STUDIES INVITRO ON THE UPTAKE AND DEGRADATION OF SODIUM HYALURONATE IN RAT-LIVER ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
STUDIES INVITRO ON THE UPTAKE AND DEGRADATION OF SODIUM HYALURONATE IN RAT-LIVER ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2230617
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
LAURENT, TC
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作者:
SMEDSROD, B;PERTOFT, H;LAURENT, TC
Rat liver endothelial cells in primary cultures at 7.degree. C bind radioactively labeled sodium hyaluronate (HA; MW, 400,000) specifically and with high affinity (Kd = 6 .times. 10-11 M). Maximal binding capacity is .apprx.. 104 molecules/p cell. Inhibition experiments with unlabeled HA and oligosaccharides from HA indicate that each molecule is bound by several receptors acting co-operatively and that the single receptor recognizes a tetra- or hexa-saccharide sequence of the polysaccharide. At 37.degree. C the liver endothelial cells endocytose the HA. The process combines the features of a receptor-mediated and a fluid-phase endocytosis. The rate of internalization does not show any saturation with increasing HA concentration, but is approximately proportional to the polysaccharide concentration at and above the physiological concenration. At 50 .mu.g of free Ha/l each liver endothelial cell accumulates 0.1 fg of the polysaccharide/min. Fluorescent HA accumulates in perinuclear granules, presumably lysosomes. Degradation products from HA appear in the medium about 30 min after addition of the polysaccharide to the cultures. The radioactivity from HA containing N-[3H]acetyl groups or 14C in the sugar rings is recovered mainly as [3H]acetate and [14C]acetate respectively. Estimations of the capacity of liver endothelial cells to internalize and degrade HA in vitro indicate that these cells may be primarily responsible for the clearance of HA from human blood in vivo.