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- the present invention relates to a human astrocyte cell population, a cell population culture, and a method for producing a human astrocyte cell population. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for evaluating a test substance using the produced human astrocyte cell population. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing a co-culture comprising the produced human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia, and the co-culture.
- Astrocytes a type of glial cell that makes up the brain, play a variety of roles in maintaining homeostasis of the central nervous system, including supplying nutrients to neurons and forming and removing synapses, and are attracting attention from the perspective of elucidating disease mechanisms and developing new drugs.
- Non-Patent Documents 1-3 Central nervous system cells, which are made up of neurons and glial cells, are difficult to obtain from the human brain, and rat or mouse cells have been used in most research on the central nervous system.
- iPS cells it has become relatively easy to obtain human neurons and glial cells, and these cells are extremely useful in research on human neurodegenerative diseases.
- Non-Patent Document 4 Cellular senescence of astrocytes is also known to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases (Non-Patent Documents 5-7), and research is being conducted to reproduce aging astrocytes (Non-Patent Document 8). However, because aging is reset in iPS cells through reprogramming (Non-Patent Documents 9-10), it is thought to be difficult to reproduce aging.
- Non-Patent Document 11 describes a study on iPS cell-derived astrocytes, in which aging is reproduced by creating astrocytes from iPS cells derived from patients with mutations in disease-related genes.
- the method described in Non-Patent Document 11 involves long-term culture after complete induction of differentiation into astrocytes, so it is unclear whether aged astrocytes can be obtained.
- astrocytes are generally cultured in a medium containing serum, but it has recently been discovered that exposure of astrocytes to serum causes irreversible activation (Non-Patent Document 12). Astrocytes in the brain are not exposed to serum due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier (Non-Patent Document 13), and it is thought that culturing astrocytes under serum-free conditions is important when studying their functions (Non-Patent Document 14).
- Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 describe methods for culturing astrocytes under serum-free conditions.
- the method in Patent Document 1 describes differentiation into neurons and oligodendrocytes other than astrocytes, and it is unclear whether the differentiated astrocytes are senescent.
- the method in Patent Document 2 describes the production of A1 astrocytes, which have neurotoxicity, but it is unclear whether the production of non-neurotoxic senescent astrocytes can be achieved.
- Patent Document 3 describes a method for preparing astrocyte-like cells from human cells. However, since the method described in Patent Document 3 induces differentiation into astrocytes in a short period of time, it is unclear whether aged astrocytes can be obtained.
- Human aged astrocytes are of great value in terms of drug discovery research, and there is a demand for a method to easily obtain human aged astrocytes. As mentioned above, some success has been achieved in inducing differentiation into astrocytes, but no method has been found to reliably induce aged human astrocytes from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a human astrocyte cell population containing aged human astrocytes induced from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a cell population culture containing the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population, and a method for producing the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating a test substance using the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a co-culture containing the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia, and a co-culture.
- the present inventors discovered that by aging astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells under proliferation conditions, the astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells can be induced to become aged human astrocytes.
- the present invention was completed based on these findings.
- a human astrocyte cell population induced to differentiate from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells the human astrocyte cell population comprises at least 90% human astrocytes;
- the human astrocytes a) CDKN2A is positive; b) at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5 is positive; c) the expression level of C3 normalized to the reference gene GAPDH is 0.05 copies/copies or less; Human astrocyte cell population.
- ⁇ 2> The human astrocyte cell population according to ⁇ 1>, wherein the expression level of CDKN2A normalized with the reference gene GAPDH in the human astrocytes is 0.004 copies/copies or more.
- ⁇ 3> The human astrocyte cell population according to ⁇ 1> or ⁇ 2>, wherein the expression level of IGFBP5 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH in the human astrocytes is 0.1 copies/copy or more.
- ⁇ 4> The human astrocyte cell population according to ⁇ 1> or ⁇ 2>, wherein the expression level of NNMT normalized with the reference gene GAPDH in the human astrocytes is 0.005 copies/copies or more.
- ⁇ 5> The human astrocyte cell population according to ⁇ 1> or ⁇ 2>, wherein the expression level of HLA-DRB5 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH in the human astrocytes is 0.1 copies/copy or more.
- ⁇ 6> The human astrocyte cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 5>, which is positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of ⁇ H2AX and SA- ⁇ -GAL.
- ⁇ 7> The cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 6>, wherein the astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells are astrocyte precursor cells produced from human iPS cells derived from a healthy subject.
- a cell population culture comprising the human astrocyte cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 7> and a medium substantially free of serum.
- the cell population culture according to ⁇ 8> further comprising at least one factor selected from the group consisting of BMP4 (bone morphogenetic protein) and CNTF (ciliary neurotrophic factor).
- BMP4 bone morphogenetic protein
- CNTF ciliary neurotrophic factor
- Proliferating astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells Inducing differentiation of astrocyte precursor cells derived from the proliferated human iPS cells.
- ⁇ 11> A method for evaluating a test substance, comprising contacting the human astrocyte cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 7> with the test substance.
- ⁇ 12> A method for producing a co-culture, comprising: adding the human astrocyte cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 7>, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia to a culture vessel; and co-culturing the human astrocyte cell population, the neurons, and the microglia in the culture vessel.
- ⁇ 13> The method according to ⁇ 12>, wherein the nerve cells and the microglia are differentiated from human-derived pluripotent stem cells.
- ⁇ 14> The method according to ⁇ 12> or ⁇ 13>, wherein the human-derived pluripotent stem cells are human iPS cells.
- ⁇ 15> The method according to any one of ⁇ 12> to ⁇ 14>, wherein the co-culture is a two-dimensional culture or a three-dimensional culture.
- ⁇ 16> A co-culture comprising the human astrocyte cell population according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 7>, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia, the co-culture being obtained by the production method according to any one of ⁇ 12> to ⁇ 15>.
- an aged human astrocyte cell population can be produced from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention and the method for evaluating a test substance of the present invention are useful in drug discovery research, etc.
- FIG. 1 shows images of aged human astrocytes fluorescently immunostained with anti-GFAP antibody.
- FIG. 2 shows the results of quantification of the GFAP-positive rate of aged human astrocytes using a flow cytometer.
- FIG. 3 shows the results of quantifying the expression levels of senescence-related markers in senescent and non-senescent human astrocytes using digital PCR.
- FIG. 4 shows the results of quantifying the C3 expression levels in senescent and non-senescent human astrocytes using digital PCR.
- FIG. 5 shows the results of fluorescent immunostaining of senescent and non-senescent human astrocytes with anti- ⁇ H2AX antibody.
- FIG. 6 shows the results of SA- ⁇ -GAL staining of senescent and non-senescent human astrocytes.
- Figure 7 shows the results of quantifying CDKN2A expression levels in non-senescent human astrocytes, long-term cultures of non-senescent human astrocytes, and senescent human astrocytes using digital PCR.
- Triangles indicate astrocyte precursor cells cultured in precursor cell medium for 43 days and then induced to differentiate into astrocytes by replacing with differentiation-inducing medium ((1)).
- Squares indicate non-senescent astrocytes cultured for 42 days ((2)).
- Circles indicate astrocyte precursor cells cultured in precursor cell medium for 85 days and then induced to differentiate into astrocytes by replacing with differentiation-inducing medium ((3)).
- FIG. 8 shows immunofluorescence images of 2D co-cultures made with aged human astrocytes, neurons, and microglia.
- FIG. 9 shows immunofluorescence images of 3D co-cultures made with aged
- CDKN2A stands for cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A.
- IGFBP5 stands for Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5.
- NNMT stands for nicotinamide N-methyltransferase.
- HLA-DRB1 indicates Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1.
- HLA-DRB5 indicates Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB5.
- C3 indicates the complement molecule C3.
- GAPDH stands for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
- BMP4 stands for Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4.
- CNTF stands for ciliary neurotrophic factor.
- GFAP stands for glial fibrillary acidic protein.
- ⁇ H2AX indicates phosphorylated histone H2AX.
- SA- ⁇ -GAL stands for Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase.
- the present invention relates to a human astrocyte cell population induced to differentiate from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- the human astrocyte population of the present invention comprises at least 90% human astrocytes, and the human astrocytes are a) CDKN2A is positive; b) at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5 is positive; c) A human astrocyte cell population in which the expression level of C3 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH is 0.05 copies/copy or less.
- Human iPS cells are induced pluripotent stem cells produced from human cells.
- iPS cells refers to cells that have pluripotency (multi-lineage potential) and the ability to proliferate, and are produced by reprogramming somatic cells through the introduction of reprogramming factors. iPS cells exhibit properties similar to ES cells (Embryonic Stem Cells). There are no particular limitations on the somatic cells used to produce iPS cells, and they may be differentiated somatic cells or undifferentiated stem cells. There are also no particular limitations on their origin, but it is preferable to use somatic cells from mammals (e.g., primates such as humans and chimpanzees, and rodents such as mice and rats), and it is more preferable to use human somatic cells. iPS cells can be produced by known methods, etc. It is also naturally expected that iPS cell production methods developed in the future will be applied.
- the most basic method for generating iPS cells is to use a virus to introduce the four transcription factors Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc into cells (Takahashi K, Yamanaka S: Cell 126 (4), 663-676, 2006; Takahashi, K, et al: Cell 131 (5), 861-72, 2007).
- There have been reports of human iPS cells being established by introducing the four factors Oct4, Sox2, Lin28, and Nanog (Yu J, et al: Science 318(5858), 1917-1920, 2007).
- the establishment of iPS cells has also been reported by introducing three factors excluding c-Myc (Nakagawa M, et al: Nat. Biotechnol.
- iPS cells can also be produced by inducing them from somatic cells through the addition of chemical compounds (Hou P et al: Science 341(6146), 651-654, 2013).
- Cells that have been transformed into iPS cells can be selected using the expression of pluripotent stem cell markers (undifferentiated markers) such as Nanog, Oct/4, Fgf-4, Esg-1, and Cript as indicators, and the selected cells can be recovered as iPS cells.
- pluripotent stem cell markers undifferentiated markers
- astrocyte precursor cells refers to cells capable of differentiating into astrocytes.
- the presence of astrocyte precursor cells can be identified by markers that are significantly expressed in astrocyte precursor cells. Examples of markers for astrocyte precursor cells include NFIA, NFIB, SOX9, HEY1, HEY2, FABP7, and ZBTB20.
