WO2023127824A1 - 神経堤細胞の培養方法及び製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for culturing and producing neural crest cells.
- Neural crest cells are cells derived from the neural crest and differentiate into various cell types such as nerve cells of the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells, melanocytes, endocrine cells, smooth muscle, head skeleton, cornea, and iris. For this reason, it is also called the "fourth germ layer" acquired during the evolution of vertebrates.
- Non-Patent Documents 1 to 4 methods have been proposed for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells such as iPS cells into neural crest cells, and further inducing differentiation of neural crest cells into mesenchymal stem cells.
- Patent Documents 1 to 4 methods have been proposed for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells, and further inducing differentiation of neural crest cells into mesenchymal stem cells.
- Patent Documents 1 to 4 in order to purify the target neural crest cells.
- an operation to select neural crest cell marker-positive cells by sorting by FACS or the like. has been proposed (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
- establishment of a method for producing neural crest cells that can eliminate contamination in the production process and is safer is required.
- Patent Document 3 it has been reported that fibronectin, which is an extracellular matrix, and integrin, which is a receptor for laminin, are essential for the interaction between neural crest cells and the extracellular matrix (Non-Patent Document 3).
- Patent document 5 also shows a method of controlling differentiation into neural crest cells in the presence of laminin-211 or E8 fragment of laminin-211.
- Non-Patent Document 4 reports that iPS cells are induced to neural crest cells by using a culture vessel coated with laminin 211 when inducing eye cells.
- Patent Document 6 discloses a method for purifying neural crest cells, which includes a step of expanding culture using laminin-211 as a cell scaffold.
- Makoto Fukuta et al. “Derivation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells through a Neural Crest Lineage using Small Molecule Compounds with Defined Media”, PLoS One. 2014 Dec 2;9(12):e112291 Alan W. Leung et al., “WNT/ ⁇ -catenin signaling mediates human neural crest induction via a pre-neural border intermediate”, Development, 143:398-410, 2016 Laura S. Gammill et al., “Division of labor during trunk neural crest development”, Dev Biol.
- the present invention provides a method for culturing and producing a cell population containing neural crest cells, which can stably mass-produce neural crest cells from pluripotent stem cells with a quality that can be used for cell therapy, and a method for producing the same.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells using neural crest cells.
- neural crest cells can differentiate into various cells, neural crest cells are selected so that they have characteristics that allow them to differentiate into target cells, and neural crest cells in the desired cellular state are selected. It is also an object of the invention to obtain cells.
- the present inventors cultured a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells differentiated from pluripotent stem cells using a specific laminin or a fragment thereof as a scaffold to obtain highly purified neural crest cells.
- a specific laminin or a fragment thereof as a scaffold to obtain highly purified neural crest cells.
- the present invention relates to each of the following inventions.
- extracellular matrices containing the integrin-binding sites of these laminins A method for selectively culturing neural crest cells in a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells, comprising a culturing step of adherently culturing a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells.
- [9] (1) a step of inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells to obtain a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells; (2) A method for producing a cell population containing neural crest cells, comprising the step of adherently culturing the cell population obtained in step (1) by the culture method according to any one of [1] to [8]. [10] The production method according to [9], wherein the cell population obtained in step (1) is subjected to step (2) without screening using a neural crest cell marker.
- step (1) comprises culturing the cell population comprising the pluripotent stem cells in a medium comprising at least one SMAD signaling inhibitor and at least one Wnt signaling activator ] The manufacturing method as described in.
- step (1) comprises culturing the cell population comprising the pluripotent stem cells in a medium comprising at least one SMAD signaling inhibitor and at least one Wnt signaling activator ] The manufacturing method as described in.
- step (1) comprises culturing the cell population comprising the pluripotent stem cells in a medium comprising at least one SMAD signaling inhibitor and at least one Wnt signaling activator ]
- [12] The production method of [11], wherein the SMAD signaling inhibitor is a TGF ⁇ inhibitor.
- the Wnt signaling activator is a GSK3 ⁇ inhibitor.
- step (1) is performed for 7 to 18 days.
- [15] The production method according to any one of [9] to [14], wherein the medium in step (1) is a serum substitute or serum-free synthetic medium.
- [17] A cell population containing mesenchymal stem cells produced by the production method of [16].
- graft-versus-host disease GvHD
- acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS
- asthma severe heart failure
- myocardial infarction cerebral infarction
- trauma containing as an active ingredient the cell population containing the mesenchymal stem cells of [17] brain injury, brain tumor, spinal cord injury, severe leg ischemia, diabetic leg ulcer, liver cirrhosis, acute liver failure, chronic liver failure, Crohn's disease, sepsis, viral infection, epidermolysis bullosa, diabetes, diabetic organ damage, atopy Dermatitis, hypersensitivity, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, multiple myeloma, Kawasaki disease, scleroderma, alopecia, autoimmune hepatitis, lupus nephritis, aplastic anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome , psoriasis, hip osteoarthritis, knee osteoarth
- a pharmaceutical composition for [19] A method for determining the state of differentiation progress of pluripotent stem cells when inducing differentiation from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells, comprising: (I) harvesting a portion of the cell population in culture at a desired time point; (II) measuring the expression level of a predetermined gene in the collected cell population; (III) a step of comparing the measured expression level of the gene with a threshold; (IV) determining that the cultured cell population at the desired time point can differentiate into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells when the measured expression level of the gene is equal to or greater than the threshold; A method, including [20] The method according to [19], wherein the predetermined genes include one or more genes whose expression is enhanced after induction of differentiation and/or one or more genes whose expression is enhanced during the expansion culture period.
- the gene whose expression is enhanced after one or more inductions of differentiation includes one or more selected from the group consisting of SOX10, RHOB, FOXD3, and NOTCH1, and the gene whose expression is enhanced during the one or more expansion culture periods. comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of SOX9, TFAP2A, NGFR, TWIST1, and EDN3.
- the desired time point is any time point during the process of inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells to obtain a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells.
- Laminin ⁇ chain is ⁇ 1 chain and ⁇ chain is ⁇ 1 chain, ⁇ chain is ⁇ 2 chain and ⁇ in selective culture of neural crest cells in a cell population comprising neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells
- Laminin in which the chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, laminin in which the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain, and laminin in which the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 5 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, and these laminins Use of one or more extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of extracellular matrices containing integrin binding sites.
- neural crest cells need not be sorted from a cell population containing neural crest cells after induction of differentiation by flow cytometry or the like. , can provide a cell population containing highly pure neural crest cells. Furthermore, by inducing differentiation of the obtained cell population into mesenchymal stem cells, a cell population containing highly purified mesenchymal stem cells can be provided.
- the neural crest The state of differentiation into cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells can be determined. Moreover, according to the present invention, it is possible to select neural crest cells and obtain neural crest cells in a desired cell state.
- FIG. 1 shows the results of temporal observation by flow cytometry of the expression of the neural crest cell marker p75 at the time of induction of differentiation from iPS cells to neural crest cells and at the time of expansion culture of differentiated neural crest cells in Example 1.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the results of observation by flow cytometry of the expression of mesenchymal stem cell markers at the time when neural crest cells were induced to differentiate into mesenchymal stem cells in Example 1.
- FIG. FIG. 2 is an image of neural crest cells expanded and cultured on laminin-211 or laminin-221 after induction of differentiation in Examples 1 and 2, observed with an optical microscope.
- FIG. 10 is an image of the state of cell adhesion of differentiation-induced neural crest cells to various extracellular matrices observed with an optical microscope in Example 3.
- Differentiation-induced neural crest cells (P0) and NGFR (A) and TFAP2A (B) of P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 cell populations expanded and cultured using various extracellular matrices in Example 3 , and TWIST1 (C) relative to iPS cells before seeding (Day 0), measured by real-time PCR.
- Differentiation-induced neural crest cells (P0) and SOX10 (A) and SOX9 (B) of P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 cell populations expanded and cultured using various extracellular matrices in Example 3 is a diagram showing the results of measuring the relative expression level of iPS cells before seeding (Day 0) by real-time PCR.
- Example 4 microarray analysis was performed on the cell population at each passage that was expanded using various extracellular matrices, and cluster analysis was performed based on the expression levels of all genes obtained. gram. Microarray analysis was performed on the differentiation-induced neural crest cells (P0) and the cell populations at each passage that were expanded and cultured using two types of extracellular matrices in Example 6, and all genes obtained 1 is a dendrogram showing the results of cluster analysis based on the expression levels of .
- a method for producing a cell population containing neural crest cells of one embodiment comprises at least the following steps (1) and (2). (1) step of inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells to obtain a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells; a step of adherently culturing a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells in the presence of a predetermined extracellular matrix
- Step (1) is a differentiation-inducing step from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells
- step (2) is a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells. This is a selective culture process for neural crest cells to increase (purify) the proportion of neural crest cells.
- Step (1) Differentiation induction from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells>
- stem cell means an undifferentiated cell having differentiation potential and proliferation potential (especially self-renewal potential) while maintaining differentiation potential.
- Stem cells include subpopulations such as pluripotent stem cells, multipotent stem cells, and unipotent stem cells, depending on their differentiation potential.
- Pluripotent stem cells can be derived from fertilized eggs, cloned embryos, germ stem cells, tissue stem cells, somatic cells, etc.
- pluripotent stem cells include embryonic stem cells (ES cells: Embryonic stem cells), EG cells (Embryonic germ cells), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells: induced pluripotent stem cells), and the like.
- ES cells were first established in 1981 and have been applied to the production of knockout mice since 1989. Human ES cells were established in 1998 and are being used in regenerative medicine. ES cells can be produced by culturing the inner cell mass on feeder cells. Instead of feeder cells, it can also be produced by culturing in a medium containing LIF (leukemia inhibitory factor) for mice and bFGF (fibroblast growth factor) for humans. Methods for producing ES cells are described, for example, in WO96/22362, WO02/101057, US5,843,780, US6,200,806, US6,280,718 and the like. ES cells can be obtained from designated institutions or purchased commercially.
- LIF leukemia inhibitory factor
- bFGF fibroblast growth factor
- ES cells are ES cells established from embryos within 14 days of fertilization.
- ntES cells Nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells
- ES cells which are one type of ES cells, can be established from cloned embryos created by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an egg whose nucleus has been removed.
- EG cells can be produced by culturing primordial germ cells in a medium containing mSCF, LIF and bFGF (Cell, 70:841-847, 1992).
- induced pluripotent stem cells refers to somatic cells by reprogramming (reprogramming) by a known method or the like, thereby inducing pluripotency.
- fibroblasts or differentiated somatic cells such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, Myc (c-Myc, N-Myc, L-Myc), Glis1, Nanog
- Examples include cells reprogrammed by expression of any combination of a plurality of genes selected from a reprogramming gene group including Sall4, Lin28, Esrrb and the like to induce pluripotency.
- Preferred combinations of reprogramming factors include (1) Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4 and Myc (eg c-Myc or L-Myc), (2) Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, Lin28 and L-Myc ( Stem Cells, 2013; 31: 458-466).
- iPS cells were established in mouse cells by Yamanaka et al. in 2006 (Cell, 2006, 126(4), pp.663-676). iPS cells were also established in human fibroblasts in 2007, and have pluripotency and self-renewal ability like ES cells (Cell, 2007, 131 (5), pp. 861-872; Science, 2007, 318 (5858), pp. 1917-1920; Nat. Biotechnol., 2008, 26(1), pp. 101-106).
- iPS cells can be produced by a method of inducing iPS cells from somatic cells by adding compounds, etc., in addition to the method of producing by direct reprogramming by gene expression (Science, 2013, 341, pp. 651-654 ).
- iPS cells for example, 201B7 cells, 201B7-Ff cells, 253G1 cells, 253G4 cells, 1201C1 cells, 1205D1 cells, 1210B2 cells, 1231A3 cells established at Kyoto University.
- Human iPS cell lines such as are available from Kyoto University.
- As established clinical iPS cells for example, Ff-I01, Ff-I14, QHJI01 and QHJI14 established at Kyoto University are available from Kyoto University.
- iPS cells can be produced using, for example, somatic cells.
