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ArticleDevelopment & reproduction2020

Differential Expressions of Aquaporin Subtypes in Female Reproductive Tract of Mice.

Ji Woo Im, Chae Young Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim, Hae-Rahn Bae

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Article in Development & reproduction, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ji Woo ImDept. of Physiology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 49201, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-2669
Chae Young LeeDept. of Physiology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 49201, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0769-6747
Dong-Hwan KimHuman Life Research Center, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6708-645X
Hae-Rahn BaeDept. of Physiology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 49201, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-5666
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although many aquaporin (AQP) transcripts have been demonstrated to express in the female reproductive tract, the defined localizations and functions of AQP subtype proteins remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the expression of AQP1, AQP3, AQP5, AQP6, and AQP9 proteins in female reproductive tract of mouse and characterized their precise localizations at the cellular and subcellular levels. Immunofluorescence analyses for AQP1, AQP3, AQP6, and AQP9 showed that these proteins were abundantly expressed in female reproductive tract and that intense immunoreactivities were observed in mucosa epithelial cells with a subtype-specific pattern. The most abundant aquaporin in both vagina and uterine cervix was AQP3. Each of AQP1, AQP3, AQP6, and AQP9 exhibited its distinct distribution in stratified squamous or columnar epithelial cells. AQP9 expression was predominant in oviduct and ovary. AQP1, AQP3, AQP6, and AQP9 proteins were mostly seen in apical membrane of ciliated epithelial cells of the oviduct as well as in both granulosa and theca cells of ovarian follicles. Most of AQP subtypes were also expressed in surface epithelial cells and glandular cells of endometrium in the uterus, but their expression levels were relatively lower than those observed in the vagina, uterine cervix, oviduct and ovary. This is the first study to investigate the expression and localization of 5 AQP subtype proteins simultaneously in female reproductive tract of mouse. Our results suggest that AQP subtypes work together to transport water and glycerol efficiently across the mucosa epithelia for lubrication, proliferation, energy metabolism and pH regulation in female reproductive tract.

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AQP3AQP5AQP6AQP9Aquaporin 1 (AQP1)Female reproductive tractImmunofluorescence

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