Primary culture of adult rat hepatocytes and assay of hepatic functions

쥐 간세포의 일차배양과 분화기능 측정

Rat hepatocytes were isolated by collagenase perfusion method and cultured on the collagen coated dish or on the floating collagen membrane. Using the primary cu1tured hepatocytes, the efficiency of cell attachment and the hepatic functions such as gluconeogenesis, ureogenesis and albumin synthesis were studied. The cell viability was kept above 50% until 5 days and the hepatic functions of ammonia metabolism and albumin synthesis were maintained until 7 days. Floating collagen membrane was found to be more efficient than the collagen coated dish for the maintenance of hepatic function in-vitro.

쥐 간세포를collagenase perfusion method에 의해 분리한 뒤 collagen coated dish와floating collagen membrane에서 일차배양하여 간세포의 분화기능을 조사하였다. 두 경우 모두 간세포의 생존율은 5일 이후부터 점차 감소하였거나 간세포에 의한 암모니아 처리기능과 albumin생성기능은 약 7일간 유지되었다. 또 이러한 분화기능에 유지는 ollagen coated dish보다floating collagen membrane이 유리한 것으로 나타났다.