Coculture with mesenchymal stem cells results in improved viability and function of human hepatocytes.
Fitzpatrick E., Wu Y., Dhadda P., Hughes RD., Mitry RR., Qin H.
Laboratory Study, published in Cell Transplant (2013) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
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- Study type
- Laboratory Study
- Journal
- Cell Transplant (2013)
- Country
- United States
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- PubMed
- PMID
- 24143888
- DOI
- 10.3727/096368913X674080
Abstract (original English)
Hepatocyte transplantation is becoming an accepted therapy for acute liver failure, either as a bridge to liver regeneration or to organ transplantation. Hepatocytes provide liver function in place of the failing organ. The maintenance of sufficient viability and function of the transplanted hepatocytes is a concern. There is a lot of recent interest in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for the provision of structural and trophic support to hepatocytes, but few studies currently use primary human hepatocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate if coculture of human MSCs with cryopreserved human hepatocytes may improve their function and viability, thus with potential for cellular therapy of liver disease. MSCs were isolated from human umbilical cord or adipose tissue. Hepatocytes were isolated from donor organs unsuitable for transplantation. MSCs and hepatocytes were cocultured in both direct and indirect contact. Conditioned medium (CM) from cocultured MSCs and hepatocytes was also used on hepatocytes. Viability and liver-specific function were compared between test and controls. Human hepatocytes that were cocultured directly with MSCs demonstrated improved production of albumin from day 5 to day 25 of culture. This effect was most prominent at day 15. Likewise, urea production was improved in coculture from day 5 to 25. Indirect coculture demonstrated improved albumin pro
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- • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.
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