scholarly journals Droplet-based microfluidic platform for measurement of rapid erythrocyte water transport

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (16) ◽  
pp. 3380-3390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-Ju Jin ◽  
Cristina Esteva-Font ◽  
A. S. Verkman
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Droplet Microfluidics ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Fluorescence Image ◽  
Microfluidic Platform ◽  
Single Time ◽  
Osmotic Water

Osmotic water permeability was measured from a single, time-integrated fluorescence image using droplet microfluidics.

scholarly journals Role of multiple phosphorylation sites in the COOH-terminal tail of aquaporin-2 for water transport: evidence against channel gating

2009 ◽  
Vol 296 (3) ◽  
pp. F649-F657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne B. Moeller ◽  
Nanna MacAulay ◽  
Mark A. Knepper ◽  
Robert A. Fenton
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Phosphorylation Sites ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Aquaporin 2 ◽  
Osmotic Water

Arginine vasopressin (AVP)-regulated phosphorylation of the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) at serine 256 (S256) is essential for its accumulation in the apical plasma membrane of collecting duct principal cells. In this study, we examined the role of additional AVP-regulated phosphorylation sites in the COOH-terminal tail of AQP2 on protein function. When expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, prevention of AQP2 phosphorylation at S256A (S256A-AQP2) reduced osmotic water permeability threefold compared with wild-type (WT) AQP2-injected oocytes. In contrast, prevention of AQP2 single phosphorylation at S261 (S261A), S264 (S264A), and S269 (S269A), or all three sites in combination had no significant effect on water permeability. Similarly, oocytes expressing S264D-AQP2 and S269D-AQP2, mimicking AQP2 phosphorylated at these residues, had similar water permeabilities to WT-AQP2-expressing oocytes. The use of high-resolution confocal laser-scanning microscopy, as well as biochemical analysis demonstrated that all AQP2 mutants, with the exception of S256A-AQP2, had equal abundance in the oocyte plasma membrane. Correlation of osmotic water permeability relative to plasma membrane abundance demonstrated that lack of phosphorylation at S256, S261, S264, or S269 had no effect on AQP2 unit water transport. Similarly, no effect on AQP2 unit water transport was observed for the 264D and 269D forms, indicating that phosphorylation of the COOH-terminal tail of AQP2 is not involved in gating of the channel. The use of phosphospecific antibodies demonstrated that AQP2 S256 phosphorylation is not dependent on any of the other phosphorylation sites, whereas S264 and S269 phosphorylation depend on prior phosphorylation of S256. In contrast, AQP2 S261 phosphorylation is independent of the phosphorylation status of S256.

Sevenfold-reduced osmotic water permeability in primary astrocyte cultures from AQP-4-deficient mice, measured by a fluorescence quenching method

2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (2) ◽  
pp. C426-C432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen Solenov ◽  
Hiroyuki Watanabe ◽  
Geoffrey T. Manley ◽  
A. S. Verkman
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Cell Swelling ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Osmotic Water ◽  
Fluorescence Quenching Method ◽  
Quenching Method ◽  
Deficient Mice

A calcein fluorescence quenching method was applied to measure osmotic water permeability in highly differentiated primary cultures of brain astrocytes from wild-type and aquaporin-4 (AQP-4)-deficient mice. Cells grown on coverglasses were loaded with calcein for measurement of volume changes after osmotic challenge. Hypotonic shock producing twofold cell swelling resulted in a reversible ∼12% increase in calcein fluorescence, which was independent of cytosolic calcein concentration at levels well below where calcein self-quenching occurs. Calcein fluorescence was quenched in <200 ms in response to addition of cytosol in vitro, indicating that the fluorescence signal arises from changes in cytosol concentration. In astrocytes from wild-type CD1 mice, calcein fluorescence increased reversibly in response to hypotonic challenge with a half-time of 0.92 ± 0.05 s at 23°C, corresponding to an osmotic water permeability ( Pf) of ∼0.05 cm/s. Pf was reduced 7.1-fold in astrocytes from AQP-4-deficient mice. Temperature dependence studies indicated an increased Arrhenius activation energy for water transport in AQP-4-deficient astrocytes (11.3 ± 0.5 vs. 5.5 ± 0.4 kcal/mol). Our studies establish a calcein quenching method for measurement of cell membrane water permeability and indicate that AQP-4 provides the principal route for water transport in astrocytes.

scholarly journals Colon water transport in transgenic mice lacking aquaporin-4 water channels

