title: Cultivation of rat hepatocytes in a medium based on commercially available infusate solutions.
abstract: The possibility of using commercially available infusate solutions as a culture medium for hepatocytes was investigated in primary monolayer cultures of rat hepatocytes. The addition of Ca2+ to the infusate medium was necessary for hepatocytes to express their albumin secreting ability. The infusate medium supplemented with hormones (10(-7) M insulin and 10(-7) M dexamethasone) and Ca2+ (72.5 mg/l) allowed hepatocytes to produce albumin of an amount comparable to that produced in Williams' E medium. The activity of released lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was kept at a low level throughout the cultivation in the infusate medium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amano