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RSeT™ Feeder-Free Medium

Serum-free medium for naïve-like human pluripotent stem cells

RSeT™ Feeder-Free Medium

Serum-free medium for naïve-like human pluripotent stem cells

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Serum-free medium for naïve-like human pluripotent stem cells
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Product Advantages


  • Feeder-independent culture system reduces inherent variability, cost, and burden of feeder preparation

  • Serum-free formulation contains pre-screened quality components for reproducible results

  • Facilitates highly efficient reversion to naïve-like state with stable domed morphology, naïve gene expression profiles, and low levels of spontaneous differentiation without the need for exogenous genes

  • Maintains naïve-like pluripotency without inclusion of bFGF

What's Included

RSeT™ Feeder-Free Basal Medium, 450 mL
RSeT™ Feeder-Free 10X Supplement, 50 mL
 

Overview

Revert primed human embryonic (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to a naïve-like state and maintain cells in a naïve-like state under hypoxic conditions without bFGF or feeder cells.

Developed under license from the Weizmann Institute of Science, this serum-free cell culture medium produces robust cultures with features of a naïve-like state, such as tightly packed, domed colonies with refractive edges. Human ES/iPS cells cultured in RSeT™ Feeder-Free Medium show increased expression of key transcripts associated with the naïve-like state, such as KLF17, KLF2, KLF4, and TFCP2L1, and can either be differentiated or converted back to a primed state by culture in ձ𳧸™1 and then differentiated.

Compatible products that can be used for differentiation include STEMdiff™ Definitive Endoderm Kit (Catalog #05110), STEMdiff™ SMADi Neural Induction Kit (Catalog #08581), and STEMdiff™ Mesoderm Induction Medium (Catalog #05220).
Subtype
Specialized Media
Cell Type
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Species
Human
Application
Cell Culture, Expansion, Maintenance
Brand
RSeT, TeSR
Area of Interest
Stem Cell Biology
Formulation Category
Serum-Free

Data Figures

Figure 1. Schematic of Reversion of Primed to Naïve-Like hPSCs with RSeT™ Feeder-Free

Primed hPSCs are plated as aggregates in ձ𳧸™1. On day 1, ձ𳧸™1 is replaced with RSeT™ Feeder-Free, the cultures are transferred to hypoxic conditions, and the medium is exchanged every other day. By day 4 or 5, the colonies are generally large enough to be passaged. During the initial culture in RSeT™ Feeder-Free, colonies expand and begin to adopt a tightly-packed, highly domed morphology characteristic of naïve-like stem cells with smooth and refractive colony edges as early as passage 1.

Figure 2. hPSCs Maintained in RSeT™ Feeder-Free are Reverted to a Naïve-Like State and Express High Levels of Naïve-Associated Genes

(A) A representative image of hPSCs that reverted to a naïve-like state after being cultured in RSeT™ Feeder-Free for 1 passage. During reversion, colonies change from a flat morphology to a domed morphology characteristic of naïve-state hPSCs. (B) Expression of naïve-associated genes (KLF2, KLF4, KLF17, TFCP2L1, STELLA, and DNMT3L) in hPSCs that were reverted to a naïve-like state in RSeT™ Feeder-Free. Expression levels were measured by qPCR and normalized to levels in primed hPSCs.

Protocols and Documentation

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

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Publications (1)

Effect of a FOXO1 inhibitor on trophoblast differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells and ERV-associated gene expression E. Tanaka et al. Regenerative Therapy 2024 Sep

Abstract

IntroductionIn human placental development, the trophectoderm (TE) appears in blastocysts on day 5 post-fertilization and develops after implantation into three types of trophoblast lineages: cytotrophoblast (CT), syncytiotrophoblast (ST), and extravillous trophoblast (EVT). CDX2/Cdx2 is expressed in the TE, and Cdx2 expression is upregulated by knockdown of Foxo1 in mouse ESCs. However, the significance of FOXO1 in trophoblast lineage differentiation during the early developmental period remains unclear. In this study, we examined the effect of FOXO1 inhibition on the differentiation of naive human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into TE and trophoblast lineages.MethodsWe induced TE differentiation from naive iPSCs in the presence or absence of a FOXO1 inhibitor, and the resulting cells were subjected to trophoblast differentiation procedures without the FOXO1 inhibitor. The cells obtained in these processes were assessed for morphology, gene expression, and hCG secretion using phase-contrast microscopy, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR), RNA-seq, immunochromatography, and a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay.ResultsIn the induction of trophoblast differentiation from naive iPSCs, treatment with a FOXO1 inhibitor resulted in the enhanced expression of TE markers, CDX2 and HAND1, but conversely decreased the expression of ST markers, such as ERVW1 (Syncytin-1) and GCM1, and an EVT marker, HLA-G. The proportion of cells positive for an early TE marker TACSTD2 and negative for a late TE marker ENPEP was higher in FOXO1 inhibitor-treated cells than in non-treated cells. The expressions of ERVW1 (Syncytin-1), ERVFRD-1 (Syncytin-2), and other endogenous retrovirus (ERV)-associated genes that have been reported to be expressed in trophoblasts were suppressed in the cells obtained by differentiating the TE cells treated with FOXO1 inhibitor.ConclusionsTreatment with a FOXO1 inhibitor during TE induction from naive iPSCs promotes early TE differentiation but hinders the progression of differentiation into ST and EVT. The suppression of ERV-associated genes may be involved in this process. Highlights•Generated trophectoderm and trophoblast from feeder-free human naive iPS cells.•A FOXO1 inhibitor enhanced the expression of the trophectoderm marker CDX2.•Progression of differentiation into trophoblast was hindered by a FOXO1 inhibitor.•A FOXO1 inhibitor suppressed ERV-associated genes expressed in trophoblast.