Title : Glibenclamide stimulates fluid secretion in rodent cholangiocytes through a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-independent mechanism.

Pub. Date : 2005 Jul

PMID : 16012949






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1 Glibenclamide stimulates fluid secretion in rodent cholangiocytes through a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-independent mechanism. Glyburide cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Mus musculus
2 Glibenclamide, a sulfonylurea and a known CFTR inhibitor, paradoxically stimulates cholangiocyte secretion. Glyburide cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Mus musculus
3 Glibenclamide, unlike secretin and forskolin, was able to stimulate secretion in Cftr tm1Unc mice, thus indicating that this secretory mechanism was preserved. Glyburide cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Mus musculus
4 CONCLUSIONS: The ability of glibenclamide to stimulate secretion in CFTR-defective mice makes sulfonylureas a model class of compounds to design drugs useful in the treatment of cystic fibrosis with liver impairment and possibly of other cholestatic diseases. Glyburide cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Mus musculus