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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
We compared the protein/lipid structure and Ch-nucleating capacity of individual lipid carriers in two groups of human gallbladder biles: 11 with Fast cholesterol nucleation (2.2 +/- 1.3 days) and 10 with Slow cholesterol nucleation (19.2 +/- 4.4 days). The groups had comparable cholesterol-saturation (1.31 vs. 1.28), total lipids (9.9 vs. 8.5 g/dl) and proteins (8.5 vs. 7.6 mg/ml). Bile was ultracentrifuged (2 h at 150,000 x g) and the resulting isotropic phase was incubated with [3H]Ch and [14C]lecithin and gel-chromatographed on a Superose 6 column with a buffer containing 7.0 mM sodium-taurocholate. Seven protein peaks were identified (280 nm and biochemistry), with the following molecular mass ranges (kDa): 1 (Void volume), 2 (155-205), 3 (50-79), 4 (20-29), 5 (6-15), 6 (3.5-6), 7 (2-3.5). Peaks 2 and 3 were identified as vesicles and micelles, respectively. Fast vs. Slow Ch nucleating biles had: (a) more (P less than 0.02) cholesterol coeluting with vesicles, (b) more (P less than 0.01) lecithin coeluting with low m.w. peaks (Nos. 5-6), (c) less (P less than 0.01) cholesterol and lecithin coeluting with micelles. An inverse correlation (P less than 0.001) was observed between the amount of proteins coeluting with the micellar peak and the cholesterol nucleation of both whole bile and isolated micellar fractions. A marked shift of cholesterol and lecithin from micelles to vesicles was apparent, in the whole bile, after cholesterol nucleation had occurred. Incubation and sequential analysis of isolated and radiolabeled micelles showed a progressive transfer of lecithin and cholesterol molecules to low molecular weight fractions and to vesicles before cholesterol nucleation. We conclude that pro-nucleating biliary vesicles develop from micelles, due to the phasing out and redistribution of micellar cholesterol and lecithin, which are probably induced by biliary proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
1086
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
125-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential patterns of lipid-protein association in fast and slow cholesterol nucleating human gallbladder biles: implications for cholesterol nucleation from biliary lipid carriers.
pubmed:affiliation
2nd Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, School of Medicine, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study