期刊
STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
卷 1, 期 10, 页码 709-718出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2012-0066
关键词
Apoptosis; Stem cells; Pluripotent stem cells; Stem cell transplantation; Tumor cell purging
资金
- National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant [5P30 CA15083-36]
- Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- NIH New Innovator Award [OD007015-01]
- Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine accelerated research grant
Pluripotent stem cells have been the focus of bioengineering efforts designed to generate regenerative products, yet harnessing therapeutic capacity while minimizing risk of dysregulated growth remains a challenge. The risk of residual undifferentiated stem cells within a differentiated progenitor population requires a targeted approach to eliminate contaminating cells prior to delivery. In this study we aimed to validate a toxicity strategy that could selectively purge pluripotent stem cells in response to DNA damage and avoid risk of uncontrolled cell growth upon transplantation. Compared with somatic cell types, embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells displayed hypersensitivity to apoptotic induction by genotoxic agents. Notably, hypersensitivity in pluripotent stem cells was stage-specific and consistently lost upon in vitro differentiation, with the mean half-maximal inhibitory concentration increasing nearly 2 orders of magnitude with tissue specification. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting demonstrated that the innate response was mediated through upregulation of the BH3-only protein Puma in both natural and induced pluripotent stem cells. Pretreatment with genotoxic etoposide purged hypersensitive pluripotent stem cells to yield a progenitor population refractory to teratoma formation upon transplantation. Collectively, this study exploits a hypersensitive apoptotic response to DNA damage within pluripotent stem cells to decrease risk of dysregulated growth and augment the safety profile of transplant-ready, bioengineered progenitor cells. STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2012;1:709-718
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