Long-term culture of functional hepatocytes on chemically modified collagen gels |
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Authors: | Naoki Shimbara Ryoichi Atawa Makoto Takashina Keiji Tanaka Akira Ichihara |
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Affiliation: | (1) Biomaterial Research Institute, 1. Taya-Cho, Sakae-ku, 244 Yokohama, Japan;(2) Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 113 Tokyo, Japan;(3) Tokushima Bunri University, 770 Tokushima, Japan;(4) Present address: Biomedical R&D Department, Sumitomo Electric Industries, 1. Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, 244 Yokohama, Japan |
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Abstract: | For long-term maintenance of functional hepatocytes in primary culture, a new culture system with chemically modified type-I collagen gel was developed. Isolated hepatocytes spread as flat cells and rapidly lost their viability and functions when cultured on native collagen gel. In contrast, they survived for several weeks when cultured on collagen gels that had been modified by treatment with sodium-borohydride (NaBH4) or by digestion with pepsin, which resulted in destruction of crosslinking of collagen fibers and marked decrease in meachanical strength of the gels. These long-lived cells were round and aggregated and maintained high levels of various differentiated liver functions including albumin secretion and activities of tyrosine aminotransferase and P450. Moreover on collagen gels modified by treatment with NaBH4 or pepsin, the cell showed less DNA synthesis in response to mitogenic stimulation than cells cultures on gel containing native collagen. Interestingly, crosslinking of these chemically modified gels with D-ribose resulted in changes in various phenotypes of hepatocytes cultures on them including shape, longevity, and functions expressed when the cells were cultured on native collagen gel, suggesting that the effect of modification of the collagen gel is reversible. Thus the structure of collagen gels, probably due to the degree of crosslinking, seems to affect the morphology, maintenance of differentiated functions, and growth of primary cultured hepatocytes. |
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Keywords: | collagen gel primary culture hepatocyte chemical modification |
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