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (2) ◽  
pp. G463-G470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasper S. Wang ◽  
Tonghui Ma ◽  
Ferda Filiz ◽  
A. S. Verkman ◽  
J. Augusto Bastidas
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Distal Colon ◽  
Water Channels ◽  
Proximal Colon ◽  
Aquaporin 4 ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Osmotic Water

Transgenic null mice were used to test the hypothesis that water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is involved in colon water transport and fecal dehydration. AQP4 was immunolocalized to the basolateral membrane of colonic surface epithelium of wild-type (+/+) mice and was absent in AQP4 null (−/−) mice. The transepithelial osmotic water permeability coefficient ( P f) of in vivo perfused colon of +/+ mice, measured using the volume marker 14C-labeled polyethylene glycol, was 0.016 ± 0.002 cm/s. P f of proximal colon was greater than that of distal colon (0.020 ± 0.004 vs. 0.009 ± 0.003 cm/s, P < 0.01). P f was significantly lower in −/− mice when measured in full-length colon (0.009 ± 0.002 cm/s, P< 0.05) and proximal colon (0.013 ± 0.002 cm/s, P< 0.05) but not in distal colon. There was no difference in water content of cecal stool from +/+ vs. −/− mice (0.80 ± 0.01 vs. 0.81 ± 0.01), but there was a slightly higher water content in defecated stool from −/− mice (0.68 ± 0.01 vs. 0.65 ± 0.01, P < 0.05). Despite the differences in water permeability with AQP4 deletion, theophylline-induced secretion was not impaired (50 ± 9 vs. 51 ± 8 μl · min−1 · g−1). These results provide evidence that transcellular water transport through AQP4 water channels in colonic epithelium facilitates transepithelial osmotic water permeability but has little or no effect on colonic fluid secretion or fecal dehydration.

scholarly journals Importance of the mercury-sensitive cysteine on function and routing of AQP1 and AQP2 in oocytes

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (3) ◽  
pp. F451-F456 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Mulders ◽  
J. P. Rijss ◽  
A. Hartog ◽  
R. J. Bindels ◽  
C. H. van Os ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Mutant Proteins ◽  
Osmotic Water ◽  
Structural Differences

To discriminate between water transport of of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) mutants in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and that of an AQP2 molecule used to drag them to the oolemma, we investigated the mercury sensitivity of wild-type and AQP2 C181S proteins in oocytes. Incubation with HgCl2 inhibited the osmotic water permeability (Pf) of human (h) AQP2 by 40%, whereas inhibition of hAQP1 was 75%. Oocytes expressing hAQP1 C189S revealed a Pf comparable to wild-type hAQP1, but mercury sensitivity was lost. In contrast, no increase in Pf was obtained when hAQP2 C181S was expressed. Also, expression of rat AQP2 C181A and C181S mutants did not increase the Pf, which contrasts with published observations. Immunocytochemistry and immunoblotting revealed that only AQP1, AQP1 C189S, and AQP2 were targeted to the plasma membrane and that AQP2 mutant proteins are retarded in the endoplasmic reticulum. In conclusion, water transport through AQP2 is less sensitive to mercury inhibition than through AQP1. Furthermore, substitution of the mercury-sensitive cysteine for a serine results in an impaired routing of human and rat AQP2. Similar mutations have no effect on AQP1 function, which is indicative of structural differences between AQP1 and AQP2.

scholarly journals Osmotic water permeability of human red cells.

1981 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
T C Terwilliger ◽  
A K Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Error ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Perturbation Technique ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Osmotic Water ◽  
New Perturbation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Human Red Cells

The osmotic water permeability of human red cells has been reexamined with a stopped-flow device and a new perturbation technique. Small osmotic gradients are used to minimize the systematic error caused by nonlinearities in the relationship between cell volume and light scattering. Corrections are then made for residual systematic error. Our results show that the hydraulic conductivity, Lp, is essentially independent of the direction of water flow and of osmolality in the range 184-365 mosM. the mean value of Lp obtained obtained was 1.8 +/- 0.1 (SEM) X 10-11 cm3 dyne -1 s-1.

