Summary

קביעת חומצות שומן החמצון וLipogenesis בעכבר העיקרי hepatocytes

Published: August 27, 2015
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Summary

lipogenesis נובו דה וחמצון חומצת β-השומן מהווים מסלולי מפתח חילוף חומרים בhepatocyte, מסלולים המוטרדים בכמה הפרעות מטבוליות, כוללים מחלת כבד שומני. כאן אנו מדגימים בידוד של hepatocytes העיקרי עכבר ולתאר כימות של חמצון חומצת β-השומן וlipogenesis.

Abstract

Lipid metabolism in liver is complex. In addition to importing and exporting lipid via lipoproteins, hepatocytes can oxidize lipid via fatty acid oxidation, or alternatively, synthesize new lipid via de novo lipogenesis. The net sum of these pathways is dictated by a number of factors, which in certain disease states leads to fatty liver disease. Excess hepatic lipid accumulation is associated with whole body insulin resistance and coronary heart disease. Tools to study lipid metabolism in hepatocytes are useful to understand the role of hepatic lipid metabolism in certain metabolic disorders.

In the liver, hepatocytes regulate the breakdown and synthesis of fatty acids via β-fatty oxidation and de novo lipogenesis, respectively. Quantifying metabolism in these pathways provides insight into hepatic lipid handling. Unlike in vitro quantification, using primary hepatocytes, making measurements in vivo is technically challenging and resource intensive. Hence, quantifying β-fatty acid oxidation and de novo lipogenesis in cultured mouse hepatocytes provides a straight forward method to assess hepatocyte lipid handling.

Here we describe a method for the isolation of primary mouse hepatocytes, and we demonstrate quantification of β-fatty acid oxidation and de novo lipogenesis, using radiolabeled substrates.

Introduction

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the leading causes of liver disease in Westernized cultures1,2. Lipid accumulation within the liver is associated with cell death, fibrosis, and liver failure via yet unknown mechanisms3-6. In fatty liver disease, hepatocyte-mediated β-fatty acid oxidation and de novo lipogenesis are important determinants of net lipid accumulation7,8. This article will, therefore, focus on hepatocyte isolation, followed by quantification of β-fatty acid oxidation and de novo lipogenesis.

Numerous methodologies have been developed to interrogate hepatocyte lipid metabolism. Though it is possible to measure metabolism of fat in vivo using stable isotopes9,10, these methods are costly, and require large numbers of animals. Additionally, the ability to investigate the effect of exogenous chemicals is limited due to the nature of in vivo experimentation. In contrast, the isolation of primary hepatocytes from mouse liver provides an affordable avenue to pursue11. Furthermore, studying hepatocytes in culture allows investigators to study the effects of varying chemicals on lipid processing while circumventing the difficulties of in vivo experimentation. Finally, isolated hepatocytes avoid any confounding from varying genetics since they are derived from the liver of a single animal.

Here we isolate and culture of hepatocytes, and we measure β-fatty acid oxidation and de novo lipogenesis, using radiolabeled palmitate. The protocol detailed below is straight forward, effective, and reproducible.

Protocol

כל הניסויים בבעלי החיים צריכים להתבצע בהתאם לתקנות פדרליות ומקומיות ובאישור של ממשל IACUC ובטיחות קרינה מוסדי. 1. הכנה כמה ימים לפני assay, להפשיר את בקבוק 500 מיליליטר של כבד Digest בינוני …

Representative Results

בידודי Hepatocyte בדרך כלל לגרום 1 – 3 x 10 7 תאים כולל. לאחר דגירה הלילה, התאים יופיעו משושה, שרבים מהם יהיה binucleated (איור 2). תאים בריאים צריכים להיות נטולי granulations או שלפוחיות, אשר מעידים על המוות של תאים. באופן כללי, assay חומצות …

Discussion

הזמן מהקרבה לזלוף צריך להיות פחות מ 3 דקות לזלוף אידיאלי ועיכול collagenase של הכבד. ברגע שזלוף עם זלוף בינוני הוא יזם, הכבד צריך לשנות באופן מיידי את מראה למאדום לחיוורים. לאחר כ 10 דקות של דגירה עם LDM, הכבד יופיע נפוח ורודה. במקרה שזלוף אינו מספיק, בכבד לא יכול להציג שינויים א…

Declarações

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge Susan Gray and Umadevi Chalasani for their help with technical aspects of the hepatocyte isolation protocol. This work was supported by NIDDK grant 5R01DK089185 (to M.P. Cooper) and the DERC Pilot and Feasibility Program at UMMS (to M.P. Cooper).

Materials

Liver Perfusion Medium Life Technologies 17701038
Liver Digest Medium Life Technologies 17703034 Aliquot and store at -20 °C
PBS Corning 21-040-CV
10X DPBS Corning 46-013-CM
DMEM Corning 10-017-CV
FBS Life Technologies 26140079 
Collagen Life Technologies A1048301 
Colloidal silica coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone GE Life Sciences 17-0891-01
Sodium Pyruvate Cellgro 25-000-CI
Penicillin / Streptomycin Cellgro 30-001-CI
Insulin Sigma I0516-5ML
Dexamethasone Sigma D2915-100MG
Albumin (BSA), Fraction V MP Biomedicals 103703
24-Well Culture Dish Corning Falcon 353047 
Tygon S3 Tubing  Cole Parmer 06460-34
Male Leur Lock to 200 Barb Connectors Cole Parmer 45518-00
24G x 3/4" Catheter SurFlo SROX2419CA
Perma-Hand Silk Suture Ethicon 683G
Cell Strainer Corning Falcon 08-771-2
IsoTemp 3013HD Recirculating Water Bath Fisher 13-874-3
MasterFlex C/L Peristaltic Pump MasterFlex HV-77122-24
Microclamp Roboz RS-7438 Pre-sterilize in autoclave
5” Straight, Blunt-Blunt Operating Scissors Roboz RS-6810 Pre-sterilize in autoclave
24mm Blade Straight, Sharp-point Microdissecting Scissors Roboz RS-5912 Pre-sterilize in autoclave
4” 0.8mm Tip Microdissecting Forceps Roboz RS-5130 Pre-sterilize in autoclave
4” 0.8mm Tip Full Curve Microdissecting Forceps Roboz RS-5137 Pre-sterilize in autoclave
60 mL Syringe Becton Dickinson 309653
50 mL conical tubes Corning Falcon 352070
BCA Protein Assay Thermo Scientific 23225
Biosafety Cabinet
CO2 Incubator
Serological pipets
1000, 200, 20 μL pipet and tips

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Akie, T. E., Cooper, M. P. Determination of Fatty Acid Oxidation and Lipogenesis in Mouse Primary Hepatocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (102), e52982, doi:10.3791/52982 (2015).

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