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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Swift, Brandon
• Brouwer, Kim L. R

Titel

Influence of Seeding Density and Extracellular Matrix on Bile Acid Transport and Mrp4 Expression in Sandwich-Cultured Mouse Hepatocytes

Ist Teil von

• Molecular pharmaceutics, 2010-04, Vol.7 (2), p.491-500

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study was undertaken to examine the influence of seeding density, extracellular matrix and days in culture on bile acid transport proteins and hepatobiliary disposition of the model bile acid taurocholate. Mouse hepatocytes were cultured in a sandwich configuration on six-well Biocoat plates with an overlay of Matrigel (BC/MG) or gelled-collagen (BC/GC) for 3 or 4 days at seeding densities of 1.0, 1.25, or 1.5 × 106 cells/well. The lower seeding densities of 1.0 and 1.25 × 106 cells/well resulted in good hepatocyte morphology and bile canalicular network formation, as visualized by 5-(and 6)-carboxy-2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein accumulation. In general, taurocholate cellular accumulation tended to increase as a function of seeding density in BC/GC; cellular accumulation was significantly increased in hepatocytes cultured in BC/MG compared to BC/GC at the same seeding density on both days 3 and 4 of culture. In general, in vitro intrinsic biliary clearance of taurocholate was increased at higher seeding densities. Levels of bile acid transport proteins on days 3 and 4 were not markedly influenced by seeding density or extracellular matrix except for multidrug resistance protein 4 (Mrp4), which was inversely related to seeding density. Mrp4 levels decreased ∼2- to 3-fold between seeding densities of 1.0 × 106 and 1.25 × 106 cells/well regardless of extracellular matrix; an additional ∼3- to 5-fold decrease in Mrp4 protein was noted in BC/GC between seeding densities of 1.25 × 106 and 1.5 × 106 cells/well. Results suggest that seeding density, extracellular matrix and days in culture profoundly influence Mrp4 expression in sandwich-cultured mouse hepatocytes. Primary mouse hepatocytes seeded in a BC/MG configuration at densities of 1.25 × 106 cells/well and 1.0 × 106, and cultured for 3 days, yielded optimal transport based on the probes studied. This work demonstrates the applicability of the sandwich-cultured model to mouse hepatocytes.