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. 2018 May 1;12:101. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00101

Table 2.

TMEM16 (Anoctamin) family.

Anoctamins Expression Function Human disease KO mouse Pharmacology References
TMEM16A (Ano1) Epithelial tissue, smooth muscle, interstitial cells of Cajal, dorsal root ganglion neurons ClCa channel, involved in fluid secretion, muscle contraction, gastrointestinal contractility, pain processing Tumor growth, cystic fibrosis, asthma Low blood pressure Inhibitors: CaCCinh-A01, CaCCinh-B01, Niflumic acid (NFA), and NPPB, agonists: INS37217 Chen et al., 2007; Yang et al., 2008; Huang et al., 2009; Stöhr et al., 2009; Namkung et al., 2011; Jin et al., 2013; Neureither et al., 2017
TMEM16B (Ano2) Brain (hippocampal and thalamocortical neurons, olfactory bulb, inferior olive, Purkinje cells), retina, muscle ClCa channel, involved in neuronal excitability, olfactory and sensory signal transduction and smooth muscle contraction ? Impaired motor behavior, partial reduction of electrical response to odorants, normal olfaction Inhibitors: CaCCinh-A01, CaCCinh-B01, Niflumic acid (NFA) agonists: INS37217 Stöhr et al., 2009; Billig et al., 2011; Huang et al., 2012; Dauner et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 2015, 2017; Ha et al., 2016
TMEM16C (Ano3) Brain (dorsal root ganglion cells), blood vessels, lung Phospholipid scrambling, KNa channel regulator Craniocervical dystonia, tremor, asthma Impaired endoplasmic reticulum-dependent Ca2+ signaling Charlesworth et al., 2012; Huang et al., 2013a; Suzuki et al., 2013; Miltgen et al., 2016
TMEM16E (Ano5) Muscle, bone, sperm Phospholipid scrambling Muscular dystrophy, gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia Katoh, 2004; Tsutsumi et al., 2004; Gyobu et al., 2016
TMEM16F (Ano6) Blood vessels, endosomes, brain? Phospholipid scrambling, blood coagulation, SCANCa channel, ClCa channel, involved in membrane excitability Scott syndrome Lysosomal storage disease Suzuki et al., 2010, 2013; Yang et al., 2012; Grubb et al., 2013; Shimizu et al., 2013; Yu et al., 2015
TMEM16J (Ano9) Epithelial cells, colonic tissue Phospholipid scrambling Colorectal carcinoma Suzuki et al., 2013; Li et al., 2015
TMEM16K (Ano10) Epithelial cells, cerebellum? Intracellular protein involved in intracellular Ca2+ signaling, essential for apoptosis Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia Vermeer et al., 2010; Renaud et al., 2014; Chamard et al., 2016; Mišković et al., 2016; Wanitchakool et al., 2017