[PDF][PDF] iPS cells can support full-term development of tetraploid blastocyst-complemented embryos

L Kang, J Wang, Y Zhang, Z Kou, S Gao - Cell stem cell, 2009 - cell.com
L Kang, J Wang, Y Zhang, Z Kou, S Gao
Cell stem cell, 2009cell.com
To our knowledge, for the first time, we demonstrate that induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs) can autonomously generate full-term mice via tetraploid blastocysts
complementation. Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into iPSCs by forced
expression of four transcription factors—Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc. However, it has been
unclear whether reprogrammed iPSCs are fully pluripotent, resembling normal embryonic
stem cells (ESCs), as no iPSC lines have shown the ability to autonomously generate full …
Summary
To our knowledge, for the first time, we demonstrate that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can autonomously generate full-term mice via tetraploid blastocysts complementation. Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into iPSCs by forced expression of four transcription factors—Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc. However, it has been unclear whether reprogrammed iPSCs are fully pluripotent, resembling normal embryonic stem cells (ESCs), as no iPSC lines have shown the ability to autonomously generate full-term mice after injection into tetraploid blastocysts. Here we provide evidence demonstrating that an iPSC line induced by the four transcription factors can be used to generate full-term mice from complemented tetraploid blastocysts and thus appears to be fully pluripotent. This work serves as a proof of principle that iPSCs can in fact generate full-term embryos by tetraploid complementation.
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