Improved oxygenation dramatically alters metabolism and gene expression in cultured primary mouse hepatocytes
Eduardo H. Gilglioni, Jung‐Chin Chang, Suzanne Duijst, Simei Go, Aziza A. A. Adam, Ruurdtje Hoekstra, Arthur J. Verhoeven, Emy L. Ishii‐Iwamoto, Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink – 9 February 2018 – Primary hepatocyte culture is an important in vitro system for the study of liver functions. In vivo, hepatocytes have high oxidative metabolism. However, oxygen supply by means of diffusion in in vitro static cultures is much less than that by blood circulation in vivo. Therefore, we investigated whether hypoxia contributes to dedifferentiation and deregulated metabolism in cultured hepatocytes.