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Interaction of epithelial ion channels with the actin-based cytoskeleton

Departments of ¹Cell Biology and ²Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

The interaction of ion channels with the actin-based cytoskeleton in epithelial cells not only maintains the polarized expression of ion channels within specific membrane domains, it also functions in the intracellular trafficking and regulation of channel activity. Initial evidence supporting an interaction between epithelial ion channels and the actin-based cytoskeleton came from patch-clamp studies examining the effects of cytochalasins on channel activity. Cytochalasins were shown to either activate or inactivate epithelial ion channels. An interaction between the actin-based cytoskeleton and epithelial ion channels was further supported by the fact that the addition of monomeric or filamentous actin to excised patches had an effect on channel activity comparable to that of cytochalasins. Through the recent application of molecular and proteomic approaches, we now know that the interactions between epithelial ion channels and actin can either be direct or indirect, the latter being mediated through scaffolding or actin-binding proteins that serve as links between the channels and the actin-based cytoskeleton. This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of the interactions between epithelial ion channels and the actin-based cytoskeleton, and the roles these interactions play in regulating the cell surface expression, activity, and intracellular trafficking of epithelial ion channels.

membrane transport; actin-binding protein; scaffolding protein; regulation; trafficking

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