scholarly journals Rapid kinetic analysis of the bile-salt-dependent secretion of phospholipid, cholesterol and a plasma-membrane enzyme into bile

1984 ◽  
Vol 222 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Lowe ◽  
S G Barnwell ◽  
R Coleman

Isolated rat livers were perfused under ‘one-pass’ conditions and bile was collected at 1 min intervals. After 1 min pulse, taurocholate appeared in the collected bile within 2 min, peak output occurring 2 min later. In contrast, the increased output of phospholipids and cholesterol was slower, peak output occurring 6-11 min after the original pulse of taurocholate. These results suggest that mixed micelles cannot be formed inside the cell or during passage of bile salts through the membrane, since bile salt and lipids should then parallel each other. The bile salts must therefore be pumped into the lumen and the lipids added subsequently, due to the actions of the bile salts in the canalicular lumen. It is suggested that the biliary lipid is obtained from microdomains of biliary-type lipid in the canaliculus membrane, which are vesiculated and solubilized by the action of bile salts. It is also suggested that this biliary-type lipid is brought continuously to the membrane via vesicle traffic; this traffic is increased during increased bile-salt output, and is a process that can be inhibited by colchicine.

1983 ◽  
Vol 210 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
S G Barnwell ◽  
P P Godfrey ◽  
P J Lowe ◽  
R Coleman

The output of proteins into bile was studied by using isolated perfused rat livers. Replacement of rat blood with defined perfusion media deprived the liver of rat serum proteins (albumin, immunoglobulin A) and resulted in a rapid decline in the amounts of these proteins in bile. When bovine serum albumin was incorporated into the perfusion medium it appeared in bile within 20 min and the amount in the bile was determined by the concentration of the protein in the perfusion medium. The use of a defined perfusion medium also deprived the livers of bile salts and the amounts of these, and of plasma-membrane enzymes [5′-nucleotidase (EC 3.1.3.5) and phosphodiesterase I], in bile declined rapidly. Introduction of micelle-forming bile salts (taurocholate or glycodeoxycholate) to the perfusion medium 80 min after liver isolation markedly increased the output of plasma-membrane enzymes but had no effect on the other proteins. The magnitude of this response was dependent on the bile salt used and its concentration in bile; there was little effect on plasma-membrane enzyme output until the critical micellar concentration of the bile salt had been exceeded in the bile. A bile salt analogue, taurodehydrocholate, which does not form micelles, did not produce the enhanced output of plasma-membrane enzymes. This work supports the view that the output of plasma-membrane enzymes in bile is a consequence of bile salt output and also provides evidence for mechanisms by which serum proteins enter the bile.


1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
S G Barnwell ◽  
P J Lowe ◽  
R Coleman

Isolated perfused rat livers were used to study the effects of taurochenodeoxycholate (TCDC) and tauroursodeoxycholate (TUDC) upon some aspects of biliary composition. After depletion of the endogenous bile salt pool of the liver, introduction of either bile salt brought about increases in bile flow, bile salt output and biliary phospholipid output. Taurochenodeoxycholate needed a lower biliary concentration to produce phospholipid output than did tauroursodeoxycholate. TCDC perfusion caused a substantial output of plasma-membrane enzymes (5′-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphodiesterase) into the bile, whereas TUDC caused little output of either enzyme; this may represent a characteristic difference between the effects of the two bile salts on the hepatobiliary system. The results from TUDC perfusion indicate also that much of the output of biliary phospholipid promoted by bile salts, may be independent of the output of plasma-membrane enzymes promoted by bile salts.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. G205-G211 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Robins ◽  
J. M. Fasulo ◽  
G. M. Patton

Bile salts are necessary for the secretion of phosphatidylcholines (PCs) in bile and result in the selective secretion of highly hydrophilic molecular species of PC that contain a 16:0 acyl group. To determine the effect of bile salt on the secretion of PCs in lipoproteins, isolated rat livers were perfused with and without taurocholate. The PC composition of very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), newly synthesized by the liver, precisely mirrored the composition of PCs in the whole liver and was not changed with the administration of taurocholate. In contrast, both the composition of PCs in high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and the absolute amount of newly synthesized HDL were markedly affected by the administration of taurocholate. With taurocholate the PC content of HDL was increased, HDL was enriched, like bile, in 16:0 molecular species of PC, and the amount of HDL that was recovered in the perfusate was 2.5-fold greater than without taurocholate (P less than 0.001). These findings suggest that VLDL and HDL are differently derived from within the liver, that the PCs of HDL and bile originate from the same hepatic pool or by the same mechanism, and that both the secretion of bile and HDL from the liver are susceptible to regulation by bile salt.


