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Hao S, DelliPizzi A, Lasaracina AP, Ferreri NR. TNF inhibits AQP2 expression via a miR137-dependent pathway. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2024; 326:F152-F164. [PMID: 37969102 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00210.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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As miR-137 is a regulator of aquaporin (AQP)2 expression and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibits the expression of several extrarenal AQPs, we tested the hypothesis that TNF inhibits AQP2 in the kidney via a miR-137-dependent mechanism. AQP2 mRNA and protein expression decreased ∼70% and 53%, respectively, in primary renal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells transfected with a miRNA mimic of mmu-miR-137, suggesting that miR-137 directly targets AQP2 mRNA in these cells. Exposure of IMCD cells for 2 h to 400 mosmol/kgH2O medium increased mmu-miR-137 mRNA expression about twofold, conditions that also increased TNF production approximately fourfold. To determine if the increase in mmu-miR-137 mRNA expression was related to the concomitant increase in TNF, IMCD cells were transfected with a lentivirus construct to silence TNF. This construct decreased mmu-miR-137 mRNA expression by ∼63%, suggesting that TNF upregulates the expression of miR-137. Levels of miR-137 also increased approximately twofold in IMCD tubules isolated from male mice given 1% NaCl in the drinking water for 3 days. Intrarenal lentivirus silencing of TNF increased AQP2 mRNA levels and protein expression concomitant with a decrease in miR-137 levels in tubules isolated from mice given NaCl. The changes in AQP2 expression levels affected the diluting ability of the kidney, which was assessed by measuring urine osmolality and urine volume, as the decrease in these parameters after renal silencing of TNF was prevented on intrarenal administration of miR-137. The study reveals a novel TNF function via a miR-137-dependent mechanism that regulates AQP2 expression and function.NEW & NOTEWORTHY An emerging intratubular tumor necrosis factor system, functioning during normotensive noninflammatory conditions, acts as a breaking mechanism that attenuates both the increases in Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter and aquaporin-2 induced by arginine vasopressin, thereby contributing to the regulation of electrolyte balance and blood pressure. A greater appreciation for the role of cytokines as mediators of immunophysiological responses may help reveal the relationship between the immune system and other physiological systems.
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- Shoujin Hao
- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- Department of Biology, Dominican University New York, Orangeburg, New York, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States
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Michałek K, Oberska P, Murawski M, Schwarz T, Tomaszewska E, Muszyński S, Świątkiewicz M, Korytkowski Ł, Bonior J, Zelent M, Ayomide DSA, Grabowska M. Kidney morphology and renal expression of aquaporins 2, 3 and 4 during cerulein - Induced chronic pancreatitis in pigs. Adv Med Sci 2023; 68:306-313. [PMID: 37708639 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2023.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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PURPOSE Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is associated with serious complications and reduced quality of life. Kidney failure is a frequent complication of acute pancreatitis (AP), however limited information is available regarding the impact of CP on this condition. In the kidney, 9 aquaporins (AQPs) are expressed to maintain body water homeostasis and concentrate urine. The purpose of this study was to morphologically assess and analyze the location and expression of AQP2, AQP3 and AQP4 and determine whether CP affects renal structure and expression of AQPs in collecting duct (CD) principal cells. MATERIALS/METHODS CP was induced in domestic pigs through intramuscular injections of cerulein (1 μg/kg bw/day for 6 days; n = 5); pigs without CP (n = 5) were used as a control group. Kidney samples were collected 6 weeks after the last injection and subjected to histological examination. Expression of AQPs was determined by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. RESULTS The kidneys of animals with CP exhibited moderate changes, including glomerular enlargement, increased collagen percentage, numerous stromal erythrorrhages and inflammatory infiltrations compared to control group. Although the total abundance of AQP2 in the CD decreased in pigs after cerulein administration, the difference was not statistically significant. Expression of AQP3 and AQP4 was limited to the basolateral membrane of the CD cells. AQP4 abundance remained relatively stable in both groups, while AQP3 expression increased nearly three-fold in pigs with CP. CONCLUSION This study identified morphological alterations and a statistically significant increase in the expression of renal AQP3 when pigs developed CP.
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- Katarzyna Michałek
- Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, Biotechnology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Ethology, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Environmental Biology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science Balice, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, Balice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Jang HJ, Park HJ, Choi HS, Jung HJ, Kwon TH. Genome-Engineered mpkCCDc14 Cells as a New Resource for Studying AQP2. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24. [PMID: 36675199 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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mpkCCDc14 cells, a polarized epithelial cell line derived from mouse kidney cortical collecting ducts, are known to express the vasopressin V2 receptor (V2R) and aquaporin-2 (AQP2) that are responsive to vasopressin. However, a low abundance of the endogenous AQP2 protein in the absence of vasopressin and heterogeneity of AQP2 protein abundance among the cultured cells may limit the further application of the cell line in AQP2 studies. To overcome the limitation, we aimed to establish mpkCCDc14 cells constitutively expressing V2R and AQP2 via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering technology (i.e., V2R-AQP2 cells). 3'- and 5'-Junction PCR revealed that the V2R-AQP2 expression cassette with a long insert size (~2.2 kb) was correctly integrated. Immunoblotting revealed the expression of products of integrated Aqp2 genes. Cell proliferation rate and dDAVP-induced cAMP production were not affected by the knock-in of Avpr2 and Aqp2 genes. The AQP2 protein abundance was significantly higher in V2R-AQP2 cells compared with control mpkCCDc14 cells in the absence of dDAVP and the integrated AQP2 was detected. Immunocytochemistry demonstrated that V2R-AQP2 cells exhibited more homogenous and prominent AQP2 labeling intensity in the absence of dDAVP stimulation. Moreover, prominent AQP2 immunolabeling (both AQP2 and pS256-AQP2) in the apical domain of the genome-edited cells was observed in response to dDAVP stimulation, similar to that in the unedited control mpkCCDc14 cells. Taken together, mpkCCDc14 cells constitutively expressing V2R and AQP2 via genome engineering could be exploited for AQP2 studies.
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Cheng Q, Liu X, Cai A, Zhou D, Huang Y, Feng Y. Serum sodium level is inversely associated with new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients. J Diabetes 2022; 14:831-839. [PMID: 36470584 PMCID: PMC9789394 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.13338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Serum sodium level is associated with cardiovascular and endocrine health. Though decreased serum sodium is considered to be associated with reduced hypertension risk, some studies also found that it may increase the risk of diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the association of serum sodium with new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients. METHODS Based on the annual health examinations from 2011 to 2016 in Dongguan City, Guangdong, China, hypertensive patients without diabetes at baseline were selected. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline were used to evaluate the association between serum sodium level and new-onset diabetes. Subgroup analysis was also conducted. RESULTS A total of 4438 hypertensive patients with a mean age of 58.65 years were included, of whom 48.9% were male. During a median follow-up of 35.1 months, 617 (13.9%) of the subjects developed new-onset diabetes. Per 1-SD (3.39 mmol/L) increment of serum sodium was associated with a 14% lower risk of new-onset diabetes (odds ratio = 0.86; 95% CI: 0.78, 0.97; p = 0.01). The lowest quartile of serum sodium was associated with the lowest diabetes risk. The restricted cubic spline showed a linear inverse relationship (nonlinear p = 0.72). Across all the subgroups, the inverse association was consistent (p for interaction >0.05). CONCLUSION An inverse association of serum sodium with new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients was observed.
