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- Douaisi M et al. (FEB 2017) Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
CD31, a Valuable Marker to Identify Early and Late Stages of T Cell Differentiation in the Human Thymus.
Although CD31 expression on human thymocytes has been reported, a detailed analysis of CD31 expression at various stages of T cell development in the human thymus is missing. In this study, we provide a global picture of the evolution of CD31 expression from the CD34(+) hematopoietic precursor to the CD45RA(+) mature CD4(+) and CD8(+) single-positive (SP) T cells. Using nine-color flow cytometry, we show that CD31 is highly expressed on CD34(+) progenitors and stays high until the early double-positive stage (CD3(-)CD4(+)CD8α(+)β(-)). After β-selection, CD31 expression levels become low to undetectable. CD31 expression then increases and peaks on CD3(high)CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive thymocytes. However, following positive selection, CD31 expression differs dramatically between CD4(+) and CD8(+) lineages: homogeneously high on CD8 SP but lower or negative on CD4 SP cells, including a subset of CD45RA(+)CD31(-) mature CD4(+) thymocytes. CD31 expression on TCRγδ thymocytes is very similar to that of CD4 SP cells. Remarkably, there is a substantial subset of semimature (CD45RA(-)) CD4 SP thymocytes that lack CD31 expression. Moreover, FOXP3(+) and ICOS(+) cells are overrepresented in this CD31(-) subpopulation. Despite this CD31(-)CD45RA(-) subpopulation, most egress-capable mature CD45RA(+) CD4 SP thymocytes express CD31. The variations in CD31 expression appear to coincide with three major selection processes occurring during thymopoiesis: β-selection, positive selection, and negative selection. Considering the ability of CD31 to modulate the TCR's activation threshold via the recruitment of tyrosine phosphatases, our results suggest a significant role for CD31 during T cell development. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 20155 RoboSep™ Tube Kit 21000 RoboSep™-S Catalog #: 20155 Product Name: RoboSep™ Tube Kit Catalog #: 21000 Product Name: RoboSep™-S Yokota A et al. (APR 2009) International immunology 21 4 361--77GM-CSF and IL-4 synergistically trigger dendritic cells to acquire retinoic acid-producing capacity.
Retinoic acid (RA) produced by intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) imprints gut-homing specificity on lymphocytes and enhances Foxp3(+) regulatory T-cell differentiation. The expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 1A in these DCs is essential for the RA production. However, it remains unclear how the steady-state ALDH1A expression is induced under specific pathogen-free (SPF) conditions. Here, we found that bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BM-DCs) generated with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) expressed Aldh1a2, an isoform of Aldh1a, but that fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand-generated BM-DCs did not. DCs from mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and Peyer's patches (PP) of normal SPF mice expressed ALDH1A2, but not the other known RA-producing enzymes. Employing a flow cytometric method, we detected ALDH activities in 10-30% of PP-DCs and MLN-DCs. They were CD11c(high)CD4(-/low)CD8alpha(intermediate)CD11b(-/low) F4/80(low/intermediate)CD45RB(low)CD86(high)MHC class II(high)B220(-)CD103(+). Equivalent levels of aldehyde dehydrogenase activity (ALDHact) and ALDH1A2 expression were induced synergistically by GM-CSF and IL-4 in splenic DCs in vitro. In BM-DCs, however, additional signals via Toll-like receptors or RA receptors were required for inducing the equivalent levels. The generated ALDH1A2(+) DCs triggered T cells to express gut-homing receptors or Foxp3. GM-CSF receptor-deficient or vitamin A-deficient mice exhibited marked reductions in the ALDHact in intestinal DCs and the T cell number in the intestinal lamina propria, whereas IL-4 receptor-mediated signals were dispensable. GM-CSF(+)CD11c(-)F4/80(+) cells existed constitutively in the intestinal tissues. The results suggest that GM-CSF and RA itself are pivotal among multiple microenvironment factors that enable intestinal DCs to produce RA. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 01701 ALDEFLUOR™ Assay Buffer 01700 ALDEFLUOR™ Kit 01705 ALDEFLUOR™ DEAB Reagent Catalog #: 01701 Product Name: ALDEFLUOR™ Assay Buffer Catalog #: 01700 Product Name: ALDEFLUOR™ Kit Catalog #: 01705 Product Name: ALDEFLUOR™ DEAB Reagent Danet G et al. (JUL 2003) The Journal of clinical investigation 112 1 126--35Expansion of human SCID-repopulating cells under hypoxic conditions.
