Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells
Ectopic expression of transcription factors can direct the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into various cell types. In this study, we examined the neuronal induction capacity of a combination of transcription factors, ASCL1, DLX2, LHX6, and microRNA miR9/9*-124. With immunocytochemis...
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| author | Wang, Danlei |
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| description | Ectopic expression of transcription factors can direct the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into various cell types. In this study, we examined the neuronal induction capacity of a combination of transcription factors, ASCL1, DLX2, LHX6, and microRNA miR9/9*-124. With immunocytochemistry and quantitative real-time PCR, it was demonstrated that forced expression of the factor combination was able to induce human pluripotent stem cells to rapidly acquire nearly homogenous forebrain GABAergic interneuron identity and mature both morphologically and molecularly. Somatostatin-positive neuron was the dominant GABAergic interneuron subtype observed. The results suggest that the induced neurons have the potential of being used as a novel model for studying the pathological mechanisms of GABAergic interneuron dysfunctions in human neurological diseases. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/678882023-02-28T18:01:34Z Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells Wang, Danlei Hyunsoo Shawn Je School of Biological Sciences Duke-NUS Medical School DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences Ectopic expression of transcription factors can direct the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into various cell types. In this study, we examined the neuronal induction capacity of a combination of transcription factors, ASCL1, DLX2, LHX6, and microRNA miR9/9*-124. With immunocytochemistry and quantitative real-time PCR, it was demonstrated that forced expression of the factor combination was able to induce human pluripotent stem cells to rapidly acquire nearly homogenous forebrain GABAergic interneuron identity and mature both morphologically and molecularly. Somatostatin-positive neuron was the dominant GABAergic interneuron subtype observed. The results suggest that the induced neurons have the potential of being used as a novel model for studying the pathological mechanisms of GABAergic interneuron dysfunctions in human neurological diseases. Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences 2016-05-23T06:22:32Z 2016-05-23T06:22:32Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67888 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences Wang, Danlei Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title | Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title_full | Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title_fullStr | Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title_short | Molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain GABAergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| title_sort | molecular characterization of directly induced forebrain gabaergic interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells |
| topic | DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences |
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