Expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator corrects defective chloride channel regulation in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells.
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) was expressed in cultured cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells and Cl- channel activation assessed in single cells using a fluorescence microscopic assay and the patch-clamp technique. Expression of CFTR, but not of a mutant form of CFTR (delta F508), corrected the Cl- channel defect. Correction of the phenotypic defect demonstrates a causal relationship between mutations in the CFTR gene and defective Cl- transport which is the hallmark of the disease.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009154:Mutation; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics
C505032:CFTR protein, human; D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D000242:Cyclic AMP