It has been proposed that bone marrow (BM) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are distributed along an oxygen (O2) gradient, where stem cells reside in the most hypoxic areas and proliferating progenitors are found in O2-rich areas. However, the effects of hypoxia on human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have not been characterized. Our objective was to evaluate the functional and molecular responses of human BM progenitors and stem cells to hypoxic conditions. BM lineage-negative (Lin-) CD34+CD38- cells were cultured in serum-free medium under 1.5% O2 (hypoxia) or 20% O2 (normoxia) for 4 days. Using limiting dilution analysis, we demonstrate that the absolute number of SCID-repopulating cells (SRCs) increased by 5.8-fold in hypoxic cultures compared with normoxia, and by 4.2-fold compared with freshly isolated Lin-CD34+CD38- cells. The observed increase in BM-repopulating activity was associated with a preferential expansion of Lin-CD34+CD38- cells. We also demonstrate that, in response to hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha protein was stabilized, surface expression of angiogenic receptors was upregulated, and VEGF secretion increased in BM Lin-CD34+ cultures. The use of low O2 levels to enhance the survival and/or self-renewal of human BM HSCs in vitro represents an important advance and could have valuable clinical implications. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 05100 MyeloCult™ H5100 09600 StemSpan™ SFEM 09500 BIT 9500 Serum Substitute Catalog #: 05100 Product Name: MyeloCult™ H5100 Catalog #: 09600 Product Name: StemSpan™ SFEM Catalog #: 09500 Product Name: BIT 9500 Serum Substitute Moolenaar WH (JUN 1994) Trends in cell biology 4 6 213--9LPA: a novel lipid mediator with diverse biological actions.
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), the smallest and structurally simplest phospholipid, is a platelet-derived serum factor that evokes a wide range of biological effects, including stimulation of fibroblast proliferation, platelet aggregation, cellular motility, tumour cell invasiveness and neurite retraction. This review summarizes recent insights into the mode of action of LPA. LPA appears to activate its own G-protein-coupled receptor(s) to initiate both classic and novel signal cascades. Of particular interest is LPA's ability to activate the Ras pathway and to stimulate protein tyrosine phosphorylation in concert with remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 72692 1-Oleoyl Lysophosphatidic Acid Catalog #: 72692 Product Name: 1-Oleoyl Lysophosphatidic Acid Li P et al. (DEC 2008) Cell 135 7 1299--310Germline competent embryonic stem cells derived from rat blastocysts.
Rats have important advantages over mice as an experimental system for physiological and pharmacological investigations. The lack of rat embryonic stem (ES) cells has restricted the availability of transgenic technologies to create genetic models in this species. Here, we show that rat ES cells can be efficiently derived, propagated, and genetically manipulated in the presence of small molecules that specifically inhibit GSK3, MEK, and FGF receptor tyrosine kinases. These rat ES cells express pluripotency markers and retain the capacity to differentiate into derivatives of all three germ layers. Most importantly, they can produce high rates of chimerism when reintroduced into early stage embryos and can transmit through the germline. Establishment of authentic rat ES cells will make possible sophisticated genetic manipulation to create models for the study of human diseases. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 72052 CHIR99021 72182 PD0325901 Catalog #: 72052 Product Name: CHIR99021 Catalog #: 72182 Product Name: PD0325901 Ichida JK et al. (NOV 2009) Cell stem cell 5 5 491--503A small-molecule inhibitor of tgf-Beta signaling replaces sox2 in reprogramming by inducing nanog.
