(Journal Article): cAMP Stimulation of HCO3- Secretion Across Airway Epithelia
 
Welsh MJ, Smith JJ (Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine. Iowa City, IA, USA, mjwelsh@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu )
 
IN: JOP. J Pancreas (Online) 2001; 02(4 Suppl.):291-293

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ABSTRACT: To test for the presence of HCO(3)(-) transport across airway epithelia, we measured short-circuit current in primary cultures of canine and human airway epithelia bathed in a Cl(-)-free, HCO(3)(-)/CO(2)-buffered solution. cAMP agonists stimulated a secretory current that was likely carried by HCO(3)(-) because it was absent in HCO(3)(-)-free solutions. In addition, the cAMP-stimulated current was inhibited by the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide, and by the apical addition of a blocker of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), diphenylamine-2-carboxylate. The current was dependent on Na(+) because it was inhibited by removing Na(+) from the submucosal solution and by inhibition of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase with ouabain. The cAMP-stimulated current was absent in cystic fibrosis (CF) airway epithelia. These data suggest that cAMP agonists can stimulate HCO(3)(-) secretion across airway epithelia and that CFTR may provide a conductive pathway for HCO(3)(-) movement across the apical membrane.

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