In our previous study, five homologous feeder cell lines, Monkey ear skin fibroblasts （MESFs）, clonally derived fibroblasts from the MESFs （CMESFs）, monkey oviductal fibroblasts （MOFs）, monkey follicular granulosa fibroblast-like （MFGs） cells, monkey follicular granulosa epithelium-like （MFGEs） cells, were developed for the maintenance of rhesus embryonic stem cells （rESCs）. We found that MESFs, CMESFs, MOFs and MFGs, but not MFGEs, support the growth of rhesus embryonic stem cells. Moreover, we detected some genes that are upregulated in supportive feeder cell lines by semi-quantitative PCR. In the present study, we applied the GeneChip Rhesus Macaque Genome Array of Affymetrix Corporation to study the expression profiles of these five feeder cell lines, in purpose to find out which cytokines and signaling pathways were important in maintaining the rESCs, mRNAs of eight genes, including GREM2, bFGF, KITLG, DKK3, GREM1, AREG, SERPINF1 and LTBP1, were found to be upregulated in supportive feeder cell lines, but not in MFGE. The results indicate that many signaling pathways may play redundant roles in supporting the undifferentiated growth and maintenance of pluripotency in rESCs.
为研究肿瘤细胞凋亡调控因子ASPP(Apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53)家族蛋白(ASPP1,ASPP2,iASPP)在猕猴神经系统细胞早期发育过程中是否存在变化,并初步研究其变化趋势,通过体外诱导猕猴胚胎干细胞定向分化为神经前体细胞模拟猕猴神经系统细胞早期发育过程,并对此过程中细胞内ASPP蛋白量进行检测,检测方法使用细胞免疫荧光和western blotting.实验初步检测出,肿瘤调控因子ASPP家族蛋白在猕猴神经系统细胞早期发育过程中在蛋白量和蛋白分子量上有变化,并且可以初步了解其变化趋势.该实验结果表明ASPP蛋白家族作为肿瘤细胞凋亡调控因子与猕猴神经系统早期发育过程有着密切的关系,这也许对将来治疗神经系统退行性疾病和肿瘤发生有一定帮助.
