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The bioreactor with CYP3A4- and glutamine synthetase-introduced HepG2 cells: treatment of hepatic failure dog with diazepam overdosage.

Abstract
A novel recombinant human hepatic cell line, CYP3A4- and glutamine synthetase (GS, an enzyme which converts ammonium ion and glutamate to glutamine)-introduced HepG2 (HepG2-GS-CYP3A4), was established. Its usefulness in a large-scale culture with a circulatory bioreactor in vitro and in dog models of ischemic hepatic failure with acute diazepam (DZP, a substrate of CYP3A4) overdosage was further examined. HepG2-GS-CYP3A4 expressed about 9 times larger amounts of CYP3A4 protein than a control. After incubation with HepG2-GS-3A4 cells in a circulatory bioreactor for 24 h, ammonia and DZP concentrations in the culture medium significantly decreased by about 40%. Furthermore, this system improved the survival time and decreased serum concentrations of DZP, ammonia, and transaminase in dogs with ischemic hepatic failure plus acute DZP overdosage. The mean survival time with bioreactor with HepG2-GS-3A4 was 42.7 +/- 3.6 h, which was significantly longer than that without reactor, with reactor (no cells), and with HepG2-GS (23.4 +/- 2.8, 22.1 +/- 2.4, and 31 +/- 3.7 h, respectively). Therefore, it is concluded that this bioartificial liver could be a good tool for the treatment of dogs with hepatic failure and that it could potentially be a bridging procedure to liver transplantation.
AuthorsNing Wang, Shuichi Tsuruoka, Hisashi Yamamoto, Shin Enosawa, Takeshi Omasa, Naohiro Sata, Toshiharu Matsumura, Hideo Nagai, Akio Fujimura
JournalArtificial organs (Artif Organs) Vol. 29 Issue 8 Pg. 681-4 (Aug 2005) ISSN: 0160-564X [Print] United States
PMID16048486 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • CYP3A protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
  • CYP3A4 protein, human
  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase
  • Diazepam
Topics
  • Animals
  • Bioreactors
  • Cell Line
  • Cricetinae
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (metabolism)
  • Diazepam (administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis)
  • Dogs
  • Drug Overdose
  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives (administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis)
  • Liver Failure (metabolism, therapy, veterinary)
  • Liver, Artificial

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