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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 141, Number 1, April 6, 1998 281-286
Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
Osmotic cell swelling activates Cl
channels
to achieve anion efflux. In this study, we find that both
the tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A and genetic
knockout of p56lck, a src-like tyrosine kinase, block regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in a human T cell line.
Activation of a swelling-activated chloride current
(ICl
swell) by osmotic swelling in whole-cell patch-clamp
experiments is blocked by herbimycin A and lavendustin. Osmotic activation of ICl
swell is defective in p56lck-deficient cells. Retransfection of p56lck restores osmotic
current activation. Furthermore, tyrosine kinase activity is sufficient for activation of ICl
swell. Addition of purified p56lck to excised patches activates an outwardly
rectifying chloride channel with 31 pS unitary conductance. Purified p56lck washed into the cytoplasm activates ICl
swell in native and p56lck-deficient cells even
when hypotonic intracellular solutions lead to cell
shrinkage. When whole-cell currents are activated either by swelling or by p56lck, slow single-channel gating
events can be observed revealing a unitary conductance
of 25-28 pS. In accordance with our patch-clamp data,
osmotic swelling increases activity of immunoprecipitated p56lck. We conclude that osmotic swelling activates ICl
swell in lymphocytes via the tyrosine kinase
p56lck.
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