In this study, we propose a microfluidic cell culture device mimicking the microscopic structure in liver tissue called hepatic cords. The cell culture area of the device was designed to align hepatocytes in two lines in a similar way to hepatic cords. Thanks to the structural design together with a cell seeding procedure, rat primary hepatocytes were successfully aligned in two lines and cultured under perfusion condition. It is shown that aligned hepatocytes gradually self-organize and form bile canaliculi along the hepatic cord-like structure. The present technique to culture hepatocytes with functional bile canaliculi could be used as an alternative to animal testing in the field of drug discovery and toxicological studies, and also be beneficial to tissue engineering applications.
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June 29 2011
Bile canaliculi formation by aligning rat primary hepatocytes in a microfluidic device Available to Purchase
Yosuke Nakao;
Yosuke Nakao
1Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Hiroshi Kimura;
Hiroshi Kimura
1Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
2Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology,
Japan Science and Technology Agency
, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuyuki Sakai;
Yasuyuki Sakai
1Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
2Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology,
Japan Science and Technology Agency
, Tokyo, Japan
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Teruo Fujii
Teruo Fujii
a)
1Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
2Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology,
Japan Science and Technology Agency
, Tokyo, Japan
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Yosuke Nakao
1
Hiroshi Kimura
1,2
Yasuyuki Sakai
1,2
Teruo Fujii
1,2,a)
1Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
2Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology,
Japan Science and Technology Agency
, Tokyo, Japan
a)
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Biomicrofluidics 5, 022212 (2011)
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December 13 2010
Accepted:
March 29 2011
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Yosuke Nakao, Hiroshi Kimura, Yasuyuki Sakai, Teruo Fujii; Bile canaliculi formation by aligning rat primary hepatocytes in a microfluidic device. Biomicrofluidics 1 June 2011; 5 (2): 022212. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3580753
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