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Cystic Fibrosis and Gastric Acid Transport. March 11, 2008 CH353 Group Project Sidani et al. 2007, DeltaF508 mutation results in impaired gastric acid secretion, J. Biol. Chem. 282(9): 6068-74. Background on Cystic Fibrosis.
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Cystic Fibrosis and Gastric Acid Transport March 11, 2008 CH353 Group Project Sidani et al. 2007, DeltaF508 mutation results in impaired gastric acid secretion, J. Biol. Chem. 282(9): 6068-74.
Background on Cystic Fibrosis • Cystic Fibrosis is prevalent genetic disorder affecting individuals of predominantly European descent • Autosomal recessive disorder 1/25 of population are carriers • CF carriers may be resistant to cholera (analogous to sickle cell anemia and malaria) • CF is caused by genetic impairment of CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) • ~70% of CF patients have the codon deletion ∆F508 • CF causes impairment of respiratory tract and exocrine glands and ducts; impaired chloride transport
Membrane Topology of CFTR • CFTR resembles an ABC transporter • 2 transmembrane domains (6 helices) • 2 nucleotide binding domains (NBD) • Cl– channel controlled by ATP mediated dimerization of NBDs • Unique regulatory (R) domain is phosphorylated by various kinases • One is protein kinase A (PKA), which is activated by cAMP • ∆F508 mutation is in NBD1; altered CFTR protein folds incorrectly
Activation of CFTR • Activation of CFTR Cl– channel with ATP and protein kinase A • Patch clamping data showing opening and closing of Cl– channels • Model for activation of CFTR with ATP • ATP binding opens • ATP hydrolysis closes • One ATP is hydrolyzed the other remains bound
Proposed Structure of CFTR • Actual 3D structure is unknown • Model devised from fitting of CFTR amino acid sequence to an ABC transporter structure • The structure of the regulatory domain Rd has no model (red dots indicate insertion points) • Helix 6 (yellow) is proposed anion channel • K334 and K335 possibly bind anions outside
CFTR and Gastric Acid Transport • CFTR regulates the function of epithelial ion channels • Gastric parietal cells secrete HCl into stomach • H+K+ ATPase responsible for acidifying gastric fluid • Hypothesis: CFTR is involved in regulating H+K+ ATPase
Group Study Problem • Which transporters are involved in gastric acid secretion? What types of transporters? • How is H+K+ ATPase regulated? List neuroendocrine secretagogues and intracellular mechanism. • Which inhibitors/activators were used in these experiments? What are their targets? • Draw a schematic of transporters in gastric parietal cells, indicating apical and basolateral positions.