ReviewPflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2016
Biophysics and Physiology of the Volume-Regulated Anion Channel (VRAC)/Volume-Sensitive Outwardly Rectifying Anion Channel (VSOR).
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95 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
- Structures of the volume-regulated anion channel LRRC8A/D in activating and inhibiting conditions.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Binding to Albumin and Off-Target Toxicity Confound the Use of LRRC8/VRAC Channel Blockers in Cell Physiology Assays.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Subunit-specific roles of LRRC8 proteins in determining glutamate permeability of astrocytic volume-regulated anion channels.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2026Article
- LRRC8A-containing anion channels promote glioblastoma proliferation via a WNK1/mTORC2-dependent mechanism.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Glial Ion Channels in Myelin Pathophysiology: Insights from Leukodystrophies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- LRRC8A Regulates Outer Hair Cell Volume and Electromotility and is Required for Hearing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Lysosomal ion channels and pain.Pain reports · 2025Review
- Boi-Ogi-To, a Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine, Promotes Cellular Excretion of Chloride and Water by Activating Volume-Sensitive Outwardly Rectifying Anion Channels.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- Channels and Transporters in Ischemic Brain Edema.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Review
- Interactomic exploration of LRRC8A in volume-regulated anion channels.Cell death discovery · 2024Article
- Physiology of the volume-sensitive/regulatory anion channel VSOR/VRAC: part 2: its activation mechanisms and essential roles in organic signal release.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2024Review
- Physiology of the volume-sensitive/regulatory anion channel VSOR/VRAC. Part 1: from its discovery and phenotype characterization to the molecular entity identification.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2024Review
- Physiological Functions of the Volume-Regulated Anion Channel VRAC/LRRC8 and the Proton-Activated Chloride Channel ASOR/TMEM206.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2024Article
- Volume-regulated anion channels conduct ATP in undifferentiated mammary cells and promote tumorigenesis in xenograft nude mouse.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Article
- Cholesterol regulation of mechanosensitive ion channels.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Mechanosensing in Metabolism.Comprehensive Physiology · 2023Review
- The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels.British journal of pharmacology · 2023Article
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- Paclitaxel induces pyroptosis by inhibiting the volume‑sensitive chloride channel leucine‑rich repeat‑containing 8a in ovarian cancer cells.Oncology reports · 2023Article
- Syringin inhibits endogenous volume regulated anion channel currents of HEK293 cells in hypotonic circumstances.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2023Article
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Abstract
The volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC), also known as the volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying (VSOR) anion channel or the volume-sensitive organic osmolyte/anion channel (VSOAC), is essential for cell volume regulation after swelling in most vertebrate cell types studied to date. In addition to its role in cell volume homeostasis, VRAC has been implicated in numerous other physiological and pathophysiological processes, including cancer, ischemic brain edema, cell motility, proliferation, angiogenesis, programmed cell death, and excitotoxic glutamate release. Although VRAC has been extensively biophysically, pharmacologically, and functionally characterized, its molecular identity was highly controversial until the recent identification of the leucine-rich repeats containing 8A (LRRC8A) protein as essential for the VRAC current in multiple cell types and a likely pore-forming subunit of VRAC. Members of this distantly pannexin-1-related protein family form heteromers, and in addition to LRRC8A, at least another LRRC8 family member is required for the formation of a functional VRAC. This review summarizes the biophysical and pharmacological properties of VRAC, highlights its main physiological functions and pathophysiological implications, and outlines the search for its molecular identity.
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