CFTR is required for PKA-regulated ATP sensitivity of Kir1.1 potassium channels in mouse kidney.

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Lu M, Leng Q, Egan ME, Caplan MJ, Boulpaep EL, Giebisch GH, Hebert SC

CFTR is required for PKA-regulated ATP sensitivity of Kir1.1 potassium channels in mouse kidney.

J Clin Invest. 2006 Mar;116(3):797-807. Epub 2006 Feb 9.

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Abstract

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl- channel plays vital roles in fluid transport in many epithelia. While CFTR is expressed along the entire nephron, its function in renal tubule epithelial cells remains unclear, as no specific renal phenotype has been identified in cystic fibrosis. CFTR has been proposed as a regulator of the 30 pS, ATP-sensitive renal K channel (Kir1.1, also known as renal outer medullar K [ROMK]) that is critical for K secretion by cells of the thick ascending limb (TAL) and distal nephron segments responsive to aldosterone. We report here that both ATP and glibenclamide sensitivities of the 30 pS K channel in TAL cells were absent in mice lacking CFTR and in mice homozygous for the deltaF508 mutation. Curcumin treatment in deltaF508-CFTR mice partially reversed the defect in ATP sensitivity. We demonstrate that the effect of CFTR on ATP sensitivity was abrogated by increasing PKA activity. We propose that CFTR regulates the renal K secretory channel by providing a PKA-regulated functional switch that determines the distribution of open and ATP-inhibited K channels in apical membranes. We discuss the potential physiological role of this functional switch in renal K handling during water diuresis and the relevance to renal K homeostasis in cystic fibrosis.

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Drug	Target	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Glymidine	ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channel 1	Protein	Humans	Yes	Other/unknown	Details