KR20110078222A - Generation composition for induced pluripotent stem cells with shh and oct4, and method of manufacturing induced pluripotent stem cells using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A composition for inducing redifferentiation from somatic cells to embryonic stem cells using Shh and Oct4 is provided to treat various diseases and evaluate drug or chemical toxicity. CONSTITUTION: A composition for inducing redifferentiation of somatic cells to embryonic stem cell-like cells contains a Shh expression vector in which Shh-encoding nucleic acid molecule is inserted; and an Oct4 expression vector in which Oct4-encoding nucleic acid molecule is inserted. A method for preparing the embryonic stem cell-like cells comprises: a step of culturing fibroblasts in a medium; a step of performing transfection of a vector containing Oct4 gene to the fibroblasts; and a step of culturing the fibroblasts.

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Composition composition for induced pluripotent stem cells with Shh and Oct4, and method of manufacturing induced using SBC and Octo 4 to induce differentiation from somatic cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells pluripotent stem cells using the same}

The present invention relates to a composition for inducing reverse differentiation from somatic cells to embryonic stem cell-like cells using Shh and Oct4, and a method for producing embryonic stem cell-like cells using the same. More specifically, the present invention uses a novel composition that induces cells, such as embryonic stem cells, through reprogramming from somatic cells using Shh, which is a higher regulator of Bmi1, and Oct4, which is a reverse differentiation inducer, and embryonic stem cell-like cells using the same. It is to present a manufacturing method.

Stem cells, unlike normal somatic cells, have the capacity to divide indefinitely and to differentiate into specific cells under suitable environmental conditions. The differentiation capacity is defined as pluripotency, multipotency, or unipotency depending on the characteristics of the stem cells. Therefore, the technique of proliferating stem cells through culture and then differentiating them into specific cells has the potential to treat various diseases in terms of cell therapy.

Stem cells such as hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow stem cells, and neural stem cells are also present in adults and can be extracted from the patient's own body. There is an advantage to overcome the problem. This advantage can overcome the difficulty of securing long-term providers in the existing organ transplantation.

However, according to the known opinion, adult stem cells are only multipotent and have a limited ability to differentiate. This means that tissue-specific stem cells can only differentiate into cells of the same tissue type, including the central nervous system (Science 255, 1707-1710 1992; Science 287, 1433-1438 2000), bone marrow ( Science 276, 71-74, 1997; Science 287, 1442-1446, 2000; Science 284, 143-147, 1999), retina (Science 287, 2032-2036, 2000) and skeletal muscle (Proc Stem cells isolated from Natl Acad. Sci. USA 96, 14482-14486, 1999; Nature 401, 390-394, 1999) also indicate that the differentiation capacity can only be differentiated into similar tissue lineages. For example, hematopoietic stem cells are blood-related cells, neural stem cells are neurons or glial cells, and bone marrow stem cells are mesoderm. Differentiation into mesodermal cells is possible. Not only are the adult stem cells capable of proliferating in theory in theory, but reports up to now have difficulty growing these adult stem cells in vitro, and it is also difficult to separate large amounts of cells from actual patients. .

Pluripotent stem cells are an excellent resource for overcoming many of the disadvantages of adult stem cells listed above. These cells are capable of differentiating into all kinds of cells that make up the human body and can infinitely proliferate in vitro. Known pluripotent stem cells to date include embryonic stem cells, embryonic germ cells, and embryonic carcinoma cells, of which embryonic stem cells are the most studied. The differentiation method and animal disease model in the furnace have been studied and demonstrated the potential for treatment of various diseases in clinical use.

However, embryonic stem cells also have disadvantages that must be overcome for clinical use like adult stem cells. First of all, in order to obtain embryonic stem cells, it is necessary to destroy fertilized embryos, so there is an ethical problem, and when the cells differentiated from embryonic stems are transplanted into a patient, an immune rejection reaction occurs.

Therefore, various approaches have been attempted to overcome these problems of embryonic stem cells, the most prominent of which is the reprogramming of differentiated cells from undifferentiated cells. Reverse differentiation collectively refers to the generation of pluripotent stem cells, such as embryonic stem cells, using differentiated cells, such as 1) nuclear transfer, 2) cell fusion, and 3) cell extracts. Cell extract treatment, and 4) induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) technology (Cell 132, 567-582, 2008).

iPS cell technology has succeeded in producing cells that are closer to embryonic stem cells than any other technology that has been studied so far, and numerous research papers have been pouring out since 2006 when the technology was first published to prove these results and mechanisms. to be. Basically, four genes (de-differentiation inducer; Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and C-Myc / Oct4, Sox2, Nanog, Lin28) were introduced into mouse or human somatic cells and cultured in embryonic stem cell culture conditions for a long time. In this case, stem cells with similar characteristics to embryonic stem cells could be established, which are three times in gene expression, epigenetics, and in vitro / in vivo. Three germ layer differentiation, teratoma formation ability, chimeric mouse generation, and germline transmission of chimeric mice have been shown to be quite similar (Cell 126, 663-). 676, 2006; Science 318, 1917-1920, 2007).

However, the mechanism of this dedifferentiation process is so small that it is difficult to elucidate the detailed mechanism because the number of genes used to induce dedifferentiation is too small. In addition, despite the establishment of dedifferentiation induction technology, a technically simple and efficient method must be continuously developed for actual therapeutic application, and all of the developed technologies must be evaluated in terms of efficiency and safety.

Recently published studies have reported that inactivation of the cancer suppressor gene p53 increases the production efficiency of iPS cells (Nature 460, 1132-1135, 2009). The p53 gene is regulated by the Ink4a / Arf locus, which is regulated by selective splicing. p19 ^Arf produced by ^Arf is the p53 gene and p16 ^Ink4a produced by ^Ink4a is the Rb gene. It is known to induce the expression of. Inhibition of the expression of these two genes, p16 ^Ink4a and p19 ^Arf , has been reported to increase iPS production efficiency compared to the inhibition of p19 ^Arf alone (Nature, 460, 1140-1144, 2009).

Polycomb group (PcG) protein is an epigenetic gene silencer. It is ^reported that Bmi1, one of the PcG proteins, inhibits the expression of p53 and Rb by inhibiting the expression of p16 ^Ink4a and p19 ^Arf (Genes Dev). , 2678-2690, 1999). In addition, Bmi1 is known to inhibit the expression of target genes by altering the structure of chromatin, and this property is responsible for the self-renewal of neural stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells. It is known to play an important role. Accordingly, the present inventors reported that Bmi1 was overexpressed in the astrocytes of the mouse and succeeded in the differentiation into neural stem cells. The characteristics of the de-differentiated neural stem cells in the mouse It was similar to the isolated neural stem cells. Among them, the expression of Sox2, one of the de-differentiation inducing factors and an important role in the self-renewal of neural stem cells, was increased (Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 371, 267-272, 2008).

Normal somatic cells require 4 genes (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, C-Myc) or 3 genes (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4) in order to dedifferentiate, but to endogenously expressing cells It is known that no additional introduction of genes is necessary. Representative among them is the result of the research that established only differentiated stem cells by introducing only one Oct4 gene into mouse / human neural stem cells, because neural stem cells intrinsically express Sox2, Klf4, and C-Myc (Nature, 461, 649). -653, 2009). However, there is no known method for producing embryonic stem cell-like cells having pluripotency using only Oct4 inducer from somatic cells.

