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MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 21-32出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal091
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human embryonic stem cells; feeder-free culture; matrigel; differentiation; epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Feeder-free human embryonic stem cell (hESC) culture is associated with the presence of mesenchymal-like cells appearing at the periphery of the colonies. The aim of this study was to identify this early differentiation process. Long-term feeder-free hESC cultures using matrigel and conditioned medium from mouse and from human origin revealed that the appearance of mesenchymal-like cells was similar regardless of the conditioned medium used. Standard characterization confirmed the preservation of hESC properties, but the feeder-free cultures could not be maintained longer than 37 passages. The early differentiation process was characterized in the short term after switching hESCs cultured on feeders to feeder-free conditions. Transmission electron microscopy showed an epithelium-like structure inside the hESC colonies, whereas the peripheral cells revealed the acquisition of a rather mesenchymal-like phenotype. Immunochemistry analysis showed that cells at the periphery of the colonies had a negative E-cadherin expression and a positive Vimentin expression, suggesting an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Nuclear staining of beta-catenin, positive N-cadherin and negative Connexin 43 expression were also found in the mesenchymal-like cell population. After RT-PCR analysis, Slug and Snail, both EMT-related transcription factors, were detected as up-regulated in the mesenchymal-like cell population. Taken together, our data suggest that culturing hESCs in feeder-free conditions enhances an early differentiation process identified as an EMT.
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