2002
Functional comparison of renal Na-K-Cl cotransporters between distant species
Gagnon E, Forbush B, Caron L, Isenring P. Functional comparison of renal Na-K-Cl cotransporters between distant species. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2002, 284: c365-c370. PMID: 12388059, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00262.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal Na-K-Cl cotransporterNa-K-Cl cotransporterSplice variantsSecond transmembrane domainDistant vertebratesDistant speciesTransmembrane domainAlternative splicingXenopus laevis oocytesTransport activityCl(-) affinityRenal NKCC2Functional comparisonLaevis oocytesSpeciesSharksSimilar affinityIon dependence
1998
The role of transmembrane domain 2 in cation transport by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter
Isenring P, Jacoby S, Forbush B. The role of transmembrane domain 2 in cation transport by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 7179-7184. PMID: 9618559, PMCID: PMC22778, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.12.7179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterBumetanide-sensitive 86Rb influxTransmembrane domain 2Na-Cl cotransporterBumetanide bindingNa-K-ClHEK-293 cellsHuman cotransportersDomain 2Third transmembrane domainCotransporterNa affinityHEK-293Stable transfectionNKCC2BumetanideCation transportTransmembrane domain 3Transmembrane domainDomain 3Alternative splicingIon transport
1995
Cloning, embryonic expression, and alternative splicing of a murine kidney-specific Na-K-Cl cotransporter
Igarashi P, Heuvel G, Payne J, Forbush B. Cloning, embryonic expression, and alternative splicing of a murine kidney-specific Na-K-Cl cotransporter. American Journal Of Physiology 1995, 269: f405-f418. PMID: 7573490, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1995.269.3.f405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterExpression of NKCC2In situ hybridizationCassette exonsRenal Na-K-Cl cotransporterOuter medullaAscending limbAlternative splicingInner stripe of outer medullaPotential sites of phosphorylationAdenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinaseDays post coitusFull-length cDNAAnchored polymerase chain reactionSites of phosphorylationConsensus splice donorLoop of HenleS-shaped bodiesProtein kinase CNorthern blot analysisPattern of expressionGenomic clonesNKCC2Outer stripeProtein sequences