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Behavior of a cell line derived from normal human hepatocytes on non-physiological and physiological-type substrates: Evidence for enhancement of secretion of liver-specific proteins by a three-dimensional growth pattern

Smalley, Matthew John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-1146, Leiper, K., Floyd, D., Mobberley, M., Ryder, T., Selden, C., Roberts, Eve A. and Hodgson, H. 1999. Behavior of a cell line derived from normal human hepatocytes on non-physiological and physiological-type substrates: Evidence for enhancement of secretion of liver-specific proteins by a three-dimensional growth pattern. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal 35 (1) , pp. 22-32. 10.1007/s11626-999-0040-6

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Abstract

The behavior of a recently described cell line, HH25, derived from normal human hepatocytes, has been investigated on several different substrates—tissue-culture plastic, glass, a thin layer of rat-tail collagen I, and thin layers or thick gels of extracellular matrix derived from the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm murine sarcoma (EHS matrix). Cellular morphology, proliferation, and secretion of three hepatocyte-specific proteins (albumin, α1 acid glycoprotein, and α1 antitrypsin) have been examined. There were no differences in morphology, proliferation, or differentiated function in the cells on either plastic, glass, collagen, I, or a thin layer of EHS matrix, but on a thick EHS matrix gel the cells altered their morphology (forming three-dimensional colonies with canalicular-like structures) and their production of albumin and α1 acid glycoprotein was enhanced. This suggests that the enhanced differentiated function is associated with the morphological change (occurring only on the thick EHS gel) rather than with receptor-mediated cell-matrix interactions (which can also occur on the thin layer of EHS matrix). This cell line is therefore a good in vitro cellular model for the investigation of the roles of morphological changes and of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in the control of human hepatocyte behavior without the need for an extensive source of primary tissue.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI)
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 1071-2690
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 09:09
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64566

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