Project description:Clinical-grade human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from 4 centres in the UK were cultured in self-renewal conditions Genomic DNA was isolated from low passage hESCs and submitted for SNP analysis using Illumina HumanCytoSNP-12 v2.1 BeadChip arrays Evaluation of molecular karyotype of multiple clinical-grade hESC lines.
Project description:High-grade complex karyotype sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of more than seventy tumors that vary in histology, clinical course, and patient demographics. Despite these differences, these high-grade sarcomas are treated similarly with varying outcomes. Pre-clinical models of distinct human sarcoma subtypes would advance insights into the relationships between sarcomas and inform therapeutic decisions. We describe the transformation of human mesenchymal stem cells into multiple subtypes of high-grade sarcoma. Using a pooled genetic screening approach, we identified key drivers and potential modifiers of transformation. YAP1, KRAS, CDK4, and PIK3CA were validated as drivers of four distinct sarcoma subtypes, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS), myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), leiomyosarcoma (LMS), and osteosarcoma (OS). Histologically and phenotypically these tumors reflect human sarcomas including the pathognomonic complex karyotype and YAP1 amplification. Transcriptome analysis confirmed that these tumors accurately recapitulate human disease. This model is a tool that can be used to begin to understand pathways and mechanisms driving human sarcoma development, the relationship between sarcoma subtypes and to identify and test new therapeutic targets for this aggressive and heterogeneous disease.
Project description:We constructed a clinical-grade haplobank of 27 induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) lines prepared in accordance with good manufacturing practice regulations from seven donors who were homozygous for one of the four most frequent human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haplotypes in Japan. The haplobank could provide HLA-matched iPSCs lines to ~40% of the Japanese population. Since the first release in 2015, these iPSC lines have been used in more than 12 clinical studies. We performed rigorous quality control (QC) tests, including residual episomal vectors, genetic mutations in cancer-related genes, copy number alterations, karyotype, expression of markers of the undifferentiated state, morphology, identity (HLA typing and short tandem repeat analysis), sterility and endotoxin. Although the significance of most mutations in cancer-related genes is unknown, we excluded iPSC lines with such mutations to maximize the safety. The haplobank we have established here is an important step toward the clinical application of iPSCs in cell therapies.
Project description:Clinical-grade human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from 4 centres in the UK were cultured in self-renewal conditions Genomic DNA was isolated from low passage hESCs and submitted for SNP analysis using Illumina HumanCytoSNP-12 v2.1 BeadChip arrays
Project description:Diploidy is a fundamental genetic feature in mammals, in which haploid cells normally arise only as post-meiotic germ cells that serve to insure a diploid genome upon fertilization. Gamete manipulation has yielded haploid embryonic stem (ES) cells from several mammalian species, but as of yet not from humans. Here we analyzed a large collection of human parthenogenetic ES cell lines originating from haploid oocytes, leading to the successful isolation and maintenance of human ES cell lines with a normal haploid karyotype. Haploid human ES cells exhibited typical pluripotent stem cell characteristics such as self-renewal capacity and a pluripotency-specific molecular signature. Although haploid human ES cells resembled their diploid counterparts, they also displayed distinct properties including differential regulation of X chromosome inactivation and genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, alongside reduction in absolute gene expression levels and cell size. Intriguingly, we found that a haploid genome is compatible not only with the undifferentiated pluripotent state, but also with differentiated somatic fates representing all three embryonic germ layers, despite a persistent dosage imbalance between the autosomes and X chromosome. We expect that haploid human ES cells will provide novel means for studying human functional genomics, development and evolution. RNA sequencing analysis was performed on a total of 2 samples of in vitro fertilization (IVF) control embryonic stem cell lines.
Project description:Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have become an invaluable tool to study molecular disease mechanisms on a human genetic background as they can be differentiated in different cell types including cardiac myocytes. One major downside that has decelerated the research performed in hiPSCs is that during propagation of these cells, changes in the karyotype of these cells have been observed. Interestingly, when hiPSCs are being cultured under hypoxic conditions and not as commonly done under normoxic conditions, hiPSCs grow faster to confluency and also changes in the karyotype of these cells are less frequently observed.
