title: Metabolic capacities in cultured human hepatocytes obtained by a new isolating procedure from non-wedge small liver biopsies.
abstract: A new isolating procedure of human hepatocytes has been developed using two-step collagenase digestion by a non-perfusion procedure (NP) of non-wedge liver biopsies. 1. A yield of 2-7 x 10(6) hepatocytes/g liver, 52-95% viability and 13-75% attachment were obtained from liver biopsies weighing 6-60 g, comparable to that obtained when using the classical perfusion procedure (P) to isolate human hepatocytes from wedge liver samples of 50-150 g. 2. In culture, human hepatocytes obtained by NP remained attached to plastic for up to 5 days and displayed the usual morphological characteristics. Their metabolic capacities, assessed by liver-specific albumin and urea synthesis and by CYP-dependent and conjugation pathways, were equivalent to those of human hepatocytes obtained by P. In addition, they responded adequately to specific CYP inducers, demonstrating that they constitute a model in which human drug metabolism and toxicity studies can be performed.
authors.affiliation: Fondation Transplantation, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viollon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alexandre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azimzadeh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaeck
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boudjema
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Richert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000418:Albumins / Q000378:metabolism; D001706:Biopsy; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002470:Cell Survival; D017364:Collagenases / Q000494:pharmacology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D014508:Urea; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D017364:Collagenases; D005978:Glutathione