We thank M. Kapitza, Margit Henry, Tamara Rotshteyn, Susan Rohani and Cornelia B&#246;ttinger for excellent technical support. This work was supported by grants from the German Research Foundation (RTG 1331) and the German Ministry for Research (BMBF).

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毒性試験への従来のアプローチは、このように試験が高コストと時間のかかる大規模な製造動物実験を伴います。また、種間の差異に起因する前臨床動物安全性試験は、ヒトに関連可能性のある薬剤の毒性効果を予測することは必ずしも有効ではありません。ヒト以外の霊長類は、最も予測可能であるが、まだ強い倫理的、および社会経済的需要が急速に生体外試験で高感度か?...

細胞の様々なタイプに分化するヒト胚性幹細胞（hESCの）の能力は、in vitro毒性試験1、疾患のモデリングおよび再生医療2の新時代を開きました。幹細胞はそれらの多能性状態を維持するために、および特殊化した細胞3,4に分化するように、自己複製する能力に恵まれています。ヒトES細胞（全ての主要な細胞型に分化する能力）の特性はまた、核移植5によって生成されたヒト誘導多能性幹細胞（hiPSC）または細胞などの他のヒト多能性幹細胞に見出されます。例えば、多くの異なるhESC株は、ニューロン6、腎細胞7、神経堤細胞8、心筋9-12、またはセル13,14のような肝細胞に分化されています。また、ヒトES細胞は自発的に胚様体（EB）19,20内のすべての3つの胚葉15-18の細胞に分化することができます。 Eアーリー胚発生は、マイクロアレイ技術15を用いてトランスクリプトによってmRNAレベルで捕捉された異なる胚葉に関連する種々の遺伝子の差次的発現により調節されます。これらの努力は、ヒトES細胞/ hiPSCとトランスクリプトーム解析（レビューのために21,22を参照）に基づいて、器官特異的毒性学的モデルの確立をもたらしました。実験動物を用いた前臨床研究は、常に人間の安全性の予測ではないように、これらのモデルは、毒性学的研究のための実験動物の伝統的な使用上の利点を有しています。患者に遭遇する薬剤誘発される毒性は、多くの場合、ヒトと実験動物の間で異なる代謝またはシグナル伝達プロセスに関連しています。種の違いは、ヒトにおける発生毒性の信頼性の早期検出を防止していて、例えば、そのようなサリドマイド23,24およびジエチル25,26のような薬剤は、催奇形性のために市場から撤退しました。ターリーdomideは、ラットまたはマウスのいずれかの発生毒性を示されていません。例えば、メチル水銀27などの環境化学物質は、種々の種における神経系に対する出生前発生毒性をもたらしたが、人間の症状は動物でモデル化することは困難でした。種特異性の問題の問題に対処するために、別のプロジェクトの下で働く科学者などに疑われる人の毒物を使用して、胚毒性、神経毒性、心毒性、肝毒性および腎毒性のために、異なるモデルの開発に従事している再保護、ESNATS、探偵のような幹細胞に基づきます人間に影響を与えます。欧州コンソーシアムプロジェクト「胚性幹細胞ベースの新しい代替試験戦略（ESNATS）」の下では5個の試験システムが確立されています。一つの試験システム、いわゆるUKK（UniversitätsK linikum K OLN）テストシステムは、部分的に初期ヒト胚発生をキャプチャします。このS INystemヒト胚性H9細胞は、15および胚葉特定の署名がアフィメトリクスマイクロアレイプラットフォームを使用して、トランスクリプトミクスプロファイルによって撮影された三胚葉（外胚葉、内胚葉および中胚葉）に区別されます。サリドマイド28、バルプロ酸、メチル水銀16,17、またはシトシンアラビノシド15のような種々の発生毒性物質は、このシステムで試験されている、及び毒物特定の遺伝子シグネチャーが得られました。第二の試験システムでは、そのように検査システム1 UKN1（K onsta N Z のU niversity）と呼ばれる、H9細胞を6日間神経外胚葉前駆細胞（NEP）に区別されます。これは、PAX6とOTX2などの神経遺伝子マーカーの高発現によって証明されている。6日間分化の間に、NEP細胞は、VPA、メチル水銀などの発達神経毒性物質にさらされています。毒物固有の脱規制トランスクリプトミクスプロファイルはobtaiされていますアフィメトリクスマイクロアレイプラットフォーム16,29を用いて、同様に定義さ。 21 世紀の毒物学のための新しいビジョンは、テスト·システムにのみ、長期的な毒物のインキュベーションの最後に、in vivoで組織病 ​​理学、またはトランスクリプトームの変化のような表現型の説明が得られていないことを想定しています。むしろアッセイは機構的情報3、およびこの情報は危険な影響30のための科学的根拠を提供し、いわゆる有害転帰の経路（AOP）にマッピングすることができることを提供することを示唆しています。このような情報を提供するために、適用されるテストシステムは非常に質が強固な標準操作手順によって文書として例えば、31を制御する必要があります。また、時間依存性の変化は、高分解能でマッピングされる必要があります。これは、同期の変化32とテストシステムを必要とします。ここで説明UKN1とUKKテストシステムは、これらの要件のために最適化されています。

