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Andrew A Sproul, Lauren B Vensand, Carmen R Dusenberry, Samson Jacob, Jean Paul G Vonsattel, Daniel J Paull, Michael L Shelanski, John F Crary1, Scott A Noggle.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from patients with neurodegenerative disease generally lack neuropathological confirmation, the gold standard for disease classification and grading of severity. The use of tissue with a definitive neuropathological diagnosis would be an ideal source for iPSCs. The challenge to this approach is that the majority of biobanked brain tissue was not meant for growing live cells, and thus was not frozen in the presence of cryoprotectants such as DMSO.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24398250 PMCID: PMC3895779 DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neuropathol Commun ISSN: 2051-5960 Impact factor: 7.801
Figure 1Cryoprotected MSA patient outgrowths. Scale bars are 1 cm for (A-B) and 100 μm for (C-L, O-R). (A) Gross examination of a right coronal section through the fresh brain reveals discoloration and atrophy of the globus pallidus and putamen. (B) Examination of the midbrain reveals pallor of the substantia nigra. (C) Luxol-fast blue/hematoxylin and eosin stained sections demonstrate glial cytoplasmic inclusions (Papp-Lantos bodies) in the subcortical white matter. (D) These inclusions are highlighted by immunohistochemical staining to α-synuclein. (E,I) Outgrowths with fibroblast morphology from the scalp (ASC2S-MSA; E) and dura mater (ASC2D-MSA; I). (F-H, J-L) Immunostaining of scalp (ASC2S-MSA-CP) and dura (ASC2D-MSA-CP) iPSCs demonstrates expression of pluripotency markers as indicated. AP stands for alkaline-phosphatase. DNA is in blue. (M-N) Nanostring analysis for endogenous stem cell genes (M) and shutoff of Sendai transgenes (N). Hues16 and Hues42 were used as positive controls for endogenous stem cell genes, unrelated fibroblasts as a negative control, and infected unrelated fibroblasts as a positive control for Sendai transgene expression. (O-R) Undirected EBs were cryosectioned and immunostained for the 3 developmental germ layers: endoderm (AFP), mesoderm (SMA), and ectoderm (Tuj1).
Figure 2Generation of iPSCs from non-cryoprotected dura. Scale bars are 1 cm for (A) and 100 μm for (B-M). (A) Gross examination of a coronal right hemi-section from the brain of a sporadic AD patient (case ASC7) illustrates atrophy and ventricular dilatation. Immunohistochemical staining for amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and hyper-phosphorylated tau confirms pathological accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (insets). Scale bar is 1 cm. (B) Fibroblast-like outgrowths from the thawed archived dura from the same subject, 18 days post plating. (C-N) Characterization of a representative iPSC clone (clone 4) derived ASC7D-AD. (C-E) Immunofluorescence staining using antisera targeting (C) Nanog (green), Tra160 (red); (D) Sox2 (green), SSEA4 (red); (E) Oct4 (green) alkaline phosphatase (red) confirms pluripotency. Nuclei are counterstained with Hoechst 33342 (blue). (F-G) Undirected EBs were cryosectioned and immunostained for the three developmental germ layers: endoderm (Sox17), mesoderm (SMA), and ectoderm (Tuj1). (H-J) Teratomas were sectioned and hematoxylin and eosin stained, and show evidence of the presence of the three developmental germ layers as indicated. (K-L) Nanostring analysis for endogenous stem cell genes (K), and shutoff of Sendai transgenes (L). (M) Immunofluorescence staining using antisera targeting neuron-specific class III β-tubulin (Tuj1, green) and the neural progenitor marker paired box 6 (PAX6, red) demonstrates directed neuronal differentiation (21 days). Nuclei are counterstained with DAPI (blue). (N) This iPSC line displays a normal female karyotype.
Successful dural outgrowths and iPSC generation
| ASC2S/D | Y | F | 47 | MSA | 3+ clones | 14’24” |
| ASC7D | N | F | 79 | AD | 3+ clones | 7’40” |
| ASC8D | N | F | 54 | Control | Contaminated | 15’40” |
| ASC9D | N | F | 78 | AD | Insufficient # | 34’55” |
| ASC12D | N | M | 68 | Control | Failed | 20’46” |
| ASC14D | N | F | 78 | AD | N/A | 34’55” |
| ASC15D | N | F | 79 | AD | N/A | 7’40” |
| ASC19D | N | M | 60 | ALS | 2+ clones | 11’45” |
| ASC21D | N | M | 89 | Control | Failed | 7’17” |
| ASC22D | N | F | 54 | Control | Failed | 15’40” |
| ASC24D | N | M | 72 | DLBD | Failed | 23’55” |
| ASC27D | N | M | 63 | HD | 2+ clones | 14’55” |
| ASC30D | N | F | 76 | PD | 2+ clones | 13’34” |
. For sample, S refers to skin as tissue of origin, D refers to dura mater. CP stands for cyroprotection. Class stands for classification, which includes MSA (multiple systems atrophy), AD (Alzheimer’s disease), ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), DLBD (diffuse Lewy body disease), HD (Huntington’s disease), and PD (Parkinson’s disease). For iPSC generation, N/A (not applicable) indicates no reprogramming was attempted although the number of outgrowth cells was sufficient. PMI refers to post mortem interval, and refers to the amount of time after death before the sample was frozen in hours (’) and minutes (”).
Figure 3Characterization of additional dura-derived iPSCs. All scale bars are 100 μm and representative clones are shown. ASC19D-ALS (clone 1) is from a sporadic ALS case. ASC27D-HD (clone 2) is from a Huntington’s disease case. ASC30D-PD (clone 1) is from a sporadic Parkinson’s disease case. (A-C) Outgrowth with fibroblast morphology from dura mater. (D-L) Immunostaining for pluripotency markers as indicated. AP stands for alkaline-phosphatase. DNA is in blue. (M-R) Undirected EBs were cryosectioned and immunostained for the three developmental germ layers: endoderm (AFP), mesoderm (SMA), and ectoderm (Tuj1). (S-U) iPSC-derived neurons (Tuj1) and neural progenitors (Pax6) after 14 days of directed neuronal differentiation. DNA is in blue.