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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the role of aquaporin-1 (AQP1) in near-isosmolar fluid reabsorption in the proximal tubule, we compared osmolalities in micropuncture samples of late proximal tubular fluid and plasma in wild-type (+/+) and AQP1-knockout (-/-) mice. Compared with matched wild-type mice, the -/- animals produce a relatively hypotonic urine (607 +/- 42 vs. 1,856 +/- 101 mosmol/kgH(2)O) and have a higher plasma osmolality under micropuncture conditions (346 +/- 11 vs. 318 +/- 5 mosmol/kgH(2)O; P < 0.05). Measurements of tubular fluid osmolality were done in three groups of mice, +/+, -/-, and hydrated -/- mice in which plasma osmolality was reduced to 323 +/- 1 mosmol/kgH(2)O. Late proximal tubular fluid osmolalities were 309 +/- 5 (+/+, n = 21), 309 +/- 4 (-/-, n = 24), and 284 +/- 3 mosmol/kgH(2)O (hydrated -/-, n = 19). Tubular fluid chloride concentration averaged 152 +/- 1 (+/+), 154 +/- 1 (-/-), and 140 +/- 1 mM (hydrated -/-). Transtubular osmotic gradients in untreated and hydrated AQP1 -/- mice were 39 +/- 4 (n = 25) and 39 +/- 3 mosmol/kgH(2)O (n = 19), values significantly higher than in +/+ mice (12 +/- 2 mosmol/kgH(2)O; n = 24; both P < 0.001). AQP1 deficiency in mice generates marked luminal hypotonicity in proximal tubules, resulting from the retrieval of a hypertonic absorbate and indicating that near-isosmolar fluid absorption requires functional AQP1.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F1030-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Luminal hypotonicity in proximal tubules of aquaporin-1-knockout mice.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't