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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Respiratory tissues can be damaged by the exposure of airway epithelial cells to reactive oxygen species that generate oxidative stress. We studied the effects of the hydroxyl radical *OH, for which there is no natural intra- or extracellular scavenger, on a Ca(2+)-activated chloride channel (CACC) that participates in Cl(-) secretion in the apical membrane of airway epithelial cells. We identified and characterized CACC in cell-attached and in inside-out excised membrane patches from the apical membrane of cultured nonciliated human nasal epithelial cells. In these cells, the CACC was outwardly rectified, Ca(2+)/calmodulin-kinase II, and voltage dependent. The channel was activated in cell-attached and inside-out patches in a bath solution containing millimolar [Ca(2+)] and ran down quickly. The channel was reversibly or irreversibly activated by exposure of the internal surface of the membrane to *OH, which depended on the concentration and the duration of exposure to H(2)O(2). CACC activity evoked by oxidative stress was inhibited by 1,3-dimethyl-2-thiurea, an antioxidant that scavenges hydroxyl radicals, and by the reduced form of glutathione. The oxidized SH residues could be close to the Ca(2+)/calmodulin kinase site. The reversible or irreversible activation of CACC after a period of oxidative stress without change in [Ca(2+)] is a new observation. CACC play a direct role in mucus production by goblet cells and may thus contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1040-0605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L636-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxidant stress stimulates Ca2+-activated chloride channels in the apical activated membrane of cultured nonciliated human nasal epithelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire, Université Paris, France. jeulin@paris7.jussieu.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't