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In this study, we generate induced pluripotent stem cells from mouse amniotic fluid cells, using a non-viral-based transposon system.
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are generated from mouse and human somatic cells by forced expression of defined transcription factors using different methods. Here, we produced iPS cells from mouse amniotic fluid cells, using a non-viral-based transposon system. All obtained iPS cell lines exhibited characteristics of pluripotent cells, including the ability to differentiate toward derivatives of all three germ layers in vitro and in vivo. This strategy opens up the possibility of using cells from diseased fetuses to develop new therapies for birth defects.
Prenatal diagnosis is an important clinical tool to evaluate genetic diseases (i.e. chromosomal aberrations, monogenetic or polygenetic/multifactorial diseases) and congenital malformations (i.e. congenital diaphragmatic hernia, cystic lung lesions, exomphalos, gastroschisis). Amniotic fluid (AF) cells are simple to obtain from routinely scheduled procedures during the second trimester of pregnancy (i.e. amniocentesis and amnioreduction) or caesarean sections1,2. The availability of AF cells from prenatal or neonatal patients provides the possibility of using this source for regenerative medicine, and several researchers investigated the possibility to treat different tissue damages or diseases using a stem cell population isolated from AF3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. The possibility of easily obtaining AF cells from diseased patients, in a time window in which the disease is often stationary, opens the way to the idea of using this cell source for reprogramming purposes. Indeed, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from AF cells could be differentiated in the cells of interest for in vitro drug testing or for tissue engineering approaches, in order to prepare an adequate patient-specific therapy before childbirth. Many studies have already demonstrated the ability of AF cells to be reprogrammed and differentiated into a wide range of cell types13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27.
Since the discovery by Takahashi and Yamanaka28 of reprogrammed somatic cells through the forced expression of four transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, cMyc and Klf4), progress has been made in the field of reprogramming. Considering the different methods, we can distinguish between viral and non-viral approaches. The first expects the usage of viral vectors (retroviruses and lentiviruses), which have high efficiency but usually incomplete silencing of the retroviral transgene, with both the consequence of a partially reprogrammed cell line and the risk of insertional mutagenesis29,30,31. The non-viral method uses different strategies: i.e. plasmids, vectors, mRNA, protein, transposons. The derivation of iPS cells free of transgenic sequences aims to circumvent the potentially harmful effects of leaky transgene expression and insertional mutagenesis. Among all the above mentioned non-viral strategies, the PiggyBac (PB) transposon/transposase system requires only the inverted terminal repeats flanking a transgene and transient expression of the transposase enzyme to catalyse insertion or excision events32. The advantage in using transposons over other methods for iPS cell generation is the possibility of obtaining vector-free iPS cells with a non-viral vector approach that shows the same efficiency of retroviral vectors. This is possible by trace-less excision of the integrated transposon encoding for the reprogramming factors following a new transient expression of the transposase in the iPS cells33. Given that PB is efficient in different cell types34,35,36,37, is more suitable for a clinical approach with respect to viral vectors, and allows for the production of xeno-free iPS cells contrary to current viral production protocols that use xenobiotic conditions, this system is used to obtain iPS cells from murine AF.
Here we propose a detailed protocol following already published work to show the production of pluripotent iPS clones from mouse AF cells (iPS-AF cells)38.
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All procedures were in accordance with Italian law. Murine AF samples were harvested from pregnant mice at 13.5 days post coitum (d.p.c.) from C57BL/6-Tg(UBC-GFP)30Scha/J mice called GFP.
1. Transposon Production
NOTE: Transposon expression vectors were generated using standard cloning procedures. The plasmid DNA for mouse AF cells transfection was prepared using commercial kits.
2. Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Culture
3. Mouse AF Cell Isolation
4. Mouse AF Cell Culture
5. Transfection, iPS-AF Cell Generation and Culture
NOTE: Mouse AF cells were transfected with the PB-tetO2-IRES-OKMS transposon plasmid, in conjunction with a transposase expression plasmid (mPBase) and with the reverse tetracycline transactivator (PB-CAG-rtTA) transposon plasmid. All plasmids were provided by Professor Andras Nagy33.
