CULTURE OF HUMAN KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS - THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS DETACHMENT PROCEDURES ON VIABILITY AND DEGREE OF CELL DETACHMENT
CULTURE OF HUMAN KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS - THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS DETACHMENT PROCEDURES ON VIABILITY AND DEGREE OF CELL DETACHMENT
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DOI:
10.1159/000154771
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发表时间:
1995-09-01
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HENKE, W
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JUNG, K;HAMPEL, G;HENKE, W
Culture of renal proximal tubular cells has become a widely used tool in research. As tubular epithelial cell cultures form monolayers which have to be detached from the culture flasks prior to experiments, it was the objective of this study to evaluate possible damage suffered by the cells during the procedure of transforming monolayers into single-cell suspensions. Various detachment procedures (scraping, EDTA incubation, trypsin/EDTA incubation, incubation with collagenase alone and collagenase and EDTA together, and the use of various collagenase preparations) were studied in order to obtain viable, non-damaged human cells. The measurement of lactate dehydrogenase activity was used as an indicator in the assessment of cell viability/damage. The effect of the various methods of detachment on the release of lactate dehydrogenase from human cells was compared with that from the renal cell lines, MDCK and LLC-PK1. The released lactate dehydrogenase activity following the detachment was significantly lower in the continuous cell lines as compared to the human cells. Scraping of the human cells caused the highest degree of damage, showing a release of about 90% of the total lactate dehydrogenase, whereas collagenases showed a lactate dehydrogenase release between 8 and 25% depending on the collagenase preparation used. The use of collagenase in the detachment of cultured human kidney proximal tubular cells is recommended. The collagenase P preparation from Boehringer Mannheim (200 mg/100 ml; incubation at 37 degrees C for 10 min) appears to be particularly suitable.