title: Role of water channel AQP-CD in water retention in SIADH and cirrhotic rats.
abstract: We determined whether aquaporin of collecting duct (AQP-CD) is involved in pathogenesis of water retention in rats with experimental models of syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) and liver cirrhosis. SIADH rats were made by administering 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) subcutaneously and providing them with a liquid diet. Serum Na levels decreased to < 120 meq/l on day 2, and hyponatremia persisted throughout the rest of observation period. Six hours after the DDAVP infusion, the expression of AQP-CD mRNA significantly increased by 198%, followed by > 144% increases in its expression during the 14-day observation period. On day 7, the increased expression of AQP-CD mRNA was abolished after the administration of an antidiuretic, nonpeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) antagonist, OPC-31260, which was closely related to a marked diuresis and a prompt normalization of serum Na levels in SIADH rats. Rats were made cirrhotic by injecting a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and olive oil subcutaneously for 3 mo. The expression of AQP-CD mRNA was increased by 164% in the decompensated cirrhotic rats. The blockade of AVP action by OPC-31260 significantly diminished its expression. These results indicate that water channel AQP-CD plays an important role in water retention in pathological states of SIADH and liver cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fushimi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marumo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051399:Aquaporin 2; D051403:Aquaporin 6; D020346:Aquaporins; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008106:Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C496025:Aqp2 protein, rat; D051399:Aquaporin 2; D051403:Aquaporin 6; D020346:Aquaporins; D001552:Benzazepines; D004232:Diuretics; D007473:Ion Channels; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014867:Water; C076251:mozavaptan