Abstract
Several families of functionally and structurally distinct ion channels have been identified throughout the last decade, resulting in a growing complexity in our understanding of ion transport across biological membranes. Here, we introduce a novel family of putative chloride channel proteins with nine bovine, murine, and human homologs identified to date. The gene family has been termed CLCA family (chloride channels, calcium-activated) based on observations that heterologous expression of several family members is associated with the appearance of a novel anion channel activity that depends on the concentration of intracellular calcium. The family members identified so far are the bovine calcium-activated chloride channel (CaCC or bCLCA1), the bovine lung endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (LuECAM-1), the murine calcium-activated chloride channels mCLCA1, mCLCA2, and mCLCA3 (previously termed gob-5), and four human homologs (hCLCA1, hCLCA2, hCLCA3, and hCaCC2). Each of these homologs is character ized by a unique cellular and tissue expression pattern with most consistent expression in secretory epithelia of the digestive, respiratory, and reproductive organs. Of special interest is the observation that several of these molecules seem to combine cell-cell adhesion properties with ion channel function. Structural analyses have revealed that a four- or five-transmembrane topography is conserved throughout the family. Their functional features as well as the cellular coexpression of several CLCA homologs with the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in numerous tissues raises the question whether CLCA family members may participate in the complex ion channel disorder of cystic fibrosis.
Keywords: CLCA Gene Family, Putative Chloride Channels, Calcium Activated chloride channel, CaCC or bCLCA1, Bovin lung endothelial cell, Adhesion molecule, LuECAM, HCLCA1, MCLCA2, CLCA family Members
Current Genomics
Title: The CLCA Gene Family A Novel Family of Putative Chloride Channels
Volume: 1 Issue: 2
Author(s): A. D. Gruber, C. M. Fuller, R. C. Elble, D. J. Benos and B. U. Pauli
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Keywords: CLCA Gene Family, Putative Chloride Channels, Calcium Activated chloride channel, CaCC or bCLCA1, Bovin lung endothelial cell, Adhesion molecule, LuECAM, HCLCA1, MCLCA2, CLCA family Members
Abstract: Several families of functionally and structurally distinct ion channels have been identified throughout the last decade, resulting in a growing complexity in our understanding of ion transport across biological membranes. Here, we introduce a novel family of putative chloride channel proteins with nine bovine, murine, and human homologs identified to date. The gene family has been termed CLCA family (chloride channels, calcium-activated) based on observations that heterologous expression of several family members is associated with the appearance of a novel anion channel activity that depends on the concentration of intracellular calcium. The family members identified so far are the bovine calcium-activated chloride channel (CaCC or bCLCA1), the bovine lung endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (LuECAM-1), the murine calcium-activated chloride channels mCLCA1, mCLCA2, and mCLCA3 (previously termed gob-5), and four human homologs (hCLCA1, hCLCA2, hCLCA3, and hCaCC2). Each of these homologs is character ized by a unique cellular and tissue expression pattern with most consistent expression in secretory epithelia of the digestive, respiratory, and reproductive organs. Of special interest is the observation that several of these molecules seem to combine cell-cell adhesion properties with ion channel function. Structural analyses have revealed that a four- or five-transmembrane topography is conserved throughout the family. Their functional features as well as the cellular coexpression of several CLCA homologs with the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in numerous tissues raises the question whether CLCA family members may participate in the complex ion channel disorder of cystic fibrosis.
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Gruber D. A., Fuller M. C., Elble C. R., Benos J. D. and Pauli U. B., The CLCA Gene Family A Novel Family of Putative Chloride Channels, Current Genomics 2000; 1 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389202003351526
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389202003351526 |
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