INVESTIGADORES
DEL MONACO Silvana Maria
artículos
Título:
Epithelial sodium channel in a human trophoblast cell line (BeWo)
Autor/es:
DEL MÓNACO S.; ASSEF, Y.; KOTSIAS, B. A.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Lugar: New York, United States; Año: 2008 vol. 223 p. 127 - 139
ISSN:
0022-2631
Resumen:
The present study was performed to assay sodium currents in BeWo cells. These cells comprise a human trophoblast cell line which displays many of the biochemical and morphological properties similar to those reported for the in uterus proliferative cytotrophoblast. For whole-cell patch-clamp experiments, BeWo cells treated for 12 h with 100 nM aldosterone were exposed to 8BrcAMP, a membrane-permeable cAMP analogue, to induce channel activity. Cells showed an amiloride-sensitive ion current (IC50 of 5.77 lM). Ion substitution experiments showed that the amiloride-sensitive current carried cations with a permeability rank order of Li+[Na+[K+[ NMDG (PLi/PNa = 1.3, PK/PNa = 0.6, PNMDG/PNa = 0.2). In cells pretreated with aldosterone, we observed that nearly half of successful patches had sodium channels with a linear conductance of 6.4 ± 1.8 pS, a low voltage-independent Po and a PK/PNa of 0.19. Using RT-PCR, we determined that control cells express the a-, but not b- and c-, epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) mRNA. When cells were treated with aldosterone (100 nM, 12 h), all a-, b- and c-ENaC mRNAs were detected. The presence of ENaC subunit proteins in these cells was confirmed by Western blot analysis and immunolocalization with specific ENaC primary antibodies. In summary, our results suggest that BeWo cells express ENaC subunits and that aldosterone was able to modulate a selective response by enerating amiloride-sensitive sodium currents similar to those observed in other human tissues.