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Characterization and enrichment of fetal rat hepatoblasts by immunoadsorption ("panning") and fluorescence-activated cell sorting. 1994

S H Sigal, and S Brill, and L M Reid, and I Zvibel, and S Gupta, and D Hixson, and R Faris, and P A Holst
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.

We developed methods for enriching fetal hepatoblasts by combining panning and multiparametric fluorescence-activated cell sorting. In unpurified, dissociated fetal liver cell suspensions of embryonic age day 15, 3.2% +/- 1.3% and 2.5% +/- 0.7% cells expressed albumin and alpha-fetoprotein, respectively. The remainder exhibited a hemopoietic, endothelial or stromal cell phenotype. Cells were panned first with an antibody to red blood cells to remove erythroid cells and then with monoclonal antibodies OX-43/OX-44 to remove hemopoietic and endothelial cells. This procedure eliminated 84% of fetal hepatic cells, with enrichment of the remainder for albumin or alpha-fetoprotein expression (up to sixfold increase). Flow cytometric analysis of unlabeled cells revealed two populations, which differed in granularity and autofluorescence. After panning, fluorescence-activated cell sorting for agranular cells yielded OX-43/44-positive cells that were essentially all hemopoietic precursor cells or OX-43/44-negative cells that were mostly hemopoietic precursor cells, along with 3.0% +/- 0.7% alpha-fetoprotein-positive cells. In contrast, sorting for granular, OX-43/44-negative cells enriched for predominantly alpha-fetoprotein-positive, parenchymal precursor cells (75.1% +/- 4.7%). Multiparametric flow cytometric analysis of the expression of an oval cell antigen, OC.3, which is a bile duct and putative liver stem cell marker, showed that most OC.3-positive cells coexpressed OX-43/OX-44 and morphologically were hemopoietic precursor cells. However, approximately 30% of the OX-43/44-negative, granular cells expressed OC.3. Although the physiological significance of OC.3-positive hepatoblasts remains to be determined, the ability to isolate distinct liver cell populations by means of fluorescence-activated cell sorting should facilitate further studies.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007163 Immunosorbent Techniques Techniques for removal by adsorption and subsequent elution of a specific antibody or antigen using an immunosorbent containing the homologous antigen or antibody. Immunoadsorbent Techniques,Immunoadsorbent Technics,Immunosorbent Technics,Immunoadsorbent Technic,Immunoadsorbent Technique,Immunosorbent Technic,Immunosorbent Technique,Technic, Immunoadsorbent,Technic, Immunosorbent,Technics, Immunoadsorbent,Technics, Immunosorbent,Technique, Immunoadsorbent,Technique, Immunosorbent,Techniques, Immunoadsorbent,Techniques, Immunosorbent
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D011916 Rats, Inbred F344 An inbred strain of rat that is used for general BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH purposes. Fischer Rats,Rats, Inbred CDF,Rats, Inbred Fischer 344,Rats, F344,Rats, Inbred Fisher 344,CDF Rat, Inbred,CDF Rats, Inbred,F344 Rat,F344 Rat, Inbred,F344 Rats,F344 Rats, Inbred,Inbred CDF Rat,Inbred CDF Rats,Inbred F344 Rat,Inbred F344 Rats,Rat, F344,Rat, Inbred CDF,Rat, Inbred F344,Rats, Fischer
D002448 Cell Adhesion Adherence of cells to surfaces or to other cells. Adhesion, Cell,Adhesions, Cell,Cell Adhesions
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002469 Cell Separation Techniques for separating distinct populations of cells. Cell Isolation,Cell Segregation,Isolation, Cell,Cell Isolations,Cell Segregations,Cell Separations,Isolations, Cell,Segregation, Cell,Segregations, Cell,Separation, Cell,Separations, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004727 Endothelium A layer of epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels (ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR), lymph vessels (ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC), and the serous cavities of the body. Endotheliums
D005434 Flow Cytometry Technique using an instrument system for making, processing, and displaying one or more measurements on individual cells obtained from a cell suspension. Cells are usually stained with one or more fluorescent dyes specific to cell components of interest, e.g., DNA, and fluorescence of each cell is measured as it rapidly transverses the excitation beam (laser or mercury arc lamp). Fluorescence provides a quantitative measure of various biochemical and biophysical properties of the cell, as well as a basis for cell sorting. Other measurable optical parameters include light absorption and light scattering, the latter being applicable to the measurement of cell size, shape, density, granularity, and stain uptake. Cytofluorometry, Flow,Cytometry, Flow,Flow Microfluorimetry,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting,Microfluorometry, Flow,Cell Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated,Cell Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated,Cytofluorometries, Flow,Cytometries, Flow,Flow Cytofluorometries,Flow Cytofluorometry,Flow Cytometries,Flow Microfluorometries,Flow Microfluorometry,Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sortings,Microfluorimetry, Flow,Microfluorometries, Flow,Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated Cell,Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated Cell
D006412 Hematopoietic Stem Cells Progenitor cells from which all blood cells derived. They are found primarily in the bone marrow and also in small numbers in the peripheral blood. Colony-Forming Units, Hematopoietic,Progenitor Cells, Hematopoietic,Stem Cells, Hematopoietic,Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells,Cell, Hematopoietic Progenitor,Cell, Hematopoietic Stem,Cells, Hematopoietic Progenitor,Cells, Hematopoietic Stem,Colony Forming Units, Hematopoietic,Colony-Forming Unit, Hematopoietic,Hematopoietic Colony-Forming Unit,Hematopoietic Colony-Forming Units,Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell,Hematopoietic Stem Cell,Progenitor Cell, Hematopoietic,Stem Cell, Hematopoietic,Unit, Hematopoietic Colony-Forming,Units, Hematopoietic Colony-Forming

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