Aquaporin 2

AQP2
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases AQP2, AQP-CD, WCH-CD, aquaporin 2
External IDs OMIM: 107777 MGI: 1096865 HomoloGene: 20137 GeneCards: AQP2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

359

11827

Ensembl

ENSG00000167580

ENSMUSG00000023013

UniProt

P41181

P56402

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000486

NM_009699

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000477.1

NP_033829.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 49.95 – 49.96 Mb Chr 15: 99.58 – 99.58 Mb
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AQP2 is found in the apical cell membranes of the kidney's collecting duct principal cells and in intracellular vesicles located throughout the cell.

Regulation

It is the only aquaporin regulated by vasopressin.[3] The basic job of aquaporin 2 is to reabsorb water from the urine while its being removed from the blood by the kidney. Aquaporin 2 is in kidney epithelial cells and usually lies dormant in intracellular vesicle membranes. When it is needed, vasopressin binds to the cell surface vasopressin receptor thereby activating a signaling pathway that causes the aquaporin 2 containing vesicles to fuse with the plasma membrane, so the aquaporin 2 can be used by the cell.[4]

This aquaporin is regulated in two ways by the peptide hormone vasopressin:

This aquaporin is also regulated by food intake. Fasting reduces expression of this aquaporin independently of vasopressin.

Clinical significance

Mutations in this channel are associated with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which can be autosomal dominant or recessive. Mutations in the vasopressin receptor cause a similar X-linked phenotype.

Lithium, which is often used to treat bipolar disorder, can cause acquired diabetes insipidus (characterized by the excretion of large volumes of dilute urine) by decreasing the expression of the AQP2 gene.

The expression of the AQP2 gene is increased during conditions associated with water retention such as pregnancy and congestive heart failure.

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Dibas AI, Mia AJ, Yorio T (1998). "Aquaporins (water channels): role in vasopressin-activated water transport". Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 219 (3): 183–99. doi:10.3181/00379727-219-44332. PMID 9824541.
  4. Lodish, Harvey F. Molecular Cell Biology. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2008. Print. 445.

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