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F R Simon

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PubMed1976

Effect of bile duct ligation on the ultrastructural morphology of hepatocytes.

The effect of severe cholestasis produced by bile duct ligation on surface membrane ultrastructure was compared to control. Isolated well preserved hepatocytes were prepared by boric acid dissociation and examined under the scanning electron microscope. Normal sinusoidal, intratrabecular, and canalicular surface membrane topography is described. In particular the bile canalicular microvilli were observed to be derived from two locations: a "marginal ridge" whose microvilli are unaltered after bile duct obstruction, and the bile canalicular surface whose microvilli are lost in obstruction and primarily account for the appearance previously described by transmission electron microscopy. Thus, newer techniques in tissue preparation and scanning electron microscopy demonstrate that bile canalicular microvilli are derived from two anatomical sites and respond differently to bile duct ligation.

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PubMed1973

Alteration of bile canalicular enzymes in cholestasis. A possible cause of bile secretory failure.

Bile secretory failure (cholestasis) may result from several possible mechanisms involved in bile secretion. We have examined the possibility that abnormalities in enzyme content, composition, and turnover of liver plasma membrane constituents are altered in cholestasis. Severe and mild cholestasis were produced by 5 days of bile duct ligation and ethinyl estradiol administration, respectively. Bile duct ligation but not ethinyl estradiol treatments was associated with elevations of the serum bilirubin level and 5'-nucleotidase activity. However, basal bile flow and bilirubin transport maximum (T(m)) were significantly reduced after ethinyl estradiol treatment. Liver plasma membrane fractions rich in canalicular membranes were prepared from groups of rats in each of three categories; normal, after bile duct ligation, or ethinyl estradiol administration, and their respective controls. Electron microscopy and enzyme marker studies demonstrated plasma membrane fractions free of significant contamination. Plasma membrane fractions prepared from mild as well as severe cholestasis had increased alkaline phosphatase activity, and reduced 5'-nucleotidase and Mg(2+)-ATPase activities. Co(2+)-CMPase activity was unchanged. Kinetic analysis of 5'-nucleotidase and Mg(2+)-ATPase activities in plasma membrane fractions demonstrated reduced V(maz) (but unaltered K(m)). Reducted V(maz) was unrelated to addition in vitro of di-or trihydroxy bile salts or ethinyl estradiol and, therefore, suggests that reduced activities in cholestasis are due to decreased enzyme content. Cholestasis was not associated with changes in the synthesis or degradation rate of pulse-labeled plasma membrane proteins or alterations in the major protein bands separated on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Plasma membrane cholesterol, phospholipid, and neutral sugar content was unaltered, but sialic acid content was significantly increased in both forms of cholestasis. Alterations in specific canalicular enzymes in two forms of cholestasis suggest that these changes may be involved in the pathogenesis of bile secretory failure, or may result from cholestasis.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗
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Effect of chronic ethanol administration on enzyme and lipid properties of liver plasma membranes in long and short sleep mice.

Mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease are still ill defined. We evaluated in two outbred lines of mice whether chronic ingestion of ethanol alters the lipid composition and/or enzyme activity of liver plasma membranes. Two mouse lines with different sensitivities towards the hypnotic effect of ethanol, designated long sleep and short sleep, were fed a liquid diet containing ethanol for 30 days. Ethanol intake reached 30 gm per kg per day in both lines, and serum ethanol levels were similar. In addition, hepatic triglyceride levels were similarly increased 2-fold with ethanol feeding. The following effects of ethanol treatment were observed in liver plasma membrane fractions: (i) Na+,K+-ATPase was significantly increased to 26% above control in long sleep only; (ii) alkaline phosphatase activity was 2-fold increased in both lines; (iii) 5'-nucleotidase, leucine aminopeptidase and Mg2+-ATPase activities remained unchanged in both lines; (iv) unesterified cholesterol and total phospholipid contents were unaltered in both lines, and (v) cholesteryl esters were increased in both lines, but to a greater extent in short sleep (1.5 vs. 4-fold). Thus, chronic ethanol ingestion induces specific alterations in liver plasma membrane structure and function, suggesting that adaptive responses to ethanol may be determined in part by inherited factors.

5'-Nucleotidase↗