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- Nyrén, Rakel, et al.
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Localization of lipoprotein lipase and GPIHBP1 in mouse pancreas : effects of diet and leptin deficiency
- 2012
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Ingår i: BMC Physiology. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1472-6793. ; 12, s. 14-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes triglycerides in plasma lipoproteins and enables uptake of lipolysis products for energy production or storage in tissues. Our aim was to study the localization of LPL and its endothelial anchoring protein glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high density lipoprotein-binding protein 1 (GPIHBP1) in mouse pancreas, and effects of diet and leptin deficiency on their expression patterns. For this, immunofluorescence microscopy was used on pancreatic tissue from C57BL/6 mouse embryos (E18), adult mice on normal or high-fat diet, and adult ob/ob-mice treated or not with leptin. The distribution of LPL and GPIHBP1 was compared to insulin, glucagon and CD31. Heparin injections were used to discriminate between intracellular and extracellular LPL.RESULTS: In the exocrine pancreas LPL was found in capillaries, and was mostly co-localized with GPIHBP1. LPL was releasable by heparin, indicating localization on cell surfaces. Within the islets, most of the LPL was associated with beta cells and could not be released by heparin, indicating that the enzyme remained mostly within cells. Staining for LPL was found also in the glucagon-producing alpha cells, both in embryos (E18) and in adult mice. Only small amounts of LPL were found together with GPIHBP1 within the capillaries of islets. Neither a high fat diet nor fasting/re-feeding markedly altered the distribution pattern of LPL or GPIHBP1 in mouse pancreas. Islets from ob/ob mice appeared completely deficient of LPL in the beta cells, while LPL-staining was normal in alpha cells and in the exocrine pancreas. Leptin treatment of ob/ob mice for 12 days reversed this pattern, so that most of the islets expressed LPL in beta cells.CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that both LPL and GPIHBP1 are present in mouse pancreas, and that LPL expression in beta cells is dependent on leptin.
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- Zashikhin, Andrei L, et al.
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[Reactive changes in the smooth muscle tissue of the rat small intestine during experimental intestinal obstruction].
- 2010
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Ingår i: Morfologiia (Saint Petersburg, Russia). - 1026-3543. ; 137:2, s. 48-53
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using light, electron microscopy and immunohistochemical methods, the reactive transformation of smooth muscle tissue (SMT) was studied in the intestinal wall during the development of acute partial high intestinal obstruction. The material of small intestine was taken from 10 male rats in both the zone of ligature application, and proximal and distal zones, 3 cm distant from the ligation zone. The results of the study demonstrate that in partial intestinal obstruction, the nature of structural and functional SMT transformation was variable depending upon differences in functional and destructive loads. During these changes, the remodeling of smooth myocyte population was shown to be one of the mechanisms of SMT adaptation to the changing conditions of functioning. Immunohistochemical analysis found no changes in the pattern of expression of marker and phenotypic proteins in the intestinal zones studied during the dynamics of an experiment.
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