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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2000

Chloride channel activity of ClC-2 is modified by the actin cytoskeleton.

N Ahmed, M Ramjeesingh, S Wong, A Varga, E Garami, C E Bear

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Research and progress on ClC‑2 (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2017
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  9. Chloride channelopathies of ClC-2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2013
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  13. Ca2+-induced Cl- efflux at rat distal colonic epithelium.The Journal of membrane biology · 2008
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N AhmedProgramme in Cell Biology, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
M Ramjeesingh
S Wong
A Varga
E Garami
C E Bear
Hospital for Sick Children · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chloride channel ClC-2 has been implicated in essential physiological functions, including cell-volume regulation and fluid secretion by specific epithelial tissues. Although ClC-2 is known to be activated by hyperpolarization and hypo-osmotic shock, the molecular basis for the regulation of this channel remains unclear. Here we show in the Xenopus oocyte expression system that the chloride-channel activity of ClC-2 is enhanced after treatment with the actin-disrupting agents cytochalasin and latrunkulin. These findings suggest that the actin cytoskeleton normally exerts an inhibitory effect on ClC-2 activity. An inhibitory domain was previously defined in the N-terminus of ClC-2, so we sought to determine whether this domain might interact directly with actin in binding assays in vitro. We found that a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein containing the inhibitory domain was capable of binding actin in overlay and co-sedimentation assays. Further, the binding of actin to this relatively basic peptide (pI 8.4) might be mediated through electrostatic interactions because binding was inhibited at high concentrations of NaCl with a half-maximal decrease in signal at 180 mM NaCl. This work suggests that electrostatic interactions between the N-terminus of ClC-2 and the actin cytoskeleton might have a role in the regulation of this channel.

Indexed as

Ion Channel GatingActinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicChloride ChannelsChloridesCLC-2 Chloride ChannelsCytochalasin DCytoskeletonMolecular Sequence DataOocytesOsmolar ConcentrationProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryActinsBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicChloride ChannelsChloridesCLC-2 Chloride ChannelsCytochalasin Dlatrunculin BRecombinant Fusion ProteinsThiazolesThiazolidines

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PMID11104687
PMCPMC1221518
OpenAlexW1963872448

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