AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 1 C112-C120, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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cAMP- and swelling-activated chloride conductance in rat hepatocytes

X. J. Meng and S. A. Weinman
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0641, USA.

An outwardly rectifying Cl- conductance was identified in primary isolated rat hepatocytes, and the whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to characterize its properties and mechanisms of activation. With symmetrical Cl(-)-containing solutions on both sides and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; 100 microM) in the pipette solution, a large outwardly rectifying conductance (1,014 +/- 153 pS/pF, n = 20) developed in all cells within 3 min. This cAMP-activated conductance was highly anion selective and slowly inactivated at voltages > 80 mV. It was completely inhibited by the anion channel blocker 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (200 microM, n = 6) and partially inhibited by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (150 microM, n = 7). It displayed a halide selectivity of I- > Br- > Cl-. In the absence of cAMP, a functionally similar conductance was activated by cell swelling. Reduction of bath osmolality from 300 to 250 mosmol/kg increased membrane conductance from 64 +/- 16.4 to 487 +/- 23 pS/pF (n = 4). This swelling-activated conductance was also highly anion selective and had identical halide selectivity and blocker sensitivity as the cAMP-activated conductance. Although cell swelling was not necessary for cAMP activation, cell shrinkage with hyperosmotic bath (350 mosmol/kg), either before or after exposure to cAMP, inhibited the cAMP-activated conductance. By the determination of conductance as a function of bath osmolality in the presence and absence of cAMP, it was observed that cAMP shifted the osmotic set point for conductance activation without changing either the maximum or minimum conductance. In conclusion, both cAMP and cell swelling activate a large outwardly rectifying Cl- conductance in rat hepatocytes. Its ionic selectivity and sensitivity to channel blockers are identical to those seen for swelling-activated Cl- conductances in many cell types. The conductive properties are not those of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-mediated Cl- conductance. cAMP appears to activate this conductance by altering the volume set point of a swelling-activated channel.

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