Human chondrogenic paraxial mesoderm, directed specification and prospective isolation from pluripotent stem cells

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Umeda, K; Zhao, J; Simmons, P; Stanley, E; Elefanty, A; Nakayama, NDate
2012-06-13Source Title
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Umeda, K., Zhao, J., Simmons, P., Stanley, E., Elefanty, A. & Nakayama, N. (2012). Human chondrogenic paraxial mesoderm, directed specification and prospective isolation from pluripotent stem cells. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2 (1), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00455.Access Status
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Directed specification and prospective isolation of chondrogenic paraxial mesoderm progeny from human pluripotent stem (PS) cells have not yet been achieved. Here we report the successful generation of KDR(-)PDGFRα(+) progeny expressing paraxial mesoderm genes and the mesendoderm reporter MIXL1-GFP in a chemically defined medium containing the canonical WNT signaling activator, BMP-inhibitor, and the Nodal/Activin/TGFβ signaling controller. Isolated (GFP(+))KDR(-)PDGFRα(+) mesoderm cells were sensitive to sequential addition of the three chondrogenic factors PDGF, TGFβ and BMP. Under these conditions, the cells showed robust chondrogenic activity in micromass culture, and generated a hyaline-like translucent cartilage particle in serum-free medium. In contrast, both STRO1(+) mesenchymal stem/stromal cells from adult human marrow and mesenchymal cells spontaneously arising from hPS cells showed a relatively weaker chondrogenic response in vitro, and formed more of the fibrotic cartilage particles. Thus, hPS cell-derived KDR(-)PDGFRα(+ )paraxial mesoderm-like cells have potential in engineered cartilage formation and cartilage repair.
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