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			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>SCGPU02RE</td>
			<td>Stericup-GP, 0.22 &#956;m, polyethersulfone, 250 ml, radio- sterilized</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>StemPro EZPassageTM Disposablte</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>23181010</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>BD MatrigelTM, hESC qualified Matrix</td>
			<td>Stemcell Technologies</td>
			<td>354277</td>
			<td>5 ml vial</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMSO</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>D-2650</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>RNAlater Stabilization Solution</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>AM7020</td>
			<td>It stabilizes and protect the RNA integrity in unfrozen samples.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>70 &#956;m Cell Strainer</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>352350</td>
			<td>Cell strainer with 70 &#956;m Nylon mesh</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>35 &#956;m Lid cell strainer, 5 ml tube</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>352235</td>
			<td>5 ml polystyrene round bottom test tube, with a cell strainer cap (35 &#956;m)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>50 ml sterile Polypropylene tube</td>
			<td>Greiner Bio-One</td>
			<td>227261</td>
			<td>50 ml Polypropylene tube with conical bottom, Sterile</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>T75 flask</td>
			<td>Greiner Bio-One</td>
			<td>658175</td>
			<td>CELLSTAR Filter Cap Cell Culture 75 cm2 Flasks</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>TRIzol</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>10296010</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>96 well optical bottom plates</td>
			<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td>165305</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CellTiter-Blue</td>
			<td>Promega</td>
			<td>G8081</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Accutase</td>
			<td>PAA</td>
			<td>L11-007</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Apotransferin</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>T-2036</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dispase</td>
			<td>Worthington Biochemicals</td>
			<td>LS002104</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dorsomorphin</td>
			<td>Tocris Bioscience</td>
			<td>3093</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>EDTA</td>
			<td>Roth</td>
			<td>8043.2</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FBS</td>
			<td>PAA</td>
			<td>A15-101</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FGF-2</td>
			<td>R&#38;D Systems</td>
			<td>233-FB</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gelatine</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>G1890-100G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Glucose</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>G7021-100G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>GlutaMAX</td>
			<td>Gibco Invitrogen</td>
			<td>35050-038</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>Gibco Invitrogen</td>
			<td>15630-056</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insulin</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>I-6634</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Knockout DMEM</td>
			<td>Gibco Invitrogen</td>
			<td>10829-018</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Matrigel</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>354234</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Noggin</td>
			<td>R&#38;D Systems</td>
			<td>719-NG</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PBS</td>
			<td>Biochrom AG</td>
			<td>L1825</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Progesteron</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>P7556</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Putrescine</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>P-5780</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ROCK inhibitor Y-27632</td>
			<td>Tocris Biosciences</td>
			<td>1254</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SB431542</td>
			<td>Tocris Biosciences</td>
			<td>1614</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SDS</td>
			<td>Bio-Rad</td>
			<td>161-0416</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selenium</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>S-5261</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>&#946;-Mercaptoethanol</td>
			<td>Gibco Invitrogen</td>
			<td>31350-010</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>List of Kits</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>RNeasy Mini Kit (250)</td>
			<td>QIAGEN</td>
			<td>74106</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>GeneChip Hybridization, Wash, and Stain Kit</td>
			<td>Affymetrix</td>
			<td>900721, 22, 23</td>
			<td>This kit provides all reagents required for hybridization wash and staining of microarrays.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rnase-Free DNase Set</td>
			<td>QIAGEN</td>
			<td>79254</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">List of equipment.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Inverted microscope</td>
			<td>Olympus</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>IX71</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Genechip Hybridisation Oven - 645</td>
			<td>Affymetrix</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Genechip Fluidics Station-450</td>
			<td>Affymetrix</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Affymetrix Gene-Chip Scanner-3000-7 G</td>
			<td>Affymetrix</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Spectramax M5</td>
			<td>Molecular Devices</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>List of softwares</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Prism 4</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Affymetrix GCOS</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Partek Genomic Suite 6.25</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Online tools for Functional annotation 
			DAVID 
			Onto-tools Intelligent Systems and Bioinformatics Laboratory</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

