| 초록 |
Objectives : Embryonic stem (ES) cells have the capacity to differentiate into all cells of the developing embryo and may provide a renewable resource for future cell replacement therapies. This study was to evaluate a protocol to differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells toward kidney precursor cells via embryoid bodies (EB).
Methods : Mouse embryonic stem cell, R1 cells were maintain on feeder layers of mitomycine C-treated mouse embryonic fibroblasts in cultivation medium consisting of DMEM supplemented with 15% ES Cell Qualified FBS, GlutaMAX Supplement, β-mercaptoethanol, non-essential amino acids and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). To induce renal lineage, aliquots of 20 μl media without LIF containing 1000 cells were cultivated in ‘‘hanging drops’’ for 2 days. The EBs were plated onto gelatin coated 6 cm tissue culture plates. Differentiation was performed in DMEM medium, 2% ES-FBS, GlutaMAX Supplement, β- mercaptoethanol, non-essential amino acids with 100 nmol/L retinoic acid and 10 ng/mL activin A. The plated EBs were cultivated for up to 21 d after plating. Gene expression of kidney progenitor cells (CITED1, Six2 and WT1), intermediate mesoderm (Pax2, Lhx1), and pre-tubular aggregate (Pax8) markers were performed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR.
Results : Our data demonstrate that marker molecules characteristic for kidney progenitor (CITED1, Six2 and WT1) were found to be dramatically increased expression during EB cultivation. CITED1 gene expression reach a peack at day 16 with more than 88-fold changes (88.1 ± 33.2). The peak gene expression of Six2 is earlier at day 9 (475.2 ± 219 fold changes). Meanwhile WT gene expression dramaticly increase at day 2 (34.8 ± 11.3 fold changes) and then decrease during differentiation period. Intermediate mesoderm (Pax2, Lhx1) also future increases after culture EB on retinoic acid and activin A media. At day 16, Lhx1 mRNA expression reach more than 4500-fold changes (4,591.1 ± 1820.1), Pax2 reach 44.2 ± 28.8 fold changes. However, Pax8, marker molecules involved in Pre-tubular aggregate were not significantly change.
Conclusions : Differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells via embryoid bodies (EB) toward kidney precursor cell is established as a suitable protocol to study cellular processes of renal development in vitro. |