Name: isolation and primary culture of rat hepatic cells
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The authors would like to thank Mr. Josh Basford and Dr. Xiao-min Li for technical assistance. This work was supported in part by NIH grants (DK70992 and DK92779 to M.L.).

1. Preparation
All buffers are freshly prepared using sterile technique and filter sterilized using a Corning 0.22 &mu;m filter.
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 <li>Prepare Perfusion buffer I by adding the following to Hank's Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS, without Ca2+ and Mg2+, see Table 1): Mg2+ (MgCl2) to 0.9 mM, EDTA to 0.5 mM, and HEPES to 25 mM.</li>
 <li>Prepare Perfusion buffer II by adding the following to HBSS (with Ca2+</sup...

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Primary culture of hepatocytes is an in vitro model widely used to study various aspects of liver physiology and pathology. For example, primary culture is used to assess the expression and function of drug-metabolizing enzymes including cytochromes P450, drug metabolism, drug-drug interactions, and the mechanisms of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity 3-7. The protocol describing isolation and culture of rat hepatic cells is adapted from the previous reports of Aiken et al. 8, a...

isolation and primary culture of rat hepatic cells

Primary hepatocyte culture is a valuable tool that has been extensively used in basic research of liver function, disease, pathophysiology, pharmacology and other related subjects. The method based on two-step collagenase perfusion for isolation of intact hepatocytes was first introduced by Berry and Friend in 1969 1 and, since then, has undergone many modifications. The most commonly used technique was described by Seglenin 1976 2. Essentially, hepatocytes are dissociated from anesthetized adult rats by a non-recirculating collagenase perfusion through the portal vein. The isolated cells are then filtered through a 100 &mu;m pore size mesh nylon filter, and cultured onto plates. After 4-hour culture, the medium is replaced with serum-containing or serum-free medium, e.g. HepatoZYME-SFM, for additional time to culture. These procedures require surgical and sterile culture steps that can be better demonstrated by video than by text. Here, we document the detailed steps for these procedures by both video and written protocol, which allow consistently in the generation of viable hepatocytes in large numbers.

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Isolation and Primary Culture of Rat Hepatic Cells

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