The voltage-dependent Cl(-) channel ClC-5 and plasma membrane Cl(-) conductances of mouse renal collecting duct cells (mIMCD-3).
1. We have tested the hypothesis that the voltage-dependent Cl(-) channel, ClC-5 functions as a plasma membrane Cl(-) conductance in renal inner medullary collecting duct cells. 2. Full-length mouse kidney ClC-5 (mClC-5) was cloned and transiently expressed in CHO-K1 cells. Fast whole-cell patch-clamp recordings confirmed that mClC-5 expression produces a voltage-dependent, strongly outwardly rectifying Cl(-) conductance that was unaffected by external DIDS. 3. Slow whole-cell recordings, using nystatin-perforated patches from transfected CHO-K1 cells, also produced voltage-dependent Cl(-) currents consistent with ClC-5 expression. However, under this recording configuration an endogenous DIDS-sensitive Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) conductance was also evident, which appeared to be activated by green fluorescent protein (GFP) transfection. 4. A mClC-5-GFP fusion protein was transiently expressed in CHO-K1 cells; confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) showed localization at the plasma membrane, consistent with patch-clamp experiments. 5. Endogenous expression of mClC-5 was demonstrated in mouse renal collecting duct cells (mIMCD-3) by RT-PCR and by immunocytochemistry. 6. Using slow whole-cell current recordings, mIMCD-3 cells displayed three biophysically distinct Cl(-)-selective currents, which were all inhibited by DIDS. However, no cells exhibited whole-cell currents that had mClC-5 characteristics. 7. Transient transfection of mIMCD-3 cells with antisense mClC-5 had no effect on the endogenous Cl(-) conductances. Transient transfection with sense mClC-5 failed to induce the Cl(-) conductance seen in CHO-K1 cells but stimulated levels of the endogenous Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) conductance 24 h post-transfection. 8. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of mIMCD-3 cells transfected with mClC-5-GFP showed that the protein was absent from the plasma membrane and was instead localized to acidic endosomal compartments. 9. These data discount a major role for ClC-5 as a plasma membrane Cl(-) conductance in mIMCD-3 cells but suggest a role in endosomal function.
Sayer
J A
JA
Department of Physiological Sciences, Medical School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
Stewart
G S
GS
Boese
S H
SH
Gray
M A
MA
Pearce
S H
SH
Goodship
T H
TH
Simmons
N L
NL
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D014162:Transfection
C097503:CLC-5 chloride channel; D018118:Chloride Channels; D017931:DNA Primers