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cGMP, feeder-free maintenance medium for human ES and iPS cells

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cGMP, feeder-free maintenance medium for human ES and iPS cells

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What's Included

  • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Complete Kit (Catalog #85850)
    • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Basal Medium, 400 mL
    • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 5X Supplement, 100 mL
  • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Complete Kit, 1 L (Catalog #85857)
    • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Basal Medium, 800 mL
    • ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 5X Supplement, 100 mL, 2 Bottles

What Our Scientist Says

It makes me proud knowing that my work is critical to keeping thousands of hPSC lines reliably healthy and consistent around the world.

Arwen HunterAssociate Director, Stem Cell Biology
Arwen Hunter, Associate Director, Stem Cell Biology

Overview

Use this specialized, feeder-free culture medium to achieve more consistent human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) cultures with homogenous, undifferentiated phenotypes.

Manufactured under relevant cGMPs, ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 ensures the highest quality and consistency for reproducible results in your fundamental research, as well as for cell therapy and investigational new drug research applications. This serum-free, complete cell culture medium is made with pre-screened raw materials to ensure batch-to-batch consistency and robust performance in feeder-free hPSC culture.

Use established protocols for applications ranging from derivation to differentiation with this most widely published feeder-free hPSC culture medium, which has been used by leading pluripotent stem cell researchers to successfully maintain thousands of hPSC lines in over 50 countries. For enhanced cell performance and versatile maintenance, you may also be interested in mTeSRâ„¢ Plus medium, which is also manufactured under relevant cGMPs and features stabilized components and enhanced buffering.

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Subtype
Specialized Media
Cell Type
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Species
Human
Application
Cell Culture, Expansion, Maintenance
Brand
TeSR
Area of Interest
Stem Cell Biology
Formulation Category
Serum-Free

Data Figures

Figure 1. Normal hES and hiPS Cell Morphology is Observed in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Cultures

Undifferentiated (A) H1 human embryonic stem (hES) and (B) WLS-1C human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells cultured on Corning® Matrigel® Matrix in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 retain the prominent nucleoli and high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio characteristic of this cell type after 10 passages. Densely packed cells and multi-layering are prominent when cells are ready to be passaged.

Figure 2. High Expansion Rates are Observed in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Cultures

Graph shows the average fold expansion per passage +/- SEM obtained for hES (H1 and H9) and hiPS (WLS-1C) cells cultured in cGMP mTeSR­™1 (red) or non-cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 (gray) on Corning® Matrigel® Matrix over 10 passages. Expansion was determined by enumerating the cell aggregates obtained at harvest and dividing by the number of cell aggregates seeded. Note that this data is representative of cultures passaged after 6-7 days in culture, lower expansion should be expected if using shorter culture times.

Figure 3. Cells Cultured in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Medium Express Undifferentiated Cell Markers

Histogram analysis for hES (H1 and H9) and hiPS (WLS-1C) cells characterized using FACS for undifferentiated cell markers, OCT4 (OCT3) (Catalog #60093) and TRA-1-60 (Catalog #60064), after 8 - 10 passages in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 (filled = sample, blank = isotype control).

Figure 4. hPSCs Maintained in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 Display a Normal Karyotype

Karyograms of (A) H1 hES and (B) WLS-1C hiPS cells cultured in cGMP ³¾°Õ±ð³§¸éâ„¢1 for 11 passages shows that a normal karyotype is retained.

Protocols and Documentation

Find supporting information and directions for use in the Product Information Sheet or explore additional protocols below.

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Resources and Publications

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ATR regulates OCT4 phosphorylation and safeguards human naïve pluripotency Scientific Reports 2025 May

Abstract

Under specific conditions, cultured human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) corresponding to primed post-implantation epiblasts can be converted back to a ‘naïve pluripotency’ state that resembles the pre-implantation epiblasts. The core pluripotency factor OCT4 is known to be crucial in regulating different states of pluripotency, but its potential regulatory role in human naïve pluripotency remains unexplored. In this study, we systematically mapped out phosphorylation sites in OCT4 protein that are differentially phosphorylated between two states of pluripotency, and further identified ATR as a key kinase that phosphorylated OCT4 in naïve but not primed hESCs. The kinase activity levels of ATR in naïve hESCs were higher than those in primed hESCs. Ablating cellular ATR activity significantly halted the induction of naïve hESCs from their primed counterparts, and increased early apoptotic death of naïve hESCs upon UV and CPT treatment. Thus, our work reveals the importance of ATR activity in safeguarding human naïve pluripotency, and implicates a potential association of OCT4 phosphorylation, DNA damage sensing and repairing system in regulating different states of pluripotency during early development.
Scale-down optimization of a robust, parallelizable human induced pluripotent stem cell bioprocess for high-throughput research Biotechnology Reports 2025 May

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Highlights•Preformation of aggregates tuned by cell density enable cultivation of hiPSCs in scale-down shear environments.•Scale-down systems utilizing preformation protocols achieve comparable fold expansion with commercial systems.•Expression of pluripotency markers and functional differentiation capacity is maintained following passage in scale-down culture.•Successful application of hiPSC protocols at < 20 mL scales enable rapid and cost-effective research into cell phenotype under dynamic conditions. Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) derived therapeutics require clinically relevant quantities of high-quality cell populations for applications in regenerative medicine. The lack of efficacy exhibited across clinical trials suggests deeper understanding of the networks governing phenotype is needed. Further, costs limit study throughput in characterizing the artificial niche relative to outcomes. We present herein an optimized strategy to enable high-throughput hiPSC expansion at <20 mL research scale. We assessed viability of single cell inoculation and aggregate preformation to facilitate proliferation. We modeled aggregate characteristics against agitation rate. Our results demonstrate tunable control with fold expansion comparable to commercial systems. Marker quantification and teratoma assay confirm functional pluripotency. This approach constitutes a scalable protocol to accelerate hiPSC research, and a significant step in advancing the rate of progress in elucidating links to derivative functionality. This work will enable statistically rigorous studies targeting hiPSC and downstream phenotype for clinical manufacturing. Graphical abstractImplementation of adapted protocols enable scale-down systems as a tool for high-throughput iPSC biomanufacturing research, in platforms conducive to scale-up for clinical manufacturing.Image, graphical abstract
Deciphering signaling mechanisms and developmental dynamics in extraembryonic mesoderm specification from hESCs Nature Communications 2025 May

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Extraembryonic mesoderm (ExM) is crucial for human development, yet its specification is poorly understood. Human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based models, including embryoids and differentiated derivatives, are emerging as promising tools for studying ExM development. Despite this, the signaling mechanisms and developmental dynamics that underlie ExM specification from hESCs remain challenging to study. Here, we report that the modulation of BMP, WNT, and Nodal signaling pathways can rapidly (4-5 days) and efficiently (?~90%) induce the differentiation of both naive and primed hESCs into ExM-like cells (ExMs). We reveal that ExM specification from hESCs predominantly proceeds through intermediates exhibiting a primitive streak (PS)-like gene expression pattern and delineate the regulatory roles of WNT and Nodal signaling in this process. Furthermore, we find that the initial pluripotent state governs hESC-based ExM specification by influencing signal response, cellular composition, developmental progression, and transcriptional characteristics of the resulting ExMs. Our study provides promising models for dissecting human ExM development and sheds light on the signaling principles, developmental dynamics, and influences of pluripotency states underlying ExM specification from hESCs. Extraembryonic mesoderm (ExM) is crucial but its formation is unclear. Here, authors develop efficient systems to specify ExM from hESCs and dissect the signaling mechanisms, specification dynamics, and impact of pluripotent states in ExM formation.
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