2003
Molecular pathogenesis of inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia: The Na–Cl cotransporter is inhibited by wild-type but not mutant WNK4
Wilson FH, Kahle KT, Sabath E, Lalioti MD, Rapson AK, Hoover RS, Hebert SC, Gamba G, Lifton RP. Molecular pathogenesis of inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia: The Na–Cl cotransporter is inhibited by wild-type but not mutant WNK4. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 680-684. PMID: 12515852, PMCID: PMC141056, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.242735399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-Cl cotransporterPseudohypoaldosteronism type IIMutant WNK4Molecular pathogenesisThiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporterSerine-threonine kinases WNK1Forms of hypertensionMembrane expressionMissense mutationsMetabolic acidosisT cellsDistal nephronPHAII phenotypesHypertensionNa influxHEK 293T cellsSurface expressionWNK signalingHyperkalemiaFunction mutationsPathogenesisCotransporterWNK4
1999
Molecular cloning and functional characterization of KCC3, a new K-Cl cotransporter
Race J, Makhlouf F, Logue P, Wilson F, Dunham P, Holtzman E. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of KCC3, a new K-Cl cotransporter. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: c1210-c1219. PMID: 10600773, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.6.c1210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiological TransportCarrier ProteinsCell LineChlorineChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularDNA PrimersEthylmaleimideGene ExpressionHumansKidneyMolecular Sequence DataOsmosisPhylogenyPlacentaPotassiumProtein Structure, TertiarySequence Homology, Amino AcidSulfhydryl ReagentsSymportersTransfectionConceptsCation-chloride cotransporter familyK-Cl cotransporterNa-Cl cotransporterTransmembrane domain 5Large extracellular loopStimulation of cotransportAmino acid levelsHydropathy analysisDeduced proteinHuman embryonic kidneyNa-K-Cl cotransporterTransmembrane domainMolecular cloningK-Cl cotransportFunctional characterizationCotransporter familyExtracellular loopEmbryonic kidneyDomain 5Amino acidsKCC3Human placentaAcid levelsSkeletal muscleCotransporter