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Derivation, characterization, and stable transfection of induced pluripotent stem cells from Fischer344 rats

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Title:Derivation, characterization, and stable transfection of induced pluripotent stem cells from Fischer344 rats
Creators Name:Liskovykh, M. and Chuykin, I. and Ranjan, A. and Safina, D. and Popova, E. and Tolkunova, E. and Mosienko, V. and Minina, J.M. and Zhdanova, N.S. and Mullins, J.J. and Bader, M. and Alenina, N. and Tomilin, A.
Abstract:The rat represents an important animal model that, in many respects, is superior to the mouse for dissecting behavioral, cardiovascular and other physiological pathologies relevant to humans. Derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from rats (riPS) opens the opportunity for gene targeting in specific rat strains, as well as for the development of new protocols for the treatment of different degenerative diseases. Here, we report an improved lentivirus-based hit-and-run riPS derivation protocol that makes use of small inhibitors of MEK and GSK3. We demonstrate that the excision of proviruses does not affect either the karyotype or the differentiation ability of these cells. We show that the established riPS cells are readily amenable to genetic manipulations such as stable electroporation. Finally, we propose a genetic tool for an improvement of riPS cell quality in culture. These data may prompt iPS cell-based gene targeting in rat as well as the development of iPS cell-based therapies using disease models established in this species.
Keywords:Alkaline Phosphatase, Cell Differentiation, Cultured Cells, Electroporation, Embryonic Stem Cells, Enzyme Inhibitors, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Fibroblasts, Gene Targeting, Genetic Vectors, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Inbred F344 Rats, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Karyotyping, Lentivirus, Mammalian Embryo, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases, Teratoma, Tissue Therapy, Transfection, Animals, Mice, Rats
Source:PLoS ONE
ISSN:1932-6203
Publisher:Public Library of Science
Volume:6
Number:11
Page Range:e27345
Date:4 November 2011
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027345
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