Rapid and efficient selection of human hematopoietic cells expressing murine heat-stable antigen as an indicator of retroviral-mediated gene transfer.
Recombinant retroviruses offer many advantages for the genetic modification of human hematopoietic cells,although their use in clinical protocols has thus far given disappointing results. There is therefore an important need to develop new strategies that will allow effectively transduced primitive hematopoietic target populations to be both rapidly characterized and isolated free of residual nontransduced but biologically equivalent cells. To address this need,we constructed a murine stem cell virus (MSCV)-based retroviral vector containing the 228-bp coding sequence of the murine heat-stable antigen (HSA) and generated helper virus-free amphotropic MSCV-HSA producer cells by transfection of GP-env AM12 packaging cells. Light density and,in some cases,lineage marker-negative (lin-) normal human marrow or mobilized peripheral blood cells preactivated by exposure to interleukin-3 (IL-3),IL-6,and Steel factor in vitro for 48 hours were then infected by cocultivation with these MSCV-HSA producer cells for a further 48 hours in the presence of the same cytokines. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis of the cells 24 hours later showed 21% to 41% (mean,27%) of those that were still CD34+ to have acquired the ability to express HSA. The extent of gene transfer to erythroid and granulopoietic progenitors (burst-forming unit-erythroid and colony-forming unit-granulocyte-macrophage),as assessed by the ability of these cells to form colonies of mature progeny in the presence of normally toxic concentrations of G418,averaged 11% and 12%,respectively,in 6 experiments. These values could be increased to 100% and 77%,respectively,by prior isolation of the CD34+HSA+ cell fraction and were correspondingly decreased to an average of 2% and 5%,respectively,in the CD34+HSA- cells. In addition,the extent of gene transfer to long-term culture-initiating cells (LTC-IC) was assessed by G418 resistance. The average gene transfer to LTC-IC-derived colony-forming cells in the unsorted population was textless or = 7% in 4 experiments. FACS selection of the initially CD34+HSA+ cells increased this value to 86% and decreased it to 3% for the LTC-IC plated from the CD34+HSA- cells. Transfer of HSA gene expression to a phenotypically defined more primitive subpopulation of CD34+ cells,ie,those expressing little or no CD38,could also be shown by FACS analysis of infected populations 24 hours after infection. These findings underscore the potential use of retroviral vectors encoding HSA for the specific identification and non-toxic selection immediately after infection of retrovirally transduced populations of primitive human hematopoietic cells. In addition,such vectors should facilitate the subsequent tracking of their marked progeny using multiparameter flow cytometry.
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SALL4 is a robust stimulator for the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells.
HSCs are rare cells that have the unique ability to self-renew and differentiate into cells of all hematopoietic lineages. The lack of donors and current inability to rapidly and efficiently expand HSCs are roadblocks in the development of successful cell therapies. Thus,the challenge of ex vivo human HSC expansion remains a fertile and critically important area of investigation. Here,we show that either SALL4A- or SALL4B-transduced human HSCs obtained from the mobilized peripheral blood are capable of rapid and efficient expansion ex vivo by textgreater10 000-fold for both CD34(+)/CD38(-) and CD34(+)/CD38(+) cells in the presence of appropriate cytokines. We found that these cells retained hematopoietic precursor cell immunophenotypes and morphology as well as normal in vitro or vivo potential for differentiation. The SALL4-mediated expansion was associated with enhanced stem cell engraftment and long-term repopulation capacity in vivo. Also,we demonstrated that constitutive expression of SALL4 inhibited granulocytic differentiation and permitted expansion of undifferentiated cells in 32D myeloid progenitors. Furthermore,a TAT-SALL4B fusion rapidly expanded CD34(+) cells,and it is thus feasible to translate this study into the clinical setting. Our findings provide a new avenue for investigating mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal and achieving clinically significant expansion of human HSCs.
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Adult human circulating CD34 cells can differentiate into hematopoietic and endothelial cells.
A precise identification of adult human hemangioblast is still lacking. To identify circulating precursors having the developmental potential of the hemangioblast,we established a new ex vivo long-term culture model supporting the differentiation of both hematopoietic and endothelial cell lineages. We identified from peripheral blood a population lacking the expression of CD34,lineage markers,CD45 and CD133 (CD34⁻Lin⁻CD45⁻CD133⁻ cells),endowed with the ability to differentiate after a 6-week culture into both hematopoietic and endothelial lineages. The bilineage potential of CD34⁻Lin⁻CD45⁻CD133⁻ cells was determined at the single-cell level in vitro and was confirmed by transplantation into NOD/SCID mice. In vivo,CD34⁻Lin⁻CD45⁻CD133⁻ cells showed the ability to reconstitute hematopoietic tissue and to generate functional endothelial cells that contribute to new vessel formation during tumor angiogenesis. Molecular characterization of CD34⁻Lin⁻D45⁻CD133⁻ cells unveiled a stem cell profile compatible with both hematopoietic and endothelial potentials,characterized by the expression of c-Kit and CXCR4 as well as EphB4,EphB2,and ephrinB2. Further molecular and functional characterization of CD34⁻Lin⁻CD45⁻CD133⁻ cells will help dissect their physiologic role in blood and blood vessel maintenance and repair in adult life.
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产品号#:
05401
05402
05411
产品名:
MesenCult™ MSC基础培养基 (人)
MesenCult™ MSC 刺激补充剂(人)
MesenCult™ 增殖试剂盒(人)
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Chan G et al. (APR 2011)
Blood 117 16 4253--61
Essential role for Ptpn11 in survival of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
Src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase 2 (Shp2),encoded by Ptpn11,is a member of the nonreceptor protein-tyrosine phosphatase family,and functions in cell survival,proliferation,migration,and differentiation in many tissues. Here we report that loss of Ptpn11 in murine hematopoietic cells leads to bone marrow aplasia and lethality. Mutant mice show rapid loss of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and immature progenitors of all hematopoietic lineages in a gene dosage-dependent and cell-autonomous manner. Ptpn11-deficient HSCs and progenitors undergo apoptosis concomitant with increased Noxa expression. Mutant HSCs/progenitors also show defective Erk and Akt activation in response to stem cell factor and diminished thrombopoietin-evoked Erk activation. Activated Kras alleviates the Ptpn11 requirement for colony formation by progenitors and cytokine/growth factor responsiveness of HSCs,indicating that Ras is functionally downstream of Shp2 in these cells. Thus,Shp2 plays a critical role in controlling the survival and maintenance of HSCs and immature progenitors in vivo.
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产品号#:
03231
09600
09650
产品名:
MethoCult™M3231
StemSpan™ SFEM
StemSpan™ SFEM
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Eminli S et al. (SEP 2009)
Nature genetics 41 9 968--76
Differentiation stage determines potential of hematopoietic cells for reprogramming into induced pluripotent stem cells.
The reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells upon overexpression of the transcription factors Oct4,Sox2,Klf4 and cMyc is inefficient. It has been assumed that the somatic differentiation state provides a barrier for efficient reprogramming; however,direct evidence for this notion is lacking. Here,we tested the potential of mouse hematopoietic cells at different stages of differentiation to be reprogrammed into iPS cells. We show that hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells give rise to iPS cells up to 300 times more efficiently than terminally differentiated B and T cells do,yielding reprogramming efficiencies of up to 28%. Our data provide evidence that the differentiation stage of the starting cell has a critical influence on the efficiency of reprogramming into iPS cells. Moreover,we identify hematopoietic progenitors as an attractive cell type for applications of iPS cell technology in research and therapy.
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Hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide an unprecedented opportunity for modeling of human diseases in vitro,as well as for developing novel approaches for regenerative therapy based on immunologically compatible cells. In this study,we employed an OP9 differentiation system to characterize the hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation potential of seven human iPSC lines obtained from human fetal,neonatal,and adult fibroblasts through reprogramming with POU5F1,SOX2,NANOG,and LIN28 and compared it with the differentiation potential of five human embryonic stem cell lines (hESC,H1,H7,H9,H13,and H14). Similar to hESCs,all iPSCs generated CD34(+)CD43(+) hematopoietic progenitors and CD31(+)CD43(-) endothelial cells in coculture with OP9. When cultured in semisolid media in the presence of hematopoietic growth factors,iPSC-derived primitive blood cells formed all types of hematopoietic colonies,including GEMM colony-forming cells. Human induced pluripotent cells (hiPSCs)-derived CD43(+) cells could be separated into the following phenotypically defined subsets of primitive hematopoietic cells: CD43(+)CD235a(+)CD41a(+/-) (erythro-megakaryopoietic),lin(-)CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(-) (multipotent),and lin(-)CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(+) (myeloid-skewed) cells. Although we observed some variations in the efficiency of hematopoietic differentiation between different hiPSCs,the pattern of differentiation was very similar in all seven tested lines obtained through reprogramming of human fetal,neonatal,or adult fibroblasts with three or four genes. Although several issues remain to be resolved before iPSC-derived blood cells can be administered to humans for therapeutic purposes,patient-specific iPSCs can already be used for characterization of mechanisms of blood diseases and for identification of molecules that can correct affected genetic networks.
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产品类型:
产品号#:
04435
04445
产品名:
MethoCult™H4435富集
MethoCult™H4435富集
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Lu M et al. (AUG 2009)
Experimental hematology 37 8 924--36
Enhanced generation of hematopoietic cells from human hepatocarcinoma cell-stimulated human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells
Objective: Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) constitute unique sources of pluripotent cells,although the molecular mechanisms involved in their differentiation into specific lineages are just beginning to be defined. Here we evaluated the ability of MEDII (medium conditioned by HepG2 cells,a human hepatocarcinoma cell line) to selectively enhance generation of mesodermal derivatives,including hematopoietic cells,from hESCs and hiPSCs. Materials and Methods: Test cells were exposed to MEDII prior to being placed in conditions that promote embryoid body (EB) formation. Hematopoietic activity was measured by clonogenic assays,flow cytometry,quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction of specific transcript complementary DNAs and the ability of cells to repopulate sublethally irradiated nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient interleukin-2 receptor ??-chain-null mice for almost 1 year. Results: Exposure of both hESCs and hiPSCs to MEDII induced a rapid and preferential differentiation of hESCs into mesodermal elements. Subsequently produced EBs showed a further enhanced expression of transcripts characteristic of multiple mesodermal lineages,and a concurrent decrease in endodermal and ectodermal cell transcripts. Frequency of all types of clonogenic hematopoietic progenitors in subsequently derived EBs was also increased. In vivo assays of MEDII-treated hESC-derived EBs also showed they contained cells able to undertake low-level but longterm multilineage repopulation of primary and secondary nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient interleukin-2 receptor ??-chain-null mice. Conclusions: MEDII treatment of hESCs and hiPSCs alike selectively enhances their differentiation into mesodermal cells and allows subsequent generation of detectable levels of hematopoietic progenitors with in vitro and in vivo differentiating activity. ?? 2009 ISEH - Society for Hematology and Stem Cells.
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