WO2017170180A1 - 神経分化能を亢進させる神経幹細胞用培地 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a culture medium and a culture method for neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medium for enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells, a method for enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells using the medium, and the like. .
- Neural stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have self-replicating ability and multipotency, and are various cells of the nervous system (neural cells and neural progenitors), and glial cells (astro). Cells, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and glial progenitor cells, etc.). Neural stem cells and neural progenitor cells are attracting attention as a source of biomaterials in regenerative medicine because they can transplant themselves and supply cells that are difficult to grow in normal adults such as nerve cells.
- Neural stem cells are thought to be capable of producing functional neural cells in vivo when transplanted into a living body because they have proliferative and multi-differentiation potentials.
- tumors can be obtained by transplanting proliferating neural stem cells.
- the use of neural progenitor cells differentiated from neural stem cells in vitro in regenerative medicine has been studied.
- proliferating cells are mixed into the prepared neural progenitor cells and remain. .
- Non-Patent Document 1 describes that when human erythroleukemia cell line K562 cells, which are blood cells, are cultured in a glutamine-free medium, differentiation into erythrocytes is promoted.
- Non-Patent Document 2 describes that when C6 glioma cells, which are rat glioma cells, are cultured in a glutamine-free medium, differentiation into oligodendrocyte-like cells is promoted.
- An object of the present invention is to enhance a neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells and a neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells using the medium. Is to provide a method.
- the present inventors have found that in a medium from which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid have been removed, It has been found that when stem cells are cultured, the proliferation ability of the cells is suppressed and the neuronal differentiation ability of the cells is enhanced.
- a medium from which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid are removed neural stem cells can be passaged while maintaining enhanced neuronal differentiation ability. It was. When neural stem cells with enhanced neuronal differentiation ability were differentiated into neural cells, a population of neurons with low proliferative potential and a high proportion of differentiated cells was obtained. Based on these findings, further studies have been made and the present invention has been completed.
- the present invention is as follows.
- (1) A culture medium for neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells substantially free of L-glutamine.
- Any of (1) to (4), including L-tryptophan, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine and L-histidine A medium according to any one of the above.
- the medium according to any one of (1) to (5) which is a medium for enhancing neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- the medium according to any one of (1) to (6) which is a serum-free medium.
- a method for culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells comprising culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium according to any one of (1) to (7).
- the method according to (8) which is a method for producing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with enhanced neural differentiation ability.
- a method for producing a neuron comprising the following steps: (I) culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium according to any one of (1) to (7) to obtain neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with enhanced neural differentiation ability; (II) Culturing the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells obtained in step (I) with enhanced neural differentiation ability under conditions for inducing neural differentiation to obtain a neural cell population. (12) A neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell obtained by the method of (9) having enhanced neural differentiation ability. (13) A culture preparation comprising a neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell, and the medium according to any one of (1) to (7).
- the medium of the present invention has an effect of enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are cultured by the culturing method of the present invention, neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with suppressed proliferation ability but enhanced neural differentiation ability can be obtained. Since neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with enhanced nerve differentiation ability produce many nerve cells by differentiation induction culture, it becomes possible to efficiently produce nerve cells. Further, since the neuron population produced in this way has few proliferating cells, the risk of tumor formation when the neuron is transplanted into the living body is reduced, and it can contribute to the development of a safer treatment method.
- FIG. 1 is a graph showing an effect of promoting neuronal differentiation by an L-glutamine-removing medium.
- Neural stem cells were cultured for 4 days in a medium containing L-glutamine (Full) or a medium not containing L-glutamine ( ⁇ Gln) (Day 4) (FIGS. 1A and B).
- the proliferation of neural stem cells was reduced (FIG. 1B).
- the medium was replaced with a neural differentiation induction medium and cultured for 21 days (Day 25), and the nerve cells were immunostained.
- FIG. 1C shows the expression intensity of NeuroD1 and Synapsin1.
- the left bar of each item indicates Full, and the right bar indicates ⁇ Gln.
- the proliferation curve of neural stem cells cultured for 20 days in a medium not containing L-glutamine showed linearity (FIG. 1E).
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the results of analysis of intracellular amino acid content. Horizontal axis: quantified amino acids, vertical axis: amino acid content per number of cells (nmol / 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the organic acid content during the TCA cycle per cell number.
- the left bar of each item indicates Full, and the right bar indicates ⁇ Gln.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing apoptosis in neural stem cells.
- the present invention relates to a culture medium for neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells (hereinafter collectively referred to as the medium of the present invention), a method for culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells using the culture medium (hereinafter, These are also collectively referred to as the culture method of the present invention), and neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells and the like obtained by the method with enhanced neural differentiation ability are provided.
- neural stem cells are multi-differentiation into neural cells (neural cells and glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and their progenitor cells). It means an undifferentiated cell that maintains multipotency and has the ability to self-replicate.
- a neural stem cell is an epidermis as long as it has the ability to finally generate nerve cells and glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and no special manipulation such as initialization is applied.
- It is a cell that does not substantially produce cells other than the nervous system such as system cells, blood cells, and muscle cells. “Substantially does not produce” refers to a state in which 90% or more of the cells produced by neural stem cells are either nerve cells or glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and their progenitor cells.
- a neural progenitor cell is an undifferentiated cell having a division ability and a cell having an ability to finally differentiate into one or more types of nerve cells.
- a neural progenitor cell refers to a cell that is destined to ultimately produce a neuronal cell and that does not substantially produce anything other than the neural cell and its progenitor cells.
- a glial progenitor cell is an undifferentiated cell derived from a neural stem cell and having a dividing ability, and is one of astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells, Schwann cells or their progenitor cells. It refers to a cell that has the ability to differentiate into a cell and that does not substantially differentiate into a nerve cell.
- neural stem cells and neural progenitor cells are difficult to distinguish strictly, they may be used interchangeably as “neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” in this specification.
- mammal-derived neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are usually used.
- mammals include rodents such as mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, rabbit eyes such as rabbits, ungulates such as pigs, cows, goats, horses, and sheep, cats such as dogs and cats, and humans Primates such as, monkeys, rhesus monkeys, marmosets, orangutans and chimpanzees, but are not limited to these.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells used in the present invention are preferably rodents such as mice or primate neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells such as humans, more preferably human neural stem cells and / or Or it is a neural progenitor cell.
- Neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells used in the present invention are those derived from pluripotent stem cells, those isolated from living tissues, or directly induced to differentiate from fibroblasts without passing through pluripotent stem cells ( Matsui T, et al., Stem Cells. 2012 Jun; 30 (6): 1109-19), etc., which are cells that maintain the undifferentiation and maintain the multipotency as described above and have the ability to generate neurons. There is no particular limitation as long as it is maintained.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells used in the present invention are preferably derived from pluripotent stem cells, and more preferably derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells).
- a method for producing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells a method known per se can be used.
- a method for producing a pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell a method of forming a neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell via embryoid body formation by suspension culture of the pluripotent stem cell (Bain G et al., Dev Biol.
- ES cells monolayer cultured pluripotent stem cells
- GSK3 glycogen synthase kinase 3
- TGF- ⁇ transforming growth factor ⁇
- a pluripotent stem cell is an immature cell having self-renewal ability and differentiation / proliferation ability, and is a cell having the ability to differentiate into all tissues and cells constituting a living body excluding the placenta.
- pluripotent stem cells include embryonic stem cells (ES cells), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) (Takahashi K et al., Cell. 2007 Nov 30; 131 (5): 861-72), sperm stem cells ( mGS cells) (Kanatsu-Shinohara M et al., Biol Reprod. 2007 Jan; 76 (1): 55-62), embryonic germ cells (Matsui Y et al., Cell. 1992 Sep 4; 70 (5): 841-7) Etc.
- ES cells embryonic stem cells
- iPS cells induced pluripotent stem cells
- mGS cells sperm stem cells
- the cells are neural stem cells.
- cells are suspended in a serum-free medium containing EGF and bFGF, and the cultured cell mass is subjected to a dispersion treatment, followed by adhesion culture in a differentiation-inducing medium described in Examples below. It can be confirmed using as an indicator that both nerve cells and glial cells are produced.
- Neural stem cells can also be confirmed by a gene known to be expressed in neural stem cells, a transcription product thereof, a protein, etc. (neural stem cell marker).
- neural stem cell markers examples include the cytoskeletal proteins nestin (Nestin; Science, 276, 66 (1997)), SOX1 (SEX (sex determining region Y) -box1), SOX2 (SRY (sex determining region Y)- box2), Pax6 (paired box 6), Ki67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), fatty acid binding protein 7 (also referred to as Fabp7, BLBP), and the like, and those skilled in the art appropriately combine these markers to obtain a desired It can be confirmed that it is a neural stem cell.
- PCNA proliferating cell nuclear antigen
- Fabp7 fatty acid binding protein 7
- a cell is a neural progenitor cell.
- cells are cultured in suspension in a serum-free medium containing EGF and bFGF, and the cultured cell mass is dispersed in a differentiation-inducing medium described in the examples described later. When culture is performed, it can be confirmed as an index that neurons are produced and glial cells are not produced.
- neural progenitor cells can be confirmed by a gene known to be expressed in neural progenitor cells, its transcription product, protein, etc. (neural progenitor cell marker). Examples of genes expressed in neural progenitor cells include, but are not limited to, Tbr2, MASH1, Nestin, NeuroD1, and the like. Those skilled in the art can confirm that the cells are neural progenitor cells by appropriately combining these markers. Examples of neural progenitor cells include, but are not limited to, cells that are SOX2 negative and nestin positive.
- a neuron means a cell that is a functional unit of the nervous system.
