TY - JOUR
T1 - Glucagon induces the plasma membrane insertion of functional aquaporin-8 water channels in isolated rat hepatocytes
AU - Gradilone, Sergio A.
AU - García, Fabiana
AU - Huebert, Robert C.
AU - Tietz, Pamela S.
AU - Larocca, M. Cecilia
AU - Kierbel, Arlinet
AU - Carreras, Flavia I.
AU - LaRusso, Nicholas F.
AU - Marinelli, Raúl A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by grant PICT 05-03589 (R.A.M.) from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, and by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Téc-nicas, and by grant DK24031 (N.F.L.) from the National Institutes of Health. F.I.C. was supported by a fellowship from the Ministerio de Salud (Argentina).
PY - 2003/6/1
Y1 - 2003/6/1
N2 - Although glucagon is known to stimulate the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-mediated hepatocyte bile secretion, the precise mechanisms accounting for this choleretic effect are unknown. We recently reported that hepatocytes express the water channel aquaporin-8 (AQP8), which is located primarily in intracellular vesicles, and its relocalization to plasma membranes can be induced with dibutyryl cAMP. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that glucagon induces the trafficking of AQP8 to the hepatocyte plasma membrane and thus increases membrane water permeability. Immunoblotting analysis in subcellular fractions from isolated rat hepatocytes indicated that glucagon caused a significant, dose-dependent increase in the amount of AQP8 in plasma membranes (e.g., 102% with 1 μmol/L glucagon) and a simultaneous decrease in intracellular membranes (e.g., 38% with 1 μmol/L glucagon). Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy in cultured hepatocytes confirmed the glucagon-induced redistribution of AQP8 from intracellular vesicles to plasma membrane. Polarized hepatocyte couplets showed that this redistribution was specifically to the canalicular domain. Glucagon also significantly increased hepatocyte membrane water permeability by about 70%, which was inhibited by the water channel blocker dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The inhibitors of protein kinase A, H-89, and PKI, as well as the microtubule blocker colchicine, prevented the glucagon effect on both AQP8 redistribution to hepatocyte surface and cell membrane water permeability. In conclusion, our data suggest that glucagon induces the protein kinase A and microtubule-dependent translocation of AQP8 water channels to the hepatocyte canalicular plasma membrane, which in turn leads to an increase in membrane water permeability. These findings provide evidence supporting the molecular mechanisms of glucagon-induced hepatocyte bile secretion.
AB - Although glucagon is known to stimulate the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-mediated hepatocyte bile secretion, the precise mechanisms accounting for this choleretic effect are unknown. We recently reported that hepatocytes express the water channel aquaporin-8 (AQP8), which is located primarily in intracellular vesicles, and its relocalization to plasma membranes can be induced with dibutyryl cAMP. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that glucagon induces the trafficking of AQP8 to the hepatocyte plasma membrane and thus increases membrane water permeability. Immunoblotting analysis in subcellular fractions from isolated rat hepatocytes indicated that glucagon caused a significant, dose-dependent increase in the amount of AQP8 in plasma membranes (e.g., 102% with 1 μmol/L glucagon) and a simultaneous decrease in intracellular membranes (e.g., 38% with 1 μmol/L glucagon). Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy in cultured hepatocytes confirmed the glucagon-induced redistribution of AQP8 from intracellular vesicles to plasma membrane. Polarized hepatocyte couplets showed that this redistribution was specifically to the canalicular domain. Glucagon also significantly increased hepatocyte membrane water permeability by about 70%, which was inhibited by the water channel blocker dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The inhibitors of protein kinase A, H-89, and PKI, as well as the microtubule blocker colchicine, prevented the glucagon effect on both AQP8 redistribution to hepatocyte surface and cell membrane water permeability. In conclusion, our data suggest that glucagon induces the protein kinase A and microtubule-dependent translocation of AQP8 water channels to the hepatocyte canalicular plasma membrane, which in turn leads to an increase in membrane water permeability. These findings provide evidence supporting the molecular mechanisms of glucagon-induced hepatocyte bile secretion.
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U2 - 10.1053/jhep.2003.50241
DO - 10.1053/jhep.2003.50241
M3 - Article
C2 - 12774023
AN - SCOPUS:0038580355
SN - 0270-9139
VL - 37
SP - 1435
EP - 1441
JO - Hepatology
JF - Hepatology
IS - 6
ER -