Dopamine inhibits AVP-dependent Na+ transport and water permeability in rat CCD via a D4-like receptor

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (2) ◽  
pp. F391-F400 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sun ◽  
J. A. Schafer
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Sch 23390 ◽  
Na Transport ◽  
D2 Agonist ◽  
Osmotic Water ◽  
D1 Agonists ◽  
Transepithelial Voltage ◽  
Specific Antagonist ◽  
Type Receptor

We studied the receptor responsible for dopamine action in isolated perfused cortical collecting ducts (CCD) from rats treated with deoxy-corticosterone. (Critical experiments were repeated in CCD from untreated rats with the same results.) At doses > or = 1 microM, dopamine inhibited arginine vasopressin (AVP)-dependent Na+ and water transport (measured by the unidirectional lumen-to-bath 22Na+ flux and the transepithelial voltage) and osmotic water permeability (Pf). The effects of dopamine were not reversed by the dopamine-1 (D1) antagonist SCH-23390, and no inhibition was produced by the D1 agonists fenoldopam or SKF-81247. When Na+ transport and Pf were stimulated with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate plus 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, dopamine did not inhibit, suggesting a "D2-type" receptor. However, the D2 agonist quinpirole had no effect on the AVP-dependent transepithelial voltage (VT), and the D2 and D3 antagonists domperidone and pimozide did not reverse dopamine inhibition of VT. The only agent tested that reversed the effects of dopamine was the D4-specific antagonist clozapine. We conclude that dopamine inhibition of salt and water transport in the CCD is mediated by a D4-like receptor.

Cell osmotic water permeability of isolated rabbit proximal straight tubules

1982 ◽  
Vol 242 (4) ◽  
pp. F321-F330 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gonzalez ◽  
P. Carpi-Medina ◽  
G. Whittembury
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Permeability Coefficient ◽  
Osmotic Water Permeability ◽  
Water Permeability Coefficient ◽  
Osmotic Water ◽  
Straight Tubules ◽  
Tubular Surface ◽  
Set Up

Proximal straight tubules were dissected and mounted in a chamber with their lumina occluded. The well-stirred bath could be 95% changed within 84 ms to set up osmotic gradients (delta Coi) across the peritubular cell aspect. Volume changes (less than or equal to 10 pl/mm) were estimated from continuous records of diameter changes (error less than 0.1 micrometers). delta Coi greater than or equal to 2-3 mosM could be discerned. delta Coi values from 10 to 44 mosM were used to evaluate Posc, the cell osmotic water permeability coefficient, and extrapolated to delta Coi = 0. Posc = 25.1 (+/- 2.3) X 10(-4) cm3.s-1.osM-1.cm2 tubular surface area-1. These values are lower than those reported for Pose, the transepithelial osmotic water permeability coefficient, and become lower if corrected for the real (infolded) peritubular cell surface area. Thus, for a given osmotic difference, transcellular water flow finds a higher resistance than paracellular water flow. Experiments were also performed with delta Coi greater than 100 mosM, but interpretation of these data is difficult because of the presence of volume regulatory phenomena and other undesirable effects.

Water permeability and pathways in the proximal tubule

1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (3) ◽  
pp. F279-F294 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Intercellular Space ◽  
Proximal Convoluted Tubule ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Solvent Drag ◽  
Lateral Intercellular Space ◽  
Volume Absorption ◽  
Osmotic Water

The route of water transport in the proximal tubule could be either transjunctional or transcellular. A transjunctional route is supported by data showing high osmotic-to-diffusive water permeability ratios, the possible correlation of junctional leakiness to ions and nonelectrolytes with water permeability, and solvent drag of nonelectrolytes and ions. These data, however, are not convincing. A transcellular route of water transport is supported by data showing that the osmotic water permeability (Pf) for apical and/or basolateral cell membranes is sufficiently high to account for the transepithelial Pf, making a tentative conclusion for a transcellular route of water transport possible. In addition, measurements of Pf have yielded insights into the mechanism of solute-solvent coupling. Pf has been reported to be mostly between 0.1 and 0.3 cm/s. In the rabbit proximal straight and the Necturus proximal convoluted tubule, in which water transport rates are low, this range of Pf will account for volume absorption with only small osmotic gradients (less than 6 mosmol). Higher osmotic gradients are required in the rat and possibly the rabbit proximal convoluted tubule, where water transport rates are higher. Solute-solvent coupling in all species is probably due to both luminal hypotonicity and lateral intercellular space hypertonicity. These two processes are directly linked. Mass balance requires that generation of luminal hypotonicity also generates a hypertonic absorbate and, thus, some degree of lateral intercellular space hypertonicity. It is likely that, in the rabbit at least, effective osmotic pressure gradients due to differences in solute reflection coefficients play little role in solute-solvent coupling.

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