Summary

導入遺伝子のない人間の人工多能性の導出および特徴は、定義された臨床グレードの条件に細胞株および変換の幹

Published: November 26, 2014
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Summary

We describe a protocol for deriving lentiviral-based reprogrammed and characterized factor-free human induced pluripotent stem cells and conversion into putative clinical-grade conditions.

Abstract

ヒト誘導多能性幹細胞(hiPSCs)は、レンチウイルスベースの再プログラミング方法論を用いて生成することができる。しかし、ゲノムの積極的に転写領域内に残っている可能性の発癌性遺伝子の痕跡は、人間の治療への応用1で使用するための彼らの可能性を制限する。さらに、治療に関連する誘導体に幹細胞のリプログラミングまたは分化由来の非ヒト抗原は、ヒト臨床状況2において使用されるこれらのhiPSCsを排除する。このビデオでは、外因性の導入遺伝子の自由要因フリーhiPSCsを再プログラムし、分析するための手順を提示する。これらhiPSCsその後、レンチウイルスを含む特定のイントロンにおける遺伝子発現異常を分析することができる。この分析は、以前に3遺伝子発現の差を検出するために使用されるあまり敏感技術に勝る利点を有する敏感な定量的ポリメラーゼ連鎖反応(PCR)を用いて行ってもよい。への完全な変換臨床グレードの適正製造基準(GMP)の条件は、ヒトの臨床関連性を可能にする。私たちのプロトコルは、別の方法論が提供する現在のセーフハーバー基準による非ヒト抗原にすべての免疫原性リスクを排除する必要があり、人間の治療用途-ためのGMPグレードのhiPSCsを導出するための要因の無特徴付けられたhiPSC系誘導体を、拡張し、含まれることを提供しています。このプロトコルは、任意のタイプのレンチウイルス再プログラミングされた細胞に広く適用可能であり、GMPグレードの条件に再プログラミングされた細胞を変換するための再現性のある方法を提供します。

Introduction

Adult human cells have been shown to be capable of undergoing epigenetic remodeling and reprogramming, as a result of lentiviral-based expression of four key transcription factors4,5. An important advancement in the reprogramming field was the use of a single excisable lentiviral stem cell cassette (STEMCCA), which housed all four reprogramming transcription factors that allowed a precise stoichiometric ratio of protein expression6. Additionally, when transduced in specific multiplicity of infection ranges, STEMCCA can lead to predominantly single genomic integration events during the reprogramming process7. The introduction of an excisable version of STEMCCA, which utilizes Cre/loxP technology followed by excision of the reprogramming vector after derivation of the stem cell line, enabled factor-free human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines to be derived8. Additionally, in order to enhance therapeutic applications of hiPSCs, a novel, quick, and readily applicable methodology for good manufacturing practice (GMP)-grade cell line conversion, from xeno-containing to xeno-free conditions, needed to be implemented. Here, we discuss a relevant methodology that more precisely assesses integrated gene expression differences, specifically when integrated into an intron, and clinical-grade cell conversion into putative GMP conditions.

Previous research has used only relatively insensitive microarray transcriptional analysis to analyze gene expression differences in integrated genes after STEMCCA transduction3,9. Here, we introduce the methodology of sensitive quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis, to further examine integrated gene expression differences. Importantly, current safe-harbor criteria discard hiPSCs that have genes with viral integrations, thus limiting the applicability of these cells for downstream human cellular therapeutics9. We propose that the status quo may change with the use of fully characterized and transgene-free intronically reprogrammed hiPSCs. Additionally, we introduce a robust GMP-grade cell conversion protocol that can be readily applied to a variety of different cell types, which were originally derived under xeno-containing conditions10. This provides significant opportunities for the development of future cell reprogramming experiments, which require clinical-grade conditions to maintain human therapeutic relevance.

These methodologies provide a foundation upon which current safe-harbor criteria may be expanded to include characterized STEMCCA reprogrammed hiPSC lines that maintain a normal gene expression profile after STEMCCA excision from the integrated intron. Also, full conversion into clinical-grade conditions, free from non-human animal antigens, will help to incorporate many more cell types, which have previously been reprogrammed and characterized only in xeno-containing conditions. These methodologies combined, are persuasive grounds for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider expanding their limited approval from human embryonic stem cell (ESC)-based therapeutics to hiPSC-based therapeutics11.

We recently detailed the derivation of a factor-free hiPSC line that was fully characterized and converted into putative clinical-grade conditions10. Here, we detail the protocol for hiPSC derivation by utilizing the STEMCCA lentivirus. These stem cells then undergo an excision process followed by gene expression characterization. Finally, the hiPSCs are converted over into GMP-grade conditions by a slow conversion methodology.

Protocol

注:この方法は、内素晴らしいら 10の報告された研究に使用した。 STEMCCA 1.リプログラミング成人ヒト皮膚線維芽細胞解凍成人の皮膚、ヒト線維芽細胞(HUFs)、2分間37℃の水浴中で継代4以下、水とバイアルの上部水没しないように注意しながら。 15mlのコニカルバイアルにヒト線維芽細胞を1mlのスラリーを置き、ゆっくりとジメチル?…

Representative Results

我々はSTEMCCAレンチウイルスベースの再プログラミングアプローチを用いて、臨床グレードの因子フリーhiPSCsを導出するためのプロトコルを提示する。 図1Aは、MEFの層上STEMCCAアプローチを再プログラミングした後に、三つの異なる予め切除hiPSC系統の代表的な写真を示す。 STEMCCAの再プログラミングアプローチの主な利点は、異なる研究グループと場所で、複数の科学者によって?…

