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  • 标题:Development of a New Conditionally Immortalized Human Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells
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  • 作者:Meiyan Zhu ; Akira Koibuchi ; Hideyuki Ide
  • 期刊名称:Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • 印刷版ISSN:0918-6158
  • 电子版ISSN:1347-5215
  • 出版年度:2018
  • 卷号:41
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:440-444
  • DOI:10.1248/bpb.b17-00661
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  • 摘要:

    Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), which are specialized endothelial cells that line liver sinusoids, have been reported to participate in a variety of liver functions, such as blood macromolecule clearance and factor VIII production. In addition, LSECs play crucial roles in liver regeneration following acute liver injury, as well as the development and progression of liver diseases or drug-induced hepatotoxicity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying their roles remain mostly unknown. Therefore, in order to contribute to the clarification of those mechanisms, herein we report on the development of a new immortalized human LSEC (HLSEC) line. To produce this cell line, two immortalized genes were introduced into the primary HLSECs, which eventually resulted in the establishment of the HLSEC/conditionally immortalized, clone-J (HLSEC/ciJ). Consistent with the two-immortalized gene expression, HLSEC/ciJ showed excellent proliferation activity. Additionally, the results of gene expression analyses showed that several LSEC (as well as pan-endothelial) marker mRNAs and proteins were clearly expressed in HLSEC/ciJ. Furthermore, we found that adherence junction proteins were localized at the cell border in the HLSEC/ciJ monolayer, and that the cells exhibited a tube-like structure formation property. Taken together, the results obtained thus far indicate that we have successfully immortalized HLSECs, resulting in creation of HLSEC/ciJ, a cell line that possesses infinite proliferation ability while retaining possession of at least some HLSEC features. We believe that the HLSEC/ciJ have the potential to provide a valuable and unlimited alternative source of HLSECs for use in liver/LSEC physiology/pathophysiology, pharmacology, and toxicology studies.

  • 关键词:liver sinusoidal endothelial cell;immortalized cell;in vitro liver model;liver
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