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- Qi Cheng
- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of CardiologyGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular DiseaseGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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Koumpis E, Florentin M, Hatzimichael E, Liamis G. Hyponatremia in Patients with Hematologic Diseases. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E3721. [PMID: 33228240 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder in clinical practice and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It is frequently encountered in hematologic patients with either benign or malignant diseases. Several underlying mechanisms, such as hypovolemia, infections, toxins, renal, endocrine, cardiac, and liver disorders, as well as the use of certain drugs appear to be involved in the development or the persistence of hyponatremia. This review describes the pathophysiology of hyponatremia and discusses thoroughly the contributing factors and mechanisms that may be encountered specifically in patients with hematologic disorders. The involvement of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion and renal salt wasting syndrome (RSWS) in the development of hyponatremia in such patients, as well as their differential diagnosis and management, are also presented. Furthermore, the distinction between true hyponatremia and pseudohyponatremia is explained. Finally, a practical algorithm for the evaluation of hyponatremia in hematologic patients, as well as the principles of hyponatremia management, are included in this review.
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Alem MM. Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Is Hyponatremia a Useful Clinical Biomarker? Int J Gen Med 2020; 13:407-417. [PMID: 32765046 PMCID: PMC7381090 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s260256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a global health burden. Despite advances in treatment, there remain well-recognised morbidity and mortality. Risk stratification requires the identification and validation of biomarkers, old and new. Hyponatremia has re-emerged as a prognostic marker in CHF patients. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study on 241 CHF patients recruited from King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia (January 2005–December 2016). Their serum sodium and biochemical parameters were measured at baseline, along with 2-D echocardiographic assessments of left ventricular mass and ejection fraction. The primary endpoint was the association between hyponatremia and all-cause mortality (ACM) after a follow-up period of 24 months. Results Mean age of patients was 60.61 ± 12.63 (SD) years; 65.1% were males, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) was present in 71%. Baseline serum sodium was 138.00 (136, 140) (median and interquartile range). Hyponatremia (<135 meq/L) was present in 14.1%. After follow-up, 46 deaths had occurred. Multivariate Cox-proportional hazard model showed that type 2 DM, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class (III–IV vs I–II), age, and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) were significant and independent predictors of ACM, with HR 3.03 (95% CI; 1.13, 8.16) (P=0.028), HR 2.31 (95% CI; 1.11, 4.82) (P=0.026), HR 1.06 (95% CI; 1.03, 1.09) (P<0.001), and HR 1.01 (95% CI; 1.00, 1.02) (P=0.039), respectively. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was not a significant predictor. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used for the analysis of NYHA class and hyponatremia interactions and showed that hyponatremia had an association with poorer survival in patients with NYHA class III–IV rather than I–II (Log-rank test, P= 0.0009). Conclusion Hyponatremia was a feature in CHF patients, and ACM was predicted by type 2 DM, NYHA class, age, and LVMI. Hyponatremia impact on survival was in patients with more advanced disease.
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- Manal M Alem
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Falhammar H, Skov J, Calissendorff J, Lindh JD, Mannheimer B. Inverse association between glucose-lowering medications and severe hyponatremia: a Swedish population-based case-control study. Endocrine 2020; 67:579-586. [PMID: 31875925 PMCID: PMC7054247 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-019-02160-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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CONTEXT Glucose-lowering medications have occasionally been reported to cause hyponatremia, but the evidence is scarce. OBJECTIVES To explore the association between glucose-lowering medications and severe hyponatremia. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Subjects hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of hyponatremia (n = 14,359) were compared with matched controls (n = 57,383). Data were derived by linkage of national population-based registers. Multivariable logistic regression adjusting for co-medication, diseases, previous hospitalizations, and socioeconomic factors was used to explore the association between hospitalization for hyponatremia and the use of different glucose-lowering medications. Furthermore, newly initiated (≤90 days) and ongoing use was investigated separately. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Hospitalization due to hyponatremia. RESULTS The unadjusted ORs (95% CI) for hospitalization due to hyponatremia were 1.41 (1.29-1.54) for insulins, 1.38 (1.27-1.50) for metformin, and 1.22 (1.07-1.38) for sulfonylureas. However, after adjustment for confounding factors the association was consistently reversed. Thus, for any glucose-lowering medication the adjusted OR was 0.63 (0.58-0.68). For insulins, metformin and sulfonylureas, adjusted ORs (95% CI) were 0.58 (0.52-0.65), 0.81 (0.72-0.90) and 0.81 (0.69-0.94), respectively. Odds ratios for newly initated medications were overall higher while those for ongoing treatment were further decreased. Thus, adjusted ORs (95% CI) for ongoing treatment with insulins, metformin, and sulfonylureas were 0.54 (0.48-0.61), 0.82 (0.73-0.91) and 0.78 (0.66-0.92). CONCLUSIONS Glucose-lowering medications did not increase the risk for hospitalization due to severe hyponatremia. In fact, the association was inverse across all investigated drugs. The association may be mediated by pharmacologic mechanisms, but the uniform effects across drug-classes suggest properties of the diabetic disease are of importance.
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- Henrik Falhammar
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset AB, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Muscogiuri G, Barrea L, Annunziata G, Vecchiarini M, Orio F, Di Somma C, Colao A, Savastano S. Water intake keeps type 2 diabetes away? Focus on copeptin. Endocrine 2018; 62:292-298. [PMID: 30027433 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-018-1680-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In both diabetic subjects and animal models high levels of vasopressin (AVP) have beendetected. The relationship between AVP and glucose metabolism is mediated through several direct andindirect effects and most of them are still unknown. METHODS We have reviewed 100 manuscripts retrieved from Cochrane Library, Embase and Pubmeddatabases in order to highlight a possible relationship between copeptin and type 2 diabetes and to provideinsights on the molecular mechanism that could explain this association. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS AVP potentiates CRH action at pituitary level resulting in an increased ACTH secretion and in turn in an increased cortisol secretion that escapes the negative feedback loop. Further, AVP regulates insulin and glucagon secretion through V1b receptor and promotes hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis through V1a receptor. In addition to worsen glucose metabolism, AVP has been reported to have a role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications such as cardiovascular diseases, kidney and ocular complications. Due to the very low concentration of AVP in the blood, the small size and poor stability, the assay of AVP is very difficult to perform. Thus, copeptin, the stable C-terminal portion of the prepro-vasopressin peptide has been identified as an easier assay to be measured and that mirrors AVP activity. Although there are promising evidence that copeptin could be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, further studies need to demonstrate the importance of copeptin as clinical marker to predict glucose metabolism derangements.
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- Giovanna Muscogiuri
- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università Partenope di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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Ando F, Uchida S. Activation of AQP2 water channels without vasopressin: therapeutic strategies for congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Clin Exp Nephrol 2018; 22:501-507. [PMID: 29478202 PMCID: PMC5956045 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-018-1544-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is characterized by defective urine concentrating ability. Symptomatic polyuria is present from birth, even with normal release of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin by the pituitary. Over the last two decades, the aquaporin-2 (AQP2) gene has been cloned and the molecular mechanisms of urine concentration have been gradually elucidated. Vasopressin binds to the vasopressin type II receptor (V2R) in the renal collecting ducts and then activates AQP2 phosphorylation and trafficking to increase water reabsorption from urine. Most cases of congenital NDI are caused by loss-of-function mutations to V2R, resulting in unresponsiveness to vasopressin. In this article, we provide an overview of novel therapeutic molecules of congenital NDI that can activate AQP2 by bypassing defective V2R signaling with a particular focus on the activators of the calcium and cAMP signaling pathways.
