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cAMP Stimulates CFTR-like Cl- Channels and Inhibits Amiloride-Sensitive Na+ Channels in Mouse CCD Cells

cAMP Stimulates CFTR-like Cl- Channels and Inhibits Amiloride-Sensitive Na+ Channels in Mouse CCD Cells

B Letz, C Korbmacher

Am J Physiol. 1997 Feb;272(2 Pt 1):C657-66.

PMID: 9124310

Abstract:

Confluent M-1 mouse cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells express highly selective low-conductance amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels (B. Letz, A. Ackermann, C. M. Canessa, B. C. Rossier, and C. Korbmacher, J. Membr. Biol. 148: 129-143, 1995). Here we investigated the effect of forskolin on membrane voltage and whole cell currents of confluent M-1 cells using the patch-clamp technique. Forskolin (1 microM) reduced the hyperpolarization in response to amiloride (10 microM) from 17 to 4 mV and decreased the amiloride-sensitive Na+ inward currents from 81 to 26 pA. Furthermore, forskolin increased the hyperpolarization caused by changing from an apical low-Cl- solution (9 mM) to a high-Cl- solution (149 mM) from 11 to 30 mV and increased the magnitude of the inward current changes induced by alternating between high-Cl- and low-Cl- solutions from 25 to 138 pA. This demonstrates that forskolin stimulates an apical Cl- conductance. Anion substitution experiments revealed a permeability sequence SCN- > Br- > Cl- > I- >> gluconate. This suggests that the stimulated channels are cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-like Cl- channels. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate mimicked the effects of forskolin, whereas 1,9-dideoxyforskolin had no effect. We conclude that, in addition to amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels, CFTR-like Cl- channels are present in the apical membrane of confluent M-1 cells. An increase in intracellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) activates these Cl- channels and concurrently reduces the activity of the Na+ channels. This reciprocal regulation by cAMP suggests that the channels are functionally coupled.

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