title: P-glycoprotein-associated chloride currents revealed by specific block by an anti-P-glycoprotein antibody.
abstract: The relationships between P-glycoprotein (PGP) expression and plasma membrane ion currents activated by cell swelling were studied in several cell lines by use of the whole cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Swelling-activated Cl- currents (ICls) had similar characteristics independently of whether PGP was expressed. Addition of the anti-PGP monoclonal antibody C219 or its Fab fragment to the pipette solution prevented ICls in cells expressing functional PGP (assessed by immunoblots, immunofluorescence, and transport of rhodamine 123) but not in cells lacking PGP expression. A peptide analogue of the C219 epitope abolished the effect of C219. Other anti-PGP antibodies and mouse immunoglobulin G were ineffective. C219 did not alter swelling-activated cation currents. Inasmuch as ICls is present in cells that do not express PGP and C219 has no effect on ICls in these cells, we conclude that PGP is not required for the ICls phenotype. However, when expressed in the plasma membrane, PGP is involved, directly or indirectly, in ICls but not in swelling-activated K+ currents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0641, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Vanoye
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Altenberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reuss
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018118:Chloride Channels