2i/LIF对维持小鼠胚胎干细胞多能性的研究

为了研究小分子化合物对维持小鼠胚胎干细胞(Embryo Stem Cell,ES细胞)体外培养的影响,试验使用2i/LIF培养基,包括基础培养基N2B27(Knockout DMEM/F12+N2+Neurobasal+B27+20%SR)添加1μmol/L PD0325901(FGF-MAPK通路抑制剂)和3μmol/L CHIR99021(GSK通路抑制剂)两个小分子化合物以及10 ng/m L小鼠白血病抑制因子(m LIF),以丝裂霉素C处理过的小鼠胎儿成纤维细胞(MEF)为饲养层培养小鼠胚胎干细胞,进而探讨该培养基对维持ES细胞多能性的影响,并进行PCR和免疫荧光检测以及体内外分化试验,为应用该培养基到大家畜多能干细胞体外培养奠定基础。结果表明:该培养条件能有效维持ES细胞的多能性。细胞具有典型小鼠胚胎干细胞的形态特征,呈碱性磷酸酶阳性,表达OCT4、KLF4、NANOG、SOX2、REX1、DNMT3B、DAPP4和CDH1多能性干细胞标志基因,表达多能性相关蛋白OCT4、SOX2、NANOG、TRA-1-60、E-cadherin和表面特异性抗原SSEA-1,具有分化成3个胚层的能力。说明已经建立了利用2i/LIF培养基维持多能干细胞体外培养的实验平台。     

胚胎干细胞体外诱导分化的研究进展

胚胎干细胞(embryonic stem cell，ES细胞)是由早期胚胎内细胞团(ICM)或原始生殖(PGC)细胞经体外分离、抑制分化培养获得的多潜能细胞。ES细胞具有发育分化的多潜能性和无限的自我更新能力，能在体外长期培养并具有向机体各种组织细胞分化的潜能。由于ES细胞的全能性，在体外可以分化出包括3个胚层在内的所有细胞，     

胚胎干细胞及种系嵌合体的研究进展

胚胎干细胞是着床前的囊胚内细胞团或早期胎儿的原始生殖细胞经体外分化抑制培养建立的多能性细胞系 ,具有与胚胎细胞相似的形态特征和分化潜能 ,体外培养时保持未分化状态 ,可以传代增殖。改变维持胚胎干细胞不分化的培养条件 ,胚胎干细胞可自发分化成多细胞结构。在一定诱导下 ,胚胎干细胞可向多个方向分化 ,并生成多种功能细胞。胚胎干细胞注入到胚泡期胚胎或与桑椹期胚胎聚合 ,可以参与包括性腺在内的各种组织的嵌合体的形成。胚胎干细胞在细胞分化与调控 ,胚胎发育 ,遗传病 ,肿瘤 ,免疫和组织或器官移植等研究中显示着广泛的应用前景。而种系嵌合体的获得是实现 ES细胞途径的决定步骤 ,低的种系嵌合率则是制约 ES细胞应用的关键。提高供体 PGCs在受体生殖腺中的比例 ,缩短 ES细胞的体外培养时间 ,以及注入早期发育阶段的受体胚胎等都能提高种系嵌合率。文章从多个方面综述了胚胎干细胞的最新研究成果 ,并着重以禽类 ES细胞为例论述了种系嵌合体的检测方法 ,种系嵌合率的影响因素以及提高种系嵌合率的方法     

新生牛睾丸生殖细胞体外培养

实验探讨牛雄性生殖干细胞的培养体系,以期为牛精原干细胞多能性的维持和诱导分化成精子的深入研究奠定基础。为此,从新生犊牛睾丸组织中分离纯化牛雄性生殖干细胞,并在LIF和EGF等不同条件下培养,观察新生牛睾丸生殖细胞在体外的生长行为。结果表明:体外培养新生牛睾丸生殖细胞能得到包括EG细胞集落在内的多种细胞集落,LIF,EGF促进EG细胞集落形成。EG细胞集落接种于无分化抑制剂的环境下培养,3 d后细胞开始分化,1周后分化为多种细胞。     

鸡生殖干细胞研究现状与展望

鸡生殖干细胞是一类多能性干细胞,既可以在体外进行长期的自我更新,又能保持多向分化潜能,在禽类胚胎发育研究、转基因禽类生产及家禽育种等方面均有巨大应用价值.本文主要就鸡生殖干细胞的分离、培养与鉴定方法的研究进展及其应用前景进行简要综述,为进一步发展更高效的鸡生殖干细胞培养体系并应用于生产实践提供一定的借鉴.     

猪雄性生殖干细胞的分离培养及鉴定

本试验旨在探索猪雄性生殖干细胞(mGSCs)体外分离、培养的适宜条件,建立猪雄性生殖干细胞体外培养体系。采用两步酶消化法对新生小猪睾丸生殖干细胞进行了体外分离和初步的培养鉴定,并利用层黏连蛋白和明胶的不同贴壁特性,比较2种差易贴壁分选方法的富集效果,并对传代后的干细胞培养1周后进行碱性磷酸酶染色鉴定,通过免疫荧光技术检测培养细胞是否表达干细胞标志蛋白OCT-4。试验结果表明,层黏连蛋白更适用于猪生殖干细胞的富集、培养,细胞分选效率及增殖生长明显优于采用明胶分选的方法。培养的mGSCs拥有与小鼠mGSCs相同的形态、增殖及表达特征。鉴定结果显示,生长细胞克隆碱性磷酸酶染色呈阳性,支持细胞碱性磷酸酶染色呈阴性;培养的生殖干细胞克隆表达转录蛋白OCT-4,而饲养层支持细胞OCT-4抗体染色则呈阴性。结果表明培养的干细胞克隆仍保持较好的干细胞活性,保持正常的自我复制和分化潜能,初步建立了生殖干细胞培养体系。     

糖原合成激酶抑制剂在胚胎干细胞自我更新中的作用

胚胎干细胞(embryonic stem cells,ES)是从早期囊胚内细胞团分离培养出来的能够不断维持自我更新和具有发育多能性的细胞。Wnt信号通路在维持胚胎干细胞的自我更新方面起着重要作用,糖原合成激酶 (glycogen synthase kinase-3,GSK-3)抑制剂可以激活Wnt信号通路,促进胚胎干细胞自我更新和增强细胞间连接。作者就GSK-3抑制剂在胚胎干细胞自我更新、细胞连接方面的作用及其作用机制进行简单综述。     

猪胎儿神经干细胞的分离培养和分化

本研究旨在从猪胎儿脑组织中分离培养神经干细胞,观察神经干细胞生长特性和体外增殖、分化特点.利用神经干细胞培养体系,从胎龄30 d的猪胎儿脑组织中分离培养神经干细胞并诱导神经干细胞贴壁分化,采用RT-PCR技术检测干细胞和分化细胞表面标志或相关基因.结果成功分离培养出神经干细胞,神经干细胞具有分化潜能.神经干细胞中Nestin表达强阳性,β-actin、DCX、Hesl、Oct4、Desmin、CD-90、Nanog和Sox2表达阳性;体外诱导的神经干细胞可以分化为星形胶质细胞(表达GFAP)、少突胶质细胞(表达GalC)和神经元细胞(表达NF、NSE和MAP2).结果提示,从猪胎儿脑组织分离神经干细胞具有可行性和有效性,神经干细胞具有自我更新、增殖和分化潜能.     

Nanog基因的生物学功能研究进展

胚胎干细胞具有无限增殖能力和多向分化潜能决定了它在医学及生物学基础研究中具有巨大的应用潜力。探索维持胚胎干细胞特性的分子机制成为胚胎干细胞的生物学研究中的热点。研究发现与维持胚胎干细胞多能性相关的基因有Oct4、Nanog、Sox2等，其中Nanog是2003年5月末发现的一个基因，它对维持胚胎干细胞多能性起关键性作用，能够独立于L1F/Stats维持ICM和ES细胞的多能性。几年来，Nanog的生物学功能及其与Oct4、Sox2等多能性维持基因之间的相互作用关系已有较为深入的研究。作者在综述Nanog基因的表达特征和功能的基础上，重点探讨Nanog基因表达调控以及Oct4、Sox2等多能性维持基因之间的相互作用关系，并展望其应用前景。     

iPSCs在家畜育种中的作用研究进展

胚胎干细胞(Embryonic Stem Cells,ESCs)是一种具有多向分化潜能的多能性干细胞.大动物具有繁殖率低、世代间隔长等缺陷,利用ESCs进行扩繁、育种具有绝佳优势.但经过40年的探索,几乎所有大动物的ESCs尚未建立.2006年Yamanaka提出诱导多能干细胞(Induced Pluripotent ...     

Interspecies cell fusion between mouse embryonic stem cell and porcine pluripotent cell

In the area of stem cell research, fusion of somatic cells into pluripotent cells such as mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells induces reprogramming of the somatic nucleus and can be used to study the effect of trans-acting factors from the pluripotent cell on the pluripotent state of somatic nucleus. As many other groups, we previously established a porcine pluripotent cell line at a low potential. Therefore, here, we performed experiments to investigate if the fusion with mouse ES cell could improve the pluripotent state of porcine pluripotent cell. Our data showed that resultant mouse–porcine interspecies fused cells are AP positive, and could be passaged up to 20 passages. Different degrees of increases in expression of porcine pluripotent genes proved that pig-origin gene network can be programmed by mouse ES. Further differentiation study also confirmed these fused cells’ potential to form three germ layers. However, unexpectedly, we found that chromosome loss and aberrant (especially in porcine chromosomes) is severe after the cell fusion, implying that interspecies cell fusion may be not suitable to study porcine pluripotency without additional supportive conditions for genome stabilization.     

Twenty years of embryonic stem cell research in farm animals

Notable distinctions between an embryonic stem cell (ESC) and somatic cell are that an ESC can maintain an undifferentiated state indefinitely, self-renew, and is pluripotent, meaning that the ESC can potentially generate cells representing all the three primordial germ layers and contribute to the terminally differentiated cells of a conceptus. These attributes make the ESC an ideal source for genome editing for both agricultural and biomedical applications. Although, ESC lines have been successfully established from rodents and primates, authentic ungulate stem cell lines on the contrary are still not available. Outstanding issues including but not limited to differences in pluripotency characteristics among the existing ESC lines, pre-implantation embryo development, pluripotency pathways, and culture conditions plague our efforts to establish authentic ESC lines from farm animals. In this review, we highlight some of these issues and discuss how the recent derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) might augur the establishment of robust authentic ESC lines from farm animals.     

Induced pluripotent stem cells from pigs and other ungulate species: an alternative to embryonic stem cells?

Robust embryonic stem cell (ESC) lines from livestock species have been difficult to derive and maintain, and unlike mouse ESC, have not contributed to our ability to understand directed differentiation in vitro. Nor have such cells yet provided a simpler means than pronuclear injection to manipulate the genomes of agriculturally important species, such as cattle, sheep and pigs. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) generated by reprogramming somatic cells, such as fibroblasts, with a set of stemness genes, most usually but not exclusively POU5F1, SOX2, KLF4 and c-MYC, offer an alternative to ESC in these regards, as they exhibit a pluripotent phenotype resembling that of ESC, yet are readily generated in the laboratory. Accordingly, such cells, in association with cloning technologies, may be useful for introducing complex genetic changes into livestock, although this potential has yet to be demonstrated. Porcine iPSC may be especially valuable because the pig is a prime biomedical model for tissue transplantation. In general, iPSC from livestock, like those from humans, are of the epiblast type and depend upon FGF2 and activin/nodal signalling systems to maintain their pluripotency and growth. Recent experiments, in which newly reprogrammed porcine and bovine cells were selected on a LIF-based medium in presence of specific protein kinase inhibitors, have allowed iPSC cells of the na?ve type, resembling the more amenable blastocyst-derived mouse ESC and iPSC to be isolated. However, hurdles still remain if such cells are to achieve their biotechnological promise.     

Early development of porcine parthenogenetic embryos and reduced expression of primed pluripotent marker genes under the effect of lysophosphatidic acid

To further promote the early development of porcine embryos and capture “naïve” pluripotent state within blastocyst, the experiment explored the effects of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) on the early development of porcine parthenogenetic embryos and the expression of pluripotency relevant genes. The results showed that the addition of 50 μM LPA significantly improved parthenogenetic embryo cleavage rate (82.7% vs. 74.7%, p < 0.05), blastocyst rate (24.5% vs. 11.3%, p < 0.05) and blastocyst cell count (56 ± 7.9 vs. 42 ± 1.0, p < 0.05) than that of the control group. In addition, immunostaining experiment determined that the fluorescence intensity of OCT4 was also significantly higher than that of the control group. The quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (qRT–PCR) test revealed that addition of 50 μM LPA could significantly enhance the expression level of pluripotent gene OCT4 and trophoblast marker genes CDX2, however, decrease the expression of primitive hypoblast marker gene GATA4. The results also indicated that LPA might decrease the expression of GATA4 through the ROCK signalling pathway. For further investigating the effect of the addition of LPA on the expression of “primed” and “naïve” genes, we also detected the expression of those pluripotency‐related genes by qRT–PCR. The results showed addition of LPA had no significant effect on the expression of “naïve” pluripotent genes, but it was able to significantly decrease the expression of “primed” pluripotent genes, NODAL and Activin‐A; furthermore, it also could significantly improve the expression of OCT4 and c‐Myc which act as two important ES cell renewal factors. Above all, the addition of LPA can facilitate the early development of porcine parthenogenetic embryos, which may be able to benefit for capturing “naïve” pluripotency in vitro through inhibiting “primed” pluripotency.     

Enhancing effects of serum-rich and cytokine-supplemented culture conditions on developing blastocysts and deriving porcine parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells

The present study was conducted to develop an effective method for establishment of porcine parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells (ppESCs) from parthenogenetically activated oocyte-derived blastocysts. The addition of 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) to the medium on the 3rd day of oocyte culturing improved the development of blastocysts, attachment of inner cell masses (ICMs) onto feeder cells, and formation of primitive ppESC colonies. ICM attachment was further enhanced by basic fibroblast growth factor, stem cell factor, and leukemia inhibitory factor. From these attached ICMs, seven ppESC lines were established. ppESC pluripotency was verified by strong enzymatic alkaline phosphatase activity and the expression of pluripotent markers OCT3/4, Nanog, and SSEA4. Moreover, the ppESCs were induced to form an embryoid body and teratoma. Differentiation into three germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) was confirmed by the expression of specific markers for the layers and histological analysis. In conclusion, data from the present study suggested that our modified culture conditions using FBS and cytokines are highly useful for improving the generation of pluripotent ppESCs.     

鸡胚胎干细胞及其应用研究进展

鸡胚胎干细胞是一种多能性干细胞,从X期胚盘分离胚盘细胞或早期鸡胚的生殖嵴分离原始生殖细胞,经体外长期抑制分化培养可得到鸡胚胎干细胞。为维持细胞在培养过程中的未分化状态,需要采用饲养层细胞培养,同时设计合理的培养液配方并添加多种抑制分化或促进增殖的细胞因子。通过碱性磷酸酶活性检测、胚胎表面特异性抗原检测、分化试验及嵌合体试验等方法,可对鸡胚胎干细胞进行准确鉴定。文章主要就鸡胚胎干细胞的分离、培养与鉴定方法的研究进展及其应用前景进行简要综述,为进一步发展更高效的鸡胚胎干细胞培养体系并应用于生产实践提供一定的借鉴。     

Livestock induced pluripotent stem cells

Chimeric animals generated from livestock-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have opened the door of opportunity to genetically manipulate species for the production of biomedical models, improving traits of agricultural importance and potentially providing a system to test novel iPSC therapies. The potential of pluripotent stem cells in livestock has long been recognized, with many attempts being chronicled to isolate, culture and characterize pluripotent cells from embryos. However, in most cases, livestock stem cells derived from embryonic sources have failed to reach a pluripotent state marked by the inability to form chimeric animals. The in-depth understanding of core pluripotency factors and the realization of how these factors can be harnessed to reprogram adult cells into an induced pluripotent state has changed the paradigm of livestock stem cells. In this review, we will examine the advancements in iPSC technology in mammalian and avian livestock species.     

Na?ve-like conversion enhances the difference in innate in vitro differentiation capacity between rabbit ES cells and iPS cells

Quality evaluation of pluripotent stem cells using appropriate animal models needs to be improved for human regenerative medicine. Previously, we demonstrated that although the in vitro neural differentiating capacity of rabbit induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be mitigated by improving their baseline level of pluripotency, i.e., by converting them into the so-called “naïve-like” state, the effect after such conversion of rabbit embryonic stem cells (ESCs) remains to be elucidated. Here we found that naïve-like conversion enhanced the differences in innate in vitro differentiation capacity between ESCs and iPSCs. Naïve-like rabbit ESCs exhibited several features indicating pluripotency, including the capacity for teratoma formation. They differentiated into mature oligodendrocytes much more effectively (3.3–7.2 times) than naïve-like iPSCs. This suggests an inherent variation in differentiation potential in vitro among PSC lines. When naïve-like ESCs were injected into preimplantation rabbit embryos, although they contributed efficiently to forming the inner cell mass of blastocysts, no chimeric pups were obtained. Thus, in vitro neural differentiation following naïve-like conversion is a promising option for determining the quality of PSCs without the need to demonstrate chimeric contribution. These results provide an opportunity to evaluate which pluripotent stem cells or treatments are best suited for therapeutic use.