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Toader C, Tataru CP, Florian IA, Covache-Busuioc RA, Dumitrascu DI, Glavan LA, Costin HP, Bratu BG, Ciurea AV. From Homeostasis to Pathology: Decoding the Multifaceted Impact of Aquaporins in the Central Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14340. [PMID: 37762642 PMCID: PMC10531540 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Aquaporins (AQPs), integral membrane proteins facilitating selective water and solute transport across cell membranes, have been the focus of extensive research over the past few decades. Particularly noteworthy is their role in maintaining cellular homeostasis and fluid balance in neural compartments, as dysregulated AQP expression is implicated in various degenerative and acute brain pathologies. This article provides an exhaustive review on the evolutionary history, molecular classification, and physiological relevance of aquaporins, emphasizing their significance in the central nervous system (CNS). The paper journeys through the early studies of water transport to the groundbreaking discovery of Aquaporin 1, charting the molecular intricacies that make AQPs unique. It delves into AQP distribution in mammalian systems, detailing their selective permeability through permeability assays. The article provides an in-depth exploration of AQP4 and AQP1 in the brain, examining their contribution to fluid homeostasis. Furthermore, it elucidates the interplay between AQPs and the glymphatic system, a critical framework for waste clearance and fluid balance in the brain. The dysregulation of AQP-mediated processes in this system hints at a strong association with neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's Disease, idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, and Alzheimer's Disease. This relationship is further explored in the context of acute cerebral events such as stroke and autoimmune conditions such as neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Moreover, the article scrutinizes AQPs at the intersection of oncology and neurology, exploring their role in tumorigenesis, cell migration, invasiveness, and angiogenesis. Lastly, the article outlines emerging aquaporin-targeted therapies, offering a glimpse into future directions in combatting CNS malignancies and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Corneliu Toader
- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
- Department of Vascular Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology and Neurovascular Diseases, 077160 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Opthamology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Central Military Emergency Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila”, 010825 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Neurosciences, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania; (C.T.); (R.-A.C.-B.); (D.-I.D.); (L.A.G.); (H.P.C.); (B.-G.B.); (A.V.C.)
- Neurosurgery Department, Sanador Clinical Hospital, 010991 Bucharest, Romania
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Involvement of aquaporin 5 in Sjögren's syndrome. Autoimmun Rev 2023; 22:103268. [PMID: 36621535 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease with the pathological hallmark of lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of exocrine glands - more specifically salivary and lacrimal glands - resulting in a diminished production of tears and saliva (sicca syndrome). The pathophysiology underscoring the mechanisms of the sicca symptoms in SS has still yet to be unraveled but recent advances have identified a cardinal role of aquaporin-5 (AQP5) as a key player in saliva secretion as well as salivary gland epithelial cell dysregulation. AQP5 expression and localization are significantly altered in salivary glands from patients and mice models of the disease, shedding light on a putative mechanism accounting for diminished salivary flow. Furthermore, aberrant expression and localization of AQP5 protein partners, such as prolactin-inducible protein and ezrin, may account for altered AQP5 localization in salivary glands from patients suffering from SS and are considered as new players in SS development. This review provides an overview of the role of AQP5 in SS salivary gland epithelial cell dysregulation, focusing on its trafficking and protein-protein interactions.
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Ho CH, Yang HH, Su SH, Yeh AH, Yu MJ. α-Actinin 4 Links Vasopressin Short-Term and Long-Term Regulation of Aquaporin-2 in Kidney Collecting Duct Cells. Front Physiol 2021; 12:725172. [PMID: 34925053 PMCID: PMC8674656 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.725172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Water permeability of the kidney collecting ducts is regulated by the peptide hormone vasopressin. Between minutes and hours (short-term), vasopressin induces trafficking of the water channel protein aquaporin-2 to the apical plasma membrane of the collecting duct principal cells to increase water permeability. Between hours and days (long-term), vasopressin induces aquaporin-2 gene expression. Here, we investigated the mechanisms that bridge the short-term and long-term vasopressin-mediated aquaporin-2 regulation by α-actinin 4, an F-actin crosslinking protein and a transcription co-activator of the glucocorticoid receptor. Vasopressin induced F-actin depolymerization and α-actinin 4 nuclear translocation in the mpkCCD collecting duct cell model. Co-immunoprecipitation followed by immunoblotting showed increased interaction between α-actinin 4 and glucocorticoid receptor in response to vasopressin. ChIP-PCR showed results consistent with α-actinin 4 and glucocorticoid receptor binding to the aquaporin-2 promoter. α-actinin 4 knockdown reduced vasopressin-induced increases in aquaporin-2 mRNA and protein expression. α-actinin 4 knockdown did not affect vasopressin-induced glucocorticoid receptor nuclear translocation, suggesting independent mechanisms of vasopressin-induced nuclear translocation of α-actinin 4 and glucocorticoid receptor. Glucocorticoid receptor knockdown profoundly reduced vasopressin-induced increases in aquaporin-2 mRNA and protein expression. In the absence of glucocorticoid analog dexamethasone, vasopressin-induced increases in glucocorticoid receptor nuclear translocation and aquaporin-2 mRNA were greatly reduced. α-actinin 4 knockdown further reduced vasopressin-induced increase in aquaporin-2 mRNA in the absence of dexamethasone. We conclude that glucocorticoid receptor plays a major role in vasopressin-induced aquaporin-2 gene expression that can be enhanced by α-actinin 4. In the absence of vasopressin, α-actinin 4 crosslinks F-actin underneath the apical plasma membrane, impeding aquaporin-2 membrane insertion. Vasopressin-induced F-actin depolymerization in one hand facilitates aquaporin-2 apical membrane insertion and in the other hand frees α-actinin 4 to enter the nucleus where it binds glucocorticoid receptor to enhance aquaporin-2 gene expression.
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- Cheng-Hsuan Ho
- College of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Proczka M, Przybylski J, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A, Szczepańska-Sadowska E, Żera T. Vasopressin and Breathing: Review of Evidence for Respiratory Effects of the Antidiuretic Hormone. Front Physiol 2021; 12:744177. [PMID: 34867449 PMCID: PMC8637824 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.744177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Vasopressin (AVP) is a key neurohormone involved in the regulation of body functions. Due to its urine-concentrating effect in the kidneys, it is often referred to as antidiuretic hormone. Besides its antidiuretic renal effects, AVP is a potent neurohormone involved in the regulation of arterial blood pressure, sympathetic activity, baroreflex sensitivity, glucose homeostasis, release of glucocorticoids and catecholamines, stress response, anxiety, memory, and behavior. Vasopressin is synthesized in the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic nuclei (SON) of the hypothalamus and released into the circulation from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland together with a C-terminal fragment of pro-vasopressin, known as copeptin. Additionally, vasopressinergic neurons project from the hypothalamus to the brainstem nuclei. Increased release of AVP into the circulation and elevated levels of its surrogate marker copeptin are found in pulmonary diseases, arterial hypertension, heart failure, obstructive sleep apnoea, severe infections, COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and brain injuries. All these conditions are usually accompanied by respiratory disturbances. The main stimuli that trigger AVP release include hyperosmolality, hypovolemia, hypotension, hypoxia, hypoglycemia, strenuous exercise, and angiotensin II (Ang II) and the same stimuli are known to affect pulmonary ventilation. In this light, we hypothesize that increased AVP release and changes in ventilation are not coincidental, but that the neurohormone contributes to the regulation of the respiratory system by fine-tuning of breathing in order to restore homeostasis. We discuss evidence in support of this presumption. Specifically, vasopressinergic neurons innervate the brainstem nuclei involved in the control of respiration. Moreover, vasopressin V1a receptors (V1aRs) are expressed on neurons in the respiratory centers of the brainstem, in the circumventricular organs (CVOs) that lack a blood-brain barrier, and on the chemosensitive type I cells in the carotid bodies. Finally, peripheral and central administrations of AVP or antagonists of V1aRs increase/decrease phrenic nerve activity and pulmonary ventilation in a site-specific manner. Altogether, the findings discussed in this review strongly argue for the hypothesis that vasopressin affects ventilation both as a blood-borne neurohormone and as a neurotransmitter within the central nervous system.
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- Michał Proczka
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Doctoral School, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Physiology, and Pathophysiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Aquaporin (AQP) water channels are important in the function of the kidney. Constitutively expressed AQP1 in the proximal tubule and descending limb is important in normal fluid absorption and in the counter-current multiplication system. The vasopressin-regulated shuttling of AQP2 is essential in antidiuresis and the regulation of water balance. Genetic damage to AQPs, or pathological changes in expression or function, impair renal water handling. The most striking examples of this involve disruption of AQP2 function, which can result in profound nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Aquaporin 1 is present in capillaries and venules and appears to be important in peritoneal dialysis, where it appears to represent the “ultrasmall pores” of the three-pore model. Decreased expression or function of AQP1 may be responsible for some cases of ultrafiltration failure, but further evidence will be required to establish whether this is the case.
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- David Marples
- School of Biomedical Science, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Lin ST, Ma CC, Kuo KT, Su YF, Wang WL, Chan TH, Su SH, Weng SC, Yang CH, Lin SL, Yu MJ. Transcription Factor Elf3 Modulates Vasopressin-Induced Aquaporin-2 Gene Expression in Kidney Collecting Duct Cells. Front Physiol 2019; 10:1308. [PMID: 31681015 PMCID: PMC6813252 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is a molecular water channel protein responsible for water reabsorption by the kidney collecting ducts. Many water balance disorders are associated with defects in AQP2 gene expression regulated by the peptide hormone vasopressin. Here, we studied roles of Elf3 (E26 transformation-specific (Ets)-related transcription factor 3) in AQP2 gene expression in the collecting duct cells (mpkCCD). Vasopressin increased AQP2 mRNA and protein levels without affecting AQP2 mRNA degradation, indicative of transcriptional regulation. Elf3 knockdown and overexpression, respectively, reduced and increased AQP2 gene expression under basal and vasopressin-stimulated conditions. However, the vasopressin-to-basal ratios of AQP2 gene expression levels remained constant, indicating that Elf3 does not directly mediate vasopressin response but modulates the level of AQP2 gene expression inducible by vasopressin. The Elf3-modulated AQP2 gene expression was associated with AQP2 promoter activity, in line with Elf3’s ability to bind an Ets element in the AQP2 promoter. Mutation in the Ets element reduced both basal and vasopressin-stimulated AQP2 promoter activity, again without affecting vasopressin-to-basal ratios of the AQP2 promoter activity. Lithium chloride reduced both Elf3 and AQP2 mRNA in the mpkCCD cells as well as in mouse kidney inner medulla. We conclude that Elf3 modulates AQP2 promoter activity thereby gauging vasopressin-inducible AQP2 gene expression levels. Our data provide a potential explanation to lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus where lithium reduces Elf3 and hence AQP2 abundance.
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- Shu-Ting Lin
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kuo KT, Yang CW, Yu MJ. Dexamethasone enhances vasopressin-induced aquaporin-2 gene expression in the mpkCCD cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 314:F219-F229. [PMID: 29070569 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00218.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The mouse cortical collecting duct cell (mpkCCD) has been an instrumental cell model for studying vasopressin-mediated aquaporin-2 regulation. This cell line was first developed by Vandewalle's group from a transgenic mouse carrying the transforming SV40 antigens driven by the pyruvate kinase promoter. To immortalize the cells, four hormone supplements (dexamethasone, epidermal growth factor, insulin, and triiodothyronine) were used to enhance SV40 antigen expression; however, these hormones appear to have various effects on aquaporin-2 gene expression in the cells. Here, we evaluated the effects of each hormone supplement and found that dexamethasone enhanced vasopressin-induced aquaporin-2 gene expression at both mRNA and protein levels in a dose- and time-dependent manner, without affecting mRNA or protein stability. The effects of dexamethasone were attributed largely to enhanced aquaporin-2 mRNA transcription in association with an enhanced aquaporin-2 promoter activity. Dexamethasone did not affect vasopressin-regulated aquaporin-2 phosphorylation and trafficking. In summary, we optimized the conditions to enhance vasopressin-induced endogenous aquaporin-2 gene expression in the mpkCCD cells. By increasing the amount of aquaporin-2 protein in the cells, our method will facilitate the study of aquaporin-2 cell physiology regulated by vasopressin.
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- Kuang-Ting Kuo
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine , Taipei , Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine , Taipei , Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine , Taipei , Taiwan
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Burnstock G, Loesch A. Sympathetic innervation of the kidney in health and disease: Emphasis on the role of purinergic cotransmission. Auton Neurosci 2017; 204:4-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hamilton KL, Moore AB. 50 Years of renal physiology from one man and the perfused tubule: Maurice B. Burg. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 311:F291-304. [PMID: 27122544 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00198.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Technical advancements in research techniques in science are made in slow increments. Even so, large advances from insight and hard work of an individual with a single technique can have astonishing ramifications. Here, we examine the impact of Dr. Maurice B. Burg and the isolated perfused renal tubule technique and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication by Dr. Burg and his colleagues of their landmark paper in the American Journal of Physiology in 1966. In this study, we have taken a scientific visualization approach to study the scientific contributions of Dr. Burg and the isolated perfused tubule preparation as determining research impact by the number of research students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists, and national and international collaborators. Additionally, we have examined the research collaborations (first and second generation scientists), established the migrational visualization of the first generation scientists who worked directly with Dr. Burg, quantified the metrics indices, identified and quantified the network of coauthorship of the first generation scientists with their second generation links, and determined the citations analyses of outputs of Dr. Burg and/or his first generation collaborators as coauthors. We also review the major advances in kidney physiology that have been made with the isolated perfused tubule technique. Finally, we are all waiting for the discoveries that the isolated perfused preparation technique will bring during the next 50 years.
