| Literature DB >> 20569691 |
Christa Buecker1, Hsu-Hsin Chen, Jose Maria Polo, Laurence Daheron, Lei Bu, Tahsin Stefan Barakat, Patricia Okwieka, Andrew Porter, Joost Gribnau, Konrad Hochedlinger, Niels Geijsen.
Abstract
Murine pluripotent stem cells can exist in two functionally distinct states, LIF-dependent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and bFGF-dependent epiblast stem cells (EpiSCs). However, human pluripotent cells so far seemed to assume only an epiblast-like state. Here we demonstrate that human iPSC reprogramming in the presence of LIF yields human stem cells that display morphological, molecular, and functional properties of murine ESCs. We termed these hLR5 iPSCs because they require the expression of five ectopic reprogramming factors, Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, cMyc, and Nanog, to maintain this more naive state. The cells are "metastable" and upon ectopic factor withdrawal they revert to standard human iPSCs. Finally, we demonstrate that the hLR5 state facilitates gene targeting, and as such provides a powerful tool for the generation of recombinant human pluripotent stem cell lines. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20569691 PMCID： PMC3162213 DOI： 10.1016/j.stem.2010.05.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Stem Cell ISSN： 1875-9777 Impact factor: 24.633