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Published on: October 29, 2009
Urea-modulated UT-B urea transporter internalization is clathrin- and caveolae-dependent in infantile
Li Xiao1, Dakan Liu1, Song Zuo1
1Department of Hemangioma, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the manner of urea-modulated UT-B urea transporter (UT) internalization in infantile hemangioma-derived vascular endothelial cells (HemECs). The immunohistochemistry assay was performed to identify infancy hemangioma-derived endothelial cell line (XPTS-1) cells. Cell toxicity was detected with the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis were measured to analyze the expression of UT-B. UT-B internalization was observed by confocal microscopy. The clathrin inhibitor chlorpromazine (CPZ) and caveolin endocytic disrupter methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) were used in XPTS-1 cells transfected with UT-B-GFP to repress endocytosis. Urea-promoted UT-B expression in a concentration-dependent manner in an infantile XPTS-1 cell line. CPZ and MβCD significantly inhibited UT-B protein internalization. The pretreatment of UT-B-GFP cells with adaptor protein2 (AP2)-μ2-siRNA and caveolin-siRNA significantly inhibited UT-B protein internalization. Our findings suggested that urea-mediated UT-B UT internalization is clathrin and caveolae dependent in infantile HemECs.
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