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Selective Blockade of Two Aquaporin Channels, AQP3 and AQP9, Impairs Human Leukocyte Migration.

Sabino Garra, Charlotte Mejlstrup Hymøller, Daria Di Molfetta, Nicola Zagaria, Patrizia Gena, Rosa Angela Cardone, Michael Rützler, Svend Birkelund, Giuseppe Calamita

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sabino GarraDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9881-9417
Charlotte Mejlstrup HymøllerDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0001-9373-872X
Daria Di MolfettaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4696-9944
Nicola ZagariaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3736-8661
Patrizia GenaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9426-2874
Rosa Angela CardoneDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2011-9135
Michael RützlerApoglyx AB, Medicon Village, 223 81 Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5597-8880
Svend BirkelundDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
Giuseppe CalamitaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4666-9546

Funding

Italian Government FISR2020IP_04051Italian Government PRIN2017 #2017J92TM5University of Bari Aldo Moro Uniba Euroseeds S10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral blood leukocytes are able to migrate to the inflamed tissue, and to engulf and kill invading microbes. This requires rapid modifications of cell morphology and volume through fast movements of osmotic water into or out of the cell. In this process, membrane water channels, aquaporins (AQPs), are critical for cell shape changes as AQP-mediated water movement indirectly affects the cell cytoskeleton and, thereby, the signaling cascades. Recent studies have shown that the deletion or gating of two immune cell AQPs, AQP3 and AQP9, impairs inflammation and improves survival in microbial sepsis. Here, we assessed the expression and distribution of AQP3 and AQP9 in human leukocytes and investigated their involvement in the phagocytosis and killing of the Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium

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Aquaporin 3AquaporinsCell MovementLeukocytesHumansKlebsiella pneumoniaeLeukocytes, MononuclearLipopolysaccharidesNeutrophilsPhagocytosisAQP3 protein, humanAQP9 protein, humanAquaporin 3AquaporinsLipopolysaccharidesaquaporin inhibitorscell motilityhost–bacteria relationshipinflammationinnate immunityLPSphagocytosiswhite blood cells

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PMID40558507
PMCPMC12191162

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