scholarly journals Similar Population of CD133+ and DDX4+ VSEL-Like Stem Cells Sorted from Human Embryonic Stem Cell, Ovarian, and Ovarian Cancer Ascites Cell Cultures: The Real Embryonic Stem Cells?

Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Virant-Klun ◽  
Petra Skerl ◽  
Srdjan Novakovic ◽  
Eda Vrtacnik-Bokal ◽  
Spela Smrkolj
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Human Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

A population of small stem cells with diameters of up to 5 μm resembling very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) were sorted from human embryonic stem cell (hESC) cultures using magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) based on the expression of a stem-cell-related marker prominin-1 (CD133). These VSEL-like stem cells had nuclei that almost filled the whole cell volume and expressed stem-cell-related markers (CD133, SSEA-4) and markers of germinal lineage (DDX4/VASA, PRDM14). They were comparable to similar populations of small stem cells sorted from cell cultures of normal ovaries and were the predominant cells in ascites of recurrent ovarian cancer. The sorted populations of CD133+ VSEL-like stem cells were quiescent in vitro, except for ascites, and were highly activated after exposure to valproic acid and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), indicating a new tool to study these cells in vitro. These VSEL-like stem cells spontaneously formed clusters resembling tumour-like structures or grew into larger, oocyte-like cells and were differentiated in vitro into adipogenic, osteogenic and neural lineages after sorting. We propose the population of VSEL-like stem cells from hESC cultures as potential original embryonic stem cells, which are present in the human embryo, persist in adult human ovaries from the embryonic period of life and are involved in cancer manifestation.

Effect of NANOG overexpression on porcine embryonic development and pluripotent embryonic stem cell formation in vitro

Zygote ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Gerelchimeg Bou ◽  
Shimeng Guo ◽  
Jia Guo ◽  
Zhuang Chai ◽  
Jianchao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell Line ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Cell Clones ◽  
Morula Stage ◽  
Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cell

Summary The efficiency of establishing pig pluripotent embryonic stem cell clones from blastocysts is still low. The transcription factor Nanog plays an important role in maintaining the pluripotency of mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Adequate activation of Nanog has been reported to increase the efficiency of establishing mouse embryonic stem cells from 3.5 day embryos. In mouse, Nanog starts to be strongly expressed as early as the morula stage, whereas in porcine NANOG starts to be strongly expressed by the late blastocyst stage. Therefore, here we investigated both the effect of expressing NANOG on porcine embryos early from the morula stage and the efficiency of porcine pluripotent embryonic stem cell clone formation. Compared with intact porcine embryos, NANOG overexpression induced a lower blastocyst rate, and did not show any advantages for embryo development and pluripotent embryonic stem cell line formation. These results indicated that, although NANOG is important pluripotent factor, NANOG overexpression is unnecessary for the initial formation of porcine pluripotent embryonic stem cell clones in vitro.

scholarly journals Biofunctionalised bacterial cellulose scaffold supports the patterning and expansion of human embryonic stem cell-derived dopaminergic progenitor cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda Robbins ◽  
Venkat Pisupati ◽  
Roberta Azzarelli ◽  
Samer I. Nehme ◽  
Roger A. Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Bacterial Cellulose ◽  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Human Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem

Abstract Background Stem cell-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease are a promising approach in regenerative medicine and are now moving towards early stage clinical trials. However, a number of challenges remain including the ability to grow stem cells in vitro on a 3-dimensional scaffold, as well as their loss, by leakage or cell death, post-implantation. These issues could, however, be helped through the use of scaffolds that support the growth and differentiation of stem cells both in vitro and in vivo. The present study focuses on the use of bacterial cellulose as an in vitro scaffold to promote the growth of different stem cell-derived cell types. Bacterial cellulose was used because of its remarkable properties such as its wettability, ability to retain water and low stiffness, all of which is similar to that found in brain tissue. Methods We cultured human embryonic stem cell-derived progenitor cells on bacterial cellulose with growth factors that were covalently functionalised to the surface via silanisation. Epifluorescence microscopy and immunofluorescence were used to detect the differentiation of stem cells into dopaminergic ventral midbrain progenitor cells. We then quantified the proportion of cells that differentiated into progenitor cells and compared the effect of growing cells on biofunctionalised cellulose versus standard cellulose. Results We show that the covalent functionalisation of bacterial cellulose sheets with bioactive peptides improves the growth and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into dopaminergic neuronal progenitors. Conclusions This study suggests that the biocompatible material, bacterial cellulose, has potential applications in cell therapy approaches as a means to repair damage to the central nervous system, such as in Parkinson’s disease but also in tissue engineering.

Noninvasive imaging of embryonic stem cell cultures by multiphoton microscopy reveals the significance of collagen hydrogel preparation parameters

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-294
Author(s):  
Xuye Lang ◽  
Matthew Spousta ◽  
Yu Jer Hwang ◽  
Julia G. Lyubovitsky
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Noninvasive Imaging ◽  
Multiphoton Microscopy ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Collagen Hydrogel

Imaging discovers implications for impaired collagen and other biomaterials' functions during culturing embryonic stem cells in and on them.

Genome-wide targets identification of “core” pluripotency transcription factors with integrated features in human embryonic stem cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1324-1332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leijie Li ◽  
Zhaobin Chen ◽  
Liangcai Zhang ◽  
Guiyou Liu ◽  
Jinlian Hua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Human Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Human Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Novel Model

LMA: A novel model to predict target of pluripotency transcriptional factors in human embryonic stem cell.

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