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Suzuki A, Zheng YW, Fukao K, Nakauchi H, Taniguchi H. Clonal Expansion of Hepatic Stem/Progenitor Cells following Flow Cytometric Cell Sorting. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/000000001783986602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Although hepatic stem cells are believed to exist and play a critical role in developing and regenerating liver, little is known about their cell surface specificity or differentiation capabilities. To make prospective studies of hepatic stem cells possible, we established an in vitro culture system for identification and characterization of hepatic stem/progenitor cells. By combining this culture system with fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), a population of cells that were capable of forming large colonies and providing their descendants for relative longer period was isolated from fetal mouse livers. These data suggest that hepatic stem/progenitor cells with high proliferative potential are existent in the developing mouse liver, and that they are enriched by using flow cytometry.
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- Atsushi Suzuki
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, and CREST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Jiang J, Kojima N, Kinoshita T, Miyajima A, Yan W, Sakai Y. Cultivation of Fetal Liver Cells in a Three-Dimensional Poly-L-Lactic Acid Scaffold in the Presence of Oncostatin M. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To investigate the feasibility of fetal liver cells for liver tissue engineering, the supporting function of poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) for fetal liver cells and the effects of oncostatin M (OSM) on hepatic differentiation were studied. After preparing three-dimensional biodegradable PLLA scaffold having a well-developed open-pore structure by a gas-forming method with ammonium chloride particles as a porogen and a gas-forming reagent, fetal liver cells separated from E14.5-C57BL/6CrSlc murine embryos were inoculated in the PLLA scaffolds. Cells were cultured in Williams' E medium with or without OSM (10 ng/ml) for 30 days with a medium change every 2 days. Results showed that there were significant increases in the number of cells and in albumin secretion in PLLA culture compared with in monolayer culture on day 15. In addition, a significant increase in albumin secretion was observed in OSM-added PLLA culture compared with OSM-free culture, and there was only a slightly enhanced albumin secretion in monolayer cultures with OSM. These results suggest that PLLA may enhance the biological activity of OSM for inducing maturation of fetal liver cells. Interestingly, the number of cells in PLLA culture with OSM decreased compared with OSM-free PLLA culture at day 15. This may be because promotion of hepatic development by OSM simultaneously suppressed in vitro hematopoiesis (i.e., blood cell production). In summary, our results indicate that the three-dimensional PLLA scaffold is a good support material for the cultivation of fetal liver cells and that OSM is capable of not only terminating hematopoiesis of the fetal liver but also stimulating the maturation of hepatic parenchymal cells in vitro.
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- Jinlan Jiang
- Institute of Biological Engineering, Jilin University, 8 Xinmin Street, Changchun City, Jilin Province 130021, China
- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, Bunkyoo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, Bunkyoo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, Bunkyoo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Biological Engineering, Jilin University, 8 Xinmin Street, Changchun City, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Sakai Y, Jiang J, Kojima N, Kinoshita T, Miyajima A. Enhanced In Vitro Maturation of Fetal Mouse Liver Cells with Oncostatin M, Nicotinamide, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Although cells isolated from fetal liver are one of the major sources for liver tissue engineering, it is still very difficult to induce them to fully differentiate in vitro into mature hepatocytes. We therefore investigated the effects of nicotinamide (NA), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and oncostatin M (OSM) on differentiation in terms of the expression of various liver-specific functions, because these factors have been reported to induce the emergence of possible hepatocyte progenitor cells (small hepatocytes) in adult rat hepatocyte culture or maturation of fetal mouse liver cells in culture. Fetal liver cells isolated from mouse embryos were cultured for 5 weeks in collagen-precoated plates. NA (10 mM) and DMSO (1%) remarkably enhanced the emergence of small hepatocytes, and OSM also synergistically enhanced the selective growth of small hepatocytes and inhibited the growth of blood cell populations. In the presence of these three factors, such small hepatocytes became dominant in culture, so that they covered almost 60–70% of confluence after week 2. In addition, some of them piled up over the small hepatocyte monolayer and displayed distinctively differentiated morphology, such as the emergence of binucleated cells, formation of tight gap junctions, and possible bile duct structures. Although OSM alone had very weak effects on hepatocyte functions, albumin secretion and cytochrome P450IA1/2 capacity were greatly enhanced when combined with NA or DMSO. This functional observation closely agreed with the emergence of small hepatocytes. In contrast, ammonium removal was strongly dependent on DMSO alone. DNA amount basis functions of fetal cells with three factors at week 5 were 1/7 for albumin secretion, 3 times higher for ammonium removal, and 1/10 for P450 capacity, compared with those of cultured adult mouse hepatocytes. These results show that inclusion of NA, DMSO, and OSM in the culture medium significantly enhances in vitro maturation of fetal liver cells when compared with conventional culture conditions.
