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Paulmichl MarkusAbstract
Cell volume regulation is an essential feature of most cells. After swelling in hypotonic media, the simultaneous activation of potassium and chloride channels is believed to be the initial, time-determining step in cell volume regulation. The activation of both pathways is functionally linked and enables the cells to lose ions and water, subsequently leading to cell shrinkage and readjustment of the initial volume. NIH 3T3 fibroblasts efficiently regulate their volume after swelling and bear chloride channels that are activated by decreasing extracellular osmolarity. The chloride current elicited in these cells after swelling is reminiscent of the current found in oocytes expressing an outwardly rectifying chloride current termed ICln. Introduction of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides complementary to the first 30 nucleotides of the coding region of the ICln channel into NIH 3T3 fibroblasts suppresses the activation of the swelling-induced chloride current. The experiments directly demonstrate an unambiguous link between a volume-activated chloride current and a cloned protein involved in chloride transport.
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Animals
Base Sequence
Biotransformation/drug effects
Cell Size/drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Chloride Channels/drug effects
Chloride Channels/metabolism*
Epithelial Cells
Epithelium/drug effects
Epithelium/metabolism
Fibroblasts/metabolism
Hypotonic Solutions
Kinetics
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology*
Patch-Clamp Techniques
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
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