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- Fumiaki Ando
- Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
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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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Filippatos T, Tzavella E, Rizos C, Elisaf M, Liamis G. Acid-base and electrolyte disorders associated with the use of antidiabetic drugs. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2017; 16:1121-1132. [DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2017.1361400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Theodosios Filippatos
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Kuo SCH, Kuo PJ, Rau CS, Wu SC, Hsu SY, Hsieh CH. Hyponatremia Is Associated with Worse Outcomes from Fall Injuries in the Elderly. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017; 14:E460. [PMID: 28445418 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14050460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background: Hyponatremia has been proposed as a contributor to falls in the elderly, which have become a major global issue with the aging of the population. This study aimed to assess the clinical presentation and outcomes of elderly patients with hyponatremia admitted due to fall injuries in a Level I trauma center. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data obtained from the Trauma Registry System for trauma admissions from January 2009 through December 2014. Hyponatremia was defined as a serum sodium level <135 mEq/L, and only patients who had sustained a fall at ground level (<1 m) were included. We used Chi-square tests, Student t-tests, and Mann-Whitney U tests to compare elderly patients (age ≥65 years) with hyponatremia (n = 492) to those without (n = 2002), and to adult patients (age 20–64 years) with hyponatremia (n = 125). Results: Significantly more elderly patients with hyponatremia presented to the emergency department (ED) due to falls compared to elderly patients without hyponatremia (73.7% vs. 52.6%; OR: 2.5, 95% CI: 2.10–3.02; p < 0.001). Elderly patients with hyponatremia presented with a worse outcome, measured by significantly higher odds of intubation (OR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.15–4.83; p = 0.025), a longer in-hospital length of stay (LOS) (11 days vs. 9 days; p < 0.001), higher proportion of intensive care unit (ICU) admission (20.9% vs. 16.2%; OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.07–1.76; p = 0.013), and higher mortality (OR: 2.5, 95% CI: 1.53–3.96; p < 0.001), regardless of adjustment by Injury Severity Scores (ISS) (AOR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.42–4.21; p = 0.001). Conclusions: Our results show that hyponatremia is associated with worse outcome from fall-related injuries in the elderly, with an increased ISS, longer LOS, and a higher risk of death.
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Zhang XY, Wang B, Guan YF. Nuclear Receptor Regulation of Aquaporin-2 in the Kidney. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:E1105. [PMID: 27409611 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is a vasopressin-regulated water channel responsible for regulating water reabsorption through the apical plasma membrane of the principal cells of renal collecting ducts. It has been found that dysregulation and dysfunction of AQP2 cause many disorders related to water balance in people and animals, including polyuria and dilutional hyponatremia. Classically, AQP2 mRNA and protein expression and its membrane translocation are regulated by systemic vasopressin involving short-term regulation of AQP2 trafficking to and from the apical plasma membrane and long-term regulation of the total amount of the AQP2 protein in the cell. Recently, increasing evidence has demonstrated that collecting duct AQP2 expression and membrane translocation are also under the control of many other local factors, especially nuclear receptors. Here, we briefly review the progress of studies in this area and discuss the role of nuclear receptors in the regulation of water reabsorption via affecting AQP2 expression and function.
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Zheng P, Lin Y, Wang F, Luo R, Zhang T, Hu S, Feng P, Liang X, Li C, Wang W. 4-PBA improves lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus by attenuating ER stress. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 311:F763-F776. [PMID: 27385737 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00225.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in some types of glomerular and tubular disorders. The objectives of this study were to elucidate the role of ER stress in lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) and to investigate whether attenuation of ER stress by 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) improves urinary concentrating defect in lithium-treated rats. Wistar rats received lithium (40 mmol/kg food), 4-PBA (320 mg/kg body wt by gavage every day), or no treatment (control) for 2 wk, and they were dehydrated for 24 h before euthanasia. Lithium treatment resulted in increased urine output and decreased urinary osmolality, which was significantly improved by 4-PBA. 4-PBA also prevented reduced protein expression of aquaporin-2 (AQP2), pS256-AQP2, and pS261-AQP2 in the inner medulla of kidneys from lithium-treated rats after 24-h dehydration. Lithium treatment resulted in increased expression of ER stress markers in the inner medulla, which was associated with dilated cisternae and expansion of ER in the inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) principal cells. Confocal immunofluorescence studies showed colocalization of a molecular chaperone, binding IgG protein (BiP), with AQP2 in principal cells. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated increased intracellular expression of BiP and decreased AQP2 expression in IMCD principal cells of kidneys from lithium-treated rats. 4-PBA attenuated expression of ER stress markers and recovered ER morphology. In IMCD suspensions isolated from lithium-treated rats, 4-PBA incubation was also associated with increased AQP2 expression and ameliorated ER stress. In conclusion, in experimental lithium-induced NDI, 4-PBA improved the urinary concentrating defect and increased AQP2 expression, likely via attenuating ER stress in IMCD principal cells.
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- Peili Zheng
- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; and
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- Department of Nephrology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China;
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Bae EH, Joo SY, Ma SK, Lee J, Kim SW. Resveratrol attenuates 4-hydroxy-2-hexenal-induced oxidative stress in mouse cortical collecting duct cells. Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 2016; 20:229-36. [PMID: 27162476 PMCID: PMC4860364 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2016.20.3.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Resveratrol (RSV) may provide numerous protective eff ects against chronic inflammatory diseases. Due to local hypoxia and hypertonicity, the renal medulla is subject to extreme oxidative stress, and aldehyde products formed during lipid peroxidation, such as 4-hydroxy-2-hexenal (HHE), might be responsible for tubular injury. This study aimed at investigating the eff ects of RSV on renal and its signaling mechanisms. While HHE treatment resulted in decreased expression of Sirt1, AQP2, and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), mouse cortical collecting duct cells (M1) cells treated with HHE exhibited increased activation of p38 MAPK, extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and increased expression of NOX4, p47phox, Kelch ECH associating protein 1 (Keap1) and COX2. HHE treatment also induced NF-κB activation by promoting IκB-α degradation. Meanwhile, the observed increases in nuclear NF-κB, NOX4, p47phox, and COX2 expression were attenuated by treatment with Bay 117082, N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), or RSV. Our findings indicate that RSV inhibits the expression of inflammatory proteins and the production of reactive oxygen species in M1 cells by inhibiting NF-κB activation.
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- Eun Hui Bae
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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Vukićević T, Schulz M, Faust D, Klussmann E. The Trafficking of the Water Channel Aquaporin-2 in Renal Principal Cells-a Potential Target for Pharmacological Intervention in Cardiovascular Diseases. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:23. [PMID: 26903868 PMCID: PMC4749865 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) stimulates the redistribution of water channels, aquaporin-2 (AQP2) from intracellular vesicles into the plasma membrane of renal collecting duct principal cells. By this AVP directs 10% of the water reabsorption from the 170 L of primary urine that the human kidneys produce each day. This review discusses molecular mechanisms underlying the AVP-induced redistribution of AQP2; in particular, it provides an overview over the proteins participating in the control of its localization. Defects preventing the insertion of AQP2 into the plasma membrane cause diabetes insipidus. The disease can be acquired or inherited, and is characterized by polyuria and polydipsia. Vice versa, up-regulation of the system causing a predominant localization of AQP2 in the plasma membrane leads to excessive water retention and hyponatremia as in the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), late stage heart failure or liver cirrhosis. This article briefly summarizes the currently available pharmacotherapies for the treatment of such water balance disorders, and discusses the value of newly identified mechanisms controlling AQP2 for developing novel pharmacological strategies. Innovative concepts for the therapy of water balance disorders are required as there is a medical need due to the lack of causal treatments.
