Anti-Phospho-Aquaporin 2 (Ser261) Antibody

Aquaporin 2 (AQP2) is a hormonally regulated water channel located in the renal collecting duct. Mutations in the AQP2 gene cause hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in humans (Iolascon et al.,2007) . A vasopressin induced cAMP increase results in the phosphorylation of AQP2 at serine-256 and its translocation from the intracellular vesicles to the apical membrane of principal cells (van Balkom et al., 2002) . Recently, serine-261 has been identified as a novel phosphorylation site on AQP2 and levels of phosphorylated S261 have been shown to decrease with vasopressin treatment suggesting its involvement in vasopressin-dependent AQP2 trafficking (Hoffert et al., 2007)

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Synthetic phospho-peptide corresponding to amino acid residues surrounding Ser261 of rat aquarporin 2, conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) . Immunogen species is Rat.

Forms a water-specific channel that provides the plasma membranes of renal collecting duct with high permeability to water, thereby permitting water to move in the direction of an osmotic gradient.

Storage at -20°C is recommended, as aliquots may be taken without freeze/thawing due to presence of 50% glycerol. Stable for at least 1 year at -20°C. After date of receipt, stable for at least 1 year at -20°C.

Specific for endogenous levels of the ~29 kDa AQP2 protein phosphorylated at Ser261. Also recognizes the glycosylated form of AQP2 at ~37 kDa. Immunolabeling is blocked by preadsorption with the phosphopeptide used as antigen, but not by the corresponding non-phosphopeptide.

Apical cell membrane ; Multi-pass membrane protein. Basolateral cell membrane ; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane ; Multi- pass membrane protein. Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network membrane ; Multi-pass membrane protein. Shuttles from vesicles to the apical membrane. Vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation is required for translocation to the apical cell membrane. PLEKHA8/FAPP2 is required to transport AQP2 from the TGN to sites where AQP2 is phosphorylated.