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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Katarzyna Tilgner, Dr Stuart Atkinson, Sun Yung, Anna Golebiewska, Professor Miodrag Stojkovic, Professor Majlinda LakoORCiD, Professor Lyle Armstrong
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The isolation of significant numbers of human primordial germ cells at several developmental stages is important for investigations of the mechanisms by which they are able to undergo epigenetic reprogramming. Only small numbers of these cells can be obtained from embryos of appropriate developmental stages, so the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells is essential to obtain sufficient numbers of primordial germ cells to permit epigenetic examination. Despite progress in the enrichment of human primordial germ cells using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), there is still no definitive marker of the germ cell phenotype. Expression of the widely conserved RNA helicase VASA is restricted to germline cells, but in contrast to species such as Mus musculus in which reporter constructs expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of a Vasa promoter have been developed, such reporter systems are lacking in human in vitro models. We report here the generation and characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines stably carrying a VASA-pEGFP-1 reporter construct that expresses GFP in a population of differentiating human embryonic stem cells that show expression of characteristic markers of primordial germ cells. This population shows a different pattern of chromatin modi. cations to those obtained by FACS enrichment of Stage Specific Antigen one expressing cells in our previous publication. STEM CELLS 2010; 28: 84-92
Author(s): Tilgner K, Atkinson SP, Yung S, Golebiewska A, Stojkovic M, Moreno R, Lako M, Armstrong L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Stem Cells
Year: 2010
Volume: 28
Issue: 1
Pages: 84-92
ISSN (print): 1066-5099
ISSN (electronic): 1549-4918
Publisher: AlphaMed Press, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.263
DOI: 10.1002/stem.263
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