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The coexpression of normally periportal and perivenous markers has been described in heterotopically transplanted hepatocytes. To determine whether such a coexpression might also occur in hepatocytes retaining their original intrahepatic location, we compared in bileduct-ligated livers and intrasplenically transplanted hepatocytes, the expression and distribution of the predominantly periportal glucose-6-phosphatase, succinate dehydrogenase, and lactate dehydrogenase, the predominantly perivenous glutamate dehydrogenase, NADPH-dehydrogenase, and β-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and the strictly perivenous glutamine synthetase. The coexpression of high levels of the two periportal markers glucose-6-phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase and of the perivenous marker NADPH dehydrogenase was observed in two situations: in clusters of hepatocytes isolated within the ductular proliferation in bile-duct-ligated livers and the majority of intrasplenically transplanted hepatocytes. The expression of glutamine synthetase was different according to the site. The protein was observed in certain intrasplenically transplanted hepatocytes bordering the splenic vessels but was never detected in hepatocyte clusters found in bile-duct-ligated livers. Our study therefore suggests that the coexpression of periportal and perivenous markers in the same hepatocytes is likely to be a non-specific consequence of the loss of the normal connections of hepatocytes with the normal liver microcirculation.
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Racine-Samson, L., Scoazec, JY., Moreau, A. et al. Coexpression of periportal and perivenous enzymes in rat hepatocytes after experimental bile duct ligation: Comparison with intrasplenically transplanted hepatocytes. Histochem Cell Biol 105, 319–329 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01463934
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