Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
December 2021
Regulated vesicle exocytosis is a key response to extracellular stimuli in diverse physiological processes, including hormone regulated short-term urine concentration. In the renal collecting duct, the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) localizes to the apical plasma membrane as well as to small, subapical vesicles. In response to stimulation with the antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin, aquaporin-2-containing vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane, which increases collecting duct water reabsorption and thus, urine concentration.
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