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Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery for reprogramming and transdifferentiation of mammalian cells.

ABSTRACT: Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery (SNSMD) leverages the power of molecular self-assembly and a nanostructured substrate platform for the low toxicity, highly efficient co-delivery of biological factors encapsulated in a nanovector. Human fibroblasts are successfully reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stems and transdifferentiated into induced neuronal-like cells.

SUBMITTER: Hou S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4961214 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery for reprogramming and transdifferentiation of mammalian cells.

Hou Shuang S Choi Jin-sil JS Chen Kuan-Ju KJ Zhang Yang Y Peng Jinliang J Garcia Mitch A MA Yu Jue-Hua JH Thakore-Shah Kaushali K Ro Tracy T Chen Jie-Fu JF Peyda Parham P Fan Guoping G Pyle April D AD Wang Hao H Tseng Hsian-Rong HR

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20150122 21

Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery (SNSMD) leverages the power of molecular self-assembly and a nanostructured substrate platform for the low toxicity, highly efficient co-delivery of biological factors encapsulated in a nanovector. Human fibroblasts are successfully reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stems and transdifferentiated into induced neuronal-like cells. ...[more]

PMID: 25613059

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Project description:We explored the underlying mechanisms of differentiation, dedifferentiation, reprogramming and transdifferentiation (cell type switchings) from landscape and flux perspectives. Lineage reprogramming is a new regenerative method to convert a matured cell into another cell including direct transdifferentiation without undergoing a pluripotent cell state and indirect transdifferentiation with an initial dedifferentiation-reversion (reprogramming) to a pluripotent cell state. Each cell type is quantified by a distinct valley on the potential landscape with higher probability. We investigated three driving forces for cell fate decision making: stochastic fluctuations, gene regulation and induction, which can lead to cell type switchings. We showed that under the driving forces the direct transdifferentiation process proceeds from a differentiated cell valley to another differentiated cell valley through either a distinct stable intermediate state or a certain series of unstable indeterminate states. The dedifferentiation process proceeds through a pluripotent cell state. Barrier height and the corresponding escape time from the valley on the landscape can be used to quantify the stability and efficiency of cell type switchings. We also uncovered the mechanisms of the underlying processes by quantifying the dominant biological paths of cell type switchings on the potential landscape. The dynamics of cell type switchings are determined by both landscape gradient and flux. The flux can lead to the deviations of the dominant biological paths for cell type switchings from the naively expected landscape gradient path. As a result, the corresponding dominant paths of cell type switchings are irreversible. We also classified the mechanisms of cell fate development from our landscape theory: super-critical pitchfork bifurcation, sub-critical pitchfork bifurcation, sub-critical pitchfork with two saddle-node bifurcation, and saddle-node bifurcation. Our model showed good agreements with the experiments. It provides a general framework to explore the mechanisms of differentiation, dedifferentiation, reprogramming and transdifferentiation.

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Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery for reprogramming and transdifferentiation of mammalian cells.

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Supramolecular nanosubstrate-mediated delivery for reprogramming and transdifferentiation of mammalian cells.

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