Ceruloplasmin receptors in liver cell suspensions are limited to the endothelium |
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Authors: | M Kataoka M Tavassoli |
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Affiliation: | Veterans Administration Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA |
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Abstract: | The interaction of ceruloplasmin (CP) with isolated liver cell suspensions was studied using 125I-labeled and latex minibead-derivatized CP. Fractionation of liver cell suspensions was done using metrizamide gradient centrifugation. In crude liver cell suspensions only endothelial cells, but not hepatocytes and Kupffer cells bound the minibead probe. The binding was specific and inhibited by excess native CP. These results were confirmed using 125I-CP combined with cell fractionation technique. Kinetic data, obtained from the latter system, indicated a dissociation constant (Kd) of 1 X 10(-7) M and the number of receptors to be 5.7 X 10(5) per endothelial cell. The exclusive binding of CP to liver endothelium suggests that this cell may mediate the hepatocytes uptake of CP and is, therefore, a crucial element of the tissue-blood barrier. |
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Keywords: | To whom offprint requests should be sent. Address: Veterans Administration Hospital 1500 East Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson MS 39216 USA. |
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