Enhanced Function of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells Through ESM1 Signaling. (17th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vilà-González, Marta; Kelaini, Sophia; Magee, Corey; Caines, Rachel; Campbell, David; Eleftheriadou, Magdalini; Cochrane, Amy; Drehmer, Daiana; Tsifaki, Marianna; O'Neill, Karla; Pedrini, Edoardo; Yang, Chunbo; Medina, Reinhold; McDonald, Denise; Simpson, David; Zampetaki, Anna; Zeng, Lingfang; Grieve, David; Lois, Noemi; Stitt, Alan W.; Margariti, Andriana
• Is Part Of: Stem cells. Volume 37:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 226
• Page End: 239
• Publication Date: 2018-11-17
• Subjects: ESM1 -- Reprogramming -- Endothelial cells -- Vascular disease -- Induced pluripotent stem cells; Cloning -- Periodicals; Clone cells -- Periodicals; Stem cells -- Periodicals; Cell Differentiation -- Periodicals; Cell Division -- Periodicals; Clone Cells -- Periodicals; Hematopoietic Stem Cells -- Periodicals; Stem Cells -- Periodicals; 571.84
• DOI: 10.1002/stem.2936
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-5099

Abstract

Abstract : The mortality rate for (cardio)-vascular disease is one of the highest in the world, so a healthy functional endothelium is of outmost importance against vascular disease. In this study, human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells were reprogrammed from 1 ml blood of healthy donors and subsequently differentiated into endothelial cells (iPS-ECs) with typical EC characteristics. This research combined iPS cell technologies and next-generation sequencing to acquire an insight into the transcriptional regulation of iPS-ECs. We identified endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 (ESM1) as one of the highest expressed genes during EC differentiation, playing a key role in EC enrichment and function by regulating connexin 40 (CX40) and eNOS. Importantly, ESM1 enhanced the iPS-ECs potential to improve angiogenesis and neovascularisation in in vivo models of angiogenesis and hind limb ischemia. These findings demonstrated for the first time that enriched functional ECs are derived through cell reprogramming and ESM1 signaling, opening the horizon for drug screening and cell-based therapies for vascular diseases. Therefore, this study showcases a new approach for enriching and enhancing the function of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived ECs from a very small amount of blood through ESM1 signaling, which greatly enhances their functionality and increases their therapeutic potential. Stem Cells 2019;37:226–239 : Abstract : From a small amount of blood, human induced pluripotent stem cells are generated in a fast and robust approach and then differentiated to induced pluripotent stem-endothelial cells. This novel approach for enhancing induced pluripotent stem-endothelial cells through endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 could consequently improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the process, and greatly increase the efficiency and generation of induced pluripotent stem-endothelial cells as therapeutic tools to the treatment of endothelial cell dysfunction-based vascular disease.