2011
Rare 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBiological TransportBlotting, WesternHEK293 CellsHumansKidneyMutationOocytesPotassiumSodiumSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 1XenopusConceptsHEK-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
2007
Intramolecular and Intermolecular Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Fluorescent Protein-tagged Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1) SENSITIVITY TO REGULATORY CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND CELL VOLUME* * This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant DK47661. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental Methods 1 and Table 1.
Pedersen M, Carmosino M, Forbush B. Intramolecular and Intermolecular Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Fluorescent Protein-tagged Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1) SENSITIVITY TO REGULATORY CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND CELL VOLUME* * This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant DK47661. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental Methods 1 and Table 1. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2007, 283: 2663-2674. PMID: 18045874, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708194200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineCell SizeChloridesFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansLuminescent ProteinsModels, MolecularPhosphorylationProtein ConformationRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSharksSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 1TransfectionConceptsFluorescence resonance energy transferRegulatory domainC-terminusLevel of FRETN-terminusFluorescent proteinFRET changesResonance energy transferRegulatory phosphorylation eventsRegulatory conformational changesFluorescent protein tagsExtreme N-terminusEmbryonic kidney cell lineYellow fluorescent proteinHuman embryonic kidney cell lineN-terminal residuesPhosphorylation eventsU.S.C. Section 1734Na-K-Cl cotransporterMembrane domainsProtein tagsKidney cell lineIntermolecular fluorescence resonance energy transferYFP fluorescenceCosts of publication
2006
The Residues Determining Differences in Ion Affinities among the Alternative Splice Variants F, A, and B of the Mammalian Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC2)*
Giménez I, Forbush B. The Residues Determining Differences in Ion Affinities among the Alternative Splice Variants F, A, and B of the Mammalian Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC2)*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2006, 282: 6540-6547. PMID: 17186942, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610780200.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Regulatory phosphorylation sites in the NH2 terminus of the renal Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC2)
Giménez I, Forbush B. Regulatory phosphorylation sites in the NH2 terminus of the renal Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC2). American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2005, 289: f1341-f1345. PMID: 16077079, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00214.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Short-term Stimulation of the Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC2) by Vasopressin Involves Phosphorylation and Membrane Translocation of the Protein*
Giménez I, Forbush B. Short-term Stimulation of the Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC2) by Vasopressin Involves Phosphorylation and Membrane Translocation of the Protein*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2003, 278: 26946-26951. PMID: 12732642, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303435200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiological Transport, ActiveCell MembraneDeamino Arginine VasopressinKidney Tubules, DistalMaleMicePhosphorylationSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 1ThreonineConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterRenal Na-K-Cl cotransporterCell membrane compartmentsRegulatory threonineMembrane compartmentsAntidiuretic hormone vasopressinPhosphospecific antibodiesMembrane translocationAmino terminusCytoplasmic vesiclesNKCC2 phosphorylationShort-term activationApical membranePhosphorylationTerm activationHormone vasopressinShort-term stimulationThick ascending limbProteinTranslocationCotransporterNKCC2ActivationAscending limbMorphometric analysis
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 dependenceSpatially Distributed Alternative Splice Variants of the Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter Exhibit Dramatically Different Affinities for the Transported Ions*
Giménez I, Isenring P, Forbush B. Spatially Distributed Alternative Splice Variants of the Renal Na-K-Cl Cotransporter Exhibit Dramatically Different Affinities for the Transported Ions*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2002, 277: 8767-8770. PMID: 11815599, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c200021200.Peer-Reviewed Original Research