2022年3月18日
Characterization and reduction of non-endocrine cells accompanying islet-like endocrine cells differentiated from human iPSC.
Scientific reports
- 巻
- 12
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 4740
- 終了ページ
- 4740
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-022-08753-5
The differentiation of pancreatic endocrine cells from human pluripotent stem cells has been thoroughly investigated for their application in cell therapy against diabetes. Although non-endocrine cells are inevitable contaminating by-products of the differentiation process, a comprehensive profile of such cells is lacking. Therefore, we characterized non-endocrine cells in iPSC-derived pancreatic islet cells (iPIC) using single-cell transcriptomic analysis. We found that non-endocrine cells consist of (1) heterogeneous proliferating cells, and (2) cells with not only pancreatic traits but also liver or intestinal traits marked by FGB or AGR2. Non-endocrine cells specifically expressed FGFR2, PLK1, and LDHB. We demonstrated that inhibition of pathways involving these genes selectively reduced the number of non-endocrine cells in the differentiation process. These findings provide useful insights into cell purification approaches and contribute to the improvement of the mass production of endocrine cells for stem cell-derived cell therapy for diabetes.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-08753-5
- PubMed ID : 35304548
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8933508