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Ji HL, Zhao R, Komissarov AA, Chang Y, Liu Y, Matthay MA. Proteolytic regulation of epithelial sodium channels by urokinase plasminogen activator: cutting edge and cleavage sites. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:5241-55. [PMID: 25555911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.623496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) level is extremely elevated in the edematous fluid of acutely injured lungs and pleurae. Elevated PAI-1 specifically inactivates pulmonary urokinase-type (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activators (tPA). We hypothesized that plasminogen activation and fibrinolysis may alter epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) activity, a key player in clearing edematous fluid. Two-chain urokinase (tcuPA) has been found to strongly stimulate heterologous human αβγ ENaC activity in a dose- and time-dependent manner. This activity of tcuPA was completely ablated by PAI-1. Furthermore, a mutation (S195A) of the active site of the enzyme also prevented ENaC activation. By comparison, three truncation mutants of the amino-terminal fragment of tcuPA still activated ENaC. uPA enzymatic activity was positively correlated with ENaC current amplitude prior to reaching the maximal level. In sharp contrast to uPA, neither single-chain tPA nor derivatives, including two-chain tPA and tenecteplase, affected ENaC activity. Furthermore, γ but not α subunit of ENaC was proteolytically cleaved at ((177)GR↓KR(180)) by tcuPA. In summary, the underlying mechanisms of urokinase-mediated activation of ENaC include release of self-inhibition, proteolysis of γ ENaC, incremental increase in opening rate, and activation of closed (electrically "silent") channels. This study for the first time demonstrates multifaceted mechanisms for uPA-mediated up-regulation of ENaC, which form the cellular and molecular rationale for the beneficial effects of urokinase in mitigating mortal pulmonary edema and pleural effusions.
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- Hong-Long Ji
- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Texas Lung Injury Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas 75708,
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and
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- the Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013
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- the College of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453100, China, and
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- the Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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Qadri YJ, Cormet-Boyaka E, Benos DJ, Berdiev BK. CFTR regulation of epithelial sodium channel. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 742:35-50. [PMID: 21547725 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-120-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal genetic disorder, characterized by both clinical and genetic complexities, and arises as a result of mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The gene encodes a Cl(-) channel belonging to the ABC (ATP Binding Cassette) superfamily of transporters. The members of this superfamily use ATP hydrolysis to fulfill their function as active transporters. So far, CFTR is the only member of this family to function as a cAMP-activated Cl(-) channel. Intense research following the cloning of the CFTR gene has extended the role of the CFTR beyond that of a Cl(-) channel. One of the best recognized, yet still controversial, functions of the CFTR is its ability to modulate the functioning of other transporters. The modulation of epithelial Na(+) channel (ENaC) function serves as a prime example of regulatory function of the CFTR. In this chapter, we will briefly describe an integrated protocol consisting of biochemical and electrophysiological approaches to study the regulation of ENaC by CFTR.
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- Yawar J Qadri
- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Epithelial sodium channels in the adult lung--important modulators of pulmonary health and disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 618:127-40. [PMID: 18269193 PMCID: PMC7122934 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75434-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Absorption of excess fluid from the airways and alveolar lumen requires active vectorial transepithelial transport of sodium ions (Na+) by alveolar type II and possibly type I cells. The rate-limiting step in this process is the activity of the heterotrimeric apical membrane epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC). Pharmacologic inhibitors and genetic manipulations that disrupt Na+ transport result in fluid accumulation within the lung and failure of gas exchange. The importance of Na+ transport in the lung is also demonstrated in conditions such as ARDS, where abnormal absorption of Na+ contributes to the pathophysiology of pulmonary disease. ENaC expression and function is influenced by diverse factors, such as oxygen tension, glucocorticoids, and cytoskeletal proteins. In addition, ENaC dysfunction has been shown to be induced by purinergic nucleotide activation of P2Y receptors (in paramyxoviral bronchiolitis) and reactive species (in acute lung injury). Finally, beta-adrenergic agonists have been shown experimentally to reverse defects in ENaC function, and improve hypoxemia and pulmonary edema, and may provide a novel therapeutic modality for ARDS, although some viral lung pathogens appear to induce insensitivity to their actions.
