Hepatocyte and sertoli cell aquaporins, recent advances and research trends
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteinaceous channels widespread in nature where they allow
facilitated permeation of water and uncharged through cellular membranes. AQPs play a number
of important roles in both health and disease. This review focuses on the most recent advances
and research trends regarding the expression and modulation, as well as physiological and
pathophysiological functions of AQPs in hepatocytes and Sertoli cells (SCs). Besides their involvement
in bile formation, hepatocyte AQPs are involved in maintaining energy balance acting in hepatic
gluconeogenesis and lipid metabolism, and in critical processes such as ammonia detoxification
and mitochondrial output of hydrogen peroxide. Roles are played in clinical disorders including
fatty liver disease, diabetes, obesity, cholestasis, hepatic cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. In the
seminiferous tubules, particularly in SCs, AQPs are also widely expressed and seem to be implicated
in the various stages of spermatogenesis. Like in hepatocytes, AQPs may be involved in maintaining
energy homeostasis in these cells and have a major role in the metabolic cooperation established
in the testicular tissue. Altogether, this information represents the mainstay of current and future
investigation in an expanding field.
Para citar este articulo: Bernardino, R.L.; Marinelli, R.A.; Maggio, A.; Gena, P.; Cataldo, I.; Alves, M.G.; Svelto, M.; Oliveira, P.F.; Calamita, G. Hepatocyte and Sertoli Cell Aquaporins, Recent Advances and Research Trends. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1096. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17071096
Para citar este articulo: Bernardino, R.L.; Marinelli, R.A.; Maggio, A.; Gena, P.; Cataldo, I.; Alves, M.G.; Svelto, M.; Oliveira, P.F.; Calamita, G. Hepatocyte and Sertoli Cell Aquaporins, Recent Advances and Research Trends. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1096. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17071096
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