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. 1993 May 1;291(Pt 3):749–755. doi: 10.1042/bj2910749

Endocytosis of ricin by rat liver cells in vivo and in vitro is mainly mediated by mannose receptors on sinusoidal endothelial cells.

S Magnússon 1, T Berg 1
PMCID: PMC1132432  PMID: 8489503

Abstract

Upon intravenous injection into rats, the plant toxin ricin was rapidly cleared from the circulation by the liver. Among the different liver cell populations, most of the injected ricin associated with the sinusoidal endothelial cells (EC), whereas the liver parenchymal cells (PC) and Kupffer cells (KC) yielded minor contributions to the total liver uptake in vivo. Co-injection of mannan strongly inhibited ricin uptake by the EC, showing that it was mediated by mannose receptors. On the other hand, co-injection of lactose, which inhibits the galactose-specific association of ricin with cells, enhanced ricin uptake by the EC. The carbohydrate-dependency of the EC contribution to the uptake of ricin in vivo was reflected in the carbohydrate-dependency of the uptake in vivo by whole liver. In vitro, the EC also endocytosed ricin more efficiently than did the PC or KC. Whereas uptake in vitro in the EC was mainly mannose-specific, uptake in the two other cell types was mainly galactose-specific. Western blotting showed that the mannose receptors of liver non-parenchymal cells are identical with the mannose receptor previously isolated from alveolar macrophages. The mannose receptors are expressed at a higher level in EC than in KC. Ligand blotting showed that, in the presence of lactose, the mannose receptor is the only protein in the EC that binds ricin, and the binding is mannose-specific and Ca(2+)-dependent.

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