Project description:HESC-H9 and iPSC lines 3.5, 3.6 and 3.12 were analyzed using Affymetrix microarray before and after Definitive Endoderm (DE) formation. DE was induced using the ActivinA differentiation protocol described by D'Amour et al., 2006 (PMID: 16258519) Clustering analysis of transcripts that were differentially regulated during DE formation indicated that iPSC lines 3.5 and 3.12 differentiate in manner that is highly similar to HESC-H9 cells iPSC line 3.6 had a more divergent transcriptional profile. Three induced pluripotent stem cell lines (iPSC) and one human embryonic stem cell line (hESC - H9) were collected as undifferentiated (UD) cells, and flash frozen. These cell lines were also subjected to definitive endoderm (DE) induction, collected and flash frozen. RNA was harvested from the frozen cell pellets and hybridized to the Affymetrix microarray chip. The three iPSC cell lines are iPSC 3.5, iPSC 3.6. and iPSC 3.12. In the UD state, iPSC 3.5 was analyzed in duplicate, while iPSCs 3.6 and 3.12 and H9s were analyzed in biological triplicate. All four cell lines were analyzed as biological triplicates for DE induction.
Project description:HESC-H9 and iPSC lines 3.5, 3.6 and 3.12 were analyzed using Affymetrix microarray before and after Definitive Endoderm (DE) formation. DE was induced using the ActivinA differentiation protocol described by D'Amour et al., 2006 (PMID: 16258519) Clustering analysis of transcripts that were differentially regulated during DE formation indicated that iPSC lines 3.5 and 3.12 differentiate in manner that is highly similar to HESC-H9 cells iPSC line 3.6 had a more divergent transcriptional profile.
Project description:This study aimed to understand the transcriptional networks regulating endoderm specification from HESC and therefore explored the phenotype of CA1 and CA2 HESC constitutively over-expressing SOX7 or SOX17. Cell lines were created using an inducible construct whereby clonal populations containing transgene integration are selected by Neomycin resistance without expressing of the gene of interest (NoCre controls). Transgene expression is induced via Cre-mediated recombination and selected for puromycin resistance (SOX O/E). The phenotype of the resulting cells suggests that SOX7 expressing HESC represent stable extraembryonic endoderm progenitors, while SOX17 expressing HESC represent early definitive endoderm progenitors. Both in vitro and in vivo SOX7 expressing HESC are restricted to the extraembryonic endoderm lineage, while SOX17 expressing HESC demonstrate mesendodermal specificity. In vitro, SOX17 expressing HESC efficiently produce mature definitive endoderm derivatives. The molecular phenotype of the resulting SOX7 and SOX17 expressing HESC was characterized by microarray analysis Experiment Overall Design: Total RNA was extracted from confluent monolayer cultures of SOX7 over-expressing HESC, SOX17 over-expressing HESC, and their respective control parental HESC lines (designated NoCre Sox7 and NoCre Sox17).
Project description:This study aimed to understand the transcriptional networks regulating endoderm specification from HESC and therefore explored the phenotype of CA1 and CA2 HESC constitutively over-expressing SOX7 or SOX17. Cell lines were created using an inducible construct whereby clonal populations containing transgene integration are selected by Neomycin resistance without expressing of the gene of interest (NoCre controls). Transgene expression is induced via Cre-mediated recombination and selected for puromycin resistance (SOX O/E). The phenotype of the resulting cells suggests that SOX7 expressing HESC represent stable extraembryonic endoderm progenitors, while SOX17 expressing HESC represent early definitive endoderm progenitors. Both in vitro and in vivo SOX7 expressing HESC are restricted to the extraembryonic endoderm lineage, while SOX17 expressing HESC demonstrate mesendodermal specificity. In vitro, SOX17 expressing HESC efficiently produce mature definitive endoderm derivatives. The molecular phenotype of the resulting SOX7 and SOX17 expressing HESC was characterized by microarray analysis Keywords: cell line comparison
Project description:We compared a transcriptome of hESC line VUB04 which has a low differentiation propensity towards definitive endoderm with transcriptomes of control hESC lines at the undifferentiated stage and after the 24-hour differentiation towards mesendoderm. The results showed that endogenous suppression of WNT signalling in VUB04 results in an inefficient switch from self-renewal to commitment during the definitive endoderm differentiation. Subsequenlty, we demonstrated that this differentiation disruption can be overcome by increasing the WNT stimulation or by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signalling at the onset of differentiation.
Project description:It has been postulated that during human fetal development all cells of the lung epithelium derive from an embryonic endodermal NKX2-1+ precursor, however, this hypothesis has not been formally tested due to an inability to purify or track this theorized cell for detailed characterization. Here we engineer and developmentally differentiate NKX2-1GFP reporter pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) in vitro to generate and isolate a human primordial lung progenitor that expresses NKX2-1 but is initially devoid of markers of differentiated lung lineages. As these progenitors move through the earliest moments of lung lineage specification from definitive endoderm they can be imaged in real time or isolated for time-series global transcriptomic profiling. We performed microarray analysis of 5 timepoints of human iPSC to lung directed differentiation compared to week 21 human fetal lung and Neural NKX2-1+ cell controls. These profiles indicate that evolutionarily conserved, stage-dependent developmental gene signatures are expressed in primordial human lung progenitors. Using a TALEN-targeted fluorescent reporter to purify iPSC-derived lung progenitors (C17 NKX2-1GFP) we analyzed cells at major developmental time points in vitro (undifferentiated iPSC, definitive endoderm, anterior foregut endoderm and sorted NKX2-1GFP+ and NKX2-1GFP- cells on day 15 and day 28 of the protocol). We also differentiated NXK2-1GFP iPSC in a neural protocol and isolated neural NKX2-1GFP+ cells. Approximately 90% pure human fetal lung epithelial cells from week 21 embryos were used as controls.
Project description:We show that high quality microarray gene expression profiles can be obtained following FACS sorting of cells using combinations of transcription factors. We use this transcription factor FACS (tfFACS) methodology to perform a genomic analysis of hESC-derived endodermal lineages marked by combinations of SOX17, GATA4, and CXCR4, and find that triple positive cells have a much stronger definitive endoderm signature than other combinations of these markers. Additionally, SOX17+GATA4+ cells can be obtained at a much earlier stage of differentiation, prior to expression of CXCR4+ cells, providing an important new tool to isolate this earlier definitive endoderm subtype. Overall, tfFACS represents an advancement in FACS technology which broadly crosses multiple disciplines, most notably in regenerative medicine to redefine cellular populations.
Project description:The foregut definitive endoderm is the precursor of many tissues including the liver, pancreas, thyroid, lungs, trachea and oesophagus. However, networks and pathways involved in the early development of the definitive endoderm of mammals are not well studied. To identify genes with potential roles in the early development of the foregut definitive endoderm in mouse embryos, we performed microarray analysis to compare the gene expression profile of foregut endoderm and non-endodermal tissues from early somite-stage mouse embryos.
Project description:This study will analyse the global RNA expression patterns in human iPSC and endodermal differentiated cells.The goal of this project is to investigate genes regulating definitive endodermal differentiation of human iPSC using genetic screening. The differentiation of human iPSC into definitive endoderm is going to be examined by global RNA expression patterns. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/
Project description:In this study, we characterised transcriptomes of hESC-derived transient anterior definitive endoderm (ADE) and expanding ventral foregut (VFG) culture by single-cell sequencing. We also examined the effect of BMP4 withdrawal and FGF2 stimulation in the VFG culture.