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a BresaGen Inc., Athens, Georgia, USA;
b Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;
c Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and
d Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA;
e BresaGen Ltd., Thebarton, Adelaide, Australia;
f Medical Research Service, Augusta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA
Key Words. Embryoid bodies • ES cells • Differentiation • Neural differentiation • Serum-free medium • Real-time RT-PCR
Correspondence: Thomas C. Schulz, Ph.D., BresaGen Inc., 111 Riverbend Rd., Athens, Georgia, 30605, USA. Telephone: 706-613-9878; Fax: 706-613-9879; e-mail: tschulz{at}novocell.com; and Brian G. Condie, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, Life Sciences Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Telephone: 706-542-1431; Fax: 706-583-0691; e-mail: bcondie{at}uga.edu
The use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) as a source of dopaminergic neurons for Parkinson’s disease cell therapy will require the development of simple and reliable cell differentiation protocols. The use of cell cocultures, added extracellular signaling factors, or transgenic approaches to drive hESC differentiation could lead to additional regulatory as well as cell production delays for these therapies. Because the neuronal cell lineage seems to require limited or no signaling for its formation, we tested the ability of hESCs to differentiate to form dopamine-producing neurons in a simple serum-free suspension culture system. BG01 and BG03 hESCs were differentiated as suspension aggregates, and neural progenitors and neurons were detecz after 2–4 weeks. Plated neurons responded appropriately to electrophysiological cues. This differentiation was inhibited by early exposure to bone morphogenic protein (BMP)-4, but a pulse of BMP-4 from days 5 to 9 caused induction of peripheral neuronal differentiation. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and whole-mount immunocytochemistry demonstrated the expression of multiple markers of the midbrain dopaminergic phenotype in serum-free differentiations. Neurons expressing tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) were killed by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), a neurotoxic catecholamine. Upon plating, these cells released dopamine and other catecholamines in response to K+ depolarization. Surviving TH+ neurons, derived from the cells differentiated in serum-free suspension cultures, were detected 8 weeks after transplantation into 6-OHDA–lesioned rat brains. This work suggests that hESCs can differentiate in simple serum-free suspension cultures to produce the large number of cells required for transplantation studies.
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