Molecular cloning and expression of a chloride channel-associated protein pICln in human young red blood cells: association with actin.
Molecular cloning and expression of a chloride channel-associated protein pICln in human young red blood cells: association with actin.
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人类年轻红细胞中氯离子通道相关蛋白 pICln 的分子克隆和表达:与肌动蛋白的关联。
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10.1042/bj3270609
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发表时间:
1997
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Nagel,RL
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Schwartz,RS;Rybicki,AC;Nagel,RL
We report the cloning and sequencing from human reticulocytes of cDNA coding for the Cl-channel-associated protein, pICln. Human reticulocyte pICln(HRpICln) cDNA encodes a protein (predicted molecular mass 26293 Da) identical with human non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cell pICln. By using full-length HRpIClncDNA (approx. 1.2 kb) to probe human lymphocyte metaphase-chromosome spreads, the location of the human IClngene was mapped to 11q13 by fluorescencein situhybridization analysis. Polyclonal antibodies to recombinant HRpIClndetected bands at approx. 43 kDa and approx. 37 kDa in both normal (AA) and sickle (SS) red blood cell (RBC) ghost membranes. In SS ghosts, and in ghosts from a patient with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with 9.8% reticulocytes, the amount of HRpIClnwas increased compared with AA ghosts, suggesting that the expression or membrane assembly of HRpIClnis cell age-dependent. Laser scanning confocal fluorescent microscopy immunolocalized HRpIClnlargely to the RBC membrane. The increased staining intensity of HRpIClnin a reticulocyte-enriched AA RBC density-separated fraction is consistent with a dependence of HRpIClnmembrane content on cell age. HRpIClnand β-actin form stable complexesin vivo, demonstrated with the yeast two-hybrid system. Low-ionic-strength extraction of ghost membranes, which results in the extraction of the spectrin-actin cytoskeleton, also results in the extraction of HRpICln, consistent with the possibility for the association of these proteins in RBCsin vivo. The results presented here establish the presence of the Cl-channel-associated protein, pICln, in human RBCs, and raises the possibility that this protein has a role in RBC Cl-transport and volume regulation in young RBCs. Moreover the association of RBC pIClnwith actin offers a model in which to test interactions between RBC ion channels and the cytoskeleton.