title: Decreased number of asialoglycoprotein receptors in diabetic BB Wistar rat.
abstract: The binding of asialoglycoproteins by hepatic binding protein was studied in freshly isolated hepatocytes from genetically diabetic BB Wistar rats. The number of cell surface asialoglycoprotein receptors was dramatically decreased (58,000 +/- 38,000 for diabetic rats compared to 267,000 +/- 70,000 for normal rats), while the association equilibrium constant was not changed. These results parallel those obtained with streptozotocin-diabetic rats and support the hypothesis that insulin deprivation is responsible for the decrease in the receptor number.
authors.affiliation: UER des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques CNRS URA 622, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scarmato
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cherqui-Eisenberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology*; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins; D009961:Orosomucoid; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C017030:asialoorosomucoid