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- Kirk L Hamilton
- Department of Physiology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; and
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- School of Surveying, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Matsuzaki T, Yaguchi T, Shimizu K, Kita A, Ishibashi K, Takata K. The distribution and function of aquaporins in the kidney: resolved and unresolved questions. Anat Sci Int 2016; 92:187-199. [PMID: 26798062 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-016-0325-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The membrane water channel aquaporin (AQP) family is composed of 13 isoforms in mammals, eight of which are reportedly expressed in the kidney: AQP1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11. These isoforms are differentially expressed along the renal tubules and collecting ducts. AQP1 and 7 are distributed in the proximal tubules, whereas AQP2, 3, and 4 occur in the collecting duct system. They play important roles in the reabsorption of water and some solutes across the plasma membrane. In contrast to other aquaporins found in the kidney, AQP6, 8, and 11 are localized to the cytoplasm rather than to the apical or basolateral membranes. It is therefore doubtful that these isoforms are directly involved in water or solute reabsorption. AQP6 is localized in acid-secreting type A intercalated cells of the collecting duct. AQP8 has been found in the proximal tubule but its cellular location has not yet been defined by immunohistochemistry. AQP11 seems to be localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of proximal tubule cells. Interestingly, polycystic kidneys develop in AQP11-null mice. Many vacuole-like structures are seen in proximal tubule cells in kidneys of newborn AQP11-null mice. Subsequently, cysts are generated, and most of the mice die within a month due to severe renal failure. Although ER stress and impairment of polycystin-1, the product of the gene mutated in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease, are possible causes of cystogenesis in AQP11-null mice, the exact mechanism of pathogenesis and the physiological function of AQP11 are yet to be resolved.
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- Toshiyuki Matsuzaki
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan
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- Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences, 323-1 Kamioki-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0052, Japan
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Letts RFR, Rubin DM, Louw RH, Hildebrandt D. Glomerular protein separation as a mechanism for powering renal concentrating processes. Med Hypotheses 2015; 85:120-3. [PMID: 25935399 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Various models have been proposed to explain the urine concentrating mechanism in mammals, however uncertainty remains regarding the origin of the energy required for the production of concentrated urine. We propose a novel mechanism for concentrating urine. We postulate that the energy for the concentrating process is derived from the osmotic potentials generated by the separation of afferent blood into protein-rich efferent blood and protein-deplete filtrate. These two streams run in mutual juxtaposition along the length of the nephron and are thus suitably arranged to provide the osmotic potential to concentrate the urine. The proposed model is able to qualitatively explain the production of various urine concentrations under different clinical conditions. An approach to testing the feasibility of the hypothesis is proposed.
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- Robyn F R Letts
- Biomedical Engineering Research Group in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Biomedical Engineering Research Group in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Aliczki M, Fodor A, Balogh Z, Haller J, Zelena D. The effects of lactation on impulsive behavior in vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro rats. Horm Behav 2014; 66:545-51. [PMID: 25117459 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 08/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vasopressin (AVP)-deficient Brattleboro rats develop a specific behavioral profile, which-among other things-include altered cognitive performance. This profile is markedly affected by alterations in neuroendocrine state of the animal such as during lactation. Given the links between AVP and cognition we hypothesized that AVP deficiency may lead to changes in impulsivity that is under cognitive control and the changes might be altered by lactation. Comparing virgin and lactating AVP-deficient female Brattleboro rats to their respective controls, we assessed the putative lactation-dependent effects of AVP deficiency on impulsivity in the delay discounting paradigm. Furthermore, to investigate the basis of such effects, we assessed possible interactions of AVP deficiency with GABAergic and serotonergic signaling and stress axis activity, systems playing important roles in impulse control. Our results showed that impulsivity was unaltered by AVP deficiency in virgin rats. In contrast a lactation-induced increase in impulsivity was abolished by AVP deficiency in lactating females. We also found that chlordiazepoxide-induced facilitation of GABAergic and imipramine-induced enhancement of serotonergic activity in virgins led to increased and decreased impulsivity, respectively. In contrast, during lactation these effects were visible only in AVP-deficient rats. These rats also exhibited increased stress axis activity compared to virgin animals, an effect that was abolished by AVP deficiency. Taken together, AVP appears to play a role in the regulation of impulsivity exclusively during lactation: it has an impulsivity increasing effect which is potentially mediated via stress axis-dependent mechanisms and fine-tuning of GABAergic and serotonergic function.
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- Mano Aliczki
- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Janos Szentagothai School of Neurosciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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The renal medulla produces concentrated urine through the generation of an osmotic gradient that progressively increases from the cortico-medullary boundary to the inner medullary tip. In the outer medulla, the osmolality gradient arises principally from vigorous active transport of NaCl, without accompanying water, from the thick ascending limbs of short- and long-looped nephrons. In the inner medulla, the source of the osmotic gradient has not been identified. Recently, there have been important advances in our understanding of key components of the urine-concentrating mechanism, including (a) better understanding of the regulation of water, urea, and sodium transport proteins; (b) better resolution of the anatomical relationships in the medulla; and (c) improvements in mathematical modeling of the urine-concentrating mechanism. Continued experimental investigation of signaling pathways regulating transepithelial transport, both in normal animals and in knockout mice, and incorporation of the resulting information into mathematical simulations may help to more fully elucidate the mechanism for concentrating urine in the inner medulla.
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- Jeff M. Sands
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology,Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0320
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Marlar S, Arnspang EC, Koffman JS, Løcke EM, Christensen BM, Nejsum LN. Elevated cAMP increases aquaporin-3 plasma membrane diffusion. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 306:C598-606. [PMID: 24452376 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00132.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Regulated urine concentration takes place in the renal collecting duct upon arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulation, where subapical vesicles containing aquaporin-2 (AQP2) are inserted into the apical membrane instantly increasing water reabsorption and urine concentration. The reabsorped water exits via basolateral AQP3 and AQP4. Upon long-term stimulation with AVP or during thirst, expression levels of both AQP2 and AQP3 are increased; however, there is so far no evidence for short-term AVP regulation of AQP3 or AQP4. To facilitate the increase in transepithelial water transport, AQP3 may be short-term regulated via changes in protein-protein interactions, incorporation into lipid rafts, and/or changes in steady-state turnover, which could result in changes in the diffusion behavior of AQP3. Thus we measured AQP3 diffusion coefficients upon stimulation with the AVP mimic forskolin to reveal if AQP3 could be short-term regulated by AVP. k-Space image correlation spectroscopy (kICS) analysis of time-lapse image sequences of basolateral enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged AQP3 (AQP3-EGFP) revealed that the forskolin-mediated elevation of cAMP increased the diffusion coefficient by 58% from 0.0147 ± 0.0082 μm(2)/s (control) to 0.0232 ± 0.0085 μm(2)/s (forskolin, P < 0.05). Quantum dot-conjugated antibody labeling also revealed a significant increase in AQP3 diffusion upon forskolin treatment by 44% [0.0104 ± 0.0040 μm(2)/s (control) vs. 0.0150 ± 0.0016 μm(2)/s (forskolin, P < 0.05)]. Immunoelectron microscopy showed no obvious difference in AQP3-EGFP expression levels or localization in the plasma membrane upon forskolin stimulation. Thus AQP3-EGFP diffusion is altered upon increased cAMP, which may correspond to basolateral adaptations in response to the increased apical water readsorption.
