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Chloride influx through GABA-gated Cl(-) channels, the principal mechanism for inhibiting neural activity in the brain, requires a Cl(-) gradient established in part by K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters (KCCs). We screened for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants defective for inhibitory neurotransmission and identified mutations in ABTS-1, a Na(+)-driven Cl(-)-HCO(3)(-) exchanger that extrudes chloride from cells, like KCC-2, but also alkalinizes them. While animals lacking ABTS-1 or the K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter KCC-2 display only mild behavioural defects, animals lacking both Cl(-) extruders are paralyzed. This is apparently due to severe disruption of the cellular Cl(-) gradient such that Cl(-) flow through GABA-gated channels is reversed and excites rather than inhibits cells. Neuronal expression of both transporters is upregulated during synapse development, and ABTS-1 expression further increases in KCC-2 mutants, suggesting regulation of these transporters is coordinated to control the cellular Cl(-) gradient. Our results show that Na(+)-driven Cl(-)-HCO(3)(-) exchangers function with KCCs in generating the cellular chloride gradient and suggest a mechanism for the close tie between pH and excitability in the brain.
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