The following antibodies were used: mouse monoclonal anti-CFTR (
ab769 and ab596, J.R. Riordan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics); mouse monoclonal anti-GAPDH (sc-32233; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.; RRID:AB_627679); horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-mouse IgG (
ab97023; Abcam; RRID:AB_10679675).
Vectors encoding wt-, L467F-, F508del-, and L467F-F508del-CFTR variants were purchased from VectorBuilder (vector IDs available upon request; Neu-Isenburg, Germany).
The CFTR modulators
ivacaftor,
tezacaftor, and lumacaftor were from TargetMol (catalog ID: T2588, T2263, and T2595, respectively; Wellesley Hills, MA, USA) while
elexacaftor was purchased from MedChemExpress (catalog ID: HY-111772; Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA). The final working concentration used for the CFTR modulators were as follows:
elexacaftor, 3 µM;
tezacaftor, 10 µM; lumacaftor, 3 µM;
ivacaftor, 1 µM (when applied acutely during short-circuit current measurements or for the YFP assay) or 5 µM (for 24 h treatment in the ETI combination).
Sondo E., Cresta F., Pastorino C., Tomati V., Capurro V., Pesce E., Lena M., Iacomino M., Baffico A.M., Coviello D., Bandiera T., Zara F., Galietta L.J., Bocciardi R., Castellani C, & Pedemonte N. (2022). The L467F-F508del Complex Allele Hampers Pharmacological Rescue of Mutant CFTR by Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: The Value of the Ex Vivo Nasal Epithelial Model to Address Non-Responders to CFTR-Modulating Drugs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(6), 3175.