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  • Title: Generation of parthenogenetic induced pluripotent stem cells from parthenogenetic neural stem cells.
    Author: Do JT, Joo JY, Han DW, Araúzo-Bravo MJ, Kim MJ, Greber B, Zaehres H, Sobek-Klocke I, Chung HM, Schöler HR.
    Journal: Stem Cells; 2009 Dec; 27(12):2962-8. PubMed ID: 19816953.
    Abstract:
    Somatic cells can achieve a pluripotent cell state in a process called pluripotential reprogramming. Multipotent stem cells can differentiate into cells of only one lineage, but pluripotent stem cells can give rise to cells of all three germ layers of an organism. In this study, we generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from bimaternal (uniparental) parthenogenetic neural stem cells (pNSCs) by transduction with either four (4F: Oct4, Klf4, Sox2, and c-Myc) or two (2F: Oct4 and Klf4) transcription factors. The resultant maternal iPS cells, which were reprogrammed directly from pNSCs, were capable of generating germ line-competent chimeras. Interestingly, analysis of global gene expression and imprinting status revealed that parthenogenetic iPS cells clustered closer to parthenogenetic ESCs than to female ESCs, with patterns that were clearly distinct from those of pNSCs.
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