EpiIntestinal In vitro modell

Purpose

We offer the in vitro modell EpiIntestinal to study the small intestine:

EpiIntestinal (MatTek Corporations) is a in vitro model based on human primary cells from the small intestinel The model simulates a human small intestine which one can use to study uptake rate, uptake mechanisms, inflammatory responses, gene expression, cytokine production, toxcicity and interactions with microbiota and more. When studying bioavailability of potential drug substances or effect of probiotica this is a prefered model to choose to be able to screen many candidates fast to be able to choose the best ones earlier in the development phase. The model is more translatable to human situation and correlates better with human clinical absorption data than the older Caco2 model. We are happy to assist you when you deside upon parameters, study design and read outs. Everything can be adjusted according to your needs. 

By screening substances in vitro before going in vivo you will save both money and research animals by finding the best candidates in an earlier part of the development. By choosing the EpiIntestinal model could help translating the in vitro results into real utake in humans, since data from rodents not always are translatable to humans. It is also posible to investigate interactions with microbiota specific for humans. 

Method

When ordered, the coosen model system are put into cultivation for that specific customer project making it important to have all aspects of the study design in place before cultivation starts. When the models are ready, 4 weeks later, they are usually exposed with the test substances for two hours. Samples are then taken from either the supernatant or the cells depending on parameters of interest for the customer. If the study aim to detect anti inflammatory effect in teh small intestine we can both look at cytokine secretion or gene expeession. To ensure that the membrane integrity is high, permeability is tested on each replicate with lucifer yellow as a marker or with TEER. This information will be included in the report together with the parameters of interest for the customer.

Deliveries

The customer is provided with a report including values for parameters of interest for their substances and quality assurance of the membranes.