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- Saw Marlar
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and
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Donato V, Pisani GB, Trumper L, Monasterolo LA. Effects of "in vivo" administration of baclofen on rat renal tubular function. Eur J Pharmacol 2013; 715:117-22. [PMID: 23791849 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of the in vivo administration of baclofen on renal tubular transport and aquaporin-2 (AQP2) expression were evaluated. In conscious animals kept in metabolic cages, baclofen (0.01-1mg/kg, s.c.) induced a dose-dependent increment in the urine flow rate (UFR) and in sodium and potassium excretion, associated with an increased osmolal clearance (Closm), a diminished urine to plasma osmolality ratio (Uosm/Posm) and a decrease in AQP2 expression. The above mentioned baclofen effects on functional parameters were corroborated by using conventional renal clearance techniques. Additionally, this model allowed the detection of a diminution in glucose reabsorption. Some experiments were performed with water-deprived or desmopressin-treated rats kept in metabolic cages. Either water deprivation or desmopressin treatment decreased the UFR and increased the Uosm/Posm. Baclofen did not change the Uosm/Posm or AQP2 expression in desmopressin-treated rats; but it increased the UFR and diminished the Uosm/Posm and AQP2 expression in water-deprived animals. These results indicate that in vivo administration of baclofen promotes alterations in proximal tubular transport, since glucose reabsorption was decreased. The distal tubular function was also affected. The increased Closm indicates an alteration in solute reabsorption at the ascending limb of the Henle's loop. The decreased Uosm/Posm and AQP2 expression in controls and in water-deprived, but not in desmopressin-treated rats, lead us to speculate that some effect of baclofen on endogenous vasopressin availability could be responsible for the impaired urine concentrating ability, more than any disturbance in the responsiveness of the renal cells to the hormone.
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- Verónica Donato
- Área Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, (2000) Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Sands JM. Urine concentrating and diluting ability during aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012; 67:1352-7. [PMID: 22588950 PMCID: PMC3670161 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Urine concentrating ability is reduced during normal aging in people and rats. The abundance of many of the key transport proteins that contribute to urine concentrating ability is reduced in the kidney medulla of aged rats. The reductions in water, sodium, and urea transport protein abundances, and their reduced response to water restriction, contribute to the reduced ability of aged rats to concentrate their urine and conserve water. If similar mechanisms occur in human kidneys, it would provide a molecular explanation for the reduced urine concentrating ability in aging and may provide opportunities for novel therapeutic approaches to improve urine concentrating ability and/or nocturnal polyuria.
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- Jeff M Sands
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, WMRB Room 338, NE, 1639 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Cell biology of vasopressin-regulated aquaporin-2 trafficking. Pflugers Arch 2012; 464:133-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1129-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Revised: 06/10/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Brown D, Bouley R, Păunescu TG, Breton S, Lu HAJ. New insights into the dynamic regulation of water and acid-base balance by renal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2012; 302:C1421-33. [PMID: 22460710 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00085.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Maintaining tight control over body fluid and acid-base homeostasis is essential for human health and is a major function of the kidney. The collecting duct is a mosaic of two cell populations that are highly specialized to perform these two distinct processes. The antidiuretic hormone vasopressin (VP) and its receptor, the V2R, play a central role in regulating the urinary concentrating mechanism by stimulating accumulation of the aquaporin 2 (AQP2) water channel in the apical membrane of collecting duct principal cells. This increases epithelial water permeability and allows osmotic water reabsorption to occur. An understanding of the basic cell biology/physiology of AQP2 regulation and trafficking has informed the development of new potential treatments for diseases such as nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, in which the VP/V2R/AQP2 signaling axis is defective. Tubule acidification due to the activation of intercalated cells is also critical to organ function, and defects lead to several pathological conditions in humans. Therefore, it is important to understand how these "professional" proton-secreting cells respond to environmental and cellular cues. Using epididymal proton-secreting cells as a model system, we identified the soluble adenylate cyclase (sAC) as a sensor that detects luminal bicarbonate and activates the vacuolar proton-pumping ATPase (V-ATPase) via cAMP to regulate tubular pH. Renal intercalated cells also express sAC and respond to cAMP by increasing proton secretion, supporting the hypothesis that sAC could function as a luminal sensor in renal tubules to regulate acid-base balance. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of these fundamental processes.
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- Dennis Brown
- MGH Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Simches Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Wade JB, Stanton BA, Brown D. Structural Correlates of Transport in Distal Tubule and Collecting Duct Segments. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp080104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Kaissling B, Kriz W. Morphology of the Loop of Henle, Distal Tubule, and Collecting Duct. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp080103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Stross C, Helmer A, Weissenberger K, Görg B, Keitel V, Häussinger D, Kubitz R. Protein kinase C induces endocytosis of the sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2010; 299:G320-8. [PMID: 20539008 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00180.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Bile salts influence signaling and metabolic pathways. In hepatocytes, the sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (Ntcp) is a major determinant of intracellular bile salt levels. Short-term downregulation of Ntcp is not well characterized to date. FLAG and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) tags were cloned to the extra- and intracellular termini of Ntcp. Endocytosis of Ntcp in transfected HepG2 cells was visualized by fluorescence of EGFP, and membrane surface expression of Ntcp was quantified by flow cytometry with fluorochrome-labeled FLAG antibodies. Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) by phorbolester or thymeleatoxin an activator of Ca(2+)-dependent conventional PKCs (cPKCs), induced endocytosis of Ntcp, whereas the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase remained in the plasma membrane. The PKC inhibitor BIM I and the cPKC-selective inhibitor Gö6976 abolished PMA-induced endocytosis. Because of this internalization, cell surface expression of Ntcp was reduced by 36 +/- 7%, bile salt uptake was decreased by 25%, and taurolithocholate sulfate-induced cell toxicity was prevented. In conclusion, Ca(2+)-dependent PKCs induce vesicular retrieval of Ntcp, thereby reducing bile salt uptake. This mechanism may protect hepatocytes from toxic intracellular bile salt concentrations.
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- Claudia Stross
- Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Heinrich-Heine Univ. of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Digestive Disease and Nutrition Center, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214;
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Aged people and rats have a reduced ability to maximally concentrate their urine. Many of the key transport proteins that contribute to urine concentrating ability are reduced in the medulla of aged rats. The reductions in the abundances of water, sodium, and urea transport proteins, and their reduced response to water restriction, contributes to the reduced ability of aged rats to concentrate their urine and conserve water. If similar mechanisms occur in human kidneys, it would provide a molecular explanation for the reduced concentrating ability in aging and may provide opportunities for novel therapeutic approaches to improve urine concentrating ability.
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- Jeff M Sands
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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The renal medulla produces concentrated urine through the generation of an osmotic gradient extending from the cortico-medullary boundary to the inner medullary tip. This gradient is generated in the outer medulla by the countercurrent multiplication of a comparatively small transepithelial difference in osmotic pressure. This small difference, called a single effect, arises from active NaCl reabsorption from thick ascending limbs, which dilutes ascending limb flow relative to flow in vessels and other tubules. In the inner medulla, the gradient may also be generated by the countercurrent multiplication of a single effect, but the single effect has not been definitively identified. There have been important recent advances in our understanding of key components of the urine concentrating mechanism. In particular, the identification and localization of key transport proteins for water, urea, and sodium, the elucidation of the role and regulation of osmoprotective osmolytes, better resolution of the anatomical relationships in the medulla, and improvements in mathematic modeling of the urine concentrating mechanism. Continued experimental investigation of transepithelial transport and its regulation, both in normal animals and in knock-out mice, and incorporation of the resulting information into mathematic simulations, may help to more fully elucidate the inner medullary urine concentrating mechanism.
