Potential role of purinergic signaling in urinary concentration in inner medulla: insights from P2Y2 receptor gene knockout mice
Potential role of purinergic signaling in urinary concentration in inner medulla: insights from P2Y2 receptor gene knockout mice
Osmotic reabsorption of water through aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in the inner medulla is largely dependent on the urea concentration gradients generated by urea transporter (UT) isoforms. Vasopressin (AVP) increases expression of both AQP2 and UT-A isoforms. Activation of the P2Y2 receptor (P2Y2-R) in the medullary collecting duct inhibits AVP-induced water flow. To gain further insights into the overarching effect of purinergic signaling on urinary concentration, we compared the protein abundances of AQP2 and UT-A isoforms between P2Y2-R knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice under basal conditions and following AVP administration. Under basal conditions (a gel diet for 10 days), KO mice concentrated urine to a significantly higher degree, with 1.8-, 1.66-, and 1.29-fold higher protein abundances of AQP2, UT-A1, and UT-A2, respectively, compared with WT, despite comparable circulating AVP levels in both groups. Infusion of 1-desamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP; desmopressin; 1 ng/h sc) for 5 days resulted in 2.14-, 2.6-, and 2.22-fold higher protein abundances of AQP2, AQP3, and UT-A1, respectively, in the inner medullas of KO mice compared with WT mice. In response to acute (45 min) stimulation by AVP (0.2 unit/mouse sc), UT-A1 protein increased by 1.39- and 1.54-fold in WT and KO mice, respectively. These data suggest that genetic deletion of P2Y2-R results in increased abundances of key proteins involved in urinary concentration in the inner medulla, both under basal conditions and following AVP administration. Thus purinergic regulation may play a potential overarching role in balancing the effect of AVP on the urinary concentration mechanism.
- University of Utah United States
- Emory University United States
- Veterans Health Administration United States
Aquaporin 4, Mice, Knockout, Aquaporin 3, Kidney Medulla, Aquaporin 2, Receptors, Purinergic P2, Vasopressins, Absorption, Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2, Mice, Animals, Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
Aquaporin 4, Mice, Knockout, Aquaporin 3, Kidney Medulla, Aquaporin 2, Receptors, Purinergic P2, Vasopressins, Absorption, Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2, Mice, Animals, Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
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