2022
Regulation of glomerulotubular balance. IV. Implication of aquaporin 1 in flow-dependent proximal tubule transport and cell volume
Du Z, Yan Q, Shen E, Weinstein A, Wang T. Regulation of glomerulotubular balance. IV. Implication of aquaporin 1 in flow-dependent proximal tubule transport and cell volume. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2022, 323: f642-f653. PMID: 36108052, PMCID: PMC9705020, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00167.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWater channel aquaporin-1Proximal tubulesKO miceAquaporin-1Water reabsorptionMouse PTNo significant differenceWild-typeTight junctionsRat kidneyAquaporin-1 knockoutSignificant differenceAcid-base parametersKidney proximal tubulesRenal clearance experimentsWT miceKnockout miceUrine flowFlow stimulationFluid absorptionUrine pHClearance experimentsMouse kidneyMiceRats
2009
Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds
Dvoryanchikov G, Sinclair M, Perea‐Martinez I, Wang T, Chaudhari N. Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2009, 517: spc1-spc1. DOI: 10.1002/cne.22202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTaste cellsTaste budsTight junctionsHyperpolarized resting membrane potentialInwardly rectifying K channelsMouse taste budsRT-PCRApical tight junctionsMouse taste cellsInward rectifier channelsFungiform taste budsReverse-transcription polymerase chain reactionGlial cell markersQuantitative (q)RT-PCRGlial-like cellsROMK mRNAExtracellular K+Rectifier channelsCell markersPolymerase chain reactionApical tipK channelsTransgenic miceAction potentialsExcess K+Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds
Dvoryanchikov G, Sinclair M, Perea‐Martinez I, Wang T, Chaudhari N. Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2009, 517: spc1-spc1. DOI: 10.1002/cne.22196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTaste budsTaste cellsHyperpolarized resting membrane potentialTight junctionsInwardly rectifying K channelsMouse taste budsRT-PCRApical tight junctionsMouse taste cellsInward rectifier channelsFungiform taste budsReverse-transcription polymerase chain reactionGlial cell markersRedistribute KQuantitative (q)RT-PCRGlial-like cellsROMK mRNAApical tipExtracellular KRectifier channelsCell markersPolymerase chain reactionK channelsTransgenic miceAction potentialsInward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds
Dvoryanchikov G, Sinclair M, Perea‐Martinez I, Wang T, Chaudhari N. Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2009, 517: 1-14. PMID: 19708028, PMCID: PMC3104395, DOI: 10.1002/cne.22152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGap JunctionsGlutamate DecarboxylaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunohistochemistryKidneyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNeurogliaPhospholipase C betaPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingProtein IsoformsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTaste BudsTight JunctionsConceptsTaste budsTaste cellsTight junctionsHyperpolarized resting membrane potentialInwardly rectifying K channelsMouse taste budsRT-PCRApical tight junctionsMouse taste cellsInward rectifier channelsFungiform taste budsReverse-transcription polymerase chain reactionGlial cell markersQuantitative (q)RT-PCRGlial-like cellsROMK mRNAApical tipExtracellular K(+Rectifier channelsCell markersPolymerase chain reactionK channelsTransgenic miceAction potentialsBuds
2008
Shear-induced reorganization of renal proximal tubule cell actin cytoskeleton and apical junctional complexes
Duan Y, Gotoh N, Yan Q, Du Z, Weinstein A, Wang T, Weinbaum S. Shear-induced reorganization of renal proximal tubule cell actin cytoskeleton and apical junctional complexes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 11418-11423. PMID: 18685100, PMCID: PMC2516248, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804954105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal tubule cellsAdherens junctionsTight junctionsEndothelial cellsEpithelial cellsMouse proximal tubule cellsCell actin cytoskeletonDistribution of filamentous actinActin cytoskeletal reorganizationStress fiber disruptionActin-disrupting drugsApical junctional complexRenal epithelial cellsPeripheral actin bandsCuboidal epithelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsActin cytoskeletonFilamentous actinCytoskeletal reorganizationCytoskeletal responsesF-actinTubule cellsRenal epitheliumCytochalasin D.Water reabsorption
2007
Transgenic RNAi Depletion of Claudin-16 and the Renal Handling of Magnesium*
Hou J, Shan Q, Wang T, Gomes A, Yan Q, Paul D, Bleich M, Goodenough D. Transgenic RNAi Depletion of Claudin-16 and the Renal Handling of Magnesium*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2007, 282: 17114-17122. PMID: 17442678, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700632200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClaudin-16Tight junction proteinsTight junction proteins claudin-16Junction proteinsRenal handlingTight junctionsRenal handling of magnesiumRenal wasting of magnesiumParacellular ion reabsorptionHandling of magnesiumKnock-downFamilial hypomagnesemiaRenal functionElectrolyte disordersCation channelsTarget of drug developmentAscending limbMouse modelFHHNCParacellular cation channelsControl of ion homeostasisRenal controlIn vivo analysisIon reabsorptionNephrocalcinosis