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Chan MJ, Chen YC, Fan PC, Lee CC, Kou G, Chang CH. Predictive Value of Urinary Aquaporin 2 for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10030613. [PMID: 35327416 PMCID: PMC8945460 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10030613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequently encountered in people with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Early detection of a urinary biomarker of kidney injury might allow a prompt diagnosis and improve outcomes. Levels of urinary aquaporin 2 (UAQP2), which is also associated with several renal diseases, are increased with ADHF. We aimed to determine whether UAQP2 predicted AKI in patients with ADHF. We conducted a prospective observation study in the coronary care unit (CCU) in a tertiary care university hospital in Taiwan. Individuals with ADHF admitted to the CCU between November 2009 and November 2014 were enrolled, and serum and urinary samples were collected. AKI was diagnosed in 69 (36.5%) of 189 adult patients (mean age: 68 years). Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of biomarkers was evaluated to evaluate the diagnostic power for AKI. Both brain natriuretic peptide and UAQP2 demonstrated acceptable AUROCs (0.759 and 0.795, respectively). A combination of the markers had an AUROC of 0.802. UAQP2 is a potential biomarker of AKI in CCU patients with ADHF. Additional research on this novel biomarker is required.
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- Ming-Jen Chan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (M.-J.C.); (Y.-C.C.); (P.-C.F.); (C.-C.L.); (G.K.)
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-(0)3-328-1200 (ext. 8181)
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Sinlapadeelerdkul T, Sonoda H, Uchida K, Kitahara G, Ikeda M. Release of urinary aquaporin-2-bearing extracellular vesicles is decreased in pregnant Japanese Black cattle. J Vet Med Sci 2019; 81:1609-1615. [PMID: 31564681 PMCID: PMC6895635 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.19-0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-2 (AQP2), a vasopressin-regulated water channel, plays an important role in renal water homeostasis. It has been reported that the level of AQP2 in human urine is altered during
pregnancy. However, little is known about the level of urinary AQP2 in pregnant cattle. In this study, we examined the level of AQP2-bearing extracellular vesicles (uEV-AQP2), which account
for most urinary AQP2, in both heifers and cows during the gestational and postpartum periods. The level of uEV-AQP2 was significantly decreased during gestation in comparison with the other
cattle examined. Similarly, the levels of EV marker proteins in uEVs, including tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) protein and apoptosis-linked gene 2-interacting protein X (ALIX), were
significantly decreased during gestation. There were significant correlations between the levels of uEV-AQP2 and uEV-TSG101, or uEV-ALIX. Immunohistochemistry data from pregnant and
non-pregnant cattle supported the notion that the level of uEV-AQP2 was decreased during gestation. These data indicate that the level of uEV-AQP2 is decreased in pregnant cattle, possibly
through a decrease in both the number of EVs released into the urine and renal AQP2 expression.
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- Thitaporn Sinlapadeelerdkul
- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Theriogenology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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Aquaporins in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles (Exosomes). Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17060957. [PMID: 27322253 PMCID: PMC4926490 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17060957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Since the successful characterization of urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) by Knepper’s group in 2004, these vesicles have been a focus of intense basic and translational research worldwide, with the aim of developing novel biomarkers and therapeutics for renal disease. Along with these studies, there is growing evidence that aquaporins (AQPs), water channel proteins, in uEVs have the potential to be diagnostically useful. In this review, we highlight current knowledge of AQPs in uEVs from their discovery to clinical application.
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Urine Aquaporin-2: A Promising Marker of Response to the Arginine Vasopressin Type-2 Antagonist, Tolvaptan in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17010105. [PMID: 26784173 PMCID: PMC4730347 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17010105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-2, a member of the aquaporin family, is an arginine vasopressin-regulated water channel expressed in the renal collecting duct, and a promising marker of the concentrating and diluting ability of the kidney. The arginine vasopressin type-2 antagonist, tolvaptan, is a new-generation diuretic; it is especially indicated in patients with decompensated heart failure refractory to conventional diuretics. However, the ideal responders to tolvaptan have not yet been identified, and non-responders experience worse clinical courses despite treatment with tolvaptan. Urine aquaporin-2 has recently been demonstrated as a promising predictor of response to tolvaptan. We here validated aquaporin-2-guided tolvaptan therapy in patients with decompensated heart failure. Long-term efficacy of tolvaptan treatment in the responders defined by aquaporin-2 needs to be validated in the future prospective study.
