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Pelagalli A, Squillacioti C, De Luca A, Pero ME, Vassalotti G, Lombardi P, Avallone L, Mirabella N. Expression and Localization of Aquaporin 4 and Aquaporin 5 along the Large Intestine of Colostrum-Suckling Buffalo Calves. Anat Histol Embryol 2015; 45:418-427. [PMID: 26429198 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane channel proteins that play a role in regulating water permeability in many tissues. To date, seven isoforms of AQPs have been reported in the gastrointestinal tract in different mammalian species. In contrast, both tissue distribution and expression of AQPs are unknown in the buffalo. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of both AQP4 and AQP5 mRNAs and their relative proteins in the large intestinal tracts of buffalo calves after colostrum suckling using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Our results revealed a diversified tissue AQP4 and AQP5 immunolocalization accompanied by their highest expression in the tissues of colostrum-suckling buffalo calves confirmed by Western blotting. In particular, AQP4 was distributed along the endothelium and enterocytes while AQP5 in the endocrine cells. These findings provide direct evidence for AQP4 and AQP5 expression in the large intestine, suggesting that different AQPs collaborate functionally and distinctively in water handling during intestinal development, especially during the first period after delivery.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Pelagalli
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy. .,Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages, National Research Council, Via De Amicis 95, Naples, 80131, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Veterinaria, Naples, 80137, Italy
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Hernández-Castellano LE, Argüello A, Almeida AM, Castro N, Bendixen E. Colostrum protein uptake in neonatal lambs examined by descriptive and quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Dairy Sci 2015; 98:135-47. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Enterocyte IgG uptake in the small intestine of goat kids during the period of passive immunity acquisition. Small Rumin Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Moretti DB, Nordi WM, Lima AL, Pauletti P, Susin I, Machado-Neto R. Enzyme activity in the small intestine of goat kids during the period of passive immunity acquisition. Small Rumin Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lyophilized bovine colostrum as a source of immunoglobulins and insulin-like growth factor for newborn goat kids. Livest Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Moretti DB, Nordi WM, Lima AL, Pauletti P, Susin I, Machado-Neto R. Goat kids' intestinal absorptive mucosa in period of passive immunity acquisition. Livest Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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