Dynamic Regulation of Aquaglyceroporin Expression in Erythrocyte Cultures from Cold- and Warm-Acclimated Cope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla Chrysoscelis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2011
Publication Source
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology
Abstract
Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis,is a freeze-tolerant anuran which accumulates and distributes glycerol as a cryoprotectant before freezing. We hypothesize that HC-3, an aquaglyceroporin member of the MIP family of water pores, may play an important role in the process of freeze tolerance by mediating transmembrane passage of glycerol and water during cold-acclimation. The objectives of this study were two-fold: to examine HC-3 protein abundance and cellular localization in erythrocytes from cold- and warm-acclimated frogs and to develop and characterize an erythrocyte cell culture system for examining HC-3 gene regulation. Compared with warm-acclimated frogs, erythrocytes from cold-acclimated frogs had higher HC-3 protein expression and enhanced plasma membrane localization. Furthermore, erythrocytes from cold- and warm-acclimated frogs maintained in culture at 4 and 20°C exhibited time- and temperature-dependent regulation of HC-3 expression and an increase in the abundance of high molecular weight immunoreactive species within 24 hr of culture at 20°C. Deglycosylation of erythrocyte proteins resulted in the disappearance of the high molecular weight species, indicating that HC-3 is post-translationally modified by N-linked glycosylation. Erythrocytes cultured in media containing glycerol also showed an increased abundance of the high molecular weight bands and enhanced plasma membrane localization of HC-3, suggesting a role for glycerol in regulating HC-3 subcellular trafficking. Thus, the development of this erythrocyte cell culture system from H. chrysoscelis opened an opportunity to study the properties of cells with changing expression of an aquaglyceroporin, HC-3, and to explore the factors regulating that expression.
Inclusive pages
424–437
ISBN/ISSN
1552-499X
Copyright
Copyright © 2011, Wiley-Liss
Publisher
Wiley-Liss
Volume
315A
Peer Reviewed
yes
Issue
7
eCommons Citation
Mutyam, Venkateshwar; Puccetti, Matthew V.; Frisbie, James; Goldstein, David L.; and Krane, Carissa M., "Dynamic Regulation of Aquaglyceroporin Expression in Erythrocyte Cultures from Cold- and Warm-Acclimated Cope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla Chrysoscelis" (2011). Biology Faculty Publications. 141.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bio_fac_pub/141
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