title: Characterization of nasal potential difference in cftr knockout and F508del-CFTR mice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Treatments designed to correct cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) defects must first be evaluated in preclinical experiments in the mouse model of cystic fibrosis (CF). Mice nasal mucosa mimics the bioelectric defect seen in humans. The use of nasal potential difference (V(TE)) to assess ionic transport is a powerful test evaluating the restoration of CFTR function. Nasal V(TE) in CF mice must be well characterized for correct interpretation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed V(TE) measurements in large-scale studies of two mouse models of CF--B6;129 cftr knockout and FVB F508del-CFTR--and their respective wild-type (WT) littermates. We assessed the repeatability of the test for cftr knockout mice and defined cutoff points distinguishing between WT and F508del-CFTR mice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We determined the typical V(TE) values for CF and WT mice and demonstrated the existence of residual CFTR activity in F508del-CFTR mice. We characterized intra-animal variability in B6;129 mice and defined the cutoff points for F508del-CFTR chloride secretion rescue. Hyperpolarization of more than -2.15 mV after perfusion with a low-concentration Cl(-) solution was considered to indicate a normal response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data will make it possible to interpret changes in nasal V(TE) in mouse models of CF, in future preclinical studies.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France. sauss72@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Emilie Lyne
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Saussereau
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roussel
authors.forename: Siradiou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Debarbieux
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sermet-Gaudelus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator