Fig. 7.

Endocytosis ability of dendritic cells (DCs) from wild-type (WT) and aquaporin 5-negative (AQP5^−/−) mice. DCs were co-cultured with 100 µg/ml ovalbumin-fluoresein isothiocyanate for different times and then measured by fluorescence acticated cell sorter analysis. Enhanced endocytosis of AQP5-mediated water permeability by DCs. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation endocytic percentage (six mice, six controls). A significant enhancement of particle endocytosis by DCs from WT mice in 10, 20, 30 and 60 min was observed compared with AQP5^−/− (*P < 0·05).