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Kunzelmann K, Bachhuber T, Adam G, Voelcker T, Murle B, Mall M, Schreiber R. Role of CFTR and Other Ion Channels in Cystic Fibrosis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23250-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fuller CM, Kovacs G, Anderson SJ, Benos DJ. The CLCAs: Proteins with Ion Channel, Cell Adhesion and Tumor Suppressor Functions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23250-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sangiuolo F, D'Apice MR, Gambardella S, Di Daniele N, Novelli G. Toward the pharmacogenomics of cystic fibrosis – an update. Pharmacogenomics 2004; 5:861-78. [PMID: 15469408 DOI: 10.1517/14622416.5.7.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive disorder in Caucasians, with a frequency of ∼ 1 in 3000 live births. The mutated gene is a defective chloride channel in epithelial cells, named cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). Several different protocols for the scanning of the entire gene have aided molecular diagnosis and improved our understanding of the disorder’s pathophysiology, but also showed the disease’s complexity. Therefore, CF phenotype remains difficult to predict from CFTR mutation data alone: several studies have suggested that additional genes could modulate its clinical outcome. Gene replacement therapy is still far from being used in patients with CF, mostly due to the difficulties with targeting the appropriate cells. In this review, we summarize recent advances, both in the pharmacological and gene therapy field, aimed for the treatment of the disease.
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- Federica Sangiuolo
- Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, Tor Vergata University, Roma, Italy
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Sheng S, Perry CJ, Kleyman TR. External nickel inhibits epithelial sodium channel by binding to histidine residues within the extracellular domains of alpha and gamma subunits and reducing channel open probability. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:50098-111. [PMID: 12397059 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209975200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) are regulated by various intracellular and extracellular factors including divalent cations. We studied the inhibitory effect and mechanism of external Ni(2+) on cloned mouse alpha-beta-gamma ENaC expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Ni(2+) reduced amiloride-sensitive Na(+) currents of the wild type mouse ENaC in a dose-dependent manner. The Ni(2+) block was fast and partially reversible at low concentrations and irreversible at high concentrations. ENaC inhibition by Ni(2+) was accompanied by moderate inward rectification at concentrations higher than 0.1 mm. ENaC currents were also blocked by the histidine-reactive reagent diethyl pyrocarbonate. Pretreatment of the oocytes with the reagent reduced Ni(2+) inhibition of the remaining current. Mutations at alphaHis(282) and gammaHis(239) located within the extracellular loops significantly decreased Ni(2+) inhibition of ENaC currents. The mutation alphaH282D or double mutations alphaH282R/gammaH239R eliminated Ni(2+) block. All mutations at gammaHis(239) eliminated Ni(2+)-induced inward current rectification. Ni(2+) block was significantly enhanced by introduction of a histidine at alphaArg(280). Lowering extracellular pH to 5.5 and 4.4 decreased or eliminated Ni(2+) block. Although alphaH282C-beta-gamma channels were partially inhibited by the sulfhydryl-reactive reagent [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide (MTSET), alpha-beta-gamma H239C channels were insensitive to MTSET. From patch clamp studies, Ni(2+) did not affect unitary current but decreased open probability when perfused into the recording pipette. Our results suggest that external Ni(2+) reduces ENaC open probability by binding to a site consisting of alphaHis(282) and gammaHis(239) and that these histidine residues may participate in ENaC gating.
