Capture of Authentic Embryonic Stem Cells from Rat Blastocysts | Zendy

Mia Buehr | Zendy; Stephen Meek | Zendy; Kathryn Blair | Zendy; Jian Yang | Zendy; Janice Ure | Zendy; José Silva | Zendy; Renee McLay | Zendy; John Hall | Zendy; Qi-Long Ying | Zendy; Austin Smith | Zendy

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Capture of Authentic Embryonic Stem Cells from Rat Blastocysts

Author(s) -

Mia Buehr,

Stephen Meek,

Kathryn Blair,

Jian Yang,

Janice Ure,

José Silva,

Renee McLay,

John Hall,

Qi-Long Ying,

Austin Smith

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304

H-Index - 776

eISSN - 1097-4172

pISSN - 0092-8674

DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2008.12.007

Subject(s) - biology , embryonic stem cell , induced pluripotent stem cell , stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , germline , kosr , cellular differentiation , chimera (genetics) , genetics , gene

Embryonic stem (ES) cells have been available from inbred mice since 1981 but have not been validated for other rodents. Failure to establish ES cells from a range of mammals challenges the identity of cultivated stem cells and our understanding of the pluripotent state. Here we investigated derivation of ES cells from the rat. We applied molecularly defined conditions designed to shield the ground state of authentic pluripotency from inductive differentiation stimuli. Undifferentiated cell lines developed that exhibited diagnostic features of ES cells including colonization of multiple tissues in viable chimeras. Definitive ES cell status was established by transmission of the cell line genome to offspring. Derivation of germline-competent ES cells from the rat paves the way to targeted genetic manipulation in this valuable biomedical model species. Rat ES cells will also provide a refined test-bed for functional evaluation of pluripotent stem cell-derived tissue repair and regeneration.

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