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Origin-Dependent Neural Cell Identities in Differentiated Human iPSCs In Vitro and after Transplantation into the Mouse Brain
Author(s) -
Gunnar Hargus,
Marc Ehrlich,
Marcos J. AraúzoBravo,
Kathrin Hemmer,
Anna-Lena Hallmann,
Peter Reinhardt,
Kee-Pyo Kim,
Kenjiro Adachi,
Simeon Santourlidis,
Foued Ghanjati,
Mareike Fauser,
Christiana Ossig,
Alexander Storch,
Jeong Beom Kim,
Jens C. Schwamborn,
Jared Sterneckert,
Hans R. Schöler,
Tanja Kuhlmann,
Holm Zaehres
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.08.014
Subject(s) - neuroectoderm , induced pluripotent stem cell , biology , neural stem cell , transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , mesoderm , progenitor cell , neural development , stem cell , embryonic stem cell , genetics , gene , medicine
The differentiation capability of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) toward certain cell types for disease modeling and drug screening assays might be influenced by their somatic cell of origin. Here, we have compared the neural induction of human iPSCs generated from fetal neural stem cells (fNSCs), dermal fibroblasts, or cord blood CD34(+) hematopoietic progenitor cells. Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) and neurons could be generated at similar efficiencies from all iPSCs. Transcriptomics analysis of the whole genome and of neural genes revealed a separation of neuroectoderm-derived iPSC-NPCs from mesoderm-derived iPSC-NPCs. Furthermore, we found genes that were similarly expressed in fNSCs and neuroectoderm, but not in mesoderm-derived iPSC-NPCs. Notably, these neural signatures were retained after transplantation into the cortex of mice and paralleled with increased survival of neuroectoderm-derived cells in vivo. These results indicate distinct origin-dependent neural cell identities in differentiated human iPSCs both in vitro and in vivo.

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