• 1Department of Pathology, 3Genetic Diagnosis Center, the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming Yunnan, 650032, P.R.China;;
  • 2Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University. Corresponding author: WANG Zhiqiang, E-mail: wzqcy2000@126.com;
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Objective To establish a safe, effective, and economic feeder-free culture system which is suitable for the culture of human parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells (hPESCs) in vitro. Methods hPESCs were cultured with mTeSRTMl medium (control group) and human foreskin fibroblasts-conditional medium (hFFs-CM) (experimental group). The growth status of hPESCs in both feeder-free culture systems were observed with inverted microscope. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) analysis and karyotype analysis were used to study the biological characteristics of hPESCs. The expression of hPESCs pluripotent marker Oct-4 was analyzed by RT-PCR. Differentiation experiment in vivo and in vitro was applied to observe the differentiation potential of hPESCs into three germ layers. Results hPESCs had regular morphology with difficulty in differentiation in both culture systems. No obvious difference was observed in morphology and expansion speed of hPESCs between 2 groups. After subcultured for 15 passages in vitro, hPESCs in 2 groups could maintain normal female diploid karyotype 46, XX and pluripotency. The expression of Oct-4 mRNA was positive in 2 groups. hPESCs in 2 groups could form embryonic body in differentiation experiment in vitro and could develop into teratomas containing three germ layers in nude mice. Conclusion Feeder-free culture system of hFFs-CM can sustain the growth of hPESCs and keep hPESCs undifferentiated state for long. A feeder-free culture system of hPESCs is successfully established, which can support the growth of hPESCs, reduce the contamination from animals, decrease the cost of culture, and satisfy the clinical large-scale application.

Citation: LIANG Rui,WANG Zhiqiang,CHEN Tianxing,ZHU Jing,ZHU Shu,LI Ying,YANG Long,ZHU Baosheng. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEEDER-FREE CULTURE SYSTEM OF HUMAN PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2013, 27(5): 559-564. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20130124 Copy

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