Molecular Biology and Physiology of Water and Solute Transport

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Functional Analysis of the Unusual Signature Motifs of the Yeast MIP Channel, Fps1p....Pages 3-11
GLPF: A Structural Variant of the Aquaporin Tetramer....Pages 13-21
Different Behaviours of MIP Proteins in N-Lauroylsarcosine....Pages 23-28
Overexpression and Purification of the Glycerol Transport Facilitators, Fps1p and GlpF, in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and Escherichia Coli ....Pages 29-34
Three-Dimensional Fold of Human AQP1 Water Channel Determined by Electron Cryo-Crystallography of 2-Dimensional Crystals Embedded in Ice....Pages 35-39
Volume Flux Across Red Cell AQP1 and E . Coli AQPZ Water Channel Proteins Reconstituted into Planar Lipid Bilayers....Pages 41-48
Biogenesis and Folding of Aquaporin Water Channels in the Endoplasmic Reticulum....Pages 49-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Kidney in the Inner Ear....Pages 59-62
Renal Aquaporin Expression in Aging Rat....Pages 63-68
Expression and Regulation of Aquaporin-1 and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Relationship with Water Permeability Across the Peritoneum....Pages 69-75
Regulation of Renal Aquaporins and Sodium Transporters During Vasopressin-Escape in the Rat....Pages 77-83
Aquaporin-8 and -9: Tissue Localization....Pages 85-89
Expression of the Epithelial NA + Channel (ENAC) in Rat Kidney Colocalises with Aquaporin-2 (AQP-2)....Pages 91-96
Oxytocin: One of the Factors for Regulating AQP2 Localization and Urinary AQP2 Excretion....Pages 97-105
Fluid Transport by Human Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelial Monolayer....Pages 107-113
Structural Features of Barrier Membranes....Pages 115-122
Molecular Cloning of a New Aquaporin Superfamily in Mammals....Pages 123-126
Neurotransmitters Regulate the Amount of AQP5 in the Apical Plasma Membrane Via [Ca 2+ ]i in Parotid Acinar Cells....Pages 127-133
Persistent Increase in the Amount of AQP5 in the Apical Plasma Membrane of Rat Parotid Acinar Cells Induced by the Muscarinic Receptor Agonist SNI-2011....Pages 135-143
Cyclic Amp-Mediated Aquaporin-2 Translocation: Identification of Protein Kinase a Anchoring Proteins and the Role of the Small GTPases of the Rho Family....Pages 145-149
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Gastrointestinal Phenotype of Aquaporin Knockout Mice....Pages 151-157
Two Distinct Signals Determine the Basolateral Targeting of AQP4 in the Renal Epithelial Cell Line MDCK....Pages 159-165
Water Channel Protein, Aquaporin 3, in Epithelial Cells....Pages 167-172
Regulation of Aquaporin-2 Water Channel Trafficking by Phosphorylation: Lessons from Transfected Epithelial Cells....Pages 173-178
Functional Expression of AQP3 in Human Epidermis and Keratinocyte Cell Cultures....Pages 179-183
Identification of a New Form of AQP4 MRNA that is Developmentally Expressed in Brain....Pages 185-193
Models for Isotonic Transport Across Apical Membranes of Epithelial Cells....Pages 195-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Missense Mutations in the MIP Gene, Encoding the Major Intrinsic Protein of the Lens (Aquaporin-0), Underlie Cataracts in Humans....Pages 205-208
Urinary Excretion of Aquaporin-2 Water Channel is Dominant in Pathological State of Arginine Vasopressin-Induced Impaired Water Excretion....Pages 209-214
Dysregulation of Renal Aquaporins and Sodium Transporters in Experimental Chronic and Acute Renal Failure in Rat....Pages 215-224
Dysregulation of AQP2 in Bilateral and Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction....Pages 225-229
Upregulation of Aquaporin-2 Gene Expression in Pathological State of Impaired Water Excretion in Glucocorticoid-Deficient Rats....Pages 231-238
The Role of Aquaporins in Cerebral Volume Regulation and Edema Formation....Pages 239-244
Dysregulation of Aquaporins and Sodium Transporters in Experimental Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus in Rat....Pages 245-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Modulation of Aquaporin Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Leads to Altered Membrane Water Permeability....Pages 255-259
The Response of Plants to Salinity Involves Root Water Channels....Pages 261-267
Characterization of Plasma Membrane MIP Proteins in Maize....Pages 269-274
The Permeability of MIPS to Gases....Pages 275-282
Physiological and Genetic Analysis of Plasma Membrane Aquaporin Functions in Arabidopsis ....Pages 283-288
A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Study of Water Uptake in Barley Kernels....Pages 289-295
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Lentil Seed Aquaporins....Pages 297-305
Expression, Location and Function of a Plasma Membrane and Chloroplast Located Aquaporin from Tobacco....Pages 307-308
Coordination of Root Hydraulic Conductivity and Transpiration in Honey Locust ( Gleditsia triacanthos L. ): A Proposed Role for Aquaporins....Pages 309-317
Solute and Water Permeation Across the Symbiosome Membrane of Legumes....Pages 319-329
Analysis of Four MIP-Like Proteins From the Developing Pea Seed Coat....Pages 331-338
Aquaporin Regulation Under Salt and Osmotic Stress in the Halophyte Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum L.....Pages 339-346
Genotypically Determined Actin-Regulated Water Permeability of Two Plasmodematal Transport Channels....Pages 347-356
Role of Aquaporins During Elongation Growth of Castor Bean Seedlings....Pages 357-364
Functional Characterisation of Arabidopsis Thaliana Aquaglyceroporins....Pages 365-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
The Microbial Escherichia Coli Aquaporin-Z Water Channel....Pages 375-382
Study of Fast Water Movements in Bacteria by Cryoelectron Microscopy....Pages 383-387
An Aquaporin Gene in Plasmodium Falciparum....Pages 389-392
An Investigation of the Possible Existence of Homologues of FPS1, a Glycerol Facilitator of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae , in the Osmotolerant Yeast Zygosaccharomyces Rouxii ....Pages 393-403
The Yeast Phosphate Transporting System....Pages 405-413
Aquaporin Water Channels in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ....Pages 415-421
Function and Regulation of the Yeast MIP Glycerol Export Channel Fps1p....Pages 423-430
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
Water Transport and Aquaporin Expression in Fish....Pages 433-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-451