Characterisation of the binding of low-density lipoproteins to cultured rat mesangial cells.

Mesangial cell lipid accumulation is a recognised feature of glomerular disease and has been implicated as a factor in the pathogenesis of renal injury. To investigate possible mechanisms of such accumulation, binding of 125I-labelled human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to rat mesangial cells was studied in vitro. Experiments were performed at 4 degrees C to prevent ligand internalisation.

Apolipoprotein B turnover in dialysis patients: its relationship to pathogenesis of hyperlipidemia.

Exogenously labelled Iodine-125-VLDL (very low density lipoprotein) was given intravenously to twelve dialysis patients and four normal controls. Specific activities of I-125-VLDL apoB (apolipoprotein B) and I-125-IDLapoB (intermediate density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B) were measured for forty-eight hours. Synthesis rates (flux) and fractional catabolic rates (FCRs) of VLDLapoB and IDLapoB for hyperlipidemic (n = 8), normolipidemic (n = 4) dialysis patients and controls (n = 4) were calculated.

Ethanol elimination in males and females: relationship to menstrual cycle and body composition.

Ethanol pharmacokinetics were determined following oral ethanol, 0.5 gm per kg, in nine normal women and 10 normal men, and related to total body water measured by 3H-water dilution and body fat determined anthropometrically. Ethanol pharmacokinetics were similar in the females throughout the menstrual cycle.