"Liver-on-a-Chip" Cultures of Primary Hepatocytes and Kupffer Cells for Hepatitis B Virus Infection
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Despite the exceptional infectivity of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in vivo, where only three viral genomes can result in a chronicity of experimentally infected chimpanzees, most in vitro models require several hundreds to thousands of viral genomes per cell in order to initiate a transient infection. Additionally, static 2-D cultures of primary human hepatocytes (PHH) allow only short-term studies due to their rapid dedifferentiation. Here, we describe 3-D liver-on-a-chip cultures of PHH, either in monocultures or in cocultures with other nonparenchymal liver-resident cells. These offer a significant improvement to studying long-term HBV infections with physiological host cell responses. In addition to facilitating drug efficacy studies, toxicological analysis, and investigations into pathogenesis, these microfluidic culture systems enable the evaluation of curative therapies for HBV infection aimed at eliminating covalently closed, circular (ccc)DNA. This presented method describes the set-up of PHH monocultures and PHH/Kupffer cell co-cultures, their infection with purified HBV, and the analysis of host responses. This method is particularly applicable to the evaluation of long-term effects of HBV infection, treatment combinations, and pathogenesis.
Date Issued
2019
Date Acceptance
2018-07-05
Citation
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2019
ISSN
1940-087X
Publisher
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Journal / Book Title
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
Volume
144
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
European Research Council
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
104771/Z/14/Z
637304
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Immunology and Infection
Issue 144
Hepatitis B virus
microfluidic device
tissue culture
organ-on-a-chip
bioengineering
hepatocytes
Kupffer cells
SPHEROIDS
SURVIVAL
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
144