Susceptibility of chimeric mice with livers repopulated by serially subcultured human hepatocytes to hepatitis B virus
Susceptibility of chimeric mice with livers repopulated by serially subcultured human hepatocytes to hepatitis B virus
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连续传代培养人肝细胞肝脏嵌合小鼠对乙型肝炎病毒的敏感性
DOI:
10.1002/hep.22057
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发表时间:
2007
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影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
K. Yoshizato
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. Utoh;C. Tateno;C. Yamasaki;N. Hiraga;M. Kataoka;T. Shimada;K. Chayama;K. Yoshizato
We previously identified a small population of replicative hepatocytes in long‐term cultures of human adult parenchymal hepatocytes (PHs) at a frequency of 0.01%‐0.09%. These hepatocytes were able to grow continuously through serial subcultures as colony‐forming parenchymal hepatocytes (CFPHs). In the present study, we generated gene expression profiles for cultured CFPHs and found that they expressed cytokeratin 19, CD90 (Thy‐1), and CD44, but not mature hepatocyte markers such as tryptophan‐2,3‐dioxygenase (TO) and glucose‐6‐phosphatase (G6P), confirming that these cells are hepatic progenitor‐like cells. The cultured CFPHs were resistant to infection with human hepatitis B virus (HBV). To examine the growth and differentiation capacity of the cells in vivo, serially subcultured CFPHs were transplanted into the progeny of a cross between albumin promoter/enhancer‐driven urokinase plasminogen activator‐transgenic mice and severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. The cells were engrafted into the liver and were able to grow for at least 10 weeks, ultimately reaching a maximum occupancy rate of 27%. The CFPHs in the host liver expressed differentiation markers such as TO, G6P, and cytochrome P450 subtypes and could be infected with HBV. CFPH‐chimeric mice with a relatively high replacement rate exhibited viremia and had high serum levels of hepatitis B surface antigen. Conclusion: Serially subcultured human hepatic progenitor‐like cells from postnatal livers successfully repopulated injured livers and exhibited several phenotypes of mature hepatocytes, including susceptibility to HBV. In vitro–expanded CFPHs can be used to characterize the differentiation state of human hepatic progenitor‐like cells. (HEPATOLOGY 2008.)
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
RHIM, JA;SANDGREN, EP;BRINSTER, RL
通讯作者:
BRINSTER, RL
影响因子:
4
作者:
H. Malhi;A. Irani;S. Gagandeep;Sanjeev Gupta
通讯作者:
H. Malhi;A. Irani;S. Gagandeep;Sanjeev Gupta