Abstract:
:The use of normal adult liver hepatocytes in cell culture for biochemical, toxicological and pharmacological studies has been greatly limited owing to the loss of replicative capacity and differentiated liver function. This is contrary to the ability of the liver to regenerate following injury in vivo. This suggests that liver "stem" or "transitional" hepatocytes exist that upon proper stimulus divide and differentiate into mature hepatocytes. In this study we report the establishment and culture of hepatocytes from normal human adult liver, which: (1) possess replicative capacity sufficient to subpassage 12-15 times (27-37 cumulative population doublings); (2) can be cryopreserved for subsequent use without loss of replicative capacity; and (3) upon differentiation in culture synthesize albumin and keratin 18 and metabolize benzo[a]pyrene. The ability of these cells to divide or express differentiated functions appears to be due to a number of cellular, biochemical and physical characteristics that are present during the primary establishment and subsequent growth phases of the cell cultures. Disassociation of cells from excess liver tissue was best achieved by combining the mechanical action of the Stomacher with very low amounts of proteolytic enzymes and EGTA. The cell lines appeared to grow best when established and subpassaged in an mALPHA medium supplemented with insulin, hydrocortisone, transferrin, epithelial growth factor and fetal bovine serum (prescreened for human hepatocyte cell growth). The seeding density and cell-cell contact in culture appeared to be important for both cell division and expression of liver function. When cells were seeded at a low density and subpassaged before confluency, the cells continued to divide. Albumin and keratin 18 synthesis occurred primarily in tightly packed cell clusters. When cells were seeded at a high density, near confluency, albumin and keratin 18 synthesis occurred uniformly in all of the cells of the culture and the culture metabolized benzo[a]pyrene to water-soluble metabolites, which covalently bound to cellular DNA. This appearance of liver functions was consistent with the "transition" of hepatocytes to a terminally differentiated state. Nonhepatic markers, i.e., alpha-fetoprotein, factor VIII and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity were not expressed in cells cultured at either low or high density. Thus, the data presented here indicate that normal human adult liver hepatocytes, once established in culture, can be subpassaged to a high number of population doublings, cryopreserved for later use, and modulated to express differentiated liver functions.
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Cell Biol Toxicoljournal_title
Cell biology and toxicologyauthors
Gibson-D'Ambrosio RE,Crowe DL,Shuler CE,D'Ambrosio SMdoi
10.1007/BF00754467subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-10-01 00:00:00pages
385-403issue
4eissn
0742-2091issn
1573-6822journal_volume
9pub_type
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