2002
Calcium-pump inhibitors induce functional surface expression of ΔF508-CFTR protein in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells
Egan ME, Glöckner-Pagel J, Ambrose C, Cahill PA, Pappoe L, Balamuth N, Cho E, Canny S, Wagner CA, Geibel J, Caplan MJ. Calcium-pump inhibitors induce functional surface expression of ΔF508-CFTR protein in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells. Nature Medicine 2002, 8: 485-492. PMID: 11984593, DOI: 10.1038/nm0502-485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumCalcium pump inhibitorΔF508-CFTR proteinCystic fibrosis epithelial cellsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) proteinCystic fibrosis cell lineFunctional surface expressionSurface expressionChaperone activityChaperone proteinsRegulator proteinPlasma membraneCystic fibrosis defectCell surfaceProteinCell linesPotential targetOptimal activityInhibitor thapsigarginEpithelial cellsExpressionCommon mutationsInhibitorsMouse modelReticulum
1999
Continuous detection of extracellular ATP on living cells by using atomic force microscopy
Schneider S, Egan M, Jena B, Guggino W, Oberleithner H, Geibel J. Continuous detection of extracellular ATP on living cells by using atomic force microscopy. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 12180-12185. PMID: 10518596, PMCID: PMC18432, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.21.12180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtomic force microscopyForce microscopyLiving cellsImportant compoundsSurface of cellsATP concentrationSurface microenvironmentScanning tipExtracellular ATPCell linesMicroscopyPhysiological conditionsPowerful techniqueCellsContinuous detectionBiosensorSurfaceCompoundsActive tipATPConcentrationFuture developmentSoftnessDetectionMicroenvironmentCFTR is functionally active in GnRH-expressing GT1–7 hypothalamic neurons
Weyler R, Yurko-Mauro K, Rubenstein R, Kollen W, Reenstra W, Altschuler S, Egan M, Mulberg A. CFTR is functionally active in GnRH-expressing GT1–7 hypothalamic neurons. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: c563-c571. PMID: 10484343, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.3.c563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGT1-7 hypothalamic neuronsHypothalamic neuronsHypothalamic neuronal cell lineGonadotropin-releasing hormoneGT1-7 cellsNeuronal cell linePreincubation of cellsGnRH secretionGT1-7Cystic fibrosisCFTR geneWestern blottingCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) geneCell linesGnRHDiverse manifestationsHuman brainNeuronsCAMP analogTransmembrane conductance regulator geneSexual differentiationExon 10CFTR activity
1996
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV-CFTR) vectors do not integrate in a site-specific fashion in an immortalized epithelial cell line.
Kearns W, Afione S, Fulmer S, Pang M, Erikson D, Egan M, Landrum M, Flotte T, Cutting G. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV-CFTR) vectors do not integrate in a site-specific fashion in an immortalized epithelial cell line. Gene Therapy 1996, 3: 748-55. PMID: 8875221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIB3-1 cellsWild-type AAVEpithelial cell lineMetaphase spreadsSite-specific fashionCFTR cDNACell linesLow molecular weight DNA fractionCF bronchial epithelial cell lineHuman chromosome 19Immortalized epithelial cell lineWeight DNA fractionMetaphase chromosome preparationsMetaphase chromosome spreadsBronchial epithelial cell lineDifferent chromosomesAAV-CFTR vectorCDNA integrationChromosome spreadsChromosome 19Genomic DNASite-specific mannerDNA fractionChromosome preparationsCFTR expression