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XB-ART-12786
Br J Pharmacol 1999 May 01;1272:369-76. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702562.
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Structural and ionic determinants of 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylprophyl-amino)-benzoic acid block of the CFTR chloride channel.

Walsh KB , Long KJ , Shen X .


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1. The goals of this study were to identify the structural components required for arylaminobenzoate block of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel and to determine the involvement of two positively charged amino acid residues, found within the channel, in drug binding. 2. Wild-type and mutant CFTR chloride channels were expressed in Xenopus oocytes and CFTR currents measured using the two microelectrode voltage clamp. Block of the wild-type CFTR current by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate (NPPB) occurred in a voltage-dependent manner with preferential inhibition of the inward currents (Kd = 166 microM at -90 mV). 3. Removal of the phenyl ring from the aliphatic chain of NPPB, with the compound 2-butylamino-5-nitrobenzoic acid, caused only a small change in CFTR inhibition (Kd = 243 microM), while addition of an extra phenyl ring at this position (5-nitro-2-(3,3-diphenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid) increased drug potency (Kd = 58 microM). In contrast, removal of the benzoate ring (2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid) or the 5-nitro group (2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid) of NPPB severely limited drug block of the wild-type channel. 4. NPPB inhibition of CFTR currents in oocytes expressing the mutants K335E and R347E also occurred in a voltage-dependent manner. However, the Kds for NPPB block were increased to 371 and 1573 microM, for the K335E and R347E mutants, respectively. 5. NPPB block of the inward wild-type CFTR current was reduced in the presence of 10 mM of the permeant anion SCN-. 6. These studies present the first step in the development of high affinity probes to the CFTR channel.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cftr nppb sri

References [+] :
Anderson, Chloride channels in the apical membrane of normal and cystic fibrosis airway and intestinal epithelia. 1992, Pubmed