFTR treatments with CB. Moreover, the presence of fully glycosylated CFTR was observed. Molecular docking allowed us to propose a model of the complex involving of the ABCβ and F1-like ATP-binding subdomains of ΔF508-NBD1. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange analysis confirmed stabilization in these regions, also showing allosteric stabilization in two other distal regions. Surface plasmon resonance competition studies showed that CB disrupts the ∆F508CFTR-cytokeratin 8 complex, allowing for the escape of ∆F508CFTR from degradation. Therefore CB, as a dual modulator of ΔF508CFTR, constitutes a template for the development of new anti-CF agents.
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- Grazyna Faure
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS,UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015, Paris, France.
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- UPMC Université Paris 06, UMRS 872, Laboratoire de génomique, physiologie et physiopathologie rénales, Paris, France
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS,UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS,UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme de Cristallographie, CNRS-UMR 3528, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- UPMC Université Paris 06, UMRS 872, Laboratoire de génomique, physiologie et physiopathologie rénales, Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS,UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1151, team Canalopathies épithéliales: la mucoviscidose et autres maladies, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Melis N, Tauc M, Cougnon M, Bendahhou S, Giuliano S, Rubera I, Duranton C. Revisiting CFTR inhibition: a comparative study of CFTRinh -172 and GlyH-101 inhibitors. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 171:3716-27. [PMID: 24758416 PMCID: PMC4128068 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE For decades, inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel have been used as tools to investigate the role and function of CFTR conductance in cystic fibrosis research. In the early 2000s, two new and potent inhibitors of CFTR, CFTRinh-172 and GlyH-101, were described and are now widely used to inhibit specifically CFTR. However, despite some evidence, the effects of both drugs on other types of Cl−-conductance have been overlooked. In this context, we explore the specificity and the cellular toxicity of both inhibitors in CFTR-expressing and non–CFTR-expressing cells. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Using patch-clamp technique, we tested the effects of CFTRinh-172 and GlyH-101 inhibitors on three distinct types of Cl− currents: the CFTR-like conductance, the volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying Cl− conductance (VSORC) and finally the Ca2+-dependent Cl− conductance (CaCC). We also explored the effect of both inhibitors on cell viability using live/dead and cell proliferation assays in two different cell lines. KEY RESULTS We confirmed that these two compounds were potent inhibitors of the CFTR-mediated Cl− conductance. However,GlyH-101 also inhibited the VSORC conductance and the CaCC at concentrations used to inhibit CFTR. The CFTRinh-172 did not affect the CaCC but did inhibit the VSORC, at concentrations higher than 5 µM. Neither inhibitor (20 µM; 24 h exposure) affected cell viability, but both were cytotoxic at higher concentrations. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Both inhibitors affected Cl− conductances apart from CFTR. Our results provided insights into their use in mouse models.
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- N Melis
- University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, LP2M CNRS-UMR7370, Faculté de médecine, Nice, France
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Kim Y, Anderson MO, Park J, Lee MG, Namkung W, Verkman AS. Benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazine-dione (R)-BPO-27 Inhibits CFTR Chloride Channel Gating by Competition with ATP. Mol Pharmacol 2015; 88:689-96. [PMID: 26174774 DOI: 10.1124/mol.115.098368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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We previously reported that benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazinedione BPO-27 [6-(5-bromofuran-2-yl)-7,9-dimethyl-8,10-dioxo-11-phenyl-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[b]pyrimido [4',5':3,4]pyrrolo [1,2-d][1,4]oxazine-2-carboxylic acid] inhibits the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel with low nanomolar potency and reduces cystogenesis in a model of polycystic kidney disease. We used computational chemistry and patch-clamp to show that enantiomerically pure (R)-BPO-27 inhibits CFTR by competition with ATP, whereas (S)-BPO-27 is inactive. Docking computations using a homology model of CFTR structure suggested that (R)-BPO-27 binds near the canonical ATP binding site, and these findings were supported by molecular dynamics simulations showing a lower binding energy for the (R) versus (S) stereoisomers. Three additional lower-potency BPO-27 analogs were modeled in a similar fashion, with the binding energies predicted in the correct order. Whole-cell patch-clamp studies showed linear CFTR currents with a voltage-independent (R)-BPO-27 block mechanism. Single-channel recordings in inside-out patches showed reduced CFTR channel open probability and increased channel closed time by (R)-BPO-27 without altered unitary channel conductance. At a concentration of (R)-BPO-27 that inhibited CFTR chloride current by ∼50%, the EC50 for ATP activation of CFTR increased from 0.27 to 1.77 mM but was not changed by CFTRinh-172 [4-[[4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-[3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-5-thiazolidinylidene]methyl]benzoic acid], a thiazolidinone CFTR inhibitor that acts at a site distinct from the ATP binding site. Our results suggest that (R)-BPO-27 inhibition of CFTR involves competition with ATP.
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- Yonjung Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.K., M.G.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (M.O.A.); College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon, Korea (J.P., W.N.); and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California (A.S.V.)
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LaRusch J, Jung J, General IJ, Lewis MD, Park HW, Brand RE, Gelrud A, Anderson MA, Banks PA, Conwell D, Lawrence C, Romagnuolo J, Baillie J, Alkaade S, Cote G, Gardner TB, Amann ST, Slivka A, Sandhu B, Aloe A, Kienholz ML, Yadav D, Barmada MM, Bahar I, Lee MG, Whitcomb DC. Mechanisms of CFTR functional variants that impair regulated bicarbonate permeation and increase risk for pancreatitis but not for cystic fibrosis. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004376. [PMID: 25033378 PMCID: PMC4102440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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CFTR is a dynamically regulated anion channel. Intracellular WNK1-SPAK activation causes CFTR to change permeability and conductance characteristics from a chloride-preferring to bicarbonate-preferring channel through unknown mechanisms. Two severe CFTR mutations (CFTRsev) cause complete loss of CFTR function and result in cystic fibrosis (CF), a severe genetic disorder affecting sweat glands, nasal sinuses, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, and male reproductive system. We hypothesize that those CFTR mutations that disrupt the WNK1-SPAK activation mechanisms cause a selective, bicarbonate defect in channel function (CFTRBD) affecting organs that utilize CFTR for bicarbonate secretion (e.g. the pancreas, nasal sinus, vas deferens) but do not cause typical CF. To understand the structural and functional requirements of the CFTR bicarbonate-preferring channel, we (a) screened 984 well-phenotyped pancreatitis cases for candidate CFTRBD mutations from among 81 previously described CFTR variants; (b) conducted electrophysiology studies on clones of variants found in pancreatitis but not CF; (c) computationally constructed a new, complete structural model of CFTR for molecular dynamics simulation of wild-type and mutant variants; and (d) tested the newly defined CFTRBD variants for disease in non-pancreas organs utilizing CFTR for bicarbonate secretion. Nine variants (CFTR R74Q, R75Q, R117H, R170H, L967S, L997F, D1152H, S1235R, and D1270N) not associated with typical CF were associated with pancreatitis (OR 1.5, p = 0.002). Clones expressed in HEK 293T cells had normal chloride but not bicarbonate permeability and conductance with WNK1-SPAK activation. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest physical restriction of the CFTR channel and altered dynamic channel regulation. Comparing pancreatitis patients and controls, CFTRBD increased risk for rhinosinusitis (OR 2.3, p<0.005) and male infertility (OR 395, p<<0.0001). WNK1-SPAK pathway-activated increases in CFTR bicarbonate permeability are altered by CFTRBD variants through multiple mechanisms. CFTRBD variants are associated with clinically significant disorders of the pancreas, sinuses, and male reproductive system.
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- Jessica LaRusch
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Computational & Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Computational & Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Carbone A, Castellani S, Favia M, Diana A, Paracchini V, Di Gioia S, Seia M, Casavola V, Colombo C, Conese M. Correction of defective CFTR/ENaC function and tightness of cystic fibrosis airway epithelium by amniotic mesenchymal stromal (stem) cells. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1631-43. [PMID: 24894806 PMCID: PMC4190909 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, with most of the mortality given by the lung disease. Human amniotic mesenchymal stromal (stem) cells (hAMSCs) hold great promise for regenerative medicine in the field of lung disease; however, their potential as therapeutics for CF lung disease has not been fully explored. In the present study, hAMSCs were analysed in co-cultures on Transwell filters with CF immortalized airway epithelial cells (CFBE41o- line) at different ratios to exploit their potency to resume basic defects associated with CF. The results show that F-actin content was increased in co-cultures as compared with CF cells and actin was reorganized to form stress fibres. Confocal microscopy studies revealed that co-cultures had a tendency of increased expression of occludin and ZO-1 at the intercellular borders, paralleled by a decrease in dextran permeability, suggestive of more organized tight junctions (TJs). Spectrofluorometric analysis of CFTR function demonstrated that hAMSC-CFBE co-cultures resumed chloride transport, in line with the appearance of the mature Band C of CFTR protein by Western blotting. Moreover, hAMSC-CFBE co-cultures, at a 1:5 ratio, showed a decrease in fluid absorption, as opposed to CFBE cell monolayers that displayed a great rate of fluid resorption from the apical side. Our data show that human amniotic MSCs can be used in co-culture with CF respiratory epithelial cells to model their engraftment into the airways and have the potential to resume a tight epithelium with partial correction of the CF phenotype.
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- Annalucia Carbone
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Medical Genetics Laboratory, Milan, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Favia M, Mancini MT, Bezzerri V, Guerra L, Laselva O, Abbattiscianni AC, Debellis L, Reshkin SJ, Gambari R, Cabrini G, Casavola V. Trimethylangelicin promotes the functional rescue of mutant F508del CFTR protein in cystic fibrosis airway cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2014; 307:L48-61. [PMID: 24816489 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00305.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) carrying the F508del mutation is retained in endoplasmic reticulum and fails to traffic to the cell surface where it functions as a protein kinase A (PKA)-activated chloride channel. Pharmacological correctors that rescue the trafficking of F508del CFTR may overcome this defect; however, the rescued F508del CFTR still displays reduced chloride permeability. Therefore, a combined administration of correctors and potentiators of the gating defect is ideal. We recently found that 4,6,4'-trimethylangelicin (TMA), besides inhibiting the expression of the IL-8 gene in airway cells in which the inflammatory response was challenged with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, also potentiates the cAMP/PKA-dependent activation of wild-type CFTR or F508del CFTR that has been restored to the plasma membrane. Here, we demonstrate that long preincubation with nanomolar concentrations of TMA is able to effectively rescue both F508del CFTR-dependent chloride secretion and F508del CFTR cell surface expression in both primary or secondary airway cell monolayers homozygous for F508del mutation. The correction effect of TMA seems to be selective for CFTR and persisted for 24 h after washout. Altogether, the results suggest that TMA, besides its anti-inflammatory and potentiator activities, also displays corrector properties.
