title: NHE-1: a molecular target for signalling and cell matrix interactions.
abstract: The activation of sodium/hydrogen exchanger (NHE) is associated with a variety of cell functions like cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and apoptosis. Since its discovery, 9 NHE isoforms have been identified, but the most widely spread and the most important for the cellular functions is NHE-1. This ubiquitously expressed sodium/hydrogen exchanger (NHE-1) plays a central housekeeping role in all cells regulating cell volume and internal pH (pHi). At physiological pHi, NHE-1 is essentially inactive but it is extremely sensitive to pHi changes, being rapidly activated by small intracellular hydrogen concentration increases. NHE-1 activity can be stimulated via a series of cell surface receptors, including tyrosine kinase, G-protein-coupled, and integrin receptors. These signals converge, regulating the affinity of the internal hydrogen-binding site. NHE-1 also is a plasma membrane-anchoring protein for the cytoskeleton. Cytoskeleton anchoring of NHE-1 is important for cell adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins and cell migration. Moreover, NHE-1 plays the role of a "scaffold" for the building of various intracellular signaling molecule clusters.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koliakos
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paletas
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaloyianni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D016923:Cell Death; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; C069139:growth factor-activatable Na-H exchanger NHE-1