The present inventors hypothesized that de-differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells could be established by inducing expression of Sox2 gene and overexpression of Bmi1, which can suppress the expression of p16 ^Ink4a and p19 ^Arf with Oct4 overexpression in mouse somatic cells. Built up. Based on this hypothesis, Bmi1 and Oct4 genes were introduced into mouse fibroblasts, and induction of reverse differentiation in the culture condition of mouse embryonic stem cells resulted in the establishment of cell lines with the same characteristics as embryonic stem cells. Based on these results, we thought that if the Bmi1 gene could be replaced by a higher regulator capable of regulating Bmi1, the number of genes to be introduced could be reduced. This approach could finally provide a technology based on the establishment of a method for induction into dedifferentiated stem cells without gene introduction. Therefore, according to the research flow, we used Shh hedgehog signaling to overexpress Bmi1. Shh is an important cytokine in neural stem cell self-renewal and directly regulates Gli1 protein and controls Bmi1, Sox2 and other neural stem cells. It has been reported to increase the expression of major factors (Curr Mol Med. 9, 873-886, 2009; Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 65, 43-53, 2008). In accordance with this report, the present inventors recently published a paper stating that astrocytes can be induced into neural stem cells by the introduction of the Bmi1 gene. The results have been registered in the patent. Based on these results, when the Bmi1 gene was introduced into mouse fibroblasts and transferred to the culture condition of neural stem cells, it was possible to induce into cells such as neural stem cells, and the expression of nestin and sox2, which are representative markers of neural stem cells, was confirmed. . In addition, it was confirmed that staining of the corresponding markers can induce differentiation into astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and neurons as well as neural stem cells. When Shh was treated, it was confirmed that the expression of the Bmi1 gene was induced and induced to cells such as neural stem cells. Based on these results, the treatment of Shh with Oct4 introduced and cultured under embryonic stem cell culture conditions resulted in the establishment of a cell population similar to that of embryonic stem cells. We have shown that epigenetics, three germ layer differentiation in vitro / in vivo, and teratoma-forming ability are very similar to mouse embryonic stem cells. The invention has been completed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a composition for inducing the differentiation of somatic cells from embryonic stem cell-like cells using Shh, which is a higher regulator of Bmi1, and Oct4 gene, which is a reverse differentiation inducer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for producing pluripotent dedifferentiated stem cells having characteristics similar to embryonic stem cells from somatic cells using Shh and Oct4.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an embryonic stem cell-like cell produced by the above method.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, claims and drawings.

The present inventors treated Shh on somatic cells to induce into cells such as neural stem cells, while introducing Oct4 gene and culturing under culture conditions of embryonic stem cells, somatic cells, already differentiated cell types, have embryonic stem cells. The present invention has been found to be de-differentiated into like cells.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a composition for inducing reverse differentiation from somatic cells to embryonic stem cell-like cells, including:

a) Shh (Sonic hedgehog) protein or nucleic acid molecule encoding Shh protein; And

b) Oct4 protein or nucleic acid molecule encoding Oct4 protein.

As used herein, the term "embryonic stem cell (ESC) -like cell" refers to a cell having pluripotency, and is derived from all three embryonic layers without proliferation, endless growth, self-reproduction and transformation without transformation. Refers to the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, including but not limited to the ability to develop into any cell. Embryonic stem cell-like cells in the present invention may also be described as embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells.

In inducing embryonic stem cell-like cells of the present invention, the type of starting somatic cell is not particularly limited, and any somatic cell may be used. For example, mature somatic cells may be used in addition to somatic cells of the embryonic period. When embryonic stem cell-like cells are used for the treatment of a disease, it is preferable to use somatic cells isolated from the patient. For example, somatic cells involved in the disease or somatic cells involved in the disease treatment can be used. Preferably, the somatic cells are fibroblasts, and in the present invention, the fibroblasts include all fibroblasts derived from animals such as humans, mice, horses, sheep, pigs, goats, camels, antelopes, and dogs.

Shh and Oct4 of the present invention are provided in the form of a protein or nucleic acid encoding the protein thereof. Shh and Oct4 used in the compositions of the present invention include all Shh and Oct4 from humans and animals such as horses, sheep, pigs, goats, camels, antelopes, dogs, preferably humans Shh and Oct4. In addition, the Shh and Oct4 proteins of the present invention used for reverse differentiation into embryonic stem cell-like cells include variants of the Shh and Oct4 proteins as well as proteins having their wild type amino acid sequences.

Variants of Shh and Oct4 proteins refer to proteins in which the natural amino acid sequence of Shh and Oct4 and one or more amino acid residues have different sequences by deletion, insertion, non-conservative or conservative substitution, or a combination thereof. The variant may be a functional equivalent exhibiting the same biological activity as the native protein or a variant in which the physicochemical properties of the protein are modified as necessary. It is a variant with increased structural stability to physicochemical environment or enhanced physiological activity.

Preferably, Shh is provided in the form of a protein. For example, the Shh protein may be treated with a medium that is commonly used to induce differentiation of somatic cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells by treating Shh. By providing Shh in the form of protein, it is easy to induce Bmi1, and there is an advantage of minimizing the number of genes to be introduced to induce differentiation.

Shh protein is to be included in the medium at an effective concentration. Effective concentrations of Shh protein may be affected by factors well known in the art, such as media type and culture method. In a specific embodiment of the invention, the treatment was carried out in an amount of 500 ng / ml.