- Somatic cells used in producing iPS cells are not particularly limited, but tissue-derived fibroblasts, blood cells (e.g., peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), T cells), hepatocytes, pancreas cells, intestinal epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells, dental pulp cells, and the like.
- blood cells e.g., peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), T cells
- hepatocytes e.g., hepatocytes
- pancreas cells hepatocytes
- intestinal epithelial cells e.g., smooth muscle cells, dental pulp cells, and the like.
- somatic cells used for producing iPS cells include peripheral blood and umbilical cord blood collected from human blood vessels, skin tissue, teeth, and the like.
- the means for expressing the genes is not particularly limited.
- the means include infection methods using viral vectors (e.g., retroviral vectors, lentiviral vectors, Sendai viral vectors, adenoviral vectors, or adeno-associated viral vectors), plasmid vectors (e.g., plasmid vectors, or episomal vectors).
- viral vectors e.g., retroviral vectors, lentiviral vectors, Sendai viral vectors, adenoviral vectors, or adeno-associated viral vectors
- plasmid vectors e.g., plasmid vectors, or episomal vectors.
- gene transfer method e.g., calcium phosphate method, lipofection method, retronectin method, or electroporation method
- gene transfer method using RNA vector e.g., calcium phosphate method, lipofection method, or electroporation method
- Direct injection of protein for example, needle-based method, lipofection method, or electroporation method
- iPS cell production kit e.g, iPS cell production kit CytoTuneTM-iPS using Sendai virus vector
- iPS cell production kit eg, iPS cell production kit CytoTuneTM-iPS using Sendai virus vector
- iPS cells can be produced in the presence of feeder cells or in the absence of feeder cells (feeder-free). When iPS cells are produced in the presence of feeder cells, iPS cells can be produced in the presence of factors for maintaining undifferentiation by a known method.
- the medium used to produce feeder-free iPS cells is not particularly limited, but a known maintenance medium for ES cells and/or iPS cells, or a medium for establishing feeder-free iPS cells may be used. can be done.
- Media for establishing feeder-free iPS cells include feeder-free culture such as Essential 8 medium (E8 medium), Essential 6 medium, TeSR medium, mTeSR medium, mTeSR-E8 medium, Stabilized Essential 8 medium, StemFit medium, etc.
- iPS cells for example, four factors of Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and Myc (eg, c-Myc or L-Myc) are introduced into feeder-free somatic cells using a Sendai virus vector.
- iPS cells can be produced.
- Pluripotent stem cells in the present invention are preferably mammalian pluripotent stem cells, more preferably rodent (eg, mouse or rat) or primate (eg, human or monkey) pluripotent stem cells. More preferably, primate pluripotent stem cells, particularly preferably human iPS cells or human ES cells.
- the medium used for culturing pluripotent stem cells herein that is, the medium capable of maintaining the pluripotency of pluripotent stem cells, can be prepared using a medium commonly used for culturing animal cells as a basal medium. .
- Basic media for culturing pluripotent stem cells include, for example, BME medium, BGJb medium, CMRL 1066 medium, Glasgow's Minimal Essential Medium (GMEM) medium, Improved MEM Zinc Option medium, IMDM medium, Medium 199 medium, Examples include Eagle MEM medium, ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, F-12 medium, DMEM/F12 medium, IMDM/F12 medium, Ham's medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, Neurobasal medium and mixed media thereof.
- BME medium BME medium
- BGJb medium Glasgow's Minimal Essential Medium (GMEM) medium
- GMEM Zinc Option medium Improved MEM Zinc Option medium
- IMDM medium Medium 199 medium
- Examples include Eagle MEM medium, ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, F-12 medium, DMEM/F12 medium, IMDM/F12 medium, Ham's medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, Neurobasal medium and mixed media thereof.
- the medium capable of maintaining the pluripotency of pluripotent stem cells is a medium containing an undifferentiation maintenance factor (undifferentiation maintenance medium) to maintain the undifferentiated state of pluripotent stem cells.
- the medium can be commercially available, and can be prepared, for example, by adding an undifferentiated maintenance factor, a serum substitute, an appropriate nutrient source, and the like to a basal medium. Specifically, it can be prepared by adding bFGF, KSR, non-essential amino acid (NEAA), L-glutamine and 2-mercaptoethanol to DMEM/F12 medium.
- Feeder-free media such as the above-mentioned Essential 8 medium (E8 medium), Essential 6 medium, TeSR medium, mTeSR medium, mTeSR-E8 medium, Stabilized Essential 8 medium, and StemFit medium can also be used.
- the medium used for culturing pluripotent stem cells is preferably a xeno-free medium, more preferably a chemical free medium containing no animal-derived components. Chemically defined media are preferred. Therefore, the medium used for culturing pluripotent stem cells is desirably a feeder-free medium or a serum-free medium.
- Neural crest cells are a group of cells that migrate extensively within the developing embryo after de-epithelializing from the neural crest and undergoing an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. By being distributed to specific regions within the embryo, they differentiate into various cell types characteristic of the region, such as peripheral nerves, cartilage, and smooth muscle. Since neural crest cells are a transient cell population, it has been difficult to recover them from embryos during development. Due to the development being reported, it became available. Neural crest progenitor cells are a general term for a group of cells destined to differentiate into neural crest cells.
- neural crest cells and “neural crest progenitor cells” refer to neural crest cells and neural crest progenitor cells obtained from embryos during development, and neural crest cells and neural crest progenitor cells obtained by a differentiation induction method. and can be identified by markers expressed in neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells.
- Neural crest cell markers include TFAP2A, NGFR (synonymous with p75), TWIST (TWIST1 or TWIST2), EDN3 and the like, and neural crest progenitor cell markers include FOXD3, PAX3, ZIC1 and the like.
- the "cell population containing neural crest cells” may include neural crest progenitor cells.
- the "cell population containing neural crest cells” may contain neural crest stem cells.
- Neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells can be obtained from pluripotent stem cells by differentiation induction.
- the method of inducing differentiation is not particularly limited, for example, the methods described in Patent Documents 1-4 and Non-Patent Documents 1-2 can be used. Also, considering the efficiency of differentiation induction, it is preferable to culture a cell population containing pluripotent stem cells in a medium containing at least one SMAD signaling inhibitor and at least one Wnt signaling activator.
- the SMAD signaling inhibitor is, for example, a TGF ⁇ superfamily inhibitor capable of inhibiting SMAD signaling by inhibiting phosphorylation of SMAD upstream of the SMAD signal.
- TGF ⁇ inhibitors and BMP inhibitors are included.
- SMAD signaling inhibitors may be used in appropriate combination of one or more TGF ⁇ inhibitors and one or more BMP inhibitors. It is preferred to include at least one TGF ⁇ inhibitor as SMAD signaling inhibitor.
- the TGF ⁇ inhibitor is not particularly limited as long as it can suppress signal transduction mediated by TGF ⁇ , and may be any of nucleic acids, proteins, and low-molecular-weight organic compounds.
- TGF ⁇ inhibitors include substances that directly act on TGF ⁇ (e.g., proteins, antibodies, aptamers, etc.), substances that suppress the expression of genes encoding TGF ⁇ (e.g., antisense oligonucleotides, siRNA, etc.), TGF ⁇ receptors and TGF ⁇ . and substances that inhibit physiological activity caused by signal transduction by TGF ⁇ receptors (eg, TGF ⁇ receptor inhibitors, etc.).
- TGF ⁇ inhibitors include substances that inhibit binding to the ALK family of receptors or substances that inhibit the phosphorylation of SMAD by the ALK family.
- TGF ⁇ inhibitors include, for example, SB431542, SB202190 (RK Lindemann et al., Mol. Cancer 2:20 (2003)), SB505124 (GlaxoSmithKline), NPC30345, SD093, SD908, SD208 (Scios), LY2109761, LY364947, LY580276 (Lilly Research Laboratories), A-83-01 (WO2009146408), Galunisertib (LY2157299), LY3200882, SB52533 4, GW788388, RepSox, Lefty-1 (as NCBI Accession No.
- TGF ⁇ inhibitor is preferably one or more selected from the group consisting of SB431542 and A83-01, which are known as TGF ⁇ receptor (ALK5) and activin receptor (ALK4/7) inhibitors. preferable.
- the concentration of the TGF ⁇ inhibitor in the medium can be appropriately set within a range where signal transduction mediated by TGF ⁇ can be suppressed.
- the concentration of SB431542 is not particularly limited as long as it can inhibit ALK5, and is, for example, 100 nM to 100 ⁇ M, preferably 500 nM to 30 ⁇ M, more preferably 1 ⁇ M to 20 ⁇ M.
- a concentration that exhibits ALK inhibitory activity or TGF ⁇ inhibitory activity equivalent to that of SB431542 at the concentration described above can be appropriately set.
- the BMP inhibitor is not particularly limited as long as it is an inhibitor involved in the inhibition of BMP signaling through the binding of BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) and BMP receptor (type I or type II). , proteins, and low-molecular-weight organic compounds.
- BMP inhibitors include substances that act directly on BMP (e.g., proteins, antibodies, aptamers, etc.), substances that suppress the expression of genes encoding BMPs (e.g., antisense oligonucleotides, siRNA, etc.), and BMP receptors.
- Substances that have biological activity that inhibits the above BMP signaling by inhibiting BMP binding substances that inhibit physiological activity caused by signaling by BMP receptors (e.g., inhibitors of BMP receptors, etc.), BMPI type receptor kinase inhibitors and the like are included.
- substances having the biological activity of inhibiting the above-mentioned BMP signaling by inhibiting the binding of BMPs to BMP receptors include Dorsomorphin, Noggin and derivatives thereof.
- specific examples of BMP type I receptor kinase inhibitors include LDN-193189 (that is, 4-(6-(4-(piperazin-1-yl)phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3 -yl)quinoline) and its derivatives (eg LDN-212854).
- Other BMP inhibitors include K02288, Chordin and Follistatin.
- the BMP inhibitor is preferably one or more selected from the group consisting of Noggin, LDN-193189, Dorsomorphin and K02288 (PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e62721.).
- the concentration of the BMP inhibitor in the medium can be appropriately set, for example, within a range where signal transduction mediated by BMP can be suppressed.
- the concentration of LDN-193189 is not particularly limited as long as it is a concentration capable of inhibiting BMP type I receptor kinase. Preferably between 50 nM and 3 ⁇ M, even more preferably between 50 nM and 1 ⁇ M.
- the concentration that exhibits BMP type I receptor kinase inhibitory activity or BMP inhibitory activity equivalent to LDN-193189 at the concentration described above can be appropriately set.
- the Wnt signaling activator is not particularly limited as long as it can activate signaling mediated by Wnt.
- Wnt signaling activators include Wnt proteins (Wnt3a, etc.), Wnt agonists, Dkk (inhibitors of Wnt signaling inhibitory proteins), GSK3 ⁇ (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 ⁇ ) inhibitors, R-Spondin, and the like.
- a GSK3 ⁇ inhibitor is defined as a substance that inhibits the kinase activity of Glycogen Synthase Kinase (GSK) 3 ⁇ protein, and specific examples thereof include BIO (also known as GSK-3 ⁇ inhibitor IX; 6-bromoindirubin- 3′-oxime), indirubin derivatives such as SB216763, maleimide derivatives such as SB216763, ⁇ -bromomethylketone compounds such as GSK-3 ⁇ inhibitor VII, cell membrane permeable phosphorylated peptides such as CHIR99021, Kenpaullone, L803-mts, and Derivatives thereof are included.
- BIO also known as GSK-3 ⁇ inhibitor IX; 6-bromoindirubin- 3′-oxime
- indirubin derivatives such as SB216763, maleimide derivatives such as SB216763, ⁇ -bromomethylketone compounds
- GSK-3 ⁇ inhibitor VII cell membrane permeable phosphorylated peptides such as CHIR99021, Kenp
- the Wnt signaling activator is preferably a GSK3 ⁇ inhibitor, and one or more selected from the group consisting of GSK3 ⁇ inhibitors CHIR99021, BIO, Kenpaullone, SB216763 and L803-mts is preferably
- the concentration of the Wnt signal transduction activator in the medium can be appropriately set within a range that can enhance signal transduction mediated by, for example, Wnt proteins (Wnt3a, etc.).