- the "astrocyte precursor cells” used in the present invention can be obtained, for example, by isolating them from the cerebral cortex or spinal cord surgically obtained from a patient, by inducing them from cells that can differentiate into human astrocytes, by inducing them from human pluripotent stem cells, etc. Any of these astrocyte precursor cells can be used as the "astrocyte precursor cells" in the method of the present invention.
- astrocyte precursor cells used in the present invention, it is preferable to use human astrocyte precursor cells induced from human pluripotent stem cells.
- human pluripotent stem cells include human iPS cells (human induced pluripotent stem cells), human ES cells (human embryonic stem cells), human mesenchymal stem cells, etc., and are not particularly limited. However, it is preferable to use human iPS cells.
- a human astrocyte cell population induced to differentiate from astrocyte precursor cells comprising: the human astrocyte cell population comprises at least 90% human astrocytes; The human astrocytes a) CDKN2A is positive; b) at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5 is positive; c) the expression level of C3 normalized to the reference gene GAPDH is 0.05 copies/copies or less; A human astrocyte cell population is provided.
- Methods for obtaining "human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells” include, for example, obtaining the cells by inducing them from human iPS cells prepared from somatic cells collected from a healthy person (healthy individual) who does not have a mutation in a disease-related gene that causes a nervous system disease or a nervous system disease, or from somatic cells collected from a patient with a nervous system disease, or by inducing them from an established human iPS cell line, etc.
- the nervous system diseases include, but are not limited to, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, autism, Alexander disease, Rett syndrome, and the like.
- astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells can be used as the "astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells" that are the starting cells in the present invention.
- the "astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells” used in the present invention are preferably astrocyte precursor cells induced from human iPS cells derived from a healthy individual, astrocyte precursor cells induced from an established human iPS cell line, or astrocyte precursor cells induced from human iPS cells that do not have a disease-derived gene mutation, and it is more preferable to use astrocyte precursor cells produced from human iPS cells derived from a healthy individual.
- Astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells can be used in the present invention either in an isolated state or in a state mixed with other cells. It is also possible to envision sequential induction of differentiation from human iPS cells to astrocyte precursor cells and from astrocyte precursor cells to human astrocytes.
- Human astrocytes are human astrocytes.
- astrocytes refer to a type of glial cell present in the central nervous system, which is believed to contribute to the regulation of neurotransmission by providing structural support to neurons and regulating neurotransmitters, energy, and extracellular ions. They are also believed to supply substances that promote myelin formation to oligodendrocytes, which are also a type of glial cell, and are cells that play an important role in nervous tissue along with neurons and oligodendrocytes.
- Astrocytes can be identified by markers that are specifically expressed in astrocytes, such as GFAP, S100B (S100 calcium binding protein B), KCNJ10 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 10), AQP4 (Aquaporin-4), and SLC1A3 (solute carrier family 1 member 3, also known as GLAST or EAATI). For example, by analyzing using immunohistochemical techniques, it is possible to identify cells that express at least one of the above-mentioned mRNAs, sugar chains, or proteins as astrocytes.
- Human astrocyte cell population is a population of cells that includes human astrocytes.
- the term "cell population” refers to a population that contains at least one type of cell, and may contain any two or more types of cells. Furthermore, the cell population may be in a state where it is dispersed (suspended) in a medium such as a culture medium, adhered to the bottom surface of a culture vessel, in a state of cell aggregates (sphere-shaped cell population) in which multiple cells are aggregated, or in a layered cell population, and is not particularly limited.
- the "human astrocyte cell population" of the present invention preferably comprises at least 90% human astrocytes, more preferably at least 95% human astrocytes, even more preferably at least 99% human astrocytes, and particularly preferably 100% human astrocytes.
- the proportion of human astrocytes in a human astrocyte cell population can be determined, for example, by quantifying the GFAP-positive rate with a flow cytometer using an anti-GFAP antibody as an antibody that specifically recognizes human astrocytes.
- Cells other than human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention include, but are not limited to, astrocyte precursor cells, neural stem cells, oligodendrocyte precursor cells, neurons, oligodendrocytes, and the like.
- Aged human astrocytes are human astrocytes that positively express senescence-related markers characteristic of cellular senescence.
- senescence-associated markers include, but are not limited to, ⁇ H2AX, which is known as a DNA damage response (DDR) marker; CDKN2A (p16INK4a and p14ARF), p21, and p53, which are known as tumor suppressors and cell cycle regulators; senescence-associated ⁇ -galactosidase (SA- ⁇ -GAL), which is known as a lysosome-associated protein; and inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6, IL-8, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which are known as senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) markers.
- DDR DNA damage response
- CDKN2A p16INK4a and p14ARF
- p21, and p53 which are known as tumor suppressors and cell cycle
- aged human astrocytes preferably indicate that at least one selected from the group consisting of aging-related markers CDKN2A, ⁇ H2AX, SA- ⁇ -GAL, and SASP markers is positive, more preferably that at least one selected from the group consisting of CDKN2A, ⁇ H2AX, and SA- ⁇ -GAL is positive, and even more preferably that CDKN2A is positive.
- the term "marker” refers to a substance present in a cell, the presence or amount of which can identify or distinguish the type or properties of the cell. Specific examples of markers include mRNA, proteins and sugar chains encoded by the mRNA, and fragments of these. As used herein, "positive for a marker” refers to a higher expression level of the marker in human astrocytes contained in the final human astrocyte cell population of the present invention compared to the expression level of the marker in the starting cells.
- the expression level of the marker means the expression level (expression amount) of the gene, and can usually be analyzed based on the production amount of the transcription product corresponding to the gene, or the production amount or activity of the translation product.
- the expression level can be measured by measuring mRNA, which is the transcription product of the gene, or protein, which is the translation product of the gene, but it is preferable to measure mRNA or cDNA, which is its reverse transcription product.
- the expression of the translation product (protein) can be detected or measured by immunocytostaining, which uses an antibody to detect intracellular proteins.
- NCBI accession numbers for each gene are shown in Table 1. Based on the following NCBI accession numbers, sequence information for each gene can be obtained and the expression level of the gene can be measured.
- RT-PCR is a method in which cDNA is synthesized using the mRNA to be measured as a template, and this cDNA is amplified by PCR using the template.
- Examples of quantitative RT-PCR include a method in which PCR is performed using primers to which a quencher fluorescent dye and a reporter fluorescent dye are bound, the amount of amplified product is quantified for each cycle, and the amount of template DNA in a sample is measured from the cycle number at which the detected fluorescence intensity increases rapidly (real-time PCR), and a method in which limit-diluted sample DNA is dispersed in microcompartments, PCR amplification is performed, and the number of microcompartments containing the target gene is directly counted to absolutely quantify the target gene concentration in the sample (digital PCR).
- Examples of methods for dispersing sample DNA into microcompartments in digital PCR include, but are not limited to, a method of preparing droplets and a method of dispersing on a chip.
- the quantitative RT-PCR technique is well known in the art, and can also be performed using a commercially available kit.
- Quantitative RT-PCR allows the expression level or copy number of a gene to be measured as a relative value to the expression level or copy number of a reference gene (e.g., GAPDH gene) that serves as a control.
- Measurement of gene mRNA can also be performed by subjecting the amplified product obtained by amplifying mRNA using normal RT-PCR or the like to gel electrophoresis, staining, and measuring band intensity.
- gene mRNA or cDNA can be detected or quantified using a DNA chip.
- Measurement of the expression level of genes expressed by human astrocytes can also be performed using a next-generation sequencer.
- the cells to be measured can be obtained by sampling a portion from the culture process.
- the Ct (Cycle threshold) value can be used as a numerical value indicating the expression level.
- the Ct value is the cycle number when the PCR amplification product reaches a certain amount. The number of cycles of amplification is plotted on the horizontal axis and the amount of PCR product on the vertical axis to create an amplification curve, and when a threshold is set for the value of the amount of PCR product, the cycle number at the point where the threshold and the amplification curve intersect is the Ct value.
- the fluorescence intensity can also be used.
- copy number copies/ ⁇ L
- the number of target genes contained in the positive can be calculated by using Poisson distribution, and the copy number can be corrected.
- CDKN2A also known as cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A, is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes p16INK4a (p16) and p14ARF (p14).
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention are preferably positive for CDKN2A.
- the expression level of CDKN2A normalized to the reference gene GAPDH is preferably 0.002 copies/copies or more, more preferably 0.003 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.004 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.005 copies/copies or more, and particularly preferably 0.006 copies/copies or more.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5, in addition to being positive for the above-mentioned CDKN2A, preferably positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5, more preferably positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT and HLA-DRB5, even more preferably positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5 and NNMT, and even more preferably positive for IGFBP5.
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBP5 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5
- IGFBPs regulate activity (promotion and inhibition), distribution (local release), and metabolism (stabilization and degradation) by binding to IGF-I and IGF-II circulating in body fluids.
- IGFBPrP IGF-BP related protein
- IGFBP5 is mainly produced in vascular smooth muscle cells, and is localized in bone tissue to promote the action of IGF-I on smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and osteoblasts. It is also known to form trimers with ALC (acidic-labile subunit) like IGFBP3, and is known as a senescence-associated secretory phenomenon (SASP) regulator.
- ALC acidic-labile subunit
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be IGFBP5 positive, and are preferably IGFBP5 positive.
- the expression level of IGFBP5 in the human astrocytes normalized with the reference gene GAPDH is preferably 0.08 copies/copies or more, more preferably 0.09 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.1 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.15 copies/copies or more, and particularly preferably 0.2 copies/copies or more.
- NMT also known as nicotinamide N-methyltransferase
- nicotinamide N-methyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the methylation of nicotinamide and similar compounds using the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine to produce S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine and 1-methylnicotinamide. It is also known to be an essential contributor to various metabolic and epigenetic processes, including the regulation of aging, cellular stress response, and weight gain.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be NNMT positive, and are preferably NNMT positive.
- the expression level of NNMT normalized to the reference gene GAPDH in the above human astrocytes is preferably 0.003 copies/copies or more, more preferably 0.004 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.005 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.01 copies/copies or more, and particularly preferably 0.015 copies/copies or more.
- HLA-DRB1 also known as Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1 or Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II DR ⁇ 1
- HLA-DRB1 is one of the haplotypes of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) known to function as histocompatibility antigens.
