These data show that
pluripotency markers in the expanded clones are maintained at levels comparable to those in the parental line, ChiPSC18.
To our knowledge, this study is the first to identify
a pluripotency marker in a heterogeneous population of human dermal fibroblasts, to isolate a subpopulation of cells that have a significantly increased propensity to reprogram to pluripotency and to identify a possible mechanism to explain this differential reprogramming.
Not exact matches
Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that the transcription factor Nanog, which plays a critical role
in the self - renewal of embryonic stem cells, is expressed
in a manner similar to other
pluripotency markers.
To determine
pluripotency and AcGFP1 knockout efficiency
in gesicle - treated cells, cells were labeled with a fluorescently labeled antibody specific to the
pluripotency marker SSEA - 4.
Pluripotency was maintained in all edited clonal lines, as evidenced by the persistent expression of the three pluripote
Pluripotency was maintained
in all edited clonal lines, as evidenced by the persistent expression of the three
pluripotencypluripotency markers.
RT - PCR analysis of RNA samples from EBs on days 3, 6 and 9 revealed a gradual decrease
in expression of endogenous
pluripotency markers such as Nanog, Rex1, Oct4 and Sox2 as compared to their expression
in undifferentiated iPS cells (Figure 4B, upper panel).
Quantitative PCR analysis was performed to compare transcript levels of Venus with PrEn (Hex, Gata4, Gata6, Dab2, Sox7, Hnf4α, and Pdgfrα),
pluripotency (Nanog, Klf4, Rex1, Stella, and Pou5f1) and other lineage (T, Fgf5, Eomes, Flk1, Mixl1, Cdx2, Sox1, Pax6, and Six3)
markers in purified cell fractions.
Panel illustrates
marker genes implicated
in pluripotency of NSCs, with color bar reporting log2 normalized expression values (green / red indicates high / low relative expression).
Panel below illustrates
marker genes implicated
in pluripotency of NSCs, with color bar reporting log2 normalized expression values (green / red indicates high / low relative expression).
As seen
in cells dissected from colonies, significant numbers of cells coexpressed lineage specific
markers along with
pluripotency genes.
In the present study, we again observed a continuous gradient in the expression of pluripotency genes across the cell populations that paralleled the gradient in cell surface marker expressio
In the present study, we again observed a continuous gradient
in the expression of pluripotency genes across the cell populations that paralleled the gradient in cell surface marker expressio
in the expression of
pluripotency genes across the cell populations that paralleled the gradient
in cell surface marker expressio
in cell surface
marker expression.
Towards the center of the colony, ∼ 40 % of the cells had lost expression of all
pluripotency markers, and we found a number of cells that were null - expressing no
markers of
pluripotency or lineage commitment, only the housekeeping gene cyclophilin a. However, many cells
in this region still expressed Oct - 4.
Finally, within the fractionated cell populations, there was evidence for coexpression of lineage specific
markers alongside of
pluripotency genes, similar to lineage priming described first
in hematopoietic stem cells [15].
They showed
pluripotency in many ways, including their expression of
pluripotency markers, such as OCT3 / 4, NANOG, SOX2, SSEA1, SSEA4, and AP
in immunofluorescence assay, Oct4, Nanog, Sox2, Klf4 and cMyc
in RT - PCR.
Oct - 4 is most consistently expressed of the
pluripotency genes that we have studied, and it is switched off only
in populations that have lost other measurable features of
pluripotency, such as stem cell surface
marker expression and the capacity for self - renewal.