AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 2 C451-C456, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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G protein G alpha i-2 inhibits outwardly rectifying chloride channels in human airway epithelial cells

E. M. Schwiebert, D. C. Gruenert, W. B. Guggino and B. A. Stanton
Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3830, USA.

Previously we demonstrated that the heterotrimeric G protein, G alpha i-2, inhibits cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride (Cl-) channels in human airway epithelial cells (E. M. Schwiebert, F. Gesek, L. Ercolani, C. Wjasow, D. C. Gruenert, and B. A. Stanton. Am. J. Physiol. 267 (Cell Physiol. 36): C272-C281, 1994, and E. M. Schwiebert, N. L. Kizer, D. C. Gruenert, and B. A. Stanton. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 10623-10627, 1992). The goal of the present study was to determine if G proteins also regulate outwardly rectifying Cl- channels (ORCC), a distinct class of Cl- channels regulated defectively by protein kinase A (PKA) in cystic fibrosis (CF). To this end, we used the patch-clamp technique to study ORCC in a normal human airway epithelial cell line (9HTEo-) that expresses CFTR and ORCC. Stimulation of G proteins with GTP and GTP gamma S decreased the single-channel open probability (Po) of ORCC, whereas inhibition of G proteins by GDP beta S increased the Po. Moreover, pertussis toxin (PTX), an uncoupler of Gi and G(o) subclasses of heterotrimeric G proteins, also increased the Po. Purified G alpha i-2 decreased the Po. In contrast, other PTX-sensitive G proteins, G alpha i-1, G alpha i-3, and G alpha o, had no effect on Po. We propose that G alpha i-2 couples to a receptor whose agonist negatively regulates ORCC in human airway epithelial cells.

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