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MESH Headings
- Amiloride/pharmacology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epithelial Sodium Channels
- Histidine/chemistry
- Kinetics
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Models, Chemical
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Nickel/pharmacology
- Oocytes/metabolism
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Point Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sodium/metabolism
- Sodium/pharmacology
- Sodium Channels/chemistry
- Sodium Channels/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Xenopus
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- Shaohu Sheng
- Renal-Electrolyte Division, the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Baines DL, MacGregor GG, Kemp PJ. Fatty acid modulation and sequence identity of fetal guinea pig alveolar type II cell amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 288:727-35. [PMID: 11676504 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Removal of fetal lung fluid at birth is crucial to survival. In vivo, a reversal in the direction of vectorial, amiloride-sensitive Na+) transport can be stimulated by ETYA, a nonmetabolizable analogue of the naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acid, arachidonate. Using the patch-clamp technique, fetal guinea pig alveolar type II pneumocyte single Na+ channel activity was robustly activated by 10 microM arachidonate, ETYA, oleate and stearate; this was unaffected by cyclooxygenase and 5'lipoxygenase inhibitors. The Na+ channel expressed in fetal guinea pig alveolar epithelial type II pneumocytes has biophysical properties compatible with species-specific coexpression of a novel variant of alphaENaC with betaENaC. gammaENaC is either not expressed in this tissue or shares very little homology with the rat and human gamma subunit. Thus, dramatic stimulation of this channel by arachidonate explains the in vivo observation of gestation-dependent reversal of fetal transepithelial driving force and may, therefore, be of physiological significance during the transition to breathing air at birth.
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- D L Baines
- Lung Membrane Transport Group, Tayside Institute of Child Health, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
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Copeland SJ, Berdiev BK, Ji HL, Lockhart J, Parker S, Fuller CM, Benos DJ. Regions in the carboxy terminus of alpha-bENaC involved in gating and functional effects of actin. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2001; 281:C231-40. [PMID: 11401846 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.281.1.c231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gating differences occur between the alpha-subunits of the bovine and rat clones of an amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC). Deletion of the carboxy terminus of bovine alpha-ENaC (alpha-bENaC) at R567 converted the gating properties to that of rat alpha-ENaC (alpha-rENaC). The equivalent truncation in alpha-rENaC was without effect on the gating of the rat homologue. The addition of actin to ENaC channels composed of either alpha-rENaC or alpha-bENaC alone produced a twofold reduction in conductance and an increase in open probability. Neither alpha-rENaC (R613X) nor alpha-bENaC (R567X) was responsive to actin. Using a chimera consisting of alpha-rENaC1-615 and alpha-bENaC570-650, we examined several different carboxy-terminal truncation mutants plus and minus actin. When incorporated into planar bilayers, the gating pattern of this construct was identical to wild-type (wt) alpha-bENaC. Premature stop mutations proximal to E685X produced channels with gating patterns like alpha-rENaC. Actin had no effect on the E631X truncation, whereas more distal truncations all interacted with actin, as did wt alpha-bENaC. Key findings were confirmed using channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes and studied by cell-attached patch-clamp recording. Our results suggest that the site of actin regulation at the carboxy terminus of the chimera is located between residues 631 and 644.
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- S J Copeland
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Hryciw DH, Guggino WB. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and the outwardly rectifying chloride channel: a relationship between two chloride channels expressed in epithelial cells. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2000; 27:892-5. [PMID: 11071305 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03356.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) result in the primary defect observed in patients with cystic fibrosis. 2. The CFTR is a member of the ATPase-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family but, unlike other members of this group, CFTR conducts a chloride current that is activated by cAMP. 3. In epithelial cells, the cAMP-stimulated chloride current is conducted by both CFTR and the outwardly rectifying chloride channel (ORCC). 4. The present review summarizes the current knowledge of the properties of the two channels, as well as their relationship. Because the gene encoding the ORCC has not been identified, a discussion as to possible candidates for this chloride channel is included.
