STEM CELL-DERIVED SKIN PRECURSOR CELL CULTURE MEDIUM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR

Abstract

Provided are a method of preparing a stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium, the method including: differentiating stem cells to stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the stem cells in a differentiation medium containing ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone; producing a culture of stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the differentiated stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells in a medium; and recovering the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium from the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells, a stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium prepared by the method, and a method of producing a protein from stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells, the method including the method of preparing the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium.

Claims

1. A method of preparing a stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium, the method comprising: differentiating stem cells to stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the stem cells in a differentiation medium containing ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone; producing a culture of stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the differentiated stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells in a medium; and recovering the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium from the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a concentration of ascorbic acid is in a range of 0.03 M to 3 M, and a concentration of hydrocortisone is in a range of 0.05 g/ml to 5 g/ml.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the differentiating of the stem cells to the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing for 120 hours to 600 hours.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the stem cells comprise one or more cells from embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cell.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the producing of the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing for 10 hours to 350 hours.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the producing of the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing the differentiated stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells in a serum-free medium.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises, before the differentiating of the stem cells to the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells, culturing the stem cells in a serum-containing medium for 10 hours to 350 hours.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium comprises one or more proteins selected from Thrombospondin (TSP), Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1), Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 2: (TIMP2), Ectodysplasin-A2 (EDA-A2), X-linked Ectodysplasin-A Receptor (XEDAR), Angiopoietin-1, Secreted Protein Acidic and Rch in Cysteine (SPARC), Transmembrane Protein with EGF-like and Two Follistatin-like Domains 1/Tomoregulin-1 (TMEFF1/tomoregulin-1), Nidogen-1, Insulin-like Growth Factor-binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3), Thrombospondin-2, TNF-Related Activation-Induced Cytokine (TRANCE), and Interleukin-15 receptor alpha (IL-15R alpha).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium comprises, at a concentration of 10 ng/ml or more, one or more proteins selected from TSP, TIMP1, TIMP2, EDA-A2, XEDAR, Angiopoietin-1, SPARC, TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1, Nidogen-1, IGFBP-3, TRANCE, and IL-15R alpha.

10. A stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium prepared by the method of claim 1.

11. The conditioned medium of claim 10, wherein the conditioned medium comprises one or more proteins selected from TSP, TIMP, TIMP2, EDA-A2, XEDAR, Angiopoietin-1, SPARC, TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1, Nidogen-1, IGFBP-3, TRANCE, and IL-15R alpha.

12. The cell culture of claim 10, wherein the conditioned medium comprises, at a concentration of 10 ng/ml or more, one or more proteins selected from TSP, TIMP1, TIMP2, EDA-A2, XEDAR, Angiopoietin-1, SPARC, TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1, Nidogen-1, IGFBP-3, TRANCE, and IL-15R alpha.

13. A method of producing a protein from stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells, the method comprising: differentiating stem cells to stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the stem cells in a differentiation medium containing ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone; producing a culture of stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells by culturing the differentiated stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells in a medium; and recovering the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium from the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a concentration of ascorbic acid is in a range of 0.03 M to 3 M, and a concentration of hydrocortisone is in a range of 0.05 g/ml to 5 g/ml.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the differentiating of the stem cells to the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing for 120 hours to 600 hours.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the stem cells comprise one or more cells from embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cell.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the producing of the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing for 10 hours to 350 hours.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the producing of the culture of the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells is performed by culturing the differentiated stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells in a serum-free medium.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the method comprises, before the differentiating of the stem cells to the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cells, culturing the stem cells in a serum-containing medium for 10 hours to 350 hours.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the protein comprises a one or more proteins selected from TSP, TIMP1, TIMP2, EDA-A2, XEDAR, Angiopoietin-1, SPARC, TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1, Nidogen-1, IGFBP-3, TRANCE, and IL-15R alpha.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0047] FIG. 1 shows the shape of cells including: keratinocytes after differentiation of epidermal-derived undifferentiated keratinocytes; and epidermal-derived progenitor cells after differentiation of placenta-derived stem cells and umbilical cord-derived stem cells by culturing in differentiation media for 11 days.

[0048] FIG. 2 shows the results of measuring expression levels of Krt5, Krt1, IVL, Krt14, and Krt10 on Day 3, Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, Day 19, and Day 21 during a process of differentiating placenta-derived stem cells into epidermal-derived progenitor cells in a differentiation medium.