- HLA-DRB1 is a protein-coding gene located in the HLA class II region on the short arm of chromosome 6.
- HLA class II molecules are heterodimers consisting of alpha (DRA) and beta (DRB) chains, both of which are membrane-anchored and known to play a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins.
- HLA-DRB1 Diseases related to HLA-DRB1 include multiple sclerosis and sarcoidosis 1, and related pathways include D28 signal transduction in helper T cells.
- HLA-DRB5 is also known as an important paralog of the HLA-DRB1 gene.
- HLA-DRB5 is also called Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB5 or major histocompatibility complex class II DR ⁇ 5, and is one of the HLA haplotypes, similar to HLA-DRB1.
- HLA-DRB5 Diseases associated with HLA-DRB5 include pityriasis rosea, an inflammatory keratosis (scaly rash) of the skin commonly seen in young adults, and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia due to abnormalities in collagen 9, and related pathways include CD28 signal transduction in helper T cells.
- HLA-DRB1 is also known as an important paralog of the HLA-DRB5 gene.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5, preferably positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB5, and more preferably positive for HLA-DRB5.
- the expression level of HLA-DRB5 in the human astrocyte normalized with the reference gene GAPDH is preferably 0.08 copies/copies or more, more preferably 0.09 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.1 copies/copies or more, even more preferably 0.15 copies/copies or more, particularly preferably 0.2 copies/copies or more, and even more particularly preferably 0.25 copies/copies or more.
- human astrocytes there is no particular upper limit to the expression level of HLA-DRB5 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH, and it is assumed that the higher the expression level, the more aged the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention are.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be positive for the above-mentioned CDKN2A, and may also be negative for C3, and the expression level of C3 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH may be 0.05 copies/copies or less.
- C3 is also called complement molecule C3 and is one of the complements present in mammalian serum. It is also known as a specific marker of human A1 astrocytes that exhibit neurotoxicity. Specific markers of human A1 astrocytes include, but are not limited to, GBP2, SERPING1, and C3.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention are preferably C3 negative.
- the expression level of C3 in the above human astrocytes normalized with the reference gene GAPDH is 0.05 copies/copies or less, more preferably 0.02 copies/copies or less, even more preferably 0.01 copies/copies or less, even more preferably 0.001 copies/copies or less, particularly preferably 0.0001 copies/copies or less, and most preferably below the detection limit.
- the lower limit of the expression level of C3 normalized with the reference gene GAPDH is not particularly limited, and it is assumed that the higher the expression level, the different the properties of the cells are from the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention.
- the human astrocytes contained in the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention may be positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of ⁇ H2AX and SA- ⁇ -GAL, and are preferably positive for at least one marker selected from the group consisting of ⁇ H2AX and SA- ⁇ -GAL.
- ⁇ H2AX> " ⁇ H2AX” is also known as phosphorylated histone H2AX and is known as one of the markers of DNA damage. When double-strand breaks occur due to DNA damage, H2AX, a type of histone protein, is rapidly and extensively phosphorylated. ⁇ H2AX is not only used to evaluate the genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of chemicals, active oxygen, ultraviolet rays, radiation, etc., but has also been known in recent years as an indicator for evaluating cell aging.
- SA- ⁇ -GAL is one of the enzymes also known as senescence-associated beta-galactosidase.
- ⁇ -galactosidase is stained using X-gal as a substrate under weakly acidic conditions (pH 6), senescent cells are stained blue, whereas proliferating cells are not stained. Therefore, SA- ⁇ -GAL is widely used as a marker that can easily detect senescent cells that have undergone cellular senescence.
- the present invention relates to a cell population culture comprising a human astrocyte cell population induced to differentiate from astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- a "cell population culture” is a culture that comprises a cell population.
- a "cell population culture” may include a cell population containing at least one type of cell and any optional components such as a medium.
- the culture of human astrocytes in the present invention may be performed by selecting a medium, temperature, and other conditions according to the origin and state of the human astrocytes used. As long as the medium does not interfere with the culture of human astrocytes in the present invention, any component such as a factor suitable for the purpose of the culture may be contained in the medium.
- the medium may be selected from known media or commercially available media. For example, appropriate components (serum, proteins, amino acids, sugars, vitamins, fatty acids, antibiotics, etc.) may be added to common media such as MEM (minimum essential medium), DMEM (Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium), DMEM/F12, or media modified from these media.
- the medium used in the present invention it is preferable to use a medium that does not substantially contain serum (serum-free medium), since astrocytes in the brain are not exposed to serum due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier and, therefore, for the purpose of providing an environment that is closer to that in the body in studying the functions of astrocytes, it is preferable to use a medium that does not substantially contain serum (serum-free medium).
- serum-free medium refers to a medium that does not contain unconditioned or unpurified serum.
- the cell population culture of the present invention preferably comprises a human astrocyte population containing human senescent astrocytes and a medium that is substantially free of serum.
- the medium used in the present invention may contain any components, such as factors necessary for inducing differentiation of human astrocyte precursor cells into human astrocytes. It is preferable that the cell population culture of the present invention further contains at least one factor selected from the group consisting of BMP4 (bone morphogenetic protein 4) and CNTF (ciliary neurotrophic factor) for the purpose of efficiently differentiating human astrocyte precursor cells into human astrocytes.
- BMP4 bone morphogenetic protein 4
- CNTF ciliary neurotrophic factor
- the present invention relates to a method for producing a cell population comprising senescent human astrocytes.
- the present invention provides a method for producing a human astrocyte cell population, which comprises proliferating astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells and inducing differentiation of the proliferated astrocyte precursor cells derived from human iPS cells.
- general cell culture conditions may be selected. Examples include conditions of 37°C and 5% CO2 . During culture, it is preferable to replace the medium at appropriate intervals (preferably once every 1 to 7 days, more preferably once every 2 to 3 days).
- human aged astrocytes can be produced by inducing differentiation into human astrocytes after culturing under proliferation conditions for 50 days or more.
- the period of culture under proliferation conditions is preferably 50 days or more, more preferably 70 days or more, and even more preferably 80 days or more.
- Cell culture vessels such as plates, dishes, cell culture inserts, cell culture flasks, and cell culture bags can be used for cell culture. Gas-permeable cell culture bags are preferred. When a large amount of cells is required, a large culture tank may be used. Culture can be carried out in either an open or closed system.
- a cell population comprising senescent human astrocytes.
- the human astrocyte cell population of the present invention can also be used for screening of candidate pharmaceutical compounds that act on human aged astrocytes and for evaluating the safety of the candidate pharmaceutical compounds.
- the present invention provides a method for evaluating a test substance, which includes contacting a cell population containing the human astrocytes of the present invention with the test substance. For example, by contacting astrocyte precursor cells with the test substance during the process of culturing them for a long period of time and aging them, it becomes possible to evaluate the anti-aging effect. In addition, for example, by contacting a cell population containing the human astrocytes of the present invention with the test substance, it becomes possible to evaluate a test substance that controls the adverse effects of aging, such as the inhibitory effect of senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Furthermore, it becomes possible to search for a test substance that exhibits a rejuvenating effect on aging cells.
- SASP inhibitory effect of senescence-associated secretory phenotype
- a method for producing a co-culture comprising the steps of: adding the human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia to a culture vessel; and co-culturing the human astrocyte cell population, the neurons, and the microglia in the culture vessel.
- the co-culture may be either a two-dimensional culture or a three-dimensional culture.
- the three-dimensional culture may be in the form of a spheroid.
- the timing of adding each cell may be simultaneous or separate.
- the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population is cultured in advance in a culture vessel, and neurons and microglia can be added to the culture vessel containing the above-mentioned cultured human astrocyte cell population.
- the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population, nerve cells, and microglia can be added simultaneously to a culture vessel prior to co-culture of the cells.
- Prior to co-culture of cells means that if the co-culture is started within, for example, 1 to 24 hours after the addition of one or two types of cells, co-culture is not considered to have begun.
- the above three types of cells may be placed in one container, suspended and mixed in a culture medium, and then added to the culture container.
- the step of adding the above human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia to the culture container includes a step of suspending the above human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia in a culture medium, and a step of simultaneously adding the culture medium containing the above human astrocyte cell population, the neurons, and the microglia obtained as described above to the culture container.
- each of the above three types of cells may be suspended in a separate culture medium and added to the same culture vessel at the same time.
- the three types of frozen cells that have been cryopreserved separately may be thawed and added to the same culture vessel at the same time.
- the manner in which the human astrocyte cell population, nerve cells, and microglia are added simultaneously to the culture vessel is not limited to the above.
- three types of cells can be co-cultured in any ratio. Furthermore, by co-culturing three types of cells (astrocytes, neurons, and microglia), it is possible to reflect and mimic the human brain more closely than conventional culture systems, which is useful for studying the brain's inherent functions and pathogenesis mechanisms. In the present invention, the use of three types of cells makes it possible to evaluate intercellular interactions in brain functions and pathogenesis.
- the nerve cells and microglia used in co-culture with the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population are preferably differentiated from human-derived pluripotent stem cells.
- human-derived pluripotent stem cells examples include human iPS cells, human ES cells, and human mesenchymal stem cells.
- Human iPS cells are preferred, but are not limited thereto.
- Human iPS cells are iPS cells created from human cells.
- Human-derived pluripotent stem cells include, but are not limited to, pluripotent stem cells derived from a specimen with no mutations in disease-related genes, or pluripotent stem cells derived from a specimen with mutations in disease-related genes.
- pluripotent stem cells derived from a specimen with no mutations in disease-related genes are preferred.
- No mutations in disease-related genes means that there are no mutations in disease-related genes that cause nervous system diseases. In other words, if there is a mutation in a gene, but the mutation does not cause a disease, it is interpreted as there being no mutation in the disease-related gene.
- ES cells can be established, for example, by culturing early pre-implantation embryos, the inner cell mass that constitutes the above-mentioned early embryos, single blastomeres, etc. (Manipulating the Mouse Embryo A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1994; Thomson, J.A. et al: Science, 282, 1145-1147, 1998).