1986 ◽  
Vol 237 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Rahman ◽  
R Coleman

At high bile-salt-secretion rates the biliary secretion of phospholipids and cholesterol is dependent on that of the bile salts. However, at low bile-salt outputs some secretion remains. Isolated perfused rat livers were used in these experiments in order to study the bile-salt-independent secretion of biliary lipids. The livers were isolated and saline (0.9% NaCl), or phalloidin dissolved in saline, was added to the perfusion fluid after 1 h of liver isolation. The concentration and output of cholesterol was significantly decreased in phalloidin-treated livers compared with the controls, whereas there was no significant decrease in phospholipids; the secretion of cholesterol and phospholipids can thus be uncoupled from each other by the action of phalloidin. These experiments suggest that a proportion of cholesterol gets into bile independently of bile salts and phospholipids. These findings are discussed in relation to the supersaturation of some biles with cholesterol and its relationship to the bile-salt-independent fraction of cholesterol.


1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (6) ◽  
pp. 1875-1878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Delage ◽  
M Dumont ◽  
S Erlinger

The effect on sulfobromophathalein transport maximum (Tm) and biliary lipid secretion of sodium glyco-24,25-dihydrofusicate, a micelle-forming compound secreted into bile, has been studied in the hamster and compared to that of a physiological bile salt, sodium taurocholate. Biliary phospholipid and cholesterol secretion increased both during glycodihydrofusidate and taurocholate administration, an observation which suggest that both compounds increased th biliary secretion of micelle-forming compounds. In contrast, only taurocholate increased sulfobromophthalein Tm into bile, while glycodihydrofusidate administration decreased it. This observation suggests that the increase in sulfobromophthalein Tm observed during taurocholate administration is not the result of micellar sequestration. It could rather be the consequence of a specific effect of bile salts on the dye transport system.


1984 ◽  
Vol 220 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
S G Barnwell ◽  
P J Lowe ◽  
R Coleman

Colchicine, a drug which interferes with microtubular function, has no effect on the secretion of taurodehydrocholate into bile; it is therefore suggested that bile salts are unlikely to be packaged in vesicles during cellular transit from sinusoidal to canalicular membranes. Colchicine greatly reduces the secretion of phospholipid and cholesterol into bile; it is suggested that this is due to an interruption in the supply of vesicles bringing lipids to repair the canalicular membrane during bile salt output. In the absence of the protective effect of a continuous supply of repair vesicles, micelleforming bile salts damage the canalicular membrane; the increased concentration of plasma membrane enzymes in bile and the increased aspartate aminotransferase activity in plasma and bile are evidence of this damage. Damage to the canalicular membrane may also be an explanation for the reduction in taurocholate transport and the taurocholate-induced cholestasis which are seen with colchicine-treated livers. Such membrane damage is not observed in colchicine-treated livers during the secretion of the non-micelle forming bile salt, taurodehydrocholate.


1981 ◽  
Vol 196 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
P P Godfrey ◽  
M J Warner ◽  
R Coleman

The protein concentration in bile from several species is reported. The changes in output of protein, bile salts and several enzymes have been followed in rat bile over a 48 h cannulation period. Bile-salt concentration dropped rapidly owing to interruption of the enterohepatic circulation but the output of protein, lysosomal enzymes [acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) and beta-D-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31)] and plasma-membrane enzymes [5′-nucleotidase (EC 3.1.3.5) and phosphodiesterase I (EC 3.1.4.1)] was maintained. Liver cell damage, monitored by output of lactate dehydrogenase, was very low throughout. Protein, lysosomal enzymes and plasma-membrane enzymes showed different patterns of output with time, but all showed a net increase between 12 and 24 h. The output of lysosomal and plasma-membrane enzymes was between 1 and 5% of the total liver complement over the first 24 h; if inhibition by biliary components is taken into account the output of some of these enzymes, particularly acid phosphatase, may be greater. Ultracentrifugation of bile showed that as the concentration of bile salts decreases the proportion of plasma-membrane enzymes in a sedimentable form increases. The results are discussed in relation to other studies of biliary proteins and to studies of the perturbation of membranes and cells with bile salts.


