## Abstract Viable cell samples containing 93% pure granulocytes were obtained from human blood using the techniques of dextran sedimentation followed by centrifugal elutriation. The resting transmembrane potential (E~m~) of human granulocytes was estimated using the fluorescent lipophilic cation,
Purification of hepatocyte couplets by centrifugal elutriation
β Scribed by Joanne C. Wilton; Delyth E. Williams; Alastair J. Strain; Rosemary A. Parslow; J. Kevin Chipman; Roger Coleman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 367 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
An initial preparation of rat hepatocytes containing approximately 30% couplets was enriched by centrifugal elutriation. Of the couplets loaded onto the elutriator, 87% were eluted at medium flow rates of 60 to 80 ml/min at a rotor speed of 1.100 rpm; cells eluted in this range maintained a viability of more than 95%. Peak fractions were enriched in couplets to 84.5% f 2.6%. After elutriation, couplets retained the ability to secrete fluorescent cholephiles into sealed canalicular vacuoles. The preparation can now be used in hepatobiliary and hepatotoxicity studies not possible with preparations in which they are minor components. (HEPATOLOGY 1991;14: 180-183.)
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