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MB Sample ID: SA009139

Local Sample ID:14
Subject ID:SU000186
Subject Type:Animal
Subject Species:Rattus norvegicus
Taxonomy ID:10116
Genotype Strain:Sprague–Dawley rats
Weight Or Weight Range:300–400 g
Species Group:Mammal

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Collection:

Collection ID:CO000172
Collection Summary:Hepatocytes were isolated from male Sprague–Dawley rats (300–400 g; Harlan, Indianapolis, IN, USA) by a two-step perfusion method as previously described (33). All harvests yielded hepatocytes with viability exceeding 95% by trypan blue dye exclusion.
Freshly isolated hepatocytes were suspended in SFM, composed of William’s E supplemented with 0.2 U/ml insulin, 6 ?g/ml transferrin, 100 U/ml penicillin G, 100 mg/ml streptomycin, 3 g/L human albumin, 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate, 1 g/L L-carnitine, 2.0 mM L-glutamine, 100 nM dexamethasone, 40 ng/ml glucagon, 20 ng/ml Gly-His-Lys, 1,000 U/L heparin, 1 mg/L warfarin, and 5 ng/ml of mouse epidermal growth factor (EGF) (3).
The cells, suspended in SFM, were placed in a spheroid box (33 × 28 × 6 cm) custom-made of polycarbonate by Mayo Division of Engineering and siliconized with Sigmacote for 30 min (20) and gently rocked continuously at a frequency of 10 cycles per minute (0.17 Hz) to induce spheroid formation and to maintain spheroids in suspension. Final hepatocyte concentration was 5 × 105 cells/ml per spheroid box. All culture conditions were maintained in a 5% CO2, 37°C incubator as previously described (20). Spheroids were centrifuged and resuspended in fresh culture media every 24 h.
Sample Type:Liver
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