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- Y. Sakai
- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
- Institute of Biological Engineering, Jinlin University, 8 Xinmin Street, Changchung, Jilin 130021, China
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Fiegel HC, Kneser U, Kluth D, Metzger R, Till H, Rolle U. Development of hepatic tissue engineering. Pediatr Surg Int 2009; 25:667-73. [PMID: 19488762 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-009-2389-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Liver transplantation is still the only treatment for end-staged liver diseases in children. However, donor organ shortage and immunosuppression are major limitations. Thus, approaches of hepatocyte transplantation are under investigation. Using cells might permit mass expansion, cryopreservation, and the ex vivo genetic modification of cells. For the development of cell-transplantation techniques, the use of three-dimensional scaffolds as carrier was shown to be advantageous. Polymeric matrices permit the formation of a neo-tissue and stimulation by the modification of the matrix surface. Another important issue is to define the right cell type for transplantation. Adult hepatocytes have a limited growth and differentiation potential. In contrast, fetal liver cells (FLC) possess an enormous growth and a bipotential differentiation potential. Thus, these cells may be very attractive as a cell resource for developing cell-based liver replacement. A third major issue in this approach is the neo-vascularization. Therefore, the transplantation in a recently developed model using a microsurgically created arterioveno-venous (AV) loop as a central vessel for the neo-tissue was used for transplantation of FLC in a fibrin-matrix. Initial results indicated that the transplantation of FLC using the AV-loop transplantation model may be promising for the development of highly vascularized in vivo tissue-engineered liver support systems.
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- Henning Cornelius Fiegel
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Fiegel HC, Lange C, Kneser U, Lambrecht W, Zander AR, Rogiers X, Kluth D. Fetal and adult liver stem cells for liver regeneration and tissue engineering. J Cell Mol Med 2007; 10:577-87. [PMID: 16989722 PMCID: PMC3933144 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2006.tb00422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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For the development of innovative cell-based liver directed therapies, e.g. liver tissue engineering, the use of stem cells might be very attractive to overcome the limitation of donor liver tissue. Liver specific differentiation of embryonic, fetal or adult stem cells is currently under investigation. Different types of fetal liver (stem) cells during development were identified, and their advantageous growth potential and bipotential differentiation capacity were shown. However, ethical and legal issues have to be addressed before using fetal cells. Use of adult stem cells is clinically established, e.g. transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells. Other bone marrow derived liver stem cells might be mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). However, the transdifferentiation potential is still in question due to the observation of cellular fusion in several in vivo experiments. In vitro experiments revealed a crucial role of the environment (e.g. growth factors and extracellular matrix) for specific differentiation of stem cells. Co-cultured liver cells also seemed to be important for hepatic gene expression of MSC. For successful liver cell transplantation, a novel approach of tissue engineering by orthotopic transplantation of gel-immobilized cells could be promising, providing optimal environment for the injected cells. Moreover, an orthotopic tissue engineering approach using bipotential stem cells could lead to a repopulation of the recipients liver with healthy liver and biliary cells, thus providing both hepatic functions and biliary excretion. Future studies have to investigate, which stem cell and environmental conditions would be most suitable for the use of stem cells for liver regeneration or tissue engineering approaches.