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Tkachenko O, Shchekochikhin D, Schrier RW. Hormones and hemodynamics in pregnancy. Int J Endocrinol Metab 2014; 12:e14098. [PMID: 24803942 PMCID: PMC4005978 DOI: 10.5812/ijem.14098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Normal pregnancy is associated with sodium and water retention, which results in plasma volume expansion prior to placental implantation. The explanation offered for these events is that pregnancy 'resets' both volume and osmoreceptors. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The mechanisms for such an enigmatic 'resetting' in pregnancy have not previously been explained. However, recent human pregnancy studies have demonstrated that the earliest hemodynamic change in pregnancy is primary systemic arterial vasodilation. This arterial underfilling is associated with a secondary increase in cardiac output and activation of the neurohumoral axis, including stimulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, sympathetic, and non-osmotic vasopressin systems. Resistance to the pressor effects of angiotensin and sympathetic stimulation in pregnancy is compatible with an increase in endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity. RESULTS In contrast to the sodium and water retention which occur secondary to the primary arterial vasodilation in cirrhosis, glomerular filtration and renal blood flow are significantly increased in normal pregnancy. A possible explanation for this difference in arterial vasodilation states is that relaxin, an arterial vasodilator which increases during pregnancy, has a potent effect on both systemic and renal circulation. Endothelial damage in pregnancy is pivotal in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia in pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS Against a background of the primary arterial vasodilation hypothesis, it is obvious that reversal of the systemic vasodilatation in pregnancy, without subsequent activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (78), will evoke a reversal of all the links in the chain of events in normal pregnancy adaptation, thus, it may cause preeclampsia. Namely, a decrease of renal vasodilation will decrease glomerular filtration rate.
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- Oleksandra Tkachenko
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Corresponding author: Robert W. Schrier, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12700 East 19th Avenue C281, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Tel: +1-3037244837, Fax: +1-3037244868, E-mail:
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Mobasheri A, Barrett-Jolley R. Aquaporin water channels in the mammary gland: from physiology to pathophysiology and neoplasia. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2014; 19:91-102. [PMID: 24338153 PMCID: PMC3947960 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-013-9312-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Aquaporins are membrane proteins that play fundamental roles in water and small solute transport across epithelial and endothelial barriers. Recent studies suggest that several aquaporin proteins are present in the mammary gland. Immunohistochemical techniques have confirmed the presence of aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and AQP3 water channels in rat, mouse, bovine and human mammary glands. Studies suggest that in addition to AQP1 and AQP3 AQP4, AQP5 and AQP7 proteins are expressed in different locations in the mammary gland. Aquaporins play key roles in tumor biology and are involved in cell growth, migration and formation of ascites via increased water permeability of micro-vessels. Emerging evidence suggests that expression of these proteins is altered in mammary tumors and in breast cancer cell lines although it is not yet clear whether this is a cause or a consequence of neoplastic development. This review analyzes the expression and potential functional roles of aquaporin water channels in the mammary gland. The physiological mechanisms involved in the transport of water and small solutes across mammary endothelial and epithelial barriers are discussed in the context of milk production and lactation. This paper also reviews papers from the recent cancer literature that implicate aquaporins in mammary neoplasia.
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- Ali Mobasheri
- School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK,
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Dynamic regulation and dysregulation of the water channel aquaporin-2: a common cause of and promising therapeutic target for water balance disorders. Clin Exp Nephrol 2013; 18:558-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s10157-013-0878-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sasaki S. Aquaporin 2: From its discovery to molecular structure and medical implications. Mol Aspects Med 2012; 33:535-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2012] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fábrega E, Berja A, García-Unzueta MT, Guerra-Ruiz A, Cobo M, López M, Bolado-Carrancio A, Amado JA, Rodríguez-Rey JC, Pons-Romero F. Influence of aquaporin-1 gene polymorphism on water retention in liver cirrhosis. Scand J Gastroenterol 2011; 46:1267-74. [PMID: 21793635 DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.603161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED Water retention is a major clinical problem in patients with liver cirrhosis. The factors that predispose to water retention are poorly understood but may involve genetic factors. Recent research suggests that renal aquaporins may be a pathophysiological factor involved in this condition. Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) is expressed in the proximal tubule and aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in the renal collecting duct cells. The aim of our study was to investigate the distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of AQP1: rs1049305 (C/G) and AQP2: rs3741559 (A/G) and rs467323 (C/T) in 100 cirrhotic patients with ascites and to analyze their relationship with dilutional hyponatremia. METHODS Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood. Genotyping for the presence of different polymorphisms was performed using the Custom Taqman SNP Genotyping Assays. The possible influence of rs1049305 (C/G) in AQP1 gene expression was evaluated by luciferase assays in vitro. RESULTS The allelic frequencies of the AQP1 gene were the following: CC = 15%; CG = 49%; GG = 36%. Patients with CC genotype had significantly lower plasma sodium concentration than those with CG or GG genotype. Luciferase assays showed that the rs1049305 (C/G) in the AQP1 gene functionally affected the expression level in vitro. In addition, we did not find any relationship between AQP2 SNPs observed and plasma sodium concentration. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the rs1049305 (C/G, UTR3) AQP1 polymorphism could be involved in the genetic susceptibility to develop water retention in patients with liver cirrhosis.