- Wnt3a Wnt proteins
- the concentration of CHIR99021 is not particularly limited as long as it is a concentration capable of inhibiting GSK3 ⁇ .
- a concentration that exhibits GSK3 ⁇ inhibitory activity equivalent to the aforementioned concentration of CHIR99021 or enhancement of signal transduction mediated by Wnt proteins (Wnt3a, etc.) can be appropriately set.
- pluripotent stem cells are cultured in the absence of feeder cells. Absence of feeder cells can be paraphrased as feeder-free, and indicates a state in which no feeder cells are present in the medium. Examples of culture conditions in the absence of feeder cells include culture conditions in which feeder cells such as fibroblasts, SNL cells, and STO cells are not added.
- neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium includes a differentiation-inducing factor from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells, and by culturing pluripotent stem cells in the medium, neural crest cells and/or nerves It is a medium capable of inducing differentiation into ridge progenitor cells.
- the neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium may be a feeder-free medium suitable for inducing differentiation of neural crest cells and suitable for feeder-free culture of pluripotent stem cells.
- a neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium can be suitably prepared, for example, by adding additive factors such as serum substitutes and nutrient sources, and further differentiation-inducing factors to the basal medium as required.
- step (1) of the present invention pluripotent stem cells are cultured in a neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium to induce differentiation into neural crest cells, and cell populations containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells are generated.
- a neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium to induce differentiation into neural crest cells
- cell populations containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells are generated.
- step (1) is composed of a plurality of subdivided substeps. may be configured.
- step (1) may consist of 2 to 5 substeps, preferably 2 to 3 substeps.
- the neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium used in each substep has the same composition, and the substeps may consist of a plurality of substeps with different culture conditions such as culture temperature and oxygen partial pressure. (ii) may consist of a plurality of substeps in which the types and/or concentrations of one or more differentiation-inducing factors are different, or (iii) the above (i) and (ii) may be combined.
- the timing of treating the pluripotent stem cells with the differentiation-inducing factors necessary for inducing differentiation into neural crest cells may be set as appropriate. , may be separate.
- the concentration of the differentiation-inducing factor may be appropriately set, and may be constant, or may be increased or decreased stepwise.
- the basal medium used in step (1) is not particularly limited as long as the cells can be cultured, and a basal medium commercially available as a basal medium for cell growth can be used as appropriate.
- a basal medium for cell growth for example, BME medium, BGJb medium, CMRL 1066 medium, Glasgow MEM (GMEM) medium, Improved MEM Zinc Option medium, IMDM medium, Medium 199 medium, Eagle MEM medium, ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, F -12 medium, DMEM/F-12 medium, IMDM/F12 medium, Ham medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, CDM medium, or mixed medium of these, etc., which can be used for culturing animal cells can be done.
- CDM medium means a medium consisting only of components identified as chemical substances.
- basal media appropriately contain components necessary for the survival and growth of cells, such as carbon sources such as carbohydrates and amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts, serum or serum substitutes. Moreover, it is preferably a serum substitute or a serum-free synthetic medium.
- a CDM medium is preferably used as the basal medium used in step (1).
- exemplary CDM media include media containing IMDM/Ham's F-12 1:1 (GIBCO, USA) and 1 ⁇ Chemically Defined Lipid Concentrate (GIBCO).
- a neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium for example, a medium for maintaining and culturing pluripotent stem cells in an undifferentiated state (undifferentiated maintenance medium), a factor necessary for maintaining undifferentiation (undifferentiation maintenance factor), It is also possible to use a medium from which some or all of the undifferentiated maintenance factors have been removed, or a medium from which the concentrations of some or all of the undifferentiated maintenance factors have been reduced to an effective concentration or less, as described below.
- Such a medium can be prepared, for example, by formulating so as to contain components equivalent to those of the medium.
- a medium obtained by adding nutritional factors such as serum substitutes and hormones to a basal medium such as DMEM can also be used.
- the undifferentiation maintenance medium may be sold as a kit so that a plurality of liquids can be appropriately mixed and used. It is also possible to prepare a differentiation-inducing medium. For example, in the case of Stem Fit AK03N (manufactured by Ajinomoto Healthy Supply Co., Ltd.), since it is divided into A, B, and C solutions, only A and B solutions, excluding FGF2 (also called bFGF), can be used to replenish the neural crest. A cell differentiation inducing medium can be prepared and used.
- the neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium contains differentiation-inducing factors such as SMAD signaling inhibitors and Wnt signaling activators, and components that inhibit or antagonize their actions are included in the step (1) It is preferably contained in a concentration that does not affect, for example, does not affect, or is not contained.
- Neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium used in step (1) a medium in which the induction of neural crest cells into neural cells is suppressed.
- Neural crest cell differentiation-inducing media used in step (1) include basal media (eg, CDM media) containing SMAD signaling inhibitors and/or Wnt signaling activators.
- the neural crest cell differentiation-inducing medium used in step (1) include CDM medium (IMDM/Ham's F-12 1:1 (GIBCO, USA), 1 ⁇ Chemically Defined Lipid Concentrate (GIBCO), Optiferrin (InVitria, USA) (0.1-1000 ⁇ g/ml, or 1-100 ⁇ g/ml, preferably 10-30 ⁇ g/ml), Insulin (Sigma, USA) (0.1-100 ⁇ g/ml) 1000 ⁇ g/ml, or 1-100 ⁇ g/ml, preferably 2-20 ⁇ g/ml), monothioglycerol (0.01-10 mM, or 0.1-1 mM).
- CDM medium IMDM/Ham's F-12 1:1 (GIBCO, USA)
- Optiferrin InVitria, USA
- Insulin Insulin
- monothioglycerol 0.01-10 mM, or 0.1-1 mM.
- the CDM medium is a medium that suppresses the induction of neural crest cells into nerve cells, and thus is a medium suitable for maintaining neural crest cells.
- the culture surface of the culture vessel is preferably coated with an extracellular matrix suitable for inducing differentiation of neural crest cells.
- an extracellular matrix is not particularly limited as long as it allows differentiation-induced neural crest cells to easily adhere, and examples thereof include laminin and fibronectin.
- laminin 511 and fibronectin are preferably used.
- the coating amount may be 0.001 to 30 ⁇ g/cm 2 , 0.01 to 10 ⁇ g/cm 2 , or 0.1 to 1 ⁇ g/cm 2 with respect to the area of the culture surface. is preferably
- culture vessels commercially available culture vessels, for example, flat-bottomed 6-well plate (bottom area of about 9.5 cm 2 , inner diameter of about 35 mm), 12-well plate (bottom area of about 3.8 cm 2 , inner diameter of 23 mm). 24-well plate (bottom area about 1.88 cm2 , inner diameter about 16 mm), 48-well plate (bottom area about 1.0 cm2 , inner diameter about 11 mm), 96-well plate (bottom area about 0.35 cm2) , inner diameter of about 6 to 8 mm), 384-well plate (bottom area of about 0.1 cm 2 , inner diameter of about 3 to 4 mm).
- it is a flat-bottomed 6-well plate.
- an equal volume of cell suspension having a uniform cell density is dispensed into each well of the culture vessel.
- the cell density may be from 0.1 ⁇ 10 5 cells/well to 5.0 ⁇ 10 5 cells/well, preferably from 0.2 ⁇ 10 5 cells/well to 2.0 ⁇ 10 5 cells/well.
- the culture in step (1) may be carried out for approximately 6 to 20 days, preferably approximately 7 to 18 days, more preferably 10 to 18 days.
- the culture period may be determined by the desired degree of cell differentiation.
- the degree of cell differentiation which indicates how differentiated the induced cells have differentiated, can also be determined by measuring differentiation markers. This can be done by increasing the expression level of at least one. An increase in the expression level indicates a case where the expression level increases within the error range or more after a certain period of time has elapsed from a specific time point.
- the culture conditions for the culture in step (1) are not particularly limited, but for example, a temperature of 35° C. to 37° C., preferably 37° C., a humidity of 90% to 95%, preferably 95%, and a humidity of 3% to 5%, preferably A condition of 5% CO 2 concentration is sufficient, and a hypoxic culture condition is preferable.
- the term “hypoxic culture conditions” means conditions under which cells are cultured at an oxygen concentration lower than that in the atmosphere (approximately 21%).
- the oxygen concentration means the concentration of oxygen in the air in contact with the culture medium containing cells in the culture apparatus.
- the oxygen concentration is not particularly limited as long as it is 20% or less, preferably in the range of 3% to 10%, more preferably in the range of 4% to 6%, most preferably 5%.
- pluripotent stem cells Before differentiation, that is, before step (1), pluripotent stem cells may be maintained and cultured in an undifferentiated maintenance medium.
- the undifferentiated maintenance medium is a medium that contains factors necessary for maintaining an undifferentiated state (undifferentiated maintenance factors) and can maintain pluripotency.
- Undifferentiated maintenance factors include fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor beta (TGF ⁇ family) factor, activin A and the like.
- TGF ⁇ family transforming growth factor beta
- FGF Fibroblast Growth Factors
- FGFs include, for example, FGF2 (also referred to as bFGF), FGF4 and FGF8.
- the undifferentiated maintenance medium is as described above.
- the cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells obtained in step (1) expresses at least one neural crest cell marker and neural crest progenitor cell marker at a higher level than iPS cells. ing.
- the cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells obtained in step (1) is a cell positive for at least one of neural crest cell markers and neural crest progenitor cell markers in the total number of cells. is about 1% or more, preferably 10% or more, more preferably 30% or more, and more preferably 40% or more.
- the cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells obtained in step (1) is a cell population containing neural crest cells.
- the proportion of p75-positive cells (i.e., neural crest cells) in the total number of cells is approximately 1% or more, preferably 10% or more, more preferably 30% or more, and more preferably 40% or more. .
- Step (2) Selective culture of neural crest cells>
- Laminin with ⁇ 1 chain, laminin with ⁇ chain being ⁇ 2 chain and ⁇ chain being ⁇ 2 chain, and laminin having ⁇ chain being ⁇ 5 chain and ⁇ chain being ⁇ 1 chain, and integrin binding of these laminins A culturing step of adherently culturing a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells in the presence of one or more extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of extracellular matrices containing sites. In this specification, this step (2) is sometimes referred to as expansion culture.
- the subject of culture in step (2) is the cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells obtained in step (1).
- the cells can be directly subjected to step (2) without selection using a neural crest cell marker. This is because step (2) can selectively culture and proliferate neural crest cells.
- step (2) can selectively culture and proliferate neural crest cells.
- cell state with a certain tendency means that the gene expression state has a certain tendency.
- a certain tendency of the gene expression state can be confirmed by performing microarray, RNA sequencing, etc. on multiple independent cell population samples containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells obtained by the same culture method. and the similarity of gene profiling can be analyzed by cluster analysis or the like.
- Laminin in the present specification is a protein that constitutes the basement membrane of the extracellular matrix, and has a heterotrimeric structure with one ⁇ -chain, one ⁇ -chain, and one ⁇ -chain.
- ⁇ chains there are three types: ⁇ 1 chain, ⁇ 2 chain, and ⁇ 3 chain;
- These combinations form various laminins.
- laminin 511 is composed of ⁇ 5, ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 1 chains.
- Laminin is a cell adhesion molecule and binds to cell surface receptors. Integrins are laminin receptors.
- Laminin has a site that binds to an integrin, and a fragment of laminin that has this binding site is known as an E8 fragment.
- the extracellular matrix in step (2) is composed of laminin (i.e., laminin 111, laminin 112) where the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain.
- a laminin i.e., laminin 211, laminin 212
- a laminin in which the ⁇ chain is an ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is a ⁇ 2 chain i.e., laminin 221, laminin 222
- an ⁇ chain is an ⁇ 5 chain and a ⁇ chain is ⁇ 1.
- It may be one or more laminins selected from the group consisting of laminins (i.e.
- laminin 511, laminin 512 which are chains, and preferably the ⁇ -chain of these laminins is a ⁇ 1 chain, for example laminin 221 , laminin-211, laminin-111, laminin-511, and laminin-221 is particularly preferred.
