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Query: UNIPROT:P01185 (vasopressin)
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A continuous cell line was previously obtained by Simian Virus (SV) 40 transformation of primary cultures of dissociated mouse fetal hypothalami. One clone from this cell line has been previously shown to possess some of the ultrastructural features, immunological properties and synthesizing capacities of magnocellular hypothalamic neurons which secrete vasopressin and neurophysins. The present paper reports on the morphological characterization of 14 other clones or subclones of the original cell line, using the following criteria: phase contrast microscopy, electron microscopy, Gomori's aldehyde fuchsin staining, cytochemical detection of beta-glucuronidase, immunochemical staining with antisera against bovine neurophysin I, bovine neurophysin II, lys-vasopressin, oxytocin, LH-RH and TRH. The results allowed the conclusion that the clones as well as the subclones can be distributed into two groups: 1) neurosecretory neurons which all possess several of the ultrastructural and cytochemical features of the neurophysin-vasopressin synthesizing clone, and 2) primitive nerve cells which are devoid of such features but display numerous bundles of filaments. In addition some clones were found to display intermediate features between groups 1 and 2. A similar diversity was observed within clones of the original strain and subclones of a neurosecretory clone. It is suggested that the primitive clones could represent precursors of the neurosecretory clones.
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PMID:Ultrastructural and cytochemical features of SV 40 transformed hypothalamic cell lines. 18 90

Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content in the kidney of homo (DI) Brattleboro rats was shown to be minimal whereas the activity of glycanohydrolases (GH) in the papilla of diabetic rats was comparatively high. Injection of the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) increased the GH in the renal papillae of both the DI and HZ (heterozygous) rats. Disappearance of the beta-glucuronidase staining occurred in the collecting tubule's epithelial cells under the effect of adiuretin--SD and water deprivation for 2 days. The activation and redistribution of the GH under the ADH influence and the role of GAG and GH in the mechanism of ADH action, were discussed.
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PMID:[The glycosaminoglycan-glycanohydrolase system in the renal tissue of Brattleboro rats with a hereditary defect in antidiuretic hormone synthesis]. 244 68

Distribution of glycanohydrolases activity (hyaluronidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-D-hexosaminidase) and glycosaminoglycans in different renal zones (papilla, external medulla, cortex) of homo- and heterozygous Brattleboro rats with hereditary defect of antidiuretic hormone synthesis was studied. Content of the glycosaminoglycans in kidney preparations of homozygotes was shown to be minimal as compared with other rodents; at the same time, the activity of glycanohydrolases in the papilla of diabetic rats was comparatively high. Administration of the antidiuretic hormone at physiological doses was followed by the same increase in the enzymatic activity in renal papilla of homo- and heterozygotes, while certain correlation between the urine osmolality and the degree of the enzymes activation was observed.
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PMID:[Glycosaminoglycans and glycan hydrolases in the kidney of rats with hereditary diabetes insipidus]. 295 7

Distribution of beta-glucuronidase, one of three enzymes of hyaluronate hydrolases (HH) that hydrolyze extracellular glycosamine glycans (GAG), has been studied in the intact white rat kidney and under effect of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). Renal beta-glucuronidase is revealed as discrete granules in cytoplasm of epithelial cells, in the cortex and medulla and in the interstitial cells of the papilla. ADH increase for a short time in blood results in decreasing amount of granules in cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the collecting tubules, and a prolonged increase is accompanied with practically a complete disappearance of granules both in cytoplasm of epitheliocytes of the collecting tubules and in spindle-like interstitial cells. This effect is considered as a result of the enzyme discharge under ADH effect from the cells into the interstitial space--the place of the extracellular GAG position, HH action substrate. The possibility of the enzyme presence in the renal cells in the form of two fractions is discussed.
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PMID:[Localization of beta-glucuronidase in the kidney of the white rat after administration of the antidiuretic hormone]. 380 Jun 71

Involvement of enzymes catabolizing hyaluronic acid (hyaluronidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-D-hexosaminidase) in the hydroosmotic action of vasopressin on the amphibian urinary bladder Rana Ridibunda was studied. It was found that vasopressin (50 nM), agonist of V2 receptors dDAVP (1.5 mcM) and forscolin (30 mcM) induce an activation of enzymes and its release into the Ringer solution at the mucosal surface simultaneously with the increase in the osmotic water flow. Maximal effect was observed 10 min later than hydroosmotic response. Release of enzymes under vasopressin effect was found in the absence of osmotic gradient and water flow through the epithelium. The repeated substitution of the outer Ringer solution for the fresh one resulted in the increase in the both the water permeability and the release of enzymes through the mucosal surface. We suggested that involvement of hyaluronate-hydrolases in the vasopressin effect is mediated by the cAMP-dependent mechanism. It is supposed that this effect creates conditions for the increase in the permeability of glycosaminoglycan structures covering adjacent to the apical cell surface.
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PMID:[Hyaluronate-hydrolases system and hydroosmotic effect of vasopressin]. 1051 5

The involvement of enzymes catabolizing hyaluronic acid (hyaluronidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-D-hexosaminidase) in the hydroosmotic effect of vasopressin in the frog (Rana ridibunda) urinary bladder was studied. It was observed that vasopressin (50 nM), an agonist of V2 receptors, L-desamino-8-D-arginine-vasopressin (dDAVP, 1.5 microM) and forskolin (30 microM) activated the enzymes and caused their release into Ringer solution at the mucosal side, together with an increase in osmotic water flow. The effect of AVP on enzyme activity developed 10 min after the hydroosmotic response. Cytochalasin B (a specific inhibitor of actin filament elongation, 50 nM) blocked the hydroosmotic response to AVP; hyaluronate hydrolase activity increased in the bladder tissue but not in Ringer solution. It is suggested that the involvement of hyaluronate hydrolases in AVP's effect is mediated by a cAMP-dependent mechanism and provides favorable conditions for an increase in the permeability of glycosaminoglycan structures adjacent to the apical cell surface.
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PMID:Effects of vasopressin on hyaluronate hydrolase activities and water permeability in the frog urinary bladder. 1169 69

The functional response of the kidney to desmopressin and morphological changes in epitheliocytes of collecting tubes were studied on homozygotic Brattleboro rats. Redistribution of beta-glucuronidase fractions and increase in the number of osmiophilic granules reflecting increased production of vasopressin-dependent proteins and hyaluronate hydrolase exocytosis were typical structural correlates of the effect of vasopressin.
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PMID:Structural and functional changes in epitheliocytes of collecting tubes in renal papilla of Brattleboro rats treated with vasopressin. 1801 23