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- D H Hryciw
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Jeziorski MC, Green KA, Sommerville J, Cottrell GA. Cloning and expression of a FMRFamide-gated Na(+) channel from Helisoma trivolvis and comparison with the native neuronal channel. J Physiol 2000; 526 Pt 1:13-25. [PMID: 10878095 PMCID: PMC2269999 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We have cloned a cDNA encoding a Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH(2) (FMRFamide)-gated Na(+) channel from nervous tissue of the pond snail Helisoma trivolvis (HtFaNaC) and expressed the channel in Xenopus oocytes. The deduced amino acid sequence of the protein expressed by HtFaNaC is 65 % identical to that of the FMRFamide-gated channel cloned from Helix aspersa (HaFaNaC). HtFaNaC expressed in oocytes was less sensitive to FMRFamide (EC(50) = 70 microM) than HaFaNaC (EC(50) = 2 microM). The two had a similar selectivity for Na+. The amplitude of the FMRFamide response of HtFaNaC was increased by reducing the extracellular concentration of divalent cations. The conductance of the two channels was similar, but the mean open time of unitary events was shorter for expressed HtFaNaC compared to expressed HaFaNaC. Each channel was susceptible to peptide block by high agonist concentrations. In marked contrast to HaFaNaC and other amiloride-sensitive Na(+) channels, amiloride, and the related drugs benzamil and 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride (EIPA), enhanced the FMRFamide response in oocytes expressing HtFaNaC cRNA. The potentiating effects of EIPA and benzamil were greater than those of amiloride. Unitary current analysis showed that with such drugs, there was channel blockade as well as an increased probability of channel opening. The similar permeability of the oocyte-expressed HtFaNaC and the Helisoma neuronal channel, and the susceptibility of both to agonist blockade and blockade by divalent cations, suggest that the channels are the same. However, neuronal channels were less susceptible to enhancement by amiloride analogues and in some patches were more sensitive to FMRFamide than expressed HtFaNaC.
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- M C Jeziorski
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, UK
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The adrenal cortex elaborates two major groups of steroids that have been arbitrarily classified as glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, despite the fact that carbohydrate metabolism is intimately linked to mineral balance in mammals. In fact, glucocorticoids assured both of these functions in all living cells, animal and photosynthetic, prior to the appearance of aldosterone in teleosts at the dawn of terrestrial colonization. The evolutionary drive for a hormone specifically designed for hydromineral regulation led to zonation for the conversion of 18-hydroxycorticosterone into aldosterone through the catalytic action of a synthase in the secluded compartment of the adrenal zona glomerulosa. Corticoid hormones exert their physiological action by binding to receptors that belong to a transcription factor superfamily, which also includes some of the proteins regulating steroid synthesis. Steroids stimulate sodium absorption by the activation and/or de novo synthesis of the ion-gated, amiloride-sensitive sodium channel in the apical membrane and that of the Na+/K+-ATPase in the basolateral membrane. Receptors, channels, and pumps apparently are linked to the cytoskeleton and are further regulated variously by methylation, phosphorylation, ubiquination, and glycosylation, suggesting a complex system of control at multiple checkpoints. Mutations in genes for many of these different proteins have been described and are known to cause clinical disease.
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- M K Agarwal
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
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Tobler K, Kelly ML, Pinto LH, Lamb RA. Effect of cytoplasmic tail truncations on the activity of the M(2) ion channel of influenza A virus. J Virol 1999; 73:9695-701. [PMID: 10559278 PMCID: PMC113015 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.9695-9701.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The M(2) protein of influenza A virus forms a proton channel that is required for viral replication. The M(2) ion channel is a homotetramer and has a 24-residue N-terminal extracellular domain, a 19-residue transmembrane domain, and a 54-residue cytoplasmic tail. We show here that the N-terminal methionine residue is cleaved from the mature protein. Translational stop codons were introduced into the M(2) cDNA at residues 46, 52, 62, 72, 77, 82, 87, and 92. The deletion mutants were designated truncx, according to the amino acid position that was changed to a stop codon. We studied the role of the cytoplasmic tail by measuring the ion channel activity (the current sensitive to the M(2)-specific inhibitor amantadine) of the cytoplasmic tail truncation mutants expressed in oocytes of Xenopus laevis. When their conductance was measured over time, mutants trunc72, trunc77, and trunc92 behaved comparably to wild-type M(2) protein (a decrease of only 4% over 30 min). In contrast, conductance decreased by 28% for trunc82, 27% for trunc62, and 81% for trunc52 channels. Complete closure of the channel could be observed in some cells for trunc62 and trunc52 within 30 min. These data suggest that a role of the cytoplasmic tail region of the M(2) ion channel is to stabilize the pore against premature closure while the ectodomain is exposed to low pH.