It is also provided in the form of a nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence encoding Shh and Oct4 proteins.

The nucleotide sequence encoding the Shh and Oct4 protein is a nucleotide sequence encoding the Shh and Oct4 protein in wild-type or variant form as described above, wherein one or more bases may be mutated by substitution, deletion, insertion or combination thereof, It can be isolated from nature or prepared using chemical synthesis.

The nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence encoding the above-described Shh and Oct4 proteins may be single or double stranded, and may be a DNA molecule (genomic, cDNA) or RNA molecule.

In one preferred embodiment, the composition for inducing differentiation of somatic cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells in the present invention comprises a vector expressing Shh and Oct4 proteins comprising nucleic acids encoding Shh and Oct4 proteins.

As used herein, the term "vector" refers to a gene construct, which is an expression vector capable of expressing a protein of interest in a suitable host cell, and which contains essential regulatory elements operably linked to express the gene insert.

As used herein, the term "operably linked" refers to a functional linkage of a nucleic acid expression control sequence and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of interest to perform a general function. Operational linkage with recombinant vectors can be prepared using genetic recombination techniques well known in the art, and site-specific DNA cleavage and ligation employs enzymes commonly known in the art.

Vectors of the present invention include signal or leader sequences for membrane targeting or secretion in addition to expression control elements such as promoters, operators, initiation codons, termination codons, polyadenylation signals, enhancers and can be prepared in various ways depending on the purpose. The promoter of the vector may be constitutive or inducible. In addition, the expression vector includes a selectable marker for selecting a host cell containing the vector and, in the case of a replicable expression vector, a replication origin. Vectors can self replicate or integrate into host DNA.

Vectors include plasmid vectors, cosmid vectors, viral vectors, and the like. Preferably, it is a viral vector. Viral vectors are retroviruses such as Human immunodeficiency virus HIV (Murineleukemia virus) Avian sarcoma / leukosis (ASLV), Spleen necrosis virus (SNV), Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), and Mouse mammary tumor viruses, such as, but are not limited to, vectors derived from Adenovirus, Adeno-associated virus, Herpes simplex virus, and the like. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, for the Oct4 gene, a pBabe neo Oct4 vector containing a selection marker for neomycin was used as the MLV-based-virus vector.

Nucleic acids encoding Shh and Oct4 proteins can be delivered intracellularly by methods known in the art, such as naked DNA in vector form (Wolff et al. Science, 1990: Wolffet al. J Cell Sci. 103: 1249-59). , 1992), liposomes, cationic polymers (Cationic polymer), etc. can be delivered intracellularly. Liposomes are phospholipid membranes prepared by mixing cationic phospholipids such as DOTMA or DOTAP for gene transfer. Nucleic acid-liposomal complexes are formed when cationic liposomes and anionic nucleic acids are mixed at a predetermined ratio.

In another preferred embodiment, the composition inducing reverse differentiation from somatic cells to embryonic stem cell-like cells in the present invention comprises a virus expressing an Oct4 protein comprising a nucleic acid encoding Shh and Oct4 protein.

As used herein, the term "virus" refers to a virus expressing Shh and Oct4 produced by transforming and infecting a viral vector containing a nucleic acid encoding Shh and Oct4 proteins with packaging cells.

Viruses that can be used to make viruses expressing Shh and Oct4 proteins of the invention include, but are not limited to, retroviruses, adenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses, herpes simplex viruses, and the like. Preferably, it is a retrovirus. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, a vector (pBabe neo Oct4) prepared by inserting a nucleotide sequence encoding a human Oct4 protein (SEQ ID NO: 1) into a pBabe neo vector (pBabe neo Oct4) to generate a high titer virus capable of infecting a wide range of mammalian host cells PT67 cells, which are packaging cells, were transformed to prepare viruses expressing Oct4 protein to infect fibroblasts.

In still another aspect, the present invention is a method for producing embryonic stem cell-like cells from somatic cells comprising the step of treating the somatic cells Shh (Sonic hedgehog) protein or nucleic acid molecule encoding Shh protein and introducing Oct4 gene into the somatic cells To provide.

More specifically, (i) culturing fibroblast cells in the medium, (ii) packaging the fibroblasts transfected with a vector containing the Shh protein or the Shh protein and the Oct4 gene inserted therein (Iii) culturing the infected fibroblasts under embryonic stem cell culture conditions.

