大鼠肝卵圆细胞的分离培养及干细胞标志分析

Isolation and Culture of Adult Rat Liver and Identification of The Markers for Hepatic Oval Cells

目的研究简单易行的成体大鼠肝卵圆细胞的分离培养及干细胞鉴定方法。方法采用2-乙酰氨基芴/部分肝切除术刺激建立成体大鼠肝卵圆细胞增殖模型,于肝切除术后第12d切取剩余肝脏,使用胶原酶Ⅳ消化分离和Percoll梯度离心纯化肝卵圆细胞,免疫荧光技术和RT-PCR分析法检测肝卵圆细胞标志物mRNA表达。结果分离得到的肝卵圆细胞存活率达到90%,经c-kit免疫荧光显色,PCR分析显示有CK19和白蛋白mRNA表达。生长因子诱导下有向胆管细胞和肝细胞分化的特性。结论简单易行的肝卵圆细胞分离纯化及鉴定方法和肝卵圆细胞成功培养,为进一步研究肝干细胞生物学特性和与肝癌的关系提供了物质基础。

Objective To study a simple and practical method of isolation, culture and identification of hepatic oval cells from adult rat. Methods Wistar adult rats were fed by 2-acetaminofluorene （AAF） and were stimulated by partial hepatectomy to activate the proliferation of hepatic oval cells. After operation 12 days, the livers were reseeted for isolating oval cells. Hepatic tissue was digested by 0.10 % collagenase Ⅳ and the obtained heterogeneous liver cells were then isolated and purified by density gradient centrifugation. The expressions of albumin and CK19 mRNA in hepatic oval cells were analyzed by immuno-fluorescence and RT-PCR. Results The survival rate of the newly isolated oval cells was more than 90%. The hepatic stem cells were shown by immuno-fluorescence of stem cell＇s antigen c-kit. The expressions of mRNA CK19 and albumin of the oval cell were also detected by PCR. The proliferation activity of the newly isolated oval cells was significantly high and they could be induced to differentiate into both hepatic and bile ductal cells by some growth factors. Conclusion The successful development of the simple and feasible isolation and purification procedure as well as the identification method for hepatic oval cells may provide a fundamental for further studies about bionomics of the hepatic stem cell and the relation between stem cells and hepatic carcinoma.