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Jentsch, Thomas J. "Chloride channels." Current Opinion in Neurobiology 3, no. 3 (June 1993): 316–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0959-4388(93)90123-g.
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Lísal, Jiří, and Merritt Maduke. "Proton-coupled gating in chloride channels." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364, no. 1514 (October 28, 2008): 181–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0123.
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The physiologically indispensable chloride channel (CLC) family is split into two classes of membrane proteins: chloride channels and chloride/proton antiporters. In this article we focus on the relationship between these two groups and specifically review the role of protons in chloride-channel gating. Moreover, we discuss the evidence for proton transport through the chloride channels and explore the possible pathways that the protons could take through the chloride channels. We present results of a mutagenesis study, suggesting the feasibility of one of the pathways, which is closely related to the proton pathway proposed previously for the chloride/proton antiporters. We conclude that the two groups of CLC proteins, although in principle very different, employ similar mechanisms and pathways for ion transport.
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Kicińska, A., G. D bska, W. Kunz, and A. Szewczyk. "Mitochondrial potassium and chloride channels." Acta Biochimica Polonica 47, no. 3 (September 30, 2000): 541–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.18388/abp.2000_3977.
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Channels selective for potassium or chloride ions are present in inner mitochondrial membranes. They probably play an important role in mitochondrial events such as the formation of delta pH and regulation of mitochondrial volume changes. Mitochondrial potassium and chloride channels could also be the targets for pharmacologically active compounds such as potassium channel openers and antidiabetic sulfonylureas. This review describes the properties, pharmacology, and current observations concerning the functional role of mitochondrial potassium and chloride channels.
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Kim, Hyeong Jae, Peter Chang-Whan Lee, and Jeong Hee Hong. "Chloride Channels and Transporters: Roles beyond Classical Cellular Homeostatic pH or Ion Balance in Cancers." Cancers 14, no. 4 (February 9, 2022): 856. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14040856.
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The canonical roles of chloride channels and chloride-associated transporters have been physiologically determined; these roles include the maintenance of membrane potential, pH balance, and volume regulation and subsequent cellular functions such as autophagy and cellular proliferative processes. However, chloride channels/transporters also play other roles, beyond these classical function, in cancerous tissues and under specific conditions. Here, we focused on the chloride channel-associated cancers and present recent advances in understanding the environments of various types of cancer caused by the participation of many chloride channel or transporters families and discuss the challenges and potential targets for cancer treatment. The modulation of chloride channels/transporters might promote new aspect of cancer treatment strategies.
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Higgins, Chris. "Chloride channels revisited." Nature 358, no. 6387 (August 1992): 536. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/358536a0.
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Vinson, V. "Controlling Chloride Channels." Science Signaling 3, no. 146 (November 2, 2010): ec338-ec338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.3146ec338.
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Bretag, A. H. "Muscle chloride channels." Physiological Reviews 67, no. 2 (April 1987): 618–724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.1987.67.2.618.
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Ackerman, Michael J., and David E. Clapham. "Cardiac chloride channels." Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 3, no. 1 (January 1993): 23–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1050-1738(93)90024-z.
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Fahlke, Christoph, Timothy Knittle, Christina A. Gurnett, Kevin P. Campbell, and Alfred L. George. "Subunit Stoichiometry of Human Muscle Chloride Channels." Journal of General Physiology 109, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 93–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.109.1.93.
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Voltage-gated Cl− channels belonging to the ClC family appear to function as homomultimers, but the number of subunits needed to form a functional channel is controversial. To determine subunit stoichiometry, we constructed dimeric human skeletal muscle Cl− channels in which one subunit was tagged by a mutation (D136G) that causes profound changes in voltage-dependent gating. Sucrose-density gradient centrifugation experiments indicate that both monomeric and dimeric hClC-1 channels in their native configurations exhibit similar sedimentation properties consistent with a multimeric complex having a molecular mass of a dimer. Expression of the heterodimeric channel in a mammalian cell line results in a homogenous population of Cl− channels exhibiting novel gating properties that are best explained by the formation of heteromultimeric channels with an even number of subunits. Heteromultimeric channels were not evident in cells cotransfected with homodimeric WT-WT and D136G-D136G constructs excluding the possibility that functional hClC-1 channels are assembled from more than two subunits. These results demonstrate that the functional hClC-1 unit consists of two subunits.
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Duszyk, Marek, Andrew S. French, and S. F. Paul Man. "Cystic fibrosis affects chloride and sodium channels in human airway epithelia." Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67, no. 10 (October 1, 1989): 1362–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y89-217.
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Abnormalities of epithelial function in cystic fibrosis (CF) have been linked to defects in cell membrane permeability to chloride or sodium ions. Recently, a class of chloride channels in airway epithelial cells have been reported to lack their usual sensitivity to phosphorylation via cAMP-dependent protein kinase, suggesting that CF could be due to a single genetic defect in these channels. We have examined single chloride and sodium channels in control and CF human nasal epithelia using the patch-clamp technique. The most common chloride channel was not the one previously associated with CF, but it was also abnormal in CF cells. In addition, the number of sodium channels was unusually high in CF. These findings suggest a wider disturbance of ion channel properties in CF than would be produced by a defect in a single type of channel.Key words: ion channels, cystic fibrosis, airway, epithelium.
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Uchida, Shinichi. "In vivo role of CLC chloride channels in the kidney." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 279, no. 5 (November 1, 2000): F802—F808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2000.279.5.f802.
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Chloride channels in the kidney are involved in important physiological functions such as cell volume regulation, acidification of intracellular vesicles, and transepithelial chloride transport. Among eight mammalian CLC chloride channels expressed in the kidney, three (CLC-K1, CLC-K2, and CLC-5) were identified to be related to kidney diseases in humans or mice. CLC-K1 mediates a transepithelial chloride transport in the thin ascending limb of Henle's loop and is essential for urinary concentrating mechanisms. CLC-K2 is a basolateral chloride channel in distal nephron segments and is necessary for chloride reabsorption. CLC-5 is a chloride channel in intracellular vesicles of proximal tubules and is involved in endocytosis. This review will cover the recent advances in research on the CLC chloride channels of the kidney with a special focus on the issues most necessary to understand their physiological roles in vivo, i.e., their intrarenal and cellular localization and their phenotypes of humans and mice that have their loss-of-function mutations.
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Wilczyński, Bartosz, Alicja Dąbrowska, Jolanta Saczko, and Julita Kulbacka. "The Role of Chloride Channels in the Multidrug Resistance." Membranes 12, no. 1 (December 28, 2021): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12010038.
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Nowadays, one of medicine’s main and most challenging aims is finding effective ways to treat cancer. Unfortunately, although there are numerous anti-cancerous drugs, such as cisplatin, more and more cancerous cells create drug resistance. Thus, it is equally important to find new medicines and research the drug resistance phenomenon and possibilities to avoid this mechanism. Ion channels, including chloride channels, play an important role in the drug resistance phenomenon. Our article focuses on the chloride channels, especially the volume-regulated channels (VRAC) and CLC chloride channels family. VRAC induces multidrug resistance (MDR) by causing apoptosis connected with apoptotic volume decrease (AVD) and VRAC are responsible for the transport of anti-cancerous drugs such as cisplatin. VRACs are a group of heterogenic complexes made from leucine-rich repetition with 8A (LRRC8A) and a subunit LRRC8B-E responsible for the properties. There are probably other subunits, which can create those channels, for example, TTYH1 and TTYH2. It is also known that the ClC family is involved in creating MDR in mainly two mechanisms—by changing the cell metabolism or acidification of the cell. The most researched chloride channel from this family is the CLC-3 channel. However, other channels are playing an important role in inducing MDR as well. In this paper, we review the role of chloride channels in MDR and establish the role of the channels in the MDR phenomenon.
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Gabriel, S. E., E. M. Price, R. C. Boucher, and M. J. Stutts. "Small linear chloride channels are endogenous to nonepithelial cells." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 263, no. 3 (September 1, 1992): C708—C713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1992.263.3.c708.
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We used both single-channel and whole cell patch-clamp techniques to characterize chloride channels and currents endogenous to Sf9 cells, 3T3 fibroblasts, and Chinese hamster ovary cells. In cell-attached patches from these cell types, anion channels were observed with low ohmic conductance (4-11 ps), linear current-voltage relationships, and little time- or voltage-dependent behavior. These channels are very similar to the Cl- channels reported to appear concomitant with the expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in these cell lines. The presence of such endogenous channels suggests either that low levels of CFTR are present in all of these cell lines prior to transfection or that an endogenous non-CFTR channel is present in these cell types. Our results suggest that at least some of the channel behaviors attributed to expressed, recombinant CFTR in previous studies may have been due to these endogenous Cl- channels.
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Debska, G., A. Kicińska, J. Skalska, and A. Szewczyk. "Intracellular potassium and chloride channels: an update." Acta Biochimica Polonica 48, no. 1 (March 31, 2001): 137–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.18388/abp.2001_5120.
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Channels selective for potassium or chloride ions are present in all intracellular membranes such as mitochondrial membranes, sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum, nuclear membrane and chromaffin granule membranes. They probably play an important role in events such as acidification of intracellular compartments and regulation of organelle volume. Additionally, intracellular ion channels are targets for pharmacologically active compounds, e.g. mitochondrial potassium channels interact with potassium channel openers such as diazoxide. This review describes current observations concerning the properties and functional roles of intracellular potassium and chloride channels.
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Fahlke, Christoph. "Ion permeation and selectivity in ClC-type chloride channels." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 280, no. 5 (May 1, 2001): F748—F757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2001.280.5.f748.
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Voltage-gated anion channels are present in almost every living cell and have many physiological functions. Recently, a novel gene family encoding voltage-gated chloride channels, the ClC family, was identified. The knowledge of primary amino acid sequences has allowed for the study of these anion channels in heterologous expression systems and made possible the combination of site-directed mutagenesis and high-resolution electrophysiological measurements as a means of gaining insights into the molecular basis of channel function. This review focuses on one particular aspect of chloride channel function, the selective transport of anions through biological membranes. I will describe recent experiments using a combination of cellular electrophysiology, molecular genetics, and recombinant DNA technology to study the molecular basis of ion permeation and selection in ClC-type chloride channels. These novel tools have provided new insights into basic mechanisms underlying the function of these biologically important channels.
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Darvish, N., J. Winaver, and D. Dagan. "Diverse modulations of chloride channels in renal proximal tubules." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 267, no. 5 (November 1, 1994): F716—F724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.1994.267.5.f716.
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Cl- selective channels were detected and characterized in apical membranes of cultured rat renal proximal convoluted tubule cells (PCT) using patch-clamping methods. Subpopulations of Cl- channels modulated by cyclic nucleotides, Ca2+, or voltage were identified. Two different 30-pS, voltage-independent, Cl- channels modulated by adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or Ca2+ were seen most frequently. The cAMP-dependent channel was activated by membrane-permeable analogues of cAMP, dibutyryl-cAMP or 8-bromo-cAMP. Catalytic subunit of protein kinase A (PKA) applied to detached inside-out patches, activated the channel as well, suggesting activation via phosphorylation. Channel activity was blocked by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, by 4,4-dinitrostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid, and by SCN-. Permeability sequence for different halides was Cl- > I > F with a Cl(-)-to-cation permeability ratio (PCl/Pcation) of 7:1. The Ca(2+)-sensitive channel was not activated by cAMP nor by PKA. A third anionic selective channel encountered infrequently is voltage dependent and has a unitary conductance of 145 pS, with a PCl/Pcation value of 9:1. This diversity of Cl- channels may underlie the rich repertoire of physiological functions attributed to Cl- channels.
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al-Awqati, Q., J. Barasch, and D. Landry. "Chloride channels of intracellular organelles and their potential role in cystic fibrosis." Journal of Experimental Biology 172, no. 1 (November 1, 1992): 245–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.172.1.245.
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Chloride channels were previously purified from bovine kidney cortex membranes using a drug affinity column. Reconstitution of the purified proteins into artificial liposomes and planar bilayers yielded chloride channels. A 64 x 10(3) M(r) protein, p64, identified as a component of this chloride channel, was used to generate antibodies which depleted solubilized kidney membranes of all chloride channel activity. This antibody has now been used to identify a clone, H2B, from a kidney cDNA library. Antibodies, affinity-purified against the fusion protein of H2B, from a kidney cDNA library. Antibodies, affinity-purified against the fusion protein of H2B, also depleted solubilized kidney cortex from all chloride channel activity. The predicted amino acid sequence of p64 shows that it contains two and possibly four putative transmembrane domains and potential phosphorylation sites by protein kinases A and C. There was no significant homology to other protein (or DNA) sequences in the data base including other anion channels or the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. The protein is expressed in all cells tested and probably represents the chloride channel of intracellular organelles. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with a defect in a cyclic-AMP-activated chloride channel in secretory epithelia which leads to decreased fluid secretion. In addition, many mucus glycoproteins show decreased sialylation but increased sulfation. We have recently shown that the pH of intracellular organelles is more alkaline in CF cells, an abnormality that is due to defective chloride conductance in the vesicle membranes. We postulate that the defect in the intracellular chloride channel, and hence the alkalization, could explain the glycosylation abnormalities since the pH optimum of Golgi sialyltransferase is acid while that of focusyl- and sulfotransferases is alkaline. Defects in sialyation of glycolipids might also generate receptors for Pseudomonas, which is known to colonize the respiratory tract of CF patients.
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Wang, Wei, Claudia Oliva, Ge Li, Arne Holmgren, Christopher Horst Lillig, and Kevin L. Kirk. "Reversible Silencing of CFTR Chloride Channels by Glutathionylation." Journal of General Physiology 125, no. 2 (January 18, 2005): 127–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.200409115.
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a phosphorylation- and ATP-dependent chloride channel that modulates salt and water transport across lung and gut epithelia. The relationship between CFTR and oxidized forms of glutathione is of potential interest because reactive glutathione species are produced in inflamed epithelia where they may be modulators or substrates of CFTR. Here we show that CFTR channel activity in excised membrane patches is markedly inhibited by several oxidized forms of glutathione (i.e., GSSG, GSNO, and glutathione treated with diamide, a strong thiol oxidizer). Three lines of evidence indicate that the likely mechanism for this inhibitory effect is glutathionylation of a CFTR cysteine (i.e., formation of a mixed disulfide with glutathione): (a) channels could be protected from inhibition by pretreating the patch with NEM (a thiol alkylating agent) or by lowering the bath pH; (b) inhibited channels could be rescued by reducing agents (e.g., DTT) or by purified glutaredoxins (Grxs; thiol disulfide oxidoreductases) including a mutant Grx that specifically reduces mixed disulfides between glutathione and cysteines within proteins; and (c) reversible glutathionylation of CFTR polypeptides in microsomes could be detected biochemically under the same conditions. At the single channel level, the primary effect of reactive glutathione species was to markedly inhibit the opening rates of individual CFTR channels. CFTR channel inhibition was not obviously dependent on phosphorylation state but was markedly slowed when channels were first “locked open” by a poorly hydrolyzable ATP analogue (AMP-PNP). Consistent with the latter finding, we show that the major site of inhibition is cys-1344, a poorly conserved cysteine that lies proximal to the signature sequence in the second nucleotide binding domain (NBD2) of human CFTR. This region is predicted to participate in ATP-dependent channel opening and to be occluded in the nucleotide-bound state of the channel based on structural comparisons to related ATP binding cassette transporters. Our results demonstrate that human CFTR channels are reversibly inhibited by reactive glutathione species, and support an important role of the region proximal to the NBD2 signature sequence in ATP-dependent channel opening.
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Hussy, N. "Calcium-activated chloride channels in cultured embryonic Xenopus spinal neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 68, no. 6 (December 1, 1992): 2042–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.1992.68.6.2042.
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1. Single-channel currents were recorded from Xenopus spinal neurons developing in vitro using the patch-clamp technique, to identify the channels underlying the large and small macroscopic Ca(2+)-activated Cl- currents (ICl(Ca)) present in these cells. 2. Channels of large (maxi-channels; 310 pS) and smaller conductance (mini-channels; 50-60 pS) are activated by elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration. Channel activity is not altered by subsequent removal of Ca2+ from the bath, arguing against a direct ligand-type Ca2+ dependence. The much higher incidence of channel activation in cell-attached patches from cells permeabilized with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 than in excised patches also suggests the involvement of some unidentified intracellular factor. 3. The reversal potential of maxi-Cl- channels is not altered by changes in Na+ concentration, but is shifted in the negative direction by the substitution of Cl- by methanesulfonate on the intracellular side of the patch, indicating their anionic selectivity. 4. Maxi-Cl- channels exhibited the presence of multiple probable subconductance states and showed marked voltage-dependent inactivation above and below +/- 20 mV. 5. Examination of maxi-Cl- channels at early times in culture (6-9 h) and 24 h later did not reveal any developmental change in the characteristics described above. However, the mean open duration of the channel was found to increase twofold during this period of time. 6. The simultaneous presence of maxi- and mini-Cl- channels prevented detailed characterization of the latter. The anionic selectivity of mini-Cl- channels is suggested by their reversal potential that lies close to the Cl- equilibrium potential.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Schwiebert, E. M., T. Flotte, G. R. Cutting, and W. B. Guggino. "Both CFTR and outwardly rectifying chloride channels contribute to cAMP-stimulated whole cell chloride currents." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 266, no. 5 (May 1, 1994): C1464—C1477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1994.266.5.c1464.
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From whole cell patch-clamp recordings at 35 degrees C utilizing either nystatin perforation or conventional methods with 5 mM MgATP in the pipette solution, it was demonstrated that both cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride (Cl-) channels and outwardly rectifying Cl- channels (ORCC) contribute to adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-activated whole cell Cl- currents in cultured human airway epithelial cells. These results were similar whether recordings were performed on two normal human cell lines or on two cystic fibrosis (CF) cell lines stably complemented with wild-type CF gene. These results were obtained by exploiting dissimilar biophysical properties of CFTR and ORCC currents such as the degree of rectification of the current-voltage relationship, the difference in sensitivity to Cl- channel-blocking drugs such as 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS), calixarenes, and diphenylamine carboxylic acid (DPC), and the opposing Cl- relative to I- permeabilities of the two channels. In normal cells or complemented CF cells, 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate stimulated outwardly rectifying whole cell Cl- currents. Addition of DIDS in the presence of cAMP inhibited the outwardly rectifying portion of the cAMP-activated Cl- current. The remaining cAMP-activated, DIDS-insensitive, linear CFTR Cl- current was inhibited completely by DPC. Additional results showed that not only do ORCC and CFTR Cl- channels contribute to cAMP-activated Cl- currents in airway epithelial cells where wild-type CFTR is expressed but that both channels fail to respond to cAMP in delta F508-CFTR-containing CF airway cells. We conclude that CFTR not only functions as a cAMP-regulated Cl- channel in airway epithelial cells but also controls the regulation of ORCC.
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Thakker, Rajesh V. "Chloride channels cough up." Nature Genetics 17, no. 2 (October 1997): 125–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1097-125.
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Hebert, Steven C. "Crystal-clear chloride channels." Nature 379, no. 6564 (February 1996): 398–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/379398a0.
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Jentsch, Thomas J. "Chloride channels are different." Nature 415, no. 6869 (January 2002): 276–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/415276a.
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Zhang, Ya-ping, Hao Zhang, and Dayue Darrel Duan. "Chloride channels in stroke." Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 34, no. 1 (October 29, 2012): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/aps.2012.140.
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Gögelein, Heinz. "Chloride channels in epithelia." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes 947, no. 3 (October 1988): 521–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4157(88)90006-8.
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Reeves, W. Brian, and Thomas E. Androli. "Renal Epithelial Chloride Channels." Annual Review of Physiology 54, no. 1 (October 1992): 29–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ph.54.030192.000333.
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Hartzell, Criss, Ilva Putzier, and Jorge Arreola. "CALCIUM-ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNELS." Annual Review of Physiology 67, no. 1 (March 17, 2005): 719–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physiol.67.032003.154341.
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Wolstenholme, Adrian J. "Glutamate-gated Chloride Channels." Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, no. 48 (October 4, 2012): 40232–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.r112.406280.
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Thompson, Gregory W., Magda Horackova, and J. Andrew Armour. "Ion channel modifying agents influence the electrical activity generated by canine intrinsic cardiac neurons in situ." Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 78, no. 4 (March 1, 2000): 293–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y99-138.
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This study was designed to establish whether agents known to modify neuronal ion channels influence the behavior of mammalian intrinsic cardiac neurons in situ and, if so, in a manner consistent with that found previously in vitro. The activity generated by right atrial neurons was recorded extracellularly in varying numbers of anesthetized dogs before and during continuous local arterial infusion of several neuronal ion channel modifying agents. Veratridine (7.5 µM), the specific modifier of Na+-selective channels, increased neuronal activity (95% above control) in 80% of dogs tested (n = 25). The membrane depolarizing agent potassium chloride (40 mM) reduced neuronal activity (43% below control) in 84% of dogs tested (n = 19). The inhibitor of voltage-sensitive K+ channels, tetraethylammonium (10 mM), decreased neuronal activity (42% below control) in 73% of dogs tested (n = 11). The nonspecific potassium channel inhibitor barium chloride (5 mM) excited neurons (47% above control) in 13 of 19 animals tested. Cadmium chloride (200 µM), which inhibits Ca2+-selective channels and Ca2+-dependent K+ channels, increased neuronal activity (65% above control) in 79% of dogs tested (n = 14). The specific L-type Ca2+ channel blocking agent nifedipine (5 µM) reduced neuronal activity (52% blow control in 72% of 11 dogs tested), as did the nonspecific inhibitor of L-type Ca2+ channels, nickel chloride (5 mM) (36% below control in 69% of 13 dogs tested). Each agent induced either excitatory or inhibitory responses, depending on the agent tested. It is concluded that specific ion channels (INa, ICaL, IKv, and IKCa) that have been associated with intrinsic cardiac neurons in vitro are involved in their capacity to generate action potentials in situ.Key words: calcium channels, intrinsic cardiac neuron, potassium channels, sodium channels.
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Lidofsky, Steven D., and Richard M. Roman. "Alanine uptake activates hepatocellular chloride channels." American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 273, no. 4 (October 1, 1997): G849—G853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.4.g849.
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Cells involved in the retrieval and metabolic conversion of amino acids undergo significant increases in size in response to amino acid uptake. The resultant adaptive responses to cell swelling are thought to include increases in membrane K+ and Cl− permeability through activation of volume-sensitive ion channels. This viewpoint is largely based on experimental models of hypotonic swelling, but few mammalian cells experience hypotonic challenge in vivo. Here we have examined volume regulatory responses in a physiological model of cell-swelling alanine uptake in immortalized hepatocytes. Alanine-induced cell swelling was followed by a decrease in cell volume that was temporally associated with an increase in membrane Cl− currents. These currents were dependent both on alanine concentration and Na+, suggesting that currents were stimulated by Na+-coupled alanine uptake. Cl− currents were outwardly rectifying, exhibited an anion permeability sequence of I− > Br− > Cl−, and were inhibited by the Cl− channel blocker 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid, features similar to those reported for a widely distributed class of volume-sensitive anion channels evoked by experimental hypotonic stress. These findings suggest that volume-sensitive anion channels participate in adaptive responses to amino acid uptake and provide such channels with a new physiological context.
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Clancy, J. P., J. D. McCann, M. Li, and M. J. Welsh. "Calcium-dependent regulation of airway epithelial chloride channels." American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 258, no. 2 (February 1, 1990): L25—L32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.1990.258.2.l25.
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To determine how cell calcium ([Ca2+]c) regulates apical Cl- channels, we measured the rate of 125-Iodide (125I-) efflux to assay Cl- channel activity in intact cells and examined cell-free membrane patches from cultured canine tracheal epithelial cells. The Ca2+ elevating agonist bradykinin and the calcium ionophore A23187 increased 125I- efflux. This response did not require prostaglandin production. Under several conditions, changes in [Ca2+]c were temporally dissociated from changes in channel activation: a transient increase in [Ca2+]c caused a prolonged stimulation of 125I- efflux. Neither Cl- channel activation nor open-channel probability was affected by varying internal [Ca2+] in excised membrane patches. Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)- and Ca2(+)-dependent channel activation may be independent: cAMP-stimulated 125I- efflux did not require an increase in [Ca2+]c, Ca2(+)-stimulated efflux did not require an increase in cAMP, and simultaneous addition of A23187 and isoproterenol produced additive effects on 125I- efflux. The data suggest that an increase in [Ca2+]c activates Cl- channels, however, the effect of Ca2+ appears to be indirect, not involving a ligand-type interaction with the channel.
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Schultz, B. D., A. D. DeRoos, C. J. Venglarik, A. K. Singh, R. A. Frizzell, and R. J. Bridges. "Glibenclamide blockade of CFTR chloride channels." American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 271, no. 2 (August 1, 1996): L192—L200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.1996.271.2.l192.
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a protein kinase A- and ATP-regulated Cl- channel located in the apical membranes of epithelial cells. Previously Sheppard and Welsh (J. Gen. Physiol. 100: 573-591, 1992) showed that glibenclamide, a compound which binds to the sulfonylurea receptor and thus blocks nucleotide-dependent K+ channels, reduced CFTR whole cell current. The aim of this study was to identify the mechanism underlying this inhibition in cell-free membrane patches containing CFTR Cl- channels. Exposure to gliben-clamide caused a reversible reduction in current carried by CFTR which was paralleled by a decrease in channel open probability (Po). The decrease in Po was concentration dependent, and half-maximum inhibition (ki) occurred at 30 microM. Fluctuation analysis indicated a flickery-type block of open CFTR channels. Event duration analysis supported this notion by showing that the glibenclamide-induced decrease in Po was accompanied by interruptions of open bursts [i.e., an apparent reduction in the burst duration (Tburst)] with only a slight reduction in closed time (Tc). The plot of the corresponding open-to-closed (Tburst-1) and closed-to-open (Tc-1) rates as a function of glibenclamide concentration were consistent with a pseudo-first-order open-blocked mechanism and provided estimates of the on rate (kon = 1.17 microM-1S-1), the off rate (koff = 16 s-1), and the dissociation constant (Kd = 14 microM). The difference between the Ki (30 microM) and the Kd (14 microM) is the result expected for a closed-open-blocked model with an initial Po of 0.47. Since the initial Po was 0.50 +/- 0.02 (n = 12), we can conclude that glibenclamide blocks CFTR by a closed-open-blocked mechanism.
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THORESON, WALLACE B., RON NITZAN, and ROBERT F. MILLER. "Chloride efflux inhibits single calcium channel open probability in vertebrate photoreceptors: Chloride imaging and cell-attached patch-clamp recordings." Visual Neuroscience 17, no. 2 (March 2000): 197–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0952523800172025.
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The present study uses cell-attached patch-recording techniques to study the single-channel properties of Ca2+ channels in isolated salamander photoreceptors and investigate their sensitivity to reductions in intracellular Cl−. The results show that photoreceptor Ca2+ channels possess properties similar to L-type Ca2+ channels in other preparations, including (1) enhancement of openings by the dihydropyridine agonist, (−)BayK8644; (2) suppression by a dihydropyridine antagonist, nisoldipine; (3) single-channel conductance of 22 pS with 82 mM Ba2+ as the charge carrier; (4) mean open probability of 0.1; (5) open-time distribution fit with a single exponential (τ0 = 1.1 ms) consistent with a single open state; and (6) closed time distribution fit with two exponentials (τc1 = 0.7 ms, τc2 = 25.4 ms) consistent with at least two closed states. Using a Cl−-sensitive dye to measure intracellular [Cl−], it was found that perfusion with gluconate-containing, low Cl− medium depleted intracellular [Cl−]. It was therefore possible to reduce intracellular [Cl−] by perfusion with a low Cl− solution while maintaining the extracellular channel surface in high Cl− pipette solution. Under these conditions, the single-channel conductance was unchanged, but the mean open probability fell to 0.03. This reduction can account for the 66% reduction in whole-cell Ca2+ currents produced by perfusion with low Cl− solutions. Examination of the open and closed time distributions suggests that the reduction in open probability arises from increases in closed-state dwell times. Changes in intracellular [Cl−] may thus modulate photoreceptor Ca2+ channels.
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Gulbins, E., A. Jekle, K. Ferlinz, H. Grassmé, and F. Lang. "Physiology of apoptosis." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 279, no. 4 (October 1, 2000): F605—F615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2000.279.4.f605.
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Ion fluxes and volume changes of the whole cell as well as of organelles belong to the hallmarks of apoptosis; however, the molecular mechanism regulating these changes is only poorly characterized. Several ion channels in the plasma membrane, in particular the N-type K+channel, the chloride channel cystic fibrosis conductance regulator, and an outward rectifying chloride channel, as well as the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, have been implicated to be involved in signal transduction cascades regulating apoptosis. Furthermore, Bcl-2-like proteins have been suggested to function, at least in part, as ion channels, because they display some homology to bacterial pore-forming toxins. In contrast to the demonstration of the involvement of these different ion channels in apoptosis, the molecular consequences regulated by these ion channels, and finally triggering apoptosis, are almost completely unknown.
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Gray, R., and D. Johnston. "Rectification of single GABA-gated chloride channels in adult hippocampal neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 54, no. 1 (July 1, 1985): 134–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.1985.54.1.134.
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The properties of single chloride channels activated by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were investigated with hippocampal slices from adult guinea pigs. After the slices were treated with proteolytic enzymes, gigaseal recordings were made from excised patches of pyramidal or granule cell membranes. This newly developed preparation permits the application of patch-clamp techniques to the adult mammalian central nervous system. Guinea pig hippocampal slices were prepared in a conventional manner. Once prepared, the slices were treated with two different enzymes for brief periods and gently agitated. Slices generally split apart along the boundaries of the cell body regions, exposing neuronal somata. Standard patch-clamp techniques were used for the gigaseal recordings from excised patches. Solutions for both sides of the patches consisted of symmetrical concentrations of chloride, with all cation channels blocked. GABA at concentrations of 0.5-1.0 microM was added to the solution for the extracellular side of the patches. At transmembrane potentials negative to the chloride reversal potential (0 mV), the conductance through the GABA-gated chloride channels was approximately 20 pS. When the transmembrane potential was changed to positive values, the chloride conductance increased dramatically. For example, at +40 mV the conductance through the GABA-gated channels was almost 40 pS. Ramp-clamp commands were used to measure the current-voltage (I-V) relationship through single open channels. The open-channel I-V curves displayed outward rectification. The relationship between open-channel conductance and voltage could be fitted reasonably well by a single energy-barrier model for the channel, with the higher energy barrier placed near the cytoplasmic side of the membrane (at a fractional distance through the membrane of 0.73).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Zhu, Yaohui, Andrea Mucci, and Jan D. Huizinga. "Inwardly rectifying chloride channel activity in intestinal pacemaker cells." American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 288, no. 4 (April 2005): G809—G821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00301.2004.
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Cl− channels are proposed to play a role in gut pacemaker activity, but little is known about the characteristics of Cl− channels in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), the intestinal pacemaker cells. The objective of the present study was to identify whole cell Cl− currents in ICC associated with previously observed single-channel activity and to characterize its inward rectification. Whole cell patch-clamp studies showed that ICC express an inwardly rectifying Cl− current that was not sensitive to changes in cation composition of the extracellular solutions. Currents were not affected by replacing all cations with N-methyl-d-glucamine (NMDG+). Whole cell currents followed the Cl− equilibrium potential and were inhibited by DIDS and 9-anthracene carboxylic acid. Ramp protocols of single-channel activity showed that inward rectification was due to reduction in single-channel open probability, not a reduction in single-channel conductance. Single-channel data led to the hypothesis that strong cooperation exists between 30-pS channels that show less cooperation at potentials positive to the reversal potential. Hence, an inwardly rectifying Cl− channel plays a prominent role in determining pacemaker activity in the gut.
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Vaisey, George, Alexandria N. Miller, and Stephen B. Long. "Distinct regions that control ion selectivity and calcium-dependent activation in the bestrophin ion channel." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 47 (November 7, 2016): E7399—E7408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1614688113.
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Cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) activates the bestrophin anion channel, allowing chloride ions to flow down their electrochemical gradient. Mutations in bestrophin 1 (BEST1) cause macular degenerative disorders. Previously, we determined an X-ray structure of chicken BEST1 that revealed the architecture of the channel. Here, we present electrophysiological studies of purified wild-type and mutant BEST1 channels and an X-ray structure of a Ca2+-independent mutant. From these experiments, we identify regions of BEST1 responsible for Ca2+ activation and ion selectivity. A “Ca2+ clasp” within the channel’s intracellular region acts as a sensor of cytoplasmic Ca2+. Alanine substitutions within a hydrophobic “neck” of the pore, which widen it, cause the channel to be constitutively active, irrespective of Ca2+. We conclude that the primary function of the neck is as a “gate” that controls chloride permeation in a Ca2+-dependent manner. In contrast to what others have proposed, we find that the neck is not a major contributor to the channel’s ion selectivity. We find that mutation of a cytosolic “aperture” of the pore does not perturb the Ca2+ dependence of the channel or its preference for anions over cations, but its mutation dramatically alters relative permeabilities among anions. The data suggest that the aperture functions as a size-selective filter that permits the passage of small entities such as partially dehydrated chloride ions while excluding larger molecules such as amino acids. Thus, unlike ion channels that have a single “selectivity filter,” in bestrophin, distinct regions of the pore govern anion-vs.-cation selectivity and the relative permeabilities among anions.
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Elorza-Vidal, Xabier, Héctor Gaitán-Peñas, and Raúl Estévez. "Chloride Channels in Astrocytes: Structure, Roles in Brain Homeostasis and Implications in Disease." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 5 (February 27, 2019): 1034. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20051034.
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Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the CNS (central nervous system). They exert multiple functions during development and in the adult CNS that are essential for brain homeostasis. Both cation and anion channel activities have been identified in astrocytes and it is believed that they play key roles in astrocyte function. Whereas the proteins and the physiological roles assigned to cation channels are becoming very clear, the study of astrocytic chloride channels is in its early stages. In recent years, we have moved from the identification of chloride channel activities present in astrocyte primary culture to the identification of the proteins involved in these activities, the determination of their 3D structure and attempts to gain insights about their physiological role. Here, we review the recent findings related to the main chloride channels identified in astrocytes: the voltage-dependent ClC-2, the calcium-activated bestrophin, the volume-activated VRAC (volume-regulated anion channel) and the stress-activated Maxi-Cl−. We discuss key aspects of channel biophysics and structure with a focus on their role in glial physiology and human disease.
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Jentsch, Thomas J., Valentin Stein, Frank Weinreich, and Anselm A. Zdebik. "Molecular Structure and Physiological Function of Chloride Channels." Physiological Reviews 82, no. 2 (April 1, 2002): 503–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00029.2001.
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Cl− channels reside both in the plasma membrane and in intracellular organelles. Their functions range from ion homeostasis to cell volume regulation, transepithelial transport, and regulation of electrical excitability. Their physiological roles are impressively illustrated by various inherited diseases and knock-out mouse models. Thus the loss of distinct Cl− channels leads to an impairment of transepithelial transport in cystic fibrosis and Bartter's syndrome, to increased muscle excitability in myotonia congenita, to reduced endosomal acidification and impaired endocytosis in Dent's disease, and to impaired extracellular acidification by osteoclasts and osteopetrosis. The disruption of several Cl− channels in mice results in blindness. Several classes of Cl− channels have not yet been identified at the molecular level. Three molecularly distinct Cl− channel families (CLC, CFTR, and ligand-gated GABA and glycine receptors) are well established. Mutagenesis and functional studies have yielded considerable insights into their structure and function. Recently, the detailed structure of bacterial CLC proteins was determined by X-ray analysis of three-dimensional crystals. Nonetheless, they are less well understood than cation channels and show remarkably different biophysical and structural properties. Other gene families (CLIC or CLCA) were also reported to encode Cl− channels but are less well characterized. This review focuses on molecularly identified Cl− channels and their physiological roles.
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Wang, Liwei, Wenbo Ma, Linyan Zhu, Dong Ye, Yuan Li, Shanwen Liu, Huarong Li, et al. "ClC-3 is a candidate of the channel proteins mediating acid-activated chloride currents in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 303, no. 1 (July 1, 2012): C14—C23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00145.2011.
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Acid-activated chloride currents have been reported in several cell types and may play important roles in regulation of cell function. However, the molecular identities of the channels that mediate the currents are not defined. In this study, activation of the acid-induced chloride current and the possible candidates of the acid-activated chloride channel were investigated in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (CNE-2Z). A chloride current was activated when extracellular pH was reduced to 6.6 from 7.4. However, a further decrease of extracellular pH to 5.8 inhibited the current. The current was weakly outward-rectified and was suppressed by hypertonicity-induced cell shrinkage and by the chloride channel blockers 5-nitro-2–3-phenylpropylamino benzoic acid (NPPB), tamoxifen, and 4,4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid disodium salt hydrate (DIDS). The permeability sequence of the channel to anions was I− > Br− > Cl− > gluconate−. Among the ClC chloride channels, ClC-3 and ClC-7 were strongly expressed in CNE-2Z cells. Knockdown of ClC-3 expression with ClC-3 small interfering (si)RNA prevented the activation of the acid-induced current, but silence of ClC-7 expression with ClC-7 siRNA did not significantly affect the current. The results suggest that the chloride channel mediating the acid-induced chloride current was volume sensitive. ClC-3 is a candidate of the channel proteins that mediate or regulate the acid-activated chloride current in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.
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La, B. Q., S. L. Carosi, J. Valentich, S. Shenolikar, and S. C. Sansom. "Regulation of epithelial chloride channels by protein phosphatase." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 260, no. 6 (June 1, 1991): C1217—C1223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1991.260.6.c1217.
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A combination of planar bilayer and patch-clamp techniques was used to determine whether apical membrane Cl- channels of shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland (SRG) were regulated by a phosphorylating and dephosphorylating cycle. In channel reconstitution studies, apical membrane vesicles of SRG were purified, incubated in ATP-Mg2+ and the presence or absence (control) of catalytic subunit of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase (cAMP-PK) and incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. In the presence of cAMP-PK, two distinct Cl- channels were found when imposing either 450/50 or 300/50 mM KCl (cis/trans) gradients. The most frequently observed channels (G beta 1) were open greater than 80% at all potentials between -60 and +20 mV (trans ground) and were inactivated by alkaline phosphatase added to the cis chamber. The single-channel conductance of G beta 1 was 42 pS between -60 and +20 mV with a 300/50 mM KCl gradient. The second channel (G beta 2) was always observed in pairs of 62-pS subchannels and was not affected by alkaline phosphatase, but the open probability increased with depolarizing potentials. G beta 2 was observed once, but G beta 1 was never observed in the absence of cAMP-PK. In parallel patch-clamp studies of the apical membrane of cultured SRG, a 50-pS channel similar to G beta 1 was noted after incubating cells with either forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, or okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A. It is concluded that G beta 1 of SRG can be studied in both patch-clamp and bilayer preparations and that G beta 1 is regulated by reversible phosphorylation by cAMP-PK and dephosphorylation by a protein phosphatase.
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Berndt, Andre, Soo Yeun Lee, Jonas Wietek, Charu Ramakrishnan, Elizabeth E. Steinberg, Asim J. Rashid, Hoseok Kim, et al. "Structural foundations of optogenetics: Determinants of channelrhodopsin ion selectivity." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 4 (December 22, 2015): 822–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1523341113.
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The structure-guided design of chloride-conducting channelrhodopsins has illuminated mechanisms underlying ion selectivity of this remarkable family of light-activated ion channels. The first generation of chloride-conducting channelrhodopsins, guided in part by development of a structure-informed electrostatic model for pore selectivity, included both the introduction of amino acids with positively charged side chains into the ion conduction pathway and the removal of residues hypothesized to support negatively charged binding sites for cations. Engineered channels indeed became chloride selective, reversing near −65 mV and enabling a new kind of optogenetic inhibition; however, these first-generation chloride-conducting channels displayed small photocurrents and were not tested for optogenetic inhibition of behavior. Here we report the validation and further development of the channelrhodopsin pore model via crystal structure-guided engineering of next-generation light-activated chloride channels (iC++) and a bistable variant (SwiChR++) with net photocurrents increased more than 15-fold under physiological conditions, reversal potential further decreased by another ∼15 mV, inhibition of spiking faithfully tracking chloride gradients and intrinsic cell properties, strong expression in vivo, and the initial microbial opsin channel-inhibitor–based control of freely moving behavior. We further show that inhibition by light-gated chloride channels is mediated mainly by shunting effects, which exert optogenetic control much more efficiently than the hyperpolarization induced by light-activated chloride pumps. The design and functional features of these next-generation chloride-conducting channelrhodopsins provide both chronic and acute timescale tools for reversible optogenetic inhibition, confirm fundamental predictions of the ion selectivity model, and further elucidate electrostatic and steric structure–function relationships of the light-gated pore.
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Ondrias, Karol, Zuzana Tomaskova, Viera Kominkova, Adam Szewczyk, and Lubica Malekova. "Single channel properties and modulation of intracellular chloride channels." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1797 (July 2010): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.04.038.
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Sonnhof, U. "Single voltage-dependent K+ and Cl− channels in cultured rat astrocytes." Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 65, no. 5 (May 1, 1987): 1043–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y87-165.
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The kinetic reactions of a voltage-dependent K+ channel, which constituted about 14% of all the recorded K+ channels in the membrane of cultured rat astrocytes were studied in detail. A scheme of one open and three closed states is necessary to describe the kinetic reactions of this channel. The channel contributes little to the resting membrane potential. Its steady state open probability (Po) is 0.06 at −70 mV. When the cell is depolarized to 0 mV, Po approaches 1. This represents a 17-fold increase. Such channels could contribute to the potassium clearance by enhancing the effect of "spatial buffering." Additionally, single anion-selective channels with very high conductances were found in inside-out patches in approximately 15% of all recorded channels in the membrane of rat astrocytes. Channel openings are characterized by more than one conductance level; the main level showed a mean conductance of 400 pS. These channels are divided into two groups. Approximately 90% of the recorded chloride channels showed a strong voltage dependency of their current fluctuations. Within a relatively small potential range (±15 mV) the channels have a high probability of being in the active state. After a voltage jump to varying testing potentials in the range of ±20 to ±50 mV the channels continued to be in the active state for some time and then closed to a shut state. If the testing potential persisted, the channels were not able to leave this shut state. The active state could only be reached again if the membrane potential was reset close to zero for some time. The time course of the current relaxation was measured by ensemble averaging of single channel current fluctuations. When at the end of a testing potential the voltage was set back to zero, the channel remained in the shut state for some time before it reached the open state again. The voltage dependence of this recovery period was analyzed as well but is not shown in this paper. The reaction indicates a nonstationary process as the open probability is time dependent, and for better differentiation I will call these channels nonstationary chloride channels. A subgroup of 10% of all recorded chloride channels showed no voltage-dependent kinetic reactions. I will denote them as stationary chloride channels. Both types of Cl− channels are mainly permeable to anions but showed a slight permeability to cations. An idea of the role of these channels at this state must be highly speculative. The possibilities include a cell to cell transfer of material or a regulation of the internal or external ion environment. In the latter case, they could provide an uptake mechanism for potassium ions in addition to the spatial buffer currents.
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Tsai, L. M., M. Dillard, R. L. Rosenberg, R. J. Falk, M. L. Gaido, and A. L. Finn. "Reconstitution of an epithelial chloride channel. Conservation of the channel from mudpuppy to man." Journal of General Physiology 98, no. 4 (October 1, 1991): 723–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.98.4.723.
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We have previously shown that monoclonal antibody E12 (MAb E12), one of several such antibodies raised against theophylline-treated Necturus gallbladder (NGB) epithelial cells, inhibits the chloride conductance in the apical membrane of that tissue. Since chloride channels are critical to the secretory function of epithelia in many different animals, we have used this antibody to determine whether the channels are conserved, and in an immunoaffinity column to isolate the channel protein. We now demonstrate that MAb E12 cross-reacts with detergent-solubilized extracts of different tissues from various species by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Western blot analysis shows that this monoclonal antibody recognizes proteins of Mr 219,000 in NGB, toad gallbladder, urinary bladder, and small intestine, A6 cells, rat colon, rabbit gastric mucosa, human lymphocytes, and human nasal epithelial cells, and inhibits the chloride conductance in toad gallbladder, rat colon, and human nasal epithelium. Detergent-solubilized protein eluted from an immunoaffinity column and then further purified via FPLC yields a fraction (Mr 200,000-220,000) which has been reconstituted into a planar lipid bilayer. There it behaves as a chloride-selective channel (PCl/PNa = 20.2 in a 150/50 mM trans-bilayer NaCl gradient) whose unit conductance is 62.4 +/- 4.6 pS, and which is blocked in the bilayer by the antibody. The gating characteristics of this channel indicate that it can exist as aggregates or as independent single channels, and that the antibody interferes with gating of the aggregates, leaving the unit channels unchanged. From these data we conclude that the protein of Mr 219,000 recognized by this monoclonal antibody is an important component of an epithelial chloride channel, and that this channel is conserved across a wide range of animal species.
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Vocke, Kerstin, Kristin Dauner, Anne Hahn, Anne Ulbrich, Jana Broecker, Sandro Keller, Stephan Frings, and Frank Möhrlen. "Calmodulin-dependent activation and inactivation of anoctamin calcium-gated chloride channels." Journal of General Physiology 142, no. 4 (September 30, 2013): 381–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.201311015.
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Calcium-dependent chloride channels serve critical functions in diverse biological systems. Driven by cellular calcium signals, the channels codetermine excitatory processes and promote solute transport. The anoctamin (ANO) family of membrane proteins encodes three calcium-activated chloride channels, named ANO 1 (also TMEM16A), ANO 2 (also TMEM16B), and ANO 6 (also TMEM16F). Here we examined how ANO 1 and ANO 2 interact with Ca2+/calmodulin using nonstationary current analysis during channel activation. We identified a putative calmodulin-binding domain in the N-terminal region of the channel proteins that is involved in channel activation. Binding studies with peptides indicated that this domain, a regulatory calmodulin-binding motif (RCBM), provides two distinct modes of interaction with Ca2+/calmodulin, one at submicromolar Ca2+ concentrations and one in the micromolar Ca2+ range. Functional, structural, and pharmacological data support the concept that calmodulin serves as a calcium sensor that is stably associated with the RCBM domain and regulates the activation of ANO 1 and ANO 2 channels. Moreover, the predominant splice variant of ANO 2 in the brain exhibits Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent inactivation, a loss of channel activity within 30 s. This property may curtail ANO 2 activity during persistent Ca2+ signals in neurons. Mutagenesis data indicated that the RCBM domain is also involved in ANO 2 inactivation, and that inactivation is suppressed in the retinal ANO 2 splice variant. These results advance the understanding of Ca2+ regulation in anoctamin Cl− channels and its significance for the physiological function that anoctamin channels subserve in neurons and other cell types.