- an early embryo produced by nuclear transfer of the nucleus of a somatic cell may be used (Wilmut et al.: Nature, 385, 810, 1997; Cibelli et al.: Science, 280, 1256, 1998; Iritani et al.: Proteins, Nucleic Acids, and Enzymes, 44, 892, 1999; Baguisi et al.: Nature Biotechnology, 17, 456, 1999; Wakayama et al.: Nature, 394, 369, 1999). 8; Nature Genetics, 22, 127, 1999; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
- Parthenogenetic embryos may be used as early embryos (Kim et al: Science, 315, 482-486, 2007; Nakajima et al: Stem Cells, 25, 983-985, 2007; Kim et al: Cell Stem Cell, 1, 346-352, 2007; Revazova et al: Cloning Stem Cells, 9, 432-449, 2007; Revazova et al: Cloning Stem Cells, 10, 11-24, 2008).
- references for the production of ES cells include Strelchenko N, et al: Reprod Biomed Online.9, 623-629, 2004, Klimanskaya I, et al: Nature 444, 481-485, 2006, Chung Y, et al: Cell Stem Cell, 2, 113-117, 2008, Zhang X, et al: Stem Cells, 24, 2669-2676, 2006, and Wassarman, P.M. et al: Methods in Enzymology, Vol.365, 2003. Note that fused ES cells obtained by cell fusion between ES cells and somatic cells are also included in the embryonic stem cells used in the method of the present invention.
- ES cells are available from collection institutions, and some are commercially available.
- human ES cells are available from the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University (e.g., KhES-1, KhES-2, and KhES-3), WiCell Research Institute, ESI BIO, etc.
- Human-derived neural cells can be obtained, for example, by inducing them from somatic cells taken from healthy individuals (healthy individuals) who do not have any disease-related gene mutations that cause nervous system diseases or nervous system diseases, or from human iPS cells made from somatic cells taken from patients who have nervous system diseases or have any disease-related gene mutations that cause nervous system diseases, or by inducing them from established human iPS cell lines.
- the neural cells induced to differentiate from human-derived pluripotent stem cells are not particularly limited, but are preferably motor neurons, cerebral cortical excitatory neurons, or substantia nigra neurons.
- Methods for inducing differentiation of human-derived pluripotent stem cells into neurons are not particularly limited, but include a method in which neural stem cells are produced from pluripotent stem cells using treatment with low molecular weight compounds, etc., and then the cells are induced to differentiate into neurons, and a method in which the cells are directly induced to differentiate into neurons through gene expression, etc.
- Methods for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural cells include, for example, (1) A method of culturing in a serum-free medium to form embryoid bodies (cell masses containing neural precursor cells) and then differentiating them (SFEB method: Watanabe K, et al., Nat. Neurosci., 8, 288-296, 2005; SFEBq method: Wataya T, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
- the method of introducing and expressing Ngn2 into pluripotent stem cells is preferred because it allows for the production of mature nerve cells in a short period of time with high efficiency.
- Human-derived nerve cells include induced nerve cells differentiated from iPS cells by forced expression of Ngn2, iCell glutamatergic nerves (FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, C1033), iCell GABAergic nerves (FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, C1008), iCell dopamine nerves (FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, C1028), iCell motor nerves (FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, C1048), etc., with induced nerve cells differentiated from iPS cells by forced expression of Ngn2 and iCell glutamatergic nerves being preferred.
- Human-derived microglia include iCell microglia (FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, C1110) and microglia (Axol Bioscience, AX0664), with iCell microglia being preferred.
- the nerve cells are preferably cells that express at least one of the nerve cell-specific marker genes consisting of ⁇ -III tubulin, NeuN, N-CAM (neural cell adhesion molecule), and MAP2 (microtubule-associated protein 2), and have ⁇ -III tubulin-positive processes (hereinafter referred to as neurites).
- nerve cell-specific marker genes consisting of ⁇ -III tubulin, NeuN, N-CAM (neural cell adhesion molecule), and MAP2 (microtubule-associated protein 2), and have ⁇ -III tubulin-positive processes (hereinafter referred to as neurites).
- Microglia are cells that express at least one of the microglia-specific marker genes, including IBA1 (ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1), CD33, CD45, TREM2 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2), P2RY12 (purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 12), TMEM119 (transmembrane protein 119), and CX3CR1 (CX3C-chemokine receptor 1).
- IBA1 ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1
- CD33 CD45
- TREM2 triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
- P2RY12 purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 12
- TMEM119 transmembrane protein 119
- CX3CR1 CX3C-chemokine receptor
- the above-mentioned cells are co-cultured in a culture vessel.
- a culture vessel a plate, a dish, a cell culture insert, a flask for cell culture, or the like having a well can be used, and a plate having a well is preferred.
- ViewPlate PerkinElmer
- 96-well microplate Gareiner
- 96-well polystyrene microplate Corning
- PrimeSurface (trademark) plate Suditomo Bakelite
- Cell Repellent Plate Gib one
- ViewPlate (PerkinElmer) and PrimeSurface (trademark) plate (Sumitomo Bakelite) are preferred.
- the shape of the culture vessel may be, but is not limited to, a flat bottom, a round bottom, a U-bottom, or a V-bottom.
- the surface in the container that comes into contact with the medium be non-adhesive to cells. This allows the cells to be cultured in a suspended state, making it easier to form spheroids.
- only certain areas of the surface inside the container may be made cell-adhesive, with the remaining areas being non-adhesive to cells. In this case, cells will gather at the cell-adhesive areas, allowing spheroids to be formed.
- the lower limit of the cell density is the total cell density of two or more cells used; the same applies below
- the lower limit of the cell density is not particularly limited, but is preferably, for example, 2.5 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more, more preferably 5.0 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more, even more preferably 10.0 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more, even more preferably 15.0 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more, particularly preferably 20.0 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more, and most preferably 25.0 x 104 cells/ cm2 or more.
- the upper limit of the cell density at the time of seeding into the culture vessel is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, 60.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 or less, preferably less than 55.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 , more preferably 50.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 or less, even more preferably 45.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 or less, even more preferably 40.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 or less, and particularly preferably 35.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/cm 2 or less.
- the cell density at the time of seeding into the culture vessel is preferably 5.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or more and 55.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or less, more preferably 10.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or more and 50.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or less, even more preferably 15.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or more and 45.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or less, even more preferably 20.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or more and 40.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or less, and particularly preferably 25.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or more and 35.0 x 10 4 cells / cm 2 or less.
- the lower limit of the number of cells when seeded onto a 96-well plate is not particularly limited, but is, for example, preferably 0.7 x 104 cells/well or more, more preferably 1.0 x 104 cells/well or more, even more preferably 1.2 x 104 cells/well or more, even more preferably 1.4 x 104 cells/well or more, particularly preferably 1.6 x 104 cells/well or more, and most preferably 1.8 x 104 cells/well or more.
- the upper limit of the cell density at the time of seeding into the culture vessel is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well or less, preferably less than 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well, more preferably 5.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well or less, even more preferably 3.0 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well or less, even more preferably 2.5 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well or less, and particularly preferably 2.3 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well or less.
- the number of cells seeded into a 96-well plate is preferably 1.0 x 10 4 cells/well to 8.0 x 10 4 cells/well, more preferably 1.2 x 10 4 cells/well to 5.0 x 10 4 cells/well, even more preferably 1.4 x 10 4 cells/well to 3.0 x 10 4 cells/well, still more preferably 1.6 x 10 4 cells/well to 2.5 x 10 4 cells/well, and particularly preferably 1.8 x 10 4 cells/well to 2.3 x 10 4 cells/well.
- the medium can be selected from known or commercially available media.
- the medium used for culturing can be a basal medium to which additives have been added.
- the basal medium can be, for example, DMEM, DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium)/F12, BrainPhys Neuronal Medium, Neurobasal Medium-A, Neurobasal Medium, Neural Progenitor Basal Medium, NS-A Basal Medium, Basal Medium Eagle (BME), BGJb Medium, CMRL 106
- Examples of the medium include MEM 6 Medium, Glasgow Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), Improved MEM Zinc Option, Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM), Medium 199, Eagle MEM, ⁇ MEM, Ham's F12 Medium, RPMI 1640 Medium, and Fischer's Medium.
- the medium may be a single medium or a combination of two or more types of medium.
- Additives that can be added to the culture medium include serum, retinoic acid, Wnt, BMP (BMP-4, etc.), CNTF, GDNF (Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor), bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor), EGF (Epidermal growth factor), HGF (Hepatocyte growth factor), SHH (Sonic hedgehog), IGF-1 (Insulin-like growth factor), and or 1), Activin A, Heregulin ⁇ -1, interleukins, 8-Br-cAMP, heparin, heparan sulfate, laminin, collagen, fibronectin, progesterone, selenite, B-27 (trademark) supplement, N2 Supplement with Transferrin (Apo), N2 Supplement with Transferrin, GlutaMAX, L(+)-ascorbic acid, ITS-supplement, MEM Non-Essential Amino Acid, etc., but are not limited thereto.
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- the present invention provides a co-culture comprising the above-mentioned human astrocyte cell population, human-derived neurons, and human-derived microglia, which is obtained by the above-mentioned method for producing a co-culture of the present invention.
- Test Example 1 Induction of human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells into human aged astrocytes (1) Senescence induction of astrocyte precursor cells by long-term culture Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells were purchased from Axol Bioscience (ax0083), Applied Stem Cell (ASE-9322P), or XCell Science (XCS-AP-001-1V) and used.
- composition of progenitor cell medium The reagents shown in Table 2 were added to DMEM/F12 (Life technologies, 11320-033).
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells were suspended in precursor cell medium, seeded in a flask at a density of 30 ⁇ 10 4 cells/flask, and cultured at 37° C. in 5% CO 2. The cells were passaged every two weeks and cultured for 84 days.
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells cultured for 84 days were detached using TrypLE Select (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 12563-029), seeded in a 6-well plate at a density of 30 x 10 4 cells/well, and cultured at 37°C and 5% CO 2. The following day, the medium was replaced with the following differentiation induction medium, and the cells were cultured for an additional 5 days to induce differentiation into human aged astrocytes.
- composition of differentiation-inducing medium The reagents shown in Table 3 were added to DMEM/F12 (Life technologies, 11320-033).
- Astrocyte marker expression The expression of GFAP, an astrocyte marker, was confirmed by immunostaining.
- Human astrocytes prepared from aged human astrocyte precursor cells and human astrocytes prepared from non-aged human astrocyte precursor cells were fixed by adding formaldehyde solution (Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., 061-00416) diluted 10-fold with PBS(-) (Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., 166-23555) and leaving at room temperature for 30 minutes. After washing three times with PBS(-), PBS(-) plus 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) (1% BSA) was added for blocking.
