Click here to close Hello! We notice that you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Xenbase and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a current version of Chrome, FireFox, or Safari.
XB-ART-18170
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 May 28;9311:5401-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.11.5401.
Show Gene links Show Anatomy links

Molecular cloning and expression of a cyclic AMP-activated chloride conductance regulator: a novel ATP-binding cassette transporter.

van Kuijck MA , van Aubel RA , Busch AE , Lang F , Russel FG , Bindels RJ , van Os CH , Deen PM .


???displayArticle.abstract???
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an ATP-regulated, cAMP-activated chloride channel located in the apical membrane of many epithelial secretory cells. Here we report cloning of a cAMP-activated epithelial basolateral chloride conductance regulator (EBCR) that appears to be a basolateral CFTR counterpart. This novel chloride channel or regulator shows 49% identity with multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) and 29% identity with CFTR. On expression in Xenopus oocytes, EBCR confers a cAMP-activated chloride conductance that is inhibited by the chloride channel blockers niflumic acid, 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamine)benzoic acid, and 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid. Northern blot analysis reveals high expression in small intestine, kidney, and liver. In kidney, immunohistochemistry shows a conspicuous basolateral localization mainly in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, distal convoluted tubules and to a lesser extent connecting tubules. These data suggest that in the kidney EBCR is involved in hormone-regulated chloride reabsorption.

???displayArticle.pubmedLink??? 8643587
???displayArticle.pmcLink??? PMC39258
???displayArticle.link??? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A


Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: camp cftr

References [+] :
Adachi, Two isoforms of a chloride channel predominantly expressed in thick ascending limb of Henle's loop and collecting ducts of rat kidney. 1994, Pubmed, Xenbase