Culture environment-induced pluripotency of SACK-expanded tissue stem cells.
Culture environment-induced pluripotency of SACK-expanded tissue stem cells.
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培养环境诱导 SACK 扩增的组织干细胞的多能性。
DOI:
10.1155/2011/312457
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
Sherley,JamesL
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Paré,Jean-François;Sherley,JamesL
Previous efforts to improve the efficiency of cellular reprogramming for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have focused mainly on transcription factors and small molecule combinations. Here, we report the results of our focus instead on the phenotype of the cells targeted for reprogramming. We find that adult mouse pancreatic tissue stem cells derived by the method of suppression of asymmetric cell kinetics (SACK) acquire increased potency simply by culture under conditions for the production and maintenance of pluripotent stem cells. Moreover, supplementation with the SACK agent xanthine, which promotes symmetric self‐renewal, significantly increases the efficiency and degree of acquisition of pluripotency properties. In transplantation analyses, clonal reprogrammed pancreatic stem cells produce slow‐growing tumors with tissue derivative of all three embryonic germ layers. This acquisition of pluripotency, without transduction with exogenous transcription factors, supports the concept that tissue stem cells are predisposed to cellular reprogramming, particularly when symmetrically self‐renewing.