Aquaporin 3 colocates with phospholipase D2 in caveolin-rich membrane microdomains and is downregulated upon keratinocyte differentiation
Aquaporin 3 colocates with phospholipase D2 in caveolin-rich membrane microdomains and is downregulated upon keratinocyte differentiation
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1523-1747.2003.12614.x
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发表时间:
2003-12-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Bollag, WB
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作者:
Zheng, XJ;Bollag, WB
Aquaporin 3 is a channel that transports both water and glycerol. Aquaporin 3-deficient mice exhibit skin defects, including decreased glycerol content and impairment of water holding capacity, barrier recovery, and wound healing. Whether aquaporin 3 and its glycerol transporting capacity are involved in regulating keratinocyte function, we have previously shown that phospholipase D-2 can metabolize phospholipids in the presence of glycerol to yield phosphatidylglycerol. We hypothesized that aquaporin 3 is involved in the regulation of keratinocyte function by a mechanism involving the interaction between aquaporin 3 and phospholipase D. Using sucrose gradient centrifugation, immunoprecipitation analysis, and confocal microscopy, we found that aquaporin 3 and phospholipase D-2 colocalized in caveolin-rich membrane microdomains. In addition, aquaporin 3 expression was downregulated at the transcriptional level and glycerol uptake was reduced upon primary mouse keratinocytes to differentiation in response to an elevated extracellular calcium concentration or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3. Our results suggest that aquaporin 3 and phospholipase D-2 form a signaling module in lipid rafts, where aquaporin 3 transports glycerol to phospholipase D-2 for the synthesis of phosphatidylglycerol. Phosphatidylglycerol, as a bioactive lipid, could potentially mediate the effects of the aquaporin 3-phospholipase D-2 signaling module, with aquaporin 3 as a modulatory unit, in the regulation of keratinocyte function.