human pluripotent stem cell based developmental toxicity assays for chemical safety screening and systems biology data generation

-omics技術と組み合わせて、様々な組織にヒト多能性幹細胞を区別するための効率的なプロトコルは、潜在的な薬剤のインビトロ毒性試験のための新しい展望を開きます。このようなアッセイのための強固な科学的基礎を提供するためには、開発の時間経過にとシステム生物学のアプローチにより、基礎となる調節機構の定量的な情報を得ることが重要となります。 2つのアッセイは、したがって、これらの要件のためにここに調整されています。 UKK試験システムでは、ヒト胚性幹細胞（hESCの）（または他の多能性細胞）が自然にすべての3つの胚葉の細胞の生成を可能にするために、胚様体における14日間分化するように残されます。このシステムは、初期ヒト胚発生の重要なステップを再現すると、細胞が分化の間の化学物質にさらされている場合には、ヒト特異的な初期胚毒性/催奇形性を予測することができます。 UKN1試験システムはpopulatに分化するヒトES細胞に基づいています6日間の神経外胚葉前駆（NEP）は、細胞のイオン。このシステムは、初期の神経発達を再現すると、初期の発達神経毒性と化学物質によって引き起こさエピジェネティックな変化を予測します。両方のシステムは、トランスクリプトームのマイクロアレイ研究と組み合わせて、毒性のバイオマーカーを同定するのに適しています。さらに、それらはシステム生物学の分析のための入力データを生成するために組み合わせて使用​​することができます。これらの試験系は、動物を大量に必要とする伝統的な毒性試験を超える利点を有します。試験システムは、薬物開発及び化学物質安全性評価のためのコストの低減に寄与し得ます。それらの組み合わせは、特に具体的に神経発達に影響を与える可能性がある化合物に光を投げかけて。

UKKテストシステム中のメチル水銀暴露細胞毒性アッセイは、メチル水銀の毒性（ 図1）のためのIC 10値（10％生存性の減少）を得るH9のEBを用いて行きました。また、ベースのマイクロアレイ（Affymetrix社のプラットフォーム）バイオマーカーの研究を行いました。 H9 EBは14日間メチル水銀（0.25および1μM）に暴露されました。 14日目に、試料は、トリゾ?...

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Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Based Developmental Toxicity Assays for Chemical Safety Screening and Systems Biology Data Generation

プロトコルは、ヒト胚性幹細胞およびトランスクリプトーム研究に基づいて、2つのin vitro発生毒性試験システム（UKKとUKN1）を記述します。試験系は、ヒトの発生毒性の危険性を予測し、動物実験、コストおよび化学安全性試験のために必要な時間を短縮するために寄与することができます。

化学物質安全性のスクリーニングおよびシステム生物学データの生成のために発生毒性アッセイベースのヒト多能性幹細胞

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12.4K ビュー.  University of Cologne. プロトコルは、ヒト胚性幹細胞およびトランスクリプトーム研究に基づいて、2つのin vitro発生毒性試験システム（UKKとUKN1）を記述します。試験系は、ヒトの発生毒性の危険性を予測し、動物実験、コストおよび化学安全性試験のために必要な時間を短縮するために寄与することができます。 

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Generation of Genetically Modified Organotypic Skin Cultures Using Devitalized Human Dermis

Organotypic cultures allow the reconstitution of a 3D environment critical for cell-cell contact and cell-matrix interactions which mimics the function and physiology of their in vivo tissue counterparts. This is exemplified by organotypic skin cultures which faithfully recapitulates the epidermal differentiation and stratification program. Primary human epidermal keratinocytes are genetically manipulable through retroviruses where genes can be easily overexpressed or knocked down. These genetically modified keratinocytes can then be used to regenerate human epidermis in organotypic skin cultures providing a powerful model to study genetic pathways impacting epidermal growth, differentiation, and disease progression. The protocols presented here describe methods to prepare devitalized human dermis as well as to genetically manipulate primary human keratinocytes in order to generate organotypic skin cultures. Regenerated human skin can be used in downstream applications such as gene expression profiling, immunostaining, and chromatin immunoprecipitations followed by high throughput sequencing. Thus, generation of these genetically modified organotypic skin cultures will allow the determination of genes that are critical for maintaining skin homeostasis.

The goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive and detailed protocol on how to generate genetically modified human organotypic skin from epidermal keratinocytes and devitalized human dermis.

失活ヒト真皮を用いて遺伝子組換え器官皮膚培養物の生成

Organotypic cultures allow the reconstitution of a 3D environment critical for cell-cell contact and cell-matrix interactions which mimics the function ...

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Culturing Human Pluripotent and Neural Stem Cells in an Enclosed Cell Culture System for Basic and Preclinical Research

This paper describes how to use a custom manufactured, commercially available enclosed cell culture system for basic and preclinical research. Biosafety cabinets (BSCs) and incubators have long been the standard for culturing and expanding cell lines for basic and preclinical research. However, as the focus of many stem cell laboratories shifts from basic research to clinical translation, additional requirements are needed of the cell culturing system. All processes must be well documented and have exceptional requirements for sterility and reproducibility. In traditional incubators, gas concentrations and temperatures widely fluctuate anytime the cells are removed for feeding, passaging, or other manipulations. Such interruptions contribute to an environment that is not the standard for cGMP and GLP guidelines. These interruptions must be minimized especially when cells are utilized for therapeutic purposes. The motivation to move from the standard BSC and incubator system to a closed system is that such interruptions can be made negligible. Closed systems provide a work space to feed and manipulate cell cultures and maintain them in a controlled environment where temperature and gas concentrations are consistent. This way, pluripotent and multipotent stem cells can be maintained at optimum health from the moment of their derivation all the way to their eventual use in therapy.

Here is a protocol to grow pluripotent stem cells (PSC) and neural stem cells (NSC) in an enclosed cell culture system that permits maximum sterility and reproducibility, replacing the traditional biosafety cabinet and incubator. This equipment meets clinical good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and clinical good lab practice (cGLP) guidelines.

Basicおよび前臨床研究のための密閉型細胞培養系でヒト多能性および神経幹細胞を培養します

This paper describes how to use a custom manufactured, commercially available enclosed cell culture system for basic and preclinical research. Biosafety ...

Feeder-free Derivation of Melanocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent a platform to study human development in vitro under both normal and disease conditions. Researchers can direct the differentiation of hPSCs into the cell type of interest by manipulating the culture conditions to recapitulate signals seen during development. One such cell type is the melanocyte, a pigment-producing cell of neural crest (NC) origin responsible for protecting the skin against UV irradiation. This protocol presents an extension of a currently available in vitro Neural Crest differentiation protocol from hPSCs to further differentiate NC into fully pigmented melanocytes. Melanocyte precursors can be enriched from the Neural Crest protocol via a timed exposure to activators of WNT, BMP, and EDN3 signaling under dual-SMAD-inhibition conditions. The resultant melanocyte precursors are then purified and matured into fully pigmented melanocytes by culture in a selective medium. The resultant melanocytes are fully pigmented and stain appropriately for proteins characteristic of mature melanocytes.