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- Jeff M Sands
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Phosphorylation events and the modulation of aquaporin 2 cell surface expression. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2009; 17:491-8. [PMID: 18695390 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e3283094eb1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review highlights the role of phosphorylation in the trafficking and targeting of aquaporin 2. Current knowledge will be put into the context of modulating the cell surface expression of aquaporin 2 by vasopressin in renal epithelial cells, which is critical for regulation of urinary concentration and control of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. RECENT FINDINGS In addition to previously identified phosphorylation sites on aquaporin 2, new data have revealed three other serine residues in the C-terminus whose phosphorylation is altered by vasopressin. Several steps in aquaporin 2 recycling, including exocytosis and endocytosis, are coordinated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation to regulate cell surface accumulation. Aquaporin 2 phosphorylation on serine 256 regulates aquaporin 2 association with proteins that are involved in trafficking, including hsc/hsp70 and myelin and lymphocyte-associated protein. SUMMARY Aquaporin 2 trafficking is regulated by phosphorylation of serine 256 and other amino acid residues in its cytoplasmic domain. These events increase or decrease interaction of aquaporin 2 with key regulatory proteins to determine the cellular distribution and fate of aquaporin 2, both after vasopressin addition and under baseline conditions. Better understanding of these mechanisms may provide new therapeutic avenues for patients with X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, as well as providing basic cell biological information relevant to membrane trafficking processes in general.
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- Tae-Hwan Kwon
- Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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The study of water transport began long before the molecular identification of water channels with studies of water-permeable tissues. The discovery of the first aquaporin, AQP1, occurred during experiments focused on the identity of the Rh blood group antigens. Since then the field has expanded dramatically to study aquaporins in all types of organisms. In mammals, some of the aquaporins transport only water. However, there are some family members that collectively transport a diverse set of solutes. The aquaporins can be regulated by factors that affect channel permeability or subcellular localization. An extensive set of studies examines the physiological role of many of the mammalian aquaporins. However, much is still to be discovered about the physiological role of this membrane protein family.
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Bouley R, Hasler U, Lu HAJ, Nunes P, Brown D. Bypassing vasopressin receptor signaling pathways in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Semin Nephrol 2008; 28:266-78. [PMID: 18519087 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Water reabsorption in the kidney represents a critical physiological event in the maintenance of body water homeostasis. This highly regulated process relies largely on vasopressin (VP) action and on the VP-sensitive water channel (AQP2) that is expressed in principal cells of the kidney collecting duct. Defects in the VP signaling pathway and/or in AQP2 cell surface expression can lead to an inappropriate reduction in renal water reabsorption and the development of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, a disease characterized by polyuria and polydipsia. This review focuses on the major regulatory steps that are involved in AQP2 trafficking and function. Specifically, we begin with a discussion on VP-receptor-independent mechanisms of AQP2 trafficking, with special emphasis on the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling pathway, followed by a review of the mechanisms that govern AQP2 endocytosis and exocytosis. We then discuss emerging data illustrating roles played by the actin cytoskeleton on AQP2 trafficking, and lastly we consider elements that affect AQP2 protein expression in cells. Recent advances in each topic are summarized and are presented in the context of their potential to serve as a basis for the development of novel therapies that may ultimately improve life quality of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus patients.
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- Richard Bouley
- Massachusetts General Hospital-Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Impaired urinary dilution leading to water retention and hyponatremia may occur in patients with cardiac failure, cirrhosis, pregnancy, oxytocin administration, hypothyroidism, glucocorticoid, and mineralocorticoid deficiency. The mechanisms for these defects predominantly involve the nonosmotic stimulation of arginine vasopressin release with up-regulation of aquaporin 2 water channel expression and trafficking to the apical membrane of the principal cells of the collecting duct. These perturbations are reversed by V2 vasopressin receptor antagonists. In contrast, urinary concentration defects leading to polyuria are vasopressin resistant. They may involve several factors, such as impaired countercurrent concentration secondary to down-regulation of Na-K-2Cl cotransporter. Vasopressin-resistant down-regulation of aquaporin 2 expression has also been described as a factor in impaired urinary concentration.
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- Robert W Schrier
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension-School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262-3706, USA.
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Galizia L, Flamenco MP, Rivarola V, Capurro C, Ford P. Role of AQP2 in activation of calcium entry by hypotonicity: implications in cell volume regulation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008; 294:F582-90. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00427.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We previously reported in a rat cortical collecting duct cell line (RCCD1) that the presence of aquaporin 2 (AQP2) in the cell membrane is critical for the rapid activation of regulatory volume decrease mechanisms (RVD) (Ford et al. Biol Cell 97: 687–697, 2005). The aim of our present work was to investigate the signaling pathway that links AQP2 to this rapid RVD activation. Since it has been previously described that hypotonic conditions induce intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) increases in different cell types, we tested the hypothesis that AQP2 could have a role in activation of calcium entry by hypotonicity and its implication in cell volume regulation. Using a fluorescent probe technique, we studied [Ca2+]iand cell volume changes in response to a hypotonic shock in WT-RCCD1(not expressing aquaporins) and in AQP2-RCCD1(transfected with AQP2) cells. We found that after a hypotonic shock only AQP2-RCCD1cells exhibit a substantial increase in [Ca2+]i. This [Ca2+]iincrease is strongly dependent on extracellular Ca2+and is partially inhibited by thapsigargin (1 μM) indicating that the rise in [Ca2+]ireflects both influx from the extracellular medium and release from intracellular stores. Exposure of AQP2-RCCD1cells to 100 μM gadolinium reduced the increase in [Ca2+]isuggesting the involvement of a mechanosensitive calcium channel. Furthermore, exposure of cells to all of the above described conditions impaired rapid RVD. We conclude that the expression of AQP2 in the cell membrane is critical to produce the increase in [Ca2+]iwhich is necessary to activate RVD in RCCD1cells.
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Balasubramanian L, Sham JSK, Yip KP. Calcium signaling in vasopressin-induced aquaporin-2 trafficking. Pflugers Arch 2007; 456:747-54. [PMID: 17957381 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0371-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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It has been the general consensus that cAMP-mediated PKA-dependent phosphorylation of aquaporin-2 is the primary mechanism of vasopressin to regulate osmotic water permeability in kidney collecting duct. By using laser scanning confocal microscopy to monitor [Ca2+]i and apical exocytosis in individual cells of inner medullary collecting duct, we have demonstrated that vasopressin also triggers intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, which is coupled to apical exocytotic insertion of aquaporin-2. Vasopressin-induced Ca2+ mobilization is in the form of oscillations, which involves both intracellular Ca2+ release from ryanodine-gated Ca2+ stores and extracellular Ca2+ influx via capacitative calcium entry. Each individual cell operates as an independent calcium oscillator with time variance in frequency and amplitude. Vasopressin-induced Ca2+ mobilization is mediated by cAMP, but is independent of PKA. Exogenous cAMP analog (8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP), which activates Epac (exchange protein directly activated by cAMP), but not PKA, triggers Ca2+ mobilization and apical exocytosis. These observations suggest that activation of Epac by cAMP may also contribute to the action of vasopressin in regulating osmotic water permeability. There are multiple plausible candidates for downstream effectors of vasopressin-induced Ca2+ signal including calmodulin, myosin light chain kinase, calmodulin kinase II, and calcineurin. All of them have been implicated in the regulation of aquaporin-2 trafficking and/or water permeability.
