Journal
STEM CELLS
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 713-720Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.402
Keywords
Reprogramming; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Sodium butyrate; piggyBac DNA transposition; Sickle cell disease
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- Institute for Cell Engineering
- NIH [RC2 HL101582, GM62437]
- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- Taiwan Merit Scholarship [NSC-095-SAF-I-564-019-TMS]
- Maryland Stem Cell Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science
- Office Of The Director
- EPSCoR [0814442] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We report here that butyrate, a naturally occurring fatty acid commonly used as a nutritional supplement and differentiation agent, greatly enhances the efficiency of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell derivation from human adult or fetal fibroblasts. After transient butyrate treatment, the iPS cell derivation efficiency is enhanced by 15-to 51-fold using either retroviral or piggyBac transposon vectors expressing 4 to 5 reprogramming genes. Butyrate stimulation is more remarkable (>100- to 200-fold) on reprogramming in the absence of either KLF4 or MYC transgene. Butyrate treatment did not negatively affect properties of iPS cell lines established by either 3 or 4 retroviral vectors or a single piggyBac DNA transposon vector. These characterized iPS cell lines, including those derived from an adult patient with sickle cell disease by either the piggyBac or retroviral vectors, show normal karyotypes and pluripotency. To gain insights into the underlying mechanisms of butyrate stimulation, we conducted genome-wide gene expression and promoter DNA methylation microarrays and other epigenetic analyses on established iPS cells and cells from intermediate stages of the reprogramming process. By days 6 to 12 during reprogramming, butyrate treatment enhanced histone H3 acetylation, promoter DNA demethylation, and the expression of endogenous pluripotency-associated genes, including DPPA2, whose overexpression partially substitutes for butyrate stimulation. Thus, butyrate as a cell permeable small molecule provides a simple tool to further investigate molecular mechanisms of cellular reprogramming. Moreover, butyrate stimulation provides an efficient method for reprogramming various human adult somatic cells, including cells from patients that are more refractory to reprogramming. STEM CELLS 2010;28:713-720
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