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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 103, Issue 2 531-539, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

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Growth requirements and expression of LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase in Hep G2 hepatoblastoma cells cultured in a chemically defined medium

E Gherardi, K Thomas, TD Le Cras, C Fitzsimmons, CD Moorby and DE Bowyer
Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK.

A serum-free chemically defined medium (CDM) has been developed which sustains the growth in culture of the highly differentiated human hepatoma cell line Hep G2. Unlike rodent hepatoma lines, Hep G2 cells in serum-free medium have an absolute requirement for lipoprotein lipids (either low density lipoprotein (LDL) or high density lipoprotein (HDL)) for growth. In the presence of LDL (or HDL) growth was further enhanced by insulin, triiodo-L-thyronine, 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol but not by epidermal growth factor (EGF). On type I collagen gels cells cultured in CDM were contact inhibited and formed monolayers. This contrasted with the pattern of growth of cells cultured in the presence of serum on type I collagen gels and cells cultured on tissue-culture plastic in either CDM or medium containing serum which formed foci of multilayered cells. Expression of the LDL receptor and HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A) reductase genes was comparable in Hep G2 cells cultured in CDM and serum-containing medium. Furthermore, the binding and internalisation of 125I-LDL at 37 degrees C was modulated by hormones that have previously been shown to affect LDL receptor levels in liver in vivo or in hepatocytes cultured in serum-containing medium in vitro. The culture system described provides a basis for studying the regulation of hepatocyte-specific functions by soluble factors (either plasma- or cell-derived) and cell-substratum interactions in a human liver cell line.


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