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- Lavanya Balasubramanian
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Krane CM, Goldstein DL. Comparative functional analysis of aquaporins/glyceroporins in mammals and anurans. Mamm Genome 2007; 18:452-62. [PMID: 17653793 PMCID: PMC1998877 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9041-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/28/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Maintenance of fluid homeostasis is critical to establishing and maintaining normal physiology. The landmark discovery of membrane water channels (aquaporins; AQPs) ushered in a new area in osmoregulatory biology that has drawn from and contributed to diverse branches of biology, from molecular biology and genomics to systems biology and evolution, and from microbial and plant biology to animal and translational physiology. As a result, the study of AQPs provides a unique and integrated backdrop for exploring the relationships between genes and genome systems, the regulation of gene expression, and the physiologic consequences of genetic variation. The wide species distribution of AQP family members and the evolutionary conservation of the family indicate that the control of membrane water flux is a critical biological process. AQP function and regulation is proving to be central to many of the pathways involved in individual physiologic systems in both mammals and anurans. In mammals, AQPs are essential to normal secretory and absorptive functions of the eye, lung, salivary gland, sweat glands, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. In urinary, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems, AQPs are required for proper urine concentration, fluid reabsorption, and glandular secretions. In anurans, AQPs are important in mediating physiologic responses to changes in the external environment, including those that occur during metamorphosis and adaptation from an aquatic to terrestrial environment and thermal acclimation in anticipation of freezing. Therefore, an understanding of AQP function and regulation is an important aspect of an integrated approach to basic biological research.
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- Carissa M Krane
- Department of Biology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio, 45469, USA.
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Casotti G, Waldron T, Misquith G, Powers D, Slusher L. Expression and localization of an aquaporin-1 homologue in the avian kidney and lower intestinal tract. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007; 147:355-62. [PMID: 17320442 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2006] [Revised: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In birds, the kidneys and lower intestine function in osmoregulation. A 271-amino acid homologue to aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) was isolated from the kidneys, cecae, proximal and distal rectum, and coprodeum of the lower intestine in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). This protein has six transmembrane domains connected by two cytoplasmic loops and three extracellular loops. It exhibits 94%, 88%, and 78% homology to AQP-1 sequences of chicken, human and toad, respectively. Many of the highly conserved amino acids that are characteristic of AQP-1 are found in the sparrow sequence. RT-PCR was performed and the presence of AQP-1 mRNA was detected in the kidney and all four regions of the lower intestine. Immunoblots of total protein identified a 28-kDa non-glycosylated AQP-1 band and a 56-kDa glycosylated AQP-1 band in the kidney and all four regions of the lower intestine. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated the presence of the AQP-1 protein within both the renal cortex and medulla. In the lower intestine, the protein was present in the proximal rectum, distal rectum, and in the coprodeum. As AQP-1 functions to allow water movement across mammalian cell membranes, its presence in water-permeable cells in a bird suggests it may have a similar function.
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- G Casotti
- Department of Biology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.
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JØRGENSEN CBARKER. 200 YEARS OF AMPHIBIAN WATER ECONOMY: FROM ROBERT TOWNSON TO THE PRESENT. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1997.tb00013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kamsteeg EJ, Hendriks G, Boone M, Konings IBM, Oorschot V, van der Sluijs P, Klumperman J, Deen PMT. Short-chain ubiquitination mediates the regulated endocytosis of the aquaporin-2 water channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:18344-9. [PMID: 17101973 PMCID: PMC1838753 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604073103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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To regulate mammalian water homeostasis, arginine-vasopressin (AVP) induces phosphorylation and thereby redistribution of renal aquaporin-2 (AQP2) water channels from vesicles to the apical membrane. Vice versa, AVP (or forskolin) removal and hormones activating PKC cause AQP2 internalization, but the mechanism is unknown. Here, we show that a fraction of AQP2 is modified with two to three ubiquitin moieties in vitro and in vivo. Mutagenesis revealed that AQP2 is ubiquitinated with one K63-linked chain at K270 only. In Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, AQP2 ubiquitination occurs preferentially when present in the apical membrane, is transiently increased with forskolin removal or PKC activation, and precedes its internalization. Internalization kinetics assays with wild type (wt) and ubiquitination-deficient (K270R) AQP2 revealed that ubiquitination enhances AQP2 endocytosis. Electron microscopy showed that a translational fusion of AQP2 with ubiquitin (AQP2-Ub) localized particularly to internal vesicles of multivesicular bodies (MVBs), whereas AQP2-K270R largely localized to the apical membrane, early endosomes, and the limiting membrane of MVBs. Consistent with this distribution pattern, lysosomal degradation was extensive for AQP2-Ub, low for AQP2-K270R, and intermediate for wt-AQP2. Our data show that short-chain ubiquitination is involved in the regulated endocytosis, MVB sorting, and degradation of AQP2 and may be the mechanism used by AVP removal and PKC-activating hormones to reduce renal water reabsorption. Moreover, because several other channels are also (short-chain) ubiquitinated, our data suggest that ubiquitination may be a general mediator for the regulated endocytosis and degradation of channels in higher eukaryotes.
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- Erik-Jan Kamsteeg
- *Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- *Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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The identification, characterization, and mutational analysis of genes coding for key proteins to the mechanisms of urine concentration provide the basis for understanding the 2 types of hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI): a pure type characterized by loss of water only, and a complex type characterized by loss of water and ions. Patients with hereditary NDI bearing mutations in AVPR2, the gene coding for the arginine vasopressin 2 receptor, or in AQP2, the gene coding for the vasopressin-sensitive water channel, have a pure NDI phenotype with loss of water, but normal conservation of sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium. Patients bearing inactivating mutations in 1 of the 5 genes (SLC12A1, KCNJ1, CLCNKB, CLCNKA, and CLCNKB in combination, or BSND) that encode the membrane proteins of the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle have a complex polyuro-polydipsic syndrome with loss of water, sodium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. The purpose of this article is to increase the general awareness of these congenital NDI patients to prevent severe episodes of dehydration and provide precise molecular diagnosis and treatment.
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- Daniel G Bichet
- Groupe d'Etude des Protéines Membranaires; and the Université de Montréal, Research Centre and Nephrology Service, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus which can be inherited or acquired, is characterized by an inability to concentrate urine despite normal or elevated plasma concentrations of the antidiuretic hormone, arginine-vasopressine (AVP). Polyuria, with hyposthenuria and polydipsia are the cardinal clinical manifestations of the disease. Hypercalcemia, hypokaliemia, lithium administration and chronic renal failure are the principal causes of acquired nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. About 90 percent of patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus are males with X-linked recessive nephrogenic diabetes insipidus who have mutations in the arginine-vasopressin receptor 2 (AVPR2) gene that codes for the vasopressin V2 receptor. The gene is located in chromosome region Xq28. In about 10 percent of the families studied, congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus has an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. In these cases, mutations have been identified in the aquaporin-2 gene (AQP2), which is located in chromosome region 12q13 and codes for the vasopressin-sensitive water channel. Other inherited disorders with mild, moderate or severe inability to concentrate urine include Bartter's syndrome and Cystinosis. Identification of the molecular defect underlying congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is of immediate clinical significance because early diagnosis and treatment of affected infants can avert the physical and mental retardation associated with episodes of dehydration.
