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CELL CALCIUM
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 21-28出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4160(03)00157-X
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intracellular Ca2+; amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel; cystic fibrosis; HEK-293 cells
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R29DK051529, R01DK051529] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK51529] Funding Source: Medline
The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), a multimeric plasma membrane protein composed of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-ENaC subunits, mediates Na+ reabsorption in epithelial tissues, including the distal nephron, colon, lung, and secretory glands, and plays a critical role in pathophysiology of essential hypertension and cystic fibrosis (CF). The function of ENaC is tightly regulated by signals elicited by aldosterone, vasopressin, agents that increase intracellular cAMP levels, ions, ion channels, G-protein-coupled mechanisms, and cytoskeletal proteins. In this paper, the effects of Ca2+ on the expression of the human ENaC subunits expressed in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293 cells) were examined. Incubation of cells with increased extracellular Ca2+ and treatment of cells with A23187 and thapsigargin stimulated the expression of the monomeric ENaC subunits. Treatment of cells with Ca2+-chelating agents, EGTA and BAPTA-AM, reduced the levels of ENaC subunit expression. The pulse-chase experiments suggested that a rise in the intracellular Ca2+ increases the ENaC subunit expression. Immunoblot analysis using the anti-ubiquitin antibody indicated that ENaC undergoes ubiquitination. A correlation between the processes that regulate ENaC function with the intracellular Ca2+ was discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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