{"title":"ClC-2 Channels in Erythrocytes","authors":"E. Shumilina, S. Huber","doi":"10.2174/1874196701104010018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ClC-2 is a ubiquitously expressed plasma membrane Cl - channel that reportedly controls the ionic environment in mouse retina and testis. Beyond that, ClC-2 might sense cellular energy status and cellular stress by its carboxy- terminal cystathionine-beta-synthase (CBS) domains and by its molecular interaction with the heat shock protein Hsp90, respectively. In mature human and mouse erythrocytes, ClC-2 is activated by oxidative stress and by malaria infection. This article describes possible function of erythrocyte ClC-2 channels for the programmed death of oxidatively injured erythrocytes and for the regulatory volume decrease of malaria-infected erythrocytes.","PeriodicalId":38956,"journal":{"name":"Open Bioinformatics Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Bioinformatics Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874196701104010018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Computer Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ClC-2 is a ubiquitously expressed plasma membrane Cl - channel that reportedly controls the ionic environment in mouse retina and testis. Beyond that, ClC-2 might sense cellular energy status and cellular stress by its carboxy- terminal cystathionine-beta-synthase (CBS) domains and by its molecular interaction with the heat shock protein Hsp90, respectively. In mature human and mouse erythrocytes, ClC-2 is activated by oxidative stress and by malaria infection. This article describes possible function of erythrocyte ClC-2 channels for the programmed death of oxidatively injured erythrocytes and for the regulatory volume decrease of malaria-infected erythrocytes.
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