- Nerve cells usually consist of cell bodies and neurites (eg, axons, dendrites), but have neurites such as nascent juvenile neurons, retinal amacrine cells, and granulocytes of the olfactory bulb. There are also no neurons (nonpolar neurons). When neurons are classified according to their morphology, they are classified into nonpolar neurons, unipolar neurons, pseudo-unipolar neurons, bipolar neurons, and multipolar neurons. Include.
- the nerve cell includes a central nervous system nerve cell and a peripheral nervous system nerve cell.
- the nerve cell may be a motor nerve cell, a sensory nerve cell, or an intervening nerve cell.
- neurons examples include dopaminergic neurons, noradrenergic neurons, adrenergic neurons, serotonergic neurons, acetylcholinergic neurons, ⁇ -aminobutyric acid neurons, glutamatergic neurons However, it is not limited to these.
- Whether a cell is a nerve cell can be confirmed by a gene known to be expressed in the nerve cell, its transcription product, protein, etc. (nerve cell marker).
- markers of differentiated neurons include MAP2 (microtubule associated protein 2), neurofilament, synapsin 1, ⁇ III tubulin, NeuN (neurospecific nuclear protein), FOX3 (Forkhead AM, PS) poly (neurally cellular cell adhesion molecule), Doublecortin, Peripherin and the like.
- MAP2 microtubule associated protein 2
- neurofilament neurofilament
- synapsin 1 ⁇ III tubulin
- NeuN neurospecific nuclear protein
- FOX3 Formhead AM, PS
- Doublecortin Doublecortin
- Peripherin and the like.
- the medium of the present invention contains L-glutamine (2-amino-4-carbamoylbutyric acid), L-asparagine (2-amino-3-carbamoylpropionic acid) and L -One or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid (2-aminobutanedioic acid) (herein, also referred to as "neural differentiation-related amino acid”) are characterized by being substantially free.
- the selected “neurogenic differentiation-related amino acid” may be one (L-glutamine, L-asparagine, or L-aspartic acid) (in this case, the medium of the present invention is related to the other two types of neuronal differentiation). 2) (a combination of L-glutamine and L-aspartic acid, a combination of L-glutamine and L-aspartic acid, or a combination of L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid)
- the medium may contain one other neuronal differentiation-related amino acid) and may be all three (L-glutamine, L-asparagine, and L-aspartic acid).
- the present invention provides a medium characterized by being substantially free of any one amino acid selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid.
- the medium of the present invention may contain either one or both of the other two types of neuronal differentiation-related amino acids that are not selected.
- the medium of the present invention may be a medium for enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- By culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium of the present invention it becomes possible to enhance the neuronal differentiation ability of the cells.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells cultured in the medium of the present invention are differentiated into neural cells, the number of proliferating cells in the resulting neural cell population is reduced. For this reason, it becomes possible to provide a nerve cell useful for nerve cell transplantation treatment, and a neural stem cell and / or a neural progenitor cell suitable for preparation of a nerve cell for nerve cell transplantation treatment can be provided.
- the medium is substantially free of one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine, and L-aspartic acid
- the medium is substantially free of one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine, and L-aspartic acid
- standard medium amino acid concentration equivalent L-glutamine 0.3-3.0 mM (eg, 2.5 mM); L-asparagine 0.05-1.0 mM (eg, 0.05 mM) ); L-aspartic acid 0.05-1.0 mM (eg, 0.05 mM)) compared to when cultured in a control medium having the same composition except that it contains the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid.
- the concentration of the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid in the medium is reduced enough to enhance the neuronal differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- the medium is substantially free of L-glutamine
- L-glutamine when neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are cultured in the medium, L-glutamine is equivalent to a standard medium L-glutamine concentration (0 .Neural differentiation potential of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells is enhanced compared to when cultured in a control medium having the same composition except for containing 3-3.0 mM (eg, 2.5 mM)) This means that the concentration of L-glutamine in the medium has been reduced to a sufficient extent. The same applies to other nerve differentiation-related amino acids.
- substantially free of one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid means not only the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acids, Dipeptide for substitution of selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid (a dipeptide containing a selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid residue, which is degraded by peptidase or the like in the medium to supply the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid It also means that it does not contain a substance that provides the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid, such as a dipeptide).
- substantially free of L-glutamine means not only L-glutamine but also dipeptides of L-glutamine and amino acids such as L-alanyl L-glutamine in the medium (substitute for L-glutamine) Is also substantially free of dipeptide for use.
- substantially free of L-asparagine means that not only L-asparagine but also dipeptides for substitution of L-asparagine (eg, L-alanyl L-asparagine) are substantially contained in the medium. Means not included.
- substantially free of L-aspartic acid means not only L-aspartic acid but also dipeptides for substitution of L-aspartic acid (eg, L-alanyl L-aspartic acid) in the medium. Is also substantially not included.
- a medium substantially free of L-glutamine means that the concentration of L-glutamine in the medium (the total concentration of L-glutamine and a dipeptide for L-glutamine substitution) is usually 100 ⁇ M or less, preferably 10 ⁇ M or less. More preferably 100 nM or less, most preferably 0 nM.
- a medium substantially free of L-asparagine means that the concentration of L-asparagine in the medium (the total concentration of L-asparagine and dipeptide for L-asparagine substitution) is usually 10 ⁇ M or less, preferably 100 nM or less More preferably 1 nM or less, most preferably 0 nM.
- a medium substantially free of L-aspartic acid means that the concentration of L-aspartic acid in the medium (the total concentration of L-aspartic acid and L-aspartic acid-substituting dipeptide) is usually 10 ⁇ M or less. It refers to a medium that is preferably 100 nM or less, more preferably 1 nM or less, and most preferably 0 nM. In this specification, not including the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid means that the concentration of the neuronal differentiation-related amino acid is 0 nM.
- neural differentiation ability means the ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells to differentiate into neural cells.
- the medium of the present invention has an effect of enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- “To enhance the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” means that the concentration of the selected neural differentiation-related amino acids and the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells cultured in the medium of the present invention are standard. Except for a medium amino acid concentration (L-glutamine 0.3-3.0 mM; asparagine 0.05-1.0 mM; aspartic acid 0.05-1.0 mM).
- a medium amino acid concentration L-glutamine 0.3-3.0 mM; asparagine 0.05-1.0 mM; aspartic acid 0.05-1.0 mM.
- Neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells also simply referred to as comparative control cells in the present specification
- cultured in a comparative control medium having cultured under neuronal differentiation conditions for example, in the presence of N2 and B27.
- the number of nerve cells generated from the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells per fixed number of cells is greater than that of the control, or for a certain period after the start of culture. Number nerve cells produced before reaching the means that more than a comparative control.
- “enhance neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” means neural stem cells cultured in the medium of the present invention and / or The composition of the present invention is the same as that of the medium of the present invention except that the neural progenitor cells and the L-glutamine concentration are equivalent to the standard medium L-glutamine concentration (0.3-3.0 mM (eg, 2.5 mM)).
- neural cells are produced by culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells cultured in a comparative control medium having neural cell differentiation conditions (for example, in the presence of N2 and B27), one neural stem cell and / or Or, it means that the number of nerve cells generated from neural progenitor cells is larger than that of the comparison control, or that the number of nerve cells produced from the start of culture until reaching a certain period is larger than that of the comparison control.
- the medium of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as the components other than the selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acid can achieve enhancement of the neuronal differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells, and normal neural stem cells and / or A composition used for maintenance culture of neural progenitor cells can be appropriately employed.
- the medium of the present invention may be prepared as a basal medium obtained by removing selected nerve differentiation-related amino acids from the composition of a medium usually used for culturing mammalian cells.
- the basal medium is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved.
- BME medium, BGJb medium, CMRL 1066 medium, Glasgow MEM medium, Improved MEM Zinc Option medium, IMDM medium, Medium 199 medium, Eagle MEM medium , ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, F-12 medium, DMEM / F12 medium, IMDM / F12 medium, ham medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, or a mixed medium thereof can be used for culturing animal cells.
- a medium can be mentioned.
- a basal medium what removed the neuronal differentiation related amino acid selected from the composition of the medium normally used for pluripotent stem cell culture
- StemFit registered trademark
- AK medium Alkaolin
- Essential 8 medium Life Technologies
- mTeSR1 medium STMCELL Technologies (STEMCELL Tech), TeSR2 technology (STEMCELLH technologies)) StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
- TeSR TM -E6 StemCells, Inc.
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- the medium of the present invention is preferably a chemically defined medium (CDM) whose components are chemically determined from the viewpoint of avoiding mixing of chemically undecided components.
- the medium of the present invention is preferably a serum-free medium from the viewpoint of avoiding contamination with chemically undetermined components.
- the “serum-free medium” in the present invention means a medium that does not contain unconditioned or unpurified serum.
- a medium containing a purified blood-derived component or animal tissue-derived component for example, a growth factor such as bFGF
- a growth factor such as bFGF
- the serum-free medium may contain a serum replacement.
- serum substitutes include serum albumin, fatty acids, collagen precursors, trace elements, 2-mercaptoethanol or 3 ′ thiolglycerol, or equivalents thereof as appropriate.
- a serum replacement can be prepared, for example, by the method described in WO98 / 30679.
- a commercially available product may be used as a serum substitute.
- examples of such commercially available serum substitutes include Knockout TM Serum Replacement (manufactured by Life Technologies: hereinafter referred to as KSR), Chemically-defined Lipid concentrated (manufactured by Life Technologies, Life Technologies). N2 (Life Technologies), but is not limited thereto.
- the medium of the present invention contains all essential amino acids (L-leucine, L-lysine, L-phenylalanine, L-isoleucine, L-threonine, L-histidine, L-methionine, L-tryptophan and L-valine). Including.
