Successful mouse hepatocyte culture with sandwich collagen gel formation / 대한외과학회지
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
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: 202-208, 2013.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-160123
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Primary mammalian hepatocytes largely retain their liver-specific functions when they are freshly derived from donors. However, long-term cultures of functional hepatocytes are difficult to establish. To increase the longevity and maintain the differentiated functions of hepatocytes in primary culture, cells can be cultured in a sandwich configuration of collagen. In such a configuration, hepatocytes can be cultured for longer periods compared with cultures on single layers of collagen. However, research regarding mouse hepatocytes in sandwich culture is lacking.METHODS:
Primary mouse hepatocytes were sandwiched between two layers of collagen to maintain the stability of their liver-specific functions. After gelation, 2 mL of hepatocyte culture medium was applied.RESULTS:
After 24 hours, 5, 10 days of culture, the collagen gel sandwich maintained the cellular border and numbers of bile canaliculi more efficiently than a single collagen coating in both high and low density culture dishes. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT), hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF4A), alphafetoprotein, albumin, tryptophan oxygenase (TO), the tyrosine aminotransferase gene, glucose-6-phosphatase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase for mouse primary hepatocytes cultured on collagen coated dishes and collagen gels showed superior hepatocyte-related gene expression in cells grown using the collagen gel sandwich culture system. AAT, HNF4A, albumin, TO were found to be expressed in mouse hepatocytes cultured on collagen gels for 5 and 10 days. In contrast, mouse hepatocytes grown on collagen-coated dishes did not express these genes after 5 and 10 days of culture.CONCLUSION:
The collagen gel sandwich method is suitable for primary culture system of adult mouse hepatocytes.
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Main subject:
Oxidoreductases
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Tissue Donors
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Tryptophan Oxygenase
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Tyrosine Transaminase
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Bile Canaliculi
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Gene Expression
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Collagen
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Glucose-6-Phosphatase
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Hepatocytes
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Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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