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  • Title: [Embryonal cell hybrids: new opportunities for studying pluripotency and reprogramming of the differentiated cell chromosomes].
    Author: Serov OL, Matveeva NM, Kuznetsov SB, Kaftanovskaia EM.
    Journal: Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol; 2001; (6):711-6. PubMed ID: 15926337.
    Abstract:
    Here we study the properties of cell hybrids produced by the fusion of embryonal stem cells and differentiated ones. During in vitro cultivation, such hybrids predominantly lose the somatic partner chromosomes, although the loss of the embryonic partner autosomes 1, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, and 19 is also common in the clones; i.e., this is a bidirectional process. The use of a selective media allows the isolation of the clones, with the embryonal X chromosome replaced by the somatic genome homolog. The cell hybrids with a near-diploid chromosome set preserve the high-level pluripotency properties of the embryonal partner including the capacity to form chimeras after their introduction in the blastocoel. An investigation of the chimeric animals demonstrated a reprogramming of the "somatic" X chromosome in the course of development. The prospective identification of the chromosomes involved in the maintenance of pluripotency and studies of its cis- and trans-regulation in the cell hybrid genome are discussed.
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