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    EFFECT OF BEAN INTAKE ON BILIARY LIPID SECRETION AND ON HEPATIC CHOLESTEROL-METABOLISM IN THE RAT
    (1989) RIGOTTI, A; MARZOLO, MP; ULLOA, N; GONZALEZ, O; NERVI, F
    We studied the effect of a bean diet on biliary lipid secretion, serum cholesterol concentration, and hepatic cholesterol metabolism in the rat. Rats fed a bean diet for 10-12 days had increased biliary cholesterol output and molar percentage by 300% and 200%, respectively, compared to rats fed an isocaloric and isoproteinic casein diet. Biliary phospholipid output increased 180%. Bile flow and biliary salt output remained in the normal range. Total serum and VLDL cholesterol concentration significantly decreased 27% and 50%, respectively, in the rats fed the bean diet. Hepatic cholesterogenesis was increased 170% in the bean-fed animals. The relative contribution of newly synthesized hepatic cholesterol to total biliary cholesterol increased 200%, and that of endogenous origin only 50%. These results suggested that newly synthetized hepatic cholesterol was preferentially channelled to the biliary cholesterol pathway in bean-fed rats. Although hepatic cholesteryl ester concentration increased 240%, the incorporation of [14C]oleate into hepatic cholesteryl esters was significantly decreased by 30% in isolated hepatocytes of bean-fed animals. These results were consistent with the possibility that the availability of hepatic free cholesterol for biliary secretion was increased in the bean-fed animals. This study demonstrates that bean intake has a profound effect on the metabolic channelling and compartmentalization of hepatic cholesterol, resulting in a significant decrease in total serum and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and a high biliary cholesterol output.