Fluoride stimulates cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Cl- channel activity

The American Journal of Physiology
H A BergerMichael J Welsh

Abstract

While studying the regulation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), we found that addition of F- to the cytosolic surface of excised, inside-out membrane patches reversibly increased Cl- current in a dose-dependent manner. Stimulation required prior phosphorylation and the presence of ATP. F- increased current even in the presence of deferoxamine, which chelates Al3+, suggesting that stimulation was not due to AlF4-. F- also stimulated current in a CFTR variant that lacked a large part of the R domain, suggesting that the effect was not mediated via this domain. Studies of single channels showed that F- increased the open-state probability by slowing channel closure from bursts of activity; the mean closed time between bursts and single-channel conductance was not altered. These results suggested that F- influenced regulation by the cytosolic domains, most likely the nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs). Consistent with this, we found that mutation of a conserved Walker lysine in NBD2 changed the relative stimulatory effect of F- compared with wild-type CFTR, whereas mutation of the Walker lysine in NBD1 had no effect. Based on these and previous data, we speculate that F- interacts with CFTR, possibly...Continue Reading

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