Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Modulation of brain cation-Cl− cotransport via the SPAK kinase inhibitor ZT-1a

  • Jinwei Zhang,
  • Mohammad Iqbal H. Bhuiyan,
  • Ting Zhang,
  • Jason K. Karimy,
  • Zhijuan Wu,
  • Victoria M. Fiesler,
  • Jingfang Zhang,
  • Huachen Huang,
  • Md Nabiul Hasan,
  • Anna E. Skrzypiec,
  • Mariusz Mucha,
  • Daniel Duran,
  • Wei Huang,
  • Robert Pawlak,
  • Lesley M. Foley,
  • T. Kevin Hitchens,
  • Margaret B. Minnigh,
  • Samuel M. Poloyac,
  • Seth L. Alper,
  • Bradley J. Molyneaux,
  • Andrew J. Trevelyan,
  • Kristopher T. Kahle,
  • Dandan Sun,
  • Xianming Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13851-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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SPAK kinase is a master regulator of cation-Cl− cotransporters. Here the authors describe a new SPAK inhibitor with robust protective effects in rodent hydrocephalous and ischemic stroke models.