- formaldehyde solution Flujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., 061-00416
- PBS(-) Flujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., 166-23555
- BSA bovine serum albumin
- GFAP Monoclonal Antibody and Alexa Fluor488 were determined to be GFAP positive if they showed a stronger fluorescent signal intensity than that of the negative control Alexa Fluor488 Mouse IgG1, ⁇ Isotype Ctrl (FC) Antibody, which does not react to a specific endogenous antigen, and the ratio of GFAP positive cells to the total number of live cells was calculated as the GFAP positivity rate. 99% of the human astrocytes generated from aged human astrocyte precursor cells were GFAP positive.
- the primers used are listed in Table 5 below.
- senescence marker ( ⁇ H2AX) Focus formation of ⁇ H2AX, one of the senescence markers, was evaluated by immunostaining.
- Human astrocytes prepared from senescent human astrocyte precursor cells and human astrocytes prepared from non-senescent human astrocyte precursor cells were added with formaldehyde solution (Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, 061-00416) diluted 10-fold with PBS(-) (Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, 166-23555) and left to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes for fixation.
- the fluorescent signal was binarized (threshold: 70), and the number of Forsythia (dots) was quantified using "Analyze Particles". The results are shown in FIG. 5. It was confirmed that aged human astrocytes had more ⁇ H2AX forsythesis, one of the aging markers, formed in comparison to non-aged human astrocytes.
- SA- ⁇ -GAL Staining of senescence marker
- the expression of SA- ⁇ -GAL was measured using Cellular Senescence Detection Kit-SPiDER- ⁇ Gal (Dojindo Laboratories, SG03) according to the attached instructions.
- the images were taken using an IncuCyte (registered trademark) S3 (Essen BioScience, 4647), and the positive area (total area) and fluorescence intensity (total integrated intensity) were quantified using Basic Analysis software.
- the results are shown in FIG. 6. It was confirmed that SA- ⁇ -GAL was more strongly expressed in aged human astrocytes than in non-aged human astrocytes.
- Test Example 2 Comparison of Aging Markers in Long-Term Culture of Human Astrocyte Progenitor Cells and Human Astrocytes
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte progenitor cells purchased from Axol Bioscience (ax0083), Applied Stem Cell (ASE-9322P), or XCell Science (XCS-AP-001-1V) were used.
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells were cultured in precursor cell medium for 43 days, and then replaced with differentiation-inducing medium to induce differentiation into human astrocytes (FIG. 7(1)). Furthermore, the cells obtained in (1) were cultured for 42 days (FIG.
- Test Example 3 Preparation of two-dimensional co-culture of aged astrocytes, neurons, and microglia
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells were purchased from Axol Bioscience (ax0083), Applied Stem Cell (ASE-9322P), or XCell Science (XCS-AP-001-1V) and used.
- Matrigel basement membrane matrix (Corning, 356234) diluted 120-fold with DMEM/F12 (Life technologies, 11320-033) was added to a 96-well plate at 65 ⁇ L/well and allowed to stand at 4° C. After 24 hours, the medium was replaced with progenitor cell medium.
- the progenitor cell medium was prepared with the same composition as in Table 2 of Test Example 1.
- Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells cultured for 84 days were seeded in a 96-well plate at a density of 5 x 104 cells/well and cultured at 37°C and 5% CO2 . The following day, the medium was replaced with a differentiation-inducing medium, and the cells were cultured for an additional 5 days to induce differentiation into aged astrocytes.
- the differentiation-inducing medium was prepared with the same composition as in Table 3 of Test Example 1.
- Neurons were prepared by forced expression of the Ngn2 gene from iPS cells (Chao Wang, et al, Stem Cell Reports., 9: 1221-1233, 2017), and cryopreserved neurons were used.
- the cryopreserved cells were thawed in a 37°C warm bath, and after thawing, the cells were added to the co-culture medium and centrifuged at 600 ⁇ g for 5 minutes at room temperature. After centrifugation, the supernatant was removed, the cells were suspended in 1 mL of co-culture medium, and the number of cells was counted.
- composition of co-culture medium The reagents shown in Table 7 were added to DMEM/F12 (Life technologies, 11320-033).
- Microglia were used from iPS cells (iCell Microglia, FCDI, C1110). The frozen cells were thawed in a 37°C warm bath, and after thawing, the cells were added to co-culture medium and centrifuged at 600 ⁇ g for 5 minutes at room temperature. After centrifugation, the supernatant was removed, and the cells were suspended in 1 mL of co-culture medium, and the number of cells was counted. Neurons and microglia were seeded on the aged astrocytes at 3 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well. They were cultured at 37° C. in 5% CO 2 , and half of the medium was replaced three times a week.
- anti-MAP2 antibody Novus Biologicals, NB300-213
- BSA/0.2% Triton X-100 anti-MAP2 antibody
- anti-GFAP antibody Millipore, MAB3402
- anti-IBA antibody Flujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, 011-27991
- Test Example 4 Preparation of three-dimensional co-culture of aged astrocytes, neurons, and microglia (1) Senescence induction by long-term culture of astrocyte precursor cells and differentiation induction into human senescent astrocytes Human iPS cell-derived astrocyte precursor cells (XCell Science, XCS-AP-001-1V) cultured for 84 days were seeded on a flask coated with Matrigel basement membrane matrix (Corning, 354234), and the cells were induced to differentiate into astrocytes by culturing them for 5 days (37°C, 5% CO2 ) using a differentiation induction medium.
- the differentiation induction medium was prepared with the same composition as in Table 3 of Test Example 1.
- iPS cell-derived microglia iCell Microglia, FCDI, C1110
- FCDI Cell Microglia
- Astrocytes, neurons, and microglia were mixed at a ratio of 10:6:3 and seeded in a 96-well plate (PrimeSurfaceTM Plate 96U, Sumitomo Bakelite, MS-9096U) at 1.9 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well.
- the cells were cultured at 37°C and 5% CO2, with half of the medium replaced three times a week.
- composition of 3D co-culture medium The reagents shown in Table 8 were added to DMEM/F12 (Life technologies, 11320-033).
- anti-MAP2 antibody Novus, NB300-213
- anti-IBA1 antibody Flujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Industries, 019-19741
- anti-GFAP antibody Merck, MAB3402
- the cells were washed with PBS(-) and then incubated with 1000-fold diluted Goat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A11008), 1000-fold diluted Goat anti-Chicken Alexa Fluor 594 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A11042), 1000-fold diluted Goat anti-Mouse Alexa Fluor 647 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A32728), and 1000-fold diluted Hoechst 33342 for the secondary antibody reaction.
- the cells were treated with PBS(-) and left to stand at room temperature for 60 minutes.
- FIG. 9 shows nuclei (Hoechst), (B) microglia (IBA1), (C) neurons (MAP2), and (D) astrocytes, and all of the signals were detectable.
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<1> ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞から分化誘導されたヒトアストロサイト細胞集団であって、
