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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
Vasopressin causes the redistribution of the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) from cytoplasmic storage vesicles to the apical plasma membrane of collecting duct principal cells, leading to urine concentration. The molecular mechanisms regulating the selective apical sorting of AQP2 are only partially uncovered. In this work, we investigate whether AQP2 sorting/trafficking is regulated by its association with membrane rafts. In both MCD4 cells and rat kidney, AQP2 preferentially associated with Lubrol WX-insoluble membranes regardless of its presence in the storage compartment or at the apical membrane. Block-and-release experiments indicate that 1) AQP2 associates with detergent-resistant membranes early in the biosynthetic pathway; 2) strong cholesterol depletion delays the exit of AQP2 from the trans-Golgi network. Interestingly, mild cholesterol depletion promoted a dramatic accumulation of AQP2 at the apical plasma membrane in MCD4 cells in the absence of forskolin stimulation. An internalization assay showed that AQP2 endocytosis was clearly reduced under this experimental condition. Taken together, these data suggest that association with membrane rafts may regulate both AQP2 apical sorting and endocytosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1522-1466
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
298
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F266-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Anticholesteremic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Aquaporin 2, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Aquaporin 4, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Detergents, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Kidney Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Kidney Tubules, Collecting, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Lovastatin, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Membrane Microdomains, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-Rats, Inbred WKY, pubmed-meshheading:19923410-trans-Golgi Network
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Lovastatin-induced cholesterol depletion affects both apical sorting and endocytosis of aquaporin-2 in renal cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. g.procino@biologia.uniba.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't