| 1998 |
NHERF2 (E3KARP) directly binds NHE3 via its second PDZ domain (plus C-terminal domain), and also binds the cytoskeletal protein ezrin via its C-terminal domain, forming a scaffold that localizes PKA near NHE3 to enable cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3. |
In vitro binding assays, co-localization in PS120 fibroblasts |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
9748260 9792717
|
| 1998 |
NHERF2 (E3KARP) is not phosphorylated by cAMP/PKA and does not change phosphorylation state upon 8-bromo-cAMP treatment; it functions as an adapter (not a direct PKA substrate) linking NHE3 to ezrin to localize PKA type II near NHE3. |
In vivo phosphorylation studies, co-immunoprecipitation in opossum kidney cells |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
9792717
|
| 2000 |
NHERF2 (E3KARP) associates with CFTR preferentially through CFTR's PDZ-binding motif and E3KARP's second PDZ domain with nanomolar affinity; E3KARP also associates with ezrin in vivo, and co-expression of CFTR with E3KARP and ezrin in Xenopus oocytes potentiates cAMP-stimulated CFTR Cl⁻ currents. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, confocal microscopy, cell fractionation, Xenopus oocyte electrophysiology |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10893422
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| 2001 |
SGK1 specifically interacts with PDZ domains of NHERF2 (but not NHERF1) to mediate glucocorticoid/dexamethasone activation of NHE3; kinase-dead SGK1 blocked NHE3 activation, demonstrating NHERF2 acts as a scaffold linking SGK1 to NHE3. |
Co-expression in PS120 fibroblasts and opossum kidney cells, dominant-negative kinase-dead SGK1, NHE3 activity assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
11751930
|
| 2001 |
NHERF-2 PDZ domains robustly self-associate (homo-oligomerize) without requiring additional proteins, and NHERF-1 and NHERF-2 form hetero-oligomers in cells via their PDZ domains; NHERF-2 oligomerization is not regulated by phosphorylation (unlike NHERF-1). |
Purified PDZ domain association assays, co-immunoprecipitation with differentially tagged constructs |
Biochemistry |
Medium |
11456497
|
| 2002 |
Ca²⁺-dependent inhibition of NHE3 requires E3KARP (NHERF2) specifically (not NHERF1), and occurs via Ca²⁺-dependent association of alpha-actinin-4 with E3KARP through alpha-actinin-4's actin-binding domain plus spectrin repeat domain, leading to NHE3 oligomerization and endocytosis. |
Stable transfection of PS120 fibroblasts, NHE3 activity assays, co-immunoprecipitation, dominant-negative overexpression, surface biotinylation |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
11948184
|
| 2002 |
NHERF2 (E3KARP) binds the DRA (downregulated in adenoma) Cl⁻/HCO₃⁻ exchanger's C-terminal ETKF motif via the second PDZ domain, potentially linking parallel NHE3 and DRA transporters in the apical membrane. |
In vitro PDZ binding assays with GST fusion proteins, immunofluorescence co-localization in human proximal colon |
Biochemistry |
Medium |
12369822
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| 2002 |
Adenosine A2b receptor co-immunoprecipitates with E3KARP (NHERF2) and ezrin upon agonist stimulation; the A2bR is recruited to the plasma membrane and caveolar fractions upon agonist stimulation in intestinal epithelial cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation from T84 and Caco2-BBE cells, confocal microscopy |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12080047
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| 2002 |
NHERF2 and SGK1 synergize to increase ROMK1 K⁺ channel activity by enhancing channel abundance in the plasma membrane; neither NHERF2 nor SGK1 alone affects ROMK1, but their combination markedly increases K⁺ channel activity and slows decay after brefeldin inhibition. |
Xenopus oocyte co-expression, electrophysiology, brefeldin A experiments |
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology |
Medium |
12444200
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| 2003 |
PKCα binds specifically to the PDZ1 domain of E3KARP (NHERF2) in a Ca²⁺-dependent manner; PKCα is necessary for Ca²⁺-dependent decrease in plasma membrane NHE3 (endocytosis) but not for NHE3 oligomerization. |
GST pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, PKC inhibitors, surface biotinylation in PS120/NHE3/E3KARP cells |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
High |
12954600
|
| 2004 |
