2013
Olfactory receptor responding to gut microbiota-derived signals plays a role in renin secretion and blood pressure regulation
Pluznick JL, Protzko RJ, Gevorgyan H, Peterlin Z, Sipos A, Han J, Brunet I, Wan LX, Rey F, Wang T, Firestein SJ, Yanagisawa M, Gordon JI, Eichmann A, Peti-Peterdi J, Caplan MJ. Olfactory receptor responding to gut microbiota-derived signals plays a role in renin secretion and blood pressure regulation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 4410-4415. PMID: 23401498, PMCID: PMC3600440, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215927110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-chain fatty acidsRenin secretionBlood pressureGut microbiotaG protein-coupled receptor 41Acute hypotensive responseRenal juxtaglomerular apparatusSmall resistance vesselsMicrobiota-derived signalsModulate blood pressureBlood pressure regulationWild-type miceSmooth muscle cellsG protein-coupled receptorsGPR41 expressionOlfactory receptorsHypotensive responseProtein-coupled receptorsSCFA receptorsResistance vesselsJuxtaglomerular apparatusAntibiotic treatmentOlfr78Receptor 41Knockout mice
1998
A tyrosine-based signal regulates H-K-ATPase-mediated potassium reabsorption in the kidney
Wang T, Courtois-Coutry N, Giebisch G, Caplan M. A tyrosine-based signal regulates H-K-ATPase-mediated potassium reabsorption in the kidney. American Journal Of Physiology 1998, 275: f818-f826. PMID: 9815140, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.275.5.f818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomerular filtration rateTransgenic miceGastric acid outputPlasma K concentrationK pumpK-ATPaseRenal collecting tubulesK clearanceBlood pressurePotassium reabsorptionAcid outputUrine volumeK excretionFiltration rateGastric acidK reabsorptionPump functionCollecting tubuleMicePlasma NaTyrosine-based sequenceTyrosine-based signalsKidneyExcretionCytoplasmic tail