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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 204, Issue 9 1537-1546, Copyright © 2001 by Company of Biologists

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Specific endocytosis and catabolism in the scavenger endothelial cells of cod (Gadus morhua L.) generate high-energy metabolites

T Seternes, I Oynebraten, K Sorensen and B Smedsrod
Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, N-9037 Tromso, Norway. torese@fagmed.uit.no

The catabolic fate of circulating hyaluronan and the proteoglycan chondroitin sulphate (CSPG) was studied in the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Distribution studies using radio-iodinated ligand demonstrated that CSPG was rapidly eliminated from the blood by the endocardial endothelial cells (EECs) of the heart atrium and ventricle. The presence of excess amounts of hyaluronan or CSPG inhibited uptake of [125I]hyaluronan into cultured atrial EECs (aEECs) by 46% and 84%, respectively. Neither formaldehyde-treated serum albumin (FSA) nor mannose inhibited this uptake. The presence of excess amounts of CSPG and hyaluronan inhibited uptake of [125I]CSPG by 90% and 42%, respectively, suggesting that aEECs express a specific hyaluronan binding site that also recognizes CSPG. FSA inhibited endocytosis of [1251]CSPG by 65%, indicating that CSPG is also recognized by the scavenger receptor. Approximately 17% and 57% of added [125I]hyaluronan and 15% and 65% of the added [125I]CSPG were endocytosed after 1 and 24h, respectively. High-performance liquid chromatographic analyses of the spent medium after endocytosis of hyaluronan and CSPG serglycin labelled biosynthetically with 3H in the acetyl groups identified labelled the low-molecular-mass degradation products as [3H]acetate, indicating that aEECs operate anaerobically. These findings suggest that acetate released from cod EECs following catabolism of endocytosed hyaluronan and CSPG represents a high-energy metabolite that may fuel cardiomyocytes.


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