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Dj-1 can replace fgf-2 for long-term culture of human pluripotent stem cells in defined media and feeder-free condition
- Title
- Dj-1 can replace fgf-2 for long-term culture of human pluripotent stem cells in defined media and feeder-free condition
- Authors
- Kim J.; Baek S.; Hong Y.-J.; de Paula M.N.; Prima M.J.; Oh Y.-M.; Cha S.-S.; Do J.-T.; Jang Y.-J.; Choe H.
- Ewha Authors
- 차선신
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 차선신
- Issue Date
- 2021
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Citation
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences vol. 22, no. 11
- Keywords
- Defined media; DJ-1; Feeder-free; FGF-2; HPSC
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Conventional human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) cultures require high concentrations of expensive human fibroblast growth factor 2 (hFGF-2) for hPSC self-renewal and pluripotency in defined media for long-term culture. The thermal instability of the hFGF-2 mandates media change every day, which makes hPSC culture costly and cumbersome. Human DJ-1 (hDJ-1) can bind to and stimulate FGF receptor-1. In this study, for the first time, we have replaced hFGF-2 with hDJ-1 in the essential eight media and maintained the human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), H9, in the defined media at feeder-free condition. After more than ten passages, H9 in both groups still successfully maintained the typical hESC morphology and high protein levels of pluripotency markers, SSEA4, Tra1-60, Oct4, Nanog, and ALP. DNA microarray revealed that more than 97% of the 21,448 tested genes, including the pluripotency markers, Sox2, Nanog, Klf4, Lin28A, Lin28B, and Myc, have similar mRNA levels between the two groups. Karyotyping revealed no chromosome abnor-malities in both groups. They also differentiated sufficiently into three germ layers by forming in vitro EBs and in vivo teratomas. There were some variations in the RT-qPCR assay of several plu-ripotency markers. The proliferation rates and the mitochondria of both groups were also different. Taken together, we conclude that hDJ-1 can replace hFGF-2 in maintaining the self-renewal and the pluripotency of hESCs in feeder-free conditions. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms22115954
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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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