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F508 CFTR TRAFFICKING AND GATING IN HUMAN CYSTIC FIBROSIS AIRWAY PRIMARY CULTURES BY SMALL MOLECULES
1 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: paul_negulescu{at}sd.vrtx.com.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disease caused by mutations in cftr, a gene encoding a PKA-regulated Cl- channel. The most common mutation results in a deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (
F508-CFTR) that impairs protein folding, trafficking, and channel gating in epithelial cells. In the airway, these defects alter salt and fluid transport, leading to chronic infection, inflammation, and loss of lung function. There are no drugs that specifically target mutant CFTR and optimal treatment of CF may require repair of both the folding and gating defects. Here we describe two classes of novel, potent small molecules identified from screening compound libraries that restore the function of
F508-CFTR in both recombinant cells and cultures of human bronchial epithelia isolated from CF patients. The first class partially corrects the trafficking defect and restores
F508-CFTR-mediated Cl- transport to more than 10% of the sustained forskolin response in non-CF HBE cultures, a level believed to result in a clinical benefit in CF patients. The second class potentiates cAMP-mediated gating of
F508-CFTR and achieves single channel activity similar to wt-CFTR. The CFTR-activating effects of the two mechanisms are additive and support the possibility of a drug discovery strategy based on rescue of the basic genetic defect responsible for CF.
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