The medium for culturing fibroblasts in step (i) of the method includes all media commonly used for culturing fibroblasts in the art. The medium used for culturing generally contains a carbon source, a nitrogen source and a trace element component. In a specific embodiment of the present invention in DMEM (high glucose, w / o sodium pyruvate) + 10% Fe bovine serum (FBS) + 0.1 mM non-essential amino acid + 1% penicilin / streptomycin + 0.1 mM β-mercaptoethanol) Incubated.

In step (ii) of the method, the Shh protein may be treated under neural stem cell culture conditions to introduce Oct4 gene into fibroblasts while inducing into cells such as neural stem cells. After the Shh treatment for one day, it is preferable to continue the Shh treatment while performing three times of infection with the Oct4 virus at 16 hour intervals. In this case, it is preferable to maintain the neural stem cell culture condition while continuing the Shh treatment for a total of 72 hours, and then change the embryonic stem cell culture condition to increase the efficiency of dedifferentiation into embryonic stem cell-like cells.

PT67 cell, which is a packaging cell that generates a high titer virus capable of infecting a wide range of mammalian host cells by incorporating a nucleic acid molecule encoding human Oct4 protein into pBabe neo vector in step (ii) of the method Is transformed into a virus expressing Oct4 protein to infect fibroblasts. Nucleic acid that is the nucleotide sequence encoding the Shh and Oct4 protein or Shh and Oct4 protein may be all Shh and Oct4 derived from humans and animals such as horses, sheep, pigs, goats, camels, antelope, dogs, wild type and variants Include. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, human Oct4 (NCBI accession No. NM_002701; SEQ ID NO: 1) was used.

Embryonic stem cell culture conditions of step (iii) of the method includes all of the medium commonly used in the culture of embryonic stem cells in the art. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, 15% FBS (Fetal bovine serum) + 0.1 mM nonessential amino acid + 1% penicillin / streptomycin + 0.1 mM β-mercaptoethanol + 1000 unit / ml mouse in high glucose DMEM in the presence of supporting cells Subcultures were performed every 2-3 days while incubated in LIF (leukemia inhibitory factor) media.

In another aspect, the present invention provides embryonic stem cell-like cells prepared by the above method.

Embryonic stem cell-like cells prepared by the reverse differentiation method of the present invention show positive responses to antibodies against alkaline phosphatase and SSEA-1, Oct-4, Sox2, which are embryonic stem cell specific markers, The expression of genes (Oct4, Sox2, Nanog, c-myc, Klf4), which are important for the maintenance of embryonic stem cell self-renewal ability, is expressed in a similar pattern to embryonic stem cells. In addition, it was confirmed to have the same pluripotency as the general embryonic stem cells. Furthermore, embryonic stem cell-like cells prepared by the reverse differentiation method of the present invention have the characteristics of self-renewal.

Embryonic stem cell-like cells of the present invention are good sources for providing various types of cells. For example, the embryonic stem cell-like cells may be induced to differentiate into hematopoietic cells, neurons, beta cells, hepatocytes, chondrocytes, epithelial cells, urinary tract cells and similar cells by culturing in a medium for cell differentiation. .

Media conditions and methods for differentiation of embryonic stem cell-like cells are described in Palacios, et al., PNAS. USA, 92: 7530-7537 (1995), Pedersen, J. Reprod. Fertil. Dev., 6; 543-552 (1994), and Bain et al., Dev. Biol, 168: 342-357 (1995). The embryonic stem cell-like cells can be applied to numerous treatments through transplantation. The embryonic stem cell-like cells are diabetes, Parkin's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), muscular dystrophy, liver disease, hypercholesterolemia, heart disease, cartilage replacement, wound It can be applied to the treatment of numerous diseases or conditions such as foot ulcers, gastrointestinal diseases, vascular diseases, kidney diseases, urinary tract diseases, aging-related diseases and conditions. In addition, the embryonic stem cell-like cells of the present invention can be applied to evaluation during drug development.

