OVERPRODUCTION OF VERY LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS BY LIVERS OF GENETICALLY OBESE RATS
OVERPRODUCTION OF VERY LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS BY LIVERS OF GENETICALLY OBESE RATS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1971.220.5.1178
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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通讯作者:
PFLEGER, B
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作者:
SCHONFELD, G;PFLEGER, B
METHODSAnimals. Male fatties and their normal weight controls (NWC) were obtained from Dr. L. Zucker. Sprague-Dawley males (SD) and Dr. Zucker’s animals were fed ad libitum. The diet consisted of Purina rat chow and tap water. For purposes of comparison the lipoprotein electropherograms of some SD animals fed 10% fructose in place of tap water are included as well (Fig. 1). The animals were anesthetized with pentobarbital(5 mg/lOO g), blood for analyses was obtained from the inferior vena cava, and livers were removed for perfusion. Perfusion. Perfusions were carried out in a modified Miller apparatus(16)(JR Thebeau, Boston, Mass.) at 37 C and were always started between 10 and 11 AM. All the livers perfused were functionally viable by the following criteria: gross appearance, bile flow, and flow rate of perfusate. The technique was also judged to be adequate by the appearance of selected SD livers by electron microscopy? Perfusates consisted of Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer pH 7.4 (KRB) 3Y’o in bovine serum albumin(BSA, fraction V, Sigma lot no. 99B-0450), 300 mg/dl in glucose and 90 mg/dl in amino acids.(The mixture was prepared from equal weights of 2 1 amino acids, Sigma Kit LAA-2 1.) Free fatty acids (FFA) were added as the sodium soap of oleic acid (Sigma) to make the initial perfusate FFA concentration 750 pEq/liter(10). An additional 496 PEq were then infused over 3 hr of perfusion.(The infusate also contained 20 ml KRB and 2 g albumin.) All solutions were brought to pH 7.4 before use. Samples of perfusate were obtained at 5 min and every 30-60 min thereafter. Triglyceride (TG) secretion rate was steady throughout the experimental period. At the end of perfusion the livers were removed from the apparatus, immediately perfused with ice-cold saline, and homogenized in a Virtis homogenizer in the cold. An aliquot was then sonicated (Branson Instrument Inc.) and extracted with chloroform-methanol by the method of Carlson (5).Analyses. Triglycerides of liver, perfusates, sera, and very low-density lipoproteins were determined by the method of Carlson (5), cholesterol was determined by the method of Leffler (14), and phospholipids(PL) were determined as lipid phosphorus(3). Free fatty acids were quantified by the calorimetric method of Duncombe(8) performed on extracts prepared as per Dole (7). Lipoprotein electrophoreses (LPE) were done by the disc method of Narayan(17). Very low-density lipoproteins were obtained by subjecting the perfusates to ultracentrifugation at their own densities under saline in a model L Spinco instrument in a 40.3 rotor at 10 C for 18 hr. The tubes were sliced and the top layer was extracted as above (22). For gas chromatography the TG of the extracts of livers and perfusates were isolated by thin-layer chromatography(9), saponified, and methylated (15). Gas chromatography was carried out in a Beckman GC-5 instrument by the dual differential method using 100-120 mesh Chromosorb W (Beckman) coated with 20% l Kindly performed by Dr. M. Kostianovsky of the Dept. of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine.