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  • Title: Extracellular and intracellular regulation of biliary lecithin hydrophobicity.
    Author: Miura H, Tazuma S, Yamashita G, Kajiyama G.
    Journal: Dig Dis Sci; 1998 Jan; 43(1):183-7. PubMed ID: 9508523.
    Abstract:
    Bromosulfophthalein and papaverine have been demonstrated to inhibit biliary lipid secretion without affecting secretion of bile salts in normal rats, so-called uncoupling. Bromosulfophthalein inhibits the capacity of intracanalicular bile salt micelles to induce biliary lipid secretion, and papaverine inhibits vesicular transport within the hepatocyte. We compared the effects of bromosulfophthalein and papaverine on biliary lipid secretion in normal Sprague-Dawley rats and Eizai hyperbilirubinuria rats. The fatty acyl chain saturation in biliary lecithin increased during bromosulfophthalein infusion and decreased during papaverine infusion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Bromosulfophthalein had no effect on biliary lipid secretion in Eizai rats, while papaverine induced uncoupling. The degree of fatty acyl chain saturation in biliary lecithin was unchanged during bromosulfophthalein infusion, but decreased with papaverine in Eizai rats. We deduce that selection of biliary lecithin species occurs at various points in the lipid transport pathway at intracellular and intracanalicular sites.
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