LPA receptor LPA2 (but not other LPA receptors) specifically interacts with NHERF2 via LPA2's C-terminal PDZ-binding motif and NHERF2's second PDZ domain; NHERF2 indirectly links LPA2 to PLC-β3 forming a ternary complex that specifically activates PLC-β3 and downstream ERK/COX-2 signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, PDZ domain binding assays, siRNA knockdown of NHERF2 and PLC-β3, stable NHERF2 expression, inositol phosphate assay |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
15143197
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| 2004 |
NHERF2 (E3KARP) mediates LPA-induced stimulation of NHE3 by enabling LPA-induced PLC activation and subsequent intracellular Ca²⁺ elevation, which drives exocytic trafficking of NHE3 to the apical membrane in a PKC-independent manner. |
PLC inhibitor (U73122), Ca²⁺ chelator (BAPTA-AM), PKC inhibitor, NHE3 activity and surface amount in OK cells stably expressing E3KARP |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
Medium |
15238220
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| 2004 |
NHERF2 co-immunoprecipitates with TRPC4 (but not TRPC5) from renal medullary lysates and they co-localize in descending vasa recta endothelial cells and pericytes. |
RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, reciprocal co-immunoprecipitation from renal medullary lysates |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
Medium |
15590898
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| 2005 |
NHERF2 is required for cGMP inhibition of NHE3 (while NHERF1 is not); NHERF2 acts as a novel protein kinase G-anchoring protein, binding cGKII via its PDZ2 C-terminus, and membrane myristoylation of cGKII is additionally required for NHE3 inhibition. |
Co-expression in PS120 cells, in vitro NHERF2-cGKII binding, non-myristoylated cGKII mutant, NHE3 activity assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15722341
|
| 2005 |
NHERF-2 specifically interacts with the P2Y1 receptor C-terminus via NHERF-2's second PDZ domain; this interaction tethers P2Y1R to PLC-β and prolongs P2Y1R-mediated Ca²⁺ signaling in glial cells; point mutations disrupting the P2Y1R-NHERF-2 interaction attenuate the duration of Ca²⁺ responses. |
PDZ domain proteomic array screen, co-immunoprecipitation, confocal microscopy, functional Ca²⁺ signaling assays with point mutants |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
15901899
|
| 2005 |
Podocalyxin (gp135) and NHERF-2 co-localize at a preapical subdomain in single MDCK cells and in terminally polarized apical membranes; the PDZ-binding motif of podocalyxin is required for this apical targeting, and depleting podocalyxin by RNAi causes defects in epithelial polarization. |
Domain deletion mutants, RNA interference of podocalyxin, confocal microscopy in MDCK cells |
The Journal of cell biology |
Medium |
15642748
|
| 2005 |
NHERF2's second PDZ domain is required for SGK1/NHERF2-mediated stabilization of TRPV5 at the plasma membrane; the TRPV5 C-tail interacts with NHERF2 in a Ca²⁺-independent manner. |
Pull-down assays, PDZ domain deletion mutants, chemiluminescence surface abundance assay, Xenopus oocyte electrophysiology |
Cellular physiology and biochemistry |
Medium |
15665527
|
| 2005 |
SIP-1/NHERF2 interacts with mouse SRY via the PDZ1 domain (involving an internal SRY domain rather than C-terminus as in human SRY), and both mouse and human SRY induce nuclear accumulation of NHERF2 in cultured cells; NHERF2 and SRY are co-expressed in the nucleus of pre-Sertoli cells during testis determination. |
Co-immunoprecipitation/interaction assays, nuclear accumulation assays in cultured cells, GFP-Sry transgenic mice for co-expression analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
16166090
|
| 2006 |
NHERF-2 specifically interacts with mGluR5 (not mGluR1a) via NHERF-2's second PDZ domain; co-expression prolongs mGluR5-mediated Ca²⁺ mobilization and potentiates mGluR5-mediated cell death; a single point mutation in mGluR5-CT abolishes the interaction and attenuates these effects. |
PDZ domain proteomic array, co-immunoprecipitation, confocal microscopy, functional Ca²⁺ signaling assays with point mutants, cell death assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
16891310
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| 2006 |
When NHE3 is co-expressed with CFTR, NHE3 sequesters NHERF2's PDZ2 domain, which prevents PDZ2 from participating in PKA-dependent apical CFTR expression and activation; deletion of NHERF2 binding domains inhibits PKA-dependent apical CFTR expression. |
NHERF2 PDZ domain deletion constructs, functional CFTR activity assays in A6-NHE3 cell monolayers |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
16824484
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| 2008 |