- the extracellular matrix in step (2) may also be an extracellular matrix containing the integrin binding site of laminin as described above, preferably the integrin binding site of laminin is an E8 fragment containing the integrin binding site, especially laminin 221 is preferably the E8 fragment of
- the extracellular matrix containing the integrin binding site of laminin may be a laminin fragment (e.g., E8 fragment) containing the integrin binding site, or may not affect integrin binding ability or may enhance integrin binding ability.
- step (2) by using the predetermined extracellular matrix, neural crest cells in a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells can be selectively engrafted and proliferated, and further, It is possible to selectively engraft neural crest progenitor cells, which are likely to be induced to differentiate into neural crest cells, and promote proliferation and differentiation induction. As a result, the ratio of neural crest cells to the total number of cells in the cell population increases, and neural crest cells can be enriched and purified.
- a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells is adherently cultured in the presence of the predetermined extracellular matrix.
- the presence of a predetermined extracellular matrix may be present in a state in which the culture surface to which the cell population adheres is coated with the predetermined extracellular matrix, or the predetermined extracellular matrix is added to the medium. It may exist in both states. Among these, it is preferable that the cell population exists in a state where the culture surface is coated with a predetermined extracellular matrix.
- the coating amount may be 0.001 to 30 ⁇ g/cm 2 with respect to the area of the culture surface, It is preferably 0.01 to 10 ⁇ g/cm 2 , or 0.1 to 2 ⁇ g/cm 2 .
- the coating amount is 0.1 to 1000 ng/cm 2 with respect to the area of the culture surface, for example, in the case of laminin 221, laminin 211, laminin 111, laminin 511 and E8 fragments thereof. preferably between 1 and 100 ng/cm 2 , or between 2 and 20 ng/cm 2 .
- the medium used in step (2) is not particularly limited as long as it is a medium suitable for maintaining neural crest cells so as not to differentiate the neural crest cells, but a medium suitable for maintaining and growing neural crest cells.
- the "medium suitable for maintaining neural crest cells” is a medium obtained by adding components necessary for maintaining neural crest cells without causing cell death or further differentiation to the basal medium in step (1) above. If it is Moreover, in order to reduce stimulation to cells, it is preferable to use the same basal medium used in step (1) as the basal medium in step (2).
- serum replacement and appropriate nutrient sources may be added to the basal medium in step (1).
- factors EGF, bFGF, etc.
- One aspect includes a CDM medium supplemented with one or more components selected from albumin, BSA, HSA, FBS and KSR, a TGF ⁇ inhibitor, and a growth factor (EGF, bFGF, etc.).
- the culture conditions and culture vessel in step (2) conform to step (1).
- the number of days of culture in step (2) that is, the number of days of expansion culture, is not particularly limited, but may be carried out for approximately 12 to 28 days, preferably approximately 14 to 22 days, more preferably approximately 16 to 20 days. .
- During expansion it may be passaged, for example, at intervals of 3-5 days/time, or at intervals of 3-7 days/time, or 2-12 days/time.
- Both the total number of cells and the ratio of neural crest cells to the total number of cells in the cell population after expansion culture in step (2) increase compared to the cell population before culture.
- the total cell number increases, eg, 4-30 fold
- the ratio of neural crest cells to the total cell number increases, eg, 1.2-5 fold.
- a cell population containing neural crest cells of one embodiment is a cell population obtained by the above-described method for producing neural crest cells.
- the cell population containing neural crest cells has a ratio of p75-positive cells (i.e., neural crest cells) to the total number of cells of 70% or more (e.g., 80% or more, 85% or more, 90% or more, 95% or more).
- the ratio of neural crest progenitor cells to the total number of cells is 30% or less (eg, 20% or less, 15% or less, 10% or less, or 5% or less).
- the cell population cultured in step (2) expresses at least one gene selected from TFAP2A, NGFR, EDN3 and TWIST1.
- TFAP2A TFAP2A
- NGFR NGFR
- EDN3 thelial growth factor receptor 3
- TWIST1 tumor necrosis factor 3
- a method of inducing neural crest cells from pluripotent stem cells was used, but the method of obtaining neural crest cells is not limited to this. may be used for
- laminin where the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain laminin where the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain and 1 selected from the group consisting of laminin in which the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain, laminin in which the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 5 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, and the extracellular matrix containing the integrin binding site of these laminins
- a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells comprising a culturing step of adherently culturing a cell population containing biologically-derived neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells in the presence of the above extracellular matrix.
- a method of culturing is also provided. The culturing step in the culturing method is the same as the step (2) described above.
- the cell population containing the biologically-derived neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells is, for example, recovered from a developing embryo.
- a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells collected from developing embryos is collected by sorting the cell population containing neural crest cells using neural crest cell markers (SOX10, p75). be able to.
- the developing embryo is an embryo within 15 days of development if it is a human embryo.
- a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells of one embodiment comprises the following steps (3) and (4).
- the cell population obtained in step (3) is cultured in the presence of bFGF to differentiate into mesenchymal stem cells. Inducing process
- Step (3) comprises the steps (1) and (2) described above.
- Step (4) is a step of inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.
- Mesenchymal stem cell as used herein is one of the stem cells present in the adult body, and has the ability to differentiate into mesoderm-derived tissues such as bone, cartilage, blood vessels, and cardiomyocytes. cell.
- Mesenchymal cell markers include positive markers such as CD73, CD105, CD44, and negative markers such as CD45.
- the medium in step (4) may be prepared by adding bFGF to the basal medium mentioned in the explanation of step (1) above, and the basal medium is preferably DMEM, RPMI-1640 or ⁇ MEM, especially ⁇ MEM. can be preferably used.
- the amount of bFGF to be added may be 0.01 to 1000 ng/ml, preferably 0.1 to 100 ng/ml or 1 to 30 ng/ml.
- Components optionally added to the medium include FBS, BSA, and the like.
- the culture conditions and culture vessel in step (4) conform to steps (1) and (2).
- the culture surface may be coated with an extracellular matrix to promote cell engraftment.
- extracellular matrices include RetroNectin (Recombinant Human Fibronectin Fragment), fibronectin and the like, and fibronectin is particularly preferably used.
- the coating amount may be 0.01 to 1000 ⁇ g/cm 2 , preferably 0.1 to 100 ⁇ g/cm 2 or 1 to 30 ⁇ g/cm 2 with respect to the area of the culture surface.
- the culture in step (4) may be performed for about 4 to 20 days, preferably about 8 to 16 days.
- the culture period may be determined by the desired degree of cell differentiation.
- the degree of cell differentiation can be determined by measuring the expression levels of differentiation markers. For example, increasing the expression level of CD73, CD105, or CD44 by FACS, or decreasing the expression level of CD45, or increasing the expression level of any one of CD73, CD105, or CD44 by PCR or decreasing the expression level of CD45 can be done.
- a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells comprises the following steps (3') and (4').
- the cell population obtained in step (3′) is cultured in the presence of bFGF, mesenchymal Step of inducing differentiation into lineage stem cells
- a cell population containing mesenchymal stem cells of one embodiment is a cell population obtained by the above-described method for producing mesenchymal stem cells.
- a cell population containing mesenchymal stem cells has a ratio of CD45-negative, CD73-, CD105-, and CD44-positive cells to the total number of cells of 90% or more.
- the therapeutic agent or pharmaceutical composition of one embodiment is a therapeutic agent and pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, the cell population of mesenchymal stem cells or the cell population obtained by the method for producing mesenchymal stem cells. .
- graft-versus-host disease GvHD
- acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS
- asthma severe heart failure
- myocardial infarction cerebral infarction
- traumatic brain injury brain tumor
- spinal cord injury severe lower extremity ischemia
- Diabetic leg ulcer liver cirrhosis
- acute liver failure chronic liver failure
- Crohn's disease sepsis
- viral infection epidermolysis bullosa
- diabetes diabetic organ disorder
- atopic dermatitis hypersensitivity
- severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome multiple myeloma
- Kawasaki disease scleroderma
- alopecia autoimmune hepatitis
- lupus nephritis aplastic anemia
- rheumatoid arthritis systemic lupus erythematosus
- Sjögren's syndrome psoriasis
- hip osteoarthritis knee osteoarthritis
- OA intervertebral disc degeneration
- the effective amount of the active ingredient in the therapeutic drug or pharmaceutical composition varies depending on the purpose of administration, administration method, and conditions of the administration subject (sex, age, body weight, medical condition, etc.). It is preferable to use 1.0 ⁇ 10 8 cells or more based on the number of mesenchymal stem cells.
- the therapeutic agent or pharmaceutical composition of one embodiment may contain a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in addition to the effective amount of the above active ingredients.
- a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier a physiological aqueous solvent (physiological saline, buffer solution, serum-free medium, etc.) can be used.
- the therapeutic agent or pharmaceutical composition may optionally contain preservatives, stabilizers, reducing agents, tonicity agents and the like that are commonly used in medicines containing tissues or cells to be transplanted in transplantation medicine.
- a cell population can be produced as a cell suspension by suspending it in a suitable physiological aqueous solvent. If necessary, the cell population may be cryopreserved with the addition of a cryopreservation agent, thawed at the time of use, washed with a buffer, and used for transplantation medicine.
- the cell population of the active ingredient is produced from established pluripotent stem cells, it is possible to produce a large amount of cell population with stable quality and use it for transplantation by identifying it with a marker or the like and conducting quality control. can. Moreover, since the cell population can be preserved, the cell population can be prepared according to the time of transplantation for the patient.
- the method for determining the differentiation progress state of the pluripotent stem cells when inducing the differentiation of the pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells includes the following steps (I) to including (IV).
- Step II Step of collecting a portion of the cultured cell population at a desired time point
- Step II Step of measuring the expression level of a predetermined gene in the collected cell population
- the measured expression level of the gene is Step (IV) of comparing with the step of determining that the cultured cell population at the desired time point can differentiate into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells when the measured expression level of the gene is equal to or greater than the threshold value
- the “desired time point” means any time point in the culture for inducing the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells.
- the culture for inducing the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells includes steps (1) and (2) in the above-described method for producing a cell population containing neural crest cells. obtain.
- Desired time points in step (I) include, for example, a step of inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells to obtain a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells. may be at any point within (within the step of step (1)), and within the step of selectively culturing neural crest cells from a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells (step (2 ) may be at any point in the process of ).
- the cell population in culture in step (I) may be a cell population in culture for inducing differentiation from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells, for example, step (1) It may be the cell population in culture of step (2) or the cell population in culture in step (2). Part of the cell population can be collected by conventional methods such as centrifugation, and the number of cells to be collected is not particularly limited. Just do it.
- the predetermined gene may be any gene that can confirm differentiation from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells, and can be used to confirm the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells. It may be a gene whose expression level increases in a cell population after induction of differentiation, preferably a gene that is hardly expressed in pluripotent stem cells and specifically expressed in neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells. .
- a gene whose expression level is increased in a cell population after differentiation induction (step) from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells is a gene whose expression is enhanced after differentiation induction (step). Alternatively, it may be a gene whose expression is enhanced during the expansion culture period.
- “gene whose expression is enhanced after differentiation induction (step)” means a gene whose expression is enhanced compared to pluripotent stem cells at the end of differentiation induction (step), and is expressed as differentiation induction progresses. contains genes that are gradually upregulated.
- the “gene whose expression is enhanced after induction of differentiation (step)” includes genes whose expression is further enhanced during the expansion culture period.
- the predetermined gene may include, for example, one or more genes whose expression is enhanced after differentiation induction (step) and/or genes whose expression is enhanced during one or more expansion culture periods.
- a given gene may be combined with an undifferentiated marker gene.
- the expression level of a gene as used herein means the amount of the expression product of the gene.
- the expression product of a gene may be, for example, the mRNA of the gene, or the protein or polypeptide encoded by the gene.
- the method for measuring the gene expression level is not particularly limited, it can be carried out by methods known to those skilled in the art. Such methods include, for example, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), real-time RT-PCR, Northern blots, RNA sequencing, microarrays, Western blotting, radioimmunoassays, ELISA, and the like.
