In vitro derivation of functional insulin-producing cells from human embryonic stem cells  

作　　者：Wei Jiang Yan Shi Dongxin Zhao Song Chen Jun Yong Jing Zhang Tingting Qing Xiaoning Sun Peng Zhang Mingxiao Ding Dongsheng Li Hongkui Deng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China [2]Beijing Laboratory Animals Research Center, Beijing 100012, China [3]Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, the University Town, Shenzhen 518055, China [4]provincial Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Tai-He Hospital Yunyang Medical College, 32 S. Renmin Rd., Shiyan 442000, China

出　　处：《Cell Research》2007年第4期333-344,共12页细胞研究（英文版）

基　　金：This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology Grant （2001CB510106）；Science and Technology Plan of Beijing Municipal Government （H020220050290）；National Natural Science Foundation of China Awards for 0utstanding Young Scientists （30125022）；for Creative Research Groups （30421004）；Bill ＆ Melinda Gates Foundation Grant （37871） to H Deng.

摘　　要：The capacity for self-renewal and differentiation of human embryonic stem （ES） cells makes them a potential source for generation of pancreatic beta cells for treating type I diabetes mellitus. Here, we report a newly developed and effective method, carried out in a serum-free system, which induced human ES cells to differentiate into insulin-producing cells. Activin A was used in the initial stage to induce definitive endoderm differentiation from human ES cells, as detected by the expression of the definitive endoderm markers Sox17 and Brachyury. Further, all-trans retinoic acid （RA） was used to promote pancreatic differentiation, as indicated by the expression of the early pancreatic transcription factors pdxl and hlxb9. After maturation in DMEM/F12 serum-free medium with bFGF and nicotinamide, the differentiated cells expressed islet specific markers such as C-peptide, insulin, glucagon and glut2. The percentage of C-peptide-positive cells exceeded 15%. The secretion of insulin and C-peptide by these cells corresponded to the variations in glucose levels. When transplanted into renal capsules of Streptozotocin （STZ）-treated nude mice, these differentiated human ES cells survived and maintained the expression of beta cell marker genes, including C-peptide, pdxl, glucokinase, nkx6.1, lAPP, pax6 and Tcfl. Thirty percent of the transplanted nude mice exhibited apparent restoration of stable euglycemia; and the corrected phenotype was sustained for more than six weeks. Our new method provides a promising in vitro differentiation model for studying the mechanisms of human pancreas development and illustrates the potential of using human ES cells for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus.

关 键 词：human embryonic stem cell direct differentiation insulin-producing cell DIABETES 

分 类 号：R335.6[医药卫生—人体生理学] R587.1[医药卫生—基础医学]