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ArticleScientific reports2019

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of a tyrosine hydroxylase reporter iPSC line for live imaging and isolation of dopaminergic neurons.

Carles Calatayud, Giulia Carola, Irene Fernández-Carasa, Marco Valtorta, Senda Jiménez-Delgado, Mònica Díaz, Jordi Soriano-Fradera, Graziella Cappelletti, Javier García-Sancho, Ángel Raya and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Carles CalatayudDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
Giulia CarolaDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-3589
Irene Fernández-CarasaDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
Marco ValtortaDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
Senda Jiménez-DelgadoCenter of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB), Hospital Duran i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain.
Mònica DíazCenter of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB), Hospital Duran i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi Soriano-FraderaDepartment of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Barcelona, Avinguda de la Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2676-815X
Graziella CappellettiDepartment of Bioscience, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan, 20122, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-5392
Javier García-SanchoInstituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid, Calle Sanz y Forés 3, 47003, Valladolid, Spain.
Ángel RayaCenter of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB), Hospital Duran i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain. araya@cmrb.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2189-9775
Antonella ConsiglioDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. consiglio@ub.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3988-6254
Bellvitge University Hospital · ESBiomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ESUniversity of Milan · ITInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESUniversidad de Valladolid · ESUniversitat de Barcelona · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are a powerful tool to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease (PD), and might provide novel platforms for systematic drug screening. Several strategies have been developed to generate iPSC-derived tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive dopaminergic neurons (DAn), the clinically relevant cell type in PD; however, they often result in mixed neuronal cultures containing only a small proportion of TH-positive DAn. To overcome this limitation, we used CRISPR/Cas9-based editing to generate a human iPSC line expressing a fluorescent protein (mOrange) knocked-in at the last exon of the TH locus. After differentiation of the TH-mOrange reporter iPSC line, we confirmed that mOrange expression faithfully mimicked endogenous TH expression in iPSC-derived DAn. We also employed calcium imaging techniques to determine the intrinsic functional differences between dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic ventral midbrain neurons. Crucially, the brightness of mOrange allowed direct visualization of TH-expressing cells in heterogeneous cultures, and enabled us to isolate live mOrange-positive cells through fluorescence-activated cell sorting, for further differentiation. This technique, coupled to refined imaging and data processing tools, could advance the investigation of PD pathogenesis and might offer a platform to test potential new therapeutics for PD and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingMolecular ImagingCalciumCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCell TrackingDopaminergic NeuronsFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene ExpressionGenes, ReporterHumansImmunohistochemistryInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMesencephalonCalciumTyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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PMID31048719
PMCPMC6497635
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