Aquaporin 2 is a vasopressin-independent, constitutive apical membrane protein in rat vas deferens

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology - Tập 278 Số 4 - Trang C791-C802 - 2000
Anna L. Stevens1, Sylvie Breton2,1, Corinne E. Gustafson1, Richard Bouley1, Raoul D. Nelson3, Donald E. Kohan3, Dennis Brown4,1
1Program in Membrane Biology & Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Departments of
2Medicine, and
3Division of Nephrology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
4Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; and

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Aquaporin 2 (AQP2), the vasopressin-regulated water channel, was originally identified in renal collecting duct principal cells. However, our recent description of AQP2 in the vas deferens indicated that this water channel may have extra-renal functions, possibly related to sperm concentration in the male reproductive tract. In this study, we have examined the regulation and membrane insertion pathway of AQP2 in the vas deferens. The amino acid sequence of vas deferens AQP2 showed 100% identity to the renal protein. AQP2 was highly expressed in the distal portion (ampulla) of the vas deferens, but not in the proximal portion nearest the epididymis. It was concentrated on the apical plasma membrane of vas deferens principal cells, and very little was detected on intracellular vesicles. Protein expression levels and cellular localization patterns were similar in normal rats and vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro homozygous rats, and were not changed after 36 h of dehydration, or after 3 days of vasopressin infusion into Brattleboro rats. AQP2 was not found in apical endosomes (labeled with Texas Red-dextran) in vas deferens principal cells, indicating that it is not rapidly recycling in this tissue. Finally, vasopressin receptors were not detectable on vas deferens epithelial cell membranes using a [3H]vasopressin binding assay. These data indicate that AQP2 is a constitutive apical membrane protein in the vas deferens, and that it is not vasopressin-regulated in this tissue. Thus AQP2 contains targeting information that can be interpreted in a cell-type-specific fashion in vivo.

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American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Tập 278 Số 4

C791-C802

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