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XB-ART-18059
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 Jun 25;9313:6343-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6343.
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Cystic fibrosis gene encodes a cAMP-dependent chloride channel in heart.

Hart P , Warth JD , Levesque PC , Collier ML , Geary Y , Horowitz B , Hume JR .


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cAMP-dependent chloride channels in heart contribute to autonomic regulation of action potential duration and membrane potential and have been inferred to be due to cardiac expression of the epithelial cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel. In this report, a cDNA from rabbit ventricle was isolated and sequenced, which encodes an exon 5 splice variant (exon 5-) of CFTR, with >90% identity to human CFTR cDNA present in epithelial cells. Expression of this cDNA in Xenopus oocytes gave rise to robust cAMP-activated chloride currents that were absent in control water-injected oocytes. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides directed against CFTR significantly reduced the density of cAMP-dependent chloride currents in acutely cultured myocytes, thereby establishing a direct functional link between cardiac expression of CFTR protein and an endogenous chloride channel in native cardiac myocytes.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: camp cftr

References [+] :
Ackerman, Hypotonicity activates a native chloride current in Xenopus oocytes. 1994, Pubmed, Xenbase