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. 1991 Oct 15;279(Pt 2):503–508. doi: 10.1042/bj2790503

Reverse cholesterol transport in the rat. Studies using the isolated perfused spleen in conjunction with the perfused liver.

M A Mindham 1, P A Mayes 1
PMCID: PMC1151632  PMID: 1953645

Abstract

1. A new method combining the use of an isolated perfused extrahepatic tissue with a perfused liver was developed as a model system for the study of reverse cholesterol transport. Rat spleens, initially labelled in vivo with [3H]cholesterol, were perfused for 3 h with whole blood. The spleen was then replaced with an isolated rat liver, whose uptake of cholesterol from the spleen-derived blood and excretion of cholesterol into bile constituents were determined. 2. During spleen perfusion, a net release of cholesterol mass and radioactivity to lipoproteins was observed. 3. During liver perfusion, there was also a rapid exchange or transport of unesterified cholesterol between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and the liver, in particular with HDL2 (d = 1.085-1.125). 4. The liver showed an increased uptake of cholesteryl ester from serum that had previously been used in spleen perfusion. 5. Approximately half of the [3H]cholesterol released by the spleen was recovered in erythrocytes. During subsequent liver perfusion there was a substantial uptake of radioactivity from the erythrocytes, although less than that recorded from serum lipoproteins. 6. In all experiments there was significant excretion of [3H]cholesterol into bile; most (85%) was in bile acids. Thus the complete process of reverse cholesterol transport is observed in this dual-perfusion system.

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