目的:探讨小鼠诱导性多能干细胞IP14D-1是否具备诱导性原始生殖细胞(induced primordial germcells,iPGCs)分化潜能,以及特异基因表达变化及可能机制。方法:未分化IP14D-1培养扩增,分化形成诱导性拟胚体(induced embryoid bodies,iEBs)。RT-PCR和免疫荧光分别检测4、7、9 d的iEBs中Lin28、Blimp1、Stra8和Mvh的表达变化和蛋白定位情况。结果:未分化IP14D-1同小鼠胚胎干细胞(mouse embryonic stem cells,mESCs)相同,Lin28表达较弱,Blimp1表达相对较强,Mvh和Stra8也在这两种细胞及其相应iEBs和EBs中表达,但均无明显差别。IP14D-1分化形成的iEBs从4 d生长到7 d时,Lin28表达逐渐增强,到9 d时表现为下降,Blimp1表达则随着iEB生长时间延长而逐渐降低。结论:建立了IP14D-1和相应拟胚体(iEBs)的完善、稳定的培养及分化体系;未分化IP14D-1与mESCs在Lin28、Blimp1、Mvh和Stra8表达方面无明显差别;iEB和EBs的Mvh和Stra8表达也无明显差别。IP14D-1及iEBs具有iPGCs分化潜能,且可能是7 d的iEBs内iPGCs分化数量较多,之后进入iPGCs分化的Lin28低表达时期。
Objective: To investigate whether mouse-induced pluripotent stem(iPS) cell line IP14D-1 has the potential to differentiate into induced primordial germ cells(iPGCs),and to explore the changes in the expression of iPGCs-differentiation associated genes and their possible mechanisms.Methods: Undifferentiated IP14D-1 was cultured to proliferate and then differentiated to form 4-,7-and 9-day-old induced embryoid bodies(iEBs) in vitro,respectively.RT-PCR and immunofluorescence were used to detect the expressions of Lin28,Blimp1,Stra8 and Mvh,as well as the localization of the corresponding protein in iEBs.Results: The expression of Blimp1 was higher than that of Lin28 in the undifferentiated IP14D-1 and mouse embryonic stem cells(mESCs).Mvh and Stra8 as well as mESCs and EBs were also expressed in IP14D-1 and iEBs,but with no significant differences.The expression of Lin28 was gradually increased in the IP14D-1-derived iEBs from 4 to 7 days,but decreased at 9 days,and the expression of Blimp1 was gra-dually reduced with the prolonged growing time of iEBs.Conclusion: A stable system was established for the culture and differentiation of IP14D-1 and IP14D-1-derived iEBs.The expressions of Lin28,Blimp1,Mvh and Stra8 were not significantly different between the undifferentiated IP14D-1 and mESCs,nor were the expressions of Mvh and Stra8 between iEBs and EBs.IP14D-1 and iEBs had the potential to differentiate into iPGCs,which increased in number in the 7-day-old iEBs,and the expression of iPGC-differentiation associated Lin28 became lower in the older iEBs.