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Experiments were carried out 7�C14 days postseeding. Cells were loaded with the pH-sensitive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAP70 fluorescent dye 2��,7��-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester (10?��M) for 60?min at 37��C in a HEPES-buffered salt solution, which consisted of 130?mM NaCl, 5?mM KCl, 1?mM MgCl2, 1?mM CaCl2, 10?mM Na-HEPES, and 10?mM d-glucose set to pH?7.4. Transwells were placed in a perfusion chamber, mounted onto an inverted microscope stage (Nikon), and perfused with a HCO3?-buffered Krebs solution (KRB), which consisted of 115?mM NaCl, 5?mM KCl, 25?mM NaHCO3, 1?mM MgCl2, 1?mM CaCl2, and 10?mM d-glucose and adjusted to pH?7.4 by bubbling with a 95% O2, 5% CO2 mixture at 37��C. Apical and basolateral bath volumes were 0.5 and 1?mL and were perfused at a rate of 3 and 6?mL?min?1, respectively. pHi was measured from 15 to 20 cells, using a Life Sciences Microfluorimeter System (Life Sciences Resources, Cambridge, UK). Ratio values were calibrated to pHi using the high K+-nigericin method (10?��M), as described previously (Garnett et?al., 2011). Mean changes in pHi were estimated by calculating the average pHi over 60?s (120 data points). The initial rate of pHi change (��pHi/��t) was calculated by linear regression fitted to a http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BIBW2992.html minimum of 40 data points. Note that in some figures, pHi responses are presented as a percentage of control response, due to variability in the absolute magnitude of pH changes in response to Cl? removal between cultures. For Cl?-free KRB, NaCl was substituted with sodium gluconate, with 6?mM calcium gluconate replacing 1?mM CaCl2 to compensate for the Ca2+ buffering capacity of gluconate, and 5?mM KCl was replaced with 2.5?mM K2SO4. For Na+-free http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BKM-120.html KRB, 115?mM NMDG-Cl, replaced NaCl and 25 choline-HCO3 replaced NaHCO3. Atropine (10?��M) was included to block muscarinic receptors. For anion-substitution experiments, Cl? was replaced with the appropriate anion (Garnett et?al., 2011). All general chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich except for forskolin (Tocris, Bristol, UK), GlyH-101 (Calbiochem, Nottingham, UK), okadaic acid (Calbiochem) and 8CPT-2Me-cAMP (Tocris). The rate and pH of liquid secreted from Calu-3 monolayers was measured over a 24?h period as previously described (Garnett et?al., 2011). Results are presented as mean?��?SE, where n indicates the number of experiments. Statistical analysis was performed using either a paired Student's t-test or one-way anova with Bonferroni's post hoc test. P values of