title: Splanchnic metabolism of plasma apolipoprotein B: studies of artery-hepatic vein differences of mass and radiolabel in fasted human subjects.
abstract: The metabolism of apoprotein B-containing plasma lipoproteins by human splanchnic tissues has been studied in 29 men undergoing coronary angiography. Before catheterization autologous radio-iodinated lipoproteins were infused into a peripheral vein: 10 subjects received (125)I-labeled Sf 12-60 lipoproteins; 12 received (125)I-labeled Sf 12-60 plus (131)I-labeled Sf 100-400 lipoproteins; and 7 received (125)I-labeled Sf 12-60 plus (131)I-labeled Sf 0-12 lipoproteins. Paired arterial and hepatic vein blood samples were subsequently collected for replicate measurements of apoprotein B (apo B) mass, radioactivity and specific activity in each lipoprotein class. Splanchnic plasma flow was measured with indocyanine green. All studies were conducted after a 14-h overnight fast. Newly synthesized apo B was shown to be secreted by splanchnic tissues as a component of Sf 100-400 lipoproteins, with no detectable uptake of apo B from this class. Sf 12-60 apo B was extracted by the splanchnic bed, with no detectable secretion. After continuous intravenous infusion of (125)I-labeled Sf 12-60 for five or more hours, 41-67% (mean 55%) of extracted Sf 12-60 apo B radioactivity reappeared in hepatic vein Sf 0-12 apo B. There was no detectable splanchnic catabolism of Sf 0-12 apo B. The rates of Sf 100-400 apo B secretion, calculated as the product of artery-hepatic vein concentration difference and splanchnic plasma flow, were greater than the previously reported rates of very low density lipoprotein apo B turnover in fed subjects obtained by kinetic analysis of plasma specific radioactivity decay curves, suggesting that there may be a diurnal variation in hepatic apo B synthesis. They also exceeded the splanchnic extraction rates of Sf 12-60 apo B, suggesting there was some extrasplanchnic catabolism of the apo B of Sf > 60 lipoproteins.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL