Cell Structure and Function
Online ISSN : 1347-3700
Print ISSN : 0386-7196
ISSN-L : 0386-7196
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Type V Collagen Distribution in Liver Is Reconstructed in Coculture System of Hepatocytes and Stellate Cells; The Possible Functions of Type V Collagen in Liver under Normal and Pathological Conditions
Kaori Kajihara TakaiShunji HattoriShinkichi Irie
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2001 年 26 巻 5 号 p. 289-302

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The contents of type I, type III and type V collagen and the collagen type specific distributions in liver under normal and cirrhotic conditions were examined. In CCl4 injected rat, the increasing amount of type V collagen was a specific event during the progression of cirrhosis. In normal liver, immunohistochemical observation showed that type V collagen was localized on the fine fibrils, while type I was localized on the thick fibril. Type V collagen was partially colocalized with type IV collagen. In the cirrhotic liver, type V collagen was localized on the margin of the thick fibrous septa along with type IV collagen. Type I collagen existed in the core region of fibrous septa where the stellate cells were prominent. To elucidate the mechanism of the type specific deposition of collagen in the liver, we constructed a coculture system using both stellate cells and hepatocytes. In this system, type V collagen was mainly deposited on hepatocyte colonies not on stellate cells, while type I collagen fibrils were localized on stellate cells. The spatial positioning of type I and type V collagens in vitro was similar to that in the liver. In the cell adhesion assay, the adhesion of stellate cells to type V collagen was poorer than that of the hepatocytes. The collagen type-specific affinity of the stellate cells and hepatocytes may explain the specific localization of type V collagen in the liver and coculture system. These results suggested that the functions of type V collagen are not only to connect type IV collagen with type I collagen fibril, but also to protect the parenchyma from excess type I collagen deposition produced by stellate cells under pathological conditions.
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© 2001 by Japan Society for Cell Biology
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