Bestrophin 1 and 2 are components of the Ca2+ activated Cl- conductance in mouse airways

Barro-Soria, Rene and Schreiber, Rainer and Kunzelmann, Karl (2008) Bestrophin 1 and 2 are components of the Ca2+ activated Cl- conductance in mouse airways. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, 1783 (10). pp. 1993-2000. ISSN 0167-4889, 1879-2596

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Abstract

Ca2+ activated Cl- transport is found in airways and other organs and is abnormal in cystic fibrosis, polycystic kidney disease and infectious diarrhea. The molecular identity of Ca2+ activated Cl- channels (CaCC) in the airways is still obscure. Bestrophin proteins were described to form CaCC and to regulate voltage gated Ca2+ channels. The present Ussing chamber recordings on tracheas of bestrophin 1 knockout (vmd2(-/-)) mice indicate a reduced Cl- secretion when activated by the purinergic agonist ATP (0.1-1 mu M). As two paralogs, best1 and best2, are present in mouse tracheal epithelium, we examined the contribution of each paralog to Ca2+ activated Cl- secretion. In whole cell patch-clamp measurements on primary airway epithelial cells from vmd2(-/-) tracheas, ATP activated Cl- currents were reduced by 50%. Additional knockdown of mbest2 in vmd2(-/-) cells by short interfering RNA further suppressed ATP-incluced Cl- currents down to 20% of that observed in cells from vmd2(+/+) animals. Moreover, RNAi-suppression of both mbest1 and mbest2 reduced CaCC in vmd2(+/+) cells. Direct activation of CaCC by increase of intracellular Ca2+ was also reduced in whole cell recordings of vmd2(-/-) cells. These results clearly suggest a role of bestrophin 1 and 2 for Ca2+ dependent Cl- secretion in mouse airways. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CHANNEL; FAMILY; EXPRESSION; SECRETION; GENE; Ca2+ activated Cl- channel; bestrophin 1; bestrophin 2; vmd2; Cl- conductance; airways; epithelium
Subjects: 500 Science > 570 Life sciences
Divisions: Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Physiologie > Prof. Dr. Karl Kunzelmann
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2020 07:56
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2020 07:56
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/30192

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