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GASTROINTESTINAL, HEPATIC, PULMONARY, AND RENAL

Differential Down-Regulation of Aquaporin-2 in Rat Kidney Zones by Peripheral Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Receptor Agonism and Vasopressin Type-2 Receptor Antagonism

Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (N.H., J.S.P., S.W., S.C., T.E.N.J.); Zealand Pharma A/S, Glostrup Denmark (J.S.P.); Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (L.R.); Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (C.B.A.); and the Water and Salt Research Center, University of Aarhus, Denmark (S.N.)

We previously showed that aquaresis induced by the peripherally acting nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor agonist ZP120 is associated with a decreased protein level of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in whole-kidney homogenates. We now examined the effects of Ac-RYYRWKKKKKKK-NH₂ (ZP120) (1 nmol/kg/min i.v. for 4 h) on renal regional expression (cortex/outer stripe of outer medulla, inner stripe of outer medulla, and inner medulla) and subcellular localization of aquaporin-2. Responses to ZP120 were compared to the effects of an equi-aquaretic dose (40% inhibition of distal water reabsorption) of the vasopressin type-2 receptor antagonist 5-dimethylamine-1-[4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzapine (OPC31260) (32 nmol/kg/min). ZP120 decreased the aquaporin-2 protein level in the rat cortex/outer stripe of outer medulla and decreased apical plasma membrane localization of aquaporin-2 in the cortex (P = 0.002) and in the inner medulla (P = 0.06). These effects were not accompanied by a decrease in the aquaporin-2 mRNA level. OPC31260-induced aquaresis was associated with a decreased aquaporin-2 protein level in both the cortex/outer stripe of outer medulla and in the inner stripe of outer medulla. Apical localization of aquaporin-2 was decreased throughout all kidney zones, and OPC31260 decreased the AQP2 mRNA level in the inner medulla. We conclude that equi-aquaretic doses of ZP120 and OPC31260 produce different patterns of aquaporin-2 down-regulation, suggesting different signaling pathways.

Address correspondence to: Niels Hadrup, Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. E-mail: niels.hadrup{at}gmail.com