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. 1984 Nov 15;224(1):21–27. doi: 10.1042/bj2240021

Quantitative role of parenchymal and non-parenchymal liver cells in the uptake of [14C]sucrose-labelled low-density lipoprotein in vivo.

L Harkes, J C Van Berkel
PMCID: PMC1144393  PMID: 6508758

Abstract

In order to assess the relative importance of the receptor for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (apo-B,E receptor) in the various liver cell types for the catabolism of lipoproteins in vivo, human LDL was labelled with [14C]sucrose. Up to 4.5h after intravenous injection, [14C]sucrose becomes associated with liver almost linearly with time. During this time the liver is responsible for 70-80% of the removal of LDL from blood. A comparison of the uptake of [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL and reductive-methylated [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL ([14C]sucrose-labelled Me-LDL) by the liver shows that methylation leads to a 65% decrease of the LDL uptake. This indicated that 65% of the LDL uptake by liver is mediated by a specific apo-B,E receptor. Parenchymal and non-parenchymal liver cells were isolated at various times after intravenous injection of [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL and [14C]sucrose-labelled Me-LDL. Non-parenchymal liver cells accumulate at least 60 times as much [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL than do parenchymal cells accumulate at least 60 times as much [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL than do parenchymal cells when expressed per mg of cell protein. This factor is independent of the time after injection of LDL. Taking into account the relative protein contribution of the various liver cell types to the total liver, it can be calculated that non-parenchymal cells are responsible for 71% of the total liver uptake of [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL. A comparison of the cellular uptake of [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL and [14C]sucrose-labelled Me-LDL after 4.5h circulation indicates that 79% of the uptake of LDL by non-parenchymal cells is receptor-dependent. With parenchymal cells no significant difference in uptake between [14C]sucrose-labelled LDL and [14C]sucrose-labelled Me-LDL was found. A further separation of the nonparenchymal cells into Kupffer and endothelial cells by centrifugal elutriation shows that within the non-parenchymal-cell preparation solely the Kupffer cells are responsible for the receptor-dependent uptake of LDL. It is concluded that in rats the Kupffer cell is the main cell type responsible for the receptor-dependent catabolism of lipoproteins containing only apolipoprotein B.

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