| Autor: |
Aspatwar A; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland., Tolvanen MEE; Department of Future Technologies, University of Turku, Finland., Barker H; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.; Fimlab, Ltd. and TAYS Cancer Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland., Syrjänen L; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland., Valanne S; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland., Purmonen S; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland., Waheed A; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri., Sly WS; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri., Parkkila S; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.; Fimlab, Ltd. and TAYS Cancer Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. |
| Abstrakt: |
During the past three decades, mice, zebrafish, fruit flies, and Caenorhabditis elegans have been the primary model organisms used for the study of various biological phenomena. These models have also been adopted and developed to investigate the physiological roles of carbonic anhydrases (CAs) and carbonic anhydrase-related proteins (CARPs). These proteins belong to eight CA families and are identified by Greek letters: α, β, γ, δ, ζ, η, θ, and ι. Studies using model organisms have focused on two CA families, α-CAs and β-CAs, which are expressed in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms with species-specific distribution patterns and unique functions. This review covers the biological roles of CAs and CARPs in light of investigations performed in model organisms. Functional studies demonstrate that CAs are not only linked to the regulation of pH homeostasis, the classical role of CAs, but also contribute to a plethora of previously undescribed functions. |
