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
1997
In vitro pharmacologic restoration of CFTR-mediated chloride transport with sodium 4-phenylbutyrate in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells containing delta F508-CFTR.
Rubenstein R, Egan M, Zeitlin P. In vitro pharmacologic restoration of CFTR-mediated chloride transport with sodium 4-phenylbutyrate in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells containing delta F508-CFTR. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1997, 100: 2457-2465. PMID: 9366560, PMCID: PMC508446, DOI: 10.1172/jci119788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelta F508-CFTRIB3-1 cellsCystic fibrosis epithelial cellsFunctional chloride channelChloride channelsHigh molecular mass formsModification of oligosaccharidesCF epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsMolecular mass formsTranscriptional regulatorsPlasma membraneGolgi apparatusEndoplasmic reticulumCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutationsCF phenotypeIB3-1Cell surfaceDelta F508 mutationWhole cellsMass formNasal polyp epitheliumRegulator mutationsCFTRF508 mutation