2008
Exon Loss Accounts for Differential Sorting of Na-K-Cl Cotransporters in Polarized Epithelial Cells
Carmosino M, Giménez I, Caplan M, Forbush B. Exon Loss Accounts for Differential Sorting of Na-K-Cl Cotransporters in Polarized Epithelial Cells. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2008, 19: 4341-4351. PMID: 18667527, PMCID: PMC2555935, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-05-0478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDileucine motifNa-K-Cl cotransporterRenal Na-K-Cl cotransporterPolarized epithelial cellsAmino acid stretchApical proteinsApical sortingEvolutionary lossRenal epithelial cell lineGene structurePhylogenetic analysisDifferential sortingDirect traffickingEpithelial cell lineAdditional exonC-terminusMammalian kidneyApical membraneExonsNovel mechanismNKCC2 geneCell linesBasolateral membraneMotifEpithelial cells
2005
SGK1 activates Na+-K+-ATPase in amphibian renal epithelial cells
de la Rosa D, Gimenez I, Forbush B, Canessa CM. SGK1 activates Na+-K+-ATPase in amphibian renal epithelial cells. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2005, 290: c492-c498. PMID: 16192298, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00556.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsEffects of aldosteroneCell linesActivation of ENaCGlucocorticoid-induced kinase 1Epithelial cell lineRenal epithelial cell lineAldosteroneSGK1 expressionSame cell lineSubunit abundanceSGK1Channel activityTotal proteinImportant regulatorKinase 1Tetracycline-inducible promoterActivationCellsApical membraneATPase activityPrevious studiesATPase functionChronic
2002
Functional comparison of renal Na-K-Cl cotransporters between distant species
Gagnon E, Forbush B, Caron L, Isenring P. Functional comparison of renal Na-K-Cl cotransporters between distant species. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2002, 284: c365-c370. PMID: 12388059, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00262.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal Na-K-Cl cotransporterNa-K-Cl cotransporterSplice variantsSecond transmembrane domainDistant vertebratesDistant speciesTransmembrane domainAlternative splicingXenopus laevis oocytesTransport activityCl(-) affinityRenal NKCC2Functional comparisonLaevis oocytesSpeciesSharksSimilar affinityIon dependence
2000
The Na-K-Cl Cotransporter of Secretory Epithelia
Haas M, Forbush B. The Na-K-Cl Cotransporter of Secretory Epithelia. Annual Review Of Physiology 2000, 62: 515-534. PMID: 10845101, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.62.1.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarrier ProteinsEpithelial CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersConceptsNa-K-ClNa-K-Cl cotransporterRegulation of NKCC1Secretory epitheliaNa-K-Cl cotransporter isoformsK-Cl cotransporter isoformsApical Cl- channelsNa-Cl cotransporterNon-epithelial cellsNKCC1 regulationCl- channelsBasolateral membraneCotransporter proteinFluid secretionNKCC isoformsNKCC1Ascending limbHenle's loopEpithelial cellsMacula densaIon transport proteinsTransport NaEpitheliaCotransporterCell volume
1992
Na-K-Cl cotransport in the shark rectal gland. II. Regulation in isolated tubules
Lytle C, Forbush B. Na-K-Cl cotransport in the shark rectal gland. II. Regulation in isolated tubules. American Journal Of Physiology 1992, 262: c1009-c1017. PMID: 1314482, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1992.262.4.c1009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterNa-K-ClShark rectal glandInhibitor of Na-K-Cl cotransportApical Cl- channelsCell shrinkageEffects of secretagoguesOsmotically induced changesSensitivity to cAMPCl- channelsExtracellular sodiumIsolated tubulesCotransporterHormonal modulationSecretory stimuliSignal transduction pathwaysSecretagoguesRectal glandTubulesRectal gland secretionHypertonicityCell volumeTransduction pathwaysGlandCells