title: Characteristics of lipoprotein receptors of the isolated liver parenchymal cells prepared from the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Characteristics of lipoprotein receptors of the isolated liver parenchymal cells prepared from the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were investigated. Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats fed 1.0% cholesterol showed the exaggerated hypercholesterolemia as compared to control rats fed 1.0% cholesterol. The present study was designed to elucidate the role of lipoprotein receptor mechanisms of liver parenchymal cells in the diabetic dyslipoproteinemia. 125I-labeled lipoproteins (rat beta-VLDL, human LDL2 or rat HDL3) were incubated with liver parenchymal cells isolated by liver perfusion using collagenase. According to the Scatchard analysis, the apparent dissociation constant (kd) and maximum beta-VLDL binding (Bmax) for the higher affinity binding site in the diabetic rats (n = 6) were (11.9 +/- 5.1) X 10(2) ng/ml and 307.5 +/- 145.2 ng/10(6) cells, respectively. These binding characteristics of the diabetic rats were not significantly different from the control rats. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in the binding characteristics of human LDL2 and rat HDL3 between the diabetic rats and the control rats. The data presented suggest that significant role of alteration of lipoprotein receptor characteristics in liver parenchymal cells is not played in the diabetic dyslipoproteinemia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood; D007700:Kinetics; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000378:metabolism; D053440:Lipoproteins, HDL3; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D008055:Lipids; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D053440:Lipoproteins, HDL3; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein