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Proliferationsstimulation des Gallenblasenepithels durch lithogene Diät

Increased cell renewal of epithelial cells in the gallbladder induced by lithogenic diet

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Mice fed a diet containing 1% cholesterol and 0.5% cholic acid develop gallstones within six or eight weeks. Experimental lithogenesis initiates an increase in the proliferative activity of epithelial cells in the gallbladder well before the appearence of gallstones. During the initial stages of experimental cholelithiasis an increase in the number of labelled (tritiated thymidine) nuclei in mitosis and in the DNA-synthetic period was found. The labelled nuclei were observed particularly on the epithelial surface of the gallbladder; many of them were about to exfoliate into the lumen. These data were confirmed by applying vincristine. We would suggest that the rapid exfoliation of the proliferating cells could be one of the nucleating factors that promote gallstones formation.

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Zusatz von Cholesterin und Cholsäure zur üblichen Haltungsdiät verursacht bei Mäusen nach 6–8wöchiger Fütterungszeit Gallensteine. Bereits lange vor der Steinbildung sind histologisch Veränderungen des Gallenblasenepithels zu registrieren, insbesondere fällt die Zunahme der Proliferation auf. Autoradiographische Untersuchungen zeigten im Verlauf experimenteller Gallensteinerzeugung gehäuft oberflächlich im Epithel gelegene markierte Mitosen. Um auszuschließen, daß dies eine zufällige Beobachtung war, wurden Mitosen mit Vincristin unter gleichzeitiger Markierung mit3H-Thymidin arretiert. Danach fanden sich vermehrt markierte Mitosen und Interphasenkerne an der Oberfläche des Epithels. Teilweise schilferten diese Zellen bereits ins Lumen der Gallenblase ab. Sie könnten als mögliche Kristallisationskerne für die Steininduktion Bedeutung haben.

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Marsch-Ziegler, U., Palme, G. Proliferationsstimulation des Gallenblasenepithels durch lithogene Diät. Klin Wochenschr 59, 197–198 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01477480

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