2010
Shear stress-induced changes of membrane transporter localization and expression in mouse proximal tubule cells
Duan Y, Weinstein A, Weinbaum S, Wang T. Shear stress-induced changes of membrane transporter localization and expression in mouse proximal tubule cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 21860-21865. PMID: 21106755, PMCID: PMC3003103, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015751107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal tubule cellsMouse proximal tubuleNa/K-ATPaseTubule cellsApical NHE3Proximal tubulesMouse proximal tubule cellsFSS-induced changesApical plasma membraneV-ATPaseAmount of protein expressionBasolateral membraneWestern blot analysisNHE3Volume reabsorptionTransporter expressionBasolateral transportProtein expressionMPT cellsShear stress-induced changesVacuolar H(+)-ATPaseBlock microtubule polymerizationControl cellsModulate cellular functionsTransporter localization
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