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
1998
Chloride channel and chloride conductance regulator domains of CFTR, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Schwiebert E, Morales M, Devidas S, Egan M, Guggino W. Chloride channel and chloride conductance regulator domains of CFTR, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 2674-2679. PMID: 9482946, PMCID: PMC19458, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.5.2674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic AcidAnimalsBase SequenceBronchiCells, CulturedChloride ChannelsChloridesCyclic AMPCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorDNA, ComplementaryEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansMembrane PotentialsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOligodeoxyribonucleotidesOocytesPatch-Clamp TechniquesPoint MutationProtein ConformationRecombinant ProteinsSequence DeletionTranscription, GeneticTransfectionXenopus laevisConceptsCl- channel functionConductance regulatorDomains of CFTRCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorChloride channelsFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorFirst transmembrane domainC-terminal truncationsIndividual amino acid substitutionsTransmembrane conductance regulatorCl- channel poreCl- channelsAmino acid substitutionsRegulator domainTransmembrane domainTwo-electrode voltage-clamp recordingsRegulatory domainMutant CFTRAcid substitutionsRegulator functionHuman airway epithelial cellsCFTRXenopus oocytesRegulatorRelease of ATP