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  • Title: Modulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene - expression by elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP.
    Author: Bargon J, Loitsch S, Dauletbaev N, von Mallinckrodt C, Buhl R.
    Journal: Eur J Med Res; 1998 May 12; 3(5):256-62. PubMed ID: 9580572.
    Abstract:
    Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Its product is a cyclic AMP-dependent Cl- channel, that is defective in CF. Since cAMP regulates the expression of many genes and since the 5'-flanking region of the CFTR gene contains cAMP response elements, we hypothesized that intracellular cAMP might modulate not only the cAMP-dependent Cl- channel CFTR, but also CFTR gene expression in epithelial cells. To accomplish this, we investigated Cl- secretion and CFTR-mRNA levels in HT-29 and T84 colon carcinoma epithelial cells before and after exposure to forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP for 12 hr. While resting T84 cells increased Cl- secretion in response to forskolin strongly and immediately, HT-29 cells did not, although both cell lines showed highly increased Cl- efflux in response to A23187, a calcium ionophore. Interestingly, prolonged exposure to forskolin (12 hr) induced a clear decrease of CFTR-mRNA levels in T84 cells, but an increase of CFTR-mRNA levels in HT-29 cells, thus demonstrating different behaviour of CFTR gene regulation in different epithelial cells in response to intracellular cAMP. These results suggest that cells with an effective cAMP-dependent Cl- channel (CFTR) respond to prolonged stimulation of this channel with down-regulation of CFTR gene expression, while cells with no effective cAMP-dependent Cl--secretion respond with an up-regulation of CFTR gene expression.
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