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- Maria Favia
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University Hospital Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University Hospital Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; Centre of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Linsdell P. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel blockers: Pharmacological, biophysical and physiological relevance. World J Biol Chem 2014; 5:26-39. [PMID: 24600512 PMCID: PMC3942540 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v5.i1.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel causes cystic fibrosis, while inappropriate activity of this channel occurs in secretory diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease. Drugs that interact directly with CFTR are therefore of interest in the treatment of a number of disease states. This review focuses on one class of small molecules that interacts directly with CFTR, namely inhibitors that act by directly blocking chloride movement through the open channel pore. In theory such compounds could be of use in the treatment of diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease, however in practice all known substances acting by this mechanism to inhibit CFTR function lack either the potency or specificity for in vivo use. Nevertheless, this theoretical pharmacological usefulness set the scene for the development of more potent, specific CFTR inhibitors. Biophysically, open channel blockers have proven most useful as experimental probes of the structure and function of the CFTR chloride channel pore. Most importantly, the use of these blockers has been fundamental in developing a functional model of the pore that includes a wide inner vestibule that uses positively charged amino acid side chains to attract both permeant and blocking anions from the cell cytoplasm. CFTR channels are also subject to this kind of blocking action by endogenous anions present in the cell cytoplasm, and recently this blocking effect has been suggested to play a role in the physiological control of CFTR channel function, in particular as a novel mechanism linking CFTR function dynamically to the composition of epithelial cell secretions. It has also been suggested that future drugs could target this same pathway as a way of pharmacologically increasing CFTR activity in cystic fibrosis. Studying open channel blockers and their mechanisms of action has resulted in significant advances in our understanding of CFTR as a pharmacological target in disease states, of CFTR channel structure and function, and of how CFTR activity is controlled by its local environment.
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Tripathi AC, Gupta SJ, Fatima GN, Sonar PK, Verma A, Saraf SK. 4-Thiazolidinones: The advances continue…. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 72:52-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Verkman AS, Synder D, Tradtrantip L, Thiagarajah JR, Anderson MO. CFTR inhibitors. Curr Pharm Des 2013; 19:3529-41. [PMID: 23331030 DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein is a cAMP-regulated Cl- channel whose major function is to facilitate epithelial fluid secretion. Loss-of-function mutations in CFTR cause the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. CFTR is required for transepithelial fluid transport in certain secretory diarrheas, such as cholera, and for cyst expansion in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. High-throughput screening has yielded CFTR inhibitors of the thiazolidinone, glycine hydrazide and quinoxalinedione chemical classes. The glycine hydrazides target the extracellular CFTR pore, whereas the thiazolidinones and quinoxalinediones act at the cytoplasmic surface. These inhibitors have been widely used in cystic fibrosis research to study CFTR function at the cell and organ levels. The most potent CFTR inhibitor has IC50 of approximately 4 nM. Studies in animal models support the development of CFTR inhibitors for antisecretory therapy of enterotoxin-mediated diarrheas and polycystic kidney disease.
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- Alan S Verkman
- University of California-San Francisco, CA 94143-0521, U.S.A.
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Cai Z, Li H, Chen JH, Sheppard DN. Acute inhibition of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl- channel by thyroid hormones involves multiple mechanisms. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013; 305:C817-28. [PMID: 23784545 PMCID: PMC3798681 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00052.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The chemical structures of the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) resemble those of small-molecules that inhibit the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl(-) channel. We therefore tested the acute effects of T3, T4 and reverse T3 (rT3) on recombinant wild-type human CFTR using the patch-clamp technique. When added directly to the intracellular solution bathing excised membrane patches, T3, T4, and rT3 (all tested at 50 μM) inhibited CFTR in several ways: they strongly reduced CFTR open probability by impeding channel opening; they moderately decreased single-channel current amplitude, and they promoted transitions to subconductance states. To investigate the mechanism of CFTR inhibition, we studied T3. T3 (50 μM) had multiple effects on CFTR gating kinetics, suggestive of both allosteric inhibition and open-channel blockade. Channel inhibition by T3 was weakly voltage dependent and stronger than the allosteric inhibitor genistein, but weaker than the open-channel blocker glibenclamide. Raising the intracellular ATP concentration abrogated T3 inhibition of CFTR gating, but not the reduction in single-channel current amplitude nor the transitions to subconductance states. The decrease in single-channel current amplitude was relieved by membrane depolarization, but not the transitions to subconductance states. We conclude that T3 has complex effects on CFTR consistent with both allosteric inhibition and open-channel blockade. Our results suggest that there are multiple allosteric mechanisms of CFTR inhibition, including interference with ATP-dependent channel gating and obstruction of conformational changes that gate the CFTR pore. CFTR inhibition by thyroid hormones has implications for the development of innovative small-molecule CFTR inhibitors.
