Uptake of fluorescent dyes associated with the functional expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in epithelial cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Wersto, R P

RESUMO

Specific mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), the most common autosomal recessive fatal genetic disease of Caucasians, result in the loss of epithelial cell adenosine 3',5'-cyclic-monophosphate (cAMP)-stimulated Cl- conductance. We show that the influx of a fluorescent dye, dihydrorhodamine 6G (dR6G), is increased in cells expressing human CFTR after retrovirus- and adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. dR6G influx is stimulated by cAMP and is inhibited by antagonists of cAMP action. Dye uptake is ATP-dependent and inhibited by Cl- removal or the addition of 10 mM SCN-. Increased staining is associated with functional activation of CFTR Cl- permeability. dR6G staining enables both the fluorescent assessment of CFTR function and the identification of successfully corrected cells after gene therapy.

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