Processing of cholecystokinin by isolated liver cells.
Although hepatic uptake of cholecystokinin (CCK) has been demonstrated, the liver cell involved and the mechanism of uptake remain unclear. We have used dispersed rat hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, and hepatic endothelial cells to characterize uptake and metabolism of radiolabeled CCK peptides. Only rat hepatocytes showed significant uptake of 125I-labeled cholecystokinin octapeptide (125I-CCK-8). Peptide specificity of uptake by hepatocytes was similar to that seen in the isolated perfused rat liver, with extraction of 125I-CCK-8 being sevenfold greater than that of 125I-CCK-33. Uptake was saturable, as 10(-4) M CCK-4 inhibited uptake of 125I-CCK-8 by 85%. Uptake was rapid, temperature dependent, and extensive and was decreased by metabolic inhibition, a proteolytic enzyme (trypsin), organic anions (sulfobromophthalein and taurocholic acid), and an inhibitor of anion transport 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid. In addition, uptake was dependent on extracellular anions but not on extracellular sodium, calcium, or magnesium. After uptake, hepatocytes released radiolabel in a time- and temperature-dependent manner, predominantly in metabolized forms. Thus the hepatocyte is the liver cell that extracts CCK by an active, anion-dependent process. The characteristics of the uptake process resemble those described for organic anions and small, cyclic peptides and suggest that small, linear peptides may undergo hepatocyte extraction by a similar mechanism.
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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Gores
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Kost
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Miller
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LaRusso
D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013656:Taurocholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D013816:Thermodynamics
D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; D013656:Taurocholic Acid; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid