中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 908-914.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.378203

• 原著:退行性病与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

三因子诱导方案高效诱导人源诱导多能干细胞分化为中脑多巴胺能神经元

  

  • 出版日期:2024-04-15 发布日期:2023-09-15

Multiple factors to assist human-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to efficiently differentiate into midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Yalan Chen1, #, Junxin Kuang2, #, Yimei Niu1, Hongyao Zhu1, Xiaoxia Chen1, Kwok-Fai So1, Anding Xu2, *, Lingling Shi1, 3, 4, *   

  1. 1Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 2Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 3Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 4Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Online:2024-04-15 Published:2023-09-15
  • Contact: Anding Xu, PhD, tlil@jnu.edu.cn; Lingling Shi, MD, PhD, tlingshi@jnu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81771222 (to LS); Guangzhou Key Research Program on Brain Science, Nos. 202007030011, 202206060001 (to LS); the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China, No. B14036 (to KFS).

摘要:

中脑多巴胺能神经元的大量损失或退化引起的脑区功能异常在神经退行性疾病如帕金森病的发病机制中很重要。但是目前已有的神经元诱导方案所获得的中脑多巴胺能神经元比例较低,需要建立一种能够在体外高效诱导出中脑多巴胺能神经元的方案。实验利用SB431542和Dorsomorphin双抑制剂的神经诱导方案使人源诱导多能干细胞分化为多种亚型的神经元,包括20%的多巴胺能神经元。为了获得更多的多巴胺能神经元,实验在诱导的第8天加入了音猬因子和成纤维细胞生长因子8,这使得多巴胺能神经元的比例增加到75%,同时仅15%多巴胺能神经元表现出中脑标志物FOXA2阳性。实验通过应用小分子抑制剂CHIR99021(CHIR)进一步优化了诱导方案,这有助于促进中脑多巴胺能神经元的产生,得到了31-74%的中脑多巴胺能神经元。因此,实验构建出的三因子CHIR+音猬因子+成纤维细胞生长因子8诱导方案能够高效诱导分化出中脑多巴胺能神经元,为临床帕金森病细胞移植治疗开拓了新资源。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3154-0985 (Anding Xu); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4225-209X (Lingling Shi)

Abstract: Midbrain dopaminergic neurons play an important role in the etiology of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. They also represent a potential source of transplanted cells for therapeutic applications. In vitro differentiation of functional midbrain dopaminergic neurons provides an accessible platform to study midbrain neuronal dysfunction and can be used to examine obstacles to dopaminergic neuronal development. Emerging evidence and impressive advances in human induced pluripotent stem cells, with tuned neural induction and differentiation protocols, makes the production of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons feasible. Using SB431542 and dorsomorphin dual inhibitor in an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural induction protocol, we obtained multiple subtypes of neurons, including 20% tyrosine hydroxylase-positive dopaminergic neurons. To obtain more dopaminergic neurons, we next added sonic hedgehog (SHH) and fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8) on day 8 of induction. This increased the proportion of dopaminergic neurons, up to 75% tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons, with 15% tyrosine hydroxylase and forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) co-expressing neurons. We further optimized the induction protocol by applying the small molecule inhibitor, CHIR99021 (CHIR).This helped facilitate the generation of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, and we obtained 31–74% midbrain dopaminergic neurons based on tyrosine hydroxylase and FOXA2 staining. Thus, we have established three induction protocols for dopaminergic neurons. Based on tyrosine hydroxylase and FOXA2 immunostaining analysis, the CHIR, SHH, and FGF8 combined protocol produces a much higher proportion of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, which could be an ideal resource for tackling midbrain-related diseases.

Key words: dopaminergic neurons, FGF signal, induced pluripotent stem cells, midbrain, neural differentiation, SHH signal, SMAD signal, WNT signal