Name: reprogramming human somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (ipscs) using retroviral vector with gfp
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This work was funded by Yale School of Medicine and Child Health Research Award from Charles Hood Foundation.

1. Reprogramming by Retrovirus Expressing Reprogramming Factors
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 <li>Human fibroblasts are cultured in fibroblast medium (10% FBS in DMEM with Pen/Strep).</li>
 <li>One day before infection, plate 1x105 human fibroblasts into one well of a 6-well plate.</li>
 <li>Aspirate medium to remove dead cells and add 2 ml of fresh fibroblast medium. Add protamine sulfate at a final concentration of 5 &mu;g/ml.</li>
 <li>Carefully add the appropriate amount of each GFP-expressing virus corresponding to a multiplic...

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Expression of four transcription factors reprograms human fibroblasts to iPSCs. Many attempts were made to generate human iPSCs using non-integrating or non-genetic approaches to generate clinically safe iPSCs. So far, these methods show extremely low efficiency and require further optimization to improve the reproducibility11-14. Retro- or lentiviral methods are readily used to derive and apply iPSCs for human in vitro disease models, which are less dependent on the safety issues caused by viral inte...

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		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Concentration</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalogue Number</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">hESC medium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM/F12</td>
			<td>80%</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11330057</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Knockout Serum Replacer</td>
			<td>20%</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>10828-028</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>L-Glutamine (200 mM)</td>
			<td>2 mM</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>25030081</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Nonessential Amino Acids (10 mM)</td>
			<td>0.1 mM</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11140050</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>&beta;-Mercaptoethanol (14.3 M) or MTG</td>
			<td>0.1 mM</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>M-6250</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bFGF-2 10 &mu;g/ml</td>
			<td>4 ng/ml</td>
			<td>GIBCO/BRL</td>
			<td>GF003AF</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Penicillin/Streptomycin</td>
			<td>1%</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>15140-122</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Fiboblasts Medium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM</td>
			<td>90%</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11965118</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FBS</td>
			<td>10%</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>10407028</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Penicillin/Streptomycin</td>
			<td>1%</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>15140-122</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
Table 1. Culture Medium
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	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Concentration</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalogue Number</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Antibodies</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OCT4</td>
			<td>1:500</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>Ab19857</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SSEA3</td>
			<td>1:100</td>
			<td>Milipore</td>
			<td>MAB4303</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SSEA4</td>
			<td>1:100</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>BD560218</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tra-1-81</td>
			<td>1:100</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>BD560173</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tra-1-60</td>
			<td>1:100</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>BD560174</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>NANOG</td>
			<td>1:500</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>Ab21624</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Alexa-Flur 488</td>
			<td>1:1000</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>A11008</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Alexa-Flur 555</td>
			<td>1:1000</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>A21422</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DAPI</td>
			<td>1:5000</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>D1306</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Plasmids</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pMIG-OCT4</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Addgene</td>
			<td>17225</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pMIG-SOX2</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Addgene</td>
			<td>17226</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pMIG-KLF4</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Addgene</td>
			<td>17227</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pMIG-MYC</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Addgene</td>
			<td>18119</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Other Materials</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Collagenase type IV</td>
			<td>1mg/ml</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>17104019</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gelatin, Porcine</td>
			<td>0.1%</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>G 1890</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Triton</td>
			<td>0.2%</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>X100-500ML</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Paraformaldehyde</td>
			<td>4%</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>47608</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>BSA</td>
			<td>3%</td>
			<td>American Bioanalytical</td>
			<td>AB01800</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>MEF feeder cells</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>PMEF-N</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cell Lifter</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>3008</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Equipment</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="4">Fluorescent microscopy: inverted microscope with GFP filter</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
Table 2. Reagents and equipment.

reprogramming human somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (ipscs) using retroviral vector with gfp

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are pluripotent and an invaluable cellular sources for in vitro disease modeling and regenerative medicine1. It has been previously shown that human somatic cells can be reprogrammed to pluripotency by ectopic expression of four transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and Myc) and become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)2-4 . Like hESCs, human iPSCs are pluripotent and a potential source for autologous cells. Here we describe the protocol to reprogram human fibroblast cells with the four reprogramming factors cloned into GFP-containing retroviral backbone4. Using the following protocol, we generate human iPSCs in 3-4 weeks under human ESC culture condition. Human iPSC colonies closely resemble hESCs in morphology and display the loss of GFP fluorescence as a result of retroviral transgene silencing. iPSC colonies isolated mechanically under a fluorescence microscope behave in a similar fashion as hESCs. In these cells, we detect the expression of multiple pluripotency genes and surface markers.

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Reprogramming Human Somatic Cells into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells iPSCs Using Retroviral Vector with GFP

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Reprogramming Human Somatic Cells into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Using Retroviral Vector with GFP

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