Activation of collagen synthesis in primary culture of rat liver parenchymal cells (hepatocytes)

An increase in collagen synthesis by hepatic parenchymal cells (hepatocytes) was observed during 8 days in primary culture by the quantification of total [3H]hydroxyproline as a marker of total collagen synthesis and the ratio of [3H]hydroxyproline in the high‐molecular‐weight fraction to total [3H]hydroxyproline as a marker of collagen degradation after incubation of the cells with [3H]proline for 24 h. Type analysis of the collagen produced by the cells after 8 days in culture showed the presence of type I and type III collagens in addition to the components corresponding to type IV and type V (αA and βB) collagens. Only the latter two types were found in the collagens produced by the cells after 2 days in primary culture. (a) The purity of the hepatocytes inoculated was 97%, and the majority of the contaminating small cells were erythrocytes. (b) The rate of serum albumin synthesis, which is a typical function of the hepatocytes, was constant or increased during the culture period. (c) Immuno‐electron microscopic observation indicated the production of type I collagen by the hepatocytes after 8 days in primary culture. These results are explained only by the activation of collagen synthesis in the day‐8 hepatocytes in primary culture.

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