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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic primary polydipsia (POLY) in humans is associated with impaired urinary concentrating ability. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for this finding have not been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of chronic primary POLY on water metabolism and renal aquaporin (AQP) water channels and sodium and urea transporter abundance in rats. Primary POLY was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by daily administration of 15 g powdered rat chow mixed in 100 ml water for 10 days. Control rats (CTL) received 15 g powdered rat chow per day and ad libitum drinking water. Rats were studied following this period before further intervention and with a 36-h period of water deprivation to examine maximal urinary concentrating ability. At baseline, POLY rats demonstrated significantly greater water intake (100 +/- 1 vs. 22 +/- 2 ml/day, P < 0.0001) and urinary output (80 +/- 1 vs. 11 +/- 1 ml/day, P < 0.0001) and decreased urinary osmolality (159 +/- 13 vs. 1,365 +/- 188 mosmol/kgH2O, P < 0.001) compared with CTL rats. These findings were accompanied by decreased inner medulla AQP-2 protein abundance in POLY rats compared with CTL rats before water deprivation (76 +/- 2 vs. 100 +/- 7% CTL mean, P < 0.007). With water deprivation, maximal urinary osmolality was impaired in POLY vs. CTL rats (2,404 +/- 148 vs. 3,286 +/- 175 mosmol/kgH2O, P < 0.0005). This defect occurred despite higher plasma vasopressin concentrations and similar medullary osmolalities in POLY rats. In response to 36-h water deprivation, inner medulla AQP-2 protein abundance was decreased in POLY rats compared with CTL rats (65 +/- 5 vs. 100 +/- 5% CTL mean, P < 0.0006). No significant differences were noted in renal protein abundance of either AQP-3 or AQP-4 or sodium and urea transporters. We conclude that the impaired urinary concentrating ability associated with primary POLY in rats is due to impaired osmotic equilibration in the collecting duct that is mediated primarily by decreased AQP-2 protein abundance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F965-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of primary polydipsia on aquaporin and sodium transporter abundance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.