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1.
Stem Cell Reports ; 13(6): 1083-1098, 2019 12 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31708477

RESUMO

In contrast to conventional human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) that are related to post-implantation embryo stages, naive hPSCs exhibit features of pre-implantation epiblast. Naive hPSCs are established by resetting conventional hPSCs, or are derived from dissociated embryo inner cell masses. Here we investigate conditions for transgene-free reprogramming of human somatic cells to naive pluripotency. We find that Wnt inhibition promotes RNA-mediated induction of naive pluripotency. We demonstrate application to independent human fibroblast cultures and endothelial progenitor cells. We show that induced naive hPSCs can be clonally expanded with a diploid karyotype and undergo somatic lineage differentiation following formative transition. Induced naive hPSC lines exhibit distinctive surface marker, transcriptome, and methylome properties of naive epiblast identity. This system for efficient, facile, and reliable induction of transgene-free naive hPSCs offers a robust platform, both for delineation of human reprogramming trajectories and for evaluating the attributes of isogenic naive versus conventional hPSCs.


Assuntos
Reprogramação Celular/genética , Fibroblastos/citologia , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/metabolismo , RNA/genética , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Biomarcadores , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Transdução de Sinais
2.
Stem Cell Reports ; 12(6): 1212-1222, 2019 06 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31031191

RESUMO

Recently naive human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have been described that relate to an earlier stage of development than conventional hPSCs. Naive hPSCs remain challenging to generate and authenticate, however. Here we report that Sushi Containing Domain 2 (SUSD2) is a robust cell-surface marker of naive hPSCs in the embryo and in vitro. SUSD2 transcripts are enriched in the pre-implantation epiblast of human blastocysts and immunostaining shows localization of SUSD2 to KLF17-positive epiblast cells. SUSD2 mRNA is strongly expressed in naive hPSCs but is negligible in other hPSCs. SUSD2 immunostaining of live or fixed cells provides unambiguous discrimination of naive versus conventional hPSCs. SUSD2 staining or flow cytometry enable monitoring of naive hPSCs in maintenance culture, and their isolation and quantification during resetting of conventional hPSCs or somatic cell reprogramming. Thus SUSD2 is a powerful non-invasive tool for reliable identification and purification of the naive hPSC phenotype.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Diferenciação/biossíntese , Blastocisto/metabolismo , Camadas Germinativas/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/biossíntese , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/metabolismo , Blastocisto/citologia , Linhagem Celular , Separação Celular , Técnicas de Reprogramação Celular , Camadas Germinativas/citologia , Humanos , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/citologia , Fatores de Transcrição/biossíntese
3.
PLoS One ; 11(3): e0151666, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26983083

RESUMO

Thymus function requires extensive cross-talk between developing T-cells and the thymic epithelium, which consists of cortical and medullary TEC. The transcription factor FOXN1 is the master regulator of TEC differentiation and function, and declining Foxn1 expression with age results in stereotypical thymic involution. Understanding of the dynamics of Foxn1 expression is, however, limited by a lack of single cell resolution data. We have generated a novel reporter of Foxn1 expression, Foxn1G, to monitor changes in Foxn1 expression during embryogenesis and involution. Our data reveal that early differentiation and maturation of cortical and medullary TEC coincides with precise sub-lineage-specific regulation of Foxn1 expression levels. We further show that initiation of thymic involution is associated with reduced cTEC functionality, and proportional expansion of FOXN1-negative TEC in both cortical and medullary sub-lineages. Cortex-specific down-regulation of Foxn1 between 1 and 3 months of age may therefore be a key driver of the early stages of age-related thymic involution.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Desenvolvimento Embrionário/fisiologia , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Timo/metabolismo , Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Animais , Linhagem da Célula/fisiologia , Regulação para Baixo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Camundongos
4.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci ; 370(1680): 20140365, 2015 Oct 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26416676