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- Tanja Vukićević
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz AssociationBerlin, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin, Germany
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Ito K, Saito Y, Ashida K, Yamaji T, Itoh H, Oda M. Increased Milk Protein Concentration in a Rehydration Drink Enhances Fluid Retention Caused by Water Reabsorption in Rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2015; 38:1169-74. [PMID: 26235579 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b15-00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A fluid-retention effect is required for beverages that are designed to prevent dehydration. That is, fluid absorbed from the intestines should not be excreted quickly; long-term retention is desirable. Here, we focused on the effect of milk protein on fluid retention, and propose a new effective oral rehydration method that can be used daily for preventing dehydration. We first evaluated the effects of different concentrations of milk protein on fluid retention by measuring the urinary volumes of rats fed fluid containing milk protein at concentrations of 1, 5, and 10%. We next compared the fluid-retention effect of milk protein-enriched drink (MPD) with those of distilled water (DW) and a sports drink (SD) by the same method. Third, to investigate the mechanism of fluid retention, we measured plasma insulin changes in rats after ingesting these three drinks. We found that the addition of milk protein at 5 or 10% reduced urinary volume in a dose-dependent manner. Ingestion of the MPD containing 4.6% milk protein resulted in lower urinary volumes than DW and SD. MPD also showed a higher water reabsorption rate in the kidneys and higher concentrations of plasma insulin than DW and SD. These results suggest that increasing milk protein concentration in a beverage enhances fluid retention, which may allow the possibility to develop rehydration beverages that are more effective than SDs. In addition, insulin-modifying renal water reabsorption may contribute to the fluid-retention effect of MPD.
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- Kentaro Ito
- Food Science Research Labs, R&D Div., Meiji Co., Ltd
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Lütken SC, Frøkiær J, Nielsen S. AVP-induced increase in AQP2 and p-AQP2 is blunted in heart failure during cardiac remodeling and is associated with decreased AT1R abundance in rat kidney. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116501. [PMID: 25658446 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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AIM The objective was to examine the renal effects of long-term increased angiotensin II and vasopressin plasma levels in early-stage heart failure (HF). We investigated the regulations of the V2 vasopressin receptor, the type 1A angiotensin II receptor, the (pro)renin receptor, and the water channels AQP2, AQP1, AQP3, and AQP4 in the inner medulla of rat kidney. METHODS HF was induced by coronary artery ligation. Sixty-eight rats were allocated to six groups: Sham (N = 11), HF (N = 11), sodium restricted sham (N = 11), sodium restricted HF (N = 11), sodium restricted sham + DDAVP (N = 12), and sodium restricted HF + DDAVP (N = 12). 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (0.5 ng h-1 for 7 days) or vehicle was administered. Pre- and post-treatment echocardiographic evaluation was performed. The rats were sacrificed at day 17 after surgery, before cardiac remodeling in rat is known to be completed. RESULTS HF rats on standard sodium diet and sodium restriction displayed biochemical markers of HF. These rats developed hyponatremia, hypo-osmolality, and decreased fractional excretion of sodium. Increase of AQP2 and p(Ser256)-AQP2 abundance in all HF groups was blunted compared with control groups even when infused with DDAVP and despite increased vasopressin V2 receptor and Gsα abundance. This was associated with decreased protein abundance of the AT1A receptor in HF groups vs. controls. CONCLUSION Early-stage HF is associated with blunted increase in AQP2 and p(Ser256)-AQP2 despite of hyponatremia, hypo-osmolality, and increased inner medullary vasopressin V2 receptor expression. Decreased type 1A angiotensin II receptor abundance likely plays a role in the transduction of these effects.
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Jung HJ, Kim SY, Choi HJ, Park EJ, Lim JS, Frøkiaer J, Nielsen S, Kwon TH. Tankyrase-mediated β-catenin activity regulates vasopressin-induced AQP2 expression in kidney collecting duct mpkCCDc14 cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014; 308:F473-86. [PMID: 25520007 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00052.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) mediates arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced water reabsorption in the kidney collecting duct. AVP regulates AQP2 expression primarily via Gsα/cAMP/PKA signaling. Tankyrase, a member of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase family, is known to mediate Wnt/β-catenin signaling-induced gene expression. We examined whether tankyrase plays a role in AVP-induced AQP2 regulation via ADP-ribosylation of G protein-α (Gα) and/or β-catenin-mediated transcription of AQP2. RT-PCR and immunoblotting analysis revealed the mRNA and protein expression of tankyrase in mouse kidney and mouse collecting duct mpkCCDc14 cells. dDAVP-induced AQP2 upregulation was attenuated in mpkCCDc14 cells under the tankyrase inhibition by XAV939 treatment or small interfering (si) RNA knockdown. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer image analysis, however, revealed that XAV939 treatment did not affect dDAVP- or forskolin-induced PKA activation. Inhibition of tankyrase decreased dDAVP-induced phosphorylation of β-catenin (S552) and nuclear translocation of phospho-β-catenin. siRNA-mediated knockdown of β-catenin decreased forskolin-induced AQP2 transcription and dDAVP-induced AQP2 expression. Moreover, inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt, which was associated with decreased nuclear translocation of β-catenin, diminished dDAVP-induced AQP2 upregulation, further indicating that β-catenin mediates AQP2 expression. Taken together, tankyrase plays a role in AVP-induced AQP2 regulation, which is likely via β-catenin-mediated transcription of AQP2, but not ADP-ribosylation of Gα. The results provide novel insights into vasopressin-mediated urine concentration and homeostasis of body water metabolism.
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- Hyun Jun Jung
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- The Water and Salt Research Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark; and
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- The Water and Salt Research Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark; and Institute of Medicine and Health Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea;
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Liamis G, Liberopoulos E, Barkas F, Elisaf M. Diabetes mellitus and electrolyte disorders. World J Clin Cases 2014; 2:488-496. [PMID: 25325058 PMCID: PMC4198400 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i10.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Diabetic patients frequently develop a constellation of electrolyte disorders. These disturbances are particularly common in decompensated diabetics, especially in the context of diabetic ketoacidosis or nonketotic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome. These patients are markedly potassium-, magnesium- and phosphate-depleted. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is linked to both hypo- and hyper-natremia reflecting the coexistence of hyperglycemia-related mechanisms, which tend to change serum sodium to opposite directions. The most important causal factor of chronic hyperkalemia in diabetic individuals is the syndrome of hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism. Impaired renal function, potassium-sparing drugs, hypertonicity and insulin deficiency are also involved in the development of hyperkalemia. This article provides an overview of the electrolyte disturbances occurring in DM and describes the underlying mechanisms. This insight should pave the way for pathophysiology-directed therapy, thus contributing to the avoidance of the several deleterious effects associated with electrolyte disorders and their treatment.
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Cano-Peñalver JL, Griera M, Serrano I, Rodríguez-Puyol D, Dedhar S, de Frutos S, Rodríguez-Puyol M. Integrin-linked kinase regulates tubular aquaporin-2 content and intracellular location: a link between the extracellular matrix and water reabsorption. FASEB J 2014; 28:3645-59. [PMID: 24784577 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-249250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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One of the clinical alterations observed in chronic renal disease (CRD) is the impaired urine concentration, known as diabetes insipidus (DI). Tubulointerstitial fibrosis of the kidney is also a pathological finding observed in CRD and involves composition of extracellular matrix (ECM). However, an association between these two events has not been elucidated. In this study, we showed that the extracellular-to-intracellular scaffold protein integrin-linked kinase (ILK) regulates expression of tubular water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) and its apical membrane presence in the renal tubule. Basally, polyuria and decreased urine osmolality were present in ILK conditional-knockdown (cKD-ILK) adult mice compared with nondepleted ILK littermates. No changes were observed in arginine-vasopressin (AVP) blood levels, renal receptor (V2R), or AQP3 expression. However, tubular AQP2 was decreased in expression and apical membrane presence in cKD-ILK mice, where the canonical V2R/cAMP axis activation is still functional, but independent of the absence of ILK. Thus, cKD-ILK constitutes a nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) model. AQP2 and ILK colocalize in cultured inner medullary collecting duct (mIMCD3) cells. Specific ILK siRNAs and collagen I (Col) decrease ILK and AQP2 levels and AQP2 presence on the membrane of tubular mIMCD3 cells, which impairs the capacity of the cells to transport water under hypotonic stress. The present work points to ILK as a therapeutic target in NDI.
