ROLE OF GALLBLADDER MUCUS HYPER-SECRETION IN THE EVOLUTION OF CHOLESTEROL GALLSTONES - STUDIES IN THE PRAIRIE DOG
ROLE OF GALLBLADDER MUCUS HYPER-SECRETION IN THE EVOLUTION OF CHOLESTEROL GALLSTONES - STUDIES IN THE PRAIRIE DOG
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DOI:
10.1172/jci110209
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
CAREY, MC
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作者:
LEE, SP;LAMONT, JT;CAREY, MC
Mucin glycoproteins may be important in the pathophysiology of gallstones. The relationship among biliary lipids, gallbladder mucin secretion and gallstone formation in cholesterol-fed prairie dogs [Cynomys ludovicianus], were studied. Organ culture studies of gallbladder explants revealed that the incorporation of [3H]glucosamine into tissue and secretory gallbladder glycoproteins was significantly increased at 3, 5, 8 and 14 d [day] of feeding. Gel filtration of the secreted glycoprotein on Sepharose 4B indicated that the majority of radioactivity was present in a macromolecule of > 1 million MW. The increased secretion of gallbladder mucin was organ specific, in that [3H]-glucosamine incorporation into glycoproteins of stomach and colon was unaffected by cholesterol feeding. The incorporation of [3H]mannose into gallbladder membrane glycoproteins was not altered by cholesterol feeding. The rate of glycoprotein synthesis and secretion returned to normal upon withdrawal of the cholesterol diet and ligation of the cystic duct before cholesterol feeding prevented gallbladder mucin hypersecretion. The stimulus to mucin secretion was evidently a constituent of bile. Gallbladder bile after 5 d contained cholesterol in micelles, liquid crystals and crystals, whereas hepatic bile remained a single micellar phase throughout cholesterol feeding. The cholesterol-saturation indices of gallbladder bile were compared in homogenized and centrifuged samples. The micellar phase of gallbladder bile was appreciably less saturated than homogenized bile at 5 and 8 d, which reflects the continuous nucleation of cholesterol in the gallbladder. Purified human gallbladder mucin gels induced nucleation of lecithin-cholesterol liquid crystals from supersaturated hepatic bile. These in turn gave rise to cholesterol monohydrate crystals within 18 h. Control supersaturated hepatic bile could not be nucleated by the addition of other proteins and was stable for days upon standing. The increase in cholesterol content of bile in cholesterol-fed prairie dogs apparently stimulates gallbladder mucus hypersecretion. Gallbladder mucus gel is apparently a nucleating agent for biliary cholesterol.