title: Identification of a defective cAMP-stimulated Cl- channel in cystic fibrosis fibroblasts.
abstract: Cl- efflux from normal human fibroblasts is stimulated by elevation of cAMP and by elevation of intracellular free Ca2+. In both cases the stimulated Cl- transport occurs via electrically conductive pathways. In six lines of normal human fibroblasts, dibutyryl cAMP increased total Cl- efflux by an average of 13%. In six lines of fibroblasts from patients with cystic fibrosis, dibutyryl cAMP was without effect. The electrically conductive component of Cl- transport was increased an average of 30% by dibutyryl cAMP in normal cells and was unaffected by dibutyryl cAMP in cystic fibrosis cells. Stimulation of the Ca2+-sensitive Cl- channel by addition of A23187 increased Cl- efflux by an average of 30% in normal and 30% in cystic fibrosis fibroblasts. The data indicate that there is a defect in a cAMP-activated Cl- channel in cystic fibrosis fibroblasts.
mesh_terms: D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line / Q000187:drug effects; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D000001:Calcimycin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium