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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Defective adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-mediated Cl- transport in cystic fibrosis (CF) reflects defects in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). A moderate level of CFTR mRNA expression has been found in rodent and human oviductal epithelium, but unlike other CFTR-expressing tissues, the oviduct in CF patients is apparently normal. The present study was carried out to investigate the relative magnitude of the cAMP- and intracellular Ca2+ (Cai2+)-regulated Cl- secretion in primary cultures of the oviduct from normal and CF mice generated by targeted disruption of the murine CF gene. Normal oviductal epithelium exhibited a basal equivalent short-circuit current (Ieq) of 20.3 +/- 1.7 muA/cm2. CF oviduct exhibited a lower basal Ieq of 4.5 +/- 1.9 muA/cm2. In normal mice, forskolin (10(-5) M, apical) elicited a slowly developing sustained rise in Ieq, whereas ionomycin (5 x 10(-6) M, apical) and ATP (10(-4) M, apical) induced larger increases in Ieq consisting of a prompt, transient response followed by a slowly decreasing component. The Ieq response to forskolin was totally abolished in CF mouse oviducts, but the magnitudes of the peak Ieq responses to ionomycin and ATP were not different from normal. The time courses of the ionomycin- and ATP-evoked responses, however, were significantly more transient in CF than in normal oviducts. These results demonstrate that CF mouse oviduct exhibits defective cAMP- but not Cai(2+)-mediated Cl- secretion. The relatively high level of functional expression of the alternative Cai(2+)-activated Cl- secretory pathway in the mouse oviduct may contribute to the absence of major pathology in the CF oviduct.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C708-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
cAMP- but not Ca(2+)-regulated Cl- conductance in the oviduct is defective in mouse model of cystic fibrosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.