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Structure and activity of the acid-sensing ion channels

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 2012
The acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are a family of proton-sensing channels expressed throughout the nervous system. Their activity is linked to a variety of complex behaviors including fear, anxiety, pain, depression, learning, and memory. ASICs have also been implicated in neuronal degeneration accompanying ischemia and multiple sclerosis.
Thomas W, Sherwood, Erin N, Frey, Candice C, Askwith   +2 more
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Phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates as molecular glues

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Inositol phosphates (IPs) and phosphoinositides (PIPs) regulate diverse eukaryotic processes. Beyond recruiting signaling proteins or acting as structural cofactors, recent studies suggest they mediate protein–protein interactions as natural molecular glues.
Aleshia Seaton‐Terry, Alexander J. Cutright, Mong Na Claire Loi, Jessica Martin, Joseph W. Gilligan, Jakub N. Kubina, Michael J. Arambula, Susanna Tanada Palmu, Daniella Zhou, Raymond D. Blind   +9 more
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Ion Selectivity in the Selectivity Filters of Acid-Sensing Ion Channels [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2015
Sodium-selective acid sensing ion channels (ASICs), which belong to the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) superfamily, are key players in many physiological processes (e.g. nociception, mechanosensation, cognition, and memory) and are potential therapeutic targets.
Todor Dudev, Carmay Lim
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Identification of a unique Ca2+-binding site in rat acid-sensing ion channel 3

Nature Communications, 2018
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) sense changes in extracellular acidity with Ca2+ as an allosteric modulator and channel blocker. Here authors use electrophysiology and molecular dynamics simulation to identify the residue in ASIC3 which modulates ...
Zhicheng Zuo, Rachel N. Smith, Zhenglan Chen, Amruta S. Agharkar, Heather D. Snell, Renqi Huang, Jin Liu, Eric B. Gonzales   +7 more
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Three phosphatase families form a community: The phosphohydrolases that act upon inositol pyrophosphates

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Inositol pyrophosphates are energy‐rich signaling molecules that perform critical functions in cells. Three different families of phosphatases hydrolyze the β phosphate of the inositol pyrophosphate molecules: two have narrow specificities and one is promiscuous.
Ronda J. Rolfes
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Acid-sensing ion channels in taste buds

Archives of Histology and Cytology, 2006
Taste receptor cells detect gustatory stimuli using a complex arrangement of ion channels, G protein-coupled receptors, and signaling cascades. Sour and salty tastes are detected by ion channels in the rat. Using a combination of homology screening and functional expression approaches, we screened a rat circumvallate papilla cDNA library and identified
Shimada, Shoichi, Ueda, Takashi, Ishida, Yusuke, Yamamoto, Takashi, Ugawa, Shinya   +4 more
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A selectivity filter at the intracellular end of the acid-sensing ion channel pore

eLife, 2017
Increased extracellular proton concentrations during neurotransmission are converted to excitatory sodium influx by acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). 10-fold sodium/potassium selectivity in ASICs has long been attributed to a central constriction in the
Timothy Lynagh, Emelie Flood, Céline Boiteux, Matthias Wulf, Vitaly V Komnatnyy, Janne M Colding, Toby W Allen, Stephan A Pless   +7 more
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Peripheral Inflammation Results in Increased Excitability of Capsaicin-Insensitive Nociceptive DRG Neurons Mediated by Upregulation of ASICs and Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021
Previously, we have characterized the capsaicin-insensitive low pH-sensitive (caps−lpH+) subtype of small-sized nociceptive dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons that express acid-sensing ion channels, T-type Ca2+ channels, and have isolectin B4-negative ...
Dmytro E. Duzhyy, Nana V. Voitenko, Nana V. Voitenko, Nana V. Voitenko, Pavel V. Belan, Pavel V. Belan   +5 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
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A Role for Acid-sensing Ion Channel 3, but Not Acid-sensing Ion Channel 2, in Sensing Dynamic Mechanical Stimuli [PDF]

Anesthesiology, 2010
Background Acid-sensing ion channels 2 and 3 (ASIC2 and ASIC3, respectively) have been implicated as putative mechanotransducers. Because mechanical hyperalgesia is a prominent consequence of nerve injury, we tested whether male and female ASIC2 or ASIC3 knockout mice have altered responses to mechanical and heat ...
Jasenka, Borzan, Chengshui, Zhao, Richard A, Meyer, Srinivasa N, Raja   +3 more
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