2000
Subcellular distribution of CFTR in rat intestine supports a physiologic role for CFTR regulation by vesicle traffic
Ameen N, van Donselaar E, Posthuma G, de Jonge H, McLaughlin G, Geuze H, Marino C, Peters P. Subcellular distribution of CFTR in rat intestine supports a physiologic role for CFTR regulation by vesicle traffic. Histochemistry And Cell Biology 2000, 114: 219-228. PMID: 11083465, DOI: 10.1007/s004180000167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorVesicle trafficSubcellular distributionVesicle insertionCAMP stimulationCAMP-activated chloride channelCryoimmunogold electron microscopyFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorApical plasma membraneTransmembrane conductance regulatorCultured intestinal cellsCFTR regulationCHE cellsPhysiologic roleVesicular compartmentsPlasma membraneApical redistributionConductance regulatorSubapical vesiclesCellular distributionChloride channelsSecretory cellsIntestinal cellsEpithelial cellsCells
1999
CFTR channel insertion to the apical surface in rat duodenal villus epithelial cells is upregulated by VIP in vivo
Ameen N, Martensson B, Bourguinon L, Marino C, Isenberg J, McLaughlin G. CFTR channel insertion to the apical surface in rat duodenal villus epithelial cells is upregulated by VIP in vivo. Journal Of Cell Science 1999, 112: 887-894. PMID: 10036238, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.6.887.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channelVillus epithelial cellsApical surfaceApical plasma membraneAnti-CFTR antibodiesQuantitative confocal microscopyNew protein synthesisApical membrane insertionIntestinal villus epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsMembrane CFTRMembrane insertionApical cytoskeletonNormal CFTRCHE cellsPlasma membraneAbsence of cycloheximideSubcellular redistributionCFTR channelsC-terminusCAMP stimulationIntracellular cAMP levelsProtein synthesisChannel insertionCFTR function
1995
A unique subset of rat and human intestinal villus cells express the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Ameen N, Ardito T, Kashgarian M, Marino C. A unique subset of rat and human intestinal villus cells express the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Gastroenterology 1995, 108: 1016-1023. PMID: 7535272, DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90198-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal small intestineCrypt epithelial cellsVillus cellsSmall intestineHuman proximal small intestineCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorEpithelial cellsSurface marker expressionFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorBrush border sucraseTransmembrane conductance regulatorIntestinal villus cellsBACKGROUND/Marker antibodiesMarker expressionUnique subsetVillus enterocytesConductance regulatorIntestineLactase expressionBrush border