Keywords:
perfused eel livers
;
isolated eel hepatocytes
;
cultured eel hepatocytes
;
gluconeogenesis
;
glycogen synthesis
;
glucagon
;
lipoprotein synthesis
;
ganglioside GM4
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction ---
2. Eel as an experimental fish for studying liver functions ---
2-1. Availability of eel (Anguilla japonica) as an experimental fish ---
2-2. Perfusion of eel liver ---
2-3. Primary culture of eel hepatocytes ---
2-3A. Isolated eel hepatocytes ---
2-3B. Primary culture of eel hepatocytes ---
3. Glucose metabolisms in eel liver ---
3-1. Gluconeogenesis in rat liver ---
3-2. Gluconeogenesis in eel liver ---
3-2A. Gluconeogenesis by perfused eel liver ---
3-2B. Gluconeogenesis by isolated eel hepatocytes and cultured eel hepatocytes ---
3-3. Phosphoenolpyruvate synthesis pathway in eel liver ---
3-3A. Effects of inhibitors ---
3-3B. Subcellular distribution of enzymes ---
3-3C. Effects of leucine and other amino acids ---
3-3D. Effect of oleic acid ---
3-4. Comparison of PEP synthesis pathways between eel, rat, and pigeon liver ---
3-5. Glycogen metabolisms in eel liver ---
4. Lipoprotein metabolisms in eel liver ---
4-1. Characteristics of fish serum lipoproteins ---
4-2. Lipoproteins secreted by primary cultured eel hepatocytes ---
4-3. Effects of maturation on eel lipoprotein metabolism ---
4-3A. Comparison of body length, body weight, gonad-somatic index, and plasma thyroxine between silver and yellow eels ---
4-3B. Comparison of plasma lipoproteins between silver and yellow eels ---
4-3C. Comparison of lipoprotein synthesis by cultured hepatocytes of silver and yellow eels ---
4-3D. Effect of thyroxine on lipoprotein synthesis by cultured eel hepatocytes ---
4-4. HDL binding to primary cultured eel hepatocytes ---
4-4A. Stimulatory effect of HDL on VLDL-like lipoprotein synthesis and secretion ---
4-4B. ApoAI and apoAII of HDL do not function as a ligand for eel HDL receptor ---
4-4C. Ganglioside of HDL functions as a ligand for an HDL receptor of eel hepatocytes ---
4-4C-1. Ganglioside GM4 isolated from eel serum HDL ---
4-4C-2. GM4 as the ligand for eel HDL receptor ---
4-5. Vitellogenin induction by cultured eel hepatocytes ---
4-5A. Vitellogenin induction by estradiol-17β ---
4-5B. Vitellogenin induction by cultured eel hepatocytes ---
4-5C. Stimulatory effect of HDL on vitellogenin synthesis and secretion ---
5. Discussion ---
5-1. Integrity of a perfused eel liver, isolated and cultured hepatocytes ---
5-2. Gluconeogenesis and glycogen metabolisms in eel liver ---
5-2A. Gluconeogenesis ---
5-2B. Glycogen metabolisms ---
5-3. Lipoprotein metabolisms in eel liver ---
5-3A. Lipoprotein synthesized by cultured eel hepatocytes ---
5-3B. HDL metabolism ---
5-3C. Induction of vitellogenin synthesis by cultured eel hepatocytes. ---
5-4. General Discussion
Pages:
Online-Ressource (57 Seiten)
ISBN:
1882322X
URL:
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlinemonographs/absm/abstract/01/0102.html
Language:
English