[0049] FIGS. 3 and 4 each show the results of measuring a protein level of Krt14 on Day 3, Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, Day 19, and Day 21 during a process of differentiating placenta-derived stem cells into epidermal-derived progenitor cells in a differentiation medium.

[0050] FIG. 5 shows the top 24 kinds of cytokines with high expression levels in a stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium.

[0051] FIG. 6 shows the concentrations of Nidogen-1 in a stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium (i.e., differentiated conditioned medium), a conditioned medium of an undifferentiated stem cell (i.e., undifferentiated conditioned medium), and a typical conditioned medium of a keratinocyte (i.e., keratinocyte conditioned medium).

[0052] FIG. 7A shows the results of surface antigen characteristics of a placenta-derived stem cell. FIG. 7B is an image showing the results of inducing differentiation into adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes by adding differentiation inducers to placenta-derived stem cells.

MODE OF DISCLOSURE

[0053] Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to Examples. However, Examples are for illustrative purposes only, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to Examples.

EXAMPLE 1

Preparation of Conditioned Medium of Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cell and Identification of Protein Produced from Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cell

[0054] 1. Preparation of Conditioned Medium of Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cell

[0055] (1) Differentiation of Stem Cell into Epidermal Progenitor Cell

[0056] An informed consent based on sufficient explanation in advance was received from a healthy mother who had delivered normally, and the umbilical cord was detached from the placenta collected at normal placental delivery. Each of the detached placenta and the detached umbilical cord was washed twice to five times with dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS) containing no Ca/Mg to remove blood therefrom. Then, the placental tissue was cut to a size of about 1 mm to about 5 mm. In addition, the artery and vein were removed from the umbilical cord, and the resulting umbilical cord was cut to a size of about 1 mm to about 5 mm. Afterwards, each of the resulting placental tissue and the resulting umbilical cord was adhered to a culture dish, and cultured for 10 days to 15 days. After confirming that cells were extended from the cultured tissues, 200 U/ml of Collagenase I was added thereto for 5 hours to 6 hours, thereby isolating placenta-derived stem cells and umbilical cord-derived stem cells, respectively.

[0057] To identify whether the placenta-derived stem cells exhibited the characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells, flow cytometry was performed to analyze surface proteins. The placenta-derived stem cells were washed with DPBS, added to DPBS containing 2% FBS, and then, reacted with CD44, CD73, CD90, CD105, CD45, CD34, CD31, CD29, CD49, CD9, HLA-ABC, and HLA-ER antibiotics for about 20 minutes. Subsequently, the surface antigen characteristics were analyzed by the flow cytometer (FACS Calibur, Becton Bickinson). FIG. 7A shows the results of the surface antigen characteristics of the placenta-derived stem cells. As shown in FIG. 7A, the expression levels of CD44, CD73, CD90, CD105, CD29, CD49, CD9, and HLA-ABC were high in the placenta-derived stem cells, and accordingly, it was confirmed that the placenta-derived stem cells had the characteristics of the mesenchymal stem cells.

[0058] In addition, to analyze the differentiation potency of the placenta-derived stem cells, differentiation into adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes was induced, respectively. Then, cells in a sample in which the differentiation into adipocytes was induced were stained with Oil Red O, cells in a sample in which the differentiation into chondrocytes were stained with Alcian Blue, and cells in a sample in which the differentiation into osteocytes were stained with Alizarin Red S, and the differentiation potency of the resulting cells was analyzed. FIG. 7B is an image showing the results of inducing differentiation of the placenta-derived stem cells into adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes, respectively, by adding different differentiation inducers for each differentiation of the placenta-derived stem cells. As shown in FIG. 7B, the isolated cells had the same multipotency as the mesenchymal stem cells, and accordingly, it was confirmed that the isolated cells differentiated into adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes, respectively. The isolated cells were dispensed into a multi-flask at a concentration in a range of about 100 cells/cm.sup.2 to about 5,000 cells/cm.sup.2. Here, the cells were at passage 0 (P0), and were subcultured over 5 passages in an MEM alpha GlutaMAX (PS-CM) medium supplemented with 25 ng/ml of fibroblast growth factor-4 (FGF-4), 1 g/ml of heparin, 50 g/m I of gentamicin, and 10% of fetal bovine serum (FBS) for 2 days under the culture conditions of 37 and 5% CO.sub.2.

