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Human Pluripotent Stem Cell and Neural Differentiation Takafumi Wataya 1,2 , Keiko Muguruma 1 , Yoshiki Sasai 1 1Organogenesis and Neurogenesis Group,Center for Developmental Biology Keyword: ES cell , cell therapy , neural differentiation , ROCK inhibitor pp.1165-1172
Published Date 2008/10/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1416100360
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Abstract

 Recovery of lost brain function is an important issue in medical studies because neurons of the central nervous system (CNS) have poor potential for regeneration. Since few CNS diseases can be treated completely by medicines,regenerative therapy by using stem cells should be studied as a new type of therapeutic intervention. The efficacy of cell replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease has been well investigated. Several studies on fetal tissue transplantation have revealed that quantity and purity of transplanted cells are necessary for recovery of symptoms. SFEB (Serum-free floating culture of embryoid body-like aggregates) method is capable of inducing multi-potential CNS progenitors that can be steered to differentiate into region-specific tissues. On the basis of the existing knowledge of embryology,we have succeeded in the generating of various types of neurons such as telencephalic,cerebeller (Purkinje and granule cells),retinal (photoreceptor cells) and hypothalamic neurons. Application of this culture method to human ES (hES) cells is necessary for clinical purpose: however,poor survival of hES cells in SFEB culture might limit the possibility of using these cells for future medical applications. We found that a selective Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor,Y-27632,markedly diminished the dissociation-induced apoptosis of hES cells and enabled the cells to form aggregates in SFEB culture. For both mouse and human ES cells,SFEB culture is a favorable method that can generate large amounts of region-specific neurons. However,stem cell-based therapy continues to face several obstacles. It is important that researchers in the basic sciences and clinical medicine should discuss these problems together to overcome both scientific and ethical issues related to stem cells.


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