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Generation of High-Yield Insulin Producing Cells From Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells on Polyethersulfone Nanofibrous Scaffold Publisher Pubmed



Mansour RN1 ; Barati G2 ; Soleimani M3 ; Ghoraeian P4 ; Nouri Aleagha M4 ; Kehtari M5 ; Mahboudi H6 ; Hosseini F7 ; Hassannia H8 ; Abazari MF4 ; Enderami SE1
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  1. 1. Stem Cell Technology Research Center, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Genetics, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. School of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Cancer Research Center and Department of Immunology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Artificial Cells# Nanomedicine and Biotechnology Published:2018


Abstract

Transplantation of islet is a promising method in treatment of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), however, is limited by islet shortage. The aim of this study was to prepare a polyethersulfone (PES) nanofibrous scaffolds to evaluate the pancreatic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The differentiation process in tissue culture dishes and PES scaffolds was evaluated at mRNA and protein level by RT-qPCR and immunofluorescence assay, respectively. The functionality of differentiated cells was determined by insulin and C-peptide release in response to glucose challenges. The results of this study showed that cells cultured on PES nanofibrous scaffolds exhibit more pancreatic β-cell characteristics as they express more pancreatic tissue-specific genes and proteins. Furthermore, the immunoassay showed that differentiated cells in both culture plates and PES scaffolds groups are functional and secrete C-peptide and insulin in response to glucose challenges. Altogether, the results of this study demonstrated that PES nanofibrous scaffold could provide the microenvironment that promotes the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into insulin producing cells. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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