NHERF2 (but not NHERF1) specifically enhances PEPT2 function and surface abundance via the PEPT2 C-terminal PDZ-binding motif; NHERF2 stabilizes PEPT2 at the cell surface (demonstrated by dynasore experiments) and acts together with SGK1 which phosphorylates PEPT2 at Ser185. |
Xenopus oocyte electrophysiology, surface abundance immunoassay, C-terminal deletion mutant, dynasore endocytosis inhibition |
Cellular physiology and biochemistry |
Medium |
19088452
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| 2009 |
NHERF2 confers inhibitory LPA receptor signaling to CFTR in duodenum; in Nherf2⁻/⁻ mice, FSK-stimulated HCO₃⁻ secretion is augmented, and LPA-mediated inhibition of CFTR-dependent secretion is abolished, demonstrating NHERF2 couples the LPA receptor to CFTR to provide inhibitory signals. |
Nherf2 knockout mouse model, duodenal HCO₃⁻ secretion measurements, laser microdissection and quantitative PCR |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
19221439
|
| 2009 |
LPA stimulates NHE3 and intestinal fluid absorption via the LPA5 receptor, and this stimulation requires NHERF2 which interacts with LPA5; LPA-mediated intestinal fluid absorption is absent in Nherf2⁻/⁻ mice but preserved in Lpa2⁻/⁻ mice; LPA increases NHE3 protein abundance at the brush border. |
Nherf2⁻/⁻ and Lpa2⁻/⁻ knockout mice, intestinal fluid absorption measurements, heterologous expression of LPA5 with NHERF2 |
Gastroenterology |
High |
19800338
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 silencing in endothelial cells causes hyperproliferation even without mitogens, associated with increased cytoplasmic calcium, increased c-Myc and cyclin D1, and reduced p27; NHERF2 is thus a negative regulator of endothelial proliferation. |
siRNA knockdown, cell proliferation assays, cell cycle analysis, mouse hemangioma model |
Blood |
Medium |
22343917
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| 2010 |
MAGI-3 competes with NHERF-2 for binding to LPA2 and PLC-β3; NHERF-2 promotes LPA2-Gαq coupling and stimulates PLC activity and cell migration, while MAGI-3 promotes LPA2-Gα12 coupling and inhibits NF-κB/JNK signaling, demonstrating NHERF-2 determines G-protein coupling specificity of LPA2. |
Overexpression and knockdown of MAGI-3 in HCT116/SW480 cells, co-immunoprecipitation, migration/invasion assays, inositol phosphate and NF-κB assays |
Gastroenterology |
High |
21134377
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 binding to NHE3 in brush borders is dynamic; LPA stimulation transiently dissociates the NHERF2-NHE3 complex (loss of co-precipitation and FRET signal at 30 min, re-established at 50-60 min), increasing NHE3 mobility via a PI3K-dependent exocytic pathway and a PI3K-independent dissociation from NHERF2. |
FRAP, acceptor photobleaching FRET, co-immunoprecipitation, PI3K inhibitor LY294002 in OK cells stably expressing NHERF2 |
Journal of cell science |
High |
20571054
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 ablation in murine intestine shifts NHE3 localization from the terminal web to microvilli and abolishes Ca²⁺-ionophore- and carbachol-mediated inhibition of NHE3, as well as STp (cGMP-mediated) inhibition, while forskolin-induced inhibition is preserved; NHERF2 tethers NHE3 near the terminal web. |
NHERF2 knockout mice, fluorometric NHE3 activity assay, immunolocalization, knockout validation |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
20962002
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 apical scaffolding enhances apical localization of PMCA2w/b in polarized MDCK cells by anchoring the pump to the apical actin cytoskeleton via ezrin, reducing pump internalization and lateral mobility; PMCA2x/b remains basolateral even with NHERF2 overexpression. |
Co-expression in polarized MDCK cells, surface biotinylation, FRAP, cytochalasin D/latrunculin B actin disruption, co-localization with ezrin |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
20663896
|
| 2010 |
NHERF-2 knockdown in astrocytes reduces GLAST glutamate transporter activity and protein half-life; endogenous GLAST and NHERF-2 robustly co-immunoprecipitate; the interaction is dependent on the last amino acid of GLAST's C-terminus. |
siRNA knockdown, co-immunoprecipitation with C-terminal deletion mutants, pulse-chase metabolic labeling, glutamate uptake assay |
Neuroscience letters |
High |
20430067
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 expression restricts P2Y1R and mGluR5 coupling to CaV2.2 calcium channels in sympathetic neurons without affecting M-current inhibition; this selective restriction requires the NHERF2-binding motif on the receptors, demonstrating NHERF2 determines receptor-to-ion-channel coupling specificity. |
Intranuclear cDNA injection in sympathetic neurons, electrophysiology of M-current and N-type Ca²⁺ current, P2Y1R DTSL-motif deletion mutant |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