As described above, according to the present invention, somatic cells can be induced into dedifferentiated stem cells having pluripotency by introducing only Oct4 gene while processing Shh. Embryonic stem cell-like cells differentiated by the present invention are differentiated into cells such as cardiomyocytes, insulin-producing cells, or neurons, for example, stems for various diseases such as heart failure, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, Parkinson's disease or spinal cord injury. It can be used for cell transplantation and is extremely useful because it can avoid ethical problems using human embryos and rejection after transplantation. In addition, various cells (eg, cardiomyocytes, hepatocytes, etc.) generated by differentiating induced pluripotent stem cells can be usefully used as a system for evaluating the efficacy or toxicity of compounds, drugs, poisons and the like.

In addition, the present invention suggests the possibility of reducing the number of dedifferentiation inducers by using the Shh protein, a higher regulator of the Bmi1 gene, to replace the dedifferentiation inducer. It can be said that the invention is very useful in the field of stem cells, which provides a technology based on it.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for describing the present invention in more detail and that the scope of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments in accordance with the gist of the present invention .

Example 1 Culture of Mouse Fibroblasts

To prepare embryonic stem cell-like cells, mouse fibroblasts of mouse somatic cells were used. Mouse fibroblasts were prepared from embryos at day 13.5 of CF1 strain mouse pregnancy and prepared with DMEM (high glucose, w / o sodium pyruvate) + 10% Fetal bovine serum (FBS) + 0.1 Cells of 2 X 10 ⁵ at 3rd passage after incubation in a tissue culture flask in mM non-essential amino acid + 1% penicilin / streptomycin + 0.1 mM β-mercaptoethanol medium Seeds were carried out in 6 well plates.

Example 2. Bmi1 Induction and Oct 4 Gene Introduction by Shh Treatment

The fibroblasts prepared in Example 1 were treated with Shh to confirm whether Bmi1 was induced. Figure 1a shows the result confirmed by the RT-PCR method that the lower genes are controlled when Shh (Sonic hedgehog) known as the upper regulator of the Bmi1 gene. Induction of Gli1 and Bmi1 when Shh was treated at 500 ng / ml in neural stem cell culture conditions (DMEM / F12 + B27 + N2 + 1% penicillin / streptomycin + 20 ng / ml bFGF + 20 ng / ml EGF) In this case, it was confirmed that the expression of p16 ^Ink4a and p19 ^Arf , which are target genes of ^Bmi1 , was reduced compared to mouse fibroblasts. In addition, as the shape of the cells (aggregation) it was confirmed that showing the same shape as the neurosphere (Fig. 1b). Thus induced cells such as neural stem cells can be confirmed that the expression of Nestin, Sox2 by immunochemical staining method, showing positive results in SSEA1 and AP staining (Fig. 1c). These results confirmed that Bmi1 exhibited similar characteristics to cells introduced by Shh treatment that can regulate Bmi1.

Oct4 gene was introduced into the Shh-treated fibroblasts using retrovirus. Virus particles were prepared using PT67 packaging cell lines. More specifically, pBabe neo Oct4 vector prepared by inserting human Oct4 (NCBI accession No. NM_002701) gene into pBabe neo vector was transfected into PT67 packaging cell line (Clontech) using turbofect (Turbofect, Fermentas). After transfection, the mice were selected with niomycin (1000 μg / ml) (BD biosciences). The PT67 packaging cell line is a cell that produces high titer viruses capable of infecting a wide range of mammalian host cells.

After confirming the expression of Oct4 gene by RT-PCR method, the cell debris was obtained by filtering supernatant and filtering with 0.45㎛ (Millipore) filter when 80% of the cell lines were made. After removal, polybrene (polygrene, 6 µg / ml) (sigma) was added to the mouse fibroblasts isolated at 16 hour intervals, and the cells were repeatedly infected three times.

At this time, Shh treatment was continued for 1 day, and then Shh treatment was continued while introducing Oct4 gene three times at 16 hour intervals for 48 hours using a virus. Shh continued to be treated for a total of 72 hours, and maintained neural stem cell culture conditions during Shh treatment. Subsequently, reverse differentiation was induced while changing to culture conditions of mouse embryonic stem cells (FIG. 1D).

Example 3 Shh Processing Establishment of Differentiated Stem Cell Line by Oct4 Gene Introduction

In the same manner as in Example 2, while processing Shh, Oct4 was introduced using a retrovirus, and then transferred to the culture conditions of mouse embryonic stem cells and cultured. Culture conditions of mouse embryonic stem cells were 15% FBS (Fetal bovine serum) + 0.1 mM nonessential amino acid + 1% penicillin / streptomycin + 0.1 mM β-mercaptoethanol + 1000 unit / ml in high glucose DMEM under supporting cells. Subcultures were performed every 2-3 days while incubated in a culture of mouse LIF (leukemia inhibitory factor). After 10-14 days of incubation, colony-like cells began to appear, and as a result of continuous incubation, colonies similar to embryonic stem cells were obtained. The dedifferentiated stem cell line established through this method was named SO-iPS.

