Establishment of bovine-induced pluripotent stem cells

Yue Su, Ling Wang, Zhiqiang Fan, Ying Liu, Jiaqi Zhu, Deborah Kaback, Julia Oudiz, Tayler Patrick, Siu Pok Yee, Xiuchun Tian, Irina Polejaeva, Young Tang

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Abstract

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) have been successfully developed in many species. However, the establishment of bovine-induced pluripotent stem cells (biPSCs) has been challenging. Here we report the generation of biPSCs from bovine mesenchymal stem cells (bMSCs) by overexpression of lysine-specific demethylase 4A (KDM4A) and the other reprogramming factors OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, cMYC, LIN28, and NANOG (KdOSKMLN). These biPSCs exhibited silenced transgene expression at passage 10, and had prolonged self-renewal capacity for over 70 passages. The biPSCs have flat, primed-like PSC colony morphology in combined media of knockout serum replacement (KSR) and mTeSR, but switched to dome-shaped, naïve-like PSC colony morphology in mTeSR medium and 2i/LIF with single cell colonization capacity. These cells have comparable proliferation rate to the reported primed-or naïve-state human PSCs, with three-germ layer differentiation capacity and normal karyotype. Transcriptome analysis revealed a high similarity of biPSCs to reported bovine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and embryos. The naïve-like biPSCs can be incorporated into mouse embryos, with the extended capacity of integration into extra-embryonic tissues. Finally, at least 24.5% cloning efficiency could be obtained in nuclear transfer (NT) experiment using late passage biPSCs as nuclear donors. Our report represents a significant advance in the establishment of bovine PSCs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number10489
JournalInternational journal of molecular sciences
Volume22
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Bovine
  • Differentiation
  • Embryo aggregation
  • Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
  • Nuclear transfer (NT)
  • Pluripotency
  • Reprogramming

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