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. 2017 Mar 23;8:151. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00151

FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 7

ClC-7 function at osteoclasts. Lysosomes are inserted into the ‘ruffled border’ of bone-attached osteoclasts. The resorption lacuna is then acidified by the combined work of proton pumps (pink) and ClC-7/Ostm1 exchangers (green) present in the lysosomes membranes. Low pH conditions are required for the chemical dissolution of inorganic bone material and for the activity of lysosomal enzymes that are secreted into the lacuna.