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  • Title: Pathological role of aquaporin-2 in impaired water excretion and hyponatremia.
    Author: Ishikawa S, Saito T, Kasono K.
    Journal: J Neuroendocrinol; 2004 Apr; 16(4):293-6. PubMed ID: 15089964.
    Abstract:
    In the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), inappropriately elevated secretion of vasopressin can result in a reduction of antidiuretic efficacy: a phenomenon known as 'vasopressin escape'. We compared experimental SIADH with 1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP)-excess rats, where both groups received continuous subcutaneous administration of dDAVP by osmotic minipump but the SIADH rats also received a liquid diet that induced hyponatraemia. The SIADH rats, but not the dDAVP excess rats, showed a marked attenuation of urinary concentrating ability. Vasopressin V(2) receptor binding capacity and mRNA expression were similar between the two groups, but the SIADH rats showed a diminished up-regulation of aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) mRNA and protein expression. These findings indicate the presence of tonicity-response regions in the AQP-2 promoter gene, and that either hypervolemia or hypotonicity may attenuate the postreceptor signalling of vasopressin in renal collecting duct cells in SIADH rats.
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