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- Jose Luis Cano-Peñalver
- Department of Systems Biology, Physiology Unit, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Renal and Red de Investigación Renal (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Systems Biology, Physiology Unit, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Renal and Red de Investigación Renal (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Integrative Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Renal and Red de Investigación Renal (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Biomedical Research Foundation and Department of Nephrology, Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Integrative Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Department of Systems Biology, Physiology Unit, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Renal and Red de Investigación Renal (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Systems Biology, Physiology Unit, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Renal and Red de Investigación Renal (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Kortenoeven MLA, Fenton RA. Renal aquaporins and water balance disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:1533-49. [PMID: 24342488 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of proteins that can act as water channels. Regulation of AQPs is critical to osmoregulation and the maintenance of body water homeostasis. Eight AQPs are expressed in the kidney of which five have been shown to play a role in body water balance; AQP1, AQP2, AQP3, AQP4 and AQP7. AQP2 in particular is regulated by vasopressin. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review summarizes our current knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of various water balance disorders and their treatment strategies. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Dysfunctions of AQPs are involved in disorders associated with disturbed water homeostasis. Hyponatremia with increased AQP levels can be caused by diseases with low effective circulating blood volume, such as congestive heart failure, or osmoregulation disorders such as the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. Treatment consists of fluid restriction, demeclocycline and vasopressin type-2 receptor antagonists. Decreased AQP levels can lead to diabetes insipidus (DI), characterized by polyuria and polydipsia. In central DI, vasopressin production is impaired, while in gestational DI, levels of the vasopressin-degrading enzyme vasopressinase are abnormally increased. Treatment consists of the vasopressin analogue dDAVP. Nephrogenic DI is caused by the inability of the kidney to respond to vasopressin and can be congenital, but is most commonly acquired, usually due to lithium therapy. Treatment consists of sufficient fluid supply, low-solute diet and diuretics. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In recent years, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of water balance disorders has increased enormously, which has opened up several possible new treatment strategies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Aquaporins.
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- Marleen L A Kortenoeven
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport (InterPrET), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport (InterPrET), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Water excretion is regulated in large part through the regulation of osmotic water permeability of the renal collecting duct epithelium. Water permeability is controlled by vasopressin through regulation of the water channel, aquaporin-2 (AQP2). Two processes contribute: (1) regulation of AQP2 trafficking to the apical plasma membrane; and (2) regulation of the total amount of the AQP2 protein in the cells. Regulation of AQP2 abundance is defective in several water-balance disorders, including many polyuric disorders and the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis. Here we review vasopressin signaling in the renal collecting duct that is relevant to the two modes of water permeability regulation.
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- Justin L L Wilson
- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr., Bldg 10, Room 6N260, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1603, USA
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Liamis G, Rodenburg EM, Hofman A, Zietse R, Stricker BH, Hoorn EJ. Electrolyte disorders in community subjects: prevalence and risk factors. Am J Med 2013; 126:256-63. [PMID: 23332973 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 05/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Electrolyte disorders have been studied mainly in hospitalized patients, whereas data in the general population are limited. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of common electrolyte disorders in older subjects recruited from the general population. METHODS A total of 5179 subjects aged 55 years or more were included from the population-based Rotterdam Study. We focused on hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypokalemia, hyperkalemia, and hypomagnesemia. Multivariable logistic regression was used to study potential associations with renal function, comorbidity, and medication. The adjusted mortality also was determined for each electrolyte disorder. RESULTS A total of 776 subjects (15.0%) had at least 1 electrolyte disorder, with hyponatremia (7.7%) and hypernatremia (3.4%) being most common. Diabetes mellitus was identified as an independent risk factor for hyponatremia and hypomagnesemia, whereas hypertension was associated with hypokalemia. Diuretics were independently associated with several electrolyte disorders: thiazide diuretics (hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia), loop diuretics (hypernatremia, hypokalemia), and potassium-sparing diuretics (hyponatremia). The use of benzodiazepines also was associated with hyponatremia. Hyponatremic subjects who used both thiazides and benzodiazepines had a 3 mmol/L lower serum sodium concentration than subjects using 1 or none of these drugs (P < .001). Hyponatremia and hypomagnesemia were independently associated with an increased mortality risk. CONCLUSIONS Electrolyte disorders are common among older community subjects and mainly associated with diabetes mellitus and diuretics. Subjects who used both thiazides and benzodiazepines had a more severe degree of hyponatremia. Because even mild electrolyte disorders were associated with mortality, monitoring of electrolytes and discontinuation of offending drugs may improve outcomes.
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Kim HY, Choi HJ, Lim JS, Park EJ, Jung HJ, Lee YJ, Kim SY, Kwon TH. Emerging role of Akt substrate protein AS160 in the regulation of AQP2 translocation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301:F151-61. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00519.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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AS160, a novel Akt substrate of 160 kDa, contains a Rab GTPase-activating protein (GAP) domain. The present study examined the role of Akt and AS160 in aquaporin-2 (AQP2) trafficking. The main strategy was to examine the changes in AQP2 translocation in response to small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated AS160 knockdown in mouse cortical collecting duct cells (M-1 cells and mpkCCDc14 cells). Short-term dDAVP treatment in M-1 cells stimulated phosphorylation of Akt (S473) and AS160, which was also seen in mpkCCDc14 cells. Conversely, the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY 294002 diminished phosphorylation of Akt (S473) and AS160. Moreover, siRNA-mediated Akt1 knockdown was associated with unchanged total AS160 but decreased phospho-AS160 expression, indicating that phosphorylation of AS160 is dependent on PI3K/Akt pathways. siRNA-mediated AS160 knockdown significantly decreased total AS160 and phospho-AS160 expression. Immunocytochemistry revealed that AS160 knockdown in mpkCCDc14 cells was associated with increased AQP2 density in the plasma membrane [135 ± 3% of control mpkCCDc14 cells ( n = 65), P < 0.05, n = 64] despite the absence of dDAVP stimulation. Moreover, cell surface biotinylation assays of mpkCCDc14 cells with AS160 knockdown exhibited significantly higher AQP2 expression [150 ± 15% of control mpkCCDc14 cells ( n = 3), P < 0.05, n = 3]. Taken together, PI3K/Akt pathways mediate the dDAVP-induced AS160 phosphorylation, and AS160 knockdown is associated with higher AQP2 expression in the plasma membrane. Since AS160 contains a GAP domain leading to a decrease in the active GTP-bound form of AS160 target Rab proteins for vesicle trafficking, decreased expression of AS160 is likely to play a role in the translocation of AQP2 to the plasma membrane.