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- Zhiwei Cai
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Figueiras-Fierro D, Acevedo JJ, Martínez-López P, Escoffier J, Sepúlveda FV, Balderas E, Orta G, Visconti PE, Darszon A. Electrophysiological evidence for the presence of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in mouse sperm. J Cell Physiol 2013; 228:590-601. [PMID: 22833409 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mammalian sperm must undergo a maturational process, named capacitation, in the female reproductive tract to fertilize the egg. Sperm capacitation is regulated by a cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway and involves increases in intracellular Ca(2+), pH, Cl(-), protein tyrosine phosphorylation, and in mouse and some other mammals a membrane potential hyperpolarization. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a Cl(-) channel modulated by cAMP/PKA and ATP, was detected in mammalian sperm and proposed to modulate capacitation. Our whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from testicular mouse sperm now reveal a Cl(-) selective component to membrane current that is ATP-dependent, stimulated by cAMP, cGMP, and genistein (a CFTR agonist, at low concentrations), and inhibited by DPC and CFTR(inh) -172, two well-known CFTR antagonists. Furthermore, the Cl(-) current component activated by cAMP and inhibited by CFTR(inh) -172 is absent in recordings on testicular sperm from mice possessing the CFTR ΔF508 loss-of-function mutation, indicating that CFTR is responsible for this component. A Cl(-) selective like current component displaying CFTR characteristics was also found in wild type epididymal sperm bearing the cytoplasmatic droplet. Capacitated sperm treated with CFTR(inh) -172 undergo a shape change, suggesting that CFTR is involved in cell volume regulation. These findings indicate that functional CFTR channels are present in mouse sperm and their biophysical properties are consistent with their proposed participation in capacitation.
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- Dulce Figueiras-Fierro
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico
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Matchkov VV, Secher Dam V, Bødtkjer DMB, Aalkjær C. Transport and Function of Chloride in Vascular Smooth Muscles. J Vasc Res 2013; 50:69-87. [DOI: 10.1159/000345242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Roberts KE, Cushing PR, Boisguerin P, Madden DR, Donald BR. Computational design of a PDZ domain peptide inhibitor that rescues CFTR activity. PLoS Comput Biol 2012; 8:e1002477. [PMID: 22532795 PMCID: PMC3330111 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an epithelial chloride channel mutated in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The most prevalent CFTR mutation, ΔF508, blocks folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. Recent work has shown that some ΔF508-CFTR channel activity can be recovered by pharmaceutical modulators (“potentiators” and “correctors”), but ΔF508-CFTR can still be rapidly degraded via a lysosomal pathway involving the CFTR-associated ligand (CAL), which binds CFTR via a PDZ interaction domain. We present a study that goes from theory, to new structure-based computational design algorithms, to computational predictions, to biochemical testing and ultimately to epithelial-cell validation of novel, effective CAL PDZ inhibitors (called “stabilizers”) that rescue ΔF508-CFTR activity. To design the “stabilizers”, we extended our structural ensemble-based computational protein redesign algorithm to encompass protein-protein and protein-peptide interactions. The computational predictions achieved high accuracy: all of the top-predicted peptide inhibitors bound well to CAL. Furthermore, when compared to state-of-the-art CAL inhibitors, our design methodology achieved higher affinity and increased binding efficiency. The designed inhibitor with the highest affinity for CAL (kCAL01) binds six-fold more tightly than the previous best hexamer (iCAL35), and 170-fold more tightly than the CFTR C-terminus. We show that kCAL01 has physiological activity and can rescue chloride efflux in CF patient-derived airway epithelial cells. Since stabilizers address a different cellular CF defect from potentiators and correctors, our inhibitors provide an additional therapeutic pathway that can be used in conjunction with current methods. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that causes the body to produce thick mucus that clogs the lungs and obstructs the breakdown and absorption of food. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is mutated in CF patients, and the most common mutation causes three defects in CFTR: misfolding, decreased function, and rapid degradation. Drugs are currently being studied to correct the first two CFTR defects, but the problem of rapid degradation remains. Recently, key protein-protein interactions have been discovered that implicate the protein CAL in CFTR degradation. Here we have developed new computational protein design algorithms and used them to successfully predict peptide inhibitors of the CAL-CFTR interface. Our algorithm uses a structural ensemble-based evaluation of protein sequences and conformations to calculate accurate predictions of protein-peptide binding affinities. The algorithm is general and can be applied to a wide variety of protein-protein interface designs. All of our designed inhibitors bound CAL with high affinity. We tested our top binding peptide and observed that the inhibitor could successfully rescue CFTR function in CF patient-derived epithelial cells. Our designed inhibitors provide a novel therapeutic path which could be used in combination with existing CF therapeutics for additive benefit.
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- Kyle E. Roberts
- Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Charite Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Bakouh N, Chérif-Zahar B, Hulin P, Prié D, Friedlander G, Edelman A, Planelles G. Functional interaction between CFTR and the sodium-phosphate co-transport type 2a in Xenopus laevis oocytes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34879. [PMID: 22514683 PMCID: PMC3325942 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background A growing number of proteins, including ion transporters, have been shown to interact with Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR). CFTR is an epithelial chloride channel that is involved in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) when mutated; thus a better knowledge of its functional interactome may help to understand the pathophysiology of this complex disease. In the present study, we investigated if CFTR and the sodium-phosphate co-transporter type 2a (NPT2a) functionally interact after heterologous expression of both proteins in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Methodology/Findings NPT2a was expressed alone or in combination with CFTR in X. laevis oocytes. Using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique, the inorganic phosphate-induced current (IPi) was measured and taken as an index of NPT2a activity. The maximal IPi for NPT2a substrates was reduced when CFTR was co-expressed with NPT2a, suggesting a decrease in its expression at the oolemna. This was consistent with Western blot analysis showing reduced NPT2a plasma membrane expression in oocytes co-expressing both proteins, whereas NPT2a protein level in total cell lysate was the same in NPT2a- and NPT2a+CFTR-oocytes. In NPT2a+CFTR- but not in NPT2a-oocytes, IPi and NPT2a surface expression were increased upon PKA stimulation, whereas stimulation of Exchange Protein directly Activated by cAMP (EPAC) had no effect. When NPT2a-oocytes were injected with NEG2, a short amino-acid sequence from the CFTR regulatory domain that regulates PKA-dependent CFTR trafficking to the plasma membrane, IPi values and NPT2a membrane expression were diminished, and could be enhanced by PKA stimulation, thereby mimicking the effects of CFTR co-expression. Conclusion/Perspectives We conclude that when both CFTR and NPT2a are expressed in X. laevis oocytes, CFTR confers to NPT2a a cAMPi-dependent trafficking to the membrane. This functional interaction raises the hypothesis that CFTR may play a role in phosphate homeostasis.
