Expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator corrects defective chloride channel regulation in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells
- 27 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 347 (6291) , 358-363
- https://doi.org/10.1038/347358a0
Abstract
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) was expressed in cultured cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells and Cl− channel activation assessed in single cells using a fluorescence microscopic assay and the patch-clamp technique. Expression of CFTR, but not of a mutant form of CFTR (ΔF508), corrected the Cl− channel defect. Correction of the phenotypic defect demonstrates a causal relationship between mutations in the CFTR gene and defective Cl− transport which is the hallmark of the disease.Keywords
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