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The Rho-family GTPase Cdc42 is a key regulator of epithelial polarity, but it has rarely been linked to the vesicle-fusion machinery in vivo. Using mice with acinar cell-specific deletion of Cdc42, we found that Cdc42 loss caused the accumulation of small vesicles near the apical surface, where the water channel AQP5 was retained in clusters and lumen formation was defective. Cdc42-deficient glands showed a selective reduction of two vesicle-associated SNAREs, VAMP2 and VAMP4, whereas VAMP8, the t-SNAREs, and an endocytic marker were unchanged. The corresponding mRNAs were not decreased, indicating that Cdc42 maintains these v-SNAREs through post-transcriptional mechanisms. Cdc42-deficient acinar cells also accumulated condensing vacuoles, a form of immature secretory granule, indicating impaired granule maturation. 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