Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (28): 4130-4135.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.28.004

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Characterization of UGT1a1, UGT1a6 and mGST1 at different stages of differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Xu Ling-li   

  1. Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Revised:2016-04-18 Online:2016-07-01 Published:2016-07-01
  • About author:Xu Ling-li, Master, Lecturer, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Until now, limited information has been neported on the characterization of udines 5-diphosphateglucuronosyl transferase (UGT) 1a1, UGT1a6, and microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1 (mGST1) during the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the expression characteristics of UGT1a1, UGT1a6 and mGST1 at different stages of differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.
METHODS: Embryonic fibroblasts from Wistar rats were isolated and cultured as feeder cells. Mouse embryonic stem cells seeded onto these feeder cells were induced to differentiate into hepatocytes. Subsequently, expression of UGT1a1, UGT1a6 and mGST1 was detected using western blot assay, and catalytic activity of mGST1 was determined by high performance liquid chromatography.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Increasing UGT1a1 expression was visible during the whole cell differentiation, while UGT1a6 exhibited no expression initially but a higher level at 18 days of differentiation. mGST1 expression was visible at high level throughout the differentiation, but its expressive abundance was still lower than that in the adult mouse stem cells. At 18 days after the beginning of differentiation, the catalytic activity of mGST1 in microsomal liver tissue was 7.65 μmol/(min•g). Taken together, stabilized UGT1a1, increased UGT1a6 and little mGST1 expression are confirmed in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into hepatocytes.

 

 

Key words: Embryonic Stem Cells, Hepatocytes, Tissue Engineering

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