OBJECTIVE: Fenestrations are pores in the liver sinusoidal endothelium that facilitate the transfer of particulate substrates between the sinusoidal lumen and hepatocytes. Fenestrations express caveolin-1 and have structural similarities to caveolae, therefore might be a form of caveolae and caveolin-1 may be integral to fenestration structure and function. Therefore, fenestrations were studied in the livers of caveolin-1 knockout mice. METHODS: Scanning, transmission and immunogold electron microscopic techniques were used to study the liver sinusoidal endothelium and other tissues in caveolin-1 knockout and wild-type mice. RESULTS: Comparison of fenestrations in wild-type and knockout mice did not reveal any differences on either scanning or transmission electron microscopy. The diameter of the fenestrations was not significantly different (74 +/- 13 nm knockout mice vs 78 +/- 12 nm wild-type mice) nor was the fenestration porosity (6.5 +/- 2.1 knockout vs 7.3 +/- 2.4% wild-type mice). In contrast, adipocytes and blood vessels in other tissues lacked caveolae in the knockout mice. Caveolin-1 immunogold of livers of wild-type mice indicated sparse expression in sinusoidal endothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS: The normal structure of fenestrations in the liver sinusoidal endothelium is not dependent upon caveolin-1 and fenestrations are not a form of caveolae.
OBJECTIVE: Fenestrations are pores in the liver sinusoidal endothelium that facilitate the transfer of particulate substrates between the sinusoidal lumen and hepatocytes. Fenestrations express caveolin-1 and have structural similarities to caveolae, therefore might be a form of caveolae and caveolin-1 may be integral to fenestration structure and function. Therefore, fenestrations were studied in the livers of caveolin-1 knockout mice. METHODS: Scanning, transmission and immunogold electron microscopic techniques were used to study the liver sinusoidal endothelium and other tissues in caveolin-1 knockout and wild-type mice. RESULTS: Comparison of fenestrations in wild-type and knockout mice did not reveal any differences on either scanning or transmission electron microscopy. The diameter of the fenestrations was not significantly different (74 +/- 13 nm knockout mice vs 78 +/- 12 nm wild-type mice) nor was the fenestration porosity (6.5 +/- 2.1 knockout vs 7.3 +/- 2.4% wild-type mice). In contrast, adipocytes and blood vessels in other tissues lacked caveolae in the knockout mice. Caveolin-1 immunogold of livers of wild-type mice indicated sparse expression in sinusoidal endothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS: The normal structure of fenestrations in the liver sinusoidal endothelium is not dependent upon caveolin-1 and fenestrations are not a form of caveolae.
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