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Science 2005 Jan 28;3075709:545. doi: 10.1126/science.1106305.
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Marine fish egg hydration is aquaporin-mediated.

Fabra M , Raldúa D , Power DM , Deen PM , Cerdà J .


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The positive buoyancy of marine fish eggs in sea water, allowed by hydration of the oocyte, is critical for their survival and dispersion in the ocean. We isolated an aquaporin, SaAQP1o, that belongs to a unique subfamily of aquaporin-1-like channels specifically evolved in teleosts and mainly expressed in the ovary. We further show that hormone-induced fish oocyte hydration is a highly controlled process based on the interplay between protein hydrolysis and the translocation of SaAQP1o to the plasma membrane, indicating a specialized physiological role for this aquaporin.

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