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Objective To study the effects of high cholesterol diet and activated macrophages (M) on glycoprotein secretion from the gallbladder tissue of guniea pig.Method Forty guniea pigs were randomized into group A fed with ordinary diet and group B fed with a diet containing 1.2% cholesterol for one week.Glycoprotein secretion from guinea pig gallbladder was observed in tissue culture using ~3H-glucesamine as a precursor,and in the meantime,with hydrocortisone and activated M to understand the effects on glycoprotein synthesis and secre- tion function of gallbladder epithelium.Results The activity of peritoneal M was significantly increased in guinea pigs fed with high cholesterol diet.High cholesterol diet induced significant release of ~3H-glucosamine-labeled gly- coprotein into the tissue culture medium as compared with the control level of guinea pig fed with normal diet.The gallbladder tissues were co-cultured for 16 hours with peritoneal M of guinea pig fed with high cholesterol diet. Mucin secretion had an evident increase compared with the controls (with the peritoneal M of guinea pig fed with normal diet at 10~4,10~6 cell/ml).Hydrocortisone (10~(-6),10~(-5),10~(-4)mol/l) caused a reversible dose-dependent inhibition on glycoprotein secretion from the gallbadder tissues of guinea pig fed with high cholesterol diet.Hydro- cortisone (10~(-4)mol/l) also inhibited the stimulatory effect of M activated by high cholesterol diet on glycoprotein hypersecretion in the gallbladder tissues of guinea pig fed with ordinary diet.Conclusion (1) High cholesterol diet can induce the increase of glycoprotein secretion from gallbladder tissues of guinea pig;(2) M can be actvi- ated by high cholesterol diet,which stimulates glycoprotein secretion from the gallbladder tissues of guinea pig. Considering the results of experiment using an animal gallbladder stone model,these findings suggest that the hy- persecretion of glycuprotein from guinea pig gallbladder tissue may be related to guinea pig M activated by high cholesterol diet and stimulated to release TNF,IL-I,etc.