Article
Potential of nonpeptide (ant)agonists to rescue vasopressin V2 receptor mutants for the treatment of X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 May 2010
Los E L, Deen P M T, Robben J H
Abstract excerpt
According to the body's need, water is reabsorbed from the pro-urine that is formed by ultrafiltration in the kidney. This process is regulated by the antidiuretic hormone arginine-vasopressin (AVP), which binds to its type 2 receptor (V2R) in the kidney. Mutations in the gene encoding the V2R often lead to the X-linked inheritable form of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), a disorder in which patients are...
Topics
- Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists
- Cell Membrane Permeability
- Diabetes Insipidus, Nephrogenic
- Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
- Humans
- Mutation
- Receptors, Vasopressin