6. Alkaline Phosphatase Staining
7. Immunofluorescence
8. In Vitro Cell Differentiation
9. In Vivo Teratoma Formation
10. RNA Extraction from Cells
11. RNA Extraction from Teratoma
12. Reverse Transcription-polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis
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To evaluate the capacity of reprogramming, mouse AF cells were collected from fetuses of GFP mice. Cells were transfected with the circular transposon plasmid PB-tetO2-IRES-OKMS, which expresses the Yamanaka factors (Oct4, Sox2, cMyc and Klf4) linked to the mCherry fluorescent protein in a doxycycline-inducible manner, and reverse tetracycline transactivator (PB-CAG-rtTA) plasmids together with the transposase expression plasmid (mPBase). Mouse AF cells were transfected with Oct4, Klf4, c...
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The method chosen to obtain the induction of pluripotency is relevant for cell clinical safety with respect to long term transplantation. Nowadays, there are several methods suitable for the reprogramming. Among the non-integrative methods, the Sendai viral (SeV) vector is an RNA virus that can produce large amounts of protein without integrating into the nucleus of the infected cells40 and could be a strategy to obtain iPS cells. SeV vectors could be an attractive candidate for the generation of ...
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The authors have nothing to disclose.
This work was supported by CARIPARO Foundation Grant number 13/04 and Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza Grant number 10/02. Martina Piccoli, Chiara Franzin and Michela Pozzobon are funded by Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza. Enrica Bertin is funded by CARIPARO Foundation Grant number 13/04. Paolo De Coppi is funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.
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Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
100 mm Bacterial-grade Petri Dishes | BD Falcon | 351029 | For in vitro differentiation |
2-mercaptoethanol | Sigma | M6250 | For mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
Alexa568-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgM | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A21043 | Secondary antibody (immunofluorescence) |
Alexa594-conjugated chicken anti-goat IgG | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A21468 | Secondary antibody (immunofluorescence) |
Alexa594-conjugated chicken anti-rabbit IgG | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A21442 | Secondary antibody (immunofluorescence) |
Alexa594-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A11005 | Secondary antibody (immunofluorescence) |
Alkaline Phosphatase kit | Sigma | 85L1 | Alkaline Phosphatase staining |
Ampicillin | Sigma | A0166 | For bacterial selection |
Bovine Serum Albumin | Sigma | A7906 | BSA, for blocking solution. Diluted in PBS 1x |
Chloroform | Sigma | C2432 | For RNA extraction |
DH5α cells | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 18265-017 | Bacteria for cloning procedure |
Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 41965039 | For MEF, mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
Doxycycline | Sigma | D9891 | For exogenous factors expression |
Microcentrifuge tubes (1.5 ml) | Sarstedt | 72.706 | For PB production |
ES FBS | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 10439024 | For mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
FBS | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 10270106 | For MEF medium |
Fine point forceps | F.S.T | Dumont #5 | AF isolation |
Gelatin | J.T.Baker | 131 | Used 0.1%, diluted in PBS 1x |
Glycine | Bio-Rad | 161-0718 | For blocking solution. Diluted in PBS 1x |
Haematoxylin QS | Vector Laboratories | H3404 | Nuclei detection |
HE | Bio-Optica | 04-061010 | Histological analysis of teratoma |