- the concentration of the essential amino acid contained in the medium of the present invention is exemplified below, although it is not particularly limited as long as enhancement of neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells can be achieved: L-leucine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-20 mM; L-lysine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 1-20 mM; L-phenylalanine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-10 mM; L-isoleucine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-20 mM; L-threonine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-10 mM; L-histidine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-10 mM L-methionine 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.5-5 mM; L-tryptophan 0.005-100 mM, preferably 0.05-1 mM; L-valine 0.005-100 m
- the concentration combinations of each essential amino acid include L-leucine 0.005-100 mM, L-lysine 0.005-100 mM, L-phenylalanine 0.005-100 mM, L-isoleucine 0.005-100 mM, L-threonine 0 .005-100 mM, L-histidine 0.005-100 mM, L-methionine 0.005-100 mM, L-tryptophan 0.005-100 mM, and L-valine 0.005-100 mM, but not limited thereto .
- the medium of the present invention comprises all essential amino acids (L-leucine 0.5-20 mM, L-lysine 1-20 mM, L-phenylalanine 0.5-10 mM, L-isoleucine 0.5-20 mM, L -Threonine 0.5-10 mM, L-histidine 0.5-10 mM, L-methionine 0.5-5 mM, L-tryptophan 0.05-1 mM and L-valine 0.5-10 mM).
- essential amino acids L-leucine 0.5-20 mM, L-lysine 1-20 mM, L-phenylalanine 0.5-10 mM, L-isoleucine 0.5-20 mM, L -Threonine 0.5-10 mM, L-histidine 0.5-10 mM, L-methionine 0.5-5 mM, L-tryptophan 0.05-1 mM and L-valine 0.5-10 mM).
- the medium of the present invention preferably contains all non-essential amino acids (L-alanine 0.2-2 mM, L-arginine 1-10 mM, glycine 1-10 mM, other than L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid 0.5-10 mM, L-cysteine 0.5-10 mM, L-serine 0.5-10 mM, L-tyrosine 0.5-10 mM, L-proline 0.5-5 mM).
- non-essential amino acids L-alanine 0.2-2 mM, L-arginine 1-10 mM, glycine 1-10 mM, other than L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid 0.5-10 mM, L-cysteine 0.5-10 mM, L-serine 0.5-10 mM, L-tyrosine 0.5-10 mM, L-proline
- the concentration of L-glutamine in the medium is 0.3-3.0 mM. Is preferred.
- the concentration of L-asparagine in the medium is 0.05-1.0 mM. Is preferred.
- the concentration of L-aspartic acid in the medium is 0.05-1.0 mM. It is preferable.
- the medium of the present invention may contain a natural amino acid such as L-cystine in addition to the amino acid described above.
- the medium of the present invention may further contain a medium additive.
- medium additives include vitamins, proteins such as cytokines and growth factors, L-ascorbic acid, L-ascorbyl magnesium phosphate, sodium pyruvate, 2-aminoethanol (ethanolamine), glucose, sodium bicarbonate, HEPES, Insulin, progesterone, sodium selenate, putrescine and the like are exemplified, but not limited thereto.
- the additive is preferably contained within a concentration range known per se.
- the medium of the present invention may or may not contain L-ascorbic acid.
- the medium of the present invention may further contain holotransferrin.
- Transferrin bound to iron is called holotransferrin
- transferrin not bound to iron is called apotransferrin.
- holotransferrin includes a molecule in which one molecule of apotransferrin and one iron ion are bound, and a molecule in which one molecule of apotransferrin and two iron ions are bound.
- the concentration of holotransferrin contained in the medium is not particularly limited as long as a desired effect such as enhancement of neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells can be achieved, 0.01 to 100 ⁇ g / ml, preferably 0.1 to 6.5 ⁇ g / ml, more preferably 0.1 to 5 ⁇ g / ml.
- a nucleic acid sequence encoding human transferrin includes NM_001063 (NCBI Accession No.), and an amino acid sequence of human transferrin includes, but is not limited to, NP_001054.
- a commercially available reagent Sigma Aldrich
- the medium of the present invention may contain a growth factor (for example, EGF: 10 to 100 ng / mL, bFGF: 10 to 100 ng / ml, etc.) used for subculture of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells. .
- a growth factor for example, EGF: 10 to 100 ng / mL, bFGF: 10 to 100 ng / ml, etc.
- the medium of the present invention may contain a fatty acid.
- Fatty acids contained in the medium of the present invention include oleic acid, linoleic acid, ⁇ -linolenic acid, ⁇ -linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidonic acid, icosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, butyric acid, acetic acid, palmitoleic acid, Herbic acid (valeric acid), caproic acid, enanthic acid (heptylic acid), caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, pentadecylic acid, margaric acid, xenoic acid, eleostearic acid, arachidic acid, 8, Examples thereof include, but are not limited to, 11-eicosadienoic acid, 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid,
- the medium of the present invention contains sodium bicarbonate, selenium, transferrin, insulin, bFGF and 2-aminoethanol in a basal medium that does not contain selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acids (eg, L-glutamine, asparagine, or aspartic acid).
- selected neuronal differentiation-related amino acids eg, L-glutamine, asparagine, or aspartic acid.
- the pH of the medium of the present invention is preferably about 5.0 to about 8.5, more preferably about 6.0 to about 8.0.
- the medium is preferably subjected to sterilization such as filtration sterilization using a membrane filter or the like.
- the form of the medium of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect of the present invention can be obtained, and can be prepared, for example, as a liquid medium, a semi-fluid medium, and a solid medium. Moreover, you may prepare the culture medium of this invention as a powder form. By preparing the powder form, transportation and storage can be extremely easy. Such a powdered medium can be easily converted into a liquid medium by adding sterilized water or the like immediately before use and sterilizing with a membrane filter or the like as necessary.
- the medium of the present invention can be used for any culture method such as adhesion culture, suspension culture, embedded culture, tissue culture and the like.
- the present invention includes culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium of the present invention described above, and culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- a method also referred to herein as the culture method of the present invention is provided.
- the culture method of the present invention is preferably a method for producing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells having enhanced neural differentiation ability.
- the concentration of one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid in the medium is By reducing the concentration to “not included” and then culturing, the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells can be enhanced.
- the present invention can also be regarded as a method for enhancing the neural differentiation ability of such neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- the concentration of the selected nerve differentiation-related amino acid can be reduced by switching the medium used for culture from a medium containing the selected nerve differentiation-related amino acid at a predetermined concentration to the medium of the present invention.
- the medium before switching is diluted about 10-fold. If the medium is exchanged by a normal operation, the amount of the medium before the exchange is estimated to be about 1/100 volume at most. For example, the medium after switching is immediately after the medium switching to several hours later. By substituting with, it is estimated that the medium containing the neuronal differentiation-related amino acid is diluted at least about 1,000 times.
- general maintenance media for pluripotent stem cells and neural stem cells include L-glutamine of about 0.3 to 3.0 mM, L-asparagine of about 0.05 to 1.0 mM, L -Aspartic acid is contained in an amount of about 0.05 to 1.0 mM. Therefore, for example, neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are maintained and cultured in a medium containing L-glutamine at a concentration of 0.3 to 3.0 mM, and the medium is substantially free of L-glutamine.
- the L-glutamine concentration is from 0.3 to 3.0 mM, for example, 100 ⁇ M or less, preferably 10 ⁇ M or less, more preferably 100 nM or less, even more preferably. Is 1 nM or less, and is most preferably reduced to 0 nM to enhance the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells. Further, for example, neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are maintained and cultured in a medium containing L-asparagine at a concentration of 0.1 to 1.0 mM, and the medium is substantially free of L-asparagine.
- the L-asparagine concentration is from 0.1 to 1.0 mM, for example, 10 ⁇ M or less, preferably 100 nM or less, more preferably 1 nM or less. Preferably, it is reduced to 0 nM to enhance the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells. Further, neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are maintained and cultured in a medium containing L-aspartic acid at a concentration of 0.1 to 1.0 mM, and the medium is substantially free of L-aspartic acid.
- the L-aspartic acid concentration is from 0.1 to 1.0 mM, for example, 10 ⁇ M or less, preferably 100 nM or less, more preferably 1 nM or less. Most preferably, it is reduced to 0 nM to enhance the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells used in the culture method of the present invention are preferably isolated. “Isolation” means that an operation to remove a target component or a factor other than cells has been performed, and the state existing in nature has been removed.
- the purity of “isolated neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” is usually 70% or more, preferably 80% or more, more preferably Is 90% or more, more preferably 99% or more, and most preferably 100%.
- the concentration of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium is not particularly limited as long as it has a desired effect, but is usually 5 ⁇ 10 3 to 10 5 cells / cm 3 , preferably 10 4 to 3 ⁇ 10 4 pieces / cm 3 .
- the culture conditions in the culture method of the present invention are not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved, except that the medium of the present invention is used, and normal neural stem cells and / or nerves are used depending on the purpose of the culture. Culture conditions used for culturing progenitor cells can be appropriately employed.
- the incubator used for culturing the cells is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved.
- Flask, tissue culture flask, dish, petri dish, tissue culture dish, multi-dish examples thereof include a microplate, a microwell plate, a multiplate, a multiwell plate, a microslide, a chamber slide, a petri dish, a tube, a tray, a culture bag, and a roller bottle.
- the incubator used for cell culture may be cell-adhesive or non-cell-adhesive, and is appropriately selected according to the purpose.
- the cell-adhesive incubator is coated with any cell-supporting substrate such as an extracellular matrix (ECM) or an artificial material that mimics their functions for the purpose of improving the adhesion with cells on the surface of the incubator. Can be.
- ECM extracellular matrix
- the culture temperature is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved, but is about 30 to 40 ° C., preferably about 37 ° C.
- the CO 2 concentration is about 1-10%, preferably about 2-5%.
- the oxygen concentration is usually 1 to 40%, but is appropriately selected depending on the culture conditions.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells can be cultured by a method known per se such as adhesion culture, suspension culture, tissue culture and the like.