20720114
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 and NHERF3 form the strongest heterodimerization among all NHERF family pairs; this heterodimerization requires NHERF2's PDZ domains and NHERF3's C-terminal PDZ recognition motif; the NHERF3-4A mutant defective in heterodimerization does not support carbachol-induced NHE3 inhibition. |
Pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, FRET, FRAP, functional NHE3 inhibition assay with NHERF3-4A mutant |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
24867958
|
| 2011 |
NHERF2 is necessary for normal basal NHE3 activity and apical localization in mouse distal ileum; NHERF2-null ileum shows reduced brush border NHE3, and cAMP, cGMP, and Ca²⁺ (UTP) all fail to inhibit NHE3, while hyperosmolar inhibition is preserved; LPA stimulation of NHE3 is NHERF2-dependent. |
NHERF2-null mouse model, two-photon microscopy/SNARF-4F NHE3 activity assay, immunofluorescence |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
High |
21430287
|
| 2011 |
Elevated intracellular Ca²⁺ acutely abolishes the NHERF2-NHE3 FRET signal within 1 min in opossum kidney cell microvilli, transiently increasing NHE3 mobility; the association is re-established by ~60 min; NHERF1-NHE3 association is not disrupted by elevated Ca²⁺. |
FRET (acceptor photobleaching), FRAP, co-immunoprecipitation in polarized OK cells |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
21799002
|
| 2012 |
CaMKII inhibits basal NHE3 activity by a NHERF2-dependent process; CaMKIIγ constitutively binds NHE3 between aa 586-605 in a Ca²⁺-dependent manner (less association when Ca²⁺ is elevated); CaMKII phosphorylates NHE3 under basal conditions at sites downstream of aa 690. |
CaMKII inhibitors (KN-93, KN-62), co-immunoprecipitation domain mapping, back phosphorylation assay, NHERF2 requirement established by cell model |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
22371496
|
| 2012 |
NHERF2 scaffolds a megalin-ClC-5 complex in proximal tubule cells; NHERF2 interacts with megalin via an internal NHERF binding domain in megalin's C-terminus and PDZ2 of NHERF2; siRNA silencing of NHERF2 abolishes the megalin-ClC-5 interaction without affecting megalin protein levels. |
GST pulldown, immunoprecipitation from rat kidney lysate, siRNA knockdown, fusion protein reconstitution |
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology |
High |
22349218
|
| 2013 |
NHERF2 is more slowly mobile in brush border microvilli than NHERF1 or NHERF3; its slower mobility is determined by a unique C-terminal domain (including a non-conserved region plus ERM-binding domain); this C-terminal domain is also required for LPA stimulation of NHE3 activity/mobility and Ca²⁺ ionophore inhibition of NHE3. |
FRAP/confocal microscopy, chimeras and point mutants of NHERF1/2, functional NHE3 activity assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
23612977
|
| 2013 |
E3KARP (NHERF2) localizes to the base of microvilli (not along the full length like EBP50/NHERF1); this differential localization is determined by E3KARP's tail region; E3KARP exchanges more slowly from microvilli than EBP50, and this difference is also tail-determined. |
FRAP in live epithelial cells, chimeric tail constructs, proteomic pulldown |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
23985317
|
| 2014 |
LPA stimulation of NHE3 exocytosis requires NHERF2, and operates through an ERK-PLC-PKCδ signaling module that dynamically and reversibly releases NHE3 from NHERF2; PKCδ is necessary for LPA-stimulated NHE3 mobility and NHE3/NHERF2 dissociation. |
FRAP, co-immunoprecipitation, PKCδ knockdown, ERK and PLC inhibitors, NHE3 activity in OK cells |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
High |
24760985
|
| 2014 |
NHERF2 interacts with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) predominantly at the AF-1 domain and acts as a coactivator; overexpression of NHERF2 in MCF7 cells increases ERα transactivation, and NHERF2 together with SRC-1 synergistically enhances ERα activity at target gene promoters. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP at ERα target gene promoters, ERα transactivation reporter assays, stable overexpression in MCF7 |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
24771346
|
| 2014 |
Crystal structure of NHERF2 PDZ1 domain in complex with LPA2 C-terminal peptide reveals that binding specificity is achieved through hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic contacts with the last four LPA2 residues; a small surface pocket adjacent to the ligand-binding site was identified. |
