Project description:Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a leading cause of attrition of candidate drugs in drug development. Therefore new screening methods are necessary which predict these hazards more accurate and earlier in the drug development process. Of all in vitro hepatotoxicity models, primary human hepatocytes are considered as 'the gold standard'. However, the use of these hepatocytes is hindered by their scarcity and major inter-individual variation. These limitations may be overcome with use of primary mouse hepatocytes. Within this context changes in protein expressions in primary mouse hepatocytes, after exposure to cyclosporin A were studied using differential gel electrophoresis. Thereafter, the mRNA expression levels of these deregulated proteins from cyclosporin A-treated cells were analyzed. Cyclosporin A induced ER stress and altered the ER-Golgi transport, which may alter vesicle mediated transport and protein secretion. Moreover are the differentially expressed proteins observed upon challenge by cyclosporin A, associated with cholestatic mechanisms. For each biological experiment, one hybridization was conducted and one sample per array. In total, 6 arrays were used for 2 different conditions (Csa or control at 48 hours).
Project description:Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a leading cause of attrition of candidate drugs in drug development. Therefore new screening methods are necessary which predict these hazards more accurate and earlier in the drug development process. Of all in vitro hepatotoxicity models, primary human hepatocytes are considered as 'the gold standard'. However, the use of these hepatocytes is hindered by their scarcity and major inter-individual variation. These limitations may be overcome with use of primary mouse hepatocytes. Within this context changes in protein expressions in primary mouse hepatocytes, after exposure to cyclosporin A were studied using differential gel electrophoresis. Thereafter, the mRNA expression levels of these deregulated proteins from cyclosporin A-treated cells were analyzed. Cyclosporin A induced ER stress and altered the ER-Golgi transport, which may alter vesicle mediated transport and protein secretion. Moreover are the differentially expressed proteins observed upon challenge by cyclosporin A, associated with cholestatic mechanisms.
Project description:Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is still one of the main reasons for drug attrition; therefore, there is an urgent need for more predictive models to identify the toxic potential of new drug candidates. Here, transcriptomic data from short- and long-term cultured primary human hepatocytes exposed to four pharmaceuticals, namely ibuprofen, chlorpromazine, cyclosporine A and amiodarone was analysed.
Project description:Human liver organoids, an in vitro 3D culture system to recapitulate biological tissue, are expected to be used for drug discovery. However, Matrigel, the most widely used extracellular matrix for organoid culture, has concerns about safety and reproducibility since it is murine-derived. Morever, low hepatic functions of human liver organoids compared to primary human hepatocytes is considered a challenge. Herein, we attempted to culture human liver organoids, established from primary (cryopreserved) human hepatocytes (PHH), using HYDROX, a chemically defined 3D nanofiber. While proliferative capacity of human liver organoids was lost by HYDROX-culture, the gene expression level of a hepatocyte marker CYP3A4 and the CYP3A4 metabolic activity in HYDROX-cultured liver organoids were significantly improved, comparable to those of PHH. HYDROX-cultured liver organoids when treated with hepatotoxic drugs such as acetaminophen showed similar cell viability to that of PHH, suggesting that HYDROX-cultured liver organoids could be applied to drug-induced hepatotoxicity test. Furthermore, HYDROX-cultured liver organoids maintained its functions for up to 35 days and could be used to estimate chronic drug-induced hepatotoxicity such as those of fialuridine. Our findings demonstrated that human liver organoids obtained high liver functions by HYDROX-culture, meaning that HYDROX could contribute to drug discovery as a novel biomaterial.
Project description:Pazopanib is a drug with idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity risk. Analysis of gene expression changes after exposing hepatocytes can indicate effects on specific biological pathways and potential mechanisms of hepatotoxicity. HLCs derived from patient-specific iPSCs were treated with pazopanib to identify both drug-related global effects and patient-specific effects