Human serum-derived protein removes the need for coating in defined human pluripotent stem cell culture.
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Pijuan-Galitó S, Tamm C, Schuster J, Sobol M, Forsberg L, Merry CL, Annerén C
Nat Commun 7 (-) 12170 [2016-07-13; online 2016-07-13]
Reliable, scalable and time-efficient culture methods are required to fully realize the clinical and industrial applications of human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells. Here we present a completely defined, xeno-free medium that supports long-term propagation of hPS cells on uncoated tissue culture plastic. The medium consists of the Essential 8 (E8) formulation supplemented with inter-α-inhibitor (IαI), a human serum-derived protein, recently demonstrated to activate key pluripotency pathways in mouse PS cells. IαI efficiently induces attachment and long-term growth of both embryonic and induced hPS cell lines when added as a soluble protein to the medium at seeding. IαI supplementation efficiently supports adaptation of feeder-dependent hPS cells to xeno-free conditions, clonal growth as well as single-cell survival in the absence of Rho-associated kinase inhibitor (ROCKi). This time-efficient and simplified culture method paves the way for large-scale, high-throughput hPS cell culture, and will be valuable for both basic research and commercial applications.
PubMed 27405751
DOI 10.1038/ncomms12170
Crossref 10.1038/ncomms12170
pii: ncomms12170
pmc: PMC4947164