This work describes an in vitro differentiation protocol to produce pigmented, mature melanocytes from human pluripotent stem cells via a neural crest and melanoblast intermediate stage using a feeder-free, 25 day protocol.

ヒト多能性幹細胞からメラノサイトのフィーダーフリーの導出

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent a platform to study human development in vitro under both normal and disease conditions. Researchers can ...

Large-Scale Production of Cardiomyocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Using a Highly Reproducible Small Molecule-Based Differentiation Protocol

Maximizing the benefit of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) for research, disease modeling, pharmaceutical and clinical applications requires robust methods for the large-scale production of functional cell types, including cardiomyocytes. Here we demonstrate that the temporal manipulation of WNT, TGF-&#946;, and SHH signaling pathways leads to highly efficient cardiomyocyte differentiation of single-cell passaged hPSC lines in both static suspension and stirred suspension bioreactor systems. Employing this strategy resulted in ~ 100% beating spheroids, consistently containing &#62; 80% cardiac troponin T-positive cells after 15 days of culture, validated in multiple hPSC lines. We also report on a variation of this protocol for use with cell lines not currently adapted to single-cell passaging, the success of which has been verified in 42 hPSC lines. Cardiomyocytes generated using these protocols express lineage-specific markers and show expected electrophysiological functionalities. Our protocol presents a simple, efficient and robust platform for the large-scale production of human cardiomyocytes.

Here, we present a robust, fast and scalable cardiomyocyte differentiation protocol for human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). Cardiomyocytes derived using this large-scale method can provide sufficient cell numbers for their effective use in human cardiovascular disease modeling, high-throughput drug screening, and potentially clinical applications.

再現性の高い小分子ベースの分化プロトコルを使用したヒト多能性幹細胞から心筋細胞の大規模生産

Maximizing the benefit of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) for research, disease modeling, pharmaceutical and clinical applications requires robust ...

Generation of Integration-free Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Using Episomal Vectors

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for disease modeling and regenerative therapies. We previously reported the use of Episomal Vectors (EV) to generate integration-free iPSCs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PB MNCs). The episomal vectors used are DNA plasmids incorporated with oriP and EBNA1 elements from the Epstein-Barr (EB) virus, which&#160;allow for replication and long-term retainment of plasmids in mammalian cells, respectively. With further optimization, thousands of iPSC colonies can be obtained from 1 mL of peripheral blood. Two critical factors for achieving high reprogramming efficiencies&#160;are: 1) the use of a 2A &#34;self-cleavage&#34; peptide to link OCT4 and SOX2, thus achieving equimolar expression of the two factors; 2) the use of two vectors to express MYC and KLF4 individually. Here we describe a step-by-step protocol for generating integration-free iPSCs from adult peripheral blood samples. The generated iPSCs are integration-free as residual episomal plasmids are undetectable after five passages. Although the reprogramming efficiency is comparable to that of Sendai Virus (SV) vectors, EV plasmids are considerably more economical than the commercially available SV vectors. This affordable EV reprogramming system holds potential for clinical applications in regenerative medicine and provides an approach for the direct reprogramming of PB MNCs to integration-free mesenchymal stem cells, neural stem cells, etc.

This protocol describes a detailed method for efficient generation of integration-free iPSCs from human adult peripheral blood cells. With the use of four oriP/EBNA-based episomal vectors to express the reprogramming factors, KLF4, MYC, BCL-XL, or OCT4 and SOX2, thousands of iPSC colonies can be obtained from 1 mL of peripheral blood.

エピソームベクトルを用いたヒト末梢血単核細胞からの統合フリー人工多能性幹細胞の生成

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for disease modeling and regenerative therapies. We previously reported the use of Episomal ...

Defined and Scalable Generation of Hepatocyte-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) possess great value for biomedical research. hPSCs can be scaled and differentiated to all cell types found in the human body. The differentiation of hPSCs to human hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) has been extensively studied, and efficient differentiation protocols have been established. The combination of extracellular matrix and biological stimuli, including growth factors, cytokines, and small molecules, have made it possible to generate HLCs that resemble primary human hepatocytes. However, the majority of procedures still employ undefined components, giving rise to batch-to-batch variation. This serves as a significant barrier to the application of the technology. To tackle this issue, we developed a defined system for hepatocyte differentiation using human recombinant laminins as extracellular matrices in combination with a serum-free differentiation process. Highly efficient hepatocyte specification was achieved, with demonstrated improvements in both HLC function and phenotype. Importantly, this system is easy to scale up using research and GMP-grade hPSC lines&#160;promising advances in cell-based modelling and therapies.

The method presented here describes a scalable and good manufacturing practice (GMP)-ready differentiation system to generate human hepatocyte-like cells from pluripotent stem cells. It serves as a cost-effective and standardized system to generate human hepatocyte-like cells for basic and applied human liver research.

ヒト多能性幹細胞から肝細胞様細胞の定義され、スケーラブルな世代

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) possess great value for biomedical research. hPSCs can be scaled and differentiated to all cell types found in the ...

Rapid, Directed Differentiation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Human Embryonic or Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

We describe a robust method to direct the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE). The purpose of providing a detailed and thorough protocol is to clearly demonstrate each step and to make this readily available to researchers in the field. This protocol results in a homogenous layer of RPE with minimal or no manual dissection needed. The method presented here has been shown to be effective for induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and human embryonic stem cells. Additionally, we describe methods for cryopreservation of intermediate cell banks that allow long-term storage. RPE generated using this protocol might be useful for iPSC disease-in-a-dish modeling or clinical application.

This protocol describes how to produce retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) from pluripotent stem cells. The method uses a combination of growth factors and small molecules to direct the differentiation of stem cells into immature RPE in fourteen days and mature, functional RPE after three months.

人間の胚または誘導多能性幹細胞からの網膜色素上皮細胞の急速な監督の分化

We describe a robust method to direct the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE). The purpose of providing ...

Chemical Reversion of Conventional Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to a Na&#239;ve-like State with Improved Multilineage Differentiation Potency

Na&#239;ve human pluripotent stem cells (N-hPSC) with improved functionality may have a wide impact in regenerative medicine. The goal of this protocol is to efficiently revert lineage-primed, conventional human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) maintained on either feeder-free or feeder-dependent conditions to a na&#239;ve-like pluripotency with improved functionality. This chemical na&#239;ve reversion method employs the classical leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), GSK3&#946;, and MEK/ERK inhibition cocktail (LIF-2i), supplemented with only a tankyrase inhibitor XAV939 (LIF-3i). LIF-3i reverts conventional hPSC to a stable pluripotent state adopting biochemical, transcriptional, and epigenetic features of the human pre-implantation epiblast. This LIF-3i method requires minimal cell culture manipulation and is highly reproducible in a broad repertoire of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) and transgene-free human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines. The LIF-3i method does not require a re-priming step prior to the differentiation; N-hPSC can be differentiated directly with extremely high efficiencies and maintain karyotypic and epigenomic stabilities (including at imprinted loci). To increase the universality of the method, conventional hPSC are first cultured in the LIF-3i cocktail supplemented with two additional small molecules that potentiate protein kinase A (forskolin) and sonic hedgehog (sHH) (purmorphamine) signaling (LIF-5i). This brief LIF-5i adaptation step significantly enhances the initial clonal expansion of conventional hPSC and permits them to be subsequently na&#239;ve-reverted with LIF-3i alone in bulk quantities, thus obviating the need for picking/subcloning rare N-hPSC colonies later. LIF-5i-stabilized hPSCs are subsequently maintained in LIF-3i alone without the need of anti-apoptotic molecules. Most importantly, LIF-3i reversion markedly improves the functional pluripotency of a broad repertoire of conventional hPSC by decreasing their lineage-primed gene expression and erasing the interline variability of directed differentiation commonly observed amongst independent hPSC lines. Representative characterizations of LIF-3i-reverted N-hPSC are provided, and experimental strategies for functional comparisons of isogenic hPSC in lineage-primed vs. na&#239;ve-like states are outlined.

