title: Glycoproteins of rat liver plasma membranes: their hepatocellular, intestinal and renal expression in rat, rabbit and human.
abstract: Expression of six glycoproteins (Mr = 60,000 (gp 60), 80,000 (gp 80), 110,000 (gp 110), 120,000 (gp 120), 140,000 (gp 140), 160,000 (gp 160)) recently purified from rat liver plasma membranes (LPM) were compared in the liver, small intestine and kidney of the rat, rabbit and human. Immunoblotting studies with monospecific antisera showed that five of the six glycoproteins (gp 60, gp 80, gp 110, gp 120, and gp 140) were expressed not only in LPM of the rat but also in LPM from the rabbit and human with Mr corresponding to those of the glycoproteins isolated from the rat. In contrast, the glycoprotein gp 160 was only detected in rat liver. The same pattern of expression was found by immunofluorescence on isolated hepatocytes from the three species. In rat liver, the glycoproteins were localized primarily either in the bile canalicular domain (gp 80, gp 110, gp 120), or in the sinusoidal domain (gp 60, gp 140), or they were distributed over the whole hepatocellular surface (gp 160). In rat, but not in rabbit or human, the glycoproteins gp 110, gp 120 and gp 140 were also found in the small intestine localized either in the brush border membrane (gp 110, gp 120) or over the whole surface membrane of enterocytes (gp 140). Gp 120 was also detected in the luminal pole of tubular epithelial cells of rats kidney. The data show that LPM of different mammalian species share several common glycoprotein antigens. These glycoproteins, that are also partly expressed in extrahepatic tissues, may represent plasma membrane structures conserved among mammalian species.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hopf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stemerowicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittenbrink
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tauber
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neumeier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reutter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry*; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins