α-MMC is more toxic on liver cells than on other normal cells.
α-MMC can bind to membrane receptor and being competitively inhibited by α2-M.
α-MMC can be endocytocesed into liver cells via LRP1 receptor and caused cell apoptosis.
α-MMC could activate the JNK apoptosis signal transduction pathway.
LRP1 knockdown can strongly inhibit the endocytosis of α-MMC and its JNK pathway.