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- Naziha Bakouh
- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMRS-845, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Monterisi S, Favia M, Guerra L, Cardone RA, Marzulli D, Reshkin SJ, Casavola V, Zaccolo M. CFTR regulation in human airway epithelial cells requires integrity of the actin cytoskeleton and compartmentalized cAMP and PKA activity. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:1106-17. [PMID: 22302988 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.089086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation ΔF508CFTR still causes regulatory defects when rescued to the apical membrane, suggesting that the intracellular milieu might affect its ability to respond to cAMP regulation. We recently reported that overexpression of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor NHERF1 in the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway cell line CFBE41o-rescues the functional expression of ΔF508CFTR by promoting F-actin organization and formation of the NHERF1-ezrin-actin complex. Here, using real-time FRET reporters of both PKA activity and cAMP levels, we find that lack of an organized subcortical cytoskeleton in CFBE41o-cells causes both defective accumulation of cAMP in the subcortical compartment and excessive cytosolic accumulation of cAMP. This results in reduced subcortical levels and increased cytosolic levels of PKA activity. NHERF1 overexpression in CFBE41o-cells restores chloride secretion, subcortical cAMP compartmentalization and local PKA activity, indicating that regulation of ΔF508CFTR function requires not only stable expression of the mutant CFTR at the cell surface but also depends on both generation of local cAMP signals of adequate amplitude and activation of PKA in proximity of its target. Moreover, we found that the knockdown of wild-type CFTR in the non-CF 16HBE14o-cells results in both altered cytoskeletal organization and loss of cAMP compartmentalization, whereas stable overexpression of wt CFTR in CF cells restores cytoskeleton organization and re-establishes the compartmentalization of cAMP at the plasma membrane. This suggests that the presence of CFTR on the plasma membrane influences the cytoskeletal organizational state and, consequently, cAMP distribution. Our data show that a sufficiently high concentration of cAMP in the subcortical compartment is required to achieve PKA-mediated regulation of CFTR activity.
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- Stefania Monterisi
- Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Bari, Bari, 70125, Italy
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Rode B, Dirami T, Bakouh N, Rizk-Rabin M, Norez C, Lhuillier P, Lorès P, Jollivet M, Melin P, Zvetkova I, Bienvenu T, Becq F, Planelles G, Edelman A, Gacon G, Touré A. The testis anion transporter TAT1 (SLC26A8) physically and functionally interacts with the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator channel: a potential role during sperm capacitation. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 21:1287-98. [PMID: 22121115 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Slc26 gene family encodes several conserved anion transporters implicated in human genetic disorders, including Pendred syndrome, diastrophic dysplasia and congenital chloride diarrhea. We previously characterized the TAT1 (testis anion transporter 1; SLC26A8) protein specifically expressed in male germ cells and mature sperm and showed that in the mouse, deletion of Tat1 caused male sterility due to a lack of sperm motility, impaired sperm capacitation and structural defects of the flagella. Ca(2+), Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) influxes trigger sperm capacitation events required for oocyte fertilization; these events include the intracellular rise of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent protein phosphorylation. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is expressed in mature sperm and has been shown to contribute to Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) movements during capacitation. Furthermore, several members of the SLC26 family have been described to form complexes with CFTR, resulting in the reciprocal regulation of their activities. We show here that TAT1 and CFTR physically interact and that in Xenopus laevis oocytes and in CHO-K1 cells, TAT1 expression strongly stimulates CFTR activity. Consistent with this, we show that Tat1 inactivation in mouse sperm results in deregulation of the intracellular cAMP content, preventing the activation of PKA-dependent downstream phosphorylation cascades essential for sperm activation. These various results suggest that TAT1 and CFTR may form a molecular complex involved in the regulation of Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) fluxes during sperm capacitation. In humans, mutations in CFTR and/or TAT1 may therefore be causes of asthenozoospermia and low fertilizing capacity of sperm.