The combined activity of three transcription factors can reprogram adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). However, the transgenic methods used for delivering reprogramming factors have raised concerns regarding the future utility of the resulting stem cells. These uncertainties could be overcome if each transgenic factor were replaced with a small molecule that either directly activated its expression from the somatic genome or in some way compensated for its activity. To this end, we have used high-content chemical screening to identify small molecules that can replace Sox2 in reprogramming. We show that one of these molecules functions in reprogramming by inhibiting Tgf-beta signaling in a stable and trapped intermediate cell type that forms during the process. We find that this inhibition promotes the completion of reprogramming through induction of the transcription factor Nanog. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 72392 RepSox (Hydrochloride) 73792 RepSox 72232 SB431542 (Hydrate) 72592 LY364947 Catalog #: 72392 Product Name: RepSox (Hydrochloride) Catalog #: 73792 Product Name: RepSox Catalog #: 72232 Product Name: SB431542 (Hydrate) Catalog #: 72592 Product Name: LY364947 Nie Y et al. (JAN 2014) PLoS ONE 9 1 e88012Scalable passaging of adherent human pluripotent stem cells
Current laboratory methods used to passage adherent human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are labor intensive, result in reduced cell viability and are incompatible with larger scale production necessary for many clinical applications. To meet the current demand for hPSCs, we have developed a new non-enzymatic passaging method using sodium citrate. Sodium citrate, formulated as a hypertonic solution, gently and efficiently detaches adherent cultures of hPSCs as small multicellular aggregates with minimal manual intervention. These multicellular aggregates are easily and reproducibly recovered in calcium-containing medium, retain a high post-detachment cell viability of 97%±1% and readily attach to fresh substrates. Together, this significantly reduces the time required to expand hPSCs as high quality adherent cultures. Cells subcultured for 25 passages using this novel sodium citrate passaging solution exhibit characteristic hPSC morphology, high levels (textgreater80%) of pluripotency markers OCT4, SSEA-4, TRA-1-60 andTRA-1-81, a normal G-banded karyotype and the ability to differentiate into cells representing all three germ layers, both in vivo and in vitro. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 85850 mTeSR™1 Catalog #: 85850 Product Name: mTeSR™1 Gallia GL et al. (FEB 2009) Molecular cancer therapeutics 8 2 386--93Inhibition of Akt inhibits growth of glioblastoma and glioblastoma stem-like cells.
A commonly activated signaling cascade in many human malignancies, including glioblastoma multiforme, is the Akt pathway. This pathway can be activated via numerous upstream alterations including genomic amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor, PTEN deletion, or PIK3CA mutations. In this study, we screened phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt small-molecule inhibitors in an isogenic cell culture system with an activated Akt pathway secondary to a PIK3CA mutation. One small molecule, A-443654, showed the greatest selective inhibition of cells with the mutant phenotype. Based on these findings, this inhibitor was screened in vitro against a panel of glioblastoma multiforme cell lines. All cell lines tested were sensitive to A-443654 with a mean IC(50) of approximately 150 nmol/L. An analogue of A-443654, methylated at a region that blocks Akt binding, was on average 36-fold less active. Caspase assays and dual flow cytometric analysis showed an apoptotic mechanism of cell death. A-443654 was further tested in a rat intracranial model of glioblastoma multiforme. Animals treated intracranially with polymers containing A-443654 had significantly extended survival compared with control animals; animals survived 79% and 43% longer than controls when A-443654-containing polymers were implanted simultaneously or in a delayed fashion, respectively. This small molecule also inhibited glioblastoma multiforme stem-like cells with similar efficacy compared with traditionally cultured glioblastoma multiforme cell lines. These results suggest that local delivery of an Akt small-molecule inhibitor is effective against experimental intracranial glioma, with no observed resistance to glioblastoma multiforme cells grown in stem cell conditions. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 05751 NeuroCult™ NS-A Proliferation Kit (Human) Catalog #: 05751 Product Name: NeuroCult™ NS-A Proliferation Kit (Human) Buchrieser J et al. (FEB 2017) Stem cell reports 8 2 334--345Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Macrophages Share Ontogeny with MYB-Independent Tissue-Resident Macrophages.
Tissue-resident macrophages, such as microglia, Kupffer cells, and Langerhans cells, derive from Myb-independent yolk sac (YS) progenitors generated before the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Myb-independent YS-derived resident macrophages self-renew locally, independently of circulating monocytes and HSCs. In contrast, adult blood monocytes, as well as infiltrating, gut, and dermal macrophages, derive from Myb-dependent HSCs. These findings are derived from the mouse, using gene knockouts and lineage tracing, but their applicability to human development has not been formally demonstrated. Here, we use human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a tool to model human hematopoietic development. By using a CRISPR-Cas9 knockout strategy, we show that human iPSC-derived monocytes/macrophages develop in an MYB-independent, RUNX1-, and SPI1 (PU.1)-dependent fashion. This result makes human iPSC-derived macrophages developmentally related to and a good model for MYB-independent tissue-resident macrophages, such as alveolar and kidney macrophages, microglia, Kupffer cells, and Langerhans cells. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 85850 mTeSR™1 Catalog #: 85850 Product Name: mTeSR™1 Naujok O et al. ( 2015) 1341 67--85Gene transfer into pluripotent stem cells via lentiviral transduction
Recombinant lentiviral vectors are powerful tools to stably manipulate human pluripotent stem cells. They can be used to deliver ectopic genes, shRNAs, miRNAs, or any possible genetic DNA sequence into diving and nondividing cells. Here we describe a general protocol for the production of self-inactivating lentiviral vector particles and their purification to high titers by either ultracentrifugation or ultrafiltration. Next we provide a basic procedure to transduce human pluripotent stem cells and propagate clonal cell lines. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 85850 mTeSR™1 07923 Dispase (1 U/mL) Catalog #: 85850 Product Name: mTeSR™1 Catalog #: 07923 Product Name: Dispase (1 U/mL) Zhu X et al. (JUL 2010) Molecular cancer therapeutics 9 7 2131--41Identification of internalizing human single-chain antibodies targeting brain tumor sphere cells.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor for which there is no curative treatment to date. Resistance to conventional therapies and tumor recurrence pose major challenges to treatment and management of this disease, and therefore new therapeutic strategies need to be developed. Previous studies by other investigators have shown that a subpopulation of GBM cells can grow as neurosphere-like cells when cultured in restrictive medium and exhibits enhanced tumor-initiating ability and resistance to therapy. We report here the identification of internalizing human single-chain antibodies (scFv) targeting GBM tumor sphere cells. We selected a large naive phage antibody display library on the glycosylation-dependent CD133 epitope-positive subpopulation of GBM cells grown as tumor spheres and identified internalizing scFvs that target tumor sphere cells broadly, as well as scFvs that target the CD133-positive subpopulation. These scFvs were found to be efficiently internalized by GBM tumor sphere cells. One scFv GC4 inhibited self-renewal of GBM tumor sphere cells in vitro. We have further developed a full-length human IgG1 based on this scFv, and found that it potently inhibits proliferation of GBM tumor sphere cells and GBM cells grown in regular nonselective medium. Taken together, these results show that internalizing human scFvs targeting brain tumor sphere cells can be readily identified from a phage antibody display library, which could be useful for further development of novel therapies that target subpopulations of GBM cells to combat recurrence and resistance to treatment. View PublicationCatalog #: Product Name: 05751 NeuroCult™ NS-A Proliferation Kit (Human) Catalog #: 05751 Product Name: NeuroCult™ NS-A Proliferation Kit (Human) Y. Liu et al. (SEP 2018) Cell stem cellCRISPR Activation Screens Systematically Identify Factors that Drive Neuronal Fate and Reprogramming.
Comprehensive identification of factors that can specify neuronal fate could provide valuable insights into lineage specification and reprogramming, but systematic interrogation of transcription factors, and their interactions with each other, has proven technically challenging. We developed a CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) approach to systematically identify regulators of neuronal-fate specification. We activated expression of all endogenous transcription factors and other regulators via a pooled CRISPRa screen in embryonic stem cells, revealing genes including epigenetic regulators such as Ezh2 that can induce neuronal fate. Systematic CRISPR-based activation of factor pairs allowed us to generate a genetic interaction map for neuronal differentiation, with confirmation of top individual and combinatorial hits as bona fide inducers of neuronal fate. Several factor pairs could directly reprogram fibroblasts into neurons, which shared similar transcriptional programs with endogenous neurons. This study provides an unbiased discovery approach for systematic identification of genes that drive cell-fate acquisition. View PublicationItems 1 to 12 of 6063 total
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