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- K Tobler
- Department of Biochemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3500, USA
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Kunzelmann K. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and its function in epithelial transport. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1999; 137:1-70. [PMID: 10207304 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-65362-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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CF is a well characterized disease affecting a variety of epithelial tissues. Impaired function of the cAMP activated CFTR Cl- channel appears to be the basic defect detectable in epithelial and non-epithelial cells derived from CF patients. Apart from cAMP-dependent Cl- channels also Ca2+ and volume activated Cl- currents may be changed in the presence of CFTR mutations. This is supported by recent additional findings showing that different intracellular messengers converge on the CFTR Cl- channel. Analysis of the ion transport in CF airways and intestinal epithelium identified additional defects in Na+ transport. It became clear recently that mutations of CFTR may also affect the activity of other membrane conductances including epithelial Na+ channels, KvLQT-1 K+ channels and aquaporins (Fig. 7). Several additional, initially unexpected effects of CFTR on cellular functions, such as exocytosis, mucin secretion and regulation of the intracellular pH were reported during the past. Taken together, these results clearly indicate that CFTR not only acts as a cAMP regulated Cl- channel, but may fulfill several other cellular functions, particularly by regulating other membrane conductances. Failure in CFTR dependent regulation of these membrane conductances is likely to contribute to the defects observed in CF. Currently, no general concept is available that can explain how CFTR controls this variety of cellular functions. Further studies will have to verify whether direct protein interaction, specific effects on membrane turnover, changes of the intracellular ion concentration or additional proteins are involved in these regulatory loops. At the end of this review one cannot share the provocative and reassuring title "CFTR!" of a review written a few years ago [114]. Today one might rather finish with the statement "CFTR?".
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- K Kunzelmann
- Physiologisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Fuller C, Ismailov I, Berdiev B, Shlyonsky V, Benos D. Chapter 1 Mapping Structure/Function Relations in αbENaC. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)60949-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Fuller CM, Berdiev BK, Shlyonsky VG, Ismailov II, Benos DJ. Point mutations in alpha bENaC regulate channel gating, ion selectivity, and sensitivity to amiloride. Biophys J 1997; 72:1622-32. [PMID: 9083666 PMCID: PMC1184356 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78808-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have generated two site-directed mutants, K504E and K515E, in the alpha subunit of an amiloride-sensitive bovine epithelial Na+ channel, alpha bENaC. The region in which these mutations lie is in the large extracellular loop immediately before the second membrane-spanning domain (M2) of the protein. We have found that when membrane vesicles prepared from Xenopus oocytes expressing either K504E or K515E alpha bENaC are incorporated into planar lipid bilayers, the gating pattern, cation selectivity, and amiloride sensitivity of the resultant channel are all altered as compared to the wild-type protein. The mutated channels exhibit either a reduction or a complete lack of its characteristic burst-type behavior, significantly reduced Na+:K+ selectivity, and an approximately 10-fold decrease in the apparent inhibitory equilibrium dissociation constant (Ki) for amiloride. Single-channel conductance for Na+ was not affected by either mutation. On the other hand, both K504E and K515E alpha bENaC mutants were significantly more permeable to K+, as compared to wild type. These observations identify a lysine-rich region between amino acid residues 495 and 516 of alpha bENaC as being important to the regulation of fundamental channel properties.
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- C M Fuller
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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