Expression of scavenger receptor class B type I in gallbladder columnar epithelium.

• The lipid content of bile may be modified by the gallbladder epithelium. Recent studies indicate that cholesterol can be absorbed from bile and that this can be enhanced by apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. SR-BI is a multifunctional receptor capable of binding a wide array of native or modified lipoproteins, phospholipid or bile acid micelles. As apo A-I is a ligand for scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) we have characterized the expression of this receptor in murine gallbladder.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry were used to study SR-BI expression in murine gallbladders. SR-BI expression was also used to examine gallbladders from high-fat-fed wild-type and apo B-100 transgenic mice.SR-BI and SR-BII mRNA are expressed in gallbladder. SR-BI immunoreactivity was localized to the columnar epithelium of the gallbladder. Immunoreactive SR-BI in gallbladder had an estimated molecular weight of 57 kDa, in contrast to the expected 82 kDa. Deglycosylation experiments indicated that the size difference between the two forms of the receptor is due to post-translational modification. Fat feeding of apo B transgenic mice resulted in gallstone formation but had no effect on the abundance of SR-BI.Gallbladder epithelial cells express SR-BI. This opens the possibility that SR-BI may influence the modification of bile in the gallbladder.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine (hsv//eng)

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Animals

Antigens

CD36

metabolism

Apolipoprotein B-100

Apolipoproteins B

metabolism

Blotting

Western

Cholesterol

LDL

blood

Cholesterol

VLDL

blood

Epithelium

metabolism

Gallbladder

metabolism

Immunohistochemistry

Membrane Proteins

Mice

Mice

Transgenic

Receptors

Immunologic

Receptors

Lipoprotein

Receptors

Scavenger

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Scavenger Receptors

Class B

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