The dynamic interchange of cholesterol and the phase transition between nonmicellar and micellar aggregates in rat and model bile were characterized with gel-permeation chromatography, quasi-elastic light scattering, turbidity measurements, and by radiolabeling lipid aggregates in bile. Cholesterol partitioned into either the micellar or nonmicellar phases independent of the lipid aggregate structure. In model bile, increasing bile salt concentrations led to a decrease in the relative proportion of nonmicellar aggregates beginning at 5 mM taurocholate (TC), while the relative cholesterol content of the nonmicellar fraction increased from 1.0 to 2.7 +/- 2.0 (means +/- SD). In rats, creation of a biliary fistula resulted in a decrease of bile salts from 41 to 4 mM. Mixed micelles increased from 25 to 120 A in radius, while nonmicellar aggregates increased from 180 to 800 A in radius. Addition of TC to model bile (cholesterol:lecithin = 1:1) vesicles with total lipid concentrations less than 7 mM yielded a progressive shift of vesicles (450 A) to mixed micelles (30 A). For mixtures with higher total lipid concentrations, addition of TC promoted substantial vesicle aggregation and resulted in formation of a third phase containing lipid aggregates larger in size than the initial vesicles. These results suggest that rapid exchange of cholesterol occurs in bile and that significant remodeling of vesicles can occur. These alterations in vesicles include both enrichment in cholesterol content and formation of larger aggregates during increases in bile salt concentration.
Body volume was measured on 14 male adults at 7 intervals during a 24 hour period using a water displacement technique. The variation in body densities fell within the accepted limits of error propagated by the technique. Body densities were also performed on 173 male adults ranging between the ages of 17-69. Values were effectively ranked in terms of age and body fat, demonstrating a continued increase in body fat with an increase in age. These values were independent of body weight. _LLfcLCLL ecuntv assihcation
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