Suppression of histone deacetylation promotes the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells towards neural progenitor cells
BACKGROUND:Emerging studies of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) raise new prospects for neurodegenerative disease modeling and cell replacement therapies. Therefore,understanding the mechanisms underlying the commitment of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) is important for the application of hPSCs in neurodegenerative disease therapies. It has been reported that epigenetic modifications of histones play important roles in neural differentiation,but the exact mechanisms in regulating hPSC differentiation towards NPCs are not fully elucidated.RESULTS:We demonstrated that suppression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) promoted the differentiation of hPSCs towards NPCs. Application of HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) increased the expression of neuroectodermal markers and enhanced the neuroectodermal specification once neural differentiation was initiated,thereby leading to more NPC generation. Similarly,the transcriptome analysis showed that HDACi increased the expression levels of ectodermal markers and triggered the NPC differentiation related pathways,while decreasing the expression levels of endodermal and mesodermal markers. Furthermore,we documented that HDAC3 but not HDAC1 or HDAC2 was the critical regulator participating in NPC differentiation,and knockdown of HDAC3's cofactor SMRT exhibited a similar effect as HDAC3 on NPC generation.CONCLUSIONS:Our study reveals that HDACs,especially HDAC3,negatively regulate the differentiation of hPSCs towards NPCs at an earlier stage of neural differentiation. Moreover,HDAC3 might function by forming a repressor complex with its cofactor SMRT during this process. Thus,our findings uncover an important epigenetic mechanism of HDAC3 in the differentiation of hPSCs towards NPCs.
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Song W et al. (OCT 2016)
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 104 3 678--687
Efficient generation of endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells and characterization of their functional properties
Although endothelial cells (ECs) have been derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs),large-scale generation of hPSC-ECs remains challenging and their functions are not well characterized. Here we report a simple and efficient three-stage method that allows generation of approximately 98 and 9500 ECs on day 16 and day 34,respectively,from each human embryonic stem cell (hESC) input. The functional properties of hESC-ECs derived in the presence and absence of a TGF$$-inhibitory molecule SB431542 were characterized and compared with those of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Confluent monolayers formed by SB431542(+) hESC-ECs,SB431542(-) hESC-ECs,and HUVECs showed similar permeability to 10,000 Da dextran,but these cells exhibited striking differences in forming tube-like structures in 3D fibrin gels. The SB431542(+) hESC-ECs were most potent in forming tube-like structures regardless of whether VEGF and bFGF were present in the medium; less potent SB431542(-) hESC-ECs and HUVECs responded differently to VEGF and bFGF,which significantly enhanced the ability of HUVECs to form tube-like structures but had little impact on SB431542(-) hESC-ECs. This study offers an efficient approach to large-scale hPSC-EC production and suggests that the phenotypes and functions of hPSC-ECs derived under different conditions need to be thoroughly examined before their use in technology development. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Aliahmad P et al. (OCT 2010)
Nature immunology 11 10 945--52
Shared dependence on the DNA-binding factor TOX for the development of lymphoid tissue-inducer cell and NK cell lineages.
TOX is a DNA-binding factor required for development of CD4(+) T cells,natural killer T cells and regulatory T cells. Here we document that both natural killer (NK) cell development and lymphoid tissue organogenesis were also inhibited in the absence of TOX. We found that the development of lymphoid tissue-inducer cells,a rare subset of specialized cells that has an integral role in lymphoid tissue organogenesis,required TOX. Tox was upregulated considerably in immature NK cells in the bone marrow,consistent with the loss of mature NK cells in the absence of this nuclear protein. Thus,many cell lineages of the immune system share a TOX-dependent step for development.
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Derivation of Epithelial Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells as an In Vitro Model of Vocal Mucosa
Vocal fold epithelial cells are very difficult to study as the vocal fold epithelial cell lines do not exist and they cannot be removed from the healthy larynx without engendering a significant and unacceptable risk to vocal fold function. Here,we describe the procedure to create an engineered vocal fold tissue construct consisting of the scaffold composed of the collagen 1 gel seeded with human fibroblasts and simple epithelial progenitors seeded on the scaffold and cultivated at air-liquid interface for 19-21 days to derive the stratified squamous epithelium. This model of vocal fold mucosa is very similar in morphology,gene expression,and phenotypic characteristics to native vocal fold epithelial cells and the underlying lamina propria and,therefore,offers a promising approach to studying vocal fold biology and biomechanics in health and disease.
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Sivarapatna A et al. (JUN 2015)
Biomaterials 53 621--633
Arterial specification of endothelial cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells in a biomimetic flow bioreactor.
