Direct reprogramming of terminally differentiated mature B lymphocytes to pluripotency
Direct reprogramming of terminally differentiated mature B lymphocytes to pluripotency
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.028
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发表时间:
2008-04-18
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64.5
通讯作者:
Jaenisch, Rudolf
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作者:
Hanna, Jacob;Markoulaki, Styliani;Jaenisch, Rudolf
Pluripotent cells can be derived from fibroblasts by ectopic expression of defined transcription factors. A fundamental unresolved question is whether terminally differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to pluripotency. We utilized transgenic and inducible expression of four transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc) to reprogram mouse B lymphocytes. These factors were sufficient to convert nonterminally differentiated B cells to a pluripotent state. However, reprogramming of mature B cells required additional interruption with the transcriptional state maintaining B cell identity by either ectopic expression of the myeloid transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding-protein-alpha (C/EBP alpha) or specific knockdown of the B cell transcription factor Pax5. Multiple iPS lines were clonally derived from both nonfully and fully differentiated B lymphocytes, which gave rise to adult chimeras with germline contribution, and to late-term embryos when injected into tetraploid blastocysts. Our study provides definite proof for the direct nuclear reprogramming of terminally differentiated adult cells to pluripotency.