Tracer-Based Metabolic Analysis by NMR in Intact Perfused Human Liver Tissue

Raquel Saborano, Emma Shepherd, Ulrich L Günther, Patricia F Lalor

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Abstract

Human metabolic liver disease is dramatically increasing globally and presents an urgent clinical unmet need. Rodent models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are available, but they fail to fully recreate the metabolic and cellular features of human disease. Thus, it is imperative to understand the metabolic interplay in human cells in the context of disease. We have applied nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy approaches to enable the detection of numerous metabolites in human cells and within intact tissue in a single measurement. In this chapter, we describe the challenges of using isolated human hepatocytes vs perfused human liver tissue for metabolic tracer experiments and how experimental parameters can be refined to interrogate signals from intact tissue and cells.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMetabolic Reprogramming
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
PublisherSpringer
Pages167-180
Number of pages14
Volume2675
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9781071632475
ISBN (Print)9781071632468, 9781071632499
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Bibliographical note

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Liver/metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Hepatocytes

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