title: Sandwich-cultured hepatocytes: an in vitro model to evaluate hepatobiliary transporter-based drug interactions and hepatotoxicity.
abstract: Sandwich-cultured hepatocytes (SCH) are a powerful in vitro tool that can be utilized to study hepatobiliary drug transport, species differences in drug transport, transport protein regulation, drug-drug interactions, and hepatotoxicity. This review provides an up-to-date summary of the SCH model, including a brief history of, and introduction to, the use of SCH, as well as methodology to evaluate hepatobiliary drug disposition. A summary of the literature that has utilized this model to examine the interplay between drug-metabolizing enzymes and transport proteins, drug-drug interactions at the transport level, and hepatotoxicity as a result of altered hepatic transport also is provided.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7569, USA.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swift
authors.forename: Nathan D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
authors.forename: Kim L R
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; C037643:bile acid binding proteins