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Ca2+-activated Cl- current from human bestrophin-4 in excised membrane patches.


ABSTRACT: Bestrophins are a newly discovered family of Cl(-) channels, some members of which are activated by intracellular Ca(2+). So far, all studies were carried out with whole-cell recordings from plasmid-transfected cultured cells, so it is unclear whether Ca(2+) activates bestrophin through a metabolic mechanism or in a more direct way. We report here experiments that addressed this question with excised, inside-out membrane patches. We chose human bestrophin-4 (hBest4) for heterologous expression because it gave particularly large Cl(-) currents when expressed, thus allowing detection even in excised membrane patches. hBest4 gave a negligible Cl(-) current in a Ca(2+)-free solution on the cytoplasmic (bath) side, but produced a Cl(-) current that was activated by Ca(2+) in a dose-dependent manner, with a K(1/2) of 230 nM. Thus, Ca(2+) appears to activate the bestrophin Cl(-) channel without going through a freely diffusible messenger or through protein phosphorylation. Because the activation and deactivation kinetics were very slow, however, we cannot exclude the involvement of a membrane-associated messenger.

SUBMITTER: Tsunenari T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151534 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ca2+-activated Cl- current from human bestrophin-4 in excised membrane patches.

Tsunenari Takashi T   Nathans Jeremy J   Yau King-Wai KW  

The Journal of general physiology 20060515 6


Bestrophins are a newly discovered family of Cl(-) channels, some members of which are activated by intracellular Ca(2+). So far, all studies were carried out with whole-cell recordings from plasmid-transfected cultured cells, so it is unclear whether Ca(2+) activates bestrophin through a metabolic mechanism or in a more direct way. We report here experiments that addressed this question with excised, inside-out membrane patches. We chose human bestrophin-4 (hBest4) for heterologous expression b  ...[more]

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