Generation and application of novel hES cell reporter lines for the differentiation and maturation of hPS cell-derived islet-like clusters

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Beitragende

  • Elisa Zanfrini - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Manuj Bandral - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Luka Jarc - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Maria Alejandra Ramirez-Torres - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Daniela Pezzolla - , Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) (Autor:in)
  • Vida Kufrin - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Eva Rodriguez-Aznar - , Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Ana Karen Mojica Avila - , Institut für Physiologie, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Christian Cohrs - , Institut für Physiologie, Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Stephan Speier - , Institut für Physiologie, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Katrin Neumann - , Core Facility Stammzelltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Anthony Gavalas - , Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)

Abstract

The significant advances in the differentiation of human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells into pancreatic endocrine cells, including functional β-cells, have been based on a detailed understanding of the underlying developmental mechanisms. However, the final differentiation steps, leading from endocrine progenitors to mono-hormonal and mature pancreatic endocrine cells, remain to be fully understood and this is reflected in the remaining shortcomings of the hPS cell-derived islet cells (SC-islet cells), which include a lack of β-cell maturation and variability among different cell lines. Additional signals and modifications of the final differentiation steps will have to be assessed in a combinatorial manner to address the remaining issues and appropriate reporter lines would be useful in this undertaking. Here we report the generation and functional validation of hPS cell reporter lines that can monitor the generation of INS+ and GCG+ cells and their resolution into mono-hormonal cells (INSeGFP, INSeGFP/GCGmCHERRY) as well as β-cell maturation (INSeGFP/MAFAmCHERRY) and function (INSGCaMP6). The reporter hPS cell lines maintained strong and widespread expression of pluripotency markers and differentiated efficiently into definitive endoderm and pancreatic progenitor (PP) cells. PP cells from all lines differentiated efficiently into islet cell clusters that robustly expressed the corresponding reporters and contained glucose-responsive, insulin-producing cells. To demonstrate the applicability of these hPS cell reporter lines in a high-content live imaging approach for the identification of optimal differentiation conditions, we adapted our differentiation procedure to generate SC-islet clusters in microwells. This allowed the live confocal imaging of multiple SC-islets for a single condition and, using this approach, we found that the use of the N21 supplement in the last stage of the differentiation increased the number of monohormonal β-cells without affecting the number of α-cells in the SC-islets. The hPS cell reporter lines and the high-content live imaging approach described here will enable the efficient assessment of multiple conditions for the optimal differentiation and maturation of SC-islets.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer19863
Seitenumfang16
FachzeitschriftScientific reports
Jahrgang14
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Aug. 2024
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85202184299

Schlagworte

DFG-Fachsystematik nach Fachkollegium

Fächergruppen, Lehr- und Forschungsbereiche, Fachgebiete nach Destatis

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • Ca2+ imaging, Differentiation, Endocrine pancreas, Fluorescent reporter lines, Glucagon-producing α-cells, Human pluripotent stem cells, Insulin-producing β-cells, Live imaging, MAFA expression, β-cell maturation