Abstract:
The present invention relates to an induced pluripotent stem cell model of Fabry disease, a preparation method thereof, and a use of the same for the study of Fabry disease development and for the screening of a therapeutic agent for the disease. Particularly, Fabry disease derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), embryoid body (EB), and vascular cells were developed and differentiated from fibroblasts originated from Fabry disease patient, wherein the Fabry disease originated iPSCs displayed significantly reduced expression and activity of GLA protein therein, compared with the normal cells, resulting in the accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3, CD77). Also, the differentiation of vascular cells was induced from the Fabry disease originated iPSCs, and as a result the iPSCs were successfully differentiated into vascular endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells with significantly expressing the marker protein. When the vascular endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells were treated with Fabrazyme, the accumulation of Gb3 was significantly reduced, suggesting that the said cell model can be effectively used for the analysis/study of Fabry disease outbreak mechanism and for the screening of a therapeutic agent for the disease.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an induced pluripotent stem cell model of Fabry disease, a preparation method thereof, and a use of the same for the study of Fabry disease development and for the screening of a therapeutic agent for the disease. Particularly, Fabry disease derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), embryoid body (EB), and vascular cells were developed and differentiated from fibroblasts originated from Fabry disease patient, wherein the Fabry disease originated iPSCs displayed significantly reduced expression and activity of GLA protein therein, compared with the normal cells, resulting in the accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3, CD77). Also, the differentiation of vascular cells was induced from the Fabry disease originated iPSCs, and as a result the iPSCs were successfully differentiated into vascular endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells with significantly expressing the marker protein. When the vascular endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells were treated with Fabrazyme, the accumulation of Gb3 was significantly reduced, suggesting that the said cell model can be effectively used for the analysis/study of Fabry disease outbreak mechanism and for the screening of a therapeutic agent for the disease.
Abstract:
The present invention prepared insulin-producing endocrine cells by inducing the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells or human induced pluripotent stem cells into definitive endoderm (DE), pancreatic endoderm (PE), endocrine progenitors (EP), and endocrine cells (EC) stepwise in that order. Particularly, the present invention established the conditions for the formation of an insulin producing endocrine aggregate (EA) from the endocrine cells. Especially in this invention, it was confirmed that the endocrine aggregate has the cell proliferation potential at a significant level and has the increased insulin productivity as well as the activity of inhibiting cell necrosis and apoptosis. Therefore, the method for preparing the endocrine aggregate of insulin-producing beta cells from human pluripotent stem cells can be effectively used for the examination of the medicinal effect of the conventional antidiabetic agents and of the novel antidiabetic drugs.