上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団が少なくとも90%のヒトアストロサイトを含み、
上記ヒトアストロサイトは、
a)CDKN2Aが陽性であり;
b)IGFBP5、NNMT、HLA-DRB1およびHLA-DRB5からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つのマーカーが陽性であり;
c)参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量が0.05copies/copies以下である、
ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<2> 上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したCDKN2Aの発現量が0.004copies/copies以上である、<1>に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<3> 上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したIGFBP5の発現量が0.1copies/copies以上である、<1>または<2>に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<4> 上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したNNMTの発現量が0.005copies/copies以上である、<1>または<2>に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<5> 上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したHLA-DRB5の発現量が0.1copies/copies以上である、<1>または<2>に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<6> γH2AXおよびSA-β-GALからなる群より選択される少なくとも1つのマーカーが陽性である、<1>~<5>に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
<7> 上記ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞が、健常者由来のヒトiPS細胞から作製したアストロサイト前駆細胞である、<1>~<6>のいずれか1つに記載の細胞集団。
<8> <1>~<7>のいずれか1つに記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、実質的に血清を含まない培地とを含む、細胞集団培養物。
<9> BMP4(骨形成因子)およびCNTF(毛様体神経栄養因子)からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つの因子をさらに含む、<8>に記載の細胞集団培養物。
<10> ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞を増殖させることと、
増殖させたヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞を分化誘導させることを含む、
<1>~<7>のいずれか1つに記載のアストロサイト細胞集団の製造方法。
<11> <1>~<7>のいずれか1つに記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、被験物質とを接触させることを含む、被験物質の評価方法。
<12> <1>~<7>のいずれか1つに記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、ヒト由来の神経細胞と、ヒト由来のミクログリアとを培養容器に添加する工程、および上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、上記神経細胞と、上記ミクログリアとを培養容器中で共培養する工程を含む、共培養物の製造方法。
<13> 上記神経細胞、および上記ミクログリアが、ヒト由来の多能性幹細胞から分化誘導したものである、<12>に記載の製造方法。
<14> 上記ヒト由来の多能性幹細胞が、ヒトiPS細胞である、<12>または<13>に記載の製造方法。
<15> 上記共培養物が、二次元培養物または三次元培養物である、<12>~<14>のいずれか1つに記載の製造方法。
<16> <12>から<15>のいずれか1つ記載の製造方法により得られる、<1>~<7>のいずれか1つに記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、ヒト由来の神経細胞と、ヒト由来のミクログリアとを含む共培養物。
IGFBP5は、インスリン様増殖因子結合タンパク質5(Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5)を示す。
NNMTは、ニコチンアミド-N-メチル基転移酵素(Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase)を示す。
HLA-DRB1は、ヒト白血球抗原-DRB1(Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1)を示す。
HLA-DRB5は、ヒト白血球抗原-DRB5(Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB5)を示す。
C3は、補体分子C3を示す。
GAPDHは、グリセルアルデヒド3リン酸脱水素酵素(Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase)を示す。
BMP4は、骨形成因子4(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4)を示す。
CNTFは、毛様体神経栄養因子(Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor)を示す。
GFAPは、グリア細胞線維性酸性タンパク質(Glial fibrillary acidic protein)を示す。
γH2AXは、リン酸化ヒストンH2AXを示す。
SA-β-GALは、老化関連β-ガラクトシダーゼ(Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase)を示す。
a)CDKN2Aが陽性であり;
b)IGFBP5、NNMT、HLA-DRB1およびHLA-DRB5からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つのマーカーが陽性であり;
c)参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量が0.05copies/copies以下である、ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団である。
「ヒトiPS細胞」とは、ヒト細胞から作製された人工多能性幹細胞(induced Pluripotent Stem cell)である。
「ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞」とは、ヒトiPS細胞から作製されたアストロサイト前駆細胞である。
本発明で用いる「アストロサイト前駆細胞」の入手方法としては、例えば、患者から外科的に取得した大脳皮質や脊髄等から分離すること、ヒトアストロサイトに分化できる細胞から誘導すること、ヒト多能性幹細胞から誘導すること等により入手することが挙げられる。これらのアストロサイト前駆細胞はいずれも、本発明の方法における「アストロサイト前駆細胞」として使用することができる。
本発明で用いる「アストロサイト前駆細胞」としては、ヒト多能性幹細胞から誘導したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞を使用することが好ましい。
ヒト多能性幹細胞としては、ヒトiPS細胞(human induced pluripotent stem cells)、ヒトES細胞(human embryonic stem cells)、ヒト間葉系幹細胞等を挙げることができ、特に限定されないが、ヒトiPS細胞を使用することが好ましい。
即ち、本発明によれば、アストロサイト前駆細胞から分化誘導されたヒトアストロサイト細胞集団であって、
上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団が少なくとも90%のヒトアストロサイトを含み、
上記ヒトアストロサイトは、
a)CDKN2Aが陽性であり;
b)IGFBP5、NNMT、HLA-DRB1およびHLA-DRB5からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つのマーカーが陽性であり;
c)参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量が0.05copies/copies以下である、
ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団が提供される。
これらのヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞はいずれも、本発明における出発細胞である「ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞」として使用することができる。
本発明で用いる「ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞」としては、健常者由来のヒトiPS細胞から誘導したアストロサイト前駆細胞、株化されたヒトiPS細胞から誘導されたアストロサイト前駆細胞、または疾患由来の遺伝子変異を有さないヒトiPS細胞から誘導したアストロサイト前駆細胞を使用することが好ましく、健常者由来のヒトiPS細胞から作製したアストロサイト前駆細胞を使用することがより好ましい。
「ヒトアストロサイト」とは、ヒトのアストロサイトである。
「ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団」とは、ヒトアストロサイトを含む細胞の集団である。
ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団におけるヒトアストロサイトの割合は、例えば、ヒトアストロサイトを特異的に認識する抗体として抗GFAP抗体を用いてGFAP陽性率をフローサイトメーターにより定量することにより求めることができる。
本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイト以外の細胞としては、アストロサイト前駆細胞、神経幹細胞、オリゴデンドロサイト前駆細胞、神経細胞、オリゴデンドロサイト等が挙げられるが、特に限定されない。
「老化したヒトアストロサイト(ヒト老化アスロトサイト)」とは、細胞老化に特徴的な老化関連マーカーの発現が陽性となるヒトアストロサイトである。
老化関連マーカーとしては、例えば、特に限定されないが、DNA損傷応答(DDR)マーカーとして知られているγH2AX;腫瘍抑制因子や細胞周期調節因子として知られているCDKN2A(p16INK4aおよびp14ARF)、p21、p53;リソソーム関連タンパク質として知られている老化関連β-ガラクトシダーゼ(SA-β-GAL);細胞老化関連分泌現象(SASP、Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype)マーカーとして知られている炎症性サイトカインのIL-6、IL-8、血管内皮細胞増殖因子(VEGF、Vascular endothelial growth factor)等が挙げられる。
本明細書において「老化したヒトアストロサイト」とは、例えば、老化関連マーカーであるCDKN2A、γH2AX、SA-β-GAL、およびSASPマーカーからなる群より選択される少なくとも1つが陽性であることが好ましく、CDKN2A、γH2AX、およびSA-β-GALからなる群より選択される少なくとも1つが陽性であることがより好ましく、CDKN2Aが陽性であることがさらに好ましい。
本明細書において「マーカーが陽性」とは、出発細胞における上記マーカーの発現レベルと比較して、最終物である本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトにおける上記マーカーの発現レベルが高いことを示す。
デジタルPCRによって発現量を測定する場合、コピー数(copies/μL)を用いることができる。ターゲット遺伝子を含む微小区画(ポジティブ)、およびターゲット遺伝子を含まない微小区画(ネガティブ)の数を数え、ネガティブの割合からコピー数を算出する。ポジティブに含まれるターゲット遺伝子の数はポアソン分布を用いることで算出でき、コピー数を補正することができる。
「CDKN2A」は、サイクリン依存性キナーゼ阻害2A(Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A)とも呼ばれ、p16INK4a(p16)とp14ARF(p14)をコードするがん抑制遺伝子である。
本発明においてCDKN2Aが陽性である場合、上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したCDKN2Aの発現量が0.002copies/copies以上であることが好ましく、0.003copies/copies以上であることがより好ましく、0.004copies/copies以上であることがさらに好ましく、0.005copies/copies以上であることがよりさらに好ましく、0.006copies/copies以上であることが特に好ましい。
上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したCDKN2Aの発現量の上限は特に限定されず、その発現量が高いほど、本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトは老化していることが想定される。
「IGFBP5」は、インスリン様増殖因子結合タンパク質5(Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5)とも呼ばれ、血中や組織中のインスリン様増殖因子(IGF)に結合して存在するタンパク質の1つである。IGFはインスリン様増殖因子結合タンパク質(IGFBP)に結合することでレセプターへの親和性、分布(局所的な放出)、代謝(安定化・分解)の調節がなされると考えられている。IGFBPsは、体液中を循環しているIGF-IおよびIGF-IIに結合して活性(促進・抑制)、分布(局所的な放出)および代謝(安定化・分解)を調節する。IGFsに対する親和性が高いIGF-BPsの他、構造・機能的に類似性があるものの親和性が低いIGFBPrP(IGF-BP related Protein)が同定されている。IGFBP5は主に血管平滑筋細胞で産生され、骨組織に局在して平滑筋細胞、線維芽細胞や骨芽細胞へのIGF-Iの作用を促進させる。また、IGFBP3と同様にALC(Acidic-labile subunit)と三量体を形成することが知られている。また、細胞老化関連分泌現象(SASP)調整因子として知られている。
本発明においてIGFBP5が陽性である場合、上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したIGFBP5の発現量が0.08copies/copies以上であることが好ましく、0.09copies/copies以上であることがより好ましく、0.1copies/copies以上であることがさらに好ましく、0.15copies/copies以上であることがよりさらに好ましく、0.2copies/copies以上であることが特に好ましい。
上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したIGFBP5の発現量の上限は特に限定されず、その発現量が高いほど、本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトは老化していることが想定される。
