Gluconeogenesis in Isolated Hepatic Parenchymal Cells

Transient Hepatic Parenchymal Enhancements

Isoenzyme patterns in parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells isolated from regenerating and regenerated rat liver.

Parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells were isolated from adult rat liver that had been fully regenerated after a 70% partial hepatectomy. The characteristics of the parenchymal cell preparations from regenerated rat liver indicated that they were a homogeneous population and comparable with parenchymal cells isolated from intact liver. The parenchymal cells from regenerated adult rat liver cont...

Hepatic ketogenesis and gluconeogenesis in humans.

Splanchnic arterio-hepatic venous differences for a variety of substrates associated with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were determined simultaneously with hepatic blood flow in five patients after 3 days of starvation. Despite the relative predominance of circulating beta-hydroxybutyrate, the splanchnic productions of both beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate were approximately equal, tot...

High-yield Preparation of Isolated Rat Liver Parenchymal Cells

A new technique employing continuous recirculating perfusion of the rat liver in situ, shaking of the liver in buffer in vitro, and filtration of the tissue through nylon mesh, results in the conversion of about 50% of the liver into intact, isolated parenchymal cells. The perfusion media consist of: (a) calcium-free Hanks' solution containing 0.05% collagenase and 0.10% hyaluronidase, and (b) ...

Gluconeogenesis in the isolated perfused rat kidney.

The perfused rat kidney was used for a study of gluconeogenesis. The kidney was completely isolated and perfused with Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer containing 5% albumin. Perfusion flow rate and pressure remained stable for 2 to 3 hours, although the glomerular filtration rate diminished with time. The fractional reabsorption of both water and sodium was 0.92 during the 1st hour of perfusi...