- the period for culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the culture method of the present invention is usually 2 days or more, preferably, as long as a desired effect such as enhancement of neural differentiation ability can be achieved. Is 4 days or longer, more preferably 8 days or longer.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells may be dispersed by a method known per se. Examples of the method for dispersing the cells include treatment with a chelating agent (eg, EDTA), an enzyme (eg, trypsin, collagenase) and the like, and mechanical dispersion (eg, pipetting).
- the present invention cultivates neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the above-mentioned medium of the present invention, followed by differentiation induction culture into neural cells.
- a method for producing a nerve cell also referred to herein as the method for producing a nerve cell of the present invention.
- the nerve cell population means a population of cells including nerve cells.
- the neural cell population can include cells other than neural cells.
- the nerve cell population is not particularly limited as long as it includes nerve cells, but usually 1% or more, preferably 5% or more, more preferably 20% or more, and further preferably 40% or more of the cells in the cell population are nerve cells. It is.
- the nerve cell production method of the present invention By using the nerve cell production method of the present invention, it becomes possible to produce many nerve cells with high efficiency in a short period of time. Further, the neuronal cell population obtained by the method for producing neuronal cells of the present invention has a low proportion of proliferating cells contained in the neuronal cell population, and therefore has a low risk of tumorigenesis when used for cell transplantation therapy. Therefore, the nerve cell produced by the nerve cell production method of the present invention can be suitably used for transplantation treatment.
- the nerve cell production method of the present invention includes the following steps: (I) culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium of the present invention to obtain neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with enhanced neural cell differentiation ability; (II) Culturing the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells obtained in step (I) with enhanced neural differentiation ability under conditions for inducing neural differentiation to obtain a neural cell population.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are cultured in the medium of the present invention for a period sufficient for enhancing the ability of neural differentiation (for example, 2 days or more, preferably 4 days or more, more preferably 8 days or more). ) It can be achieved by culturing.
- Other culture conditions are in accordance with the description of the culture method of the present invention.
- the nerve cell differentiation induction conditions in the step (II) are not particularly limited as long as differentiation of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells into nerve cells can be achieved, and culture conditions used for induction of differentiation into desired nerve cells. Can be adopted as appropriate.
- Examples of neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell adhesion culture methods include Flanagan LA et al., J Neurosci Res. 2006 Apr; 83 (5): 845-56, Conti L et al., PLoS Biology. 2005 Sep; 3 (9): e283.
- Neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in suspension culture means culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in a non-adherent condition in a culture medium or a feeder cell (if used) in a medium.
- suspension culture methods of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells include the neurosphere method (Reynolds BA and Weiss S., Science, USA, 1992 Mar 27; 255 (5052): 1707-10.), Serum-free aggregation. Examples thereof include suspension culture methods (SFEB method, SFEBq method; Watanabe et al., Nature Neuroscience 8, 288-296 (2005)).
- the tissue culture of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells is a method of culturing a tissue containing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells as a tissue piece such as a slice or the entire tissue.
- a tissue culture of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells O'Rourke NA et al., Science. 1992 Oct 9; 258 (5080): 299-302. , Komuro H et al., Science. 1992 Aug 7; 257 (5071): 806-9. And the slice culture method described in the above.
- Neural cell differentiation inducing conditions are well known to those skilled in the art, and those skilled in the art can appropriately employ desired neuronal differentiation inducing conditions.
- the concentration of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium in step (II) is not particularly limited as long as it has the desired effect, but is usually 5 ⁇ 10 3 to 10 5 cells / cm 3 , preferably 10 4 to 3 ⁇ 10. 4 pieces / cm 3 .
- the culture conditions in the differentiation-inducing culture in step (II) are not particularly limited as long as a desired effect such as a reduction in the proportion of proliferating cells can be achieved, and a known culture method is appropriately selected according to the purpose of the culture. Can be adopted.
- the incubator used for culturing the cells is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved. Flask, tissue culture flask, dish, petri dish, tissue culture dish, Examples include multi-dish, micro-plate, micro-well plate, multi-plate, multi-well plate, micro-slide, chamber slide, petri dish, tube, tray, culture bag, and roller bottle.
- the incubator used for cell culture may be cell-adhesive or non-cell-adhesive, and is appropriately selected according to the purpose.
- the cell-adhesive incubator is coated with any cell-supporting substrate such as an extracellular matrix (ECM) or an artificial material that mimics their functions for the purpose of improving the adhesion with cells on the surface of the incubator. Can be.
- ECM extracellular matrix
- the culture temperature is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved, but is about 30 to 40 ° C., preferably about 37 ° C.
- the CO 2 concentration is about 1-10%, preferably about 2-5%.
- the oxygen concentration is usually 1 to 40%, but is appropriately selected depending on the culture conditions.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells can be cultured by a method known per se such as adhesion culture, suspension culture, tissue culture and the like.
- the period of culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells is not particularly limited as long as a desired effect such as production of nerve cells with reduced proliferation can be achieved.
- the culture is continued until nerve cells appear.
- the appearance of nerve cells can be confirmed by evaluating the expression of the above-mentioned nerve cell markers.
- the differentiation-inducing culture is performed by culturing neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells having enhanced neural differentiation ability in a differentiation-inducing medium.
- a differentiation induction medium used in the differentiation induction culture of step (II), neural stem cells and / or The period for culturing neural progenitor cells is usually 10 days or longer, preferably 21 days or longer, more preferably 60 days or longer.
- culturing in a differentiation-inducing medium it is usually replaced with a fresh medium once every three days, preferably once every two days.
- a differentiation-inducing medium in step (II), it is preferable to disperse neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells and subject the dispersed cells to differentiation-inducing culture.
- a differentiation-inducing medium it is preferable to use a cell-adhesive container in step (II).
- the composition of the differentiation-inducing medium used in step (II) is not particularly limited as long as it can achieve differentiation of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells into neural cells, and a known neural cell differentiation-inducing medium may be used. it can. It is preferable that the differentiation-inducing medium does not contain substances that maintain the undifferentiation of neural stem cells such as EGF and bFGF.
- the differentiation induction medium used in step (II) may be prepared using a medium usually used for culturing mammalian cells as a basal medium.
- the basal medium is not particularly limited as long as the desired effect can be achieved.
- BME medium, BGJb medium, CMRL 1066 medium, Glasgow MEM medium, Improved MEM Zinc Option medium, IMDM medium, Medium 199 medium, Eagle MEM medium , ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, F-12 medium, DMEM / F12 medium, IMDM / F12 medium, ham medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, or a mixed medium thereof can be used for culturing animal cells.
- a medium can be mentioned.
- the differentiation-inducing medium used in step (II) is preferably a chemically defined medium (CDM) in which the components are chemically determined from the viewpoint of avoiding mixing of chemically undecided components.
- the differentiation-inducing medium is preferably a serum-free medium from the viewpoint of avoiding contamination with chemically undecided components.
- the “serum-free medium” in the present invention means a medium that does not contain unconditioned or unpurified serum.
- a medium containing a purified blood-derived component or animal tissue-derived component is also included in the serum-free medium unless it contains unconditioned or unpurified serum.
- the serum-free medium may contain a serum replacement.
- serum substitutes include those that appropriately contain serum albumin, fatty acids, non-essential amino acids, transferrin, collagen precursors, trace elements, 2-mercaptoethanol or 3 ′ thiolglycerol, or equivalents thereof. Can do.
- a serum replacement can be prepared, for example, by the method described in WO98 / 30679.
- a commercially available product may be used as a serum substitute.
- Such commercially available serum substitutes include, for example, Knockout TM Serum Replacement (manufactured by Life Technologies: hereinafter, also referred to as KSR), Glutamax TM (manufactured by Life Technologies Ligonidics), and Chemically-defined Technologies. Manufactured), B27 (Life Technologies), N2 (Life Technologies), but are not limited thereto.
- the differentiation-inducing medium used in step (II) may further contain a medium additive.
- Medium additives include vitamins, proteins such as cytokines and growth factors, L-ascorbic acid, magnesium L-ascorbyl phosphate, sodium pyruvate, 2-aminoethanol, glucose, sodium bicarbonate, HEPES, insulin, progesterone, Examples include, but are not limited to, sodium selenate and putrescine.
- the additive is preferably contained within a concentration range known per se.
- the differentiation-inducing medium used in step (II) may contain L-glutamine, L-asparagine and L-aspartic acid.
- the differentiation-inducing medium used in step (II) may contain a fatty acid.
- Fatty acids contained in the differentiation induction medium include oleic acid, linoleic acid, ⁇ -linolenic acid, ⁇ -linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidonic acid, icosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, butyric acid, acetic acid, palmitoleic acid, valeric acid (Valeric acid), caproic acid, enanthic acid (heptylic acid), caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, pentadecylic acid, margaric acid, xenoic acid, eleostearic acid, arachidic acid, 8,11 -Eicosadienoic acid, 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, ner
- the pH of the differentiation induction medium is preferably about 5.0 to about 8.5, more preferably about 6.0 to about 8.0.
- the medium is preferably subjected to sterilization such as filtration sterilization using a membrane filter or the like.
- the differentiation-inducing medium is based on DMEM / F12 medium, transferrin, Glutamax, B27 supplement, N2 supplement, glucose, sodium bicarbonate, HEPES, insulin, progesterone, sodium selenide and putrescine including.
- the period for culturing the cells in step (II) is not particularly limited as long as differentiation induction into nerve cells can be achieved, but usually 10 days or more, preferably 21 days or more, more Preferably it is 60 days or more.
- Step (II) may be differentiated into a specific type of nerve cell.
- the method for producing a nerve cell of the present invention may further comprise a step (III) of isolating a nerve cell from a nerve cell population following the steps (I) and (II).