Hoechst | Thermo Fisher Scientific | H3570 | Nuclei detection |
Horse Serum | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 16050-122 | For blocking solution |
HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG | SantaCruz | sc2005 | Secondary antibody (immunoperoxidase) |
ImmPACT NovaRED | Vector Laboratories | SK4805 | Peroxidase substrate |
Insulin syringe with needle (25 G) | Terumo | SS+01H25161 | Amniocentesis procedure |
Klf4 | SantaCruz | sc-20691 | Rabbit polyclonal IgG |
L-glutamine | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 25030 | For mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
LB broth (Lennox) | Sigma | L3022 | For bacterial growth |
LIF | Sigma | L5158 | For mouse AF and iPS-AF cells medium |
Matrigel | BD | 354234 | For in vitro differentiation. Diluted 1:10 in DMEM |
Methanol | Sigma | 32213 | Peroxidase blocking |
MULTIWELL 24 well plate | BD Falcon | 353047 | For in vitro differentiation |
MULTIWELL 6 well plate | BD Falcon | 353046 | For MEF, mouse AF and iPS-AF cells culture |
Nanog | ReproCELL | RCAB0002P-F | Rabbit polyclonal IgG |
Non-essential amino acids | Sigma | M7145 | For mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
Normal Goat Serum | Vector Laboratories | S2000 | For blocking solution. Diluted in PBS 1x |
NP-40 | Sigma | 12087-87-0 | For cell permeabilization. Diluted in PBS 1x |
Oct4 | SantaCruz | sc-5279 | Mouse monoclonal IgG2b |
Oligo (dT) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 18418012 | For RT-PCR |
Paraformaldehyde (solution) | Sigma | 441244 | PFA, fixative, diluted in PBS |
PBS 10x | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 14200-067 | D-PBS, free of Ca2+/Mg2+. Diluted with sterile water to obtain PBS 1x |
Penicillin - Streptomycin | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 15070063 | For MEF, mouse AF, iPS-AF cells and differentiation medium |
Petri Dish (150 mm) | BD Falcon | 353025 | For MEF culture, tissue culture |
PiggyBac transposase expression plasmid | Provided by professor Andras Nagy laboratory | - | mPBase |
PiggyBac-tetO2-IRES-OKMS transposon plasmid | Provided by professor Andras Nagy laboratory | - | PB-tetO2-IRES-OKMS |
QIAprep Spin Maxiprep Kit | Qiagen | 12663 | For plasmids purification |
QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit | Qiagen | 27106 | For plasmids purification |
Reverse tetracycline transactivator transposon plasmid | Provided by professor Andras Nagy laboratory | - | rtTA |
RNeasy Mini Kit | Qiagen | 74134 | For RNA extraction |
Sox2 | SantaCruz | sc-17320 | Goat polyclonal IgG |
SSEA1 | Abcam | ab16285 | Mouse monoclonal IgM |
SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 18064-014 | For RT-PCR |
T | Abcam | ab20680 | Rabbit polyclonal IgG |
Taq DNA Polymerase | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 10342020 | PCR |
Trypsin | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 25300-054 | Cell culture passaging |
Triton X-100 | Bio-Rad | 161-047 | For cell permeabilization, diluted in PBS 1x |
TRIzol Reagent | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 15596-026 | For RNA extraction |
Tubb3 | Promega | G712A | Mouse monoclonal IgG1 |
TWEEN-20 | Sigma | P1379 | For cell permeabilization, diluted in PBS 1x |
αfp | R&D Systems | MAB1368 | Mouse Monoclonal IgG1 |
αSMA | Abcam | ab7817 | Mouse Monoclonal IgG2a |
Transfection Reagent (FuGENE HD) | Promega | E2311 | For AF cells transfection |
Stereomicroscope | Nikon | SM2645 | To perform amniocentesis |
200 μl tips | Sarstedt | 70.760012 | To pick bacteria colonies |
Scissor | F.S.T | 14094-11 stainless 25U | To perform amniocentesis |
Ethanol | Sigma | 2860 | To clean the abdominal wall of the pregnant dam |
Tissue culture petri dish (150 mm) | BD Falcon | 353025 | For MEF expansion |
Mitomycin C | Sigma | M4287-2MG | For MEF inactivation |
MULTIWELL 96 well plate | BD Falcon | 353071 | For iPS-AF culture |
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