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Query: EC:4.1.1.6 (
CAD
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Despite chronic acidosis, collecting ducts in adult carbonic anhydrase II-deficient (
CAD
mice) are depleted of intercalated cells, including those of type A, which are acid-secreting cells. We hypothesized that this depletion could occur during postnatal development. Principal cells were identified by immunofluorescence using an antibody to rat aquaporin-2 (AQP-2), and type A intercalated cells using an antibody specific for anion exchanger (AE1). In
CAD
mice the proportion of
AQP2
-positive cells, normal at 11 days, increased progressively in the cortical (CCD) and outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD), to reach almost 100% in the OMCD in adults. The percentage of AE1-positive cells in the OMCD of
CAD
mice decreased by half by 6 weeks of age and further by adulthood. In controls, however, the proportion of
AQP2
-positive cells and that of AE1-positive cells in the OMCD remained stable after 10 days of age. AE1-positive cells accounted for the majority of intercalated cells in the OMCD. The mechanisms leading to selective postnatal cell depletion in the collecting duct in
CAD
mice remain to be determined.
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PMID:Postnatal disappearance of type A intercalated cells in carbonic anhydrase II-deficient mice. 1142 Sep 10
