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Dual effect of temperature on the human epithelial Na+ channel

Chraïbi, Ahmed ; Horisberger, Jean-Daniel

In: Pflügers Archiv, 2003, vol. 447, no. 3, p. 316-320

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    Title
    • Dual effect of temperature on the human epithelial Na+ channel
    Author
    • Chraïbi, Ahmed. Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 27, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Horisberger, Jean-Daniel. Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 27, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
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    • Pflügers Archiv, 2003, vol. 447, no. 3, p. 316-320. Springer-Verlag; http://www.springer.de
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    • oai:doc.rero.ch:319486
    Summary
    The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is the rate-limiting step for sodium reabsorption in the distal segments of the nephron, in the colon and in the airways. Its activity is regulated by intracellular and extracellular factors but the mechanisms of this regulation are not yet completely understood. Recently, we have shown that the fast regulation of ENaC by the extracellular [Na+], a phenomenon termed self-inhibition, is temperature dependent. In the present study we examined the effects of temperature on the single-channel properties of ENaC. Single-channel recordings from excised patches showed that the channel open probability (P o, estimated from the number of open channels N·P o, where N is the total number of channels) increased on average two- to threefold while the single-channel conductance decreased by about half when the temperature of the perfusion solution was lowered from ~30 to ~15°C. The effects of temperature on the single-channel conductance and P o explain the changes of the macroscopic current that can be observed upon temperature changes and, in particular, the paradoxical effect of temperature on the current carried by ENaC