2011
Preactivation of AMPK by metformin may ameliorate the epithelial cell damage caused by renal ischemia
Seo-Mayer PW, Thulin G, Zhang L, Alves DS, Ardito T, Kashgarian M, Caplan MJ. Preactivation of AMPK by metformin may ameliorate the epithelial cell damage caused by renal ischemia. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2011, 301: f1346-f1357. PMID: 21849490, PMCID: PMC3233870, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00420.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cell polarityMDCK cellsPlasma membrane domainsIon transport proteinsEpithelial cell organizationCellular energy sensorAMPK activator metforminMadin-Darby canine kidney cellsBasolateral plasma membraneShort hairpin RNACanine kidney cellsCell polarityImmunofluoresence localizationRenal epithelial cellsMembrane domainsNa-K-ATPaseProtein kinaseAMPK activatorPlasma membraneVesicular compartmentsAMPK activityTransport proteinsEnergy sensorMolecular consequencesBasolateral localization
1998
A basolateral sorting signal is encoded in the α-subunit of Na-K-ATPase
Muth TR, Gottardi CJ, Roush DL, Caplan MJ. A basolateral sorting signal is encoded in the α-subunit of Na-K-ATPase. American Journal Of Physiology 1998, 274: c688-c696. PMID: 9530100, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.3.c688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLLC-PK1 cellsK-ATPaseAmino acidsPlasma membrane distributionIntracellular vesicular compartmentsBasolateral surfaceAmino acid residuesNa-K-ATPaseBasolateral signalSurface expressionK-ATPase sequencesProtein domainsPlasma membraneVesicular compartmentsGastric parietal cellsTranscriptional upregulationΑ-subunitLLC-PK1 cell lineMembrane distributionAcid residuesSecretagogue stimulationIon pumpsApical surfaceChimerasCell lines