X-ray crystallography of PDZ1-LPA2 complex |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
24613836
|
| 2015 |
NHERF2 forms a complex with SCHIP1 and ezrin in podocyte foot processes; this complex is associated with cortical actin cytoskeleton dynamics in response to PDGF-BB signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation in cultured podocytes, immunofluorescence, zebrafish morpholino knockdown |
PloS one |
Medium |
25807495
|
| 2015 |
NHERF2 contains an ERM-binding regulatory sequence (EBRS) located 19 residues upstream of the ERM-binding domain (EBD); EBRS facilitates NHERF2-ezrin interaction and is necessary for exclusive apical NHERF2 distribution in OK cells; phosphorylation of Ser303 in the EBRS decreases ezrin-binding affinity, dislocates NHERF2 to cytosol, increases NHERF2 mobility, and prevents dexamethasone stimulation of NHE3. |
EBRS deletion/point mutants, FRAP, co-immunoprecipitation with ezrin, phosphomimetic Ser303 mutants, NHE3 activity assays |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
26251448
|
| 2015 |
E3KARP (NHERF2) exchange rate from microvilli is greatly enhanced during mitosis due to phosphorylation of Ser303 in its tail; A-Raf is required for Ser303 phosphorylation in mitotic cells; the S303D phosphomimetic mutation prevents E3KARP from substituting for EBP50 in microvillus formation. |
FRAP in mitotic cells, A-Raf RNAi, S303D phosphomimetic mutant, microvillus formation assay |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
26310448
|
| 2017 |
Loss of NHERF1 and NHERF2 in human mast cells does not affect C3aR desensitization, internalization, ERK/Akt phosphorylation, or chemotaxis, but does inhibit C3a-induced degranulation, NF-κB activation, and chemokine production; C3aR does not associate with NHERF1 or NHERF2 despite having a PDZ motif. |
Lentiviral shRNA knockdown in human mast cells, functional degranulation, NF-κB and chemokine assays, co-immunoprecipitation (negative result for C3aR association) |
PloS one |
Medium |
23284683
|
| 2019 |
HPV-16 and HPV-18 E6 oncoproteins interact with NHERF-2 via their PDZ-binding motifs and target NHERF-2 for proteasome-mediated degradation; E6-mediated NHERF-2 degradation leads to p27 downregulation and cyclin D1 upregulation, accelerating cell proliferation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, proteasome inhibitor experiments, E6 PBM point mutants, NHERF-2 degradation assays in HPV-positive cervical tumor cells |
Journal of virology |
High |
31597772
|
| 2023 |
NHERF2 stabilizes IκB protein by reducing its ubiquitination; SLC26A3 augments the NHERF2-IκB interaction, thereby inhibiting p65 nuclear translocation and NF-κB activity in colorectal cancer cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, NF-κB reporter assays, p65 nuclear/cytoplasmic fractionation |
Oncogenesis |
Medium |
37573425
|
| 2024 |
NHE3, NHERF2, and cGKII co-assemble in lipid raft microdomains of the small intestinal brush border membrane; NHERF2 is required for NHE3 raft association; Gucy2c activation decreases NHE3 raft association and shifts NHE3 from microvilli to terminal web in a cGKII- and NHERF2-dependent manner. |
Optiprep density gradient fractionation of Triton X-solubilized brush border membranes, NHERF2- and cGKII-knockout mice, confocal microscopy |
Acta physiologica |
High |
38533975
|
| 2013 |
NHERF2 is necessary for agonist-induced ERM phosphorylation in pulmonary artery endothelial cells; NHERF2 associates with all three ERM proteins and co-immunoprecipitates with Rho kinase 2 (ROCK2); NHERF2 depletion prevents ROCK2-ERM association; a NHERF2 mutant unable to bind ERM attenuates cell attachment. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown, NHERF2 ERM-binding mutant, ECIS cell attachment measurement, Matrigel tube formation |
Cell communication and signaling |
Medium |
24364877
|
| 2010 |
NHERF2 is required for cGMP- and Ca²⁺-dependent but not cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3 in Caco-2/bbe cells; simultaneous knockdown of both NHERF1 and NHERF2 is required to abolish cAMP inhibition; EGF stimulation of NHE3 is NHERF1-dependent (not NHERF2-dependent). |
Lentivirus shRNA stable knockdown and adenovirus siRNA transient knockdown in Caco-2/bbe cells, NHE3 activity assays |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
High |
21191106
|
| 2017 |
NHERF2 and NHERF3 have overlapping requirements in mouse jejunum for NHE3 regulation by LPA (stimulation) and by elevated Ca²⁺ and cGMP (inhibition); glucose-stimulated NHE3 activity is reduced in NHERF2- but not NHERF3-null mice. |
NHERF2 and NHERF3 knockout mice, two-photon microscopy/SNARF-4F NHE3 activity |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
High |
28882822
|