Endothelial cells (ECs) exist in different microenvironments in vivo,including under different levels of shear stress in arteries versus veins. Standard stem cell differentiation protocols to derive ECs and EC-subtypes from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) generally use growth factors or other soluble factors in an effort to specify cell fate. In this study,a biomimetic flow bioreactor was used to subject hiPSC-derived ECs (hiPSC-ECs) to shear stress to determine the impacts on phenotype and upregulation of markers associated with an anti-thrombotic,anti-inflammatory,arterial-like phenotype. The in vitro bioreactor system was able to efficiently mature hiPSC-ECs into arterial-like cells in 24 h,as demonstrated by qRT-PCR for arterial markers EphrinB2,CXCR4,Conexin40 and Notch1,as well protein-level expression of Notch1 intracellular domain (NICD). Furthermore,the exogenous addition of soluble factors was not able to fully recapitulate this phenotype that was imparted by shear stress exposure. The induction of these phenotypic changes was biomechanically mediated in the shear stress bioreactor. This biomimetic flow bioreactor is an effective means for the differentiation of hiPSC-ECs toward an arterial-like phenotype,and is amenable to scale-up for culturing large quantities of cells for tissue engineering applications.
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Generation, expansion and functional analysis of endothelial cells and pericytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells.
Human endothelial cells (ECs) and pericytes are of great interest for research on vascular development and disease,as well as for future therapy. This protocol describes the efficient generation of ECs and pericytes from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) under defined conditions. Essential steps for hPSC culture,differentiation,isolation and functional characterization of ECs and pericytes are described. Substantial numbers of both cell types can be derived in only 2-3 weeks: this involves differentiation (10 d),isolation (1 d) and 4 or 10 d of expansion of ECs and pericytes,respectively. We also describe two assays for functional evaluation of hPSC-derived ECs: (i) primary vascular plexus formation upon coculture with hPSC-derived pericytes and (ii) incorporation in the vasculature of zebrafish xenografts in vivo. These assays can be used to test the quality and drug sensitivity of hPSC-derived ECs and model vascular diseases with patient-derived hPSCs.
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Lian RH et al. (MAY 2002)
Journal of immunology (Baltimore,Md. : 1950) 168 10 4980--7
Orderly and nonstochastic acquisition of CD94/NKG2 receptors by developing NK cells derived from embryonic stem cells in vitro.
In mice there are two families of MHC class I-specific receptors,namely the Ly49 and CD94/NKG2 receptors. The latter receptors recognize the nonclassical MHC class I Qa-1(b) and are thought to be responsible for the recognition of missing-self and the maintenance of self-tolerance of fetal and neonatal NK cells that do not express Ly49. Currently,how NK cells acquire individual CD94/NKG2 receptors during their development is not known. In this study,we have established a multistep culture method to induce differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells into the NK cell lineage and examined the acquisition of CD94/NKG2 by NK cells as they differentiate from ES cells in vitro. ES-derived NK (ES-NK) cells express NK cell-associated proteins and they kill certain tumor cell lines as well as MHC class I-deficient lymphoblasts. They express CD94/NKG2 heterodimers,but not Ly49 molecules,and their cytotoxicity is inhibited by Qa-1(b) on target cells. Using RT-PCR analysis,we also report that the acquisition of these individual receptor gene expressions during different stages of differentiation from ES cells to NK cells follows a predetermined order,with their order of acquisition being first CD94; subsequently NKG2D,NKG2A,and NKG2E; and finally,NKG2C. Single-cell RT-PCR showed coexpression of CD94 and NKG2 genes in most ES-NK cells,and flow cytometric analysis also detected CD94/NKG2 on most ES-NK cells,suggesting that the acquisition of these receptors by ES-NK cells in vitro is nonstochastic,orderly,and cumulative.
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T. E. Ludwig et al. (aug 2006)
Nature methods 3 8 637--46
Feeder-independent culture of human embryonic stem cells.
Feeder-independent culture of human embryonic stem cells.
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Mallanna SK and Duncan SA ( 2013)
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Differentiation of hepatocytes from pluripotent stem cells.
Differentiation of human embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into hepatocyte-like cells provides a platform to study the molecular basis of human hepatocyte differentiation,to develop cell culture models of liver disease,and to potentially provide hepatocytes for treatment of end-stage liver disease. Additionally,hepatocyte-like cells generated from human pluripotent stem cells could serve as platforms for drug discovery,determination of pharmaceutical-induced hepatotoxicity,and evaluation of idiosyncratic drug-drug interactions. Here,we describe a step-wise protocol previously developed in our laboratory that facilitates the highly efficient and reproducible differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into hepatocyte-like cells. Our protocol uses defined culture conditions and closely recapitulates key developmental events that are found to occur during hepatogenesis.
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