Successful mouse hepatocyte culture with sandwich collagen gel formation
- Authors
- Choi, Hyun Jung; Choi, Dongho
- Issue Date
- Apr-2013
- Keywords
- Collagen; Culture; Hepatocyte
- Citation
- Journal of the Korean Surgical Society, v.84, no.4, pp 202 - 208
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
- Volume
- 84
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 202
- End Page
- 208
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/13809
- DOI
- 10.4174/jkss.2013.84.4.202
- ISSN
- 2233-7903
- 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-l-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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