- RT-PCR reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- real-time RT-PCR Northern blots
- RNA sequencing RNA sequencing
- microarrays microarrays
- Western blotting radioimmunoassays
- ELISA and the like.
- SOX10, RHOB, FOXD3, and NOTCH1 may be the genes whose expression is enhanced after one or more of the differentiation inductions (steps).
- the gene whose expression is enhanced during one or more expansion culture periods may include, for example, one or more selected from the group consisting of SOX9, TFAP2A, NGFR, TWIST1, and EDN3, and is TWIST1 and/or NGFR. is preferred.
- Genes whose expression is enhanced after differentiation induction (step) include the SOX9, TFAP2A, NGFR, TWIST1, and EDN3.
- neural crest cell-related genes genes specifically expressed in neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells (neural crest cell-related genes) in the experiments of the present inventors (Examples 4 to 6). It is Examples of the undifferentiated marker gene include NANOG and Oct3/4.
- Step (III) Step of comparing the measured expression level of the gene with a threshold value>
- the gene expression level measured in step (II) is compared with a preset threshold value.
- the threshold in step (III) may be set, for example, based on the expression level of the predetermined gene in the pluripotent cells before differentiation induction, or the above in the cultured cell population that has not reached the desired state of differentiation You may set based on the expression level of a predetermined gene.
- the threshold may differ depending on the gene expression product (mRNA or polypeptide).
- the predetermined gene is a gene whose expression level increases in a cell population after induction of differentiation from pluripotent stem cells to neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells (a gene whose expression is enhanced after induction of differentiation (step), and / Or a gene whose expression is enhanced during the expansion culture period), and the threshold is an indicator of a cultured cell population that has not reached the desired state of differentiation. Therefore, when the expression level of the gene is higher than the threshold can determine that a cultured cell population at a desired time point can differentiate into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells.
- the method for determining the differentiation progress state of pluripotent stem cells can also be regarded as a screening method for a substance capable of differentiating a pluripotent stem cell population into a neural crest cell and/or a neural crest progenitor cell population. .
- a cell population determined by the above method to be capable of differentiating into neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells may be collected, and neural crest cells in the cell population may be selectively cultured. Furthermore, a cell population containing mesenchymal stem cells may be produced by culturing the obtained cell population containing neural crest cells according to the method for producing a cell population containing mesenchymal stem cells.
- laminin ⁇ -chain, ⁇ -chain is ⁇ 1-chain and ⁇ -chain is ⁇ -1-chain, in selective culture of neural crest cells in a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells is the ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain, laminin wherein the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 2 chain, and laminin where the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 5 chain and the ⁇ chain is the ⁇ 1 chain and the use of one or more extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of extracellular matrices containing these laminin integrin binding sites.
- iPS cells SMCB004 established from adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells using CytoTuneTM-2.0 (ID Pharma) were used.
- iMatrix-511 Nippi Co., Ltd., Japan
- iMatrix-511 which is an E8 fragment of laminin 511
- iPS cells suspended in StemFit® AK03N (Ajinomoto Co., Japan) medium were seeded at 8000 cells/well and cultured in an incubator at 37° C., 5% CO 2 for 5 days.
- the day on which the iPS cells were inoculated is Day 0, and subsequent experimental days are indicated by the number of days counted from this day. For example, 5 days after culturing the iPS cells is referred to as Day5.
- ⁇ Induction of differentiation from iPS cells to neural crest cells > 5 days after iPS cell seeding (Day 5), CDM medium (IMDM/Ham's F-12 1:1 (GIBCO, USA), 1x Chemically Defined Lipid Concentrate (GIBCO), 15 ⁇ g/ml Optiferrin (InVitria, USA), 7 ⁇ g /mL insulin (Sigma, USA), 450 ⁇ M monothioglycerol (Wako, Japan)) replaced with neural crest cell induction medium supplemented with 20% KSR (GIBCO), 10 ⁇ M SB431542 (Wako) and 1 ⁇ M CHIR99021 (Wako) Then, the cells were cultured in an incubator at 37° C. and 5% CO 2 for 9 days to induce differentiation into neural crest cells. In this example, this differentiation induction time point is called passage 0 (P0).
- iMatrix-221 (Nippi Co., Ltd.), which is an E8 fragment of laminin 221, was added to a 6-well plate at 0.5 ⁇ g/cm 2 and allowed to stand in an incubator at 37° C. for 1 hour. The supernatant was removed by aspiration and then washed with PBS to obtain iMatrix-221 coated plates.
- the cells cultured for 9 days with differentiation induction of neural crest cells were detached and collected using a trypsin/EDTA solution, converted to single cells, and cultured for neural crest cell expansion (5 mg/mL in CDM medium).
- Cells suspended in BSA (Proliant Biologicals, USA), 10 ⁇ M SB431542, 10 ng/mL bFGF (Wako) and 20 ng/mL EGF (R & D systems, Minneapolis, USA) were added to the iMatrix-221-coated plate.
- Cells/well were seeded and cultured in an incubator at 37° C., 5% CO 2 for 10 days.
- this expansion culture that is, the expansion culture after one passage is called passage 1 (P1).
- iPS cells undifferentiated iPS cells
- NCC neural crest cells
- expansion culture P1 Day24
- P2 Day32
- P3 Day35
- a p75-positive cell rate of 98% or more can be obtained only by the expansion culture method of the present invention without sorting p75-positive cells for the cell population after differentiation induction into neural crest cells (P0). rice field. Also, by subculturing another iPS cell (201B7 strain), a p75-positive cell rate of 98% or more could be obtained.
- Fibronectin (Sigma) was added to the plate at 10 ⁇ g/cm 2 and allowed to stand in a 37° C. incubator for 1 hour to obtain a fibronectin-coated plate.
- the expanded cultured neural crest cells were detached and collected using a trypsin/EDTA solution to form single cells, and the cells suspended in a neural crest cell expansion culture medium were placed on a fibronectin-coated plate. and cultured in an incubator at 37°C, 5% CO2 .
- the medium for mesenchymal stem cells ⁇ -MEM (Nacalai Tesque, Japan) medium supplemented with 10% FBS (GIBCO) and 10 ng/mL bFGF (Wako) was substituted and placed at 37°C and 5% CO 2 . They were cultured in an incubator and induced to differentiate into mesenchymal stem cells.
- Example 2 Expansion culture using laminin 211
- iPS cells were induced to differentiate into neural crest cells.
- Cell populations after induction of differentiation were expanded by the following method.
- Laminin-211 (BioLamina) was added to a 6-well plate at 0.45 ⁇ g/cm 2 , allowed to stand in an incubator at 37° C. for 1 hour, and the supernatant was removed by aspiration after adding a small amount of medium, followed by PBS. to obtain a Laminin-211 coated plate.
- the cells that had been cultured for 9 days to induce differentiation of neural crest cells were detached and collected using a trypsin/EDTA solution, converted into single cells, and seeded in a neural crest cell expansion culture medium. Cultured for 10 days in an incubator with % CO2 .
- Example 1 and Example 2 ⁇ Comparison of results between Example 1 and Example 2>
- the cells of Examples 1 and 2 after 10 days of expansion culture (P1) were observed with an optical microscope, and the results are shown in FIG. 3A and 3B are images of cells after 10-day expansion culture in Example 2, and (C) and (D) are images of cells after 10-day expansion culture in Example 1. .
- FIG. 3 the cells of Example 2 were dense, whereas the cells of Example 1 spread and proliferated. It was suggested that the expansion culture method of Example 1 is more suitable for proliferation of neural crest cells.
- the different morphologies of cell densities suggest the possibility that laminin-221 and laminin-211 have different roles in cell engraftment.
- Example 3 Expansion culture using various extracellular matrices
- iPS cells were induced to differentiate into neural crest cells.
- Fibronectin (Sigma) was added to the plate at 10 ⁇ g/cm 2 and allowed to stand in a 37° C. incubator for 1 hour to obtain a fibronectin-coated plate.
- Laminin-111 (BioLamina), Laminin-211 (BioLamina), and Laminin-521 (BioLamina) were added to the 6-well plate at 0.5 ⁇ g/cm 2 each. , left standing in an incubator at 37 ° C. for 1 hour, aspirating off the supernatant after adding a small amount of medium, then washing with PBS, Laminin-111 coated plate, Laminin-211 coated plate, and Laminin-521 coated plate obtained respectively.
- E8 fragments iMatrix-511 (Nippi Co., Ltd.) and iMatrix-221 (Nippi Co., Ltd.) were added to a 6-well plate at 0.5 ⁇ g/cm 2 and incubated for 1 hour in a 37° C. incubator. After allowing to stand and adding a small amount of medium, the supernatant was removed by aspiration, followed by washing with PBS to obtain iMatrix-511-coated plates and iMatrix-221-coated plates, respectively.
- the cells cultured for 9 days to induce differentiation of neural crest cells were detached and collected using a trypsin/EDTA solution, converted into single cells, and the above-mentioned various coated plates were added with media for neural crest cell expansion culture. 50000 cells/well were seeded at 37° C. and 5% CO 2 in an incubator for expansion. On the day after seeding, the state of adhesion of cells to various extracellular matrices was observed with an optical microscope, and the results are shown in FIG. From FIG. 4, it was found that the state of adhesion to different extracellular matrices was different despite the same cell population.
- FIG. 5 shows the ratio of p75-expressing cells (p75-positive cells) to the total number of cells (p75-positive cell ratio).
- Laminin-521 coating experiments only had results up to P4. From FIG.
- the p75-positive cell rate increased with continued expansion culture in the cell population expanded on Laminin-111, iMatrix-211, iMatrix-511, and iMatrix-221 coding. It is recognized that It was also confirmed that the expansion culture using these extracellular matrices yielded a p75-positive cell rate of 90% or more. That is, the cell population obtained by expansion culture using these extracellular matrices can be used as it is for induction of differentiation into mesenchymal stem cells without sorting p75-positive cells (i.e., neural crest cells). can.
- iPS cells before seeding Day 0
- differentiation-induced neural crest cells P0
- P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 cell populations expanded and cultured using various extracellular matrices NGFR and TFAP2A , TWIST1, SOX10 and SOX9 gene expression was confirmed by real-time PCR (ThermoFisher).
- the primer sequences used were as follows. Also, ⁇ -actin was used as an internal standard.
- the cell population containing neural crest cells obtained by the above culture step contains at least one of TFAP2A, NGFR, and TWIST1 genes. were expressed more than the differentiation-induced neural crest cells (P0). From this, it was confirmed from the gene expression profile that the cells obtained by the expansion culture using the extracellular matrix were neural crest cells.
- the expression level of the SOX9 gene which is important for adherent culture, is increased in the cell population expanded and cultured on the extracellular matrix.
- the state of expression of the SOX9 gene suggested that it was suitable as an expansion culture method using adherent culture (Fig. 7).
- the cell population containing neural crest cells selectively cultured has a decreased SOX10 gene expression level and a high SOX9 expression level. Conditions tend to show a profile of down-regulating the SOX10 gene and up-regulating the SOX9 gene.
- the cell population after culturing in the culture step of adherently culturing a cell population containing neural crest cells and/or neural crest progenitor cells has characteristics of decreasing the expression of the SOX10 gene and increasing the expression of the SOX9 gene.
- a cell population in which the SOX10 gene expression level is decreased and the SOX9 gene expression level is increased compared to the cell population at the start of the expansion culture is one aspect of the present invention.
- Example 4 Cluster analysis based on gene expression levels during expansion culture using various extracellular matrices.
- Gene expression levels of P1 to P5 cells prepared by expansion culture using various extracellular matrices in Example 3 were obtained by microarray analysis. Microarray analysis was performed by using the GeneChip® Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (Applied Biosystems). Next, based on comparison of signal intensity at each passage (P1 to P5) from the total gene expression level obtained by microarray analysis, cluster analysis of each cell was performed by Ward's method using R. Ward's method is one of hierarchical clustering methods, and is a method for extracting the hierarchical structure of clusters from data. Ward's method combines and clusters data to minimize variance. FIG. 8 shows the results of cluster analysis by Ward's method.
