Publication Date:
1996-03-29
Description:
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a chloride ion channel regulated by protein kinase A and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Loss of CFTR-mediated chloride ion conductance from the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells is a primary physiological lesion in cystic fibrosis. CFTR has also been suggested to function an an ATP channel, although the size of the ATP anion is much larger than the estimated size of the CFTR pore. ATP was not conducted through CFTR in intact organs, polarized human lung cell lines, stably transfected mammalian cell lines, or planar lipid bilayers reconstituted with CFTR protein. These findings suggest that ATP permeation through the CFTR is unlikely to contribute to the normal function of CFTR or to the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Reddy, M M -- Quinton, P M -- Haws, C -- Wine, J J -- Grygorczyk, R -- Tabcharani, J A -- Hanrahan, J W -- Gunderson, K L -- Kopito, R R -- DK43994/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK45913/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- HL42368/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Mar 29;271(5257):1876-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8596959" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adenosine Triphosphate/*metabolism
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Animals
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CHO Cells
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Cell Line
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Cell Membrane/metabolism
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Cell Polarity
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Chlorides/metabolism
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Cricetinae
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Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator/*metabolism
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Humans
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Lipid Bilayers/metabolism
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Lung/cytology/metabolism
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Patch-Clamp Techniques
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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