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Measurement of halide efflux from cultured and primary airway epithelial cells using fluorescence indicators.

Munkonge FM, Alton EW, Andersson C, Davidson H, Dragomir A, Edelman A, Farley R, Hjelte L, McLachlan G, Stern M, Roomans GM

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

J Cyst Fibros. 2004 Aug;3 Suppl 2:171-6.

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The use of the halide-sensitive fluorescent probes (6-methoxy-N-(-sulphopropyl)quinolinium (SPQ) and N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-6-methoxyquinolinium bromide (MQAE)) to measure chloride transport in cells has now been established as an alternative to the halide-selective electrode technique, radioisotope efflux assays and patch-clamp electrophysiology.

We report here procedures for the assessment of halide efflux, using SPQ/MQAE halide-sensitive fluorescent indicators, from both adherent cultured epithelial cells and freshly obtained primary human airway epithelial cells.

The procedure describes the calculation of efflux rate constants using experimentally derived SPQ/MQAE fluorescence intensities and empirically derived Stern-Volmer calibration constants. These fluorescence methods permit the quantitative analysis of CFTR function.

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