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Adv Mater ; 27(27): 4006-12, 2015 Jul 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26033422

ABSTRACT

A scalable and cost-effective synthetic polymer substrate that supports robust expansion and subsequent multilineage differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) with defined commercial media is presented. This substrate can be applied to common cultureware and used off-the-shelf after long-term storage. Expansion and differentiation of hPSCs are performed entirely on the polymeric surface, enabling the clinical potential of hPSC-derived cells to be realized.


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Cell Culture Techniques/instrumentation , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Pluripotent Stem Cells/physiology , Polymers , Cell Adhesion/physiology , Cell Line , Cell Lineage , Culture Media , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , High-Throughput Screening Assays , Humans , Microarray Analysis
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Free Radic Biol Med ; 43(6): 976-86, 2007 Sep 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17697942

ABSTRACT

Endothelial cells (EC) express constitutively two major isoforms (Nox2 and Nox4) of the catalytic subunit of NADPH oxidase, which is a major source of endothelial reactive oxygen species. However, the individual roles of these Noxes in endothelial function remain unclear. We have investigated the role of Nox2 in nutrient deprivation-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. In proliferating human dermal microvascular EC, Nox2 mRNA expression was low relative to Nox4 (Nox2:Nox4 approximately 1:13), but was upregulated 24 h after starvation and increased to 8+/-3.5-fold at 36 h of starvation. Accompanying the upregulation of Nox2, there was a 2.28+/-0.18-fold increase in O2.- production, a dramatic induction of p21cip1 and p53, cell cycle arrest, and the onset of apoptosis (all p<0.05). All these changes were inhibited significantly by in vitro deletion of Nox2 expression and in coronary microvascular EC isolated from Nox2 knockout mice. In Nox2 knockout cells, although there was a 3.8+/-0.5-fold increase in Nox4 mRNA expression after 36 h of starvation (p<0.01), neither O2.- production nor the p21cip1 or p53 expression was increased significantly and only 0.46% of cells were apoptotic. In conclusion, Nox2-derived O2.-, through the modulation of p21cip1 and p53 expression, participates in endothelial cell cycle regulation and apoptosis.


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Apoptosis , Cell Cycle , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism , Endothelium, Vascular/cytology , Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism , NADPH Oxidases/metabolism , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism , Animals , Apoptosis/genetics , Cell Cycle/genetics , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/genetics , DNA, Antisense/pharmacology , Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology , Humans , Membrane Glycoproteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Knockout , NADPH Oxidase 1 , NADPH Oxidase 2 , NADPH Oxidase 4 , NADPH Oxidases/antagonists & inhibitors , NADPH Oxidases/genetics , Oxidative Stress , RNA, Messenger/analysis , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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Mol Biol Cell ; 18(10): 4168-79, 2007 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17699598

ABSTRACT

We have investigated the cellular responses to hydrostatic pressure by using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model system. Exposure to sublethal levels of hydrostatic pressure resulted in G2 cell cycle delay. This delay resulted from Cdc2 tyrosine-15 (Y-15) phosphorylation, and it was abrogated by simultaneous disruption of the Cdc2 kinase regulators Cdc25 and Wee1. However, cell cycle delay was independent of the DNA damage, cytokinesis, and cell size checkpoints, suggesting a novel mechanism of Cdc2-Y15 phosphorylation in response to hydrostatic pressure. Spc1/Sty1 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, a conserved member of the eukaryotic stress-activated p38, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase family, was rapidly activated after pressure stress, and it was required for cell cycle recovery under these conditions, in part through promoting polo kinase (Plo1) phosphorylation on serine 402. Moreover, the Spc1 MAP kinase pathway played a key role in maintaining cell viability under hydrostatic pressure stress through the bZip transcription factor, Atf1. Further analysis revealed that prestressing cells with heat increased barotolerance, suggesting adaptational cross-talk between these stress responses. These findings provide new insight into eukaryotic homeostasis after exposure to pressure stress.


Subject(s)
Cell Cycle , Schizosaccharomyces/cytology , Adaptation, Physiological , Cytokinesis , DNA, Fungal/metabolism , Enzyme Activation , G2 Phase , Hydrostatic Pressure , Kinetics , Microbial Viability , Models, Biological , Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/metabolism
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