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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Stage-specific regulation of Gremlin1 on the differentiation and expansion of human urinary induced pluripotent stem cells into endothelial progenitors.

Haixuan Chen, Zhen Zhang, Zhecun Wang, Quhuan Li, Hui Chen, Song Guo, Lin Bao, Zheng Wang, Wang Min, Qiuling Xiang

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Haixuan ChenTranslational Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhen ZhangZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhecun WangDepartment of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Quhuan LiInstitute of Biomechanics, School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Hui ChenDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Song GuoDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lin BaoDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zheng WangDepartment of Genetics and Cell Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Wang MinInterdepartmental Program in Vascular Biology and Therapeutics, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2479-6096
Qiuling XiangZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-8699

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Abstract

Human urinary induced pluripotent stem cells (hUiPSCs) produced from exfoliated renal epithelial cells present in urine may provide a non-invasive source of endothelial progenitors for the treatment of ischaemic diseases. However, their differentiation efficiency is unsatisfactory and the underlying mechanism of differentiation is still unknown. Gremlin1 (GREM1) is an important gene involved in cell differentiation. Therefore, we tried to elucidate the roles of GREM1 during the differentiation and expansion of endothelial progenitors. HUiPSCs were induced into endothelial progenitors by three stages. After differentiation, GREM1 was obviously increased in hUiPSC-induced endothelial progenitors (hUiPSC-EPs). RNA interference (RNAi) was used to silence GREM1 expression in three stages, respectively. We demonstrated a stage-specific effect of GREM1 in decreasing hUiPSC-EP differentiation in the mesoderm induction stage (Stage 1), while increasing differentiation in the endothelial progenitors' induction stage (Stage 2) and expansion stage (Stage 3). Exogenous addition of GREM1 recombinant protein in the endothelial progenitors' expansion stage (Stage 3) promoted the expansion of hUiPSC-EPs although the activation of VEGFR2/Akt or VEGFR2/p42/44MAPK pathway. Our study provided a new non-invasive source for endothelial progenitors, demonstrated critical roles of GREM1 in hUiPSC-EP and afforded a novel strategy to improve stem cell-based therapy for the ischaemic diseases.

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Cell DifferentiationCell LineEndothelial Progenitor CellsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesGene SilencingHumansImmunophenotypingInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsModels, BiologicalRNA, Small InterferingGREM1 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA, Small Interferingdifferentiationendothelial progenitorsexpansionGremlin1human urinary induced pluripotent stem cells

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