Figure 7.
Modification of CFTR by intracellular MTSES. (A) Example leak-subtracted macroscopic I-V relationships in inside-out membrane patches with symmetrical 154 mM Cl− solutions, after maximal channel activation. Currents were recorded at various times before (time zero) and after application of 200 μM MTSES to the intracellular solution. Time after application of MTSES, in minutes, is shown alongside each I-V relationship. (B) MTSES-induced changes in I-V shape. Data from the same patches as in A, recorded before (control) and 6 min after addition of MTSES, are scaled to show the development of outward rectification in R303C but not wild type. (C) Time course of current rundown for these two example patches; current at +80 mV (I +80) and −80 mV (I −80) was monitored continuously after application of MTSES. (D) Lack of rundown over the same timescale on addition of vehicle alone in wild type. (E) Change in rectification ratio with time after addition of MTSES for the two patches used in A–C.