SLC9/NHE gene family, a plasma membrane and organellar family of Na+/H+ exchangers

M Donowitz, CM Tse, D Fuster - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
This brief review of the human Na/H exchanger gene family introduces a new classification
with three subgroups to the SLC9 gene family. Progress in the structure and function of this …

Plant NHX cation/proton antiporters

MP Rodríguez-Rosales, FJ Gálvez… - Plant signaling & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Although physiological and biochemical data since long suggested that Na+/H+ and K+/H+
antiporters are involved in intracellular ion and pH regulation in plants, it has taken a long …

The developmental, molecular, and transport biology of Malpighian tubules

KW Beyenbach, H Skaer… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Molecular biology is reaching new depths in our understanding of the development and
physiology of Malpighian tubules. In Diptera, Malpighian tubules derive from ectodermal …

Sodium-Proton (Na+/H+) Antiporters: Properties and Roles in Health and Disease

E Padan, M Landau - The alkali metal ions: Their role for life, 2016 - Springer
The transmembranal Na+/H+ antiporters transport sodium (or several other monovalent
cations) in exchange for H+ across lipid bilayers in all kingdoms of life. They are critical in …

Molecular physiology of insect midgut

WR Terra, IG Barroso, RO Dias, C Ferreira - Advances in insect physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
New approaches have led to advances in the molecular knowledge of digestion and nutrient
absorption in insects. Cell fractionation with proteomics revealed the molecular composition …

The role of plasma membrane sodium/hydrogen exchangers in gastrointestinal functions: proliferation and differentiation, fluid/electrolyte transport and barrier integrity

K Nikolovska, UE Seidler, C Stock - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The five plasma membrane Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) isoforms in the gastrointestinal tract
are characterized by distinct cellular localization, tissue distribution, inhibitor sensitivities …

Transcellular and paracellular pathways of transepithelial fluid secretion in Malpighian (renal) tubules of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

KW Beyenbach, PM Piermarini - Acta Physiologica, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Isolated Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito secrete NaCl and KCl from the
peritubular bath to the tubule lumen via active transport of Na+ and K+ by principal cells …

Identification and characterization of Aedes aegypti aminopeptidase N as a putative receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11A toxin

J Chen, KG Aimanova, S Pan, SS Gill - Insect biochemistry and molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, which is used worldwide to control Aedes aegypti
larvae, produces Cry11Aa and other toxins during sporulation. In this study, pull-down …

The V-type H+-ATPase is targeted in antidiuretic hormone control of the Malpighian “renal” tubules

F Sajadi, MF Vergara-Martínez… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Like other insects, secretion by mosquito Malpighian tubules (MTs) is driven by the V-type
H+-ATPase (VA) localized in the apical membrane of principal cells. In Aedes aegypti, the …

Insect excretory mechanisms

M O'Donnell - Advances in insect physiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses three separate aspects of excretion, as first
proposed by Maddrell: removal of molecules that are undesirable or perhaps even …