- the results of cluster analysis showed that cells were clearly classified according to the gene expression status due to differences in the extracellular matrix, similar to the difference in p75 expression status in flow cytometry shown in Figure 5. From the above results, it was found that the neural crest cell-related gene and undifferentiated marker gene expression states were different. In addition, since the cells were clearly classified according to the gene expression state due to the difference in extracellular matrix, neural crest cells with a certain tendency of gene expression state (neurons with a certain tendency of cell state) in the same extracellular matrix group crest cells). A trended gene expression state is one in which cells obtained by culture exhibit a trend in gene expression (a measurable pattern of gene expression).
- Example 5 Comparison of expression of each gene during expansion culture using various extracellular matrices
- Undifferentiated gene markers and neural crest cell-related gene data were extracted from the gene expression levels obtained in Example 4 in Tables 2 and 3.
- the relative expression level of each of the extracted undifferentiated marker gene and neural crest cell-related gene shows the results of comparing the signal intensity between iPS cells and P0 or P5.
- neural crest cell-related genes are expressed in a group of genes (SOX10, RHOB, FOXD3, NOTCH1) whose expression is enhanced after neural crest cell induction (up to P0) and in the late induction period (P1 to P5).
- SOX9, TFAP2A, NGFR, TWIST1, EDN3 are expressed in which is enhanced, and showed similar behavior even when the extracellular matrix was different.
- Example 6 Comparison of gene expression states when differentiation into neural crest cells is induced using extracellular matrices that differ only in ⁇ chain. From the results of the cluster analysis in Example 4, it became clear that the expression states of neural crest cell-related genes and undifferentiated marker genes, in particular, were changed by culturing with a changed extracellular matrix from P0. For further investigation, cluster analysis of cells from P0 to P5 based on total gene expression obtained by microarray analysis was performed using extracellular matrices that differed only in the ⁇ chain. Cluster analysis was performed in the same manner as in Example 4, except that Laminin-211 and iMatirx-221 were used as extracellular matrices differing only in the ⁇ chain. The results are shown in FIG.
- the method for producing neural crest cells of the present invention it is possible to stably mass-produce neural crest cells from pluripotent stem cells, and as a result, stably mass-produce mesenchymal stem cells from pluripotent stem cells. can do.
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Description
[1]
α鎖がα1鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ2鎖であるラミニン、及び、α鎖がα5鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、並びに、これらのラミニンのインテグリン結合部位を含む細胞外マトリクスからなる群より選択される1以上の細胞外マトリクスの存在下で、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を接着培養する培養工程を備える、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団における神経堤細胞の選択的培養方法。
[2]
上記ラミニンのγ鎖がγ1鎖である、[1]に記載の培養方法。
[3]
上記ラミニンが、ラミニン221である、[1]又は[2]に記載の培養方法。
[4]
上記ラミニンのインテグリン結合部位が、ラミニンのE8フラグメントである、[1]~[3]のいずれかに記載の培養方法。
[5]
上記培養工程にて培養後の細胞集団が、EDN3、TFAP2A、NGFR及びTWIST1から選択される少なくとも1つの遺伝子を発現する、[1]~[4]のいずれかに記載の培養方法。
[6]
上記培養工程において、上記細胞集団が接着する培養面の少なくとも一部が上記細胞外マトリクスでコーティングされており、上記細胞集団が培地中にて接着培養される、[1]~[5]のいずれかに記載の培養方法。
[7]
上記培地は、神経堤細胞の維持に適する培地である、[6]に記載の培養方法。
[8]
培養前の細胞集団に比べて、培養後の細胞集団における全細胞数及び全細胞数に対する神経堤細胞の割合の両方が増加する、[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載の培養方法。
[9]
(1)多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程と、
(2)工程(1)で得られた細胞集団を[1]~[8]のいずれかに記載の培養方法で接着培養する工程と
を備える、神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法。
[10]
工程(1)で得られ得られた細胞集団を、神経堤細胞マーカーにより選別することなく、工程(2)に供する、[9]に記載の製造方法。
[11]
工程(1)が、多能性幹細胞を含む細胞集団を、少なくとも1つのSMADシグナル伝達阻害剤及び少なくとも1つのWntシグナル伝達活性化剤を含む培地で培養することを含む、[9]又は[10]に記載の製造方法。
[12]
上記SMADシグナル伝達阻害剤が、TGFβ阻害剤である、[11]に記載の製造方法。
[13]
上記Wntシグナル伝達活性化剤が、GSK3β阻害剤である、[11]又は[12]に記載の製造方法。
[14]
工程(1)が、7日間~18日間行われる、[9]~[13]のいずれかに記載の製造方法。
[15]
工程(1)における培地が、血清代替物又は血清を含まない合成培地である、[9]~[14]のいずれかに記載の製造方法。
[16]
(3)[9]~[15]のいずれかに記載の製造方法で神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団を製造する工程と、
(4)工程(3)で得られた細胞集団をbFGFの存在下で培養し、間葉系幹細胞へ分化誘導する工程と
を備える、間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法。
[17]
[16]に記載の製造方法で製造された、間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団。
[18]
[17]に記載の間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団を有効成分として含有する、移植片対宿主病(GvHD)、急性呼吸窮迫症候群(ARDS)、喘息、重症心不全、心筋梗塞、脳梗塞、外傷性脳損傷、脳腫瘍、脊髄損傷、重症下肢虚血、糖尿病性下肢潰瘍、肝硬変、急性肝不全、慢性肝不全、クローン病、敗血症、ウイルス感染症、表皮水疱症、糖尿病、糖尿病性臓器障害、アトピー性皮膚炎、過敏症、重度複合免疫不全症候群、多発性骨髄腫、川崎病、強皮症、脱毛症、自己免疫性肝炎、ループス腎炎、再生不良性貧血、関節リウマチ、全身性エリテマトーデス、シェーグレン症候群、乾癬、変形性股関節症、変形性膝関節症(OA)、椎間板変性、皮膚軟部組織感染症、細菌性肺炎、ウイルス性肺炎、緑膿菌感染症、後天性免疫不全症候群、狂犬病、インフルエンザ、骨壊死、骨減少症、歯槽骨喪失、骨損傷、骨形成不全症、脊椎癒着、筋萎縮、腱損傷、膝部損傷、筋損傷、筋骨格損傷、骨粗鬆症、運動障害疾患、多発性硬化症、脳性麻痺、認知症、視神経炎、手根管症候群、線条体黒質変性症、オリーブ橋小脳萎縮症、トゥレット症候群、顔面萎縮症、脳室周囲白質軟化症、脊髄小脳変性症、統合失調症、双極性障害、大うつ病性障害、不安障害、適応障害、アルコール依存症、先天性自律神経失調症、脳炎、癲癇、二分脊椎、筋萎縮性側索硬化症、脊髄性筋萎縮症、原発性側索硬化症、筋ジストロフィー、アルツハイマー型認知症、パーキンソン病、ファブリー病、ハンチントン病、ムコ多糖症I型、シャルコー・マリー・トゥース病、神経因性疼痛、末梢神経障害、三叉神経痛、糖尿病性神経障害、坐骨神経痛、脊柱管狭窄症、低酸素性虚血性脳症、脳出血、乳がん、転移性膵臓がん、膵管腺がん、消化器がん、頭頸部がん、口腔がん、中皮腫、転移性非小細胞肺がん、黒色腫、皮膚がん、膠芽腫、固形がん、腺がん、神経膠腫、髄芽腫、ブドウ膜黒色腫、気管支拡張症、慢性気管支炎、呼吸窮迫症候群、特発性肺線維症、肺奇形、肺気腫、塵肺症、呼吸不全、急性肺損傷、肺損傷、子癇前症、うっ血性心不全、狭心症、心筋炎、先天性心疾患、拡張型心筋症、多臓器不全、冠動脈疾患、虚血、静脈瘤潰瘍、閉塞性血栓血管炎、末梢動脈閉塞症、間欠性跛行、肺狭窄、動静脈瘻、末梢血管疾患、血管新生障害、アテローム性動脈硬化、角膜損傷、角膜炎、角膜変性症、角膜潰瘍、糖尿病性網膜症、緑内障、網膜色素変性症、萎縮型加齢黄斑変性、眼球乾燥症、角膜浮腫、滲出型加齢黄斑変性、瘻孔、創傷治癒、肥満、ピット・ホプキンス症候群、褥瘡、下肢潰瘍、皮膚潰瘍、インスリン依存性糖尿病、インスリン非依存性糖尿病、難聴、肛門周囲瘻、直腸瘻、痔瘻、直腸膣瘻、アルコール性肝障害、膵炎、胆道閉鎖症、消化管出血、原発性硬化性胆管炎、直腸炎、食道損傷、肝損傷、炎症性腸疾患、潰瘍性大腸炎、早期卵巣機能不全、卵巣がん、精子減少症、精巣疾患、勃起不全、陰茎硬結、子宮損傷、腎不全、糖尿病性腎症、腎損傷、腎線維症、間質性膀胱炎、IgA腎症、腹圧性尿失禁、切迫性尿失禁、C3糸球体症、サラセミア、白血病、全身性炎症反応症候群、放射線宿酔、皮膚の火傷、再灌流障害、シンドロームX、代謝疾患、口腔粘膜炎、歯周病、歯肉病、及び自閉スペクトラム症から選択される疾患の治療薬、又は、再生医療における移植に伴う拒絶反応の抑制、移植(臓器移植、造血幹細胞移植、骨髄移植、角膜移植、膵島移植)の補助、老化の改善、及びワクチンへの利用から選択される応用的な利用のための医薬組成物。
[19]
多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導する際に、上記多能性幹細胞の分化進行状態を判定するための方法であって、
(I)所望の時点で培養中の細胞集団の一部を採取する工程と、
(II)採取した細胞集団の所定の遺伝子の発現量を測定する工程と、
(III)測定した上記遺伝子の発現量を、閾値と比較する工程と、
(IV)測定した上記遺伝子の発現量が上記閾値以上であるとき、上記所望の時点における培養細胞集団が神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化しうると判定する工程と、
を含む、方法。
[20]
上記所定の遺伝子は、1つ以上の分化誘導後に発現が亢進する遺伝子、及び/又は、1つ以上の拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子を含む、[19]に記載の方法。
[21]
上記1つ以上の分化誘導後に発現が亢進する遺伝子が、SOX10、RHOB、FOXD3、及びNOTCH1からなる群より選択される1つ以上を含み、上記1つ以上の拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子が、SOX9、TFAP2A、NGFR、TWIST1、及びEDN3からなる群より選択される1つ以上を含む、[20]に記載の方法。