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- Emilio Fábrega
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital "Marqués de Valdecilla", Faculty of Medicine, Santander, Spain.
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Mobasheri A, Kendall BH, Maxwell JEJ, Sawran AV, German AJ, Marples D, Luck MR, Royal MD. Cellular localization of aquaporins along the secretory pathway of the lactating bovine mammary gland: an immunohistochemical study. Acta Histochem 2011; 113:137-49. [PMID: 19853284 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2009] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In this study we examined the cellular localization of aquaporins (AQPs) along the secretory pathway of actively lactating bovine mammary glands using immunohistochemistry. Mammary tissues examined included secretory ducts and acini, gland cisterns, teats, stromal and adipose tissues. Aquaporin 1 (AQP1) was localized in capillary endothelia throughout the mammary gland in addition to myoepithelial cells underlying teat duct epithelia. AQP2 and AQP6 were not detected and AQP9 was found only in leukocytes. AQP3 and AQP4 were observed in selected epithelial cells in the teat, cistern and secretory tubuloalveoli. AQP5 immunopositivity was prominent in the cistern. AQP3 and AQP7 were found in smooth muscle bundles in the teat, secretory epithelial cells and duct epithelial cells. These immunohistochemical findings support a functional role for aquaporins in the transport of water and small solutes across endothelial and epithelial barriers in the mammary gland and in the production and secretion of milk.
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Cornock R, Langley-Evans SC, Mobasheri A, McMullen S. The impact of maternal protein restriction during rat pregnancy upon renal expression of angiotensin receptors and vasopressin-related aquaporins. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2010; 8:105. [PMID: 20807409 PMCID: PMC2940793 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal protein restriction during rat pregnancy is known to impact upon fetal development, growth and risk of disease in later life. It is of interest to understand how protein undernutrition influences the normal maternal adaptation to pregnancy. Here we investigated the mechanisms regulating renal haemodynamics and plasma volume during pregnancy, in the context of both normal and reduced plasma volume expansion. The study focused on expression of renal angiotensin receptors (ATR) and vasopressin-related aquaporins (AQP), hypothesising that an alteration in the balance of these proteins would be associated with pregnancy per se and with compromised plasma volume expansion in rats fed a low-protein diet. METHODS Female Wistar rats were mated and fed a control (18% casein) or low-protein (9% casein) diet during pregnancy. Animals were anaesthetised on days 5, 10, 15 and 20 of gestation (n = 8/group/time-point) for determination of plasma volume using Evans Blue dye, prior to euthanasia and collection of tissues. Expression of the ATR subtypes and AQP2, 3 and 4 were assessed in maternal kidneys by PCR and western blotting. 24 non-pregnant Wistar rats underwent the same procedure at defined points of the oestrous cycle. RESULTS As expected, pregnancy was associated with an increase in blood volume and haemodilution impacted upon red blood cell counts and haemoglobin concentrations. Expression of angiotensin II receptors and aquaporins 2, 3 and 4 was stable across all stages of the oestrus cycle. Interesting patterns of intra-renal protein expression were observed in response to pregnancy, including a significant down-regulation of AQP2. In contrast to previous literature and despite an apparent delay in blood volume expansion in low-protein fed rats, blood volume did not differ significantly between groups of pregnant animals. However, a significant down-regulation of AT2R protein expression was observed in low-protein fed animals alongside a decrease in creatinine clearance. CONCLUSION Regulatory systems involved in the pregnancy-induced plasma volume expansion are susceptible to the effects of maternal protein restriction.
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- Ruth Cornock
- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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There are several mysteries about the normal physiology of pregnancy (1). Renal sodium and water reabsorption occurs despite an increase in total blood volume. Moreover, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is also stimulated in normal pregnancy, even though an increase in total blood volume normally suppresses the RAAS and increases sodium excretion in the nonpregnant state. Water retention also occurs and leads to hypoosmolality in normal pregnancy, even though total blood volume is expanded. On rare occasions, an extreme polyuria occurs in pregnancy that is unresponsive to arginine vasopressin (AVP). The receptors whereby AVP and oxytocin stimulate the principal cell of the collecting duct, vascular smooth muscle, glomerular mesangial and endometrial cells are in need of clarification. The present study proposes potential mechanisms relating to systemic arterial vasodilation to explain some of the apparent dilemmas of pregnancy.
