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Morise, Masahiro; Ito, Yasushi; Matsuno, Tadakatsu; Hibino, Yoshitaka; Mizutani, Takefumi; Ito, Satoru; Hashimoto, Naozumi; Kondo, Masashi; Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi; Hasegawa, Yoshinori
European journal of pharmacology, 06/2010, Volume: 635, Issue: 1Journal Article
The present study concerns previously unreported effects of menthol, a cyclic terpene alcohol produced by the peppermint herb, on anion transporters in polarized human airway Calu-3 epithelia. Application of menthol (0.01–1 mM) attenuated transepithelial anion transport, estimated as short-circuit currents ( I SC), after stimulation by forskolin (10 µM) but not before. In contrast, menthol potentiated forskolin-stimulated and -unstimulated apical Cl − conductance, which reflected the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR: the cAMP-regulated Cl − channel)-mediated conductance, without correlation to changes in cytosolic cAMP levels. These results indicate that menthol-induced attenuation of forskolin-induced I SC despite CFTR up-regulation was due to cAMP-independent inhibition of basolateral anion uptake, which is the rate-limiting step for transepithelial anion transport. Analyses of the responsible basolateral anion transporters revealed that forskolin increased both bumetanide (an inhibitor of the basolateral Na +–K +–2Cl − cotransporter NKCC1)- and DNDS (an inhibitor of basolateral HCO 3 −-dependent anion transporters NBC1/AE2)-sensitive I SC in the control whereas only the former was prevented by the application of menthol. Neither the bumetanide- nor DNDS-sensitive component was, however, reduced by menthol without forskolin. These heterologous effects of menthol were reproduced by latrunculin B, an inhibitor of actin polymerization. F-actin staining showed that menthol prevented forskolin-stimulated rearrangements of actin microfilaments without affecting the distribution of forskolin-unstimulated microfilaments. Collectively, menthol functions as an activator of CFTR and prevents activation of NKCC1 without affecting NBC1/AE although all of these transporters are commonly cAMP-dependent. The heterologous effects may be mediated by the actin cytoskeleton, which interacts with CFTR and NKCC1.
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