de Boer AS et al. (AUG 2014)
Science Translational Medicine 6 248 248ra104--248ra104
Genetic validation of a therapeutic target in a mouse model of ALS
AbstractBack to TopbackslashnNeurons produced from stem cells have emerged as a tool to identify new therapeutic targets for neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However,it remains unclear to what extent these new mechanistic insights will translate to animal models,an important step in the validation of new targets. Previously,we found that glia from mice carrying the SOD1G93A mutation,a model of ALS,were toxic to stem cell–derived human motor neurons. We use pharmacological and genetic approaches to demonstrate that the prostanoid receptor DP1 mediates this glial toxicity. Furthermore,we validate the importance of this mechanism for neural degeneration in vivo. Genetic ablation of DP1 in SOD1G93A mice extended life span,decreased microglial activation,and reduced motor neuron loss. Our findings suggest that blocking DP1 may be a therapeutic strategy in ALS and demonstrate that discoveries from stem cell models of disease can be corroborated in vivo.
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mTeSR™1
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Pollak J et al. (MAR 2017)
PLOS ONE 12 3 e0172884
Ion channel expression patterns in glioblastoma stem cells with functional and therapeutic implications for malignancy
Ion channels and transporters have increasingly recognized roles in cancer progression through the regulation of cell proliferation,migration,and death. Glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) are a source of tumor formation and recurrence in glioblastoma multiforme,a highly aggressive brain cancer,suggesting that ion channel expression may be perturbed in this population. However,little is known about the expression and functional relevance of ion channels that may contribute to GSC malignancy. Using RNA sequencing,we assessed the enrichment of ion channels in GSC isolates and non-tumor neural cell types. We identified a unique set of GSC-enriched ion channels using differential expression analysis that is also associated with distinct gene mutation signatures. In support of potential clinical relevance,expression of selected GSC-enriched ion channels evaluated in human glioblastoma databases of The Cancer Genome Atlas and Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project correlated with patient survival times. Finally,genetic knockdown as well as pharmacological inhibition of individual or classes of GSC-enriched ion channels constrained growth of GSCs compared to normal neural stem cells. This first-in-kind global examination characterizes ion channels enriched in GSCs and explores their potential clinical relevance to glioblastoma molecular subtypes,gene mutations,survival outcomes,regional tumor expression,and experimental responses to loss-of-function. Together,the data support the potential biological and therapeutic impact of ion channels on GSC malignancy and provide strong rationale for further examination of their mechanistic and therapeutic importance.
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NeuroCult™ NS-A 扩增试剂盒（人）
Nie S et al. (FEB 2015)
Journal of proteome research 14 2 814--22
Tenascin-C: a novel candidate marker for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma identified by tissue microarrays.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor,with dismal survival outcomes. Recently,cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been demonstrated to play a role in therapeutic resistance and are considered to be the most likely cause of cancer relapse. The identification of CSCs is an important step toward finding new and effective ways to treat GBM. Tenascin-C (TNC) protein has been identified as a potential marker for CSCs in gliomas based on previous work. Here,we have investigated the expression of TNC in tissue microarrays including 17 GBMs,18 WHO grade III astrocytomas,15 WHO grade II astrocytomas,4 WHO grade I astrocytomas,and 7 normal brain tissue samples by immunohistochemical staining. TNC expression was found to be highly associated with the grade of astrocytoma. It has a high expression level in most of the grade III astrocytomas and GBMs analyzed and a very low expression in most grade II astrocytomas,whereas it is undetectable in grade I astrocytomas and normal brain tissues. Double-immunofluorescence staining for TNC and CD133 in GBM tissues revealed that there was a high overlap between theses two positive populations. The results were further confirmed by flow cytometry analysis of TNC and CD133 in GBM-derived stem-like neurospheres in vitro. A limiting dilution assay demonstrated that the sphere formation ability of CD133(+)/TNC(+) and CD133(-)/TNC(+) cell populations is much higher than that of the CD133(+)/TNC(-) and CD133(-)/TNC(-) populations. These results suggest that TNC is not only a potential prognostic marker for GBM but also a potential marker for glioma CSCs,where the TNC(+) population is identified as a CSC population overlapping with part of the CD133(-) cell population.
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Vukovic J et al. (APR 2013)
Journal of Neuroscience 33 15 6603--6613
Immature Doublecortin-Positive Hippocampal Neurons Are Important for Learning But Not for Remembering
It is now widely accepted that hippocampal neurogenesis underpins critical cognitive functions,such as learning and memory. To assess the behavioral importance of adult-born neurons,we developed a novel knock-in mouse model that allowed us to specifically and reversibly ablate hippocampal neurons at an immature stage. In these mice,the diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) is expressed under control of the doublecortin (DCX) promoter,which allows for specific ablation of immature DCX-expressing neurons after administration of diphtheria toxin while leaving the neural precursor pool intact. Using a spatially challenging behavioral test (a modified version of the active place avoidance test),we present direct evidence that immature DCX-expressing neurons are required for successful acquisition of spatial learning,as well as reversal learning,but are not necessary for the retrieval of stored long-term memories. Importantly,the observed learning deficits were rescued as newly generated immature neurons repopulated the granule cell layer upon termination of the toxin treatment. Repeat (or cyclic) depletion of immature neurons reinstated behavioral deficits if the mice were challenged with a novel task. Together,these findings highlight the potential of stimulating neurogenesis as a means to enhance learning.
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NeuroCult™ 基础培养基(小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增添加物 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增试剂盒 (小鼠&大鼠)
Udagawa J et al. (FEB 2006)
Endocrinology 147 2 647--58
The role of leptin in the development of the cerebral cortex in mouse embryos.
Leptin is detected in the sera,and leptin receptors are expressed in the cerebrum of mouse embryos,suggesting that leptin plays a role in cerebral development. Compared with the wild type,leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice had fewer cells at embryonic day (E) 16 and E18 and had fewer 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine(+) cells at E14 and E16 in the neuroepithelium. Intracerebroventricular leptin injection in E14 ob/ob embryos increased the number of neuroepithelium cells at E16. In cultured neurosphere cells,leptin treatment increased Hes1 mRNA expression and maintained neural progenitors. Astrocyte differentiation was induced by low-dose (0.1 microg/ml) but not high-dose (1 microg/ml) leptin. High-dose leptin decreased Id mRNA and increased Ngn1 mRNA in neurosphere cells. The neuropeptide Y mRNA level in the cortical plate was lower in ob/ob than the wild type at E16 and E18. These results suggest that leptin maintains neural progenitors and is related to glial and neuronal development in embryos.
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NeuroCult™ 基础培养基(小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增添加物 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增试剂盒 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 分化添加物 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 分化试剂盒 (小鼠&大鼠)
Fitzgerald DP et al. (OCT 2006)
Neuroscience 142 3 703--16
Characterization of neogenin-expressing neural progenitor populations and migrating neuroblasts in the embryonic mouse forebrain.
Many studies have demonstrated a role for netrin-1-deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) interactions in both axon guidance and neuronal migration. Neogenin,a member of the DCC receptor family,has recently been shown to be a chemorepulsive axon guidance receptor for the repulsive guidance molecule (RGM) family of guidance cues [Rajagopalan S,Deitinghoff L,Davis D,Conrad S,Skutella T,Chedotal A,Mueller B,Strittmatter S (2004) Neogenin mediates the action of repulsive guidance molecule. Nat Cell Biol 6:755-762]. Here we show that neogenin is present on neural progenitors,including neurogenic radial glia,in the embryonic mouse forebrain suggesting that neogenin expression is a hallmark of neural progenitor populations. Neogenin-positive progenitors were isolated from embryonic day 14.5 forebrain using flow cytometry and cultured as neurospheres. Neogenin-positive progenitors gave rise to neurospheres displaying a high proliferative and neurogenic potential. In contrast,neogenin-negative forebrain cells did not produce long-term neurosphere cultures and did not possess a significant neurogenic potential. These observations argue strongly for a role for neogenin in neural progenitor biology. In addition,we also observed neogenin on parvalbumin- and calbindin-positive interneuron neuroblasts that were migrating through the medial and lateral ganglionic eminences,suggesting a role for neogenin in tangential migration. Therefore,neogenin may be a multi-functional receptor regulating both progenitor activity and neuroblast migration in the embryonic forebrain.
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Kishigami S et al. (FEB 2006)
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 340 1 183--9
Significant improvement of mouse cloning technique by treatment with trichostatin A after somatic nuclear transfer.
The low success rate of animal cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is believed to be associated with epigenetic errors including abnormal DNA hypermethylation. Recently,we elucidated by using round spermatids that,after nuclear transfer,treatment of zygotes with trichostatin A (TSA),an inhibitor of histone deacetylase,can remarkably reduce abnormal DNA hypermethylation depending on the origins of transferred nuclei and their genomic regions [S. Kishigami,N. Van Thuan,T. Hikichi,H. Ohta,S. Wakayama. E. Mizutani,T. Wakayama,Epigenetic abnormalities of the mouse paternal zygotic genome associated with microinsemination of round spermatids,Dev. Biol. (2005) in press]. Here,we found that 5-50 nM TSA-treatment for 10 h following oocyte activation resulted in more efficient in vitro development of somatic cloned embryos to the blastocyst stage from 2- to 5-fold depending on the donor cells including tail tip cells,spleen cells,neural stem cells,and cumulus cells. This TSA-treatment also led to more than 5-fold increase in success rate of mouse cloning from cumulus cells without obvious abnormality but failed to improve ES cloning success. Further,we succeeded in establishment of nuclear transfer-embryonic stem (NT-ES) cells from TSA-treated cloned blastocyst at a rate three times higher than those from untreated cloned blastocysts. Thus,our data indicate that TSA-treatment after SCNT in mice can dramatically improve the practical application of current cloning techniques.
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NeuroCult™ 基础培养基(小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增添加物 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增试剂盒 (小鼠&大鼠)
曲古抑菌素 A（Trichostatin A）
曲古抑菌素 A（Trichostatin A）
Barrett LE et al. (JAN 2012)
Cancer cell 21 1 11--24
Self-renewal does not predict tumor growth potential in mouse models of high-grade glioma.
Within high-grade gliomas,the precise identities and functional roles of stem-like cells remain unclear. In the normal neurogenic niche,ID (Inhibitor of DNA-binding) genes maintain self-renewal and multipotency of adult neural stem cells. Using PDGF- and KRAS-driven murine models of gliomagenesis,we show that high Id1 expression (Id1(high)) identifies tumor cells with high self-renewal capacity,while low Id1 expression (Id1(low)) identifies tumor cells with proliferative potential but limited self-renewal capacity. Surprisingly,Id1(low) cells generate tumors more rapidly and with higher penetrance than Id1(high) cells. Further,eliminating tumor cell self-renewal through deletion of Id1 has modest effects on animal survival,while knockdown of Olig2 within Id1(low) cells has a significant survival benefit,underscoring the importance of non-self-renewing lineages in disease progression.
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NeuroCult™ 基础培养基(小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增添加物 (小鼠&大鼠)
NeuroCult™ 扩增试剂盒 (小鼠&大鼠)
Swartz EW et al. (NOV 2016)
STEM CELLS Translational Medicine 5 11 1461--1472
A Novel Protocol for Directed Differentiation of C9orf72-Associated Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Into Contractile Skeletal Myotubes
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) offer an unlimited resource of cells to be used for the study of underlying molecular biology of disease,therapeutic drug screening,and transplant-based regenerative medicine. However,methods for the directed differentiation of skeletal muscle for these purposes remain scarce and incomplete. Here,we present a novel,small molecule-based protocol for the generation of multinucleated skeletal myotubes using eight independent iPSC lines. Through combinatorial inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) with addition of bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4) and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2),we report up to 64% conversion of iPSCs into the myogenic program by day 36 as indicated by MYOG+ cell populations. These cells began to exhibit spontaneous contractions as early as 34 days in vitro in the presence of a serum-free medium formulation. We used this protocol to obtain iPSC-derived muscle cells from frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients harboring C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions (rGGGGCC),sporadic FTD,and unaffected controls. iPSCs derived from rGGGGCC carriers contained RNA foci but did not vary in differentiation efficiency when compared to unaffected controls nor display mislocalized TDP-43 after as many as 120 days in vitro. This study presents a rapid,efficient,and transgene-free method for generating multinucleated skeletal myotubes from iPSCs and a resource for further modeling the role of skeletal muscle in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. SIGNIFICANCE Protocols to produce skeletal myotubes for disease modeling or therapy are scarce and incomplete. The present study efficiently generates functional skeletal myotubes from human induced pluripotent stem cells using a small molecule-based approach. Using this strategy,terminal myogenic induction of up to 64% in 36 days and spontaneously contractile myotubes within 34 days were achieved. Myotubes derived from patients carrying the C9orf72 repeat expansion show no change in differentiation efficiency and normal TDP-43 localization after as many as 120 days in vitro when compared to unaffected controls. This study provides an efficient,novel protocol for the generation of skeletal myotubes from human induced pluripotent stem cells that may serve as a valuable tool in drug discovery and modeling of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular diseases.
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STEMdiff™ 神经花环选择试剂
Y-27632（二盐酸盐）
Y-27632（二盐酸盐）
Y-27632（二盐酸盐）
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AggreWell™ 800 24孔板，1个
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AggreWell™ 800 24孔板启动套装
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AggreWell™ 800 6孔板启动套装
STEMdiff™ 神经诱导培养基
STEMdiff™ 神经诱导培养基
Y-27632（二盐酸盐）
Harlow DE et al. (JAN 2014)
Journal of Neuroscience 34 4 1333--1343
Expression of Proteolipid Protein Gene in Spinal Cord Stem Cells and Early Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells Is Dispensable for Normal Cell Migration and Myelination
Plp1 gene expression occurs very early in development,well before the onset of myelination,creating a conundrum with regard to the function of myelin proteolipid protein (PLP),one of the major proteins in compact myelin. Using PLP-EGFP mice to investigate Plp1 promoter activity,we found that,at very early time points,PLP-EGFP was expressed in Sox2+ undifferentiated precursors in the spinal cord ventricular zone (VZ),as well as in the progenitors of both neuronal and glial lineages. As development progressed,most PLP-EGFP-expressing cells gave rise to oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). The expression of PLP-EGFP in the spinal cord was quite dynamic during development. PLP-EGFP was highly expressed as cells delaminated from the VZ. Expression was downregulated as cells moved laterally through the cord,and then robustly upregulated as OPCs differentiated into mature myelinating oligodendrocytes. The presence of PLP-EGFP expression in OPCs raises the question of its role in this migratory population. We crossed PLP-EGFP reporter mice into a Plp1-null background to investigate the role of PLP in early OPC development. In the absence of PLP,normal numbers of OPCs were generated and their distribution throughout the spinal cord was unaffected. However,the orientation and length of OPC processes during migration was abnormal in Plp1-null mice,suggesting that PLP plays a role either in the structural integrity of OPC processes or in their response to extracellular cues that orient process outgrowth.
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EasySep™小鼠TIL（CD45）正选试剂盒
产品手册qPCR Arrays for Cell Characterization
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