中国组织工程研究 ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (21): 3370-3375.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.21.015

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神经干细胞神经分化示踪中GFAP启动子驱动荧光报告系统的价值

陈 京1,2,余伟华3,李付贵1   

  1. 中山大学附属中山医院,1肿瘤研究所,2分子诊断中心,广东省中山市 528403;3中山大学干细胞与组织工程研究中心,广东省广州市 510080
  • 修回日期:2017-06-07 出版日期:2017-07-28 发布日期:2017-08-02
  • 通讯作者: 李付贵,博士,副主任检验师,中山大学附属中山医院肿瘤研究所,广东省中山市 528403
  • 作者简介:陈京,女,1982年生,湖北省天门市人,汉族,2010年中山大学中山医学院毕业,硕士,主管技师,主要从事干细胞及分子诊断工作。
  • 基金资助:

    广东省自然科学基金(2014A030310013);中国博士后基金(2014M562244)

The value of GFAP promoter driven fluorescent reporter system in the neural differentiation tracing of neural stem cells

Chen Jing1, 2, Yu Wei-hua3, Li Fu-gui1   

  1. 1Cancer Research Institution, 2Centre for Molecular Diagnosis, Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528403, Guangdong Province, China; 3Centre of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
  • Revised:2017-06-07 Online:2017-07-28 Published:2017-08-02
  • Contact: Li Fu-gui, M.D., Associate chief analyst, Cancer Research Institution, Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528403, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Chen Jing, Master, Technician-in-charge, Cancer Research Institution, Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528403, Guangdong Province, China; Centre for Molecular Diagnosis, Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528403, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, No. 2014A030310013; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2014M562244

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文题释义:
神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白:
是一种Ⅲ型中间丝状蛋白,以单体形式存在。主要分布于中枢神经系统的星形胶质细胞,参与细胞骨架的构成并维持其张力强度。而星形胶质细胞是哺乳动物中枢神经系统的主要细胞类型之一,对神经元具有支持、营养和分隔等作用,也在组织损伤修复、宿主防御机制等过程中起到重要的作用。神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白是星形胶质细胞的特异标志物。
dTomato:是一种来自水果蛋白的橙色衍生物,其分子结构具有一对发光基团,导致其亮度极强且光稳定性非常好,已广泛应用于多种组织和细胞的标记示踪。采用dTomato标记星形胶质细胞特异性标志物GFAP的启动子,不仅可以可视化地监控神经干细胞神经分化的动态过程,而且对于诱导的星形胶质样细胞的分离纯化、移植修复及神经分化小分子药物筛选平台的建立等具有重要的应用前景。

 

摘要
背景:
神经干细胞作为近年来神经科学研究的热点,在神经系统损伤治疗方面具有广阔的应用前景,但如何获取大量纯化且特征均一的终末神经细胞是这一领域的难点。利用细胞内荧光报告系统示踪神经干细胞分化的过程,并获得纯化的单一类型终末神经细胞为这一难点的解决提供了可行的方案。
目的:探讨携带星形胶质细胞特异标志物GFAP基因的启动子驱动的荧光报告系统在神经干细胞神经分化示踪中的价值。
方法:原代分离小鼠胚胎的脑部皮质,经机械消化和吹打后悬浮培养,免疫荧光染色检测其特异标志物Nestin的表达以确定神经干细胞。再将携带pLV/Final-neo-GFAP(promoter)-dTomato载体的慢病毒感染小鼠神经干细胞,遗传霉素G418筛选14 d后获得纯化神经干细胞,然后诱导其向星形胶质细胞分化,显微镜观察细胞红色荧光(dTomato)的变化。诱导第13天采用细胞免疫荧光技术对表达红色荧光的细胞行GFAP抗体复染。
结果与结论:①原代分离获得的小鼠神经干细胞呈Nestin表达阳性;②慢病毒感染并筛选14 d后得到具有G418抗性的纯化神经干细胞;③该细胞经神经诱导分化后,显微镜下观察到红色荧光大量表达,且GFAP复染与红色荧光具有非常高的一致性;④实验成功地获得了体外表达neo-GFAP(promoter)-dTomato载体的小鼠神经干细胞,该细胞可以体外示踪GFAP基因的特异表达,为神经干细胞的定向神经分化机制、细胞移植及组织工程产品开发等研究提供了有力的工具。

 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程
ORCID: 0000-0003-1768-2696(李付贵)

关键词: 干细胞, 分化, 神经干细胞, 慢病毒, 红色荧光蛋白, 胶质纤维酸性蛋白, 广东省自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Neural stem cells, as a hot topic in neuroscience research, have a wide application prospect in the treatment of neurological damage, but how to obtain a large number of terminally differentiated and purified nerve cells with homogeneous features is a difficult problem in this field. The use of intracellular fluorescence reporter system to track the process of neural stem cell differentiation and obtain a single kind of terminally differentiated and purified nerve cells provides a viable option.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the value of GFAP promoter-driven fluorescence reporter system in tracing the neural differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs).
METHODS: Cerebral cortex of mouse embryos were primarily dissociated and sent for digesting and pipetting mechanically before suspension culture, followed by immunofluorescence staining of Nestin to identify their biological characteristics. Lentivirus carrying pLV/Final-neo-GFAP(promoter)-dTomato vector was employed to infect above-mentioned NSCs, and Geneticin (G418) was used to obtain purified NSCs at 14 days. Subsequently the purified cells were induced to differentiate into astrocyte-like cells; meanwhile red fluorescence changes in cells were observed by microscopy. The red fluorescent cells were then subjected to perform immunofluorescence staining at 13 days after induction.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The expression of Nestin in the isolated primary cells was strongly positive. Purified NSCs were obtained by lentivirus infection and subsequent G418 resistance selection at 14 days. After induced into astrocyte-like cells, the red fluorescence was observed in the cells under the microscope and furthermore, GFAP staining was also positive. Mouse NSCs carrying neo-GFAP(promoter)-dTomato were successfully obtained. The cells could express dTomato under the control of GFAP promoter, which provides a powerful tool for research on NSC differentiation mechanism, neural transplantation and tissue engineering product development.

 

 

Key words: Neural Stem Cells, Lentivirus Infections, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Tissue Engineering

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