SO-iPS was compared with embryonic stem cells and characterized. Comparative expression analysis of representative genes known as important genes in embryonic stem cells showed similar expression patterns to embryonic stem cells (FIG. 2A). In addition, several genes important for the maintenance of self-renewal ability were selected and quantified by real-time PCR, and showed similar characteristics to embryonic stem cells, and showed different results from mouse fibroblasts (FIG. 2b). . The shape of the cells was similar to that of embryonic stem cells, and AP staining became positive, and when expression of representative markers was confirmed by immunochemical staining, expression of Oct4, SSEA1, and Sox2 was similar to embryonic stem cells. It could be confirmed (FIG. 2C). Western blot analysis method was confirmed that the expression of Oct4 is expressed like embryonic stem cells (Fig. 2d), FACS analysis was confirmed that the expression of Oct4 and SSEA1 as much as in embryonic stem cells Could be (FIG. 2E).

Example 4. Epigenetic Characterization of SO-iPS

The bisulfite sequencing method was used to determine the methylation of promoter regions of Oct4 and Nanog, which are known to be important for maintaining the self-renewal capacity of embryonic stem cells compared to embryonic stem cells. . It was confirmed that the promoter region of Oct4 and Nanog was demethylated (FIG. 3A). In addition, it was confirmed that histone H3 (acetylation) was acetylated by chromatin immunoprecipitation (FIG. 3B). On the other hand, mouse fibroblasts were found to be dimethylated (dimethylation) in lysine 9 (lysine 9). This is a result of comparative analysis by real-time PCR using a primer of the promoter region of the corresponding Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog genes after the ChIP assay (ChIP assay).

Example 5 Comparative Analysis of Global Gene Expression with Embryonic Stem Cells

SO-iPS was compared with embryonic stem cells by DNA microarray analysis. Scatter plots indicated that most genes were contained within 2-fold, especially Oct4, Sox2, Nanog, and c-myc, which are known to be important factors in inducing differentiation and important genes in embryonic stem cells. , Klf4 was expressed to about the same level as the embryonic stem cells. Also, as a result of quantifying the similarity through the Pearson correlation method, it was confirmed that the similarity was shown as about 0.98 (FIG. 4).

Example 6 Comparative Analysis of Differentiation Ability into Trioderm Cells in Vitro and In Vivo

In order to confirm whether SO-iPS dedifferentiated stem cells have differentiation ability in vitro, it was first confirmed whether an embryonic body (embryonic body, EB) was formed. And on the 7th day of EB formation, the RT-PCR method confirmed whether the genes corresponding to the three germ layers were expressed, and it was confirmed that they showed the same pattern as the embryonic stem cells (FIG. 5A). Induction of spontaneous differentiation in tissue culture plates coated with 0.1% gelatin-coated embryonic bodies resulted in induction of differentiation into representative cells of the trioderm. This can be confirmed by staining each corresponding marker. By immunochemical staining, Tuj1, bry, SMA, CK18 expression was confirmed by the differentiation induction into representative cells corresponding to the three germ layers was confirmed (Fig. 5b).

To determine whether they have differentiation capacity in vivo, 10 ⁶ cells were centrifuged at 8000 rpm for 5 minutes and pellet cultured in embryonic stem cell culture in a 37 ° C incubator for 24 hours before 6 weeks of age. The kidneys of Balb / c nude mice were injected in the form of capsules. After 8-10 weeks, kidneys were separated and differentiated into trioderm to determine whether paraffin blocks were made and H & E staining. As a result, it was confirmed that the differentiation into cells corresponding to the three germ layers (Fig. 5c).

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those who have knowledge.

Figure 1 shows the Bmi1 induction results by Shh (Sonic hedgehog) treatment.

