期刊
STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
卷 1, 期 1, 页码 18-28出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2011-0033
关键词
DYRK; Wnt; Human embryonic stem cells; Human induced pluripotent stem cells
资金
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Japan [P10027]
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [RL1-00667-1]
An optimal culture system for human pluripotent stem cells should be fully defined and free of animal components. To date, most xeno-free culture systems require human feeder cells and/or highly complicated culture media that contain activators of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) signaling pathways, and none provide for replacement of FGF/TGF beta ligands with chemical compounds. The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway plays an important role in mouse embryonic stem cells in leukemia inhibitory factor-independent culture; however, the role of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in human pluripotent stem cell is still poorly understood and controversial because of the dual role of Wnts in proliferation and differentiation. Building on our previous investigations of small molecules modulating Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in mouse embryonic stem cells, we identified a compound, ID-8, that could support Wnt-induced human embryonic stem cell proliferation and survival without differentiation. Dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) is the target of the small molecule ID-8. Its role in human pluripotent cell renewal was confirmed by DYRK knockdown in human embryonic stem cells. Using Wnt and the DYRK inhibitor ID-8, we have developed a novel and simple chemically defined xeno-free culture system that allows for long-term expansion of human pluripotent stem cells without FGF or TGF beta activation. These culture conditions do not include xenobiotic supplements, serum, serum replacement, or albumin. Using this culture system, we have shown that several human pluripotent cell lines maintained pluripotency (>20 passages) and a normal karyotype and still retained the ability to differentiate into derivatives of all three germ layers. This Wnt-dependent culture system should provide a platform for complete replacement of growth factors with chemical compounds. STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2012;1:18-28
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