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Light, D. B., E. M. Schwiebert, G. Fejes-Toth, A. Naray-Fejes-Toth, K. H. Karlson, F. V. McCann, and B. A. Stanton. "Chloride channels in the apical membrane of cortical collecting duct cells." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 258, no. 2 (February 1, 1990): F273—F280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.1990.258.2.f273.
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Ion channels in the apical membrane of cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells in culture were studied by the patch-clamp technique. CCD cells from rabbit kidney were isolated by solid-phase immunoadsorption with a monoclonal antibody. The majority of CCD cells (93%) had phenotypic characteristics similar to intercalated cells (ICC). Although Cl- channels were present in the apical membrane of the ICC cells, they were rarely active in cell-attached patches; however, channels were activated after patch excision. In inside-out patches, the channels exhibited rapid flickering, substrates, and large unitary currents. The single-channel conductance was 303 pS, the Cl(-)-to-Na+ permeability ratio was 10:1 and the Cl(-)-to-HCO3- permeability ratio was 1.5:1. The channel was inhibited by the Cl- channel blockers 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, diphenylamine carboxylic acid, and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid. Although a reduction in the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration inhibited channel activity in both inside-out patches and cell-attached patches, alterations of Ca2+ within the physiological range did not change the channel open probability. Finally, changing the cytoplasmic pH (6.5 to 8.0) did not alter the open probability. Thus a large conductance anion channel is present in the apical membrane of CCD cells in culture. This channel may be involved in cell volume regulation or in Cl- and HCO3- secretion.
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Hao, Feng, Zhong Hai Yuan, Zhi Xin Wang, Hui Jing Xu, Fang Fang, Xin Gang Guan, Jiang Yong, and Li Yan. "Plasmid Construction of TMEM16A-pcDNA3.1 and its Application to Transient and Stable Transfection of FRT Cells." Advanced Materials Research 554-556 (July 2012): 1734–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.554-556.1734.
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Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) play pivotal roles in many physiological Activities, including transepithelial fluid secretion, smooth muscle contraction and sensory transduction. TMEM16A is a bona fide calcium-activated chloride channel，which was discovered by three independent labs in 2008 after Calcium-activated chloride channel current was recorded about thirty years ago. In this study, DNA fragments encoding mouse TMEM16A with green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein were subcloned into pcDNA3.1/Zeo. Transient transfection condition was optimized and Fischer Thyroid epithelial cells (FRT) expressing TMEM16A were got by stable transfection. The classical calcium-activated chloride channels current was recorded in FRT cells stably expressing TMEM16A by whole cell patch clamp technique. These results were beneficial for the delving into the effects of other bivalent cations on TMEM16A-CaCCs and the role of TMEM16A-CaCCs in cell proliferation and migration.
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Kaneko, Hiroshi, Frank Möhrlen, and Stephan Frings. "Calmodulin Contributes to Gating Control in Olfactory Calcium-activated Chloride Channels." Journal of General Physiology 127, no. 6 (May 30, 2006): 737–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.200609497.
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In sensory neurons of the peripheral nervous system, receptor potentials can be amplified by depolarizing Cl currents. In mammalian olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), this anion-based signal amplification results from the sequential activation of two distinct types of transduction channels: cAMP-gated Ca channels and Ca-activated Cl channels. The Cl current increases the initial receptor current about 10-fold and leads to the excitation of the neuron. Here we examine the activation mechanism of the Ca-dependent Cl channel. We focus on calmodulin, which is known to mediate Ca effects on various ion channels. We show that the cell line Odora, which is derived from OSN precursor cells in the rat olfactory epithelium, expresses Ca-activated Cl channels. Single-channel conductance, ion selectivity, voltage dependence, sensitivity to niflumic acid, and Ca sensitivity match between Odora channels and OSN channels. Transfection of Odora cells with CaM mutants reduces the Ca sensitivity of the Cl channels. This result points to the participation of calmodulin in the gating process of Ca-ativated Cl channels, and helps to understand how signal amplification works in the olfactory sensory cilia. Calmodulin was previously shown to mediate feedback inhibition of cAMP-synthesis and of the cAMP-gated Ca channels in OSNs. Our results suggest that calmodulin may also be instrumental in the generation of the excitatory Cl current. It appears to play a pivotal role in the peripheral signal processing of olfactory sensory information. Moreover, recent results from other peripheral neurons, as well as from smooth muscle cells, indicate that the calmodulin-controlled, anion-based signal amplification operates in various cell types where it converts Ca signals into membrane depolarization.
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Reeves, W. B., and R. W. Gurich. "Calcium-dependent chloride channels in endosomes from rabbit kidney cortex." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 266, no. 3 (March 1, 1994): C741—C750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1994.266.3.c741.
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Ion channels in endosomal membranes from rabbit kidney cortex were studied after reconstitution into planar lipid bilayers. The most frequently observed ion channel was anion selective (PCl/PK = 13) and had a single-channel conductance of 116 pS when the cis and trans solutions contained 410 and 150 mM KCl, respectively, and a conductance of 90 pS in symmetrical 150 mM KCl solutions. The anion selectivity sequence of the channel was NO3- > F- > Br- > Cl- >> I-. The activity of the channel was voltage dependent such that hyperpolarization of the cis, or cytoplasmic, surface of the channel increased the open probability (Po). The activity of the channel was also highly dependent on the calcium activity of the cis but not the trans solution. Channels were fully active (Po > 0.7) at Ca2+ concentration > 1 microM, but channel activity was completely absent (Po < 0.001) at Ca2+ concentration < 250 nM. The effects of calcium on Po were not voltage dependent. The Cl(-)-channel blocker 2-[(2-cyclopentyl-6,7-dichloro-2,3-dihydro-2-methyl-1-oxo-1H-inden -5- yl)oxy]-acetic acid (IAA-94/95) produced a concentration-dependent reversible flickering block of the endosomal channel with a Ki of 15 microM. 4,4'-Dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, a disulfonic stilbene, also produced a flickering block of the channel with a Ki of approximately 5 microM. Because endosomal Cl- channels are believed to facilitate endosomal acidification, we tested the effects of IAA-94/95 and deletion of Ca2+ on the rate of acidification of intact endosomes. Because neither maneuver affected acidification, we conclude that the 116-pS channel does not participate in endosomal acidification. This channel may be involved in other endosomal processes, e.g., cell volume regulation and control of membrane trafficking.