RESUMO

Human pluripotent stem cells can in principle be used as a source of any differentiated cell type for disease modelling, drug screening, toxicology testing or cell replacement therapy. Type I diabetes is considered a major target for stem cell applications due to the shortage of primary human beta cells. Several protocols have been reported for generating pancreatic progenitors by in vitro differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Here we first assessed one of these protocols on a panel of pluripotent stem cell lines for capacity to engender glucose sensitive insulin-producing cells after engraftment in immunocompromised mice. We observed variable outcomes with only one cell line showing a low level of glucose response. We, therefore, undertook a systematic comparison of different methods for inducing definitive endoderm and subsequently pancreatic differentiation. Of several protocols tested, we identified a combined approach that robustly generated pancreatic progenitors in vitro from both embryo-derived and induced pluripotent stem cells. These findings suggest that, although there are intrinsic differences in lineage specification propensity between pluripotent stem cell lines, optimal differentiation procedures may consistently direct a substantial fraction of cells into pancreatic specification.


Assuntos
Pâncreas/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/citologia , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem da Célula , Terapia Baseada em Transplante de Células e Tecidos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/terapia , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/citologia , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/transplante , Endoderma/citologia , Endoderma/metabolismo , Fator 3-beta Nuclear de Hepatócito/metabolismo , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/metabolismo , Humanos , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/transplante , Camundongos , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/transplante , Fatores de Transcrição SOX9/metabolismo , Transativadores/metabolismo
5.
Regen Med ; 10(3): 317-29, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25933240

RESUMO

The thymus is required for generation of a self-tolerant, self-restricted T-cell repertoire. The capacity to manipulate or replace thymus function therapeutically would be beneficial in a variety of clinical settings, including for improving recovery following bone marrow transplantation, restoring immune system function in the elderly and promoting tolerance to transplanted organs or cells. An attractive strategy would be transplantation of thymus organoids generated from cells produced in vitro, for instance from pluripotent stem cells. Here, we review recent progress toward this goal, focusing on advances in directing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to thymic epithelial cells, a key cell type of the thymic stroma, and related direct reprogramming strategies.


Assuntos
Reprogramação Celular/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica , Organoides , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes , Nicho de Células-Tronco/imunologia , Timo , Animais , Humanos , Organoides/citologia , Organoides/imunologia , Organoides/transplante , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/imunologia , Timo/citologia , Timo/imunologia , Timo/transplante
6.
Nat Cell Biol ; 16(9): 902-8, 2014 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25150981

RESUMO

A central goal of regenerative medicine is to generate transplantable organs from cells derived or expanded in vitro. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the production of defined cell types in vitro, the creation of a fully intact organ has not been reported. The transcription factor forkhead box N1 (FOXN1) is critically required for development of thymic epithelial cells (TECs), a key cell type of the thymic stroma. Here, we show that enforced Foxn1 expression is sufficient to reprogramme fibroblasts into functional TECs, an unrelated cell type across a germ-layer boundary. These FOXN1-induced TECs (iTECs) supported efficient development of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in vitro. On transplantation, iTECs established a complete, fully organized and functional thymus, that contained all of the TEC subtypes required to support T-cell differentiation and populated the recipient immune system with T cells. iTECs thus demonstrate that cellular reprogramming approaches can be used to generate an entire organ, and open the possibility of widespread use of thymus transplantation to boost immune function in patients.


Assuntos
Fibroblastos/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/biossíntese , Timo/citologia , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Células Epiteliais/fisiologia , Células Epiteliais/transplante , Feminino , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Expressão Gênica , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos da Linhagem 129 , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Medicina Regenerativa , Linfócitos T/fisiologia
7.
Development ; 141(8): 1627-37, 2014 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24715454

