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
2011
Regulatory Activation Is Accompanied by Movement in the C Terminus of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1)*
Monette MY, Forbush B. Regulatory Activation Is Accompanied by Movement in the C Terminus of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1)*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 287: 2210-2220. PMID: 22121194, PMCID: PMC3265899, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.309211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-terminusFluorescence resonance energy transferNa-K-Cl cotransporterFRET decreasesSame C-terminusMost vertebrate cellsKey structural roleEmbryonic kidney cell lineYellow fluorescent proteinHuman embryonic kidney cell lineRegulation of NKCC1Vertebrate cellsKidney cell linePlasma membraneNKCC1 regulationN-terminusFluorescent proteinStructural roleRegulatory activationTransporter activationConformational changesTerminusTransport activityResonance energy transferHEK cellsRare mutations in the human Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) associated with lower blood pressure exhibit impaired processing and transport function
Monette MY, Rinehart J, Lifton RP, Forbush B. Rare mutations in the human Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) associated with lower blood pressure exhibit impaired processing and transport function. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2011, 300: f840-f847. PMID: 21209010, PMCID: PMC3074999, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00552.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHEK-293 cellsNa-K-Cl cotransporterTransport functionMajor salt transport pathwayPlasma membrane localizationHEK cellsLow transport activitySequence conservationMembrane localizationProtein functionHeterologous expressionXenopus laevis oocytesImportant residuesMutantsRenal salt reabsorptionMolecular mechanismsIndependent mutationsConstitutive activityTransport activityBlood pressureFunctional consequencesImpaired transport functionSuch mutationsProcessing defectsLaevis oocytes
2009
Sites of Regulated Phosphorylation that Control K-Cl Cotransporter Activity
Rinehart J, Maksimova YD, Tanis JE, Stone KL, Hodson CA, Zhang J, Risinger M, Pan W, Wu D, Colangelo CM, Forbush B, Joiner CH, Gulcicek EE, Gallagher PG, Lifton RP. Sites of Regulated Phosphorylation that Control K-Cl Cotransporter Activity. Cell 2009, 138: 525-536. PMID: 19665974, PMCID: PMC2811214, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrinsic transport activityK-Cl cotransporterTransport activityCell volume regulationRegulated phosphorylationRNA interferenceAlanine substitutionsCultured cellsHomologous sitesKCC activityCl exitWNK1 expressionNeonatal mouse brainVolume regulationNeuronal functionHypotonic conditionsActive cotransportPhosphorylationIntracellular chloride concentrationCotransporter activityKCC3Human red blood cellsKCC2 activationFundamental roleMouse brain
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