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Chronic Alcohol Exposure of Cells Using Controlled Alcohol-Releasing Capillariesopen access

Authors
Kim, WanilJeong, Hye-SeonKim, Sang-ChanChoi, Chang-HyungLee, Kyung-Ha
Issue Date
May-2021
Publisher
MDPI
Keywords
alcohol; chronic; liver; capillary
Citation
CELLS, v.10, no.5
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SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
CELLS
Volume
10
Number
5
URI
https://scholarworks.gnu.ac.kr/handle/sw.gnu/3759
DOI
10.3390/cells10051120
ISSN
2073-4409
2073-4409
Abstract
Alcohol is one of the main causes of liver diseases such as fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and chronic hepatitis with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. To reproduce the conditions of alcohol-induced liver diseases and to identify the disease-causing mechanisms at the cellular level, several methods have been used to expose the cells to ethanol. As ethanol evaporates easily, it is difficult to mimic chronic alcohol exposure conditions at the cellular level. In this study, we developed a glass capillary system containing ethanol, which could steadily release ethanol from the polyethylene tubing and hydrogel portion at both sides of the capillary. The ethanol-containing capillary could release ethanol in the cell culture medium for up to 144 h, and the concentration of ethanol in the cell culture medium could be adjusted by controlling the number of capillaries. A long-term exposure to ethanol by the capillary system led to an increased toxicity of cells and altered the cellular physiologies, such as increasing the lipid accumulation and hepatic transaminase release in cells, as compared to the traditional direct ethanol addition method. Ethanol capillaries showed different gene expression patterns of lipid accumulation- or chronic alcoholism-related genes. Our results suggest that our ethanol-containing capillary system can be used as a valuable tool for studying the mechanism of chronic alcohol-mediated hepatic diseases at the cellular level.
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