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XB-ART-39624
Blood Cells Mol Dis 2009 Jan 01;423:233-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.01.021.
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Chemical crosslinking studies with the mouse Kcc1 K-Cl cotransporter.

Casula S , Zolotarev AS , Stuart-Tilley AK , Wilhelm S , Shmukler BE , Brugnara C , Alper SL .


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Oligomerization, function, and regulation of unmodified mouse Kcc1 K-Cl cotransporter were studied by chemical crosslinking. Treatment of Xenopus oocytes and 293T cells expressing K-Cl cotransporter Kcc1 with several types of chemical cross-linkers shifted Kcc1 polypeptide to higher molecular weight forms. More extensive studies were performed with the amine-reactive disuccinyl suberate (DSS) and with the sulfhydryl-reactive bis-maleimidohexane (BMH). Kcc1 cross-linking was time-dependent in intact oocytes, and was independent of protein concentration in detergent lysates from oocytes or 293T cells. Kcc1 cross-linking by the cleavable cross-linker DTME was reversible. The N-terminal and C-terminal cytoplasmic tails of Kcc1 were not essential for Kcc1 crosslinking. PFO-PAGE and gel filtration revealed oligomeric states of uncrosslinked KCC1 corresponding in mobility to that of cross-linked protein. DSS and BMH each inhibited KCC1-mediated (86)Rb(+) uptake stimulated by hypotonicity or by N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) without reduction in nominal surface abundance of KCC1. These data add to evidence supporting the oligomeric state of KCC polypeptides.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: bag3 blmh pmp22 slc12a4

References [+] :
Boettger, Deafness and renal tubular acidosis in mice lacking the K-Cl co-transporter Kcc4. 2002, Pubmed