Hepatic Secretion of Lipoproteins in the Rat and the Effect of Experimental Nephrosis

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Abstract

Livers from normal and nephrotic rats were perfused by the nonrecirculating technique. Nephrosis was studied on the 7th d after the injection of puromycin animonucleoside. Amino acid-labeled lipoproteins (d < 1.21) were isolated from the perfusion medium by agarose column chromatography or by sequential density ultracentrifugation. In both groups of animals, in addition to very low density lipoproteins and nascent high density lipoproteins, column chromatography revealed the presence of a peak of 2-3 × 106 daltons. This peak contained lipoproteins of densities corresponding to <1.006, 1.006 < d < 1.02, and 1.02 < d < 1.06, which indicated that rat liver secretes a heterogeneous mixture of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins.

Authors

Julian B. Marsh, Charles E. Sparks