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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation1995

Influence of glutathione S-transferase B (ligandin) on the intermembrane transfer of bilirubin. Implications for the intracellular transport of nonsubstrate ligands in hepatocytes.

S D Zucker, W Goessling, B J Ransil, J L Gollan

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A new voyage of discovery: transport through the hepatocyte.Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association · 1996
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S D ZuckerDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
W Goessling
B J Ransil
J L Gollan
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF WATER FLOW ACROSS BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANESR01DK043955 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZEIDEL, MARK L. · 1991 to 2009
$3.2M
HEPATOCELLULAR TRANSPORT OF SMALL HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDSK11DK002047 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ZUCKER, STEPHEN D · 1991 to 1995
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HEPATIC PATHWAYS OF HEME AND BILIRUBIN METABOLISMR01DK036887 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE · PI GOLLAN, JOHN L. · 1986 to 1999
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NIDDK NIH HHS DK-02047NIDDK NIH HHS DK-36887NIDDK NIH HHS DK-43955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To examine the hypothesis that glutathione S-transferases (GST) play an important role in the hepatocellular transport of hydrophobic organic anions, the kinetics of the spontaneous transfer of unconjugated bilirubin between membrane vesicles and rat liver glutathione S-transferase B (ligandin) was studied, using stopped-flow fluorometry. Bilirubin transfer from glutathione S-transferase B to phosphatidylcholine vesicles was best described by a single exponential function, with a rate constant of 8.0 +/- 0.7 s-1 (+/- SD) at 25 degrees C. The variations in transfer rate with respect to acceptor phospholipid concentration provide strong evidence for aqueous diffusion of free bilirubin. This finding was verified using rhodamine-labeled microsomal membranes as acceptors. Bilirubin transfer from phospholipid vesicles to GST also exhibited diffusional kinetics. Thermodynamic parameters for bilirubin dissociation from GST were similar to those for human serum albumin. The rate of bilirubin transfer from rat liver basolateral plasma membranes to acceptor vesicles in the presence of glutathione S-transferase B declined asymptotically with increasing GST concentration. These data suggest that glutathione S-transferase B does not function as an intracellular bilirubin transporter, although expression of this protein may serve to regulate the delivery of bilirubin, and other nonsubstrate ligands, to sites of metabolism within the cell.

Indexed as

AnimalsBilirubinBiological TransportCell MembraneGlutathione TransferaseLigandsLiverMalePhospholipidsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBilirubinGlutathione TransferaseLigandsPhospholipids

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PMID7560084
PMCPMC185829
OpenAlexW2030474386

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