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XB-ART-24191
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992 Jan 01;891:344-7.
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CFTR protein expression in primary and cultured epithelia.

Zeitlin PL , Crawford I , Lu L , Woel S , Cohen ME , Donowitz M , Montrose MH , Hamosh A , Cutting GR , Gruenert D .


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The gene responsible for the lethal disorder cystic fibrosis encodes a 1480-amino acid glycoprotein, CFTR. Using polyclonal antibodies directed against separate phosphorylation sites in the pre-nucleotide-binding fold (exon 9) and the R domain (exon 13), we have identified a 165-kDa protein in Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with recombinant CFTR cRNA transcribed from the full-length CFTR plasmid pBQ4.7. A protein of the same mobility was also detected with Western blotting techniques in whole cell extracts of cells that express CFTR mRNA (T84, FHTE, HT-29), including biopsied human nasal and bronchial tissue. Immunodetectable 165-kDa protein was concentrated in the apical membrane fraction of ileal villus tissue. We also report that the 165-kDa protein levels can be modulated pharmacologically, and these levels are appropriately correlated with second-messenger-regulated Cl- efflux. Thus, native or recombinant CFTR can be recognized by these anti-CFTR peptide polyclonal antibodies.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cftr

References [+] :
Anderson, Generation of cAMP-activated chloride currents by expression of CFTR. 1991, Pubmed