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- Hyo-Young Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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Chaube R, Chauvigné F, Tingaud-Sequeira A, Joy KP, Acharjee A, Singh V, Cerdà J. Molecular and functional characterization of catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) aquaporin-1b: changes in expression during ovarian development and hormone-induced follicular maturation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 170:162-71. [PMID: 20937280 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The oocytes of the freshwater catfish Heteropneustes fossilis hydrate during hormone-induced meiotic maturation. To investigate if this process may be mediated by aquaporins (AQPs), as it occurs in marine fish producing highly hydrated eggs, the cloning of ovarian AQPs in catfish was carried out. Using degenerate primers for conserved domains of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) family, and 5' and 3'end amplification procedures, a full-length cDNA encoding for an AQP1-like protein was isolated. The predicted protein showed the typical six transmembrane domains and two Asn-Pro-Ala (NPA) motifs conserved among the members of the AQP superfamily. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the catfish AQP clustered with the teleost-specific aquaporin-1b subfamily, and accordingly it was termed HfAqp1b. Heterologous expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes indicated that HfAqp1b encoded for a functional AQP, water permeability being enhanced by cAMP. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that cAMP induced the translocation of HfAqp1b into the oocyte plasma membrane most likely through the phosphorylation of HfAqp1b Ser(227). In adult catfish, hfaqp1b transcripts were detected exclusively in ovary and brain and showed significant seasonal variations; in the ovary, hfaqp1b was maximally expressed during the pre-spawning period, whereas in the brain the highest expression was detected during spawning. In vitro stimulation of isolated catfish ovarian follicles with vasotocin (VT) or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which induce oocyte maturation and hydration, elevated the hfaqp1b transcript levels after 6 or 16 h of incubation, respectively. These results suggest that HfAqp1b may play a role during VT- and hCG-induced oocyte hydration in catfish, and that VT may regulate HfAqp1b at the transcriptional and post-translational level in a manner similar to the vasopressin-dependent mammalian AQP2.
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- Radha Chaube
- Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Jung HJ, Kwon TH. Membrane Trafficking of Collecting Duct Water Channel Protein AQP2 Regulated by Akt/AS160. Electrolyte Blood Press 2010; 8:59-65. [PMID: 21468198 PMCID: PMC3043758 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2010.8.2.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Akt (protein kinase B (PKB)) is a serine/threonine kinase that acts in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway. The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, triggered by growth factors and hormones including vasopressin, is an important pathway that is widely involved in cellular mechanisms regulating transcription, translation, cell growth and death, cell proliferation, migration, and cell cycles. In particular, Akt and Akt substrate protein of 160 kDa (AS160) are likely to participate in the trafficking of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in the kidney collecting duct. In this study, we demonstrated that 1) small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated gene silencing of Akt1 significantly decreased Akt1 and phospho-AS160 protein expression; and 2) confocal laser scanning microscopy of AQP2 in mouse cortical collecting duct cells (M-1 cells) revealed AS160 knockdown by siRNA increased AQP2 expression in the plasma membrane compared with controls, despite the absence of dDAVP stimulation. Thus, the results suggest that PI3K/Akt pathways could play a role in AQP2 trafficking via the AS160 protein.
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- Hyun Jun Jung
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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Satake M, Ikarashi N, Ichikawa Y, Maniwa A, Toda T, Ito K, Ochiai W, Sugiyama K. The role of renal aquaporin 2 in the alleviation of dehydration associated with diabetic polyuria in KKAy mice. Life Sci 2010; 87:475-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2010] [Revised: 08/20/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hasler U, Leroy V, Martin PY, Féraille E. Aquaporin-2 abundance in the renal collecting duct: new insights from cultured cell models. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F10-8. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00053.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The renal cortico-papillary osmotic gradient is generated by sodium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb. The antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) increases collecting duct water permeability by enhancing aquaporin-2 (AQP2) water channel insertion in the apical membrane of principal cells, allowing water to passively flow along the osmotic gradient from the tubule lumen to the interstitium. In addition to short-term AQP2 redistribution between intracellular compartments and the cell surface, AQP2 whole cell abundance is tightly regulated. AVP is a major transcriptional activator of the AQP2 gene, and stimulation of insulin- and calcium-sensing receptors respectively potentiate and reduce its action. Extracellular tonicity is another key factor that determines the levels of AQP2 abundance. Its effect is dependent on activation of the tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein that reinforces AVP-induced AQP2 transcriptional activation. Conversely, activation of the NF-κB transcriptional factor by proinflammatory factors reduces AQP2 gene transcription. Aldosterone additionally regulates AQP2 whole cell abundance by simultaneously reducing AQP2 gene transcription and stimulating AQP2 mRNA translation. These examples illustrate how cross talk between various stimuli regulates AQP2 abundance in collecting duct principal cells and consequently contributes to maintenance of body water homeostasis.
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The corticomedullary osmolality gradient is the driving force for water reabsorption occurring in the kidney. In the collecting duct, this gradient allows luminal water to move across aquaporin (AQP) water channels, thereby increasing urine concentration. However, this same gradient exposes renal cells to great osmotic challenges. These cells must constantly adapt to fluctuations of environmental osmolality that challenge cell volume and incite functional change. This implies profound alterations of cell phenotype regarding water permeability. AQP2 is an essential component of the urine concentration mechanism whose controlled expression dictates apical water permeability of collecting duct principal cells. This review focuses on changes of AQP2 abundance and trafficking in hypertonicity-challenged cells. Intracellular mechanisms governing these events are discussed and the biological relevance of altered AQP2 expression by hypertonicity is outlined.
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- Udo Hasler
- Service de Néphrologie, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 Ave. de la Roseraie, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Hasler U, Leroy V, Jeon US, Bouley R, Dimitrov M, Kim JA, Brown D, Kwon HM, Martin PY, Féraille E. NF-kappaB modulates aquaporin-2 transcription in renal collecting duct principal cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:28095-105. [PMID: 18703515 PMCID: PMC2568939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708350200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Revised: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Renal tubulo-interstitial inflammation is frequently associated with polyuria and urine concentration defects. This led us to investigate the effects of the major pro-inflammatory nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) pathway on aquaporin 2 (AQP2) expression by the collecting duct. Using immortalized collecting duct principal cells (mpkCCDcl4), we found that, acting independently of vasopressin, activation of NF-kappaB by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) decreased AQP2 mRNA and protein levels in a time- and dose-dependent manner but did not decrease AQP2 mRNA stability. Consistently, constitutively active IkappaB kinase beta decreased AQP2 expression. The LPS-induced decrease in AQP2 mRNA levels was confirmed in rat kidney slices and was reproduced both under conditions of elevated cAMP concentration and V(2) receptor antagonism. Computer analysis of the AQP2 promoter revealed two putative kappaB elements. Mutation of either kappaB element abolished the LPS-induced decrease of luciferase activity in cells expressing AQP2 promoter-luciferase plasmid constructs. Chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed that LPS challenge decreased p65, increased p50 and p52, and had no effect on RelB and c-Rel binding to kappaB elements of the AQP2 promoter. RNA-mediated interference silencing of p65, p50, and p52 confirmed controlled AQP2 transcription by these NF-kappaB subunits. We additionally found that hypertonicity activated NF-kappaB in mpkCCDcl4 cells, an effect that may counteract the Tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein (TonEBP)-dependent increase in AQP2 gene transcription. Taken together, these findings indicate that NF-kappaB is an important physiological regulator of AQP2 transcription.
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- Udo Hasler
- Service de Néphrologie, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales and University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Boone M, Deen PMT. Physiology and pathophysiology of the vasopressin-regulated renal water reabsorption. Pflugers Arch 2008; 456:1005-24. [PMID: 18431594 PMCID: PMC2518081 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0498-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2008] [Accepted: 03/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To prevent dehydration, terrestrial animals and humans have developed a sensitive and versatile system to maintain their water homeostasis. In states of hypernatremia or hypovolemia, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin (AVP) is released from the pituitary and binds its type-2 receptor in renal principal cells. This triggers an intracellular cAMP signaling cascade, which phosphorylates aquaporin-2 (AQP2) and targets the channel to the apical plasma membrane. Driven by an osmotic gradient, pro-urinary water then passes the membrane through AQP2 and leaves the cell on the basolateral side via AQP3 and AQP4 water channels. When water homeostasis is restored, AVP levels decline, and AQP2 is internalized from the plasma membrane, leaving the plasma membrane watertight again. The action of AVP is counterbalanced by several hormones like prostaglandin E2, bradykinin, dopamine, endothelin-1, acetylcholine, epidermal growth factor, and purines. Moreover, AQP2 is strongly involved in the pathophysiology of disorders characterized by renal concentrating defects, as well as conditions associated with severe water retention. This review focuses on our recent increase in understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying AVP-regulated renal water transport in both health and disease.
