China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 729-735.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.03.010

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Research on the Effect of Sheep Embryonic Fibroblast Feeder for Culturing Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell

ZHANG Shiqiang1, LI Mengxin2, HAN Gaolian2, GUO Lirong2, ZHAO Dipeng2, LI Junling2, GUO Tianyan2, DU Rong2, QIN Jian1,3   

  1. 1. College of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China;
    3. Centre of Experiment Teaching, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2019-07-29 Online:2020-03-20 Published:2020-03-17

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using the isolated and mitomycin C-treated sheep embryonic fibroblast (SEF) in vitro as the feeder layer of the induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).Taking SNL feeder layer cells as the control group and the human iPSC (hiPSC) as the experimental object,the effects of SEF cells and SNL cells as feeder layer of stem cells were compared by the morphological observation,the alkaline phosphatase (AP) staining,and the qRT-PCR and immunocytochemistry detection of the mRNA and protein expression for hiPSC marker genes.The results demonstrated that,being similar to hiPSC on SNL feeder layer,hiPSC on SEF feeder layer showed rapid growth and proliferation as colonies during the experimental period.Meanwhile,the AP staining was blue-purple,the undifferentiated state was maintained,and the pluripotent marker genes were normally expressed.The expression of hiPSC pluripotent marker genes c-myc,Klf4,OCT4,and SOX2 mRNAs,as well as the expression of OCT4,SOX2,SSEA4,and TRA-1-60 proteins were not significantly different for hiPSCs on SEF and SNL (P>0.05).The results indicated that SEF could be used as feeder layer cells for culturing iPSC in vitro,which laid a foundation for the further establishment of the gene-modified SEF cell lines that could express the growth-promoting factors.

Key words: sheep embryonic fibroblast(SEF); feeder layer; induced pluripotent stem cells(iPSC); pluripotency

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