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Sheppard DN. CFTR channel pharmacology: insight from a flock of clones. Focus on "Divergent CFTR orthologs respond differently to the channel inhibitors CFTRinh-172, glibenclamide, and GlyH-101". Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 302:C24-6. [PMID: 21998142 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00376.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hamdaoui N, Baudoin-Legros M, Kelly M, Aissat A, Moriceau S, Vieu DL, Colas J, Fritsch J, Edelman A, Planelles G. Resveratrol rescues cAMP-dependent anionic transport in the cystic fibrosis pancreatic cell line CFPAC1. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 163:876-86. [PMID: 21366549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cAMP-dependent chloride channel in the plasma membrane of epithelia whose mutation is the cause of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF). The most frequent CFTR mutation is deletion of Phe(508) and this mutant protein (delF508CFTR) does not readily translocate to the plasma membrane and is rapidly degraded within the cell. We hypothesized that treating epithelial cells with resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic, phyto-ooestrogenic compound from grapes, could modulate both the expression and localization of CFTR. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Cells endogenously expressing CFTR (MDCK1 and CAPAN1 cells) or delF508CFTR (CFPAC1 and airway epithelial cells, deriving from human bronchial biopsies) were treated with resveratrol for 2 or 18 h. The effect of this treatment on CFTR and delF508CFTR expression and localization was evaluated using RT-PCR, Western blot and immunocytochemistry. Halide efflux was measured with a fluorescent dye and with halide-sensitive electrodes. Production of interleukin-8 by these cells was assayed by ELISA. KEY RESULTS Resveratrol treatment increased CFTR expression or maturation in immunoblotting experiments in MDCK1 cells or in CFPAC1 cells. Indirect immunofluorescence experiments showed a shift of delF508CFTR localization towards the (peri)-membrane area in CFPAC1 cells and in human airway epithelial cells. A cAMP-dependent increase in membrane permeability to halide was detected in resveratrol-treated CFPAC1 cells, and was inhibited by a selective inhibitor of CFTR. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These results show that resveratrol modulated CFTR expression and localization and could rescue cAMP-dependent chloride transport in delF508CFTR cells.
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Hutt DM, Olsen CA, Vickers CJ, Herman D, Chalfant MA, Montero A, Leman LJ, Burkle R, Maryanoff BE, Balch WE, Ghadiri MR. Potential Agents for Treating Cystic Fibrosis: Cyclic Tetrapeptides that Restore Trafficking and Activity of ΔF508-CFTR. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:703-707. [PMID: 21984958 DOI: 10.1021/ml200136e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a loss-of-function disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a chloride ion channel that localizes to the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells. The most common form of the disease results from the deletion of phenylalanine-508 (ΔF508), leading to the accumulation of CFTR in the endoplasmic reticulum with a concomitant loss of chloride flux. We discovered that cyclic tetrapeptides, such as 11, 14, and 15, are able to correct the trafficking defect and restore cell surface activity of ΔF508-CFTR. Although this class of cyclic tetrapeptides is known to contain inhibitors of certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) isoforms, their HDAC inhibitory potencies did not directly correlate with their ability to rescue ΔF508-CFTR. In full HDAC profiling, 15 strongly inhibited HDACs 1, 2, 3, 10 and 11, but not HDACs 4-9. Although 15 had less potent IC(50) values than reference agent vorinostat (2) in HDAC profiling, it was markedly more potent than 2 in rescuing ΔF508-CFTR. We suggest that specific HDACs can have a differential influence on correcting ΔF508-CFTR, which may reflect both deacetylase and protein scaffolding actions.
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- Darren M. Hutt
- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Snyder DS, Tradtrantip L, Yao C, Kurth MJ, Verkman AS. Potent, metabolically stable benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazine-dione (BPO) CFTR inhibitors for polycystic kidney disease. J Med Chem 2011; 54:5468-77. [PMID: 21707078 DOI: 10.1021/jm200505e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We previously reported the discovery of pyrimido-pyrrolo-quinoxalinedione (PPQ) inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel and showed their efficacy in an organ culture model of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) (J. Med. Chem. 2009, 52, 6447-6455). Here, we report related benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazinedione (BPO) CFTR inhibitors. To establish structure-activity relationships and select lead compound(s) with improved potency, metabolic stability, and aqueous solubility compared to the most potent prior compound 8 (PPQ-102, IC(50) ∼ 90 nM), we synthesized 16 PPQ analogues and 11 BPO analogues. The analogues were efficiently synthesized in 5-6 steps and 11-61% overall yield. Modification of 8 by bromine substitution at the 5-position of the furan ring, replacement of the secondary amine with an ether bridge, and carboxylation, gave 6-(5-bromofuran-2-yl)-7,9-dimethyl-8,10-dioxo-11-phenyl-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[b]pyrimido [4',5':3,4]pyrrolo [1,2-d][1,4]oxazine-2-carboxylic acid 42 (BPO-27), which fully inhibited CFTR with IC(50) ∼ 8 nM and, compared to 8, had >10-fold greater metabolic stability and much greater polarity/aqueous solubility. In an embryonic kidney culture model of PKD, 42 prevented cyst growth with IC(50) ∼ 100 nM. Benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazinediones such as 42 are potential development candidates for antisecretory therapy of PKD.
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- David S Snyder
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0521, United States
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In polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a most common human genetic diseases, fluid-filled cysts displace normal renal tubules and cause end-stage renal failure. PKD is a serious and costly disorder. There is no available therapy that prevents or slows down the cystogenesis and cyst expansion in PKD. Numerous efforts have been made to find drug targets and the candidate drugs to treat PKD. Recent studies have defined the mechanisms underlying PKD and new therapies directed toward them. In this review article, we summarize the pathogenesis of PKD, possible drug targets, available PKD models for screening and evaluating new drugs as well as candidate drugs that are being developed.
