Functional Assessment of the Quality of Human Hepatocyte Preparations for Cell Transplantation

Author:

Donato María Teresa12,Lahoz Agustín3,Montero Sandra3,Bonora Ana24,Pareja Eugenia5,Mir José5,Castell José V.124,Gómez-Lechón María José24

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

2. Unidad de Hepatología Experimental, Centro de Investigación, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

3. Unidad Analítica Mixta, Hospital La Fe-Advancell, Valencia, Spain

4. CIBERHEPAD, FIS, Spain

5. Unidad de Transplante Hepático, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Abstract

Hepatocyte transplantation is an alternative therapy to orthotopic liver transplantation for the treatment of liver diseases. Good quality freshly isolated or cryopreserved human hepatocytes are needed for clinical transplantation. However, isolation, cryopreservation, and thawing processes can seriously impair hepatocyte viability and functionality. The aim of the present study was to develop a fast and sensitive procedure to estimate the quality of hepatocyte preparations prior to clinical cell infusion. To this end, cell viability, attachment efficiency, and metabolic competence (urea synthesis and drug-metabolizing P450 activities) were selected as objective criteria. Viability of hepatocyte suspension was estimated by trypan blue staining. DNA content of attached cells 50 min after hepatocyte platting to fibronectin/collagen-coated dishes was quantified to estimate adherence capacity. Urea production was determined after incubating hepatocyte suspensions with 2 mM ClNH4 for 30 min. The cytochrome P450 function was assayed by a 30-min incubation of hepatocyte suspension with a cocktail mixture containing selective substrates for seven individual P450 activities (CYP1A2, 2A6, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, and 3A4). The assay can be applied to both freshly isolated and cryopreserved hepatocyte suspensions, and the results are available within 1 h, which could help to make short-term decisions: 1) to assess the suitability for cell transplantation of a preparation of freshly isolated hepatocytes or a particular batch of thawed cells, or 2) to estimate the convenience of banking a particular cell preparation.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Transplantation,Cell Biology,Biomedical Engineering

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