Tissue uptake of circulating hyaluronic acid. A whole body autoradiographic study

Cell and Tissue Research
J R FraserT C Laurent

Abstract

Previous work in the rabbit has shown that there is a significant flux of plasma hyaluronic acid (HA) which is taken up and degraded mainly in the liver but also concentrated in the spleen. Purified 14C-labelled HA of high average molecular wt prepared by biosynthesis from D-[U-14C] glucose was injected i.v. in mice and its tissue distribution was determined by whole-body autoradiography during the next 24 h. As blood levels declined, radioactivity was concentrated in the liver and spleen as found in the rabbit, and also in bone marrow and lymph nodes. Distribution was uniform in liver tissue, concentrated and relatively persistent in the periphery of lymph nodes, and distinctly nodular within the spleen. Analysis of an aqueous liver extract taken 4 h after injection identified 14C in HA, in a macromolecular fraction resistant to fungal hyaluronidase, and in metabolites of low molecular wt. These findings confirm and extend observations based on tissue extraction in rabbits. The pattern of distribution through the body and the restricted localization within spleen and lymph nodes further suggest that HA is absorbed from plasma and tissue fluids by elements of the reticuloendothelial system.

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