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1 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 76, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, 75015 Paris; and 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7519, 67084 Strasbourg, France
UT-B1 is the facilitated urea transporter of red blood cells (RBCs) and endothelial cells of descending vasa recta in the kidney. Immunoblotting with a polyclonal antibody against the C-ter sequence of rat UT-B1 revealed UT-B1 as both nonglycosylated (29 kDa) and N-glycosylated (47.5 and 33 kDa) proteins in RBC membranes, kidney medulla, brain, and bladder in rat. In testis, UT-B1 was expressed only as a nonglycosylated protein of 47.5 kDa. Immunocytochemistry confirmed that the location of UT-B1 is restricted to descending vasa recta. In brain, UT-B1 protein was found in astrocytes and ependymal cells. Cell bodies and perivascular end feet of astrocytes were labeled in brain cortex, whereas astrocyte cell processes were labeled in corpus callosum. Flow cytometry analysis of RBCs revealed a good cross-reactivity of the antibody with mouse and human UT-B1. UT-B1 protein expression in rat kidney medulla was downregulated greatly by long-term [deamino-Cys1,D-Arg8]vasopressin infusion and moderately by furosemide treatment. This study discloses an uneven distribution of UT-B1 protein within astrocytes and the regulation of renal UT-B1 protein by antidiuretic hormone.
urea transporter; N-glycosylation; erythrocytes; astrocytes; [deamino-Cys1,D-Arg8]vasopressin; furosemide
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