「NNMT」は、ニコチンアミド-N-メチル基転移酵素(Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase)とも呼ばれ、メチル供与体であるS-アデノシルメチオニンを使用してニコチンアミドおよび類似化合物のメチル化を触媒し、S-アデノシル-L-ホモシステインおよび1-メチルニコチンアミドを生成する酵素である。また、老化、細胞ストレス応答および体重増加の調節を含む、様々な代謝プロセス、およびエピジェネティックプロセスに必須の寄与因子であることが知られている。
本発明においてNNMTが陽性である場合、上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したNNMTの発現量が0.003copies/copies以上であることが好ましく、0.004copies/copies以上であることがより好ましく、0.005copies/copies以上であることがさらに好ましく、0.01copies/copies以上であることがよりさらに好ましく、0.015copies/copies以上であることが特に好ましい。
上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したNNMTの発現量の上限は特に限定されず、その発現量が高いほど、本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトは老化していることが想定される。
「HLA-DRB1」は、ヒト白血球抗原-DRB1(Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1)、主要組織適合複合体クラスIIDRβ1とも呼ばれ、組織適合性抗原として機能することが知られているヒト白血球抗原(HLA、Human Leukocyte Antigen)のハプロタイプの1つである。HLA-DRB1は第6染色体短腕上のHLAクラスII領域に位置するタンパク質コーディング遺伝子である。HLAクラスII分子は、アルファ(DRA)鎖とベータ(DRB)鎖からなるヘテロダイマーであり、どちらも膜に固定され、細胞外タンパク質由来のペプチドを提示することにより、免疫系で中心的な役割を果たすことが知られている。
HLA-DRB1に関連する疾患には、多発性硬化症やサルコイドーシス1等が知られており、関連する経路には、ヘルパーT細胞におけるD28 シグナル伝達等がある。また、HLA-DRB1の遺伝子の重要なパラログとして、HLA-DRB5が知られている。
「HLA-DRB5」は、ヒト白血球抗原-DRB5(Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB5)、主要組織適合複合体クラスIIDRβ5とも呼ばれ、HLA-DRB1と同様にHLAのハプロタイプの1つである。
HLA-DRB5に関連する疾患には、若年成人によくみられる皮膚の炎症性角化症(鱗屑性発疹)であるバラ色粃糠疹やコラーゲン9の異常による多発性骨端異形成等が知られており、関連する経路には、ヘルパーT細胞におけるCD28シグナル伝達等がある。また、HLA-DRB5の遺伝子の重要なパラログとして、HLA-DRB1が知られている。
本発明においてHLA-DRB5が陽性である場合、上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したHLA-DRB5の発現量が0.08copies/copies以上であることが好ましく、0.09copies/copies以上であることがより好ましく、0.1copies/copies以上であることがさらに好ましく、0.15copies/copies以上であることがよりさらに好ましく、0.2copies/copies以上であることが特に好ましく、0.25copies/copies以上であることがより特に好ましい。
上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したHLA-DRB5の発現量の上限は特に限定されず、その発現量が高いほど、本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトは老化していることが想定される。
「C3」は、補体分子C3とも呼ばれ、哺乳動物の血清中に存在する補体の1つである。神経傷害性を示すヒトA1アストロサイトの特異的なマーカーとしても知られている。ヒトA1アストロサイトの特異的なマーカーとしては、GBP2、SERPING1およびC3等が挙げられるが、これらに限定されるものではない。
本発明においてC3が陰性である場合、上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量が0.05copies/copies以下であり、0.02copies/copies以下であることがより好ましく、0.01copies/copies以下であることがさらに好ましく、0.001copies/copies以下であることがよりさらに好ましく、0.0001copies/copies以下であることが特に好ましく、検出限界以下であることが最も好ましい。
上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量の下限は特に限定されず、その発現量が高いほど、本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団に含まれるヒトアストロサイトと異なる性質を有する細胞であることが想定される。
「γH2AX」は、リン酸化ヒストンH2AXとも呼ばれ、DNAダメージのマーカーの1つとして知られている。DNAダメージにより二重鎖切断が生じると、ヒストンタンパク質の一種であるH2AXが速やかかつ広範囲にわたってリン酸化される。γH2AXは化学物質や活性酸素、紫外線や放射線等の遺伝毒性および発がん性評価だけでなく、近年では細胞老化を評価する指標としても知られている。
「SA-β-GAL」は、老化関連β-ガラクトシダーゼ(Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase)とも呼ばれる酵素の1つである。弱酸性条件下(pH6)でX-galを基質としてβ-ガラクトシダーゼを染色すると、老化した細胞が青く染まるのに対し、増殖中の細胞は染色されないことから、簡便に細胞老化を起こした老化細胞を検出できるマーカーとして広く用いられている。
「細胞集団培養物」とは、細胞集団を含む培養物である。
本発明におけるヒトアストロサイトの培養は、使用するヒトアストロサイトの由来および状態に応じた培地、温度、その他の条件を選択して実施すればよい。本発明におけるヒトアストロサイトの培養を妨害しない限り、培地中には培養の目的に合った因子等の任意の成分が含まれていてもよい。培地は、公知の培地または市販の培地から選択することができる。例えば、一般的な培地であるMEM(最少必須培地)、DMEM(ダルベッコ改変イーグル培地)、DMEM/F12、またはこれらを改変した培地に、適切な成分(血清、タンパク質、アミノ酸、糖類、ビタミン類、脂肪酸類、抗生物質等)を添加して使用することができる。
本発明において、「無血清培地」とは、無調整または未精製の血清を含まない培地を意味する。本明細書において、精製された血液由来成分、または、動物組織由来成分(例えば、増殖因子)が混合している培地であっても、無調整または未精製の血清を含まない限り、無血清培地に含まれる。
本発明における細胞集団培養物は、ヒト老化アストロサイトを含むヒトアスロト細胞集団と、実質的に血清を含まない培地とを含むことが好ましい。
本発明における細胞集団培養物は、ヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞からヒトアストロサイトへ効率的に分化する目的で、BMP4(骨形成因子4)およびCNTF(毛様体神経栄養因子)からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つの因子をさらに含むことが好ましい。
別の態様として、老化したヒトアストロサイトを含む細胞集団の製造方法に関する。
本発明によれば、老化したヒトアストロサイトを含む細胞集団が提供される。
本発明のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団は、ヒト老化アストロサイトに作用する医薬候補化合物のスクリーニングや医薬候補化合物の安全性評価のために使用することもできる。
本発明によれば、上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、ヒト由来の神経細胞と、ヒト由来のミクログリアとを培養容器に添加する工程、および上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、上記神経細胞と、上記ミクログリアとを培養容器中で共培養する工程を含む、共培養物の製造方法が提供される。
ただし、上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、神経細胞と、ミクログリアとを同時に培養容器に添加する態様は、上記に限定されるものではない。
(1)無血清培地中で培養して胚様体(神経前駆細胞を含む細胞塊)を形成させて分化させる方法(SFEB法:Watanabe K, et al, Nat.Neurosci., 8, 288-296, 2005; SFEBq法:Wataya T, et al, Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 105, 11796-11801, 2008);
(2)ストローマ細胞上で培養して分化させる方法(SDIA法:Kawasaki H, et al, Neuron, 28, 31-40, 2000);
(3)薬剤を添加したマトリゲル上で培養して分化させる方法(Chambers S.M, et al, Nat.Biotechnol., 27, 275-280, 2009);
(4)サイトカインの代替物として低分子化合物を含む培地中で培養して分化する方法(米国特許第5,843,780号);
(5)多能性幹細胞に神経誘導因子(Ngn2、Neurogenin 2など)を導入し発現させることで分化させる方法(WO2014/148646;およびZhang Y, et al, Neuron, 78, 785-98, 2013);
(6)多能性幹細胞にmiR-9/9*-124を導入し発現させることで分化させる方法;
およびこれらの方法の組み合わせなどが挙げられる。
培養容器としては、ウェルを有するプレート、ディッシュ、セルカルチャーインサート、または細胞培養用フラスコなどを使用することができ、ウェルを有するプレートが好ましい。具体的には、ViewPlate(PerkinElmer)、96ウェルマイクロプレート(Greiner)、96ウェル ポリスチレン製マイクロプレート(Corning)、PrimeSurface(商標)プレート(住友ベークライト)、セルリペレント・プレート(Greiner Bio one)などが挙げられ、ViewPlate(PerkinElmer)、PrimeSurface(商標)プレート(住友ベークライト)が好ましい。
(1)アストロサイト前駆細胞の長期培養による老化誘導
ヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞はAxol Bioscience(ax0083)、Applied Stem Cell (ASE-9322P)、もしくはXCell Science(XCS-AP-001-1V)から購入して使用した。
PBS(-)(富士フイルム和光純薬,166-23555)で167倍希釈したiMatrix-511 silk(Matrixome,892021)をフラスコ(CELLCOAT(登録商標),PDL,650ml,フラスコ,フィルターキャップ,Greiner Bio One,661940)に15mL添加し、4℃に静置した。24時間後、以下の前駆細胞培地に置換して使用した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)に表2に示す試薬を添加した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)で120倍希釈したMatrigel基底膜マトリックス(Corning,356234)を6ウェルプレートに1.5mL/wellにて添加し、4℃に静置した。24時間後、前駆細胞培地に置換して使用した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)に表3に示す試薬を添加した。
免疫染色によりアストロサイトのマーカーであるGFAPの発現を確認した。老化したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイト、および老化していないヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトは、PBS(-)(富士フイルム和光純薬,166-23555)で10倍希釈したホルムアルデヒド液(富士フイルム和光純薬,061-00416)を添加し、室温で30分間静置して固定した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、PBS(-)に1%のウシ血清アルブミン(BSA)を加えたもの(1%BSA)を加えてブロッキングした。ブロッキング液を除去し、一次抗体(Millipor,MAB3402)を1%BSAに3000倍希釈したものを添加し、4℃で一晩静置した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、二次抗体(Thermo Fisher Scientific、A11005)を1%BSAに1000倍希釈したものを添加し、室温で1時間処置した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、IncuCyte(登録商標)S3(Essen BioScience,4647)を用いて撮影し画像を取得した。結果を図1に示す。
老化したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトについて、GFAP陽性率をフローサイトメーターにより定量した。生細胞、および死細胞はLIVE/DEAD Fixable Aqua Dead Cell Stain Kit(Thermo Fisher Scientific、L34957)を添付文書に従い使用して標識した。細胞に2%ホルムアルデヒド液(富士フイルム和光純薬,061-00416)を添加し、15分間静置して固定した。Perm/Wash Buffer(BD Bioscience,554723)にて洗浄後、GFAP Monoclonal Antibody(131-17719),Alexa Fluor(登録商標)488(Thermo Fisher Scientific,A-21294)、もしくはAlexa Fluor(登録商標)488 Mouse IgG1,κ Isotype Ctrl(FC)Antibody(Biolegend,400129)にて標識後、Attune NxT Flow Cytometer(Thermo Fisher Scientific)を用いて、LIVE/DEAD Fixable Aqua Dead Cell Stainのシグナルを指標に生細胞のみを選択し、488nmレーザーを照射した際の蛍光シグナル強度とそのシグナル強度を持つ細胞の数(count)を求めた(図2)。GFAP Monoclonal Antibody,Alexa Fluor488で処置した細胞について、特定の内在性抗原に反応しない陰性コントロールAlexa Fluor488 Mouse IgG1,κ Isotype Ctrl(FC)Antibody処置時の蛍光シグナル強度よりも強い蛍光を示すものをGFAP陽性とし、全生細胞数に対するGFAP陽性細胞の割合をGAFP陽性率として算出した。
老化したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトは99%がGFAP陽性であった。
ヒト老化アストロサイトからTotal RNAを抽出した。Total RNAの抽出にはRNeasy(登録商標)Plus Mini Kit(Qiagen,74136)を添付文書に従い使用した。Total RNAからのcDNAの合成にはPrimeScript RT reagent Kit with gDNA Eraser(Perfect Real Time)(Takara Bio,RR047A)を添付文書に従い使用した。
マーカーの定量にはドロップレット方式のデジタルPCRであるddPCR EvaGreen Supermix(Bio Rad,1864034)を使用した。表4に示した組成でサンプルを調製し、QX200 AutoDG Droplet Digital PCRシステム(Bio Rad,1864100J3)を用いてマーカー発現量を絶対定量した。
