title: Dependence of cAMP meditated increases in Cl- and HCO(3)- permeability on CFTR in bovine corneal endothelial cells.
abstract: The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is present on the apical membrane of corneal endothelial cells. Increasing intracellular [cAMP] with forskolin stimulates an NPPB and glibenclamide-inhibitable apical Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) permeability [Sun, X.C., Bonanno, J.A., 2002. Expression, localization, and functional evaluation of CFTR in bovine corneal endothelial cells. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 282, C673-C683]. To definitively determine that the increased permeability is dependent on CFTR, we used an siRNA knockdown approach. Apical Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) permeability and steady-state HCO(3)(-) flux were measured in the presence or absence of forskolin using cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells that were transfected with CFTR siRNA or a scrambled sequence control. CFTR protein expression was reduced by approximately 80% in CFTR siRNA treated cultures. Forskolin (10 microM) increased apical chloride permeability by 7-fold, which was reduced to control level in siRNA treated cells. CFTR siRNA treatment had no effect on baseline apical chloride permeability. Apical HCO(3)(-) permeability was increased 2-fold by 10 microM forskolin, which was reduced to control level in siRNA treated cultures. Similarly, there was no effect on baseline apical HCO(3)(-) permeability by knocking down CFTR expression. The steady-state apical-basolateral pH gradient (DeltapH) at 4h in control cultures was increased approximately 2.5-fold by forskolin. In CFTR siRNA treated cells, the baseline DeltapH was similar to control, however forskolin did not have a significant effect. We conclude that forskolin induced increases in apical HCO(3)(-) permeability in bovine corneal endothelium requires CFTR. However, CFTR does not have a major role in determining baseline apical chloride or HCO(3)(-) permeability.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kah Tan
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Xing Cai
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bonanno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002712:Chlorides; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP