Abstract

Partial hepatectomy in the rat dramatically disrupts hepatocellular microtubule in the remnant liver, as seen by confocal microscopy of liver sections. The resulting """"""""microtubuleless"""""""" hepatocyte has provided us with a unique in vivo system, in which a variety of studies can be carried out. We will examine the mechanism of microtubule disruption, including the role of cell cycle-specific gene products and the effects of hormones and growth factors. We will also determine the effect of microtubule disruption on 1) intracellular transport and sorting of vesicles, a process normally dependent on intact microtubule, and 2) gene targeting, which is greatly facilitated by partial hepatectomy and possibly by the concurrent loss of tubules. These studies, which employ the unique """"""""optical sectioning"""""""" capability of the laser scanning confocal microscope, have the advantage of utilizing native hepatocellular tissue rather than cells in culture, permitting us to observe events in a truly physiologic setting.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
2P30DK041296-06
Application #
3754438
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department
Type
DUNS #
009095365
City
Bronx
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10461

  Publications

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Amengual, Jaume; Guo, Liang; Strong, Alanna et al. (2018) Autophagy Is Required for Sortilin-Mediated Degradation of Apolipoprotein B100. Circ Res 122:568-582
Schneider, Michael; Kumar, Vivek; Nordstrøm, Lars Ulrik et al. (2018) Inhibition of Delta-induced Notch signaling using fucose analogs. Nat Chem Biol 14:65-71
Iqbal, Niloy Jafar; Lu, Zhonglei; Liu, Shun Mei et al. (2018) Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 is a preclinical target for diet-induced obesity. JCI Insight 3:
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Shen, Ling; Liu, Yin; Tso, Patrick et al. (2018) Silencing steroid receptor coactivator-1 in the nucleus of the solitary tract reduces estrogenic effects on feeding and apolipoprotein A-IV expression. J Biol Chem 293:2091-2101
Dulyaninova, Natalya G; Ruiz, Penelope D; Gamble, Matthew J et al. (2018) S100A4 regulates macrophage invasion by distinct myosin-dependent and myosin-independent mechanisms. Mol Biol Cell 29:632-642

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