RESUMO

Thymic involution is central to the decline in immune system function that occurs with age. By regenerating the thymus, it may therefore be possible to improve the ability of the aged immune system to respond to novel antigens. Recently, diminished expression of the thymic epithelial cell (TEC)-specific transcription factor Forkhead box N1 (FOXN1) has been implicated as a component of the mechanism regulating age-related involution. The effects of upregulating FOXN1 function in the aged thymus are, however, unknown. Here, we show that forced, TEC-specific upregulation of FOXN1 in the fully involuted thymus of aged mice results in robust thymus regeneration characterized by increased thymopoiesis and increased naive T cell output. We demonstrate that the regenerated organ closely resembles the juvenile thymus in terms of architecture and gene expression profile, and further show that this FOXN1-mediated regeneration stems from an enlarged TEC compartment, rebuilt from progenitor TECs. Collectively, our data establish that upregulation of a single transcription factor can substantially reverse age-related thymic involution, identifying FOXN1 as a specific target for improving thymus function and, thus, immune competence in patients. More widely, they demonstrate that organ regeneration in an aged mammal can be directed by manipulation of a single transcription factor, providing a provocative paradigm that may be of broad impact for regenerative biology.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Regeneração/fisiologia , Timo/fisiologia , Animais , Proliferação de Células , Microambiente Celular , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Contagem de Linfócitos , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Animais , Fenótipo , Células-Tronco/citologia , Células-Tronco/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/citologia , Timo/citologia , Regulação para Cima
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PLoS Genet ; 7(11): e1002348, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22072979

RESUMO

The forkhead transcription factor Foxn1 is indispensable for thymus development, but the mechanisms by which it mediates thymic epithelial cell (TEC) development are poorly understood. To examine the cellular and molecular basis of Foxn1 function, we generated a novel and revertible hypomorphic allele of Foxn1. By varying levels of its expression, we identified a number of features of the Foxn1 system. Here we show that Foxn1 is a powerful regulator of TEC differentiation that is required at multiple intermediate stages of TE lineage development in the fetal and adult thymus. We find no evidence for a role for Foxn1 in TEC fate-choice. Rather, we show it is required for stable entry into both the cortical and medullary TEC differentiation programmes and subsequently is needed at increasing dosage for progression through successive differentiation states in both cortical and medullary TEC. We further demonstrate regulation by Foxn1 of a suite of genes with diverse roles in thymus development and/or function, suggesting it acts as a master regulator of the core thymic epithelial programme rather than regulating a particular aspect of TEC biology. Overall, our data establish a genetics-based model of cellular hierarchies in the TE lineage and provide mechanistic insight relating titration of a single transcription factor to control of lineage progression. Our novel revertible hypomorph system may be similarly applied to analyzing other regulators of development.


Assuntos
Medula Suprarrenal/citologia , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Linhagem da Célula/genética , Desenvolvimento Embrionário/genética , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Timo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Medula Suprarrenal/metabolismo , Alelos , Animais , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Integrases/química , Integrases/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Tamoxifeno/química
9.
Endocrinology ; 148(10): 5060-71, 2007 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17595228

RESUMO

Multiple GnRH receptors are known to exist in nonmammalian species, but it is uncertain which receptor type regulates reproduction via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The teleost fish, Astatotilapia burtoni, is useful for identifying the GnRH receptor responsible for reproduction, because only territorial males reproduce. We have cloned a second GnRH receptor in A. burtoni, GnRH-R1(SHS) (SHS is a peptide motif in extracellular loop 3), which is up-regulated in pituitaries of territorial males. We have shown that GnRH-R1(SHS) is expressed in many tissues and specifically colocalizes with LH in the pituitary. In A. burtoni brain, mRNA levels of both GnRH-R1(SHS) and a previously identified receptor, GnRH-R2(PEY), are highly correlated with mRNA levels of all three GnRH ligands. Despite its likely role in reproduction, we found that GnRH-R1(SHS) has the highest affinity for GnRH2 in vitro and low responsivity to GnRH1. Our phylogenetic analysis shows that GnRH-R1(SHS) is less closely related to mammalian reproductive GnRH receptors than GnRH-R2(PEY). We correlated vertebrate GnRH receptor amino acid sequences with receptor function and tissue distribution in many species and found that GnRH receptor sequences predict ligand responsiveness but not colocalization with pituitary gonadotropes. Based on sequence analysis, tissue localization, and physiological response we propose that the GnRH-R1(SHS) receptor controls reproduction in teleosts, including A. burtoni. We propose a GnRH receptor classification based on gene sequence that correlates with ligand selectivity but not with reproductive control. Our results suggest that different duplicated GnRH receptor genes have been selected to regulate reproduction in different vertebrate lineages.


