Abstract
The enzymatic hydrolysis of four complex lipids was measured in extracts of rat hepatocytes and Kupffer cells. Sphingomyelin, glucocerebroside, ceramide trihexoside, and GMl-ganglioside were hydrolyzed by extracts of both cell types. Hepatocytes contain 90% or more of the complex lipid hydrolases present in liver. The activities of ten additional acid hydrolases are located predominately in hepatocytes with only a small fraction of the total activity present in Kupffer cells.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1055-1060 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Aug 14 1978 |