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Pedemonte N, Tomati V, Sondo E, Caci E, Millo E, Armirotti A, Damonte G, Zegarra-Moran O, Galietta LJV. Dual activity of aminoarylthiazoles on the trafficking and gating defects of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel caused by cystic fibrosis mutations. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:15215-26. [PMID: 21383017 PMCID: PMC3083174 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.184267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A large fraction of mutations causing cystic fibrosis impair the function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel by causing reduced channel activity (gating defect) and/or impaired exit from the endoplasmic reticulum (trafficking defect). Such defects need to be treated with separate pharmacological compounds termed potentiators and correctors, respectively. Here, we report the characterization of aminoarylthiazoles (AATs) as compounds having dual activity. Cells expressing mutant CFTR were studied with functional assays (fluorescence-based halide transport and short circuit current measurements) to assess the effect of acute and chronic treatment with compounds. We found that AATs are effective on F508del, the most frequent cystic fibrosis mutation, which is associated with both a gating and a trafficking defect. AATs are also effective on mutations like G1349D and G551D, which cause only a gating defect. Evaluation of a panel of AAT analogs identified EN277I as the most effective compound. Incubation of cells expressing mutant CFTR with EN277I caused a strong stimulation of channel activity as demonstrated by single channel recordings. Compounds with dual activity such as AATs may be useful for the development of effective drugs for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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- Nicoletta Pedemonte
- Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Cushing PR, Vouilleme L, Pellegrini M, Boisguerin P, Madden DR. A stabilizing influence: CAL PDZ inhibition extends the half-life of ΔF508-CFTR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 49:9907-11. [PMID: 21105033 PMCID: PMC3033200 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Dept. of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Cushing PR, Vouilleme L, Pellegrini M, Boisguerin P, Madden DR. A Stabilizing Influence: CAL PDZ Inhibition Extends the Half-Life of ΔF508-CFTR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201005585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kopeikin Z, Sohma Y, Li M, Hwang TC. On the mechanism of CFTR inhibition by a thiazolidinone derivative. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 136:659-71. [PMID: 21078867 PMCID: PMC2995156 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The effects of a thiazolidinone derivative, 3-[(3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-5-[(4-carboxyphenyl)methylene]-2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinone (or CFTRinh-172), on cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gating were studied in excised inside-out membrane patches from Chinese hamster ovary cells transiently expressing wild-type and mutant CFTR. We found that the application of CFTRinh-172 results in an increase of the mean closed time and a decrease of the mean open time of the channel. A hyperbolic relationship between the closing rate and [CFTRinh-172] suggests that CFTRinh-172 does not act as a simple pore blocker. Interestingly, the potency of inhibition increases as the open time of the channel is increased with an IC50 in the low nanomolar range for CFTR channels locked in an open state for tens of seconds. Our studies also provide evidence that CFTRinh-172 can bind to both the open state and the closed state. However, at least one additional step, presumably reflecting inhibitor-induced conformational changes, is required to shut down the conductance after the binding of the inhibitor to the channel. Using the hydrolysis-deficient mutant E1371S as a tool as the closing rate of this mutant is dramatically decreased, we found that CFTRinh-172-dependent inhibition of CFTR channel gating, in two aspects, mimics the inactivation of voltage-dependent cation channels. First, similar to the recovery from inactivation in voltage-gated channels, once CFTR is inhibited by CFTRinh-172, reopening of the channel can be seen upon removal of the inhibitor in the absence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Second, ATP induced a biphasic current response on inhibitor-bound closed channels as if the ATP-opened channels "inactivate" despite a continuous presence of ATP. A simplified six-state kinetic scheme can well describe our data, at least qualitatively. Several possible structural mechanisms for the effects of CFTRinh-172 will be discussed.
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- Zoia Kopeikin
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Verma A, Verma SS, Saraf SK. A DIC mediated expeditious small library synthesis and biological activity of thiazolidin-4-one and 1,3-thiazinan-4-one derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chiaw PK, Wellhauser L, Huan LJ, Ramjeesingh M, Bear CE. A Chemical Corrector Modifies the Channel Function of F508del-CFTR. Mol Pharmacol 2010; 78:411-8. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.110.065862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mouse cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator forms cAMP-PKA-regulated apical chloride channels in cortical collecting duct. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:6082-7. [PMID: 20231442 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902661107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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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 DeltaF508 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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Nilsson HE, Dragomir A, Lazorova L, Johannesson M, Roomans GM. CFTR and tight junctions in cultured bronchial epithelial cells. Exp Mol Pathol 2010; 88:118-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2009.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tradtrantip L, Sonawane ND, Namkung W, Verkman AS. Nanomolar potency pyrimido-pyrrolo-quinoxalinedione CFTR inhibitor reduces cyst size in a polycystic kidney disease model. J Med Chem 2009; 52:6447-55. [PMID: 19785436 DOI: 10.1021/jm9009873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel are predicted to slow cyst enlargement in polycystic kidney disease and reduce intestinal fluid loss in secretory diarrheas. Screening of approximately 110000 small synthetic and natural compounds for inhibition of halide influx in CFTR-expressing epithelial cells yielded a new class of pyrimido-pyrrolo-quinoxalinedione (PPQ) CFTR inhibitors. Testing of 347 analogues established structure-activity relationships. The most potent compound, 7,9-dimethyl-11-phenyl-6-(5-methylfuran-2-yl)-5,6-dihydro-pyrimido[4',5'-3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxaline-8,10-(7H,9H)-dione, PPQ-102, completely inhibited CFTR chloride current with IC(50) approximately 90 nM. The PPQs, unlike prior CFTR inhibitors, are uncharged at physiological pH, and therefore not subject to membrane potential-dependent cellular partitioning or block efficiency. Patch-clamp analysis confirmed voltage-independent CFTR inhibition by PPQ-102 and showed stabilization of the channel closed state. PPQ-102 prevented cyst expansion and reduced the size of preformed cysts in a neonatal kidney organ culture model of polycystic kidney disease. PPQ-102 is the most potent CFTR inhibitor identified to date.
