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  • Title: UW solution: a promising tool for cryopreservation of primarily isolated rat hepatocytes.
    Author: Arikura J, Kobayashi N, Okitsu T, Noguchi H, Totsugawa T, Watanabe T, Matsumura T, Maruyama M, Kosaka Y, Tanaka N, Onodera K, Kasai S.
    Journal: J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg; 2002; 9(6):742-9. PubMed ID: 12658410.
    Abstract:
    Cryopreserved hepatocytes are a ready source of metabolic and synthetic functions for hepatocyte transplantation and bioartificial livers. In this study, we evaluated a cytoprotective effect of University of Wisconsin (UW) solution during cryopreservation of rat hepatocytes. We also investigated the feasibility of lentivirus-based gene transfer into thawed hepatocytes after cryopreservation. Primary rat hepatocytes were isolated using a two-step collagenase perfusion technique, and the resulting hepatocytes with more than 85% viability assessed by a trypan blue exclusion test were subjected to the present study. These cells were subjected to the present study. Cells were cryopreserved with UW solution containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) with 12% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) (group 1, G1), Cellbanker solution (group 2, G2), and 10% FBS-containing Dulbecco modified Eagle medium (DMEM) with 12% DMSO (group 3, G3). After thawing the cryopreserved hepatocytes, cell viability, plating efficiency, morphological appearance, and ammonia clearance activity were determined for each group. The efficacy of lentivirus-mediated Escherichia coli LacZ gene delivery was evaluated. Hepatocyte viabilities after 3- and 7-day cryopreservation were 73.2% and 62.5% for G1, 57.5% and 46.5% for G2, and 57.3% and 41.5% for G3, respectively. Plating efficiency and ammonia clearance activity were improved in G1 hepatocytes compared to G2 and G3 cells. Lentiviral transfer of a LacZ gene was confirmed in the thawed hepatocytes after cryopreservation by an X-gal stain assay.
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