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Analysis by confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging of undilated bile canaliculi F-actin staining in the hepatocytes of human extrahepatic cholestatic liver. 1997

L Benköel, and F Dodero, and P Bongrand, and A M Benoliel, and R Lambert, and J Brisse, and B Sastre, and A Cherid, and A Chamlian
Laboratoire de Pathologie Cellulaire et Métabolique du Foie, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.

Many studies have demonstrated the role of bile canalicular microfilaments in bile secretion and bile flow. It is now admitted that modification of bile canalicular network of microfilaments play a role in dysfunction of bile secretion observed in many cases of cholestasis. This work intends to study F-actin, a major component of microfilaments, in human hepatocytes in extrahepatic cholestasis. Normal and extrahepatic cholestatic liver were studied. F-actin was stained with fluorescent phallotoxin and quantified by using confocal laser scanning microscopy and an image analysis method. Mean specific fluorescence (MSF) of bile canaliculi was measured. Since dilated and bile plugged canaliculi were rarely observed in cholestatic liver sections, only undilated bile canaliculi were analysed. Bile canalicular MSF was significantly increased (p < 0.05) in cholestatic hepatocytes (1.3 to 1.7 fold higher than in controls). These data demonstrate a pericanalicular thickening of F-actin microfilaments in human extrahepatic cholestatis, similar to that described in literature in many cases of human intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholestasis cases as well as in experimentally induced cholestasis. However, further studies are needed to understand this increase in F-actin pericanalicular microfilaments in human extrahepatic cholestasis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008841 Actin Cytoskeleton Fibers composed of MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS, which are predominately ACTIN. They are the smallest of the cytoskeletal filaments. Actin Filaments,Microfilaments,Actin Microfilaments,Actin Cytoskeletons,Actin Filament,Actin Microfilament,Cytoskeleton, Actin,Cytoskeletons, Actin,Filament, Actin,Filaments, Actin,Microfilament,Microfilament, Actin,Microfilaments, Actin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000199 Actins Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers. The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long. This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle. F-Actin,G-Actin,Actin,Isoactin,N-Actin,alpha-Actin,alpha-Isoactin,beta-Actin,gamma-Actin,F Actin,G Actin,N Actin,alpha Actin,alpha Isoactin,beta Actin,gamma Actin
D000546 Amanitins Cyclic peptides extracted from carpophores of various mushroom species. They are potent inhibitors of RNA polymerases in most eukaryotic species, blocking the production of mRNA and protein synthesis. These peptides are important in the study of transcription. Alpha-amanitin is the main toxin from the species Amanitia phalloides, poisonous if ingested by humans or animals. Amanitin
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D001648 Bile Canaliculi Minute intercellular channels that occur between liver cells and carry bile towards interlobar bile ducts. Also called bile capillaries. Bile Canaliculus,Canaliculi, Bile,Canaliculus, Bile
D001651 Cholestasis, Extrahepatic Impairment of bile flow in the large BILE DUCTS by mechanical obstruction or stricture due to benign or malignant processes. Bile Duct Obstruction, Extrahepatic,Biliary Stasis, Extrahepatic,Extrahepatic Cholestasis,Extrahepatic Biliary Stasis
D018613 Microscopy, Confocal A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible. Confocal Microscopy,Confocal Microscopy, Scanning Laser,Laser Microscopy,Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy,Laser Scanning Microscopy,Microscopy, Confocal, Laser Scanning,Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy,Confocal Microscopies,Laser Microscopies,Laser Scanning Microscopies,Microscopies, Confocal,Microscopies, Laser,Microscopies, Laser Scanning,Microscopy, Laser,Microscopy, Laser Scanning,Scanning Microscopies, Laser,Scanning Microscopy, Laser

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