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Preparation of Primary Rat Hepatocyte Spheroids Utilizing the Liquid-Overlay Technique
Kyffin, Jonathan A. Cox, Christopher R. Leedale, Joseph Colley, Helen E. Murdoch, Craig Mistry, Pratibha Webb, Steven D. Sharma, Parveen
Kyffin, Jonathan A.
Cox, Christopher R.
Leedale, Joseph
Colley, Helen E.
Murdoch, Craig
Mistry, Pratibha
Webb, Steven D.
Sharma, Parveen
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2019-09-13
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Herein, we describe a protocol for the preparation and analysis of primary isolated rat hepatocytes in a 3D cell culture format described as spheroids. The hepatocyte cells spontaneously self-aggregate into spheroids without the need for synthetic extracellular matrices or hydrogels. Primary rat hepatocytes (PRHs) are a readily available source of primary differentiated liver cells and therefore conserve many of the required liver-specific functional markers, and elicit the natural in vivo phenotype when compared with common hepatic cells lines. We describe the liquid-overlay technique which provides an ultra-low attachment surface on which PRHs can be cultured as spheroids. © 2019 The Authors. Basic Protocol 1: Preparation of agarose-coated plates Basic Protocol 2: Primary rat hepatocyte isolation procedure Basic Protocol 3: Primary rat hepatocyte spheroid culture Basic Protocol 4: Immunofluorescent analysis of PRH spheroids. [Abstract copyright: © 2019 The Authors.]
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Kyffin, J. A., Cox, C. R., Leedale, J., Colley, H. E., Murdoch, C., Mistry, P., Webb, S. D., & Sharma, P. (2019). Preparation of primary rat hepatocyte spheroids utilizing the liquid-overlay technique. Current Protocols in Toxicology, 81(1), e87. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptx.87
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Current Protocols in Toxicology
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10.1002/cptx.87
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1934-9254
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1934-9262