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- Daniel Georges Bichet
- Génétique des maladies rénales, service de néphrologie, départements de médecine et de physiologie, centre de recherche, hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada.
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Hanna-Mitchell AT, Gebruers EM. The hydroosmotic response of frog urinary bladder to serosal hypertonicity is dependent on adenylate cyclase for its maintenance and affected by [Cl−]ochanges. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R213-23. [PMID: 16455767 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00652.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of adenylate cyclase (AC) in the maintenance of the hydroosmotic response to serosal hypertonicity (SH) in anuran urinary bladder is disputed. In this study, norepinephrine (NE) significantly reversed the hydroosmotic response of Rana temporaria bladders in hypertonic medium (330 mosmol/kgH2O). The reversal was inhibited by yohimbine but was unaffected by prazosin and propranolol, indicating that NE action was mediated via α2-adrenergic receptors. Preincubation of bladders with indomethacin did not interfere with the inhibitory action of NE, contraindicating a role for prostaglandins. The SH hydroosmotic response was abolished in the presence of 5- n-ethyl- N-isopropyl amiloride (EIPA), but the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) hydroosmotic response was not. EIPA inhibits Na+/H+, known to be activated by cell shrinkage. An investigation of the anionic requirement of the SH hydroosmotic response revealed that replacement of bath Cl−with the nonpermeable anion gluconate reversibly abolished this response. In contrast, the hydroosmotic response to ADH was unaffected by Cl−removal; however, when Cl−was absent, it was no longer augmented in hypertonic bath. The SH response was inhibited by the Cl−channel blocker 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoate but not by the Na/K/2Cl inhibitor bumetanide. Our results show that not only the onset but also the maintenance of the SH hydroosmotic response is dependent on AC activity and does not differ in this respect to the ADH hydroosmotic response. The effect of modifying extracellular Cl−concentration, suggests that this anion, possibly functionally linked with Na+/H+activity, may be involved in invoking the SH hydroosmotic response in anuran urinary bladder.
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Gooch JL, Guler RL, Barnes JL, Toro JJ. Loss of calcineurin Aalpha results in altered trafficking of AQP2 and in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:2468-76. [PMID: 16735444 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin is an important signaling molecule involved in kidney development and function. One potential target of calcineurin action is the water channel aquaporin 2 (AQP2). In this study, we examined the effect of loss of calcineurin Aalpha (CnAalpha) on AQP2 function in vivo. CnAalpha null mice were found to have defective post-natal urine-concentrating ability and an impaired urine-concentrating response to vasopressin. Expression of AQP2 is normal but, paradoxically, vasopressin-mediated phosphorylation of the channel is decreased compared with wild-type littermates and there is no accumulation of AQP2 in the apical membrane. Calcineurin protein and activity was found in innermedullary collecting duct vesicles, and loss of calcineurin expression and activity was associated with a loss of AQP2 in the vesicle fraction. As such, the lack of vasopressin-mediated phosphorylation of AQP2 might be the result of a defect in normal trafficking of AQP2 to apical-targeted vesicles. Likewise, treatment of wild-type mice with cyclosporin A to inhibit calcineurin produces a similarly impaired urine-concentrating response to vasopressin and alterations in AQP2 phosphorylation and trafficking. These experiments demonstrate that, CnAalpha is required for normal intracellular trafficking of AQP2 and loss of calcineurin protein or activity disrupts AQP2 function.
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- Jennifer L Gooch
- Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Yip KP. Epac-mediated Ca(2+) mobilization and exocytosis in inner medullary collecting duct. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006; 291:F882-90. [PMID: 16684923 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00411.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PKA has traditionally been thought as the binding protein of cAMP for mediating arginine vasopressin (AVP)-regulated osmotic water permeability in kidney collecting duct. It is now known that cAMP also exerts its effects via Epac (exchange protein directly activated by cAMP) and that intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization is necessary for AVP-induced apical exocytosis in inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD). The role of Epac as an effector of cAMP action in addition to PKA was investigated using confocal fluorescence microscopy in perfused IMCD. PKA inhibitors (1 microM H-89 or 10 microM KT-5720) at concentrations known to inhibit aquaporin-2 (AQP2) phosphorylation did not prevent AVP-induced Ca(2+) mobilization and oscillations. Epac-selective cAMP agonist (8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP) mimicked AVP in triggering Ca(2+) mobilization and oscillations, which was blocked by ryanodine but not by Rp-cAMP (a competitive antagonist of cAMP binding to PKA). 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP also triggered apical exocytosis in the presence of a PKA inhibitor. Immunolocalization of AQP2 in perfused IMCD demonstrated that 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP induces apical targeting of AQP2 and that AQP2 is abundant in junctional regions of basolateral membrane. Immunofluorescence study also confirmed the presence of Epac (isoform I) in IMCD. These results indicate that activation of Epac by an exogenous cAMP analog triggers intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization and apical exocytotic insertion of AQP2 in IMCD.
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- Kay-Pong Yip
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA.
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The identification of members of the aquaporin family as the primary water channels of cell membranes has been followed up by an intense effort to determine how these channels work. Specifically, investigators have sought to learn why these channels are selective for water and how they exclude proton trafficking. Molecular-dynamics studies using elegant, extremely detailed computer models based on accurate crystallographic maps of the channels show the basis for the selectivity of the channel. Channel size, the location of hydrophobic amino-acid side chains, and specific interactions of water dipoles with a charged residue near the most constricted point of the channel indicate that water molecules travel in single file through the center of the channel, and that the orientation of water molecules is manipulated to prevent the formation of a water wire spanning the channel. Finally, the number of water molecules calculated to be aligned in single file in the channel constriction fits predictions based on classic studies of the osmotic permeability: diffusive permeability ratios in water-permeable membranes.
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- Melvin E Laski
- Department of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), which can be inherited or acquired, is characterized by an inability to concentrate urine despite normal or elevated plasma concentrations of the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP). Polyuria, with hyposthenuria, and polydipsia are the cardinal clinical manifestations of the disease. About 90% of patients with congenital NDI are males with X-linked recessive NDI (OMIM 304800) who have mutations in the arginine-vasopressin receptor 2 (AVPR2) gene that codes for the vasopressin V2 receptor. In about 10% of the families studied, congenital NDI has an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant mode of inheritance (OMIM 222000 and 125800). In these families, mutations have been identified in the aquaporin-2 gene (AQP2) (OMIM 107777), which codes for the vasopressin-sensitive water channel. Most missense AVPR2 mutations lead to receptors that are trapped intracellularly; a few mutant receptors reach the cell surface but are unable to bind AVP or to properly trigger an intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate signal. Similarly, most AQP2 mutant proteins are also misrouted. Prior knowledge of AVPR2 or AQP2 mutations in NDI families and perinatal mutation testing is of direct clinical value because early diagnosis and treatment can avert the physical and mental retardation associated with repeated episodes of dehydration.