免疫染色により老化マーカーの一つであるγH2AXのフォーカス形成を評価した。老化したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイト、および、老化していないヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトに、PBS(-)(富士フイルム和光純薬,166-23555)で10倍希釈したホルムアルデヒド液(富士フイルム和光純薬,061-00416)を添加し、室温で30分間静置して固定した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、PBS(-)に1%のBSAを加えたもの(1%BSA)を加えてブロッキングし、一次抗体(Millipore、05-636-I)を1%BSAに3000倍希釈したものを添加し、4℃で一晩静置した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、二次抗体(Thermo Fisher Scientific、A11029)を1%BSAに1000倍希釈したものを添加し、室温で1時間処置した。PBS(-)で3回洗浄後、IncuCyte(登録商標)S3(Essen BioScience,4647)を用いて撮影し画像を取得した。フォーサイ(ドット状のシグナル)の数はImageJを用いて定量した。蛍光シグナルを二値化し(閾値:70)、「Analyze Particles」によりフォーサイ(ドット)の数を定量した。結果を図5に示す。
老化したヒトアストロサイトでは老化していないヒトアストロサイトに比べ、老化マーカーの一つであるγH2AXのフォーサイが多く形成されていることが確認できた。
老化マーカーの一つであるSA-β-GALの発現を評価した。老化したヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイト、および、老化していないヒトアストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトは、PBS(-)(富士フイルム和光純薬,166-23555)で10倍希釈したホルムアルデヒド液(富士フイルム和光純薬,061-00416)を添加し、室温で30分間静置して固定した。SA-β-GALの発現はCellular Senescence Detection Kit-SPiDER-βGal(同仁化学研究所,SG03)を添付文書に従い使用した。IncuCyte(登録商標)S3(Essen BioScience,4647)を用いて撮影し画像を取得し、Basic Analysis softwareを用いて陽性面積(Total area)および蛍光強度(Total integrated intensity)を定量した。結果を図6に示す。
老化したヒトアストロサイトでは、老化していないヒトアストロサイトに比べSA-β-GALが強く発現していることが確認できた。
Axol Bioscience(ax0083)、Applied Stem Cell(ASE-9322P)、もしくはXCell Science(XCS-AP-001-1V)から購入したヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞を使用した。
ヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞を前駆細胞培地にて43日間培養し、その後分化誘導培地に置換してヒトアストロサイトへと分化誘導した(図7の(1))。さらに(1)で得られた細胞を42日間培養したもの(図7の(2))、および、ヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞を前駆細胞培地にて85日間培養し、その後分化誘導培地に置換してヒトアストロサイトへと分化誘導したもの(図7の(3))をRNeasy(登録商標)Plus Mini Kit(Qiagen,74136)を添付文書に従い使用してTotal RNAを抽出した。試験例1の(5)デジタルPCRによるマーカー発現の定量と同様の方法にて老化マーカーであるCDKN2Aの発現を絶対定量した。結果を図7に示す。
85日間培養したヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトはCDKN2Aの発現量が0.0109copies/copiesであったのに対し、43日間培養したヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞から作製したヒトアストロサイトをさらに42日間培養したものではCDKN2Aの発現量が0.0025copies/copiesであった。このことから、老化したヒトアストロサイトを作製するためにはアストロサイト前駆細胞の状態で長期間培養することが重要であることが分かった。
(1)アストロサイト前駆細胞の長期培養による老化誘導およびヒト老化アストロサイトへの分化誘導
ヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞はAxol Bioscience(ax0083)、Applied Stem Cell(ASE-9322P)、もしくはXCell Science(XCS-AP-001-1V)から購入して使用した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)で120倍希釈したMatrigel基底膜マトリックス (Corning,356234)を96well plateに65μL/wellにて添加し、4℃に静置した。24時間後、前駆細胞培地に置換して使用した。なお、前駆細胞培地は試験例1の表2と同一の組成で調製した。
神経細胞は、iPS細胞からNgn2遺伝子を強制発現(Chao Wang,et al, Stem Cell Reports., 9: 1221-1233, 2017)することにより作製し、凍結保存した神経細胞を使用した。凍結保存した細胞を37℃の温浴で解凍し、融解後、細胞を共培養培地に添加し、600×g、室温で5分間遠心した。遠心後、上清を除去し、細胞を1mLの共培養培地にて懸濁し、細胞数を計数した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)に表7に示す試薬を添加した。
神経細胞、ミクログリアはそれぞれ3×104cells/wellとなるように老化アストロサイトの上に播種した。37℃、5%CO2条件下で培養し、週3回、半量を培地交換した。
3週間培養した二次元共培養物は、PBS(-)(富士フイルム和光純薬,166-23555)で10倍希釈したホルムアルデヒド液(富士フイルム和光純薬,061-00416)を30分処理することで固定した。
固定した細胞は、PBS(-)にて洗浄後、BSA(Sigma Aldrich,A4161)、及びTriton X-100(BioVision,2104-100)をPBS(-)で1%、及び0.2%に希釈した溶液(1%BSA/0.2%Triton X-100)に30分処理することでブロッキング、及び透過処理を行った。その後、一次抗体反応として1%BSA/0.2%Triton X-100にて800倍希釈した抗MAP2抗体(Novus Biologicals,NB300-213)、3000倍希釈した抗GFAP抗体(Millipore,MAB3402)、800倍希釈した抗IBA抗体(富士フイルム和光純薬,011-27991)を処理し、4℃で一晩静置した。
翌日、PBS(-)で洗浄後二次抗体反応として1000倍希釈したGoat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488(Thermo fisher scientific,A11008)、1000倍希釈したGoat anti-chicken Alexa Fluor 594(Thermo fisher scientific,A11042)、1000倍希釈したGoat anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 647(Thermo fisher scientific, A32728)、および1000倍希釈したHoechst 33342(Dojindo, 346-07951)を処理し、室温で60分間静置した。PBS(-)にて洗浄後、蛍光顕微鏡(Nikon,ECLIPSE Ti)にて撮影し、画像を取得した。図8に取得した画像を示す。(A)は核(Hoechst)、(B)はミクログリア(IBA1)、(C)は神経細胞(MAP2)、(D)はアストロサイトを染色したもので、いずれの細胞もシグナルを検出することができた。
(1)アストロサイト前駆細胞の長期培養による老化誘導およびヒト老化アストロサイトへの分化誘導
マトリゲル基底膜マトリックス(Corning、354234)にてコーティングしたフラスコに、84日間培養したヒトiPS細胞由来アストロサイト前駆細胞(XCell Science、XCS-AP-001-1V)を播種し、分化誘導培地を用いて5日間培養(37℃、5%CO2)することでアストロサイトへと分化誘導した。なお、分化誘導培地は試験例1の表3と同一の組成で調製した。
分化誘導したアストロサイトは、TrypLE Select(Thermo Fisher Scientific,12563-029)にて剥離し、600×g、室温で5分間遠心した。遠心後、上清を除去し、細胞を1mLの3D共培養培地にて懸濁し、細胞数を計数した。
試験例3と同様の方法でiPS細胞からNgn2遺伝子を強制発現することにより作製した神経細胞は、37℃の温浴で解凍した。融解後、細胞を3D共培養培地に添加し、600×g、室温で5分間遠心した。遠心後、上清を除去し、細胞を1mLの3D共培養培地にて懸濁し、細胞数を計数した。
iPS細胞由来ミクログリア(iCellミクログリア,FCDI,C1110)は、37℃の温浴で解凍した。融解後、細胞を3D共培養培地に添加し、600×g、室温で5分間遠心した。遠心後、上清を除去し、細胞を1mLの3D共培養培地にて懸濁し、細胞数を計数した。
アストロサイト、神経細胞、およびミクログリアは10:6:3の割合で混合し、1.9×104cells/wellとなるように96ウェルプレート(PrimeSurface(商標)プレート96U,住友ベークライト,MS-9096U)に播種した。37℃、5%CO2条件下で培養し、週3回、半量を培地交換した。
DMEM/F12(Life technologies,11320-033)に表8に示す試薬を添加した。
3週間培養した三次元共培養物は、4%パラホルムアルデヒド・りん酸緩衝液(富士フイルム和光純薬,161-20141)を30分処理することで固定した。PBS(-)にて洗浄後、PBS(-)で0.4%に希釈したTriton X-100(BioVision,2104-100)を15分処理することで透過処理を行った。透過処理後、PBS(-)で4%の濃度に調製したBSA溶液(Sigma Aldrich,A416)を30分処理し、ブロッキングを行った。その後、一次抗体反応として600倍希釈した抗MAP2抗体(Novus,NB300-213)、600倍希釈した抗IBA1抗体(富士フイルム和光純薬,019-19741)、および3000倍希釈した抗GFAP抗体(Merck, MAB3402)を処理し、4℃で一晩静置した。
翌日、PBS(-)で洗浄後二次抗体反応として1000倍希釈したGoat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488(Thermo fisher scientific,A11008)、1000倍希釈したGoat anti-Chicken Alexa Fluor 594(Thermo fisher scientific,A11042)、1000倍希釈したGoat anti-Mouse Alexa Fluor 647(Thermo fisher scientific, A32728)、および1000倍希釈したHoechst 33342 solution(Dojindo,H342)を処理し、室温で60分間静置した。PBS(-)にて洗浄後、共焦点定量イメージサイトメーターCQ1(横河電機株式会社、CellVoyager CQ1)にて撮影し、画像を取得した。図9に取得した画像を示す。(A)は核(Hoechst)、(B)はミクログリア(IBA1)、(C)は神経細胞(MAP2)、(D)はアストロサイトを染色したもので、いずれのシグナルも検出することができた。
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- ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞から分化誘導されたヒトアストロサイト細胞集団であって、
前記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団が少なくとも90%のヒトアストロサイトを含み、
前記ヒトアストロサイトは、
a)CDKN2Aが陽性であり;
b)IGFBP5、NNMT、HLA-DRB1およびHLA-DRB5からなる群より選択される少なくとも1つの遺伝子マーカーが陽性であり;
c)参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したC3の発現量が0.05copies/copies以下である、
ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。 - 前記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したCDKN2Aの発現量が0.004 copies/copies以上である、請求項1に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
- 前記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したIGFBP5の発現量が0.1 copies/copies以上である、請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
- 前記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したNNMTの発現量が0.005 copies/copies以上である、請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
- 上記ヒトアストロサイト中において、参照遺伝子のGAPDHで規格化したHLA-DRB5の発現量が0.1 copies/copies以上である、請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
- さらに、γH2AXおよびSA-β-GALからなる群より選択される少なくとも1つの遺伝子マーカーが陽性である、請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団。
- 前記ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞が、健常人由来のヒトiPS細胞から作製したアストロサイト前駆細胞である、請求項1または2に記載の細胞集団。
- 請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、実質的に血清を含まない培地とを含む、細胞集団培養物。
- BMP4およびCNTFからなる群より選択される少なくとも1つの因子をさらに含む、請求項8に記載の細胞集団培養物。
- ヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞を増殖させることと、
増殖させたヒトiPS細胞由来のアストロサイト前駆細胞を分化誘導させることを含む、請求項1または2に記載のアストロサイト細胞集団の製造方法。 - 請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、被験物質とを接触させることを含む、被験物質の評価方法。
- 請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、ヒト由来の神経細胞と、ヒト由来のミクログリアとを培養容器に添加する工程、および上記ヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、上記神経細胞と、上記ミクログリアとを培養容器中で共培養する工程を含む、共培養物の製造方法。
- 上記神経細胞、および上記ミクログリアが、ヒト由来の多能性幹細胞から分化誘導したものである、請求項12に記載の製造方法。
- 上記ヒト由来の多能性幹細胞が、ヒトiPS細胞である、請求項12または13に記載の製造方法。
- 上記共培養物が、二次元培養物または三次元培養物である、請求項12または13に記載の製造方法。
- 請求項12または13記載の製造方法により得られる、請求項1または2に記載のヒトアストロサイト細胞集団と、ヒト由来の神経細胞と、ヒト由来のミクログリアとを含む共培養物。
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