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Lau, Q.Y.; Torizal, F.G.; Shinohara, M.; Sakai, Y. Hierarchical Coculture of Hepatocyte and Hepatic Non-Parenchymal Cells for Liver Fibrosis Studies in vitro. Preprints2020, 2020100409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0409.v1
Lau, Q.Y.; Torizal, F.G.; Shinohara, M.; Sakai, Y. Hierarchical Coculture of Hepatocyte and Hepatic Non-Parenchymal Cells for Liver Fibrosis Studies in vitro. Preprints 2020, 2020100409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0409.v1
Lau, Q.Y.; Torizal, F.G.; Shinohara, M.; Sakai, Y. Hierarchical Coculture of Hepatocyte and Hepatic Non-Parenchymal Cells for Liver Fibrosis Studies in vitro. Preprints2020, 2020100409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0409.v1
APA Style
Lau, Q.Y., Torizal, F.G., Shinohara, M., & Sakai, Y. (2020). Hierarchical Coculture of Hepatocyte and Hepatic Non-Parenchymal Cells for Liver Fibrosis Studies in vitro. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0409.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Lau, Q.Y., Marie Shinohara and Yasuyuki Sakai. 2020 "Hierarchical Coculture of Hepatocyte and Hepatic Non-Parenchymal Cells for Liver Fibrosis Studies in vitro" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0409.v1
Abstract
During chronic liver injury, inflammation leads to the development of liver fibrosis— particularly due to the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). However, the involvement of inflammatory cytokines in HSC activation is unclear. Many existing in vitro liver models do not include these non-parenchymal cells (NPCs), and hence, do not represent the physiological relevance found in vivo. Herein, we demonstrated the hierarchical coculture of primary rat hepatocytes with NPCs such as the human-derived HSC line (LX-2) and the human-derived liver sinusoidal endothelial cell line (TMNK-1). The coculture tissue had higher albumin production and hepatic cytochrome P450 3A4 activity compared to the monoculture. We then further studied the effects of stimulation by both oxygen tension and key pro-fibrogenic cytokines, such as the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), on HSC activation. Gene expression analysis revealed that lower oxygen tension and TGF-β1 stimulation enhanced collagen type I, III, and IV, alpha-smooth muscle actin, platelet-derived growth factor, and matrix metallopeptidase expression from LX-2 cells in the hierarchical coculture after fibrogenesis induction. This hierarchical in vitro cocultured liver tissue could, therefore, provide an improved platform as a disease model for elucidating the interactions of various liver cell types and biochemical signals in liver fibrosis studies.
Biology and Life Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology
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