論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年1月14日

Efficient generation of thymic epithelium from induced pluripotent stem cells that prolongs allograft survival.

Scientific reports
  • Ryo Otsuka
  • ,
  • Haruka Wada
  • ,
  • Hyuma Tsuji
  • ,
  • Airi Sasaki
  • ,
  • Tomoki Murata
  • ,
  • Mizuho Itoh
  • ,
  • Muhammad Baghdadi
  • ,
  • Ken-Ichiro Seino

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開始ページ
224
終了ページ
224
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-57088-1

The thymus plays a significant role in establishing immunological self-tolerance. Previous studies have revealed that host immune reaction to allogeneic transplants could be regulated by thymus transplantation. However, physiological thymus involution hinders the clinical application of these insights. Here, we report an efficient generation of thymic epithelial-like tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and its potential to regulate immune reaction in allogeneic transplantation. We established an iPSC line which constitutively expresses mouse Foxn1 gene and examined the effect of its expression during in vitro differentiation of thymic epithelial cells (TECs). We found that Foxn1 expression enhances the differentiation induction of cells expressing TEC-related cell surface molecules along with upregulation of endogenous Foxn1. iPSC-derived TECs (iPSC-TECs) generated T cells in nude recipient mice after renal subcapsular transplantation. Moreover, iPSC-TEC transplantation to immuno-competent recipients significantly prolonged the survival of allogeneic skin. Our study provides a novel concept for allogeneic transplantation in the setting of regenerative medicine.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57088-1
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31937817
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959230
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-57088-1
  • PubMed ID : 31937817
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6959230

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