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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Confluent monolayers of normal human hepatocytes obtained by collagenase perfusion of liver fragments were incubated in a serum-free medium. Intracellular apolipoproteins apo AI, apo C, apo B, and apo E were detected between Day 1 and Day 6 of the culture by immunoenzymatic staining using polyclonal antibodies directed against these apoproteins and monoclonal antibodies directed against both forms of apo B (B100 and B48). Translation of mRNA isolated from these hepatocytes in an acellular system revealed that apo AI and apo E were synthesized as the precursor forms of mature plasma apo AI and apo E. Three lipoprotein fractions corresponding to the density of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were isolated from the medium at Day 5 of culture and examined by electron microscopy after negative staining. VLDL and LDL particles are similar in size and shape to plasma lipoproteins; spherical HDL are larger than normal plasma particles isolated at the same density. Their protein represented 44, 19.5, and 36.5% respectively, of the total lipoprotein protein. The secretion rate of VLDL protein corresponded to that measured in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. After incorporation of [3H]glycerol, more than 92% of the [3H]triglyceride secreted into the medium was recovered in the VLDL fraction. These results demonstrate that primary cultures of normal human hepatocytes are able to synthesize and secrete lipoproteins and thus could be a useful model to study lipoprotein metabolism in human liver.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0883-8364
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoprotein A-I, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoproteins A, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoproteins B, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoproteins C, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Histocytochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Immunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Lipoproteins, HDL, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Lipoproteins, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Lipoproteins, VLDL, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:3125144-RNA, Messenger
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and secretion of lipoproteins by human hepatocytes in culture.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U.9, Hôpital St-Antoine 184, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article