[0059] Subsequently, to the cultured cells, a dulbecco's modified eagle medium: nutrient mixture F-12 (DMEM/F12) medium and a differentiation medium supplemented with 0.3 M of ascorbic acid, 0.5 g/ml of hydrocortison, and 10% of FBS were each added so that the concentration of the multi-flask became 5 Ml/cm.sup.2, and the resulting cells were cultured for 11 days under the culture conditions of 37 and 5% CO.sub.2. For a control group, cells cultured in a medium containing no ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone were used.

[0060] FIG. 1 shows the cell morphology of keratinocytes after being differentiated from epidermal-derived undifferentiated keratinocytes, and epidermal-derived progenitor cells after being differentiated from placenta-derived stem cells and umbilical cord-derived stem cells, respectively, in differentiation media for 11 days. The placenta-derived stem cells and the umbilical cord-derived stem cells each differentiated into cells in a constant size and in small and circular morphologies similar to the epidermal-derived progenitor cells. As shown in FIG. 1, it was confirmed that the placenta-derived stem cells and the umbilical cord-derived stem cells showed the morphology the epidermal progenitor cells after being cultured in the differentiation medium.

[0061] (2) Identification of Gene Expression in Differentiated Epidermal Progenitor Cells

[0062] (2.1) Real-Time PCR (RT-PCR) Analysis

[0063] During the process of (1) in which the placenta-derived stem cells differentiated into the epidermal progenitor cells, the expression levels of Krt5, Krt1, IVL, Krt14, and Krt10, which are genes expressed in the middle and late stages, were measured by RT-PCR.

[0064] During the process of differentiating the placenta-derived stem cells, the differentiated cells were obtained on Day 3, Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, and Day 19, and then, RNAs were extracted therefrom using phenol/chloroform. The extracted RNAs were reverse-transcribed to synthesize cDNAs. The gene expression levels of the cDNAs were analyzed by RT-PCR on the Applied Biosystems 700 sequence detection system (Foster City, Calif., USA). Here, the synthesized cDNAs, a primer set specific to each of Krt5, Krt1, IVL, Krt14, and Krt10, a 2TaqMan master mixture, and a 20premade TaqMan gene expression analysis kit (Applied Biosystems) were used. The PCR conditions were as follows: repetition of a process of 95 for 10 minutes, 95 for 15 seconds, and 60 for 1 minute 1. Then, the mRNA levels of Krt5, Krt1, IVL, Krt14, and Krt10 at mRNA levels were normalized to human glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) levels.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE1 Gene name Forwardprimer Reverseprimer Krt5 GTCTCGCCAGTCAAG GACACGGAGGTGAAG TGTGT CTG(SEQIDNO:2) (SEQIDNO:1) Krt1 GGGTGGTTATGGTCC GGATCTCAGGGTCAA TGTCT TCTCC(SEQIDNO:4) (SEQIDNO:3) IVL CCAGGTCCAAGACAT ACTGCGGGTGGTTAT TCAAC TTATG(SEQIDNO:5) (SEQIDNO:5) Krt14 GAGCAGCAGAACCAG GAGAACTGGGAGGAG GAGT GAGAG (SEQIDNO:7) (SEQIDNO:8) Krt10 ACTACTCTTCCTCCC TGAGCTAAATCCTCC GCAGT ACCAA(SEQIDNO:10) (SEQIDNO:9)

[0065] FIG. 2 shows the results of measuring the expression levels of Krt5, Krt1, IVL, Krt14, and Krt10 on Day 3, Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, Day 19, and Day 21 during the process of differentiating the placenta-derived stem cells into the epidermal-derived progenitor cells in the differentiation medium. Here, the Y-axis represents the gene expression levels normalized to the human GAPDH. As shown in FIG. 2, as the differentiation proceeded, the mRNA level of Krt14, which is expressed in the middle stage of the differentiation of the epidermal progenitor cell, increased after Day 5.

[0066] (2.2) Immunoblot (IB)

[0067] During the process of (1) in which the placenta-derived stem cells differentiated into the epidermal progenitor cells, the protein level of Krt14, which is a gene expressed in the middle stage, was measured by IB.

