Cell models - Liver cells

8 important questions on Cell models - Liver cells

In toxicology what are important types of cells? And why (4)

Examples: Liver and kidney
• Both receive large amounts of blood
• Both harbour large variety of metabolizing enzymes (phase I and phase II)
• Both polarized cells, both have a number of specific transporters
Involved in elimination of compounds via urine or bile

Give some basic knowledge about the kidney cells.

  • Two main classes of cells: hepatocytes and non parenchymal cells
  • Sinussoidal endothelial cells: tox and regeneration
  • Kupffer cells: tox?
  • Hepatic stellate cells: involved in repair

What are the available hepatocyte cell lines?(5)
Limitation?

• HepG2
• Hep3B
• Huh7 CyP3A4 metabolism
• Fa2N4
HepaRG

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Give an example of why CYP is needed for toxicity testing.

Acetaminophen => paracetamol
Needs to be metabolized to be toxic.

We can have different types of cultures of primary hepatocytes. What types?

  • Freshly isolated: loose CYP activity rapidly.
  • Collagen coating
  • Sandwich culture: between two layers of collagen. Polarization possible. Basolateral side and a apical side.
  • Spheroid: Hanging drop, cells produce ECM closely resembled to liver

What type of culture resemble the liver the most? Why? (4)

3D liver spheroids.
ð Multiple primary human hepatocytes (form males and female)
ð Cocultures possible with Kupffer cells and SECs
ð 28 days viability (normally 7 days)
ð Mimics cell density in the liver

IPSC-derived hepatocytes. What do you need to do to generate them?

Generation of iPSC with overexpression of the hepatic TFs: HNF1A,
forkhead box (FOX)A3
and Prospero homeobox protein (PROX1) “HC3X“ induceable by doxycycline (day 4 to 20)

What is important for iPSC hepatocytes?

Lack of amino acids recognition, resposible for glucose or pyruvate dependency.

Improved media with enriched non-essential amino acids (5x higher), 2% glycine

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