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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 and B-48 are prominent apolipoproteins in VLDL, IDL, and chylomicrons. Organ cultures of normal adult human liver were established to ascertain the form of apo B synthesized by hepatocytes in humans. Human liver was minced and incubated in 15 mL methionine-free RPMI-1640 medium with 10% dialyzed fetal calf serum plus 250 microCi 35S-methionine for eight hours at 37 degrees C. Lipoproteins secreted by the liver were isolated by ultracentrifugation and the content of newly synthesized apo B determined by quantitation of radioactivity in the apoB-100 and apoB-48 bands after separation by 3% NaDodSO4 gel electrophoresis. In the eight-hour period, 2.5% to 3.2% of added 35S-methionine was secreted in TCA-precipitable protein of which 0.34% was apo B. Ninety-nine percent of the apo B in VLDL, IDL, and LDL was in the apo B-100 electrophoretic band. No significant radioactivity was detected in the apo B-48 electrophoretic band. Eighty-nine percent of the total radioactivity of apo B-100 was in VLDL with 3% and 8% in IDL and LDL, respectively. These results establish that adult human liver in organ culture synthesizes apo B-100 but not apo B-48.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0026-0495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
726-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Apolipoprotein B synthesis in humans: liver synthesizes only apolipoprotein B-100.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article