Discussion

私たちは、要因のないhiPSCsを導出し、将来ヒトの治療における下流細胞分化のためのGMPグレードの条件にこれらの細胞を変換することにより、それらが臨床的に関連することの方法論について説明します。このプロトコルは、種々の細胞型に広く適用可能であるが、我々が原因の患者からの抽出の容易さとパーソナライズされたヒトの治療への適用のために、ヒト皮膚線維芽細胞を再プログ?…

Divulgazioni

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Patrick C. Lee, Cyril Ramathal, and Saravanan Karumbayaram (SK) for their assistance in performing the iPSC derivation and characterization experiments; Aaron Cooper for performing the iPSC analysis experiments; Vittorio Sebastiano and Renee A. Reijo Pera for directing the initial reprogramming efforts; SK, William E. Lowry, Jerome A. Zack, and Donald B. Kohn for directing the establishment of the UCLA GMP facilities permitting the conversion and characterization of clinical-grade iPSCs; Gustavo Mostoslavsky for providing us with the STEMCCA polycistronic reprogramming vector. This work is based on a research collaboration with Fibrocell Science and the Clinical Investigations for Dermal Mesenchymally Obtained Derivatives (CIDMOD) Initiative to generate safe personalized cellular therapeutics. This work was supported by funding from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, The Phelps Family Foundation, Fibrocell Science, Inc., and the UCLA CTSI Scholar’s Award to JAB.

Materials

Name Company Catalog Number Comments
Media and reagents
DMEM/F12 (basal media) Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA) 11330057
Fetal bovine serum Invitrogen 16000044
Minimum essential medium (MEM) non-essential amino acids (NEAA), 100x Invitrogen 11140050
Glutamax, 100x Invitrogen 35050-061
PenStrep, penicillin-streptomycin, 100x Invitrogen 15140-122 Thaw at 4 °C, aliquot and store at −20 °C
Knockout serum replacement Invitrogen 10828028 Thaw at 4 °C, aliquot and store at −20 °C
Trypsin/EDTA, 0.5% Invitrogen 15400-054 Dilute stock out to 0.05% in 1x PBS
Basic fibroblast growth factor GlobalStem (Rockville, MD, USA) GSR-2001 Reconstitute to 10 µg/ml stock in 0.1% bovine serum albumin dissolved in 1x PBS and store at −80 °C
β-mercaptoethanol Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA) ES-007-E
Matrigel (basement membrane matrix) BD Biosciences (San Jose, CA, USA) 356231 Dilute stock Matrigel vial with 10 ml of DMEM/F12 while on ice for a 1:2 dilution. Aliquot and store at −20 °C
CELLstart (Synthetic Substrate) Invitrogen A1014201
Stemmolecule Y27632 Stemgent (Cambridge, MA, USA) 04-0012-02
Puromycin Invitrogen A1113802
LightCycler 480 Probes Master Roche (Basel, Switzerland) 4707494001
ProFreeze-CDM Medium/freezing medium Lonza (Basel, Switzerland) 12-769E
Dimethyl sulfoxide Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA) D8418
PBS Invitrogen 14190-250
100 BP DNA Ladder Invitrogen 15628019
SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain 10000x Invitrogen S33102
Agarose Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (Hercules, CA, USA) 161-3101
Gelatin, from porcine skin Sigma-Aldrich G1890-100G Make stock at 0.2% in PBS, autoclave and store at room temperature
mTeSR1 StemCell Technologies (Vancouver, BC, Canada) 5850 Combine Supplement 5X with the basic medium, aliquot and store at 4 °C for up to 2 weeks. 
Stemedia NutriStem XF/FF Culture Medium Stemgent 05-100-1A Thaw at 4 °C O/N, aliquot and store at 4 °C for up to 2 weeks.
Primocin InvivoGen (San Diego, CA, USA) ant-pm-1
Accutase (Dissociation Reagent) Invitrogen A1110501
Donkey anti-Chicken IgG AlexaFluor 488 Jackson ImmunoResearch (West Grove, PA, USA) 703-546-155
Polybrene/transfection agent Millipore TR-1003-G
Plasticware
12-well plates VWR (West Chester, PA, USA) 29442-038
6-well plates VWR 29442-042
10-cm plates Sigma-Aldrich Z688819
18-gauge needle Fisher Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) 148265D
21-gauge needle Fisher Scientific 14-829-10D
Equipment
BD LSRII Flow Cytometer KSystem by Nikon (Tokyo, Japan)
BD FACSDiva Version 6.1.3 Software BD Biosciences
Kits
PureLink Genomic DNA Mini Kit Invitrogen K182000
KAPA HiFi Hotstart ReadyMix PCR Kit KAPA Biosystems (Wilmington, MA, USA) KK2601
High Pure RNA Isolation Kit Roche 11828665001
Transcriptor First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit Roche 4379012001
Sialix anti-Neu5Gc Basic Pack Kit Sialix (Newton, MA, USA) Basic Pack
Media
Combined media 1 StemCell Technologies and Stemgent Consists of equal parts mTeSR1 and Nutristem
Combined media 2 StemCell Technologies and Stemgent Consists of equal parts TeSR2 and Nutristem
HUF Media Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium/F12 [DMEM/F12] supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 1x non-essential amino acids, 1x Glutamax, and 1x Primocin
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Media DMEM/F12 supplemented with 20% knockout serum replacement, 1x Glutamax, 1x non-essential amino acids, 1x Primocin, 1x β-mercaptoethanol, and 10 ng/ml basic fibroblast growth factor
DMEM/F12, Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium/F12; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline.

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Awe, J. P., Vega-Crespo, A., Byrne, J. A. Derivation and Characterization of a Transgene-free Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Line and Conversion into Defined Clinical-grade Conditions. J. Vis. Exp. (93), e52158, doi:10.3791/52158 (2014).

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