2022
Structural basis for inhibition of the Cation-chloride cotransporter NKCC1 by the diuretic drug bumetanide
Zhao Y, Roy K, Vidossich P, Cancedda L, De Vivo M, Forbush B, Cao E. Structural basis for inhibition of the Cation-chloride cotransporter NKCC1 by the diuretic drug bumetanide. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 2747. PMID: 35585053, PMCID: PMC9117670, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30407-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranslocation pathwayElectron cryo-microscopy structureC-terminal domainIon translocation pathwayCation-chloride cotransporters NKCC1Transmembrane domainCotransporter NKCC1C-terminal domain interactionsStructural basisDomain interactionsRenal salt reabsorptionDomain associationConformational changesFunctional studiesIon translocationElectroneutral symportCell membraneNKCC1PathwayNKCC2DomainSalt reabsorptionTransmembraneTranslocationTransporters
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
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
1988
Overview: occluded ions and Na, K-ATPase.
Forbush B. Overview: occluded ions and Na, K-ATPase. Progress In Clinical And Biological Research 1988, 268A: 229-48. PMID: 2843866.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1987
Rapid release of 42K and 86Rb from an occluded state of the Na,K-pump in the presence of ATP or ADP.
Forbush B. Rapid release of 42K and 86Rb from an occluded state of the Na,K-pump in the presence of ATP or ADP. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1987, 262: 11104-11115. PMID: 2440883, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60932-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRapid release of 42K or 86Rb from two distinct transport sites on the Na,K-pump in the presence of Pi or vanadate.
Forbush B. Rapid release of 42K or 86Rb from two distinct transport sites on the Na,K-pump in the presence of Pi or vanadate. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1987, 262: 11116-11127. PMID: 2440884, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60933-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysiology and biophysics of chloride and cation cotransport across cell membranes.
Lauf P, McManus T, Haas M, Forbush B, Duhm J, Flatman P, Saier M, Russell J. Physiology and biophysics of chloride and cation cotransport across cell membranes. The FASEB Journal 1987, 46: 2377-94. PMID: 3552736.Peer-Reviewed Original Research