2007
An SGK1 site in WNK4 regulates Na+ channel and K+ channel activity and has implications for aldosterone signaling and K+ homeostasis
Ring AM, Leng Q, Rinehart J, Wilson FH, Kahle KT, Hebert SC, Lifton RP. An SGK1 site in WNK4 regulates Na+ channel and K+ channel activity and has implications for aldosterone signaling and K+ homeostasis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 4025-4029. PMID: 17360471, PMCID: PMC1803763, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611728104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravascular volume depletionNa-Cl cotransporterAldosterone signalingPseudohypoaldosteronism type IIVolume depletionPhysiologic responsesNaCl reabsorptionPHAII-mutant WNK4Steroid hormone aldosteroneRenal outer medullaryRenal NaCl reabsorptionFunctional stateWNK4 mutationsROMK activityHormone aldosteroneOuter medullaryHyperkalemiaSecretionKidneyWild-type WNK4ReabsorptionAldosteroneChannel activityChannel ENaCWNK4
2003
WNK1, a kinase mutated in inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia, localizes to diverse Cl−-transporting epithelia
Choate KA, Kahle KT, Wilson FH, Nelson-Williams C, Lifton RP. WNK1, a kinase mutated in inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia, localizes to diverse Cl−-transporting epithelia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 663-668. PMID: 12522152, PMCID: PMC141053, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.242728499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPseudohypoaldosteronism type IIPancreatic ductCl fluxRenal tubular acidosisSweat ductsAutosomal dominant disorderBile ductBiliary ductsTubular acidosisExtrarenal tissuesDistal nephronCl reabsorptionEsophageal epitheliumCystic fibrosisWNK4 expressionColonic cryptsEpitheliumDominant disorderSelective modulationHypertensionHyperkalemiaBasal layerGallbladderDuctKidneyMolecular 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