Combinatorial ECM arrays identify cooperative roles for matricellular proteins in enhancing the generation of TH+ neurons from human pluripotent cells

Ahmed, Maqsood, Owens, Matthew J. S., Toledo, Enrique M., Arenas, Ernest, Bradley, Mark and ffrench-Constant, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-3377 (2021) Combinatorial ECM arrays identify cooperative roles for matricellular proteins in enhancing the generation of TH+ neurons from human pluripotent cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. ISSN 2296-634X

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Abstract

The development of efficient cell culture strategies for the generation of dopaminergic neurons is an important goal for transplantation-based approaches to treat Parkinson’s disease. To identify extracellular matrix molecules that enhance differentiation and might be used in these cell cultures we have used micro-contact printed arrays on glass slides presenting 190 combinations of 19 extracellular matrix molecules selected on the basis of their expression during embryonic development of the ventral midbrain. Using long-term neuroepithelial stem cells (Lt-NES), this approach identified a number of matricellular proteins that enhanced differentiation, with the combination of Sparc, Sparc-like (Sparc-l1) and Nell2 increasing the number of tyrosine hydroxylase+ neurons derived from Lt-NES cells and, critically for further translation, human pluripotent stem cells.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2021 16:30
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2022 03:26
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/82820
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.755406

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