Journal
STEM CELLS
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1728-1740Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.495
Keywords
Human induced pluripotent stem cells; Reprogramming; Human excisable single lentiviral vector; Stem cell cassette; Endoderm; Lung disease-specific iPSC; Cystic fibrosis; Emphysema; Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Sickle cell; Scleroderma
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- NIH [PO1 HL047049-16A1, 1RC2HL101535-01, 1R01 HL095993-01]
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Boston University
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The development of methods to achieve efficient reprogramming of human cells while avoiding the permanent presence of reprogramming transgenes represents a critical step toward the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) for clinical purposes, such as disease modeling or reconstituting therapies. Although several methods exist for generating iPSC free of reprogramming transgenes from mouse cells or neonatal normal human tissues, a sufficiently efficient reprogramming system is still needed to achieve the widespread derivation of disease-specific iPSC from humans with inherited or degenerative diseases. Here, we report the use of a humanized version of a single lentiviral stem cell cassette vector to accomplish efficient reprogramming of normal or diseased skin fibroblasts obtained from humans of virtually any age. Simultaneous transfer of either three or four reprogramming factors into human target cells using this single vector allows derivation of human iPSC containing a single excisable viral integration that on removal generates human iPSC free of integrated transgenes. As a proof of principle, here we apply this strategy to generate >100 lung disease-specific iPSC lines from individuals with a variety of diseases affecting the epithelial, endothelial, or interstitial compartments of the lung, including cystic fibrosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-related emphysema, scleroderma, and sickle-cell disease. Moreover, we demonstrate that human iPSC generated with this approach have the ability to robustly differentiate into definitive endoderm in vitro, the developmental precursor tissue of lung epithelia. STEM CELLS 2010; 28: 1728-1740
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