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- Daniel G Bichet
- Centre de Recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Couer de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Hasegawa T, Suzuki M, Tanaka S. Immunocytochemical studies on translocation of phosphorylated aquaporin-h2 protein in granular cells of the frog urinary bladder before and after stimulation with vasotocin. Cell Tissue Res 2005; 322:407-15. [PMID: 16047161 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0037-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2005] [Accepted: 06/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have generated a specific antibody against phosphorylated aquaporin-h2 (pAQP-h2) protein to investigate the role of phosphorylation in the translocation of AQP-h2 protein within the granule cells of the urinary bladder of the frog (Hyla japonica). The antibody was generated against a synthetic peptide (ST-160) corresponding to amino acids 255-268, with a phosphorylated Ser-262, a residue that is putatively phosphorylated by protein A kinase. Using this antibody, we found, by Western blot analysis, that phosphorylation of the AQP-h2 protein rapidly increased within 2 min after vasotocin (AVT) stimulation and remained at a higher than normal level for 15 min. Moreover, quantitative immunoelectron microscopy indicated that the location of the AQP-h2 protein dramatically changed after AVT stimulation. Before stimulation, pAQP-h2 protein was localized in only a small number of intracellular vesicles near the nucleus of the granular cells, whereas the labeling density of the intracellular vesicles and the apical membrane rapidly increased after stimulation. This finding was also confirmed by the results of an immunofluorescence study. Thus, phosphorylation of AQP-h2 protein seems to be essential for translocation of the protein from the cytoplasmic pool to the apical plasma membrane of the granular cells in frog urinary bladder.
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- Takahiro Hasegawa
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Ohya 836, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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Quigley R, Chu PY, Huang CL. Botulinum Toxins Inhibit the Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)-Stimulated Increase in Rabbit Cortical Collecting-Tubule Water Permeability. J Membr Biol 2005; 204:109-16. [PMID: 16245033 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0754-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2005] [Revised: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The mammalian renal collecting duct increases its water permeability in response to antidiuretic hormone (ADH). ADH causes cytoplasmic endosomes containing the water channel, aquaporin 2 (AQP 2), to fuse with the apical membrane so that the water permeability of the tubule increases many times above baseline. SNARE proteins are involved in the docking and fusion of vesicles with the cell membrane in neuron synapses. Whether these proteins are involved in the fusion of vesicles to the cell membrane in other tissues is not entirely clear. In the present study, we examined the role of SNARE proteins in the insertion of water channels in the collecting-duct response to ADH by using botulinum toxins A, B and C. Toxins isolated from clostridium botulinum are specific proteases that cleave different SNARE proteins and inactivate them. Tubules were perfused in vitro with botulinum toxin in the perfusate (50 nM for A and B and 15 nM for C). ADH (200 pM) was then added to the bath after baseline measurements of osmotic water permeability (P(f)) and the change in P(f) was followed for one hour. Botulinum toxins significantly inhibited the maximum P(f) by approximately 50%. Botulinum toxins A and C also decreased the rate of rise of P(f). Thus, SNARE proteins are involved in the insertion of the water channels in the collecting duct.
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- R Quigley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235-9063, USA.
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As thousands of new genes are identified in genomics efforts, the rush is on to learn something about the functional roles of the proteins encoded by those genes. Clues to protein functions, activation states and protein-protein interactions have been revealed in focused studies of protein localization. With technical breakthroughs such as GFP protein tagging and recombinase cloning systems, large-scale screens of protein localization are now being undertaken.
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- Nancy A O'Rourke
- Alliance for Cell Signaling, Microscopy Lab, Stanford University School of Medicine, 975 California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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King LS, Kozono D, Agre P. From structure to disease: the evolving tale of aquaporin biology. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2004; 5:687-98. [PMID: 15340377 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 679] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Our understanding of the movement of water through cell membranes has been greatly advanced by the discovery of a family of water-specific, membrane-channel proteins - the aquaporins. These proteins are present in organisms at all levels of life, and their unique permeability characteristics and distribution in numerous tissues indicate diverse roles in the regulation of water homeostasis. The recognition of aquaporins has stimulated a reconsideration of membrane water permeability by investigators across a wide range of disciplines.
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- Landon S King
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Bartels H, Potter IC. Cellular composition and ultrastructure of the gill epithelium of larval and adult lampreys. J Exp Biol 2004; 207:3447-62. [PMID: 15339941 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYLampreys, one of the only two surviving groups of agnathan (jawless)vertebrates, contain several anadromous species that, during their life cycle,thus migrate from fresh to seawater and back to freshwater. Lampreys have independently evolved the same overall osmoregulatory mechanisms as the gnathostomatous (jawed) and distantly related teleost fishes. Lamprey gills thus likewise play a central role in taking up and secreting monovalent ions. However, the ultrastructural characteristics and distribution of their epithelial cell types [ammocoete mitochondria-rich (MR) cell, intercalated MR cell, chloride cell and pavement cell] differ in several respects from those of teleosts. The ultrastructural characteristics of these cells are distinctive and closely resemble those of certain ion-transporting epithelia in other vertebrates, for which the function has been determined. The data on each cell type, together with the stage in the life cycle at which it is found, i.e. whether in fresh or seawater, enable the following proposals to be made regarding the ways in which lampreys use their gill epithelial cells for osmoregulating in hypo- and hypertonic environments. In freshwater, the intercalated MR cell takes up Cl– and secretes H+,thereby facilitating the uptake of Na+ through pavement cells. In seawater, the chloride cell uses a secondarily active transcellular transport of Cl– to provide the driving force for the passive movement of Na+ through leaky paracellular pathways between these cells.
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- Helmut Bartels
- Anatomische Anstalt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Pettenkoferstr. 11, 80336 München, Germany.
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Tamma G, Wiesner B, Furkert J, Hahm D, Oksche A, Schaefer M, Valenti G, Rosenthal W, Klussmann E. The prostaglandin E2 analogue sulprostone antagonizes vasopressin-induced antidiuresis through activation of Rho. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:3285-94. [PMID: 12829746 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) facilitates water reabsorption in renal collecting duct principal cells by activation of vasopressin V2 receptors and the subsequent translocation of water channels (aquaporin-2, AQP2) from intracellular vesicles into the plasma membrane. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) antagonizes AVP-induced water reabsorption; the signaling pathway underlying the diuretic response is not known. Using primary rat inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells, we show that stimulation of prostaglandin EP3 receptors induced Rho activation and actin polymerization in resting IMCD cells, but did not modify the intracellular localization of AQP2. However, AVP-, dibutyryl cAMP- and forskolin-induced AQP2 translocation was strongly inhibited. This inhibitory effect was independent of increases in cAMP and cytosolic Ca2+. In addition, stimulation of EP3 receptors inhibited the AVP-induced Rho inactivation and the AVP-induced F-actin depolymerization. The data suggest that the signaling pathway underlying the diuretic effects of PGE2 and probably those of other diuretic agents include cAMP- and Ca2+-independent Rho activation and F-actin formation.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/metabolism
- Animals
- Aquaporin 2
- Aquaporins/metabolism
- Biological Transport/drug effects
- Biological Transport/physiology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Colforsin/pharmacology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cytoplasmic Vesicles/metabolism
- Dibenz(b,f)(1,4)oxazepine-10(11H)-carboxylic acid, 8-chloro-, 2-acetylhydrazide/pharmacology
- Dinoprostone/analogs & derivatives
- Dinoprostone/metabolism
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Kidney Medulla/metabolism
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Molecular
- Neurophysins/metabolism
- Prostaglandin Antagonists/pharmacology
- Protein Precursors/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/metabolism
- Receptors, Vasopressin/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Vasopressins/metabolism
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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- Grazia Tamma
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Campus Berlin-Buch, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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