RNA-sequencing analysis of naive and primed hPSCs in static and stirred suspension conditions
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ABSTRACT: We have pioneered human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) manufacturing in stirred suspension bioreactors. Cell therapies require large numbers of quality-controlled hPSCs yet technologies are limited in their ability to efficiently grow and scale clinically-viable hPSCs. We report here that naive hPSCs exhibit superior growth in suspension bioreactors compared to their primed counterpart. Naive hPSCs exhibited a shorter lag phase, and grew into more uniform, homogenous aggregates. Compared to static culture, gene expression analyses revealed that the bioreactor environment promoted the upregulation of naïve- and downregulation of primed-associated transcripts in both primed and naive hPSCs. Bioreactor-cultured naive hPSCs similarly showed more hypomethylated DNA and less primed hPSC-associated surface protein marker compared to statically-cultured naive hPSCs. Gene expression, epigenetic, and cell surface protein marker analyses all suggest that the bioreactor environment promotes the transition from primed-to-naive pluripotent state. Our research shows that reprogramming conventional hPSCs to the naive pluripotent state enhances hPSC manufacturing.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE125041 | GEO | 2020/08/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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