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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 30, 491-498, Copyright © 1989 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Bovine gallbladder mucin promotes cholesterol crystal nucleation from cholesterol-transporting vesicles in supersaturated model bile

TJ Lee and BF Smith
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Boston City Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, MA 02118.

This study examined the ability of purified gallbladder mucin to accelerate the nucleation of cholesterol monohydrate crystals from the cholesterol-transporting particles in supersaturated model bile. Mixed lipid micelles and cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine vesicles in supersaturated model bile were separated by Sephadex G-200 column chromatography. Mixed lipid micelles prepared by column chromatography had a low cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine ratio (0.30) and did not spontaneously nucleate cholesterol monohydrate crystals. In contrast, vesicles prepared by column chromatography had a cholesterol- phosphatidylcholine ratio of 1.00 and nucleated cholesterol crystals rapidly (P less than 0.001). Nucleation of cholesterol crystals was significantly accelerated in a concentration- and time-dependent manner by purified bovine gallbladder mucin in cholesterol containing vesicles, but not in mixed lipid micelles (P less than 0.001). A rapid filtration binding assay demonstrated significant binding of cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine in vesicles to gallbladder mucin but only minimal binding of cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine in mixed micelles. These data indicate that gallbladder mucin binds cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine in vesicles and accelerates the nucleation of cholesterol monohydrate crystals from these cholesterol- transporting particles in supersaturated model bile.
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