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Vacuolar ATPases: rotary proton pumps in physiology and pathophysiology.

Michael Forgac
- 01 Nov 2007 - 
- Vol. 8, Iss: 11, pp 917-929
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The acidity of intracellular compartments and the extracellular environment is crucial to various cellular processes, including membrane trafficking, protein degradation, bone resorption and sperm maturation, and the V-ATPases represent attractive and potentially highly specific drug targets.
Abstract
The acidity of intracellular compartments and the extracellular environment is crucial to various cellular processes, including membrane trafficking, protein degradation, bone resorption and sperm maturation. At the heart of regulating acidity are the vacuolar (V-)ATPases--large, multisubunit complexes that function as ATP-driven proton pumps. Their activity is controlled by regulating the assembly of the V-ATPase complex or by the dynamic regulation of V-ATPase expression on membrane surfaces. The V-ATPases have been implicated in a number of diseases and, coupled with their complex isoform composition, represent attractive and potentially highly specific drug targets.

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Sensors and regulators of intracellular pH

TL;DR: A dynamic, finely tuned balance between proton-extruding andProton-importing processes underlies pH homeostasis not only in the cytosol, but in other cellular compartments as well.
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mTORC1 Senses Lysosomal Amino Acids Through an Inside-Out Mechanism That Requires the Vacuolar H+-ATPase

TL;DR: In this article, the v-ATPase engages in extensive amino acid-sensitive interactions with the Ragulator, a scaffolding complex that anchors the Rag GTPases to the lysosome.

mTORC1 Senses Lysosomal Amino Acids Through an Inside-Out Mechanism That Requires the Vacuolar H+-ATPase

TL;DR: The v-ATPase is identified as a component of the mTOR pathway and a lysosome-associated machinery for amino acid sensing is delineated, suggesting that amino acid signaling begins within the lysOSomal lumen.
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The vacuolar (H+)-ATPases--nature's most versatile proton pumps.

TL;DR: The pH of intracellular compartments in eukaryotic cells is a carefully controlled parameter that affects many cellular processes, including intrACEllular membrane transport, prohormone processing and transport of neurotransmitters, as well as the entry of many viruses into cells.
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ATP synthase--a marvellous rotary engine of the cell.

TL;DR: The mechanisms by which rotation and catalysis are coupled in the working enzyme are now being unravelled on a molecular scale.
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Activation of lysosomal function during dendritic cell maturation.

TL;DR: Lysosomal function in DCs appears to be specialized for the developmentally regulated processing of internalized antigens in the formation of peptide–MHC class II complexes.
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Defects in TCIRG1 subunit of the vacuolar proton pump are responsible for a subset of human autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.

TL;DR: It is shown that TCIRG1, encoding the osteoclast-specific 116-kD subunit of the vacuolar proton pump, is mutated in five of nine patients with a diagnosis of infantile malignant osteopetrosis, indicating that mutations in TC IRG1 are a frequent cause of autosomal recessive osteopeterosis in humans.
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