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Contribution of ?7 nicotinic receptor to airway epithelium dysfunction under nicotine exposure.

ABSTRACT: Loss or dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) leads to impairment of airway mucus transport and to chronic lung diseases resulting in progressive respiratory failure. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) bind nicotine and nicotine-derived nitrosamines and thus mediate many of the tobacco-related deleterious effects in the lung. Here we identify ?7 nAChR as a key regulator of CFTR in the airways. The airway epithelium in ?7 knockout mice is characterized by a higher transepithelial potential difference, an increase of amiloride-sensitive apical Na(+) absorption, a defective cAMP-dependent Cl(-) conductance, higher concentrations of Na(+), Cl(-), K(+), and Ca(2+) in secretions, and a decreased mucus transport, all relevant to a deficient CFTR activity. Moreover, prolonged nicotine exposure mimics the absence of ?7 nAChR in mice or its inactivation in vitro in human airway epithelial cell cultures. The functional coupling of ?7 nAChR to CFTR occurs through Ca(2+) entry and activation of adenylyl cyclases, protein kinase A, and PKC. ?7 nAChR, CFTR, and adenylyl cyclase-1 are physically and functionally associated in a macromolecular complex within lipid rafts at the apical membrane of surface and glandular airway epithelium. This study establishes the potential role of ?7 nAChR in the regulation of CFTR function and in the pathogenesis of smoking-related chronic lung diseases.

SUBMITTER: Maouche K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3593882 | biostudies-other | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Contribution of α7 nicotinic receptor to airway epithelium dysfunction under nicotine exposure.

Maouche Kamel K Medjber Kahina K Zahm Jean-Marie JM Delavoie Franck F Terryn Christine C Coraux Christelle C Pons Stéphanie S Cloëz-Tayarani Isabelle I Maskos Uwe U Birembaut Philippe P Tournier Jean-Marie JM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130219 10

Loss or dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) leads to impairment of airway mucus transport and to chronic lung diseases resulting in progressive respiratory failure. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) bind nicotine and nicotine-derived nitrosamines and thus mediate many of the tobacco-related deleterious effects in the lung. Here we identify α7 nAChR as a key regulator of CFTR in the airways. The airway epithelium in α7 knockout mice is chara ...[more]

PMID: 23431157

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Contribution of ?7 nicotinic receptor to airway epithelium dysfunction under nicotine exposure.

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Contribution of α7 nicotinic receptor to airway epithelium dysfunction under nicotine exposure.

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