The aim of this study was to examine whether the hyperpermeable structure of the liver endothelium in vivo is related to the interactions of hepatocytes in a culture system. The permeation of macromolecular FITC-labeled dextran (molecular weight 70,000) through a monolayer of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC), cocultured with rat parenchymal hepatocytes (P-hep), was increased. When the BAEC were cocultured with nonparenchymal hepatocytes (N-hep), the permeability of the BAEC monolayer was not increased. However, when the BAEC were cocultured with a mixture of P-hep and N-hep (PN-hep), the BAEC monolayer was more permeable than when BAEC were cocultured with P-hep alone. The conditioned medium of P-hep did not alter the BAEC monolayer permeability, nor did the extracellular matrix of P-hep alter BAEC permeability. When the BAEC were cocultured with PN-hep, the F-actin content was not altered.These findings suggest that the interaction between hepatocytes and endothelial cells exerts an important effect on the hyperpermeable structure of the liver vessels in vivo.

Keywords:
Endothelial cell, Permeability, Hepatocyte, Co-culture
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© 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel
1996
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