来自人类多能干细胞的基位神经元 (locus coeruleus) 的产生
Yunlong Tao1,2, Xueyan Li3, Qiping Dong3
1Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. taoyunlong@nju.edu.cn.
Nature biotechnology
|November 17, 2023
概括
研究人员开发了一种方法,可以从干细胞中产生人体局部神经元 (LC-NE) 神经元. 这些功能神经元有助于研究神经疾病和开发新疗法.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 干细胞生物学 干细胞生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 中央上腺素 (NE) 神经元,主要位于部 (LC),对于各种大脑功能至关重要.
- LC-NE神经元的功能障碍与精神病和神经退行性疾病有关,使它们成为药物发现的关键目标.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种方法,以在体外产生功能的人类合点coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) 神经元.
- 描述这些工程神经元的分化过程和功能性质.
主要方法:
- 利用人类多能干细胞,确定了ACTIVIN A在调节背脊红色素1 (r1) 祖先转录因子中的作用.
- 采用单核RNA测序 (snRNA-seq) 来分析分化轨迹并确认细胞身份.
- 工程神经元带有上腺素 (NE) 传感器来监测细胞外NE水平.
主要成果:
- 从多能干细胞成功生成40-60%的人类LC-NE神经元.
- 在试验室产生的神经元表现出轴突树木化,NE释放/吸收,心脏起器活动,振荡和CO2化学接收.
- 通过snRNA-seq揭示了通过ASCL1+前体从后脑原始细胞到NE神经元的分化途径.
- NE传感器工程的神经元准确地报告了细胞外NE水平.
结论:
- 开发的方法提供了可靠的人类LC-NE神经元的可靠来源.
- 这些神经元是研究神经元信号在神经疾病中的作用的宝贵工具.
- 这一进步有助于开发针对精神病和神经退行性疾病的新疗法.
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