Chemical Reversion of Conventional Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to a Na&amp;#239;ve-like State with Improved Multilineage Differentiation Potency

We present a protocol for efficient, bulk, and rapid chemical reversion of conventional lineage-primed human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) into an epigenomically-stable na&#239;ve preimplantation epiblast-like pluripotent state. This method results in decreased lineage-primed gene expression and marked improvement in directed multilineage differentiation across a broad repertoire of conventional hPSC lines.

従来のひと多能性幹細胞の向上多能分化と素朴なような状態の復帰化学

Na&#239;ve human pluripotent stem cells (N-hPSC) with improved functionality may have a wide impact in regenerative medicine. The goal of this protocol is ...

RNA-based Reprogramming of Human Primary Fibroblasts into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have proven to be a valuable tool to study human development and disease. Further advancing iPSCs as a regenerative therapeutic requires a safe, robust, and expedient reprogramming protocol. Here, we present a clinically relevant, step-by-step protocol for the extremely high-efficiency reprogramming of human dermal fibroblasts into iPSCs using a non-integrating approach. The core of the protocol consists of expressing pluripotency factors (SOX2, KLF4, cMYC, LIN28A, NANOG, OCT4-MyoD fusion) from in vitro transcribed messenger RNAs synthesized with modified nucleotides (modified mRNAs). The reprogramming modified mRNAs are transfected into primary fibroblasts every 48 h together with mature embryonic stem cell-specific microRNA-367/302 mimics for two weeks. The resulting iPSC colonies can then be isolated and directly expanded in feeder-free conditions. To maximize efficiency and consistency of our reprogramming protocol across fibroblast samples, we have optimized various parameters including the RNA transfection regimen, timing of transfections, culture conditions, and seeding densities. Importantly, our method generates high-quality iPSCs from most fibroblast sources, including difficult-to-reprogram diseased, aged, and/or senescent samples.

Here we describe a clinically relevant, high-efficiency, feeder-free method to reprogram human primary fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells using modified mRNAs encoding reprogramming factors and mature microRNA-367/302 mimics. Also included are methods to assess reprogramming efficiency, expand clonal iPSC colonies, and confirm expression of the pluripotency marker TRA-1-60.

RNA に基づく誘導多能性幹細胞に主線維芽細胞のプログラムし直す

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have proven to be a valuable tool to study human development and disease. Further advancing iPSCs as a regenerative ...

Efficient Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Liver Cells

The liver detoxifies harmful substances, secretes vital proteins, and executes key metabolic activities, thus sustaining life. Consequently, liver failure&#8212;which can be caused by chronic alcohol intake, hepatitis, acute poisoning, or other insults&#8212;is a severe condition that can culminate in bleeding, jaundice, coma, and eventually death. However, approaches to treat liver failure, as well as studies of liver function and disease, have been stymied in part by the lack of a plentiful supply of human liver cells. To this end, this protocol details the efficient differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into hepatocyte-like cells, guided by a developmental roadmap that describes how liver fate is specified across six consecutive differentiation steps. By manipulating developmental signaling pathways to promote liver differentiation and to explicitly suppress the formation of unwanted cell fates, this method efficiently generates populations of human liver bud progenitors and hepatocyte-like cells by days 6 and 18 of PSC differentiation, respectively. This is achieved through the temporally-precise control of developmental signaling pathways, exerted by small molecules and growth factors in a serum-free culture medium. Differentiation in this system occurs in monolayers and yields hepatocyte-like cells that express characteristic hepatocyte enzymes and have the ability to engraft a mouse model of chronic liver failure. The ability to efficiently generate large numbers of human liver cells in vitro has ramifications for treatment of liver failure, for drug screening, and for mechanistic studies of liver disease.

This protocol details a monolayer, serum-free method to efficiently generate hepatocyte-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) in 18 days. This entails six steps as hPSCs sequentially differentiate into intermediate cell-types such as the primitive streak, definitive endoderm, posterior foregut and liver bud progenitors before forming hepatocyte-like cells.