title: Isolation and functional reconstitution of a 38-kDa chloride channel protein from bovine tracheal membranes.
abstract: Secretion of chloride ions via apically located anion-selective channels in epithelia regulates fluid formation and cytosolic Cl- homeostasis. In order to understand the biochemical basis of Cl- channel function, we attempted to isolate this transporter from bovine tracheal apical membranes. Initially, peripheral polypeptides were removed from apically enriched vesicles by washing with alkaline buffer (pH 10.8) containing 2 mM CHAPS. The resulting pellet contained 50-60% of the original protein and displayed 2-fold enhanced Cl- channel activity compared to untreated vesicles. The pellet was treated with Triton X-100, and the solubilized proteins were separated on the cationic exchanger CM-cellufine. Washing the resin with a pH 8.0-8.3 buffer eluted a fraction with enriched Cl- channel activity. This fraction contained less than 5% of the total solubilized protein. A subsequent separation was performed using the anionic exchanger AM-cellufine. The highest activity was found in the fractions eluted by 80-120 mM KCl. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed a major 38,000-Da protein band. This band was electroeluted from the gel under nondenaturing and nonreducing conditions and reconstituted into phosphatidylcholine liposomes. KCl-loaded vesicles containing the purified 38-kDa protein transported up to 5 nmol of 125I-/mg of protein/5 min. This value was 15-fold higher than the uptake measured in vesicles reconstituted with total solubilized membrane proteins and 4-fold higher compared to the CM-cellufine-enriched fraction. The observed 125I- uptake was 90% inhibited by 100 microM 4,4-bis(isothiocyano)-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonate or 10 microM valinomycin. In summary, we have developed a biochemical protocol for the isolation of a 38 kDa protein mediating potential-dependent and 4,4-bis(isothiocyano)-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonate-sensitive Cl- channel activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Benos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D014132:Trachea / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins