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Chloride channels in apical membrane of primary cultures of rabbit distal bright convoluted tubule

V. Poncet, M. Tauc, M. Bidet and P. Poujeol
Departement de Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France.

Using the patch clamp technique on the apical membrane of primary cultures of rabbit distal bright convoluted tubule cells (DCTb), two types of Cl- channel were identified. A small channel of 9 pS was observed in 9% of the patches. Cells pretreated with 1 mM 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP) or 5 microM forskolin increased the expression of Cl- channels by 26 and 37%, respectively. In cell-attached and excised inside-out patches, the current-voltage (I-V) relationships of the 9-pS channel were linear. In only 1 out of 47 active patches was the small-conductance Cl- channel still active 1 h after membrane excision. The addition of 0.1 microM of the catalytic subunit protein kinase A with 2 mM ATP to the cytoplasmic side restored channel activity in 8 out of 15 excised membrane patches. In 5 out of 467 patches of stimulated or nonstimulated cells, a larger Cl- conductance of 30 pS was also recorded. In excised inside-out patches this channel outwardly rectified and was activated by strong depolarization. In cultured DCTb cells, the small-conductance, cAMP-activated Cl- channel shares many properties with the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Our results suggest that at least the small-conductance channel may participate in Cl- secretion across the apical membrane of DCTb in primary culture. This secretion may increase the rate of the apical Cl-/HCO3- exchange indirectly by enhancing the inwardly-directed Cl- gradient.

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