2021
The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2
Zhang S, Zhou J, Zhang Y, Liu T, Friedel P, Zhuo W, Somasekharan S, Roy K, Zhang L, Liu Y, Meng X, Deng H, Zeng W, Li G, Forbush B, Yang M. The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2. Communications Biology 2021, 4: 226. PMID: 33597714, PMCID: PMC7889885, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01750-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-electron microscopy structureHuman NKCC1Microscopy structureEssential residuesFunctional characterizationKCC transportersPlasma membraneStructural basisTransepithelial saltTransport activityMechanistic understandingTransportersStructural studiesCritical roleCotransporter NKCC1Computational analysisIon transportWater transportNeuronal excitabilityNKCC1PhosphorylationCell volumeNKCCKCC2Residues
2000
The Na-K-Cl Cotransporter of Secretory Epithelia
Haas M, Forbush B. The Na-K-Cl Cotransporter of Secretory Epithelia. Annual Review Of Physiology 2000, 62: 515-534. PMID: 10845101, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.62.1.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-ClNa-K-Cl cotransporterRegulation of NKCC1Secretory epitheliaNa-K-Cl cotransporter isoformsK-Cl cotransporter isoformsApical Cl- channelsNa-Cl cotransporterNon-epithelial cellsNKCC1 regulationCl- channelsBasolateral membraneCotransporter proteinFluid secretionNKCC isoformsNKCC1Ascending limbHenle's loopEpithelial cellsMacula densaIon transport proteinsTransport NaEpitheliaCotransporterCell volume
1992
Na-K-Cl cotransport in the shark rectal gland. II. Regulation in isolated tubules
Lytle C, Forbush B. Na-K-Cl cotransport in the shark rectal gland. II. Regulation in isolated tubules. American Journal Of Physiology 1992, 262: c1009-c1017. PMID: 1314482, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1992.262.4.c1009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterNa-K-ClShark rectal glandInhibitor of Na-K-Cl cotransportApical Cl- channelsCell shrinkageEffects of secretagoguesOsmotically induced changesSensitivity to cAMPCl- channelsExtracellular sodiumIsolated tubulesCotransporterHormonal modulationSecretory stimuliSignal transduction pathwaysSecretagoguesRectal glandTubulesRectal gland secretionHypertonicityCell volumeTransduction pathwaysGlandCells