Figure 1a shows the results of confirming the expression of the lower regulatory genes when Shh (Sonic hedgehog) is treated to mouse fibroblasts. When Shh was treated, it was confirmed that the expression of Gli1 and Bmi1 was increased, and the expression of p16 ^Ink4a and p19 ^Arf , which are known as target genes of Bmi1 gene, was decreased by RT-PCR method.

Figure 1b shows the results of confirming that the cells changed to the shape of neurospheres when treated with Shh.

Figure 1c shows the results confirming that the cells formed in the shape of the neurospheres thus formed have the same characteristics as the neural stem cells. Expression of representative markers of Nestin and Sox2 was confirmed by immunochemical staining, and positive results were shown in SSEA1 and AP.

FIG. 1D shows a schematic diagram of a protocol for introducing Oct4 gene while processing Shh and inducing reverse differentiation in culture conditions of embryonic stem cells.

Figure 2 shows the results of comparing the characteristics of the embryonic stem cells and induced differentiation stem cells induced by introducing Oct4 gene Shh treatment.

Figure 2a shows the results of comparative analysis of the expression of representative genes expressed in embryonic stem cells by the method of RT-PCR.

Figure 2b shows the results confirming that the appearance similar to the embryonic stem cells even when compared by quantification by the method of real-time PCR.

Figure 2c shows the results confirmed by immunochemical staining that the expression of markers that are specifically expressed in embryonic stem cells in the differentiated stem cells.

Figure 2d shows the comparative analysis of the expression of Oct4 by Western blot analysis method.

Figure 2e shows the results confirmed that the expression of SSEA1 and Oct4 appear similar to embryonic stem cells by FACS analysis.

Figure 3 shows the results of comparative analysis of epigenetic characteristics of embryonic stem cell-like cells according to the present invention.

FIG. 3a shows the results of confirming that the promoter regions of Oct4 and Nanog genes are demethylated by bisulfite sequencing.

Figure 3b is the histone number 3 of the promoters of Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog genes of embryonic stem cells and dedifferentiated stem cells using Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is acetylated (acetylation) gene expression This result shows that the result is shown to be activated. In contrast, mouse fibroblasts are demethylated in lysine 9, indicating that the expression of genes is inactivated. Is showing.

Figure 4 shows the results of comparative analysis of the embryonic stem cells and de-differentiated stem cells SO-iPS on the whole gene by DNA microarray method. When the analysis results were displayed by the scatter plot method, the expression level of most genes was similar to that of embryonic stem cells, and the similarity of 0.98 was shown by the Pearson correlation method. I could confirm it.

Figure 5 shows the results confirming whether the in vitro and in vivo has the ability to differentiate into trioderm cells.

FIG. 5A shows the formation of an embryonic body (EB) like embryonic stem cells, and the right panel of FIG. 5A shows the expression of representative genes corresponding to the three germ layers through the method of RT-PCR. The confirmed result is shown.

Figure 5b shows the result of confirming the markers by immunochemical staining after induction of spontaneous differentiation in vitro.

Figure 5c shows the results of the analysis by H & E staining that teratoma (teratoma) formation in vivo.

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Compositions that induce differentiation from somatic cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells, including a) Shh (Sonic hedgehog) protein or nucleic acid molecule encoding Shh protein; And b) Oct4 protein or nucleic acid molecule encoding Oct4 protein. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition a) Shh protein expression vector into which a nucleic acid molecule encoding Shh protein is inserted; And b) A composition comprising an Oct4 protein expression vector inserted with a nucleic acid molecule encoding Oct4 protein. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition a) Shh protein; And b) A composition comprising a virus in which a nucleic acid molecule encoding Oct4 protein is introduced to express Oct4 protein. A method of producing embryonic stem cell-like cells from somatic cells, comprising the steps of treating somatic cells with Shh (Sonic hedgehog) proteins or nucleic acid molecules encoding Shh proteins and introducing Oct4 genes into somatic cells. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the steps of: (i) culturing fibroblast cells in medium, (ii) transfecting the cultured fibroblasts with a nucleic acid encoding Shh protein or Shh protein and inserting the Oct4 gene. (Iii) culturing the infected fibroblasts under embryonic stem cell culture conditions. The method according to claim 5, wherein in step (ii) the Shh protein is treated under neural stem cell culture conditions to introduce Oct4 gene into fibroblasts while inducing into cells such as neural stem cells. How to make a cell. Embryonic stem cell-like cells produced by the method of any one of claims 4 to 6.

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