Time-course study of the Golgi-lysosome region of rat hepatocytes during early acute phase response to inflammation.
BACKGROUND
In a previous study of the hepatocyte Golgi apparatus 24 hr following the induction of the acute phase response to inflammation, it was found that the predominant secretory content was a granulofilamentous material (GFM), rather than lipoprotein particles (LP) as in controls (Thorne-Tjomsland and Jamieson, 1995, Anat. Rec., 241:439-450). The present study aimed to determine when and how this switch occurs and to monitor the Golgi-lysosome region of hepatocytes in general during early inflammation.


METHODS
Rats were injected with turpentine oil as an inflammatory agent. At 1, 2, 6, 12, and 16 hr after turpentine-injection (TI), the livers were prefixed by perfusion with cacodylate-buffered glutaraldehyde, postfixed with ferrocyanide reduced osmium, and processed for thin section transmission electron microscopy.


RESULTS
LP were processed at all time points between 1 and 16 hr post-TI, and at 1 and 2 hr post-TI, the Golgi stacks were engorged with LP and therefore apparently processed more of these particles than in controls. A GFM was processed at later time points, starting at 12 hr post-TI. At the two time points when LP and GFM were co-processed, these materials were frequently seen sorted from each other within the trans-saccule and/or the trans-Golgi network (TGN). At the level of the TGN, these materials were packaged into secretory vesicles which typically contained LP and/or GFM. Massive depletion of cytoplasmic glycogen was observed primarily at 1, 2, and 6 hr following TI. Concomitantly and temporarily, glycogen accumulated within Golgi-associated lysosome-like bodies with extensive appendages.


CONCLUSIONS
The switch in Golgi apparatus secretory content from LP to GFM occurred at around 12 hr post-TI, but was not discrete. The initial appearance of the GFM coincided with the initial increase in the serum of hepatocyte-derived acute phase reactants (see review Schreiber et al., 1989, Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 557: 61-85). An additional and surprising finding of the present study was that significant changes occurred in the Golgi-lysosome region much prior to the onset of acute phase reactant synthesis: 1 and 2 hr post-TI, the Golgi processed above-normal amounts of LP and Golgi-associated, lysosome-like bodies sequestered glycogen.
Thorne-Tjomsland
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Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Jamieson
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D000210:Acute-Phase Reaction; D000818:Animals; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors; D014425:Turpentine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity
D014425:Turpentine