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Clonal derivation of white and brown adipocyte progenitor cell lines from human pluripotent stem cells

West MD., Chang CF., Larocca D., Li J., Jiang J., Sim P.

Laboratory Study, published in Stem Cell Res Ther (2019) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Laboratory Study
Journal
Stem Cell Res Ther (2019)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
30616682
PMCID
PMC6323697
DOI
10.1186/s13287-018-1087-7
Citations
10

Abstract (original English)

Background The role of brown fat in non-shivering thermogenesis and the discovery of brown fat depots in adult humans has made it the subject of intense research interest. A renewable source of brown adipocyte (BA) progenitors would be highly valuable for research and therapy. Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells to white or brown adipocytes is limited by lack of cell purity and scalability. Here we describe an alternative approach involving the identification of clonal self-renewing human embryonic progenitor (hEP) cell lines following partial hPS cell differentiation and selection of scalable clones. Methods We screened a diverse panel of hPS cell-derived clonal hEP cell lines for adipocyte markers following growth in adipocyte differentiation medium. The transcriptome of the human hES-derived clonal embryonic progenitor cell lines E3, C4ELS5.1, NP88, and NP110 representing three class of definitive adipocyte progenitors were compared to the relatively non-adipogenic line E85 and adult-derived BAT and SAT-derived cells using gene expression microarrays, RT-qPCR, metabolic analysis and immunocytochemistry. Differentiation conditions were optimized for maximal UCP1 expression. Results Many of the differentiated hEP cell lines expressed the adipocyte marker, FAPB4, but only a small subset expressed definitive adipocyte markers including brown adipocyte

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

Evidence level

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

How we grade evidence
Cell LinePluripotent Stem CellsHumansEmbryonic Stem CellsAdipocytes, BrownAdipocytes, White

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