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Potent stimulation and inhibition of the CFTR Cl − current by phloxine B
Author(s) -
Bachmann Alexander,
Russ Ulrich,
Waldegger Siegfried,
Quast Ulrich
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703600
Subject(s) - chemistry , cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator , forskolin , stimulation , patch clamp , biochemistry , adenylate kinase , membrane potential , biophysics , endocrinology , enzyme , in vitro , biology , receptor , gene
The effects of the fluoresceine derivative, phloxine B, on the Cl − current through the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) were examined in Xenopus oocytes expressing human CFTR. In whole oocytes, the CFTR Cl − current (I CFTR ) was activated by superfusion with isobutylmethylxanthine and forskolin. I CFTR was stable during activation and deactivated rapidly upon washout of the activation solution. Phloxine B slowed deactivation and, at high concentrations, inhibited I CFTR weakly. In excised inside‐out macropatches, I CFTR was activated by the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A (cPKA) and MgATP. Phloxine B (0.01–3 μ M ), applied after activation, increased I CFTR within 30 s followed by a slow decrease which became dominant at high concentrations. Slowing of deactivation of the CFTR was observed at all concentrations. The effect of phloxine B after 30 s had a bell‐shaped concentration‐dependence with midpoints at 45 and 1600 n M for the stimulatory and the inhibitory limb, respectively; maximum stimulation was about 1.8 times. The slow inhibitory component, measured after 6 min, occurred with an IC 50 value of ∼1 μ M . In the absence of cPKA, phloxine B did not stimulate I CFTR . In the presence of cPKA and MgATP, the effects of phloxine B were more prominent at low (0.02 m M ) than at high ATP (2 m M ). The data show that phloxine B modulates I CFTR by increasing channel activity and slowing channel deactivation; at high concentrations inhibition dominates. The effects may be mediated by direct interactions with CFTR from the inside of the cell.British Journal of Pharmacology (2000) 131 , 433–440; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703600
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