Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases
Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins and found in all living organisms from bacteria to human. AQPs mainly involved in the transmembrane diffusion of water as well as various small solutes in a bidirectional manner are widely distributed in various human tissues. Human contains 13 AQPs (...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-03-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.654865/full |
| _version_ | 1818849028127850496 |
|---|---|
| author | Abul Kalam Azad Topu Raihan Jahed Ahmed Jahed Ahmed Al Hakim Tanvir Hossain Emon Parveen Afroz Chowdhury |
| author_facet | Abul Kalam Azad Topu Raihan Jahed Ahmed Jahed Ahmed Al Hakim Tanvir Hossain Emon Parveen Afroz Chowdhury |
| author_sort | Abul Kalam Azad |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins and found in all living organisms from bacteria to human. AQPs mainly involved in the transmembrane diffusion of water as well as various small solutes in a bidirectional manner are widely distributed in various human tissues. Human contains 13 AQPs (AQP0–AQP12) which are divided into three sub-classes namely orthodox aquaporin (AQP0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8), aquaglyceroporin (AQP3, 7, 9, and 10) and super or unorthodox aquaporin (AQP11 and 12) based on their pore selectivity. Human AQPs are functionally diverse, which are involved in wide variety of non-infectious diseases including cancer, renal dysfunction, neurological disorder, epilepsy, skin disease, metabolic syndrome, and even cardiac diseases. However, the association of AQPs with infectious diseases has not been fully evaluated. Several studies have unveiled that AQPs can be regulated by microbial and parasitic infections that suggest their involvement in microbial pathogenesis, inflammation-associated responses and AQP-mediated cell water homeostasis. This review mainly aims to shed light on the involvement of AQPs in infectious and non-infectious diseases and potential AQPs-target modulators. Furthermore, AQP structures, tissue-specific distributions and their physiological relevance, functional diversity and regulations have been discussed. Altogether, this review would be useful for further investigation of AQPs as a potential therapeutic target for treatment of infectious as well as non-infectious diseases. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T06:26:43Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7e993cfed5754a24858c9ba45d6f63bf |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-8021 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T06:26:43Z |
| publishDate | 2021-03-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Genetics |
| spelling | doaj.art-7e993cfed5754a24858c9ba45d6f63bf2022-12-21T20:32:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Genetics1664-80212021-03-011210.3389/fgene.2021.654865654865Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious DiseasesAbul Kalam Azad0Topu Raihan1Jahed Ahmed2Jahed Ahmed3Al Hakim4Tanvir Hossain Emon5Parveen Afroz Chowdhury6Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshLouvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Dermatology, Sylhet Women’s Medical College, Sylhet, BangladeshAquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins and found in all living organisms from bacteria to human. AQPs mainly involved in the transmembrane diffusion of water as well as various small solutes in a bidirectional manner are widely distributed in various human tissues. Human contains 13 AQPs (AQP0–AQP12) which are divided into three sub-classes namely orthodox aquaporin (AQP0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8), aquaglyceroporin (AQP3, 7, 9, and 10) and super or unorthodox aquaporin (AQP11 and 12) based on their pore selectivity. Human AQPs are functionally diverse, which are involved in wide variety of non-infectious diseases including cancer, renal dysfunction, neurological disorder, epilepsy, skin disease, metabolic syndrome, and even cardiac diseases. However, the association of AQPs with infectious diseases has not been fully evaluated. Several studies have unveiled that AQPs can be regulated by microbial and parasitic infections that suggest their involvement in microbial pathogenesis, inflammation-associated responses and AQP-mediated cell water homeostasis. This review mainly aims to shed light on the involvement of AQPs in infectious and non-infectious diseases and potential AQPs-target modulators. Furthermore, AQP structures, tissue-specific distributions and their physiological relevance, functional diversity and regulations have been discussed. Altogether, this review would be useful for further investigation of AQPs as a potential therapeutic target for treatment of infectious as well as non-infectious diseases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.654865/fullhuman aquaporinsaquaporins and infectious diseaseswater homeostasisfunctional regulationdrug targets |
| spellingShingle | Abul Kalam Azad Topu Raihan Jahed Ahmed Jahed Ahmed Al Hakim Tanvir Hossain Emon Parveen Afroz Chowdhury Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases Frontiers in Genetics human aquaporins aquaporins and infectious diseases water homeostasis functional regulation drug targets |
| title | Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases |
| title_full | Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases |
| title_fullStr | Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases |
| title_short | Human Aquaporins: Functional Diversity and Potential Roles in Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases |
| title_sort | human aquaporins functional diversity and potential roles in infectious and non infectious diseases |
| topic | human aquaporins aquaporins and infectious diseases water homeostasis functional regulation drug targets |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.654865/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT abulkalamazad humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT topuraihan humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT jahedahmed humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT jahedahmed humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT alhakim humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT tanvirhossainemon humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases AT parveenafrozchowdhury humanaquaporinsfunctionaldiversityandpotentialrolesininfectiousandnoninfectiousdiseases |