title: In vitro characterization of a human neural progenitor cell coexpressing SSEA4 and CD133.
abstract: The stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA4) is commonly used as a cell surface marker to identify the pluripotent human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Immunohistochemistry on human embryonic central nervous system revealed that SSEA4 is detectable in the early neuroepithelium, and its expression decreases as development proceeds. Flow cytometry analysis of forebrain-derived cells demonstrated that the SSEA4-expressing cells are enriched in the neural stem/progenitor cell fraction (CD133(+)), but are rarely codetected with the neural stem cell (NSC) marker CD15. Using a sphere-forming assay, we showed that both subfractions CD133(+)/SSEA4(+) and CD133(+)/CD15(+) isolated from the embryonic forebrain are enriched in neurosphere-initiating cells. In addition CD133, SSEA4, and CD15 expression is sustained in the expanded neurosphere cells and also mark subfractions of neurosphere-initiating cells. Therefore, we propose that SSEA4 associated with CD133 can be used for both the positive selection and the enrichment of neural stem/progenitor cells from human embryonic forebrain.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, BMC A11, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. pb379@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Perrine
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barraud
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stott
authors.forename: Kjeld
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Møllgård
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Björklund
mesh_terms: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D055746:Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigens
chemical_list: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006028:Glycosphingolipids; C000606023:PROM1 protein, human; D010455:Peptides; D055746:Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigens; C066584:stage-specific embryonic antigen-4