出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Biliary lipid secretion in conjunction with hepatic cholesterol synthesis was determined in normal male rats at 4, 5, 7, and 9 weeks of age, during a period of linear growth and a near fourfold increase in liver size. Studies were performed both at periods of low (mid-light cycle) and high (mid-dark cycle) hepatic cholesterol synthesis. Biliary bile salt, phospholipid, and cholesterol secretion (per g of liver) markedly decreased with an increase in liver size. Whereas the secretion of bile salts and phospholipid was not significantly different in mid-dark and mid-light periods for animals of the same age, cholesterol secretion was greater in the mid-dark than in the mid-light period at 5, 7, and 9 weeks of age. Relationships between biliary cholesterol secretion and bile salt and phospholipid secretion differed at mid-dark and mid-light periods, as follows: cholesterol secretion was not significantly related to bile salt secretion at mid-dark (r = 0.49, P > 0.05) but was related at mid-light (r = 0.73, P = 0.003); and although cholesterol secretion was significantly related to phospholipid secretion at mid-dark, this relationship was not nearly as strong as at mid-light (P 0.05).( TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
