1. Direct reprogramming of human umbilical vein- and peripheral blood-derived endothelial cells into hepatic progenitor cells.
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Inada H, Udono M, Matsuda-Ito K, Horisawa K, Ohkawa Y, Miura S, Goya T, Yamamoto J, Nagasaki M, Ueno K, Saitou D, Suyama M, Maehara Y, Kumamaru W, Ogawa Y, Sekiya S, and Suzuki A
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- Animals, Bile Ducts cytology, Bile Ducts physiology, Cell Aggregation, Cell Differentiation genetics, Cell Differentiation physiology, Cells, Cultured, Cellular Reprogramming genetics, Cellular Reprogramming physiology, Endothelial Cells physiology, Female, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha genetics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-gamma genetics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-gamma physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6 genetics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6 physiology, Hepatocytes physiology, Hepatocytes transplantation, Heterografts, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred NOD, Mice, SCID, Spheroids, Cellular cytology, Spheroids, Cellular physiology, Stem Cells physiology, Cellular Reprogramming Techniques methods, Endothelial Cells cytology, Hepatocytes cytology, Stem Cells cytology
- Abstract
Recent advances have enabled the direct induction of human tissue-specific stem and progenitor cells from differentiated somatic cells. However, it is not known whether human hepatic progenitor cells (hHepPCs) can be generated from other cell types by direct lineage reprogramming with defined transcription factors. Here, we show that a set of three transcription factors, FOXA3, HNF1A, and HNF6, can induce human umbilical vein endothelial cells to directly acquire the properties of hHepPCs. These induced hHepPCs (hiHepPCs) propagate in long-term monolayer culture and differentiate into functional hepatocytes and cholangiocytes by forming cell aggregates and cystic epithelial spheroids, respectively, under three-dimensional culture conditions. After transplantation, hiHepPC-derived hepatocytes and cholangiocytes reconstitute damaged liver tissues and support hepatic function. The defined transcription factors also induce hiHepPCs from endothelial cells circulating in adult human peripheral blood. These expandable and bipotential hiHepPCs may be useful in the study and treatment of human liver diseases.
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- 2020
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