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ArticleBiophysical journal2013

Human AQP1 is a constitutively open channel that closes by a membrane-tension-mediated mechanism.

Marcelo Ozu, Ricardo A Dorr, Facundo Gutiérrez, M Teresa Politi, Roxana Toriano

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Relevance of Aquaporins for Gamete Function and Cryopreservation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  19. Role of Aquaporins in a Composite Model of Water Transport in the Leaf.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marcelo OzuLaboratorio de Biomembranas, Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mozu@fmed.uba.ar
Ricardo A Dorr
Facundo Gutiérrez
M Teresa Politi
Roxana Toriano
Universidad de Buenos Aires · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents experimental results combined with model-dependent predictions regarding the osmotic-permeability regulation of human aquaporin 1 (hAQP1) expressed in Xenopus oocyte membranes. Membrane elastic properties were studied under fully controlled conditions to obtain a function that relates internal volume and pressure. This function was used to design a model in which osmotic permeability could be studied as a pressure-dependent variable. The model states that hAQP1 closes with membrane-tension increments. It is important to emphasize that the only parameter of the model is the initial osmotic permeability coefficient, which was obtained by model-dependent fitting. The model was contrasted with experimental records from emptied-out Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing hAQP1. Simulated results reproduce and predict volume changes in high-water-permeability membranes under hypoosmotic gradients of different magnitude, as well as under consecutive hypo- and hyperosmotic conditions. In all cases, the simulated permeability coefficients are similar to experimental values. Predicted pressure, volume, and permeability changes indicate that hAQP1 water channels can transit from a high-water-permeability state to a closed state. This behavior is reversible and occurs in a cooperative manner among monomers. We conclude that hAQP1 is a constitutively open channel that closes mediated by membrane-tension increments.

Indexed as

Ion Channel GatingAnimalsAquaporin 1Cell MembraneComputer SimulationElasticityGramicidinHumansModels, BiologicalOocytesOsmosisSurface TensionXenopus laevisAQP1 protein, humanAquaporin 1Gramicidin

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PMID23332061
PMCPMC3540253
OpenAlexW1965601141

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