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  • Title: Endocytosis of asialo-glycoproteins and attachment to asialo-glycoproteins of hepatocytes from carcinogen-treated rats.
    Author: Schwarze PE, Tolleshaug H, Seglen PO.
    Journal: Toxicol Pathol; 1987; 15(1):88-92. PubMed ID: 3576077.
    Abstract:
    Endocytosis and degradation of asialo-glycoprotein were investigated in hepatocytes from carcinogen-treated rats. The cells were isolated at an early stage of carcinogenesis after a sequential treatment with diethylnitrosamine and 2-acetylaminofluorene. Hepatocytes at this pre-nodular stage take up asialo-orosomucoid at a lower rate than hepatocytes from normal rats, whereas degradation of the protein occurs at a similar rate in the two populations. The lower rate of uptake appears to result from a decreased binding capacity in treated hepatocytes. The reduced binding capacity leads to slower kinetics of cell attachment to a substratum of asialo-glycoprotein. The lower number of receptors did not seem to be confined to a particular subpopulation of hepatocytes. Diploid and tetraploid hepatocytes, isolated by centrifugal elutriation, displayed the same reduction in binding capacity.
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