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- Michelle Boone
- Department of Physiology (286), Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- A.R. Michell
- Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Physiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Physiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom;
- Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom;
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Bustamante M, Hasler U, Leroy V, de Seigneux S, Dimitrov M, Mordasini D, Rousselot M, Martin PY, Féraille E. Calcium-sensing receptor attenuates AVP-induced aquaporin-2 expression via a calmodulin-dependent mechanism. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 19:109-16. [PMID: 18032798 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2007010092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Recent evidence suggests that arginine vasopressin (AVP)-dependent aquaporin-2 expression is modulated by the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in principal cells of the collecting duct, but the signaling pathways mediating this effect are unknown. Using a mouse cortical collecting duct cell line (mpkCCD(cl4)), we found that increasing the concentration of apical extracellular calcium or treating with the CaSR agonists neomycin or Gd(3+) attenuated AVP-dependent accumulation of aquaporin-2 mRNA and protein; CaSR gene-silencing prevented this effect. Calcium reduced the AVP-induced accumulation of cAMP, but this did not occur by increased degradation of cAMP by phosphodiesterases or by direct inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Notably, the effect of extracellular calcium on AVP-dependent aquaporin-2 expression was prevented by inhibition of calmodulin. In summary, our results show that high concentrations of extracellular calcium attenuate AVP-induced aquaporin-2 expression by activating the CaSR and reducing coupling efficiency between V(2) receptor and adenylate cyclase via a calmodulin-dependent mechanism in cultured cortical collecting duct cells.
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- Mauro Bustamante
- Service of Nephrology, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 Ave de la Roseraie, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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Lee BH, Kwon TH. Regulation of AQP2 in Collecting Duct : An emphasis on the Effects of Angiotensin II or Aldosterone. Electrolyte Blood Press 2007; 5:15-22. [PMID: 24459495 PMCID: PMC3894501 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2007.5.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2008] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Vasopressin, angiotensin II (AngII), and aldosterone are essential hormones in the regulation of body fluid homeostatsis. We examined the effects of AngII or aldosterone on the regulation of body water balance. We demonstrated that 1) short-term treatment with AngII in the primary cultured inner medullary collecting duct cells played a role in the regulation of AQP2 targeting to the plasma membrane through AT1 receptor activation. This potentiated the effects of dDAVP on cAMP accumulation, AQP2 phosphorylation, and AQP2 plasma membrane targeting; 2) pharmacological blockade of the AngII AT1 receptor in rats co-treated with dDAVP and dietary NaCl-restriction (to induce high plasma endogenous AngII) resulted in an increase in urine production, a decrease in urine osmolality, and blunted the dDAVP-induced upregulation of AQP2; 3) long-term aldosterone infusion in normal rats or in rats with diabetes insipidus was associated with polyuria and decreased urine concentration, accompanied by decreased apical but increased basolateral AQP2 labeling intensity in the connecting tubule and cortical collecting duct; and 4) in contrast to the effects of dDAVP and AngII, short-term aldosterone treatment does not alter the intracellular distribution of AQP2. In conclusion, angiotensin II, and aldosterone could play a role in the regulation of renal water reabsorption by changing intracellular AQP2 targeting and/or AQP2 abundance, in addition to the vasopressin.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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BACKGROUND Hospital-acquired hyponatraemia is a common and potentially serious condition. Risk factors for hospital-acquired hyponatraemia have not been studied in a controlled fashion. Methods From 1501 patients in whom serum sodium (S(Na)) was determined, 50 cases with hospital-acquired hyponatraemia (in-hospital decrease in S(Na)>or= 7 mmol/l to < 136 mmol/l) were identified. They were matched by age, gender and department to 69 normonatraemic controls. RESULTS In the 50 cases, S(Na) fell from 141 +/- 2 to 130 +/- 4 mmol/l, while controls remained normonatraemic. During the development of hyponatraemia, C-reactive protein (CRP) increased in cases (median from 23 to 146 mg/l), whereas it decreased in controls (median from 31 to 24 mg/l, P = 0.008). Additional factors associated with hospital-acquired hyponatraemia included diabetes mellitus (16/50 vs. 10/69, P = 0.009) and the use of insulin (12/50 vs. 4/69, P = 0.007), antibiotics (41/50 vs. 38/69, P = 0.006) and opioids (32/50 vs. 27/69, P = 0.005). Multivariate conditional logistic regression showed that the use of insulin [odds ratio (OR) 10.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.5-72.4], antibiotics (OR 4.5, 95% CI 1.4-14.6) and opioids (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.1-7.8) was also independently associated with hospital-acquired hyponatraemia. Mortality (6/50 vs. 1/69, P = 0.04) and intensive care admission (15/50 vs. 7/69, P = 0.008) were higher in cases. CONCLUSIONS An increase in CRP and the use of insulin, antibiotics and opioids are novel risk factors for hospital-acquired hyponatraemia. These factors represent interesting new clues regarding the pathophysiology of hospital-acquired hyponatraemia, suggesting that the acute-phase response, pain and/or direct drug effects could be involved in the release of antidiuretic hormone.
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- Carolien M Beukhof
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Lee YJ, Song IK, Jang KJ, Nielsen J, Frøkiaer J, Nielsen S, Kwon TH. Increased AQP2 targeting in primary cultured IMCD cells in response to angiotensin II through AT1 receptor. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006; 292:F340-50. [PMID: 16896188 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00090.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Vasopressin and angiotensin II (ANG II) play a major role in renal water and Na(+) reabsorption. We previously demonstrated that ANG II AT(1) receptor blockade decreases dDAVP-induced water reabsorption and AQP2 levels in rats, suggesting cross talk between these two peptide hormones (Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 288: F673-F684, 2005). To directly address this issue, primary cultured inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells from male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated for 15 min with 1) vehicle, 2) ANG II, 3) ANG II + the AT(1) receptor blocker candesartan, 4) dDAVP, 5) ANG II + dDAVP, or 6) ANG II + dDAVP + candesartan. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that 10(-8) M ANG II or 10(-11) M dDAVP (protocol 1) was associated with increased AQP2 labeling of the plasma membrane and decreased cytoplasmic labeling, respectively. cAMP levels increased significantly in response to 10(-8) M ANG II and were potentiated by cotreatment with 10(-11) M dDAVP. Consistent with this finding, immunoblotting revealed that this cotreatment significantly increased expression of phosphorylated AQP2. ANG II-induced AQP2 targeting was blocked by 10(-5) M candesartan. In protocol 2, treatment with a lower concentration of dDAVP (10(-12) M) or ANG II (10(-9) M) did not change subcellular AQP2 distribution, whereas 10(-12) M dDAVP + 10(-9) M ANG II enhanced AQP2 targeting. This effect was inhibited by cotreatment with 10(-5) M candesartan. ANG II-induced cAMP accumulation and AQP2 targeting were inhibited by inhibition of PKC activity. In conclusion, ANG II plays a role in the regulation of AQP2 targeting to the plasma membrane in IMCD cells through AT(1) receptor activation and potentiates the effect of dDAVP on AQP2 plasma membrane targeting.
