Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression
Bian S, Bai JP, Chapin H, Le Moellic C, Dong H, Caplan M, Sigworth FJ, Navaratnam DS. Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e28264. PMID: 22194818, PMCID: PMC3237428, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBeta CateninBinding SitesBiological AssayCell MembraneChickensGene Knockdown TechniquesHair Cells, AuditoryHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoprecipitationIntercellular JunctionsKineticsLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha SubunitsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutant ProteinsMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein TransportRNA, Small InterferingSequence DeletionTransfectionWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsΒ-cateninS10 regionHEK cellsSurface expressionCell biology toolsPotassium channel alpha subunitΒ-catenin interactionDownregulation of WntCytoskeleton frameworkChannel alpha subunitChicken hair cellsPhosphorylation sitesDeletion mutantsBiology toolsΒ-catenin-dependent canonical WntAlpha subunitCanonical WntMultiple binding sitesNumber of diseasesStable bindingWntPhysiological significanceBinding sitesReduced expressionHair cellsRenal Cystic Disease Proteins Play Critical Roles in the Organization of the Olfactory Epithelium
Pluznick JL, Rodriguez-Gil DJ, Hull M, Mistry K, Gattone V, Johnson CA, Weatherbee S, Greer CA, Caplan MJ. Renal Cystic Disease Proteins Play Critical Roles in the Organization of the Olfactory Epithelium. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e19694. PMID: 21614130, PMCID: PMC3094399, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cystic diseaseOlfactory sensory neuronsOlfactory epitheliumCystic diseaseMutant animalsMature olfactory sensory neuronsMurine olfactory epitheliumDendritic knobsOlfactory adenylate cyclaseReceptor expressionSensory neuronsTransduction cascadeLaminar organizationDisease proteinMicrotubule architectureMKS1Syndrome 1Reduced expressionAdenylate cyclaseRT-PCRMKS3DiseaseProteinPhysiological activityObvious alterations