Perfusion of 3D encapsulated hepatocytes-A synergistic effect enhancing long-term functionality in bioreactors
| Autor: | Rui Tostoes, Daniel I. C. Wang, Paula M. Alves, Sofia B. Leite, Joana P. Miranda, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Marcos F. Q. Sousa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Cell Culture Techniques Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology Pharmacology Biology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology law.invention Diffusion 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Bioreactors Organ Culture Techniques Oxygen Consumption Glucuronic Acid law Albumins Bioreactor medicine Animals Rats Wistar Cells Cultured 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Hexuronic Acids Bioartificial liver device Albumin Spheroid 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Glucuronic acid Liver Artificial Microspheres Culture Media Rats medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Biochemistry Hepatocyte Hepatocytes Liver function 0210 nano-technology Perfusion Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108:41-49 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3592 |
| Popis: | Long-term primary cultures of hepatocytes are essential for bioartificial liver (BAL) devices and to reduce and replace animal tests in lead candidate optimization in drug discovery and toxicology tests. The aim of this work was to improve bioreactor cultures of hepatocyte spheroids by adding a more physiological perfusion feeding regime to these bioreactor systems. A continuous perfusion feeding was compared with 50% medium replacement (routinely used for in vitro tests) at the same dilution rate, 0.125 day(-1), for three operative weeks. Perfusion feeding led to a 10-fold improvement in albumin synthesis in bioreactors containing non-encapsulated hepatocyte spheroids; no significant improvement was observed in phase I drug metabolizing activity. When ultra high viscous alginate encapsulated spheroids were cultured in perfusion, urea synthesis, phase I drug metabolizing activity and oxygen consumption had a threefold improvement over the 50% medium replacement regime; albumin production was the same for both feeding regimes. The effective diffusion of albumin in the alginate capsules was 7.75.10(-9) cm(2) s(-1) and no diffusion limitation for this protein was observed using these alginate capsules under our operational conditions. In conclusion, perfusion feeding coupled with alginate encapsulation of hepatocyte spheroids showed a synergistic effect with a threefold improvement in three independent liver-specific functions of long-term hepatocyte spheroid cultures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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