CLC chloride channels and transporters: structure, function, physiology, and disease

TJ Jentsch, M Pusch - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in
mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation …

Quality threshold clustering of molecular dynamics: a word of caution

R González-Alemán… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Clustering Molecular Dynamics trajectories is a common analysis that allows grouping
together similar conformations. Several algorithms have been designed and optimized to …

Small Molecules Targeting Kidney ClC-K Chloride Channels: Applications in Rare Tubulopathies and Common Cardiovascular Diseases

MA Coppola, M Pusch, P Imbrici, A Liantonio - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the key role played by ClC-K chloride channels in kidney and inner ear physiology
and pathology, they can be considered important targets for drug discovery. Indeed, ClC-Ka …

Mapping ligand binding pockets in chloride ClC‐1 channels through an integrated in silico and experimental approach using anthracene‐9‐carboxylic acid and …

C Altamura, GF Mangiatordi, O Nicolotti… - British Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Although chloride channels are involved in several physiological
processes and acquired diseases, the availability of compounds selectively targeting CLC …

ClC-K Kidney Chloride Channels: From Structure to Pathology

O Andrini, D Eladari, N Picard - Anion Channels and Transporters, 2023 - Springer
The molecular basis of chloride transport varies all along the nephron depending on the
tubular segments especially in the apical entry of the cell. The major chloride exit pathway …

A large intragenic deletion in the CLCN1 gene causes Hereditary Myotonia in pigs

CET Araújo, CMC Oliveira, JD Barbosa… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Mutations in the CLCN1 gene are the primary cause of non-dystrophic Hereditary Myotonia
in several animal species. However, there are no reports of Hereditary Myotonia in pigs to …

Renal chloride channels in relation to sodium chloride transport

J Teulon, G Planelles, FV Sepúlveda… - Comprehensive …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The many mechanisms governing NaCl absorption in the diverse parts of the renal tubule
have been largely elucidated, although some of them, as neutral NaCl absorption across the …

Analysis of CLCNKB mutations at dimer‐interface, calcium‐binding site, and pore reveals a variety of functional alterations in ClC‐Kb channel leading to Bartter …

Y Bignon, I Sakhi, S Bitam, N Bakouh, M Keck… - Human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pathological missense mutations in CLCNKB gene give a wide spectrum of clinical
phenotypes in Bartter syndrome type III patients. Molecular analysis of the mutated ClC‐Kb …

Functional study of novel Bartter's syndrome mutations in ClC-Kb and rescue by the accessory subunit barttin toward personalized medicine

D Sahbani, B Strumbo, S Tedeschi, E Conte… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Type III and IV Bartter syndromes (BS) are rare kidney tubulopathies caused by loss-of-
function mutations in the CLCNKB and BSND genes coding respectively for the ClC-Kb …

Demystifying the Molecular Basis of Pyrazoloquinolinones Recognition at the Extracellular α1+/β3- Interface of the GABAA Receptor by Molecular Modeling

N Singh, BO Villoutreix - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
GABAA receptors are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels that serve as major inhibitory
neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian brain and the target of numerous clinically …