AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 2 304-G310, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Ca(2+)-activated C1- channels in a human biliary cell line: regulation by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase

T. Schlenker and J. G. Fitz
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

Biliary epithelial cells contribute to bile formation through absorption and secretion of fluid and electrolytes. Recent studies indicate that membrane Cl- permeability is regulated in part by increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the effects of intracellular Ca2+ on channel activity, using the human Mz-ChA-1 cholangiocarcinoma cell line as a model, and to assess the possible roles of Ca(2+)-dependent kinases in channel regulation. Exposure to ionomycin (1 microM) activated ion channels in the cell-attached configuration in 63 of 74 attempts, increasing open probability (NPo) from 0 to 0.26 +/- 0.15 (n = 17). Multiple channels were present in each patch, and the effects of ionomycin were reversed by subsequent addition of ethylene glycol-bis (beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'- tetraacetic acid (2 mM) to the bath. With Cl(-)-containing solutions, channels had a slope conductance of 14 +/- 4 pS (n = 11), and the mean open time was estimated to be 5.3 +/- 1.8 ms. These channels were anion selective, and currents were carried by efflux of Cl- at the resting potential. Exposure to the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) antagonist calmidazolium (100 microM) decreased NPo in ionomycin-stimulated cells to 0.02 +/- 0.06 (n = 19). The protein kinase C antagonist chelerythrine (50 microM) was without effect. In parallel studies in subconfluent cell monolayers, CaMKII antagonists were also potent inhibitors of ionomycin-stimulated 125I efflux. These findings indicate that Ca(2+)-dependent increases in membrane Cl- permeability are related in part to opening of 14.pS anion channels through a mechanism that depends on both Ca2+ and CaMKII. These channels represent a potential target for pharmacological modulation of biliary cell transport and function.

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