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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 725-733Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00048-X
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sinusoidal endothelial cell; immunomagnetic bead isolation; SE-1 antibody; tissue culture; apoptosis; cell growth
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Background/Aims: To develop a specific isolation method of hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells (SEC), we applied the immunomagnetic method using a monoclonal antibody (SE-1) that recognizes a membranous antigen expressed only in rat SEC. Methods: Cells were isolated by incubating mixed non-parenchymal cells, which were obtained by collagenase digestion of the liver, with SE-1-conjugated superparamagnetic polystyrene beads. The conventional Percoll method was also performed in parallel to compare with the immunomagnetic method. The isolated cells were cultured on glass coverslips coated with type 1 collagen in the presence of various growth factors for 6 days. Results: Approximately 98% of the isolated cells were positive for SE-1 and the contamination of Kupffer cells or stellate cells was less than 1%. The purity was significantly better than that obtained by the Percoll method. The cultured cells showed typical SEC features, such as sieve plates and uptake of acetylated low-density lipoprotein. Although the cells continuously underwent apoptotic cell death after 2 days, they started robust cell growth after 3 days and were well maintained during the culture period. Conclusions: Our simple and specific isolation method enables us to culture SEC with high purity and should be useful for the biological analysis of SEC. (C) 2002 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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