- Isolation of nerve cells from the nerve cell population can be performed by a method known per se. Examples of methods for isolating nerve cells from a population of nerve cells include a method of isolating by flow cytometry using an antibody against an extracellular antigen that exists specifically for a desired nerve cell, and a desired nerve cell-specific presence. Examples include, but are not limited to, isolation using microbeads to which antibodies against extracellular antigens are bound. Isolation of neuronal cell populations can also be achieved by removing neural progenitor cells and neural stem cells that are expected to be contaminated.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells with enhanced neural differentiation ability The present invention provides neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells (neural stem cells and / or neural progenitors of the present invention) obtained by the culture method of the present invention. Cell).
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells of the present invention have enhanced neural differentiation ability.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells of the present invention are cultured for 2 days or longer, preferably 4 days or longer, more preferably 8 days or longer in the medium of the present invention. Can be obtained. Other culture conditions are in accordance with the description of the culture method of the present invention.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells of the present invention are preferably isolated. “Isolation” means that an operation to remove a target component or a factor other than cells has been performed, and the state existing in nature has been removed.
- the purity of “isolated neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” is usually 70% or more, preferably 80% or more, more preferably Is 90% or more, more preferably 99% or more, and most preferably 100%.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells of the present invention can be provided in a cryopreserved state.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells of the present invention can be cryopreserved, and can be used after thawing and sleeping as needed.
- a cell cryopreservation method known per se can be used.
- dimethyl sulfoxide is added to the composition of the present invention, and the neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell of the present invention is added under the conditions of ⁇ 80 to ⁇ 200 ° C., preferably ⁇ 196 ° C. (in liquid nitrogen). save.
- Neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell culture preparation The present invention includes a neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell culture preparation (of the present invention) comprising the medium of the present invention and the neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell. Culture preparation).
- the neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell in the culture preparation of the present invention is a living and proliferating cell.
- the neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the culture preparation of the present invention are preferably isolated. “Isolation” means that an operation to remove a target component or a factor other than cells has been performed, and the state existing in nature has been removed.
- the purity of “isolated neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells” is usually 70% or more, preferably 80% or more, more preferably Is 90% or more, more preferably 99% or more, and most preferably 100%.
- neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells are present in the medium of the present invention.
- the culture preparation of the present invention is a suspension of neural stem cells and / or neural progenitor cells in the medium of the present invention.
- the culture preparation of the present invention may be enclosed in a suitable container.
- the culture preparation of the present invention is useful for carrying out the culture method of the present invention.
- the culture preparation of the present invention can be provided in a cryopreserved state.
- the culture preparation of the present invention can be stored frozen, and can be used after thawing and sleeping as necessary.
- a cell cryopreservation method known per se can be used.
- dimethyl sulfoxide is added to the culture preparation of the present invention, and the culture preparation of the present invention is stored under conditions of ⁇ 80 to ⁇ 200 ° C., preferably ⁇ 196 ° C. (in liquid nitrogen).
- Example 1 Method for culturing neural stem cells in medium substantially free of glutamine
- LtNES cells Long-term self-renewing neuro epithelial-like cell cells (hereinafter referred to as “LtNES cells”) induction method EB (embryoid body) from iPS cells Transfer medium (final concentration 0.5-10 ⁇ g / mL), ethanolamine (final concentration 5-50 ⁇ M), human in a medium corresponding to the composition obtained by removing ascorbic acid and transferrin from E6 medium (Life Technologies or STEMCELL Technologies) The cells were cultured for 4 days in a medium supplemented with serum albumin (final concentration 0.1 to 5 mg / mL).
- serum albumin final concentration 0.1 to 5 mg / mL
- EB was seeded on a dish coated with poly-L-ornithine (PO) and cultured in the above medium for about 10 days to confirm that a Rosette-like structure was formed.
- PO poly-L-ornithine
- the Rosette portion was cut out, and suspension culture was performed for about 7 days in the above medium as a neurosphere.
- Neurospheres were dispersed in trypsin / EDTA and cultured in RHB-A medium on a PO / laminin-coated dish to prepare LtNES cells.
- LtNES cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells were suspended in a Full medium to prepare a cell suspension. A 1/10 amount of the cell suspension was added to the Full medium or ⁇ Gln medium, and the cells were cultured at 37 ° C. in a 5% CO 2 environment. In order to reduce the carry-in of the medium before the replacement, the medium was changed 2 hours after the start of the culture, and the culture was further continued. For this reason, it is estimated that the medium before exchange is diluted at least about 1,000 times. For passage of LtNES cells, incubation was performed at 37 ° C. for 1 minute in TrypLE Select, diluted with a medium, and then pipetted to obtain single cells.
- FIG. 1A shows a microscope image of neural stem cells after 4 days of culture. Neural stem cells cultured in ⁇ Gln medium for 4 days showed the same morphology as neural stem cells cultured in Full medium.
- Example 2 Verification of the effect of promoting the induction of nervous system cells
- a differentiation induction experiment was performed.
- neural stem cells were induced from iPS cells, and cultured for 4 days in an L-glutamine-free medium ( ⁇ Gln medium) or a control medium (Full medium). After the culture, TrypLE Select was added instead of the medium, and the cells were dispersed at 37 ° C. for 1 minute.
- TrypLE Select was diluted with a medium, pipetting was performed, and seeding was carried out at 1.5 ⁇ 10 5 cells / well in a 48-well plate coated with poly-L-ornithine / fibronectin.
- the cells were cultured for 21 days from Day 4 to Day 25 in a differentiation induction medium supplemented with 1 ⁇ N2 supplement (Life Technologies) and 1 ⁇ B27 supplement (Life Technologies) in DMEM / F-12 (Life Technologies) containing L-glutamine.
- the cells were cultured in an incubator at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 atmosphere. The medium was changed once every two days.
- the cells after differentiation induction were shown to contain differentiated neurons that were ⁇ III tubulin positive. Neural stem cells cultured in ⁇ Gln medium produced more differentiated neural cells than neural stem cells cultured in Full medium. Therefore, it was shown that ⁇ Gln medium has an action of promoting differentiation of neural stem cells.
- FIG. 1D The qPCR results are shown in FIG. 1D.
- neurons derived from neural stem cells cultured with L-glutamine in ⁇ Gln medium the expression of synapsin 1 as a neuronal cell marker and NeuroD1 as a neuronal progenitor cell marker was enhanced.
- Example 3 Verification of inhibitory effect on proliferation of nerve cells
- 4 stem cells were cultured in a control medium (Full medium) or an L-glutamine-free medium ( ⁇ Gln medium). Cultured for days. The cultured cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde phosphate buffer at room temperature for 20 minutes. The fixed cells were washed with PBS (Phosphate buffered saline), then incubated in ethanol at room temperature for 5 minutes and air-dried. Thereafter, the cells were stained with a 0.4% crystal violet methanol solution (Wako Pure Chemicals: 038-04862) for 20 minutes and washed with pure water.
- PBS Phosphate buffered saline
- Crystal violet was eluted by adding 350 ⁇ L of 1% SDS aqueous solution and shaking for 20 minutes, and the number of cells was quantified by measuring the 570 nm absorbance of the eluate with a microplate reader SH-9000 (Corona Electric). It was. The results are shown in FIG. 1B.
- the number of neural stem cells when cultured in ⁇ Gln medium for 4 days was less than when cultured in Full medium. Therefore, ⁇ Gln medium was shown to suppress the proliferation of neural stem cells.
- Example 4 Verification of the proliferation effect of neural stem cells
- neural stem cells were cultured for 4 days in a control medium (Full medium) or an L-glutamine-free medium ( ⁇ Gln medium). . Thereafter, the cells were cultured until the 20th day (total 5 passages), and the number of cells was measured on the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th and 20th days of the culture. The result is shown in FIG. 1E.
- the number of neural stem cells cultured in ⁇ Gln medium showed linear proliferation (FIG. 1E).
- Example 5 Analysis of amino acids in culture medium
- neural stem cells were cultured for 4 days or more in a control medium (Full medium) or an L-glutamine-free medium ( ⁇ Gln medium).
- the cultured cells were lysed and collected using ice-cold methanol after removing the medium.
- Intracellular amino acid content, keto acid and organic acid content for TCA cycle were analyzed. The analysis procedures for amino acids, keto acids, and organic acids are shown below.
- ⁇ Amino acid analysis procedure> Collect 10 ⁇ L of the derivatization reaction sample of the sample solution, add 10 ⁇ L of the internal standard solution, shake 60 ⁇ L of Aminotag Wako APDS Tag Wako borate buffer solution (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) and shake the aminotag Wako amino acid analysis reagent ( LC / MS) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 20 ⁇ L was added and shaken vigorously. Then, it heated at 55 degreeC for 10 minute (s) using the block heater. After cooling, 400 ⁇ L of the diluted solution was added to the reaction solution and shaken to prepare an analytical sample.
- the analysis sample of the derivatization reaction solution uses a mixture of Aminotag Wako APDS Tag Wako eluent (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries) as the mobile phase A, a mixture of 600 ⁇ L of acetonitrile and 400 ⁇ L of water as the B phase, and a C8 column as the stationary phase.
- Amino Tag Wako APDS Tag Wako amino acid internal standard mixed solution (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical) No. 650 ⁇ l of No. 1 was collected.
- Analytical apparatus As an analytical apparatus, API4000 LC / MS / MS system (manufactured by AB SCIEX) was used. The results are shown in FIG. The intracellular amino acid content of cells cultured in ⁇ Gln medium changed, and a significant increase was observed for glycine, alanine, serine, threonine, and asparagine. Significant decreases were observed for glutamine, glutamic acid and aspartic acid.
- ⁇ Keto acid analysis procedure> Preparation of derivatization reagent solution 10 mg of O- (2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl) -hydroxylamine was dissolved in 1 mL of a 0.1% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and acetonitrile mixed in equal parts. A reagent solution was obtained. Derivatization reaction of the sample solution 20 ⁇ L of the sample solution was placed in the reaction vial, 20 ⁇ L of the derivatization reagent solution was added, and after stirring well, the derivatization reaction was performed by leaving it in ice water for 30 minutes.
- the analytical mobile phase of the derivatization reaction solution is 25 mM formic acid aqueous solution for liquid A, acetonitrile is used for liquid B, and a Ph column is used for the stationary phase.
- the analytical sample is introduced into the LC / MS / MS system, and the mass corresponding to each keto acid. Detected by number.
- Analytical apparatus As an analytical apparatus, API4000 LC / MS / MS system (manufactured by AB SCIEX) was used. ⁇ Quantitative procedure for organic acid> Preparation of derivatizing reagent solution 10 mg of 3-picolylamine was dissolved in DMSO solution containing 5% triethylamine to a concentration of 200 mM to obtain a derivatizing reagent solution. Preparation of condensing agent solution 4- (4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) -4-methylmorpholinium hydrochloride was dissolved in DMSO to a concentration of 50 mM to obtain a condensing agent solution. .
- Example 6 Verification of the presence or absence of cell death in cultured cells of L-glutamine-removed medium
- a control medium Ferl medium
- an L-glutamine-free medium ⁇ Gln medium
- Neural stem cells were cultured for 4 days.
- the cultured cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde phosphate buffer for 20 minutes at room temperature.
- the fixed cells were washed with PBS, and then immunostained with an antibody against cleaved caspase-3 as an apoptosis marker and Hoechst 33342 as a nuclear stain. The results are shown in FIG.
- Example 7 Verification of nerve differentiation promoting effect by each non-essential amino acid-removing medium
- Each essential amino acid (glutamine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, alanine, glycine, serine or proline) was removed from the Full medium described in Example 1.
- a medium having the composition described above was prepared.
- neural stem cells were induced from iPS cells and cultured in each non-essential amino acid-removed medium or full medium for 8-12 days. After the culture, TrypLE Select was added instead of the medium, and the cells were dispersed at 37 ° C. for 1 minute.
- Table 1 shows the results of quantifying the neurite length of ⁇ III tubulin-positive cells by image analysis.
- the symbols in Table 1 indicate the relative average neurite length when the control (Full) is 1, as ++:> 1.5, +: 1.5 to 0.3, ⁇ : 0.3>. It was.
- a medium containing no glutamine, a medium containing no aspartic acid, and a medium containing no asparagine showed an effect of enhancing the neural differentiation ability of neural stem cells.
- ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION it becomes possible to enhance the neural differentiation ability of a neural stem cell and / or a neural progenitor cell, and can reduce the human cost and monetary cost concerning neural stem cell and / or neural progenitor cell culture. .
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非特許文献1には、血球系の細胞であるヒト赤白血病細胞株K562細胞をグルタミン不含培地で培養した際に、赤血球への分化が促進されることが記載されている。
また非特許文献2には、ラットのグリオーマ細胞であるC6グリオーマ細胞をグルタミン不含培地で培養すると、オリゴデンドロサイト様の細胞への分化が促進されることが記載されている。
(1)L-グルタミンを実質的に含まない、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞培養用培地。
(2)L-グルタミン濃度が100μM以下である、(1)に記載の培地。
(3)L-グルタミンを含まない、(1)又は(2)に記載の培地。
(4)ホロトランスフェリンを含む、(1)~(3)のいずれかに記載の培地。
(5)L-トリプトファン、L-リジン、L-メチオニン、L-フェニルアラニン、L-スレオニン、L-バリン、L-ロイシン、L-イソロイシン及びL-ヒスチジンを含む、(1)~(4)のいずれかに記載の培地。
(6)神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の神経分化能を亢進するための培地である、(1)~(5)のいずれかに記載の培地。
(7)無血清培地である、(1)~(6)のいずれかに記載の培地。
(8)(1)~(7)のいずれかに記載の培地中で、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養することを含む、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の培養方法。
(9)神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を製造するための方法である、(8)記載の方法。
(10)培養期間が4日以上である、(8)又は(9)記載の方法。
(11)以下の工程を含む神経細胞の作製方法:
(I)(1)~(7)のいずれかに記載の培地中で神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養し、神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を得ること;
(II)工程(I)で得た神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を、神経細胞分化誘導条件下で培養し、神経細胞集団を得ること。
(12)(9)の方法により得られる、神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞。
(13)神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞、及び(1)~(7)のいずれかに記載の培地を含んでなる、培養調製物。
本明細書中、神経幹細胞とは、神経系細胞(神経細胞及びグリア細胞(アストロサイト、オリゴデンドロサイトなど)、並びにそれらの前駆細胞)への複分化能(multipotency)を維持し、自己複製能を有する未分化な細胞を意味する。具体的には、神経幹細胞とは、神経細胞及びグリア細胞(アストロサイト、オリゴデンドロサイトなど)を最終的に生み出す能力を有し、かつ、初期化などの特別な操作を加えない限りにおいて、表皮系細胞、血球系細胞、筋肉細胞等の神経系以外の細胞を実質的に生み出さない細胞である。実質的に生み出さないとは、神経幹細胞の生み出す細胞のうち、90%以上が、神経細胞及びグリア細胞(アストロサイト、オリゴデンドロサイトなど)、並びにそれらの前駆細胞のいずれかである状態を指す。
また、神経幹細胞は、神経幹細胞で発現することが知られている遺伝子、その転写産物、タンパク質など(神経幹細胞マーカー)により確認することもできる。
神経幹細胞マーカーの例としては、細胞骨格タンパク質であるネスチン(Nestin;Science,276,66(1997))、SOX1(SRY(sex determining region Y)-box1)、SOX2(SRY(sex determining region Y)-box2)、Pax6(paired box 6)、Ki67、増殖細胞核抗原(PCNA)、脂肪酸結合タンパク質7(Fabp7、BLBPともいう)などが知られており、当業者は、これらのマーカーを適宜組み合わせて所望の神経幹細胞であることを確認することができる。
また、神経前駆細胞は、神経前駆細胞で発現することが知られている遺伝子、その転写産物、タンパク質など(神経前駆細胞マーカー)により確認することもできる。神経前駆細胞で発現する遺伝子としては、Tbr2、MASH1、ネスチン、NeuroD1等が挙げられるが、これらに限定されない。当業者は、これらのマーカーを適宜組み合わせて細胞が神経前駆細胞であることを確認することができる。
神経前駆細胞の例としては、SOX2陰性かつネスチン陽性である細胞が挙げられるが、これに限定されない。
神経細胞は、中枢神経系神経細胞及び末梢神経系神経細胞を包含する。神経細胞は、運動神経細胞であってもよく、感覚神経細胞であってもよく、介在神経細胞であってもよい。神経細胞の例としては、ドーパミン作動性神経細胞、ノルアドレナリン作動性神経細胞、アドレナリン作動性神経細胞、セロトニン作動性神経細胞、アセチルコリン作動性神経細胞、γアミノ酪酸作動性神経細胞、グルタミン酸作動性神経細胞などが挙げられるが、これらに限定されない。
分化した神経細胞のマーカーの例としては、MAP2(microtubule associated protein 2)、ニューロフィラメント、シナプシン1、βIIIチューブリン、NeuN(neuronal specific nuclear protein)、FOX3(Forkhead box protein)、カルビンジン、PSA-NCAM(polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule)、Doublecortin、Peripherin等が挙げられる。
神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞が産生する細胞が、神経細胞か否かは、例えば、上述のマーカーにより確認することができる。
本発明の培地は、L-グルタミン(2-アミノ-4-カルバモイル酪酸)、L-アスパラギン(2-アミノ-3-カルバモイルプロピオン酸)及びL-アスパラギン酸(2-アミノブタン二酸)からなる群より選択される1以上のアミノ酸(本明細書中、「神経分化関連アミノ酸」ともいう)を実質的に含まないことを特徴とする。
選択される「神経分化関連アミノ酸」は、1種(L-グルタミン、L-アスパラギン、又はL-アスパラギン酸)であってもよく(この場合、本発明の培地は他の2種の神経分化関連アミノ酸を含有し得る)、2種(L-グルタミン及びL-アスパラギンの組み合わせ、L-グルタミン及びL-アスパラギン酸の組み合わせ、又はL-アスパラギン及びL-アスパラギン酸の組み合わせ)であってもよく(この場合、培地は他の1種の神経分化関連アミノ酸を含有し得る)、3種全て(L-グルタミン、L-アスパラギン、及びL-アスパラギン酸)であってもよい。
一態様として、本発明は、L-グルタミン、L-アスパラギン及びL-アスパラギン酸からなる群より選択されるいずれか1種のアミノ酸を実質的に含まないことを特徴とする培地を提供する。該態様において、本発明の培地は、選択されない他の2種の神経分化関連アミノ酸のいずれか一方、又は両方を含んでいてもよい。
本明細書中、「L-アスパラギンを実質的に含まない」とは、培地中にL-アスパラギンのみならず、L-アスパラギンの代替用ジペプチド(例、L-アラニルL-アスパラギン)をも実質的に含まないことを意味する。
本明細書中、「L-アスパラギン酸を実質的に含まない」とは、培地中にL-アスパラギン酸のみならず、L-アスパラギン酸の代替用ジペプチド(例、L-アラニルL-アスパラギン酸)をも実質的に含まないことを意味する。
「L-アスパラギンを実質的に含まない培地」とは、該培地中のL-アスパラギン濃度(L-アスパラギンとL-アスパラギン代替用ジペプチドとの合計濃度)が、通常、10μM以下、好ましくは100nM以下、更に好ましくは1nM以下であり、最も好ましくは0nMである培地を指す。
「L-アスパラギン酸を実質的に含まない培地」とは、該培地中のL-アスパラギン酸濃度(L-アスパラギン酸とL-アスパラギン酸代替用ジペプチドとの合計濃度)が、通常、10μM以下、好ましくは100nM以下、更に好ましくは1nM以下であり、最も好ましくは0nMである培地を指す。
本明細書中、選択された神経分化関連アミノ酸を含まないとは、該神経分化関連アミノ酸の濃度が0nMであることを指す。
市販の多能性幹細胞培養用の基礎培地である、StemFit(登録商標)AK培地(味の素)、Essential 8培地(Life Technologies)、mTeSR1培地(STEMCELL Technologies)、TeSR2培地(STEMCELL Technologies)、RHB培地(StemCells,Inc.)、TeSRTM-E6(STEMCELL Technologies)、hESF-GRO培地(ニプロ株式会社)、HESF-DIF培地(ニプロ株式会社)、CSTI-7(株式会社細胞科学研究所)、Essential 6培地(Life Technologies)等の組成から、選択された神経分化関連アミノ酸を除去したものを基礎培地として調製することもできる。
L-ロイシン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-20mM;
L-リジン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは1-20mM;
L-フェニルアラニン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-10mM;
L-イソロイシン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-20mM;
L-スレオニン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-10mM;
L-ヒスチジン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-10mM
L-メチオニン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-5mM;
L-トリプトファン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.05-1mM;
L-バリン 0.005-100mM、好ましくは0.5-10mM。
本発明の培地が、L-グルタミン及び/又はL-アスパラギン酸を実質的に含まず、L-アスパラギンを含む場合、L-アスパラギンの培地中の濃度は、0.05-1.0mMであることが好ましい。
本発明の培地が、L-グルタミン及び/又はL-アスパラギンを実質的に含まず、L-アスパラギン酸を含む場合、L-アスパラギン酸の培地中の濃度は、0.05-1.0mMであることが好ましい。
本発明の培地は、さらに培地添加物を含有してもよい。培地添加物としては、ビタミン類、サイトカイン及び成長因子などのタンパク質、L-アスコルビン酸、リン酸L-アスコルビルマグネシウム、ピルビン酸ナトリウム、2-アミノエタノール(エタノールアミン)、グルコース、炭酸水素ナトリウム、HEPES、インスリン、プロゲステロン、セレン酸ナトリウム、プトレシン等が挙げられるが、これらに限定されない。添加物は自体公知の濃度範囲内で含まれることが好ましい。本発明の培地は、L-アスコルビン酸を含んでもよく、含まなくてもよい。
本発明の培地がホロトランスフェリンを含む場合、培地に含まれるホロトランスフェリンの濃度は、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の神経分化能の亢進等の所望の効果を達成し得る限り特に制限されないが、0.01~100μg/ml、好ましくは0.1~6.5μg/ml、さらに好ましくは0.1~5μg/mlである。
ヒトトランスフェリンをコードする核酸配列としてはNM_001063(NCBI Accession No.)が、ヒトトランスフェリンのアミノ酸配列としてはNP_001054が挙げられるが、これらに限定されない。
ホロトランスフェリンは、市販の試薬(Sigma Aldrich)を用いることもできる。
本発明は、上記本発明の培地中で神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養することを含む、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の培養方法(本明細書中、本発明の培養方法ともいう)を提供する。
細胞接着性の培養器は、培養器の表面の細胞との接着性を向上させる目的で、細胞外マトリックス(ECM)等の任意の細胞支持用基質又はそれらの機能をミミックする人工物でコーティングされたものであり得る。
神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を継代する場合、自体公知の方法により神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を分散処理してもよい。細胞を分散処理する方法の例としては、キレート剤(例、EDTA)や酵素(例、トリプシン、コラゲナーゼ)等による処理、機械的な分散(例、ピペッティング)などの操作が挙げられる。
本発明は、上記本発明の培地中で神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養し、続いて神経細胞への分化誘導培養を行い神経細胞集団を得ることを特徴とする、神経細胞作製方法(本明細書中、本発明の神経細胞作製方法ともいう)を提供する。
(I)本発明の培地中で神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養し、神経細胞分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を得ること;
(II)工程(I)で得た神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を、神経細胞分化誘導条件下で培養し、神経細胞集団を得ること。
細胞接着性の培養器は、培養器の表面の細胞との接着性を向上させる目的で、細胞外マトリックス(ECM)等の任意の細胞支持用基質又はそれらの機能をミミックする人工物でコーティングされたものであり得る。
分化誘導培地を用いる場合、工程(II)において、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を分散処理し、分散処理した細胞を分化誘導培養に付すことが好ましい。分化誘導培地を用いる場合、工程(II)は、細胞接着性の容器を用いることが好ましい。
分化誘導培地は、EGF及びbFGF等の神経幹細胞の未分化性を維持する物質を含まないことが好ましい。
神経細胞集団からの神経細胞の単離は、自体公知の方法により行うことができる。
神経細胞集団から神経細胞を単離する方法の例としては、所望の神経細胞特異的に存在する細胞外抗原に対する抗体を用いてフローサイトメトリーにより単離する方法、所望の神経細胞特異的に存在する細胞外抗原に対する抗体を結合させたマイクロビーズにより単離する方法等が挙げられるが、これらに限定されない。
神経細胞集団の単離は、混入が予測される神経前駆細胞及び神経幹細胞を除去することによっても達成され得る。
本発明は、上記本発明の培養方法によって得られる、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞(本発明の神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞)を提供する。
本発明の神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞は、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を本発明の培地中で、通常は、2日以上、好ましくは4日以上、より好ましくは8日以上培養することにより得ることができる。その他の培養条件は、本発明の培養方法の記載に準ずる。
本発明は、上記本発明の培地及び神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を含む、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞培養調製物(本発明の培養調製物)を提供する。
(1)Long-term self-renewing neuro epithelial-like stem cells(以下LtNES細胞)誘導法
iPS細胞よりEB(embryoid body)を形成させ、E6培地(Life TechnologiesまたはSTEMCELL Technologies)からアスコルビン酸及びトランスフェリンを除いた組成に相当する培地にトランスフェリン(終濃度0.5~10μg/mL)、エタノールアミン(終濃度5~50μM)、ヒト血清アルブミン(終濃度0.1~5mg/mL)を添加した培地中にて、4日間培養した。ポリ-L-オルニチン(PO)コートしたdishにEBを播種し、上記培地中で10日程度培養し、Rosette様の構造が形成されることを確認した。Rosette部分をくり抜き、ニューロスフィアとして上記培地中で浮遊培養を7日程度行った。ニューロスフィアをトリプシン/EDTAにて分散し、PO/ラミニンコートしたdish上でRHB-A培地中にて培養し、LtNES細胞を作成した。
E6培地(Life TechnologiesまたはSTEMCELL Technologies)からアスコルビン酸、トランスフェリン及びL-グルタミンを除いた組成に相当する培地に、トランスフェリン(終濃度0.5~10μg/mL)、エタノールアミン(終濃度5~50μM)、ヒト血清アルブミン(終濃度0.1~5mg/mL)、20ng/mL bFGFを添加して、L-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)を作製した。また、Lグルタミン(0.3-3.0mM)を含有すること以外は、ΔGln培地と組成が同一な対照培地(Full培地)を作製した。
ヒト多能性幹細胞より誘導したLtNES細胞をFull培地に懸濁し、細胞懸濁液を作製した。Full培地又はΔGln培地に対して1/10量の該細胞懸濁液を加え、37℃、5%CO2環境下で培養を行った。交換前の培地の持ち込みを減らすため、培養開始2時間後に培地交換を実施し、さらに培養を続けた。このため、交換前の培地は少なくとも1,000倍程度には希釈されていると見積もられる。LtNES細胞の継代には、TrypLE Select内で、37℃、1分間インキュベートを行い、培地で希釈し、その後ピペッティングを行い、単一の細胞とした。1.5x105cells/well(6well plate)で上記培地中に分散させた細胞を播種し37℃、5%CO2環境下で培養を行った。細胞数測定は、トリパンブルー(Life Technologies)による死細胞染色を行った上で、血球計算盤で行った。
培養4日後の神経幹細胞の顕微鏡像を図1Aに示す。ΔGln培地中で4日間培養した神経幹細胞は、Full培地で培養した神経幹細胞と同様の形態を示した。
L-グルタミン不含培地で培養した細胞の分化能を検証するため、分化誘導実験を行った。
実施例1と同様に、iPS細胞より神経幹細胞を誘導し、L-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)又は対照培地(Full培地)中で4日間培養を行った。
培養後、培地の代わりにTrypLE Selectを添加し、37℃、1分間インキュベートして細胞分散処理を行った。TrypLE Selectを培地で希釈後、ピペッティングを行い、ポリLオルニチン/フィブロネクチンでコートした48ウェルプレートに1.5x105cells/wellで播種した。L-グルタミンを含むDMEM/F-12(Life Technologies)に、1xN2サプリメント(Life Technologies)、1xB27サプリメント(Life Technologies)を添加した分化誘導培地中でDay4~Day25までの21日間培養した。細胞の培養は、37℃、5%CO2雰囲気下のインキュベーター内で行った。培地交換は2日に一度行った。
分化誘導培養後の細胞からRNAを抽出し、cDNAに転写後、qPCRを行い、Neuro D1(Neurogenic differentiation 1)、synapsin 1の発現強度を測定した。また、分化誘導培養後の細胞を固定し、神経細胞マーカーであるβIIIチューブリンに対する抗体を用いた蛍光抗体法により免疫染色を行った。
免疫染色の結果を図1Cに示す。分化誘導後の細胞には、βIIIチューブリン陽性である分化した神経細胞が含まれていることが示された。ΔGln培地で培養した神経幹細胞は、Full培地中で培養した神経幹細胞より、多くの分化した神経細胞を産生した。従って、ΔGln培地は、神経幹細胞の分化促進作用を有することが示された。
qPCRの結果を図1Dに示す。L-グルタミンをΔGln培地で培養した神経幹細胞から誘導された神経細胞中では、神経細胞マーカーであるSynapsin1、及び神経前駆細胞マーカーであるNeuroD1の発現が亢進していた。
実施例1に記載の神経幹細胞培養方法に従って、対照培地(Full培地)又はL-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)中で、神経幹細胞を4日間培養した。培養した細胞を、4%-パラホルムアルデヒドりん酸緩衝液によって室温で20分間固定した。固定した細胞はPBS(Phosphate buffered saline)で洗浄した後、エタノール中で室温にて5分間インキュベートし、風乾させた。その後、細胞を0.4%クリスタルバイオレットメタノール溶液(和光純薬:038-04862)で20分間染色し、純水で洗浄を行った。1%SDS水溶液を350μL加えて20分間振とうすることでクリスタルバイオレットを溶出し、溶出液の570nm吸光度をマイクロプレートリーダーSH―9000(コロナ電気社)で測定することにより、細胞数の定量を行った。
結果を図1Bに示す。ΔGln培地中で4日間培養した時の神経幹細胞の数は、Full培地中で培養した場合よりも少なかった。従って、ΔGln培地は、神経幹細胞の増殖を抑制することが示された。
実施例1に記載の神経幹細胞培養方法に従って、対照培地(Full培地)又はL-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)中で、神経幹細胞を4日間培養した。その後20日(total 5継代)まで培養し、培養4日目、8日目、12日目、16日目、20日目で細胞数の計測を行った。
結果を図1Eに示す。ΔGln培地中で培養した神経幹細胞の数は直線的な増殖を示した(図1E)。
実施例1に記載の神経幹細胞培養方法に従って、対照培地(Full培地)又はL-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)中で、神経幹細胞を4日間以上培養した。培養した細胞を、培地除去後氷冷メタノールを用いて溶解し、回収した。細胞内のアミノ酸量、TCAサイクルに関するケト酸及び有機酸量を分析した。以下に、アミノ酸、ケト酸、有機酸の分析手順を示す。
〈アミノ酸の分析手順〉
試料溶液の誘導体化反応
検体を10μL採取し、内標準溶液を10μL加え、アミノタグワコー APDSタグワコー用ホウ酸緩衝液(和光純薬製)を60μL入れ振とうし、さらにアミノタグワコー アミノ酸分析試薬(LC/MS用)(和光純薬製)を20μL加え激しく振とうした。
その後、ブロックヒーターを用いて55℃で10分間加熱した。冷却後、反応溶液に希釈液を400μL加え振とうし、分析試料とした。
誘導体化反応溶液の分析
試料は、移動相としてA液にアミノタグワコー APDSタグワコー用溶離液(和光純薬製)、B液にアセトニトリル600μLと水400μLを混合したものを用い、固定相にC8カラムを使用してLC-MS/MSシステムに導入し、各アミノ酸の質量数で検出した。
また内標準として、アミノタグワコー APDSタグワコー用アミノ酸内部標準混合液(和光純薬製)No.1を650μl採取し、No.2 50μLを添加し、50μM Put-d8と水を1:1:8の割合で混合した物を用いた。
分析装置
分析装置は、API4000 LC/MS/MSシステム(AB SCIEX製)を用いた。
結果を図2に示す。ΔGln培地中で培養した細胞の細胞内アミノ酸含有量が変化しており、グリシン、アラニン、セリン、スレオニン、アスパラギンに関して有意な上昇が観察された。またグルタミン、グルタミン酸、アスパラギン酸に関して有意な減少が観察された。
〈ケト酸の分析手順〉
誘導体化試薬溶液の調製
O‐(2,3,4,5,6-ペンタフルオロベンジル)-ヒドロキシルアミン10mgを0.1%水酸化ナトリウム水溶液とアセトニトリルを等量ずつ混合した溶液1mLに溶解し誘導体化試薬溶液とした。
試料溶液の誘導体化反応
反応バイアルに試料溶液20μLを入れ、誘導体化試薬溶液20μLを加え、よく撹拌した後、氷水中で30分間静置し誘導体化反応を行った。その後、アセトンとアセトニトリルを等量ずつ混合した溶液を10μL加え、誘導体化反応を停止させた。その後、0.1%水酸化ナトリウム水溶液とアセトニトリルを等量ずつ混合した溶液50μLを加え、希釈した溶液を分析試料とした。
誘導体化反応溶液の分析
移動相としてA液に25mMギ酸水溶液、B液にアセトニトリル、固定相にPhカラムを使用し、分析試料をLC/MS/MSシステムに導入し、各ケト酸に対応した質量数で検出した。
分析装置
分析装置は、API4000 LC/MS/MSシステム(AB SCIEX製)を用いた。
〈有機酸の定量手順〉
誘導体化試薬溶液の調製
3-ピコリルアミン10mgを5%のトリエチルアミンを含むDMSO溶液に200mMになるように溶解し誘導体化試薬溶液とした。
縮合剤溶液の調製
4-(4,6-ジメトキシ-1,3,5-トリアジン-2-イル)-4-メチルモルフォリニウム塩酸塩を50mMになるようにDMSOに溶解し縮合剤溶液とした。
内標準溶液の調製
各有機酸の安定同位体標識化合物の濃度が100μMになるように蒸留水に溶解し、内標準原液とした。各内標準原液を等量分取し、最終濃度が10μMになるように蒸留水を加え、内標準溶液とした。
試料溶液の誘導体化反応
反応バイアルに試料溶液100μLを入れ、内標準溶液10μLを加え、よく撹拌した後、ロータリーエバポレターで減圧乾固した。減圧乾固した試料に10μLの50%アセトニトリル溶液と15μLの誘導体化試薬溶液及び30μLの縮合剤溶液を加え、溶解した後、80℃で60分加熱し誘導体化を行った。反応溶液30μLをバイアルに分取し、50mMギ酸アンモニウム水溶液120μLを加え、希釈した溶液を分析試料とした。
誘導体化反応溶液の分析
移動相としてA液にpH6に調整した25mMギ酸アンモニウム水溶液、B液にアセトニトリル、固定相にC8カラムを使用し、分析試料をLC/MS/MSシステムに導入し、各有機酸に対応した質量数で検出した。
分析装置
分析装置は、API4000 LC/MS/MSシステム(AB SCIEX製)を用いた。
結果を図3に示す。ΔGln培地中で培養した細胞の細胞内のTCAサイクルに関連する有機酸含有量が変化しており、ピルビン酸に関して有意な上昇が観察された。またαケトグルタル酸、クエン酸、イソクエン酸、フマル酸、リンゴ酸に関して有意な減少が観察された。
実施例1に記載の神経幹細胞培養方法に従って、対照培地(Full培地)又はL-グルタミン不含培地(ΔGln培地)中で、神経幹細胞を4日間培養した。培養した細胞を、4%パラホルムアルデヒドりん酸緩衝液によって室温で20分間固定した。固定した細胞はPBSで洗浄した後、apoptosisマーカーであるcleaved caspase-3に対する抗体及び核染色剤であるHoechst33342を用いて免疫染色を行った。結果を図4に示す。
L-グルタミン不含培地中で培養した神経幹細胞(ΔGln)、及びL-グルタミン含有培地中で培養した神経幹細胞(Control)のいずれにおいても、アポトーシスはほとんど観察されなかった。培地中のL-グルタミンの有無に関わらずアポトーシスはほとんど起こっていなかった。従って、L-グルタミン不含培地において、感受性の高い一部の細胞の細胞死が起こっているわけではないことが示された。
実施例1に記載のFull培地から、各必須アミノ酸(グルタミン、アスパラギン、アスパラギン酸、グルタミン酸、アラニン、グリシン、セリン又はプロリン)を除いた組成の培地を作製した。実施例1と同様に、iPS細胞より神経幹細胞を誘導し、各非必須アミノ酸除去培地又はFull培地中で8-12日間培養を行った。
培養後、培地の代わりにTrypLE Selectを添加し、37℃、1分間インキュベートして細胞分散処理を行った。TrypLE Selectを培地で希釈後、ピペッティングを行い、ポリLオルニチン/フィブロネクチンでコートした48ウェルプレートに1.5x105 cells/wellで播種した。DMEM/F-12(Life Technologies)に1xN2サプリメント(Life Technologies)、1xB27サプリメント(Life Technologies)を添加した培地中で20日間培養した。細胞の培養は、37℃、5%CO2雰囲気下のインキュベーター内で行った。培地交換は2日に一度行った。
培養後の細胞を固定し、神経細胞マーカーであるβIIIチューブリンに対する抗体を用いた蛍光抗体法により免疫染色を行った。βIIIチューブリン陽性細胞の神経突起長を画像解析により定量した結果を表1に示す。表1中の記号はコントロール(Full)を1としたときの相対的な平均神経突起長を、++:>1.5、+:1.5~0.3、-:0.3>として示した。グルタミンを含まない培地、アスパラギン酸を含まない培地、及びアスパラギンを含まない培地は、神経幹細胞の神経分化能を亢進させる作用を示した。
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- L-グルタミンを実質的に含まない、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞培養用培地。
- L-グルタミン濃度が100μM以下である、請求項1に記載の培地。
- L-グルタミンを含まない、請求項1又は2に記載の培地。
- ホロトランスフェリンを含む、請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の培地。
- L-トリプトファン、L-リジン、L-メチオニン、L-フェニルアラニン、L-スレオニン、L-バリン、L-ロイシン、L-イソロイシン及びL-ヒスチジンを含む、請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の培地。
- 神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の神経分化能を亢進するための培地である、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の培地。
- 無血清培地である、請求項1~6のいずれか一項に記載の培地。
- 請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の培地中で、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養することを含む、神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞の培養方法。
- 神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を製造するための方法である、請求項8記載の方法。
- 培養期間が4日以上である、請求項8又は9記載の方法。
- 以下の工程を含む神経細胞の作製方法:
(I)請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の培地中で神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を培養し、神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を得ること;
(II)工程(I)で得た神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞を、神経細胞分化誘導条件下で培養し、神経細胞集団を得ること。 - 請求項9の方法により得られる、神経分化能が亢進した神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞。
- 神経幹細胞及び/又は神経前駆細胞、及び請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の培地を含んでなる、培養調製物。
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