Human stem cell-derived spinal cord astrocytes with defined mature or reactive phenotypes

Laurent Roybon, Nuno J. Lamas, Alejandro Garcia-Diaz, Eun Ju Yang, Rita Sattler, Vernice Jackson-Lewis, Yoon A. Kim, C. Alan Kachel, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Serge Przedborski, Hynek Wichterle, Christopher E. Henderson

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Abstract

Differentiation of astrocytes from human stem cells has significant potential for analysis of their role in normal brain function and disease, but existing protocols generate only immature astrocytes. Using early neuralization, we generated spinal cord astrocytes from mouse or human embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells with high efficiency. Remarkably, short exposure to fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1) or FGF2 was sufficient to direct these astrocytes selectively toward a mature quiescent phenotype, as judged by both marker expression and functional analysis. In contrast, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1β, but not FGFs, induced multiple elements of a reactive inflammatory phenotype but did not affect maturation. These phenotypically defined, scalable populations of spinal cord astrocytes will be important both for studying normal astrocyte function and for modeling human pathological processes invitro

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1035-1048
Number of pages14
JournalCell Reports
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 12 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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