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- Lukmanee Tradtrantip
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0521, USA
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Favia M, Guerra L, Fanelli T, Cardone RA, Monterisi S, Di Sole F, Castellani S, Chen M, Seidler U, Reshkin SJ, Conese M, Casavola V. Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor 1 overexpression-dependent increase of cytoskeleton organization is fundamental in the rescue of F508del cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in human airway CFBE41o- cells. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 21:73-86. [PMID: 19889841 PMCID: PMC2801722 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-03-0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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NHERF1 overexpression increases functional apical expression of F508del CFTR in CFBE41o- cells. Here, we show that this occurs via the formation of the multiprotein complex NHERF1-phosphoezrin-actin, which provides a regulated linkage between F508del CFTR and the actin cytoskeleton resulting in an increased F508del CFTR stability in the membrane. We have demonstrated that Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor 1 (NHERF1) overexpression in CFBE41o- cells induces a significant redistribution of F508del cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) from the cytoplasm to the apical membrane and rescues CFTR-dependent chloride secretion. Here, we observe that CFBE41o- monolayers displayed substantial disassembly of actin filaments and that overexpression of wild-type (wt) NHERF1 but not NHERF1-Δ Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) increased F-actin assembly and organization. Furthermore, the dominant-negative band Four-point one, Ezrin, Radixin, Moesin homology (FERM) domain of ezrin reversed the wt NHERF1 overexpression-induced increase in both F-actin and CFTR-dependent chloride secretion. wt NHERF1 overexpression enhanced the interaction between NHERF1 and both CFTR and ezrin and between ezrin and actin and the overexpression of wt NHERF1, but not NHERF1-ΔERM, also increased the phosphorylation of ezrin in the apical region of the cell monolayers. Furthermore, wt NHERF1 increased RhoA activity and transfection of constitutively active RhoA in CFBE41o- cells was sufficient to redistribute phospho-ezrin to the membrane fraction and rescue both the F-actin content and the CFTR-dependent chloride efflux. Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibition, in contrast, reversed the wt NHERF1 overexpression-induced increase of membrane phospho-ezrin, F-actin content, and CFTR-dependent secretion. We conclude that NHERF1 overexpression in CFBE41o- rescues CFTR-dependent chloride secretion by forming the multiprotein complex RhoA-ROCK-ezrin-actin that, via actin cytoskeleton reorganization, tethers F508del CFTR to the cytoskeleton stabilizing it on the apical membrane.
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- Maria Favia
- Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Stewart AK, Yamamoto A, Nakakuki M, Kondo T, Alper SL, Ishiguro H. Functional coupling of apical Cl-/HCO3- exchange with CFTR in stimulated HCO3- secretion by guinea pig interlobular pancreatic duct. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2009; 296:G1307-17. [PMID: 19342507 PMCID: PMC2697944 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90697.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Pancreatic ductal epithelium produces a HCO(3)(-)-rich fluid. HCO(3)(-) transport across ductal apical membranes has been proposed to be mediated by both SLC26-mediated Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange and CFTR-mediated HCO(3)(-) conductance, with proportional contributions determined in part by axial changes in gene expression and luminal anion composition. In this study we investigated the characteristics of apical Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange and its functional interaction with Cftr activity in isolated interlobular ducts of guinea pig pancreas. BCECF-loaded epithelial cells of luminally microperfused ducts were alkalinized by acetate prepulse or by luminal Cl(-) removal in the presence of HCO(3)(-)-CO(2). Intracellular pH recovery upon luminal Cl(-) restoration (nominal Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange) in cAMP-stimulated ducts was largely inhibited by luminal dihydro-DIDS (H(2)DIDS), accelerated by luminal CFTR inhibitor inh-172 (CFTRinh-172), and was insensitive to elevated bath K(+) concentration. Luminal introduction of CFTRinh-172 into sealed duct lumens containing BCECF-dextran in HCO(3)(-)-free, Cl(-)-rich solution enhanced cAMP-stimulated HCO(3)(-) secretion, as calculated from changes in luminal pH and volume. Luminal Cl(-) removal produced, after a transient small depolarization, sustained cell hyperpolarization of approximately 15 mV consistent with electrogenic Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange. The hyperpolarization was inhibited by H(2)DIDS and potentiated by CFTRinh-172. Interlobular ducts expressed mRNAs encoding CFTR, Slc26a6, and Slc26a3, as detected by RT-PCR. Thus Cl(-)-dependent apical HCO(3)(-) secretion in pancreatic duct is mediated predominantly by an Slc26a6-like Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger and is accelerated by inhibition of CFTR. This study demonstrates functional coupling between Cftr and Slc26a6-like Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange activity in apical membrane of guinea pig pancreatic interlobular duct.
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- A. K. Stewart
- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Renal Division and Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Human Nutrition, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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