AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 5 727-G735, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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DBcAMP stimulates vesicle transport and HRP excretion in isolated perfused rat liver

T. Hayakawa, R. Bruck, O. C. Ng and J. L. Boyer
Liver Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

To clarify the effect of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) on the transcytotic vesicle pathway, we measured the biliary excretion of bile acid, phospholipid, and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the isolated perfused rat liver (IPRL) with or without infusion of N6,2'-O-dibutyryl-cAMP (DBcAMP). A linear relationship between bile flow and bile acid excretion was observed in both control and DBcAMP-infused livers. DBcAMP increased the y-axis intercept from 1.10 +/- 0.16 to 1.48 +/- 0.19 microliters.min-1.g liver-1 (P less than 0.01) and the slope from 6.5 +/- 1.99 to 10.77 +/- 1.71 microliters/mumol bile acid (P less than 0.01). DBcAMP also increased the biliary excretion of bile acid and phospholipid during a 1.0 mumol/min infusion of taurocholate. When HRP was pulse loaded for 1 min, HRP appeared in bile in early (4-6 min) and late (20-25 min) peaks. DBcAMP markedly increased the late peak of HRP from 0.33 +/- 0.08 to 1.15 +/- 0.32 ng.min-1.g liver-1 (P less than 0.01), a phenomenon blocked by colchicine. An electron-microscopic morphometric analysis indicated that DBcAMP increased both the density and %area of HRP-containing vesicles in the pericanalicular area, compared with controls, 18 min after a 1-min pulse of HRP. DBcAMP had no effect on the uptake rate of HRP in 4-h primary hepatocyte cultures but stimulated biliary excretion of HRP when preloaded in the IPRL. These findings indicate that cAMP regulates excretory function in part by stimulating the microtubule-dependent transcytotic vesicle transport system.

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