期刊
STEM CELLS
卷 27, 期 2, 页码 390-398出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-1047
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Mash1; Regional specification; Gene expression; Neural differentiation; Neural stem cell; Neuron; Progenitor cells; Human
Human neural progenitor cells (hNPC) derived from the developing brain can be expanded in culture and subsequently differentiated into neurons and glia. They provide an interesting source of tissue for both modeling brain development and developing future cellular replacement therapies. It is becoming clear that hNPC are regionally and temporally specified depending on which brain region they were isolated from and its developmental stage. We show here that hNPC derived from the developing cortex (hNPC(CTX)) and ventral midbrain (hNPC(VM)) have similar morphological characteristics and express the progenitor cell marker nestin. However, hNPC(CTX) cultures were highly proliferative and produced large numbers of neurons, whereas hNPC(VM) divided slowly and produced fewer neurons but more astrocytes. Microarray analysis revealed a similar expression pattern for some stemness markers between the two growing cultures, overlaid with a regionally specific profile that identified some important differentially expressed neurogenic transcription factors. By overexpressing one of these, the transcription factor ASCL1, we were able to regain neurogenesis from hNPC(VM) cultures, which produced larger neurons with more neurites than hNPC(CTX) but no fully mature dopamine neurons. Thus, hNPC are regionally specified and can be induced to undergo neurogenesis following genetic manipulation. Although this restores neuronal production with a region-specific phenotype, it does not restore full neurochemical maturation, which may require additional factors. STEM CELLS 2009; 27: 390-398
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