Identification of Rab3‐, Rab5a‐ and synaptobrevin II‐like proteins in a preparation of rat kidney vesicles containing the vasopressin‐regulated water channel
- 29 May 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 365 (2-3), 209-213
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)00476-p
Abstract
According to the ‘shuttle hypothesis’, vasopressin increases the water permeability of renal epithelial cells by exocytotic fusion of vesicles containing the water channel AQP-CD with the apical plasma membrane, whereas withdrawal of vasopressin results in endocytotic uptake of AQP-CD. The proteins involved in the redistribution of AQP-CD have not been identified. With a panel of monoclonal antibodies, we detected Rab3-, Rab5a- and synaptobrevin II-like proteins in a kidney preparation enriched in AQP-CD-containing vesicles. The synaptobrevin II-like protein is not identical with the ubiquitous cellubrevin. Rab3- and synaptobrevin II- but not Rab5a-like proteins were co-enriched with AQP-CD. The data suggest that the proteins involved in hormonal regulation of water permeability in kidney epithelial cells are identical or similar to those involved in regulated exocytosis in secretory cellsKeywords
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