[22]
上記所望の時点は、多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程内の任意の時点である、又は
前記所望の時点は、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団から神経堤細胞を選択的に培養する工程内の任意の時点である、[19]~[21]のいずれかに記載の方法。
[23]
神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団における神経堤細胞の選択的培養における、α鎖がα1鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ2鎖であるラミニン、及び、α鎖がα5鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、並びに、これらのラミニンのインテグリン結合部位を含む細胞外マトリクスからなる群より選択される1以上の細胞外マトリクスの使用。
一実施形態の神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法は、少なくとも下記の工程(1)及び工程(2)を備える。
(1)多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程
(2)工程(1)で得られた神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を、所定の細胞外マトリクスの存在下で接着培養する工程
[多能性幹細胞]
本明細書において「幹細胞」とは、分化能及び分化能を維持した増殖能(特に自己複製能)を有する未分化細胞を意味する。幹細胞には、分化能力に応じて、多能性幹細胞(pluripotent stem cell)、複能性幹細胞(multipotent stem cell)、単能性幹細胞(unipotent stem cell)等の亜集団が含まれる。
本明細書おいて多能性幹細胞の培養に用いられる培地、すなわち多能性幹細胞の多能性を維持可能な培地は、動物細胞の培養に通常用いられる培地を基礎培地として調製することができる。多能性幹細胞の培養のための基礎培地としては、例えば、BME培地、BGJb培地、CMRL 1066培地、Glasgow’s Minimal Essential Medium(GMEM)培地、Improved MEM Zinc Option培地、IMDM培地、Medium 199培地、Eagle MEM培地、αMEM培地、DMEM培地、F-12培地、DMEM/F12培地、IMDM/F12培地、ハム培地、RPMI 1640培地、Fischer’s培地、Neurobasal培地及びこれらの混合培地を挙げることができる。
神経堤(Neural Crest)は、脊椎動物の初期発生において表皮外胚葉と神経板の間に一過性に形成される構造であり、様々な細胞種に分化するため「第四の胚葉」とも呼ばれている。神経堤細胞(Neural Crest Cell; NCC)は神経堤から脱上皮化し、上皮から間葉への転換を行った後に、発生中の胚内で広範囲に遊走する細胞群である。胚内で特異的な領域に分布することにより、領域に特徴的な様々な細胞種、例えば、末梢神経、軟骨、平滑筋等に分化する。神経堤細胞は一過性に発生する細胞集団であるため、発生中の胚から回収するのは困難であったが、近年、マウスやヒトの多能性幹細胞から神経堤への分化誘導法の開発が報告されたことにより、入手することが可能となった。神経堤前駆細胞とは、神経堤細胞に分化することが運命づけられた細胞群の総称である。
一実施形態の神経堤細胞の選択的培養方法、すなわち、上記工程(2)は、α鎖がα1鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ2鎖であるラミニン、及び、α鎖がα5鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、並びに、これらのラミニンのインテグリン結合部位を含む細胞外マトリクスからなる群より選択される1以上の細胞外マトリクスの存在下で、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を接着培養する培養工程を備える。本明細書では、この工程(2)を拡大培養と呼ぶことがある。
一実施形態の神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団は、上記神経堤細胞の製造方法によって得られる細胞集団である。神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団は、全細胞数に対するp75陽性細胞(すなわち、神経堤細胞)の割合が70%以上(例えば、80%以上、85%以上、90%以上、95%以上)であり、全細胞数に対する神経堤前駆細胞の割合が30%以下(例えば、20%以下、15%以下、10%以下又は5%以下)である。
一実施形態の間葉系幹細胞の製造方法は、下記の工程(3)及び工程(4)を備える。
(3)上記神経堤細胞の製造方法で神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団を製造する工程
(4)工程(3)で得られた細胞集団をbFGFの存在下で培養し、間葉系幹細胞へ分化誘導する工程
(3’)神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を胚から回収する工程
(4’)工程(3’)で得られた細胞集団をbFGFの存在下で培養し、間葉系幹細胞へ分化誘導する工程
一実施形態の間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団は、上記間葉系幹細胞の製造方法によって得られる細胞集団である。間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団は、全細胞数に対するCD45陰性かつCD73、CD105、CD44陽性細胞の割合が90%以上である。
一実施形態の治療薬又は医薬組成物は、上記間葉系幹細胞の細胞集団又は、上記間葉系幹細胞の製造方法によって得られる細胞集団を有効成分として含有する、治療薬及び医薬組成物である。具体的には、例えば、移植片対宿主病(GvHD)、急性呼吸窮迫症候群(ARDS)、喘息、重症心不全、心筋梗塞、脳梗塞、外傷性脳損傷、脳腫瘍、脊髄損傷、重症下肢虚血、糖尿病性下肢潰瘍、肝硬変、急性肝不全、慢性肝不全、クローン病、敗血症、ウイルス感染症、表皮水疱症、糖尿病、糖尿病性臓器障害、アトピー性皮膚炎、過敏症、重度複合免疫不全症候群、多発性骨髄腫、川崎病、強皮症、脱毛症、自己免疫性肝炎、ループス腎炎、再生不良性貧血、関節リウマチ、全身性エリテマトーデス、シェーグレン症候群、乾癬、変形性股関節症、変形性膝関節症(OA)、椎間板変性、皮膚軟部組織感染症、細菌性肺炎、ウイルス性肺炎、緑膿菌感染症、後天性免疫不全症候群、狂犬病、インフルエンザ、骨壊死、骨減少症、歯槽骨喪失、骨損傷、骨形成不全症、脊椎癒着、筋萎縮、腱損傷、膝部損傷、筋損傷、筋骨格損傷、骨粗鬆症、運動障害疾患、多発性硬化症、脳性麻痺、認知症、視神経炎、手根管症候群、線条体黒質変性症、オリーブ橋小脳萎縮症、トゥレット症候群、顔面萎縮症、脳室周囲白質軟化症、脊髄小脳変性症、統合失調症、双極性障害、大うつ病性障害、不安障害、適応障害、アルコール依存症、先天性自律神経失調症、脳炎、癲癇、二分脊椎、筋萎縮性側索硬化症、脊髄性筋萎縮症、原発性側索硬化症、筋ジストロフィー、アルツハイマー型認知症、パーキンソン病、ファブリー病、ハンチントン病、ムコ多糖症I型、シャルコー・マリー・トゥース病、神経因性疼痛、末梢神経障害、三叉神経痛、糖尿病性神経障害、坐骨神経痛、脊柱管狭窄症、低酸素性虚血性脳症、脳出血、乳がん、転移性膵臓がん、膵管腺がん、消化器がん、頭頸部がん、口腔がん、中皮腫、転移性非小細胞肺がん、黒色腫、皮膚がん、膠芽腫、固形がん、腺がん、神経膠腫、髄芽腫、ブドウ膜黒色腫、気管支拡張症、慢性気管支炎、呼吸窮迫症候群、特発性肺線維症、肺奇形、肺気腫、塵肺症、呼吸不全、急性肺損傷、肺損傷、子癇前症、うっ血性心不全、狭心症、心筋炎、先天性心疾患、拡張型心筋症、多臓器不全、冠動脈疾患、虚血、静脈瘤潰瘍、閉塞性血栓血管炎、末梢動脈閉塞症、間欠性跛行、肺狭窄、動静脈瘻、末梢血管疾患、血管新生障害、アテローム性動脈硬化、角膜損傷、角膜炎、角膜変性症、角膜潰瘍、糖尿病性網膜症、緑内障、網膜色素変性症、萎縮型加齢黄斑変性、眼球乾燥症、角膜浮腫、滲出型加齢黄斑変性、瘻孔、創傷治癒、肥満、ピット・ホプキンス症候群、褥瘡、下肢潰瘍、皮膚潰瘍、インスリン依存性糖尿病、インスリン非依存性糖尿病、難聴、肛門周囲瘻、直腸瘻、痔瘻、直腸膣瘻、アルコール性肝障害、膵炎、胆道閉鎖症、消化管出血、原発性硬化性胆管炎、直腸炎、食道損傷、肝損傷、炎症性腸疾患、潰瘍性大腸炎、早期卵巣機能不全、卵巣がん、精子減少症、精巣疾患、勃起不全、陰茎硬結、子宮損傷、腎不全、糖尿病性腎症、腎損傷、腎線維症、間質性膀胱炎、IgA腎症、腹圧性尿失禁、切迫性尿失禁、C3糸球体症、サラセミア、白血病、全身性炎症反応症候群、放射線宿酔、皮膚の火傷、再灌流障害、シンドロームX、代謝疾患、口腔粘膜炎、歯周病、歯肉病、及び自閉スペクトラム症から選択される疾患の治療薬、又は、再生医療における移植に伴う拒絶反応の抑制、移植(臓器移植、造血幹細胞移植、骨髄移植、角膜移植、膵島移植)の補助、老化の改善、及びワクチンへの利用から選択される応用的な利用等のための医薬組成物である。
一実施形態の多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導する際に、上記多能性幹細胞の分化進行状態を判定するための方法は、下記の工程(I)~(IV)を含む。
(I)所望の時点で培養中の細胞集団の一部を採取する工程
(II)採取した細胞集団の所定の遺伝子の発現量を測定する工程
(III)測定した上記遺伝子の発現量を、閾値と比較する工程
(IV)測定した上記遺伝子の発現量が上記閾値以上であるとき、上記所望の時点における培養細胞集団が神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化しうると判定する工程
工程(I)において、「所望の時点」とは、多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導するための培養における任意の時点を意味する。ここで、多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導するための培養は、上記の神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法における工程(1)及び(2)を含み得る。工程(I)における所望の時点としては、例えば、多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程内(工程(1)の工程内)の任意の時点であってもよく、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団から神経堤細胞を選択的に培養する工程内(工程(2)の工程内)の任意の時点であってもよい。
所定の遺伝子とは、多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞への分化が確認できる遺伝子であればよく、多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞への分化誘導後の細胞集団において発現量が増加する遺伝子であってよく、多能性幹細胞では殆ど発現せず、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞で特異的に発現する遺伝子であることが好ましい。多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞への分化誘導(工程)後の細胞集団において発現量が増加する遺伝子とは、分化誘導(工程)後に発現が亢進する遺伝子であってもよく、又は拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子であってもよい。ここで「分化誘導(工程)後に発現が亢進する遺伝子」は、分化誘導(工程)の終了時に、多能性幹細胞と比較して発現が亢進する遺伝子を意味し、分化誘導の進行に伴い発現が徐々に亢進する遺伝子を含む。また、「分化誘導(工程)後に発現が亢進する遺伝子は」拡大培養期間に更に発現が亢進する遺伝子を含む。上記所定の遺伝子は、例えば、1つ以上の分化誘導(工程)後に発現が亢進する遺伝子、及び/又は、1つ以上の拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子を含んでよい。所定の遺伝子は、未分化マーカー遺伝子と組み合わせたものであってもよい。本願明細書における遺伝子の発現量とは、遺伝子の発現産物の量を意味する。遺伝子の発現産物は、例えば、遺伝子のmRNAであってもよく、遺伝子がコードするタンパク質又はポリペプチドであってもよい。
工程(III)では、上記工程(II)で測定した遺伝子の発現量を、予め設定した閾値と比較する。工程(III)における閾値は、例えば、分化誘導前の多能性細胞における上記所定の遺伝子の発現量に基づいて設定してもよく、又は所望の分化進行状態に達していない培養細胞集団における上記所定の遺伝子の発現量に基づいて設定してもよい。ここで、閾値は遺伝子の発現産物(mRNAかポリペプチド)によって異なり得る。
上記所定の遺伝子は、多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞への分化誘導後の細胞集団において発現量が増加する遺伝子(分化誘導(工程)後に発現が亢進する遺伝子、及び/又は、拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子)であり、上記閾値は所望の分化進行状態に達していない培養細胞集団の指標であるため、当該遺伝子の発現量が上記閾値よりも高い場合には、所望の時点における培養細胞集団が神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化しうると判定することができる。
本発明の一態様として、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団における神経堤細胞の選択的培養における、α鎖がα1鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ2鎖であるラミニン、及び、α鎖がα5鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、並びに、これらのラミニンのインテグリン結合部位を含む細胞外マトリクスからなる群より選択される1以上の細胞外マトリクスの使用を提供する。
