2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.006
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Function and immuno-localization of aquaporins in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica

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“…AQPs can be divided into two groups that either transport only water or that transport water, glycerol, urea and other small metabolites [23], [24], [26], [30]. AQPs are critical for diuresis after blood feeding and dehydration tolerance in mosquitoes [28], [29], cold and freezing tolerance in various insects [31][35] and promote anhydrobiosis in the African sleeping midge [36], [37]. Previous EST projects on tsetse flies have demonstrated the expression of AQPs in many tissues [38][40], but the physiological roles of these channel proteins, particularly in relation to viviparous reproduction and blood feeding, have not been determined.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…AQPs can be divided into two groups that either transport only water or that transport water, glycerol, urea and other small metabolites [23], [24], [26], [30]. AQPs are critical for diuresis after blood feeding and dehydration tolerance in mosquitoes [28], [29], cold and freezing tolerance in various insects [31][35] and promote anhydrobiosis in the African sleeping midge [36], [37]. Previous EST projects on tsetse flies have demonstrated the expression of AQPs in many tissues [38][40], but the physiological roles of these channel proteins, particularly in relation to viviparous reproduction and blood feeding, have not been determined.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Although our recent work on B. antarctica has revealed several key molecular mechanisms of dehydration tolerance, including expression of heat shock proteins (11), aquaporins (12,13), and metabolic genes (14), we lack a comprehensive understanding of the genes and pathways involved in extreme dehydration tolerance. To date, only three studies have examined large-scale transcriptional changes in response to dehydration in insects, all of which were conducted on tropical species.…”
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“…The Journal of Experimental Biology (2014) antibodies from different species, and some of these were stress inducible (Yi et al, 2011). However, the sequence identity of these aquaporin genes has not been established.…”
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“…However, mRNA expression did not change in response to dehydration, so it is unclear what, if any, role this gene plays in mediating stress tolerance. A second study of B. antarctica aquaporins found immunoreactivity to four different aquaporin antibodies from different species, and some of these were stress inducible (Yi et al, 2011). However, the sequence identity of these aquaporin genes has not been established.…”
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