Functional Comparison of HepaRG Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Functional Comparison of HepaRG Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Functional Comparison of HepaRG Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes in Monolayer and Spheroid Culture as Repeated Exposure Models for Hepatotoxicity Jinpeng Li January 9, 2020 Background Predicting repeated exposure hepatotoxicity is of
- Predicting repeated exposure hepatotoxicity is of critical importance for the safety assessment of
chemicals.
- The advantage of human cell-based in vitro models:
- 1) time- and resource-efficient
- 2) genetically and physiologically relevant
- The challenge of long-term in vitro culture of liver cells:
- Rapid dedifferentiation in conventional monolayer culture.
- Culture method
2D Sandwich culture Extracellular Matrix Hepatocytes Collagen ~one week
Background
3D spheroid culture Ultra low attachment >3 weeks
- Primary human hepatocytes (PHH)
- Gold standard
- Limitations: availability, variability/reproducibility
- HepaRG cell
- Derived from hepatocarcinoma
- Highly stable cell line
- Exhibit many characteristics similar to PHH:
- major xenobiotic sensors (PXR, CAR and AHR)
- drug transporters
- phase I and II drug metabolizing enzymes
- hepatic transcription factors involved in stress response pathways
Background
- Objective: Characterize and compare models for hepatotoxicity assessment after repeated
exposure
2D sandwich culture 3D spheroid culture
- PHH
- 2D:
Day0 Day 1 Day 4 Day7
- 3D:
Day 1 Day 4 Day7 Day 14 Day 21
Morphology
Unpublished data
- HepaRG
- 2D:
Day0 Day 1 Day 4 Day7
- 3D:
Day 1 Day 4 Day7 Day 14 Day 21
Morphology
Unpublished data
3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Cellular ATP (RLU per 103 cells) 3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Cellular ATP (RLU per 103 cells)
Viability (cellular ATP content)
Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology.
3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Fold change relative to freshly thawed cells 3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Fold change relative to freshly thawed cells 3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Fold change relative to freshly thawed cells 2 4 6 8
CYP2B6
Time after seeding 3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Fold change relative to freshly thawed cells
PHH HepaRG
Metabolic activities
Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology.
Spectrophotometry based measurement
Absorbance R square 0.9987 Equation Y = 0.01034*X - 0.0005075
Urea production
Amino acid NH3 (ammonia) Urea Kidney
Blood
Liver
Unpublished data
3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Urea (mg/L/106 cells) 3 hr 4 day 7 day 4 day 7 day 14 day 21 day Urea (mg/L/106 cells)
Urea production
Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology.
Days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2D_d7 (3) ↓ ↓ ↓
√
3D_d7 (3) ↓ ↓ ↓
√
3D_d14 (6) ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
√
- Chemical treatment regimen
↓ : Chemical treatment √ : Viability assessment (ATP content)
Acetaminophen Aflatoxin B1
Assessment of model sensitivity
Assessment of model sensitivity
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 2286 3D_7d 1613 3D_14d 1951 Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 4793 3D_7d 3917 3D_14d 1979 Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology. 2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 2000 4000 6000
Ibufenac
EC50 ( M) PHH HepaRG Cmax 10X Cmax
Assessment of model sensitivity
1 2 3 4 5 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
2D_7d 3D_7d EC50 2D_7d 2958 3D_7d 1244 3D_14d 957.5
PHH
3D_14d 1 2 3 4 5 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 2972 3D_7d 1664 3D_14d 1109
HepaRG
2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology. 2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 1000 2000 3000 4000
Ibuprofen
EC50 ( M) PHH HepaRG Cmax 10X Cmax
Assessment of model sensitivity
1 2 3 4 5 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 6038 3D_7d 1509 3D_14d 646.6
PHH
2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 1 2 3 4 5 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 3981 3D_7d 2516 3D_14d 1472
HepaRG
2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 2000 4000 6000 8000
Acetaminophen
EC50 ( M) PHH HepaRG
Acetaminophen
Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology. Action level
Assessment of model sensitivity
- 2
- 1
1 2 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 0.8975 3D_7d 0.1475 3D_14d 0.07675
PHH
2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d
- 2
- 1
1 2 50 100 150
- Conc. (log[ M])
Viability (% of vehicle) EC50 2D_7d 2.313 3D_7d 0.5606 3D_14d 0.1712
HepaRG
2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 2D_7d 3D_7d 3D_14d 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
Aflatoxin B1
EC50 ( M) PHH HepaRG
Aflatoxin B1
Modified based on Li et al. (2019). Applied In Vitro Toxicology. Exposure level
PHH HepaRG 2D 3D 2D 3D Viability * ** * *** Hepatic phenotype * *** * *** Sensitivity * *** * *** Reproducibility * *** Availability * ***
Summary
Acknowledgement
- Dr. Sue Marty
- Dr. Matt LeBaron
- Dr. Raja Settivari
- CMT/TK Group