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Pharmacological and electrophysiological characterization of the human bile acid-sensitive ion channel (hBASIC)

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The human bile acid-sensitive ion channel (hBASIC) is a cation channel of the degenerin/epithelial Na+ channel gene family that is expressed in the intestinal tract and can be activated by bile acids. Here, we show that in addition to its sensitivity for bile acids, hBASIC shares further key features with its rat ortholog: it is blocked by extracellular divalent cations, is inhibited by micromolar concentrations of the diarylamidine diminazene, and activated by millimolar concentrations of flufenamic acid. Furthermore, we demonstrate that two major bile acids present in human bile, chenodeoxycholic acid and deoxycholic acid, activate hBASIC in a synergistic manner. In addition, we determined the single-channel properties of hBASIC in outside-out patch clamp recordings, revealing a single-channel conductance of about 11 pS and a high Na+ selectivity. Deoxycholic acid activates hBASIC in patch clamp recordings mainly by reducing the single-channel closed time. In summary, we provide a thorough functional characterization of hBASIC.

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Abbreviations

AMIL:

Amiloride

ASIC:

Acid-sensing ion channel

BASIC:

Bile acid-sensitive ion channel

BLINaC:

Brain liver intestine Na+ Channel

CA:

Cholic acid

CDCA:

Chenodeoxycholic acid

DCA:

Deoxycholic acid

DIMI:

Diminazene

ENaC:

Epithelial Na+ channel

FFA:

Flufenamic acid

HDCA:

Hyodeoxycholic acid

HyNaC:

Hydra Na+ channel

INaC:

Intestine Na+ channel

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Acknowledgments

We thank A. Oslender-Bujotzek, L. Pieper and R. Rinke for expert technical assistance. This project was supported by the START-program of the Faculty of Medicine of RWTH Aachen University (grant AZ 36/11 to DW) and a grant from the ‘Johannes und Frieda Marohn-Stiftung’ (grant BASIC to CK).

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Cathérine M.T. Lefèvre and Alexei Diakov contributed equally to this work

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Lefèvre, C.M.T., Diakov, A., Haerteis, S. et al. Pharmacological and electrophysiological characterization of the human bile acid-sensitive ion channel (hBASIC). Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 466, 253–263 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-013-1310-4

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