Barttin is a Cl- channel β-subunit crucial for renal Cl- reabsorption and inner ear K+ secretion

Raúl Estévez, Thomas Boettger, Valentin Stein, Ralf Birkenhäger, Edgar Otto, Friedhelm Hildebrandt and Thomas J. Jentsch ()
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Raúl Estévez: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie (ZMNH), Universität Hamburg
Thomas Boettger: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie (ZMNH), Universität Hamburg
Valentin Stein: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie (ZMNH), Universität Hamburg
Ralf Birkenhäger: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Universität Freiburg
Edgar Otto: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Universität Freiburg
Friedhelm Hildebrandt: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Universität Freiburg
Thomas J. Jentsch: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie (ZMNH), Universität Hamburg

Nature, 2001, vol. 414, issue 6863, 558-561

Abstract: Abstract Renal salt loss in Bartter's syndrome is caused by impaired transepithelial transport in the loop of Henle. Sodium chloride is taken up apically by the combined activity of NKCC2 (Na+-K--2Cl- cotransporters) and ROMK potassium channels. Chloride ions exit from the cell through basolateral ClC-Kb chloride channels. Mutations in the three corresponding genes have been identified1,2,3 that correspond to Bartter's syndrome types 1–3. The gene4 encoding the integral membrane protein barttin is mutated in a form of Bartter's syndrome that is associated with congenital deafness and renal failure. Here we show that barttin acts as an essential β-subunit for ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb chloride channels, with which it colocalizes in basolateral membranes of renal tubules and of potassium-secreting epithelia of the inner ear. Disease-causing mutations in either ClC-Kb or barttin compromise currents through heteromeric channels. Currents can be stimulated further by mutating a proline-tyrosine (PY) motif on barttin. This work describes the first known β-subunit for CLC chloride channels and reveals that heteromers formed by ClC-K and barttin are crucial for renal salt reabsorption and potassium recycling in the inner ear5.

Date: 2001
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