title: Cl- channels in basolateral renal medullary vesicles. X. Cloning of a Cl- channel from rabbit outer medulla.
abstract: These experiments were intended to identify candidate cDNAs which might encode basolateral membrane Cl- channels of the mTAL using a homology-based cloning strategy. We prepared a cDNA library using a 1.8 to 3.2 kb mRNA fraction from rabbit outer medulla that induces a Cl- conductance in cellular membranes of Xenopus laevis oocytes. The cDNA library was screened with two 32P-oligonucleotide probes corresponding to highly conserved sequences in other Cl- channels. We isolated two cDNAs: rbClC-Ka and rbClC-Kb. The protein sequences deduced from these two cDNAs had 99% homology. Using RT-PCR technology, cultured mouse mTAL cells were found to contain mRNA corresponding to those two cDNAs. Expression of the mRNAs corresponding to these two cDNAs was kidney-specific and was greater in rabbit renal medulla than rabbit renal cortex. Finally, by using RT-PCR technology in combination with microdissected glomeruli or tubule segments, we found mRNA for rbClC-Ka in glomeruli, proximal convoluted tubules, mTAL and cortical collecting tubules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimniak
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Andreoli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D011817:Rabbits; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D012313:RNA