2024
Structural bases for Na+-Cl− cotransporter inhibition by thiazide diuretic drugs and activation by kinases
Zhao Y, Schubert H, Blakely A, Forbush B, Smith M, Rinehart J, Cao E. Structural bases for Na+-Cl− cotransporter inhibition by thiazide diuretic drugs and activation by kinases. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7006. PMID: 39143061, PMCID: PMC11324901, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51381-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa+-Cl- cotransporterFamilial hyperkalemic hypertensionRenal salt retentionThiazide diuretic drugsNa+-Cl-Cotransporter inhibitionNCC activitySalt reabsorptionDiuretic drugsBlood pressureBalanced electrolyteTreat hypertensionIon translocation pathwayIon translocationThiazideHypertensionSalt retentionOrthosteric siteCo-structureCarboxyl-terminal domainKinase cascadeEdemaChlorthalidoneCotransporterTranslocation
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