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- Title
BMP-4 is required for hepatic specification of mouse embryonic stem cell–derived definitive endoderm.
- Authors
Gouon-Evans, Valerie; Boussemart, Lise; Gadue, Paul; Nierhoff, Dirk; Koehler, Christoph I.; Kubo, Atsushi; Shafritz, David A.; Keller, Gordon
- Abstract
When differentiated in the presence of activin A in serum-free conditions, mouse embryonic stem cells efficiently generate an endoderm progenitor population defined by the coexpression of either Brachyury, Foxa2 and c-Kit, or c-Kit and Cxcr4. Specification of these progenitors with bone morphogenetic protein-4 in combination with basic fibroblast growth factor and activin A results in the development of hepatic populations highly enriched (45–70%) for cells that express the α-fetoprotein and albumin proteins. These cells also express transcripts of Afp, Alb1, Tat, Cps1, Cyp7a1 and Cyp3a11; they secrete albumin, store glycogen, show ultrastructural characteristics of mature hepatocytes, and are able to integrate into and proliferate in injured livers in vivo and mature into hepatocytes expressing dipeptidyl peptidase IV or fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase. Together, these findings establish a developmental pathway in embryonic stem cell differentiation cultures that leads to efficient generation of cells with an immature hepatocytic phenotype.
- Subjects
HEPATITIS; BONE morphogenetic proteins; EMBRYONIC stem cells; CELLULAR therapy; LIVER cells
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2006, Vol 24, Issue 11, p1402
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt1258