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- H C Fiegel
- Pediatric Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Jiang J, Kojima N, Guo L, Naruse K, Makuuchi M, Miyajima A, Yan W, Sakai Y. Efficacy of Engineered Liver Tissue Based on Poly-L-lactic Acid Scaffolds and Fetal Mouse Liver Cells Cultured with Oncostatin M, Nicotinamide, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 10:1577-86. [PMID: 15588417 DOI: 10.1089/ten.2004.10.1577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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To assess the feasibility of liver tissue equivalents based on selective propagation and differentiation of hepatocyte progenitors in three-dimensional (3D) culture, the efficacy of fetal mouse liver cells cultured in poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) scaffolds in the presence of nicotinamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and oncostatin M was investigated both in vitro and in vivo. The albumin production of PLLA-cultured fetal mouse liver cells in the presence of these three factors was remarkably enhanced with culture time, and after 4 weeks it attained almost the same production found in adult mouse hepatocytes cultured for 3 days in PLLA scaffolds, based on the unit DNA amount. In addition, implantation of engineered liver tissue based on this in vitro PLLA culture system into the peritoneal cavity of 70% hepatectomized mice showed a remarkably higher presence of albumin-positive engrafted cells 15 days after the operation when compared with fetal mouse liver cells or adult mouse hepatocytes freshly isolated and cultured for 1 day. These results demonstrate that the basic concept regarding the engineering of liver tissue equivalents based on in vitro selective propagation and differentiation of hepatocyte progenitors in 3D biodegradable scaffolds shows promise for future liver tissue engineering.
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- Jinlan Jiang
- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Fiegel HC, Kluth J, Lioznov MV, Holzhüter S, Fehse B, Zander AR, Kluth D. Hepatic lineages isolated from developing rat liver show different ways of maturation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 305:46-53. [PMID: 12732194 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00662-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that different hepatic cell types exist during liver development: (i). cells co-expressing the stem-cell marker Thy1 and the hepatic lineage marker CK-18 and (ii). cells only expressing CK-18 (hepatoblasts). In this study we separated the different hepatic cells and analyzed gene-expression and phenotype. Fetal rat livers were digested by collagenase solution. OX43- and OX44-positive hematopoietic cells were depleted and Thy1-positive cells were enriched using Magnetic cell sorting. The different cell compartments were analyzed by RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry for Thy1, CK-18, AFP, and albumin. Hepatoblasts expressed albumin at all times and AFP in the early stages. Thy1-enriched cells expressed CK-18 at all times, albumin in the early, and AFP in the late stages. Thy1-positive cells from fetal livers express liver specific genes. The data suggest that Thy1-positive hepatic cells develop towards hepatic stem cells, and hepatoblasts develop towards mature hepatocytes of the adult liver.
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- Henning C Fiegel
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Recently, several lines of investigation focused on basic mechanisms governing cellular and molecular aspects of liver biology have intersected at the study of the hepatic stem cell. Despite years of study, the very question of the existence of the hepatic stem cell has yet to be unequivocally established. A second field of investigation into the cellular and molecular aspects of liver biology is aimed at liver-directed gene therapy in which several new vehicles have been devised to mediate gene transfer. Gene therapy is no longer thought of in the limited framework of a means to correct inherited disorders; it is now expanding into new therapeutic applications. A third major area of investigation includes studies of mechanisms that regulate membrane protein traffic necessary to maintain the integrity of differentiated liver cell function. In this review, some of the most recent advances and applications in these three areas are highlighted, and, where appropriate, points of interaction and potential therapeutic importance are emphasized.
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- R J Stockert
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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Hematopoiesis and the hepatic environment are known to have a close relationship at the time of hepatic development and systemic diseases. Recently, transplanted cells isolated from bone marrow of rodents and humans have been shown to differentiate into oval cells, which are considered to be hepatic stem cells, and hepatocytes in the liver. Then, purified hematopoietic stem cells were shown to have the ability to replace original liver cells in mice with hereditary tyrosinemia. In this review the interactions between hepatic stem cells are summarized and a hypothesis of hepatic differentiation will be proposed.
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- T Mitaka
- Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, S-1, W-17, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan.
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