2002 ◽  
Vol 361 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver MÜLLER ◽  
Carmen SCHALLA ◽  
Jürgen SCHEIBNER ◽  
Eduard F. STANGE ◽  
Michael FUCHS

We tested the hypothesis that differential expression of liver plasma membrane transporters might account for variations in biliary lipid secretion rates between gallstone-susceptible C57L/J and gallstone-resistant AKR/J mice. Plasma membrane fractions and total RNA isolated from livers of mice fed with a control or lithogenic (15% fat/1.25% cholesterol/0.5% cholic acid) diet were used for measurements of steady-state gene expression of hepatobiliary transport systems for bile salts (Ntcp1/Slc10a1, Oatp1/Slc21a1 and Bsep/Abcb11), phospholipids (Mdr2/Abcb4), organic anions (Mrp2/Abcc2) and organic cations (Oct1/Slc22a1). Irrespective of the diet, the steady-state gene expression of hepatobiliary transporters did not differ significantly between the two strains. Despite a higher basal bile flow and bile-salt secretion in C57L mice, Mrp2 (Abcc2) and Bsep (Abcb11) expression did not differ between the two strains. Elevated biliary phospholipid secretion in response to the lithogenic diet was linked to increased Mdr2 (Abcb4) protein expression, whereas the induction of Oct1 (Slc22a1) might reflect an enhanced uptake of choline for augmented phospholipid synthesis. In response to the lithogenic diet, Bsep (Abcb11) protein expression was up-regulated only marginally and bile salt secretion did not increase. The down-regulation of Ntcp1 (Slc10a1) protein expression might protect hepatocytes from high intracellular bile-salt loads. We conclude that variations in protein function rather than in the gene expression of liver plasma membrane transporters might account for variations in biliary lipid secretion rates. Our findings support the concept that the formation of lithogenic bile is caused by the hypersecretion of bile salts as a result of augmented availability of canalicular membrane cholesterol, possibly amplified by bile-salt—phospholipid uncoupling due to the increased bile flow.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1247-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Grover ◽  
T. R. Jones ◽  
E. E. Daniel

Vanadate inhibited K+-activated and K+-activated ouabain-sensitive p-nitrophenyl phosphatases of rat myometrium at nanomolar concentrations. The vanadate concentrations required for 50% inhibition were 220 ± 30 nM for the K+-activated component of this enzyme and 200 ± 30 nM for the K+-activated ouabain-sensitive component. Micromolar concentrations of vanadate inhibited acid and alkaline p-nitrophenyl phosphatases. ATP-dependent Ca uptake by the plasma membrane vesicles was not inhibited by 10 nM – 1 mM vanadate. Mg2+-ATPase was also not affected. Thus K+-activated and K+-activated ouabain-sensitive p-nitrophenyl phosphatase activities of the plasma membrane were most sensitive to inhibition by vanadate. Preliminary experiments demonstrated that similar to ouabain, vanadate inhibited potassium-induced abolition of spontaneous contractile activity of isolated rat myometrium in K-free Krebs. This effect of vanadate is consistent with vanadate inhibition of K+-activated ouabain-sensitive p-nitrophenyl phosphatase.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 847-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Subbiah ◽  
A. Kuksis ◽  
Sailen Mookerjea

Bile was collected from bile fistula rats and from the cannulated bile ducts of normal and 2-day choline-defîcient rats during 3 h of isolated liver perfusion. The bile acids were isolated as their taurine and glycine conjugates and the component acids analyzed. In comparison to the fistula bile of normal rats, the bile of the perfused livers of both choline-free and choline-supplemented animals showed increased conjugation of bile acids with glycine and a decreased cholate/chenodeoxycholate ratio. Although the volume of bile produced was similar for both groups of animals, the choline-deficient livers showed an average of 20% decrease in total bile acid production and a 20% decrease in cholate/chenodeoxycholate ratio, when compared to the acids from the bile of the perfused normal livers. By means of combined thin-layer and gas chromatographic analysis, all biles were shown to contain lithocholic, deoxycholic, chenodeoxycholic, hyodeoxycholic, ursodeoxycholic, cholic, and α- and β-muricholic acids as well as 3β,12α-dihydroxy- and 3α,12β-dihydroxy-cholanoic acids.


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