Assuntos
Ciclídeos/metabolismo , Evolução Molecular , Receptores LHRH/química , Receptores LHRH/metabolismo , Receptores LHRH/fisiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Ligação Competitiva , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Ritmo Circadiano , Clonagem Molecular , Feminino , Hormônio Liberador de Gonadotropina/metabolismo , Ligantes , Masculino , Filogenia , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Receptores LHRH/genética , Reprodução/fisiologia , Distribuição Tecidual
10.
Nat Cell Biol ; 9(5): 531-40, 2007 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17435750

RESUMO

FoxG1 is an evolutionarily conserved, winged-helix transcriptional repressor that maintains progenitor cells in the vertebrate forebrain. How the activity of FoxG1 is regulated is not known. Here, we report that in the developing Xenopus and mouse forebrain, FoxG1 is nuclear in progenitor cells but cytoplasmic in differentiating cells. The subcellular localisation of FoxG1 is regulated at the post-translational level by casein kinase I (CKI) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling. CKI phosphorylation of Ser 19 of FoxG1 promotes nuclear import, whereas FGF-induced phosphorylation of Thr 226 promotes nuclear export. Interestingly, FGF-induced phosphorylation of FoxG1 is mediated Akt kinase (also known as protein B kinase, PKB) kinase, rather than the MAPK pathway. Phosphorylation of endogenous FoxG1 is blocked by CKI and Akt inhibitors. In the mouse olfactory placode cell line OP27, and in cortical progenitors, increased FGF signalling causes FoxG1 to exit the nucleus and promotes neuronal differentiation, whereas FGF and Akt inhibitors block this effect. Thus, CKI and FGF signalling converge on an antagonistic regulation of FoxG1, which in turn controls neurogenesis in the forebrain.


Assuntos
Caseína Quinase I/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/metabolismo , Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Prosencéfalo/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas de Xenopus/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/citologia , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/efeitos dos fármacos , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Células HeLa , Humanos , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Neurônios/citologia , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosforilação , Prosencéfalo/citologia , Prosencéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Prosencéfalo/embriologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Transporte Proteico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Serina , Transdução de Sinais , Treonina , Transfecção , Proteínas de Xenopus/genética , Xenopus laevis/embriologia
11.
Dev Genes Evol ; 217(3): 227-33, 2007 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17260156

RESUMO

Comparative analysis of orthologues from diverse vertebrates can be used to identify molecular signatures that are important for gene function and which may predict novel regulatory mechanisms or explain morphological diversity. The forkhead box G1 (FoxG1) transcription factor is potentially a strong candidate gene for determining forebrain size in vertebrates due to its role in the development of the telencephalon, where it promotes progenitor proliferation and suppresses premature neurogenesis. To investigate the role of FoxG1 in forebrain evolution, we cloned and analyzed the cDNA sequences for nine new FoxG1 orthologues, including six mammals and three reptiles, and show that there is an extended proline and glutamine region in the N-terminal domain that is specific to mammals. In contrast to some previous studies of other potential determinants of brain size, we find no evidence that the coding sequence of FoxG1 has evolved under positive selection in vertebrates. Previously published work has indicated that FOXG1 was duplicated in humans, and two forms, FOXG1A and FOXG1B, are present in the Entrez Gene database. We report that FOXG1 has not been duplicated in humans and that FOXG1A is likely to be an artifact. Our comparative analysis of FOXG1B and its orthologues has revealed a very high level of conservation in the 3' untranslated region (UTR). Using available computational tools, we find evidence for conserved recognition sites for the miR-9 and miR-33 microRNAs in the FoxG1 3' UTR and hypothesize that these brain-expressed microRNAs may regulate FoxG1 post-transcriptionally during forebrain development.


Assuntos
Sequência Conservada , Evolução Molecular , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Vertebrados/genética , Regiões 3' não Traduzidas/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/química , Duplicação Gênica , Genoma Humano/genética , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Seleção Genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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