MAINTENANCE OF VIABILITY AND TRANSPORT FUNCTION AFTER PRESERVATION OF ISOLATED RAT HEPATOCYTES IN VARIOUS SIMPLIFIED UNIVERSITY-OF-WISCONSIN SOLUTIONS

GW SANDKER, B WEERT, W KUIPERS, MJH SLOOFF, DKF MEIJER, GMM GROOTHUIS, M.T. Merema

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Abstract

Rat hepatocytes were preserved for 24hr with high recovery and good maintenance of viability and transport function both in University of Wisconsin (UW) solution and in various simplified UW solutions. Cell quality is somewhat affected after 48 hr of preservation in both the original UW solution and the simplified solutions. ATP content and uptake rate of taurocholic acid are more sensitive markers of cell viability than Trypan blue exclusion or the MTT test. A much less expensive solution than UW, containing only K+-lactobionate, KH2PO4, MgSO4 and raffinose, can be used successfully for preservation of rat hepatocytes for 24 hr for drug transport studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2093-2096
Number of pages4
JournalBiochemical Pharmacology
Volume46
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 3-Dec-1993

Keywords

  • SIMPLE COLD-STORAGE
  • UW-SOLUTION
  • LIVER PRESERVATION
  • KIDNEY-PRESERVATION
  • HYDROXYETHYL STARCH
  • HYPOTHERMIC PRESERVATION
  • METABOLIC FUNCTION
  • CELL VIABILITY
  • CANINE LIVER
  • EURO-COLLINS

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