Project description:Little is known about the function of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells (iPSC-ECs) generated from diabetics, as this could potentially limit subsequent therapeutic use in this patient population. Here, we demonstrate that iPSC-ECs derived from diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice exhibit evidence of endothelial dysfunction. We also observed that mice receiving intramuscular (IM) injections of DIO iPSC-ECs had significantly decreased reperfusion following hindlimb ischemia compared to mice administered with iPSC-ECs from control mice. Hindlimb sections revealed increased muscle atrophy and presence of inflammatory cells in mice receiving iPSC-ECs from DIO mice. When pravastatin was administered to mice receiving DIO iPSC-ECs, a significant increase in reperfusion was observed, which was blunted by co-administration of L-NAME. This study is the first to provide evidence that iPSC-ECs from pre-diabetic mice exhibit signs of endothelial function, and suggest that pravastatin administration may be needed for diabetic patients receiving autologous iPSC-ECs therapy in the clinic. Four samples were analyzed, two from the healthy (control) group and two from the diet-induced obesity group
Project description:Little is known about the function of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells (iPSC-ECs) generated from diabetics, as this could potentially limit subsequent therapeutic use in this patient population. Here, we demonstrate that iPSC-ECs derived from diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice exhibit evidence of endothelial dysfunction. We also observed that mice receiving intramuscular (IM) injections of DIO iPSC-ECs had significantly decreased reperfusion following hindlimb ischemia compared to mice administered with iPSC-ECs from control mice. Hindlimb sections revealed increased muscle atrophy and presence of inflammatory cells in mice receiving iPSC-ECs from DIO mice. When pravastatin was administered to mice receiving DIO iPSC-ECs, a significant increase in reperfusion was observed, which was blunted by co-administration of L-NAME. This study is the first to provide evidence that iPSC-ECs from pre-diabetic mice exhibit signs of endothelial function, and suggest that pravastatin administration may be needed for diabetic patients receiving autologous iPSC-ECs therapy in the clinic.
Project description:We sequenced the transcriptomes of seven samples of hypothalamic neurons dervied from pluripotent stem cells taken from healthy patients; five samples of hypothalamic neurons derived from pluripotent stem cells of constitutionally obese donors; five samples of sectioned hypothalami from post-mortem dissection of brains, and two samples for motor neurons derived from pluripotent stem cells of healthy donors in order to assess the similarity of our iPSC-derived cells against those of sectioned brains and to identify possible transcriptional disfunction which might underlie extreme, inherited obesity.
Project description:This project includes proteomic data of brown adipose tissue from high-fat diet-induced obese mice versus wild-type mice. WTB reprents the brown adipose tissue from wild-type mice.DIOB reprents the brown adipose tissue from diet-induced obesity mice.
Project description:This project includes proteomic data of inguinal white adipose tissue from high-fat diet-induced obese mice versus wild-type mice. WTi reprents the inguinal white adipose tissue from wild-type mice.DIOi reprents the inguinal white adipose tissue from diet-induced obesity mice.
Project description:proteomes of the Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) cells, the human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), and the human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs).
Project description:Obesity and its co-morbidities including type 2 diabetes are increasing at epidemic rates in the U.S. and worldwide. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a potential therapeutic to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Increasing BAT mass by transplantation improves metabolic health in rodents, but its clinical translation remains a challenge. Here, we investigated if transplantation of 2-4 million differentiated brown pre-adipocytes from mouse BAT stromal fraction (SVF) or human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) could improve metabolic health. Transplantation of differentiated brown pre-adipocytes, termed ‘committed pre-adipocytes’ from BAT SVF from mice or derived from hPSCs improves glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity in recipient mice under conditions of diet-induced obesity, and this improvement is mediated through the collaborative actions of the liver transcriptome, tissue AKT signaling and FGF21. These data demonstrate that transplantation of a small number of brown adipocytes has significant long-term translational and therapeutic potential to improve glucose metabolism.
