Various strategies have been employed to improve the reliability of 2D, 3D, and co-culture in vitro models of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, including using extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen I to promote cell adhesion. While studies have demonstrated the significant benefits of culturing cells on collagen I, its effects on the HepG2 cell line after exposure to palmitate (PA) have not been investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effects of PA-induced lipotoxicity in HepG2 cultured in the absence or presence of collagen I. HepG2 cultured in the absence or presence of collagen I was exposed to PA, followed by analyses that assessed cell proliferation, viability, adhesion, cell death, mitochondrial respiration, reactive oxygen species production, gene and protein expression, and triacylglycerol accumulation. Culturing HepG2 on collagen I was associated with increased cell proliferation, adhesion, and expression of integrin receptors, and improved cellular spreading compared to culturing them in the absence of collagen I. However, PA-induced lipotoxicity was greater in collagen I-cultured HepG2 than in those cultured in the absence of collagen I and was associated with increased α2β1 receptors. In summary, the present study demonstrated for the first time that collagen I-cultured HepG2 exhibited exacerbated cell death following exposure to PA through integrin-mediated death. The findings from this study may serve as a caution to those using 2D models or 3D scaffold-based models of HepG2 in the presence of collagen I.

• Klíčová slova
• HepG2 cells, collagen I, in vitro NAFLD models, integrin-mediated death, lipotoxicity, palmitate, α2β1 receptors,
• MeSH
• buněčná adheze * účinky léků   MeSH
• buněčná smrt účinky léků   MeSH
• buňky Hep G2 MeSH
• integrin alfa2beta1 metabolismus   MeSH
• integriny metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• kolagen typu I * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nealkoholová steatóza jater metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• palmitany toxicita   farmakologie   MeSH
• proliferace buněk * účinky léků   MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku metabolismus   MeSH
• viabilita buněk * účinky léků   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• integrin alfa2beta1 MeSH
• integriny MeSH
• kolagen typu I * MeSH
• palmitany MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku MeSH