クーッファー細胞のアシアログリコプロテイン受容体に対する電子顕微鏡の証拠:レクチン媒介性エンドサイトーシスの局所化
Cell
|July 1, 1982
まとめ
肝臓のクッファー細胞は,N-アセチル-D-ガラクトサミンの特定の受容体を持っています. この発見は,肝細胞がD-ガラクトーゼ受容体活性を持つ唯一の肝細胞ではないことを示しています.
科学分野:
- 肝臓病理学 肝臓病理学
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- クッファー細胞は,肝臓のシヌソイドに宿るマクロファージである.
- アジアログリコプロテイン受容体 (ASGPRs) は,アジアログリコプロテインの吸収を媒介する.
- 肝細胞はASGPRsを発現することが知られている.
研究 の 目的:
- クッファー細胞表面におけるレクチンの存在と特徴を調査する.
- クッファー細胞がD-ガラクトース受容体活性を持っているかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 電子顕微鏡を用いて,リガンド結合を視覚化しました.
- 新鮮に分離されたラットのクッファー細胞は,アシアロフェテウインをコロイド黄金粒子 (ASF-gold) に吸収してインキュベートした.
- 抑制研究は,N-アセチル-D-ガラクトサミン,EGTA,N-アセチル-D-グルコサミン,D-マノースを用いて行われました.
主要な成果:
- クッファー細胞にN-アセチル-D-ガラクトサミンの特定のレクチン結合の直接的な証拠が観察されました.
- クッファー細胞によるASF-ゴールド結合とエンドサイトーシスは,N-アセチル-D-ガラクトサミンとEGTAによって完全に抑制されました.
- ASFの粒子は,コーティングされたピット/ベジクル経路を通って内細胞化され,二次リソソームに輸送されました.
結論:
- クッファー細胞は,N-アセチル-D-ガラクトサミンに特異的なアシアログリコプロテイン受容体を発現する.
- この研究では,クッファー細胞は肝細胞に加えて,ネズミの肝臓でD-ガラクトース受容体活性を示していることが示されています.
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