title: Regulation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel by MgATP.
abstract: These results begin to indicate that nucleoside triphosphates directly regulate CFTR Cl- channels by interacting with the NBDs. Thus, they may begin to explain why some CF-associated mutations in the NBDs may block Cl- channel function in the epithelia of CF patients. These results also suggest that the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio may be more important than the absolute concentration of ATP in regulating CFTR. Thus, changes in the metabolic state of the cell that alter the ATP-ADP ratio may regulate CFTR Cl- channel activity in vivo. These observations suggest that CFTR might be regulated in the physiologic range of nucleotides. Such a mechanism of regulation could provide a mechanism for coupling the metabolic status of the cell and the activity of the Na-K ATPase with the rate of transepithelial Cl- secretion as regulated by apical membrane CFTR Cl- channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018118:Chloride Channels; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D018118:Chloride Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate