Notch signaling is required for maintaining stem-cell features of neuroprogenitor cells derived from human embryonic stem cells

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作者
Woo, Sun-Mi [1 ]
Kim, Janghwan [1 ]
Han, Hyo-Won [1 ]
Chae, Jung-Il [1 ,2 ]
Son, Mi-Young [1 ]
Cho, Sunwha [1 ]
Chung, Hyung-Min [2 ]
Han, Yong-Mahn [3 ]
Kang, Yong-Kook [1 ]
机构
[1] KRIBB, Dev & Differentiat Res Ctr, Taejon 305806, South Korea
[2] Pochon Cha Univ, CHA Stem Cell Inst, Stem Cell Res Lab, Seoul, South Korea
[3] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Biol Sci, Taejon 305701, South Korea
来源
BMC NEUROSCIENCE | 2009年 / 10卷
关键词
IN-VITRO DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL PRECURSORS; PATHWAY; EXPRESSION; GENES; PROGENITORS; ACTIVATION; SYSTEM; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1186/1471-2202-10-97
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Background: Studies have provided important findings about the roles of Notch signaling in neural development. Unfortunately, however, most of these studies have investigated the neural stem cells (NSCs) of mice or other laboratory animals rather than humans, mainly owing to the difficulties associated with obtaining human brain samples. It prompted us to focus on neuroectodermal spheres (NESs) which are derived from human embryonic stem cell (hESC) and densely inhabited by NSCs. We here investigated the role of Notch signaling with the hESC-derived NESs. Results: From hESCs, we derived NESs, the in-vitro version of brain-derived neurospheres. NES formation was confirmed by increased levels of various NSC marker genes and the emergence of rosette structures in which neuroprogenitors are known to reside. We found that Notch signaling, which maintains stem cell characteristics of in-vivo-derived neuroprogenitors, is active in these hESC-derived NESs, similar to their in-vivo counterpart. Expression levels of Notch signaling molecules such as NICD, DLLs, JAG1, HES1 and HES5 were increased in the NESs. Inhibition of the Notch signaling by a gamma-secretase inhibitor reduced rosette structures, expression levels of NSC marker genes and proliferation potential in the NESs, and, if combined with withdrawal of growth factors, triggered differentiation toward neurons. Conclusion: Our results indicate that the hESC-derived NESs, which share biochemical features with brain-derived neurospheres, maintain stem cell characteristics mainly through Notch signaling, which suggests that the hESC-derived NESs could be an in-vitro model for in-vivo neurogenesis.
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