Project description:Diploidy is a fundamental genetic feature in mammals, in which haploid cells normally arise only as post-meiotic germ cells that serve to insure a diploid genome upon fertilization. Gamete manipulation has yielded haploid embryonic stem (ES) cells from several mammalian species, but as of yet not from humans. Here we analyzed a large collection of human parthenogenetic ES cell lines originating from haploid oocytes, leading to the successful isolation and maintenance of human ES cell lines with a normal haploid karyotype. Haploid human ES cells exhibited typical pluripotent stem cell characteristics such as self-renewal capacity and a pluripotency-specific molecular signature. Although haploid human ES cells resembled their diploid counterparts, they also displayed distinct properties including differential regulation of X chromosome inactivation and genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, alongside reduction in absolute gene expression levels and cell size. Intriguingly, we found that a haploid genome is compatible not only with the undifferentiated pluripotent state, but also with differentiated somatic fates representing all three embryonic germ layers, despite a persistent dosage imbalance between the autosomes and X chromosome. We expect that haploid human ES cells will provide novel means for studying human functional genomics, development and evolution. RNA sequencing analysis was performed on a total of 15 samples, including haploid and diploid human parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells at different differentiation states and cell cycle phases.
Project description:Diploidy is a fundamental genetic feature in mammals, in which haploid cells normally arise only as post-meiotic germ cells that serve to insure a diploid genome upon fertilization. Gamete manipulation has yielded haploid embryonic stem (ES) cells from several mammalian species, but as of yet not from humans. Here we analyzed a large collection of human parthenogenetic ES cell lines originating from haploid oocytes, leading to the successful isolation and maintenance of human ES cell lines with a normal haploid karyotype. Haploid human ES cells exhibited typical pluripotent stem cell characteristics such as self-renewal capacity and a pluripotency-specific molecular signature. Although haploid human ES cells resembled their diploid counterparts, they also displayed distinct properties including differential regulation of X chromosome inactivation and genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, alongside reduction in absolute gene expression levels and cell size. Intriguingly, we found that a haploid genome is compatible not only with the undifferentiated pluripotent state, but also with differentiated somatic fates representing all three embryonic germ layers, despite a persistent dosage imbalance between the autosomes and X chromosome. We expect that haploid human ES cells will provide novel means for studying human functional genomics, development and evolution. Gene expression analysis was performed on a total of 2 samples of haploid and diploid human parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells in G1.
Project description:Diploidy is a fundamental genetic feature in mammals, in which haploid cells normally arise only as post-meiotic germ cells that serve to insure a diploid genome upon fertilization. Gamete manipulation has yielded haploid embryonic stem (ES) cells from several mammalian species, but as of yet not from humans. Here we analyzed a large collection of human parthenogenetic ES cell lines originating from haploid oocytes, leading to the successful isolation and maintenance of human ES cell lines with a normal haploid karyotype. Haploid human ES cells exhibited typical pluripotent stem cell characteristics such as self-renewal capacity and a pluripotency-specific molecular signature. Although haploid human ES cells resembled their diploid counterparts, they also displayed distinct properties including differential regulation of X chromosome inactivation and genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, alongside reduction in absolute gene expression levels and cell size. Intriguingly, we found that a haploid genome is compatible not only with the undifferentiated pluripotent state, but also with differentiated somatic fates representing all three embryonic germ layers, despite a persistent dosage imbalance between the autosomes and X chromosome. We expect that haploid human ES cells will provide novel means for studying human functional genomics, development and evolution. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling by Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation 450K Beadchip was performed on a total of 12 samples, including undifferentiated haploid and diploid human parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells in either G1 or G2/M, as well as 3 in vitro fertilization (IVF) control embryonic stem cell lines.