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- Yu-Jung Lee
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National Univ., Dongin-dong 101, Taegu 700-422, Korea
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Hasler U, Jeon US, Kim JA, Mordasini D, Kwon HM, Féraille E, Martin PY. Tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein is an essential regulator of aquaporin-2 expression in renal collecting duct principal cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006; 17:1521-31. [PMID: 16641150 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005121317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) plays a key role in protecting renal cells from hypertonic stress by stimulating transcription of specific genes. Under hypertonic conditions, TonEBP activity is enhanced via increased nuclear translocation, transactivation, and abundance. It was reported previously that hypertonicity exerted a dual, time-dependent effect on vasopressin-inducible aquaporin-2 (AQP2) expression in immortalized mouse collecting duct principal cells (mpkCCDcl4). Whereas AQP2 abundance decreased after 3 h of hyperosmotic challenge, it increased after 24 h of hypertonic challenge. This study investigated the role that TonEBP may play in these events by subjecting mpkCCDcl4 cells to 3 or 24 h of hypertonic challenge. Hypertonic challenge increased TonEBP mRNA and protein content and enhanced TonEBP activity as illustrated by both increased TonEBP-dependent luciferase activity and mRNA expression of several genes that are targeted by TonEBP. Irrespective of the absence or presence of vasopressin, decreased TonEBP activity in cells that were transfected with either TonEBP small interfering RNA or an inhibitory form of TonEBP strongly reduced AQP2 mRNA and protein content under iso-osmotic conditions and blunted the increase of AQP2 abundance that was induced after 24 h of hypertonic challenge. Conversely, decreased TonEBP activity did not significantly alter reduced expression of AQP2 mRNA that was induced by 3 h of hypertonic challenge. Mutation of a TonE enhancer element located 489 bp upstream of the AQP2 transcriptional start site abolished the hypertonicity-induced increase of luciferase activity in cells that expressed AQP2 promoter-luciferase plasmid constructs, indicating that TonEBP influences AQP2 transcriptional activity at least partially by acting directly on the AQP2 promoter. These findings demonstrate that in collecting duct principal cells, TonEBP plays a central role in regulating AQP2 expression by enhancing AQP2 gene transcription.
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- Udo Hasler
- Service de Néphrologie, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 Avenue de la Roseraie, GE 1211, Genève 4, Switzerland, and Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
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Hoffert JD, Pisitkun T, Wang G, Shen RF, Knepper MA. Quantitative phosphoproteomics of vasopressin-sensitive renal cells: regulation of aquaporin-2 phosphorylation at two sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:7159-64. [PMID: 16641100 PMCID: PMC1459033 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600895103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein phosphorylation plays a key role in vasopressin signaling in the renal-collecting duct. Large-scale identification and quantification of phosphorylation events triggered by vasopressin is desirable to gain a comprehensive systems-level understanding of this process. We carried out phosphoproteomic analysis of rat inner medullary collecting duct cells by using a combination of phosphopeptide enrichment by immobilized metal affinity chromatography and phosphorylation site identification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(n) neutral loss scanning. A total of 714 phosphorylation sites on 223 unique phosphoproteins were identified from inner medullary collecting duct samples treated short-term with either calyculin A or vasopressin. A number of proteins involved in cytoskeletal reorganization, vesicle trafficking, and transcriptional regulation were identified. Previously unidentified phosphorylation sites were found for membrane proteins essential to collecting duct physiology, including eight sites among aquaporin-2 (AQP2), aquaporin-4, and urea transporter isoforms A1 and A3. Through label-free quantification of phosphopeptides, we identified a number of proteins that significantly changed phosphorylation state in response to short-term vasopressin treatment: AQP2, Bclaf1, LRRC47, Rgl3, and SAFB2. In the presence of vasopressin, AQP2 monophosphorylated at S256 and diphosphorylated AQP2 (pS256/261) increased in abundance, whereas AQP2 monophosphorylated at S261 decreased, raising the possibility that both sites are involved in vasopressin-dependent AQP2 trafficking. This study reveals the practicality of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(n) neutral loss scanning for large-scale identification and quantification of protein phosphorylation in the analysis of cell signaling in a native mammalian system.
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 6N260, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1603, Bethesda, MD 20892-1603.
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Hasler U, Nielsen S, Féraille E, Martin PY. Posttranscriptional control of aquaporin-2 abundance by vasopressin in renal collecting duct principal cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 290:F177-87. [PMID: 15985652 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00056.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Prevailing expression levels of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) mRNA play a major role in regulating AQP2 protein abundance. Here, we investigated whether AQP2 protein abundance is regulated at a posttranscriptional level as well. The expression levels of both AQP2 mRNA and protein increase in response to arginine vasopressin (AVP) in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in cultured immortalized mouse collecting duct principal cells (mpkCCD(cl4) cells). AVP washout from the medium of AVP-pretreated cells revealed that AQP2 mRNA expression progressively decreased over time, whereas AQP2 protein abundance first increased immediately after AVP washout and then gradually decreased over time. Inversely, increasing AVP concentration led to a time-dependent increase of AQP2 mRNA, whereas AQP2 protein abundance first decreased immediately after AVP supplementation and then gradually increased over time. These transient effects arose from altered V2-receptor activity because they could be abolished by SR-121463B, a specific V2-receptor antagonist. Although cycloheximide administration had no effect on transient alterations of AQP2 protein content, these effects were attenuated by administration of chloroquine, a lysosomal inhibitor, or lactacystin, a proteasomal inhibitor. Short-term inhibition of PKA activity significantly increased AQP2 protein abundance and blunted the transient alterations of AQP2 protein content induced by AVP washout and supplementation. In addition, phosphorylated AQP2 abundance increased immediately after AVP supplementation. These results indicate that in response to AVP AQP2 protein abundance in collecting duct principal cells is principally influenced by AQP2 mRNA content but is additionally regulated by PKA-dependent negative feedback acting on AQP2 protein degradation.
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- Udo Hasler
- Service de Néphrologie, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 Ave. de la Roseraie, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland
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Hasler U, Vinciguerra M, Vandewalle A, Martin PY, Féraille E. Dual effects of hypertonicity on aquaporin-2 expression in cultured renal collecting duct principal cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:1571-82. [PMID: 15843469 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2004110930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The driving force for renal water reabsorption is provided by the osmolarity gradient between the interstitium and the tubular lumen, which is subject to rapid physiologic variations as a consequence of water intake fluctuations. The effect of increased extracellular tonicity/osmolarity on vasopressin-inducible aquaporin-2 (AQP2) expression in immortalized mouse collecting duct principal cells (mpkCCD(cl4)) is investigated in this report. Increasing the osmolarity of the medium either by the addition of NaCl, sucrose, or urea first decreased AQP2 expression after 3 h. AQP2 expression then increased in cells exposed to NaCl- or sucrose-supplemented hypertonic medium after longer periods of time (24 h), while urea-supplemented hyperosmotic medium had no effect. Altered AQP2 expression induced by both short-term (3 h) and long-term (24 h) exposure of cells to hypertonicity arose from changes in AQP2 gene transcription because hypertonicity did not modify AQP2 mRNA stability nor AQP2 protein turnover. On the long-term, vasopressin (AVP) and hypertonicity increased AQP2 expression in a synergistic manner. Hypertonicity altered neither the dose-responsiveness of AVP-induced AQP2 expression nor cAMP-protein kinase (PKA) activity, while PKA inhibition did not reduce the extent of the hypertonicity-induced increase of AQP2 expression. These results indicate that in collecting duct principal cells: (1) a short-term increase of extracellular osmolarity decreases AQP2 expression through inhibition of AQP2 gene transcription; (2) a long-term increase of extracellular tonicity, but not osmolarity, enhances AQP2 expression via stimulation of AQP2 gene transcription; and (3) long-term hypertonicity and PKA increases AQP2 expression through synergistic but independent mechanisms.
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- Udo Hasler
- Division de Nephrologye, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 Avenue de la Roseraie, Genève 4, Switzerland, CH-1211
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