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Mechanisms determining phenotypic heterogeneity of hepatocytes

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This review summarizes results of biochemical and immunohistochemical studies indicating the existence of functional heterogeneity of hepatocytes depending on their localization in the hepatic acinus; this determines characteristic features of metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and xenobiotics. The physiological significance of hepatocyte heterogeneity is discussed. According to the proposed model of intercellular communication, the metabolic specialization of hepatocytes is determined by secretory activity of hepatic resident macrophages (Kupffer cells) localized mainly in the periportal zone of the liver acinus. Macrophages participate in secretion of a wide spectrum of intercellular mediators (cytokines, prostaglandins, growth factors) and also in metabolism of numerous blood metabolites and biologically active substances (hormones, lipoproteins, etc.). In the sinusoid and in the space of Disse (also known as perisinusoidal space) they form a concentration gradient of regulatory factors and metabolites inducing the phenotypic differences between hepatocytes.

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Abbreviations

apo:

apolipoprotein

CYP:

cytochrome P450

EGF:

epidermal growth factor

G6PDH:

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

HDL:

high density lipoproteins

HGF:

hepatocyte growth factor

IGF:

insulin-like growth factor

IGFBP:

insulin-like growth factor binding protein

IL:

interleukin

LAP:

latency associated peptide

LDL:

low density lipoproteins

LTBP:

latent TGF-binding protein

MCT:

3-methylcholanthrene

PAI-1:

plasminogen activator inhibitor-1

PB:

phenobarbital

PEPCK:

phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

TGF-β1:

transforming growth factor-β1

TNF-α:

tumor necrosis factor-α

VLDL:

very low density lipoproteins

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Usynin, I.F., Panin, L.E. Mechanisms determining phenotypic heterogeneity of hepatocytes. Biochemistry Moscow 73, 367–380 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297908040019

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