title: High intracellular pH in CFPAC: a pancreas cell line from a patient with cystic fibrosis is lowered by retrovirus-mediated CFTR gene transfer.
abstract: Expression of CFTR from a retroviral vector in CFPAC, a pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line derived from a patient with Cystic Fibrosis, causes a decrease in the average intracellular pH (pHi) in these transduced clones (PLJ-CFTR), as compared to CFPAC or CFPAC transduced with control virus (PLJ clones). Whereas the average pHi calculated based on results obtained in two PLJ-CFTR clones, PLJ-CFTR-20 (n = 2) and PLJ-CFTR-6 (n = 5), was 7.46 +/- 0.07, the average pHi calculated from results obtained in CFPAC (n = 13), PLJ-6 (n = 11) and PLJ-10 (n = 3) was pH 7.83 +/- 0.11. This finding suggests that CFTR may be involved, directly or indirectly, in the regulation of pHi in the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine 35294.
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authors.lastname: Elgavish
mesh_terms: D001565:Benzoates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D001692:Biological Transport; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; C505032:CFTR protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D019817:Benzoic Acid