<iPS細胞の培養>
iPS細胞として、成人末梢血単核球から、CytoTune(商標)-2.0(IDファーマ)を用いて樹立したiPS細胞(SMCB004)を使用した。ラミニン511のE8フラグメントであるiMatrix-511(株式会社ニッピ、日本)を0.5μg/cm2になるように6ウェルプレートに添加し、1時間、37℃のインキュベーターで静置し、培地を少量添加後に上清を吸引除去し、その後PBSにて洗浄し、iMatrix-511でコーディングしたプレートを得た。次いで、StemFit(登録商標)AK03N(味の素株式会社、日本)培地で懸濁したiPS細胞を8000細胞/ウェル播種し、37℃、5%CO2でインキュベーターで5日間培養した。なお、本実施例では、iPS細胞を播種した日をDay0とし、その後の実験日は、この日から数えた日数で表記する。例えば、iPS細胞を培養した5日後をDay5と表記する。
iPS細胞播種5日後(Day5)、CDM培地(IMDM/Ham’s F-12 1:1(GIBCO、米国)、1× Chemically Defined Lipid Concentrate (GIBCO)、15μg/ml Optiferrin (InVitria、米国)、7μg/mLインスリン(Sigma、米国)、450μMモノチオグリセロール(Wako、日本))に、20%のKSR(GIBCO)、10μM SB431542(Wako)及び1μM CHIR99021(Wako)を添加した神経堤細胞誘導培地に置換し、37℃、5%CO2でインキュベーターで9日間培養し、神経堤細胞への分化誘導を行った。本実施例において、この分化誘導時点をパッセージ0(P0)と呼ぶ。
ラミニン221のE8フラグメントであるiMatrix-221(株式会社ニッピ)を0.5μg/cm2になるように6ウェルプレートに添加し、1時間、37℃のインキュベーターで静置し、培地を少量添加後に上清を吸引除去し、その後PBSにて洗浄し、iMatrix-221コーティングプレートを得た。
上記の播種前(Day0)のiPS細胞(未分化iPS細胞)、並びに、神経堤細胞(NCC)への分化誘導にて9日間培養した細胞(P0:Day14)、拡大培養P1(Day24)、P2(Day32)、及びP3(Day35)後の細胞を剥離回収し、シングルセル化してから、神経堤細胞マーカーp75を抗原とする抗体であるCD271FACS用抗体(BD bioscience)で染色し、FACS(BD Accuri(BD bioscience、米国))にて確認した。
フィブロネクチン(Sigma)を10μg/cm2になるようにプレートに添加し、1時間、37℃インキュベーターで静置し、フィブロネクチンでコーティングしたプレートを得た。
実施例1と同様な方法によって、iPS細胞から神経堤細胞への分化誘導を行った。分化誘導後の細胞集団を以下の方法によって拡大培養した。
実施例1及び実施例2の10日間拡大培養後(P1)の細胞を、光学顕微鏡で観察し、その結果を図3に示す。図3の(A)及び(B)は実施例2の10日間拡大培養後の細胞の画像であり、(C)及び(D)は実施例1の10日間拡大培養後の細胞の画像である。図3から、実施例2の細胞が密集していたのに対して、実施例1の細胞は全体的に広がって増えていた。実施例1の拡大培養方法が、より神経堤細胞の増殖に適していることが示唆された。また、細胞の密集形態が異なることから、ラミニン221とラミニン211とは細胞生着に関して異なる役割を持っている可能性も示唆された。
実施例1と同様な方法によって、iPS細胞から神経堤細胞への分化誘導を行った。
実施例3で各種細胞外マトリクスを用いて拡大培養して作製したP1~P5の細胞の遺伝子発現量を、マイクロアレイ解析によって取得した。マイクロアレイ解析は、GeneChip(登録商標) Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array(Applied Biosystems)を用いることによって実施した。次に、マイクロアレイ解析により得られた全遺伝子発現量より、各継代毎(P1~P5)のシグナル強度の比較に基づき、Rを用いてウォード法により上記各細胞のクラスター分析を実施した。ウォード法は階層型クラスタリングの手法の1つであり、データからクラスターの階層構造を抽出する手法となる。ウォード法は分散が最小になるようにデータを結合し、クラスタリングする。ウォード法でクラスター解析した結果を図8に示す。
表2~3に、実施例4で得られた遺伝子発現量より未分化遺伝子マーカー及び神経堤細胞関連遺伝子データを抽出した。抽出した未分化マーカー遺伝子及び神経堤細胞関連遺伝子の各遺伝子の相対発現量について、iPS細胞とP0又はP5でのシグナル強度を比較した結果を示す。
実施例4のクラスター分析の結果より、P0から細胞外マトリクスを変更し培養したことで、特に神経堤細胞関連遺伝子及び未分化マーカー遺伝子の発現状態が変化していたことが明らかとなった。さらに詳細を調べる目的で、β鎖のみが異なる細胞外マトリクスを用いて、マイクロアレイ解析によって得られた全遺伝子発現に基づくP0~P5の細胞のクラスター分析を行った。クラスター分析はβ鎖のみが異なる細胞外マトリクスとしてLaminin-211、iMatirx-221を用いたこと以外は実施例4と同様にして実施した。その結果を図9に示す。
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- α鎖がα1鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、α鎖がα2鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ2鎖であるラミニン、及び、α鎖がα5鎖であり且つβ鎖がβ1鎖であるラミニン、並びに、これらのラミニンのインテグリン結合部位を含む細胞外マトリクスからなる群より選択される1以上の細胞外マトリクスの存在下で、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を接着培養する培養工程を備える、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団における神経堤細胞の選択的培養方法。
- 前記ラミニンのγ鎖がγ1鎖である、請求項1に記載の培養方法。
- 前記ラミニンが、ラミニン221である、請求項1又は2に記載の培養方法。
- 前記ラミニンのインテグリン結合部位が、ラミニンのE8フラグメントである、請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の培養方法。
- 前記培養工程にて培養後の細胞集団が、EDN3、TFAP2A、NGFR及びTWIST1から選択される少なくとも1つの遺伝子を発現する、請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の培養方法。
- 前記培養工程において、前記細胞集団が接着する培養面の少なくとも一部が前記細胞外マトリクスでコーティングされており、前記細胞集団が培地中にて接着培養される、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の培養方法。
- 前記培地は、神経堤細胞の維持に適する培地である、請求項6に記載の培養方法。
- 培養前の細胞集団に比べて、培養後の細胞集団における全細胞数及び全細胞数に対する神経堤細胞の割合の両方が増加する、請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の培養方法。
- (1)多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程と、
(2)工程(1)で得られた細胞集団を請求項1~8のいずれか一項に記載の培養方法で接着培養する工程と
を備える、神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法。 - 工程(1)で得られ得られた細胞集団を、神経堤細胞マーカーにより選別することなく、工程(2)に供する、請求項9に記載の製造方法。
- 工程(1)が、多能性幹細胞を含む細胞集団を、少なくとも1つのSMADシグナル伝達阻害剤及び少なくとも1つのWntシグナル伝達活性化剤を含む培地で培養することを含む、請求項9又は10に記載の製造方法。
- 前記SMADシグナル伝達阻害剤が、TGFβ阻害剤である、請求項11に記載の製造方法。
- 前記Wntシグナル伝達活性化剤が、GSK3β阻害剤である、請求項11又は12に記載の製造方法。
- 工程(1)が、7日間~18日間行われる、請求項9~13のいずれか一項に記載の製造方法。
- 工程(1)における培地が、血清代替物又は血清を含まない合成培地である、請求項9~14のいずれか一項に記載の製造方法。
- (3)請求項9~15のいずれか一項に記載の製造方法で神経堤細胞を含む細胞集団を製造する工程と、
(4)工程(3)で得られた細胞集団をbFGFの存在下で培養し、間葉系幹細胞へ分化誘導する工程と
を備える、間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団の製造方法。 - 請求項16に記載の製造方法で製造された、間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団。
- 請求項17に記載の間葉系幹細胞を含む細胞集団を有効成分として含有する、移植片対宿主病(GvHD)、急性呼吸窮迫症候群(ARDS)、喘息、重症心不全、心筋梗塞、脳梗塞、外傷性脳損傷、脳腫瘍、脊髄損傷、重症下肢虚血、糖尿病性下肢潰瘍、肝硬変、急性肝不全、慢性肝不全、クローン病、敗血症、ウイルス感染症、表皮水疱症、糖尿病、糖尿病性臓器障害、アトピー性皮膚炎、過敏症、重度複合免疫不全症候群、多発性骨髄腫、川崎病、強皮症、脱毛症、自己免疫性肝炎、ループス腎炎、再生不良性貧血、関節リウマチ、全身性エリテマトーデス、シェーグレン症候群、乾癬、変形性股関節症、変形性膝関節症(OA)、椎間板変性、皮膚軟部組織感染症、細菌性肺炎、ウイルス性肺炎、緑膿菌感染症、後天性免疫不全症候群、狂犬病、インフルエンザ、骨壊死、骨減少症、歯槽骨喪失、骨損傷、骨形成不全症、脊椎癒着、筋萎縮、腱損傷、膝部損傷、筋損傷、筋骨格損傷、骨粗鬆症、運動障害疾患、多発性硬化症、脳性麻痺、認知症、視神経炎、手根管症候群、線条体黒質変性症、オリーブ橋小脳萎縮症、トゥレット症候群、顔面萎縮症、脳室周囲白質軟化症、脊髄小脳変性症、統合失調症、双極性障害、大うつ病性障害、不安障害、適応障害、アルコール依存症、先天性自律神経失調症、脳炎、癲癇、二分脊椎、筋萎縮性側索硬化症、脊髄性筋萎縮症、原発性側索硬化症、筋ジストロフィー、アルツハイマー型認知症、パーキンソン病、ファブリー病、ハンチントン病、ムコ多糖症I型、シャルコー・マリー・トゥース病、神経因性疼痛、末梢神経障害、三叉神経痛、糖尿病性神経障害、坐骨神経痛、脊柱管狭窄症、低酸素性虚血性脳症、脳出血、乳がん、転移性膵臓がん、膵管腺がん、消化器がん、頭頸部がん、口腔がん、中皮腫、転移性非小細胞肺がん、黒色腫、皮膚がん、膠芽腫、固形がん、腺がん、神経膠腫、髄芽腫、ブドウ膜黒色腫、気管支拡張症、慢性気管支炎、呼吸窮迫症候群、特発性肺線維症、肺奇形、肺気腫、塵肺症、呼吸不全、急性肺損傷、肺損傷、子癇前症、うっ血性心不全、狭心症、心筋炎、先天性心疾患、拡張型心筋症、多臓器不全、冠動脈疾患、虚血、静脈瘤潰瘍、閉塞性血栓血管炎、末梢動脈閉塞症、間欠性跛行、肺狭窄、動静脈瘻、末梢血管疾患、血管新生障害、アテローム性動脈硬化、角膜損傷、角膜炎、角膜変性症、角膜潰瘍、糖尿病性網膜症、緑内障、網膜色素変性症、萎縮型加齢黄斑変性、眼球乾燥症、角膜浮腫、滲出型加齢黄斑変性、瘻孔、創傷治癒、肥満、ピット・ホプキンス症候群、褥瘡、下肢潰瘍、皮膚潰瘍、インスリン依存性糖尿病、インスリン非依存性糖尿病、難聴、肛門周囲瘻、直腸瘻、痔瘻、直腸膣瘻、アルコール性肝障害、膵炎、胆道閉鎖症、消化管出血、原発性硬化性胆管炎、直腸炎、食道損傷、肝損傷、炎症性腸疾患、潰瘍性大腸炎、早期卵巣機能不全、卵巣がん、精子減少症、精巣疾患、勃起不全、陰茎硬結、子宮損傷、腎不全、糖尿病性腎症、腎損傷、腎線維症、間質性膀胱炎、IgA腎症、腹圧性尿失禁、切迫性尿失禁、C3糸球体症、サラセミア、白血病、全身性炎症反応症候群、放射線宿酔、皮膚の火傷、再灌流障害、シンドロームX、代謝疾患、口腔粘膜炎、歯周病、歯肉病、及び自閉スペクトラム症から選択される疾患の治療薬、又は、再生医療における移植に伴う拒絶反応の抑制、移植(臓器移植、造血幹細胞移植、骨髄移植、角膜移植、膵島移植)の補助、老化の改善、及びワクチンへの利用から選択される応用的な利用のための医薬組成物。
- 多能性幹細胞から神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導する際に、前記多能性幹細胞の分化進行状態を判定するための方法であって、
(I)所望の時点で培養中の細胞集団の一部を採取する工程と、
(II)採取した細胞集団の所定の遺伝子の発現量を測定する工程と、
(III)測定した前記遺伝子の発現量を、閾値と比較する工程と、
(IV)測定した前記遺伝子の発現量が前記閾値以上であるとき、上記所望の時点における培養細胞集団が神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化しうると判定する工程と、
を含む、方法。 - 前記所定の遺伝子は、1つ以上の分化誘導後に発現が亢進する遺伝子、及び/又は、1つ以上の拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子を含む、請求項19に記載の方法。
- 前記1つ以上の分化誘導後に発現が亢進する遺伝子が、SOX10、RHOB、FOXD3、及びNOTCH1からなる群より選択される1つ以上を含み、前記1つ以上の拡大培養期間に発現が亢進する遺伝子が、SOX9、TFAP2A、NGFR、TWIST1、及びEDN3からなる群より選択される1つ以上を含む、請求項20に記載の方法。
- 前記所望の時点は、多能性幹細胞を神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞へ分化誘導し、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団を得る工程内の任意の時点である、又は
前記所望の時点は、神経堤細胞及び/又は神経堤前駆細胞を含む細胞集団から神経堤細胞を選択的に培養する工程内の任意の時点である、請求項19~21のいずれか一項に記載の方法。
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