期刊
TALANTA
卷 241, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123262
关键词
Liver-on-a-chip; Microfluidics; Hepatocyte spheroids; Cell co-culture; Hepatotoxicity
资金
- National Key Research and Development Project of China [2017YFC1700800]
- Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macau, China [129/2017/A3]
A three-dimensional dynamic multi-cellular liver-on-a-chip device was developed to mimic the microenvironment of in vivo liver tissue, showing improved liver function and drug toxicity detection capabilities compared to traditional static cultures, by co-culturing hepatocytes and endothelial cells in the chip.
Nowadays, major methods of in vitro hepatotoxicity research are still based on traditional static two-or threedimensional cell culture, although these means could investigate some toxic chemicals induced hepatotoxicity, but most of these toxicities failed to reappear in human, at least not in similar or calculable dose level. These failures may cause by the monoculture of only hepatocytes, ignored the signal communication to other non parenchymal cells in liver tissue, also other complex microenvironment such as endothelial barrier, shear stress and other factors which were really existed in vivo but absent here, final leading to a low reliability of experimental results. In this study, a three-dimensional dynamic multi-cellular liver-on-a-chip device (3DDMLoC) was developed to reproduce the microenvironment of in vivo liver tissue, including the simulation of hepatic sinusoid, perisinusoidal space and continuous liquid perfusion, hepatocytes could gather to some 3D cell spheroids in this chip. The perfusion could bring a real-time exchange of chemicals, nutrients, metabolites, supply suitable oxygen and a weak shear stress. The pressure and oxygen distribution inner the chip were simulated and evaluated by COMSOL Multiphysics software. HepaRG were co-cultured with HUVEC for 7 days in this chip, expression of hepatic polarization protein ZO-1 and MRP2, liver function factors ALB, UREA and CYP450s were almost all higher than in traditional static culture. Several drugs and heavy metal ions induced hepatotoxicity were then investigated, LDH released from hepatocyte spheroids in mostly 3D-DMLoC groups were higher than same-dosed 2D group, indicated the spheroids were more sensibility to the toxins. The hepatoxicity might be induced by acute hepatocytes injury according to the ratios of secreted AST/ALT contents. In conclusion, a liver-on-a-chip device was successfully developed and verified for better reproducing the in vivo physiological microenvironment of liver. It could be applied for easily, efficiently, and accurately screening the potential hepatotoxic chemicals in future.
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