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- R W Schrier
- University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Schrier RW. Systemic arterial vasodilation, vasopressin, and vasopressinase in pregnancy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 21:570-2. [PMID: 19959721 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009060653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Systemic arterial vasodilation in early pregnancy is accompanied by a compensatory rise in cardiac output and a decline in BP. This relative arterial underfilling in early pregnancy is coupled to stimulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and hypotonicity. Arterial underfilling induces the nonosmotic stimulation of arginine vasopressin and upregulation of aquaporin 2 followed by trafficking of this water channel to the apical membrane of principal cells along the collecting ducts. In middle and late pregnancy, there also is a four-fold increase in vasopressinase, a cystine aminopeptidase produced by placental trophoblasts, which enhances the metabolic clearance of vasopressin. In the setting of preeclampsia, twins or triplets, or subclinical central diabetes insipidus, a transient diabetes insipidus may ensue from this vasopressinase-mediated degradation of N-terminal amino acids from the vasopressin molecule. Because desmopressin is already deaminated at the N-terminal, it is resistant to the effect of vasopressinase and therefore is the treatment of choice for transient diabetes insipidus of pregnancy.
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- Robert W Schrier
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Petzold A, Plant GT. Central and Paracentral Visual Field Defects and Driving Abilities. Ophthalmologica 2008; 219:191-201. [PMID: 16088237 DOI: 10.1159/000085727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/19/2004] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effect of central and paracentral visual field defects on driving abilities has until now received little attention. To date studies and surveys have concentrated on visual acuity and peripheral field loss. Here we summarise for the first time those diseases causing central visual field defects likely to be associated with binocular visual acuity adequate for driving.
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- A Petzold
- Department of Neuroimmunology, Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
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Schrier RW. Molecular mechanisms of clinical concentrating and diluting disorders. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2008; 170:539-50. [PMID: 18655907 PMCID: PMC4319677 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)00441-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Impaired urinary dilution leading to water retention and hyponatremia may occur in patients with cardiac failure, cirrhosis, pregnancy, hypothyroidism, glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid deficiency. The mechanisms for these defects predominantly involve the non-osmotic stimulation of arginine vasopressin release with upregulation 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 counter-current concentration secondary to downregulation of Na-K-2Cl co-transporter. Vasopressin-resistant downregulation of aquaporin 2 expression has also been described as a factor in impaired urinary concentration.
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BACKGROUND Establishing a causal relationship between optic neuritis and Lyme disease (LD) has been hampered by technical limitations in serologic diagnosis of LD. Even so, there is a general impression that optic neuritis is a common manifestation of LD. METHODS Retrospective case analysis of Lyme serology in 440 patients with optic neuritis examined between 1993 and 2003 in a single neuro-ophthalmic practice at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County, New York, a region hyper-endemic for LD. RESULTS Lyme enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was positive in 28 (6.4%) patients with optic neuritis, three of whom had syphilis with cross-reactive antibodies. Among the remaining 25 ELISA-positive patients, optic neuritis could be confidently attributed to LD in only one case, a patient with papillitis. The other 24 cases had reactive Lyme serologies related to a history of LD years earlier, asymptomatic exposure, false-positive results, or non-specific humoral expansion. The ELISA in these 24 cases were weakly positive and the Western blots were negative by Centers for Disease Control criteria. There were no significant clinical differences between the 25 seropositive optic neuritis cases and 50 seronegative optic neuritis cases. CONCLUSIONS Based on these cases and a review of the literature, there is insufficient evidence for a causal link between LD and retrobulbar optic neuritis or neuroretinitis. There is sufficient evidence to establish a causal link between LD and papillitis and posterior uveitis.
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- Patrick Sibony
- Department of Ophthalmology and Neurology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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Schrier RW. Body water homeostasis: clinical disorders of urinary dilution and concentration. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006; 17:1820-32. [PMID: 16738014 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2006030240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Robert W Schrier
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Following the discovery of the aquaporin-1 water channel over a decade ago, molecular techniques have been developed to examine the role of renal aquaporin water channels under numerous physiological and pathological conditions. The present article reviews current knowledge regarding the function and dysfunction of renal aquaporins in disorders of water metabolism.
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- Yung-Chang Chen
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Joo KW, Jeon US, Kim GH, Park J, Oh YK, Kim YS, Ahn C, Kim S, Kim SY, Lee JS, Han JS. Antidiuretic action of oxytocin is associated with increased urinary excretion of aquaporin-2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004; 19:2480-6. [PMID: 15280526 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The antidiuretic effect of oxytocin in humans is controversial. Urinary excretion of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) can be used as an index of the action of vasopressin on the kidney. We investigated whether exogenous oxytocin affects urinary concentration and urinary AQP2 excretion in human beings. METHODS Oxytocin was administered intravenously at a rate of 20 mU/min in 10 healthy volunteers, seven patients with central diabetes insipidus (CDI) and three patients with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI). On the next day, 2 micro g of 1-desamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP) was injected subcutaneously. Two-hour urine was collected before and after the administration of oxytocin and dDAVP, and urinary AQP2 was measured semi-quantitatively by western analysis. RESULTS Urine volume and free water clearance were decreased, and urine osmolality was increased by the administration of oxytocin or dDAVP in the normal volunteers and CDI patients. Urinary AQP2 excretion was increased by oxytocin infusion in the normal volunteers (from 34+/-12 to 326+/-120 densitometry unit (DU)/2 h) and in the CDI group (from 8+/-2 to 227+/-92 DU/2 h) (P<0.05), but not in the NDI group. dDAVP also had a similar but more potent effect on the urinary excretion of AQP2 in the normal and CDI groups. CONCLUSIONS Oxytocin has an antidiuretic effect and increases the urinary excretion of AQP2 in humans whose urinary concentration mechanism is preserved. These results suggest that AQP2 might have a regulatory role in the antidiuretic action of oxytocin in humans.
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- Kwon Wook Joo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Clinical Research Institute of Seoul National University Hospital, 28, Yongun-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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Schrier RW, Chen YC, Cadnapaphornchai MA. From finch to fish to man: Role of aquaporins in body fluid and brain water regulation. Neuroscience 2004; 129:897-904. [PMID: 15561406 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Charles Darwin, in his Origin of the Species, noted that different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands had adapted their beak size based on where they sought their food. Homer Smith, in his book From Fish to Philosopher, discussed the evolution of the nephron from a single conduit in salt water vertebrates, to nephrons with large glomerular capillaries and proximal and distal tubules in fresh water vertebrates, to smaller glomerular capillaries in amphibians, to nephrons with loops of Henle to allow for urinary concentration and dilution in mammals. The kidney with its million nephrons has emerged as the vital organ for regulating body fluid composition and volume. With the recent discovery of aquaporin water channels, our understanding of volume regulation has been greatly enhanced. This article reviews current knowledge regarding: 1) the unifying hypothesis of body fluid volume regulation; 2) brain aquaporins and their role in pathophysiologic states; and 3) function and regulation of renal aquaporins in the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH).
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- R W Schrier
- Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Box B173, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Buemi M, Floccari F, Di Pasquale G, Cutroneo G, Sturiale A, Aloisi C, Ruello A, Romeo A, Favaloro A, Corica F, Frisina N, Anastasi G. AQP1 in red blood cells of uremic patients during hemodialytic treatment. Nephron Clin Pract 2002; 92:846-52. [PMID: 12399631 DOI: 10.1159/000065436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hemodialysis influences the transport of water through the erythrocytic membrane, and induces morphologic and functional modifications. Recently water channels, called aquaporins (AQP), have been identified on the membrane of red blood cells. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to evaluate any relationships between volumetric changes in erythrocytes (MCV), plasma osmolarity and membrane expression of AQP1 in 22 uremic patients during a hemodialysis session, and compare value with those in a control group of 22 healthy volunteers. Membranal AQP1 expression was evaluated using three methods: indirect immunofluorescence under confocal microscopy, immunoenzymatic method after membrane extraction, and immunoblotting. In uremic subjects, at baseline membrane AQP1 expression was significantly lower, whereas plasma osmolality was higher than in controls. At 1 and 2 h of replacement therapy, a progressive increase was observed in erythrocytic AQP1, values similar to those in controls being attained after 3.5 h. During the session osmolality values reduced progressively, becoming significantly lower than basal values. The mean erythrocytic corpuscular volume in patients with ESRD was significantly lower than in cntrols at baseline. This value increased during hemodialysis, attaining statistical significance with respect to the basal value at 3.5 h of dialysis. Close correlations were found between plasma osmolality and AQP1 values (r = -0.930; p < 0.05), and also between MCV and plasma osmolality trend (r = -0.909; p < 0.05). There was a linear correlation (r = 0.63, p < 0.05) between plasma AVP concentrations and plasma osmolality. The variations found in plasma osmolarity during hemodialysis, may induce AQP1 expression on the membrane of intact red blood cells.
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- M Buemi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Messina, Italy. /
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