[0068] During the process of differentiating the placenta-derived stem cells into the epidermal progenitor cells, the differentiated cells were obtained on Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, and Day 19, and then, the obtained cells were lysed in a cell lysis buffer. The cell lysis buffer contained RIPA buffer (available by Thermofisher) and protease inhibitor cocktail (available by Roche, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., USA). Proteins contained in the cell lysate were separated by 7.5% of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: SDS-PAGE). The separated proteins were transferred to a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane (available by EMD Millipore, Billerica, Mass., USA). Then, the PVDF membrane was subjected to a reaction with a primary antibodies at a temperature of 4 overnight. Next day, the resulting PVDF membrane was washed with a TBST solution containing Tween and Tris, and NaCl, and then, the resulting membrane was subjected to a reaction with a HRP-conjugated secondary antibody at room temperature. The protein bands were visualized using the enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) kit system (available by EMD Millipore).

[0069] FIGS. 3 and 4 each show the results of measuring the protein level of Krt14 on Day 3, Day 5, Day 7, Day 9, Day 11, Day 13, Day 15, Day 17, Day 19, and Day 21 during the process of differentiating the placenta-derived stem cells into the epidermal-derived progenitor cells in the differentiation medium. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, it was confirmed that the protein level of Krt14 gradually increased from Day 5 after the placenta-derived stem cells were cultured in the differentiation medium. It was also confirmed that, after the placenta-derived stem cells were cultured in a medium containing no ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone, Krt14 was not expressed or was expressed at a very low level.

[0070] (3) Preparation of Conditioned Medium of Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cell

[0071] A conditioned medium was produced from the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells of (1).

[0072] Then, the differentiation medium was removed from the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells of (1), and the resulting cells were washed with DPBS to remove the remaining serum therefrom. Afterwards, a DMEM/F12 medium containing no choline chloride and phenol red was added to a culture plate so that the concentration was in a range of about 2 ml/cm.sup.2 to about 3 ml/cm.sup.2, and the cells were cultured for 2 days to 4 days under the culture conditions of 37 and 5% CO.sub.2. Then, the supernatant was collected from the culture of the epidermal progenitor cell mixed with the differentiated epidermal progenitor cell and the medium. Subsequently, the collected supernatant was filtered through a 0.22 m filter to obtain the culture of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells. For control groups, placenta-derived stem cells (hereinafter, referred to as undifferentiated stem cells) cultured in a medium containing no ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone and a conditioned medium collected by adding a medium to each of typical keratinocytes and culturing the medium.

[0073] (4) Analysis of Protein Components in Conditioned Medium of Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cells

[0074] The components of the cell-derived proteins in the conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells obtained in (3) were identified by secretome analysis. In detail, the levels of 507 cytokines in total were identified.

[0075] The secretome analysis was performed using the RayBio Custom L-Series Human Cytokine Array (available from RayBiotech, Norcross, Ga.) according to the RayBio Human Cytokine Antibody Array protocol. The relative intensity of the obtained spots was measured by Image J, and then, corrected by the background subtraction. The results were represented as the average values of two reading results.

[0076] FIG. 5 shows the top 24 kinds of cytokines with high expression levels in the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium. Table 2 shows 24 cytokines expressed in large amounts in the conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells. The conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells may include TSP, TIMP1, TIMP2, EDA-A2, XEDAR, Angiopoietin-1, SPARC, TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1, Nidogen-1, IGFBP-3, Thrombospondin-2, TRANCE, IL-15R alpha, and the like in large amounts.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 No. Cytokine Signal intensity 1 Thrombospondin (TSP) 5,886,805 2 IGFBP-rp1/IGFBP-7 3,970,222 3 TIMP-2 3,950,540 4 EDA-A2 3,938,694 5 XEDAR 1,572,912 6 Angiopoietin-1 1,167,638 7 SPARC 1,020,366 8 GDF-3 1,009,469 9 sFRP-4 999,123 10 GRO 963,242 11 MIP 2 865,819 12 TIMP-1 785,939 13 Latent TGF-beta bp1 554,608 14 CV-2/Crossveinless-2 475,676 15 IL-6 441,917 16 TMEFF1/Tomoregulin-1 430,143 17 Nidogen-1 413,625 18 Smad 4 391,810 19 Activin C 228,189 20 IGFBP-3 182,444 21 Thrombospondin-2 112,674 22 TRANCE 100,065 23 Activin A 76,102 24 IL-15R alpha 51,270

(%) Analysis of Protein Concentration in Conditioned Medium of Stem Cell-Derived Epidermal Progenitor Cells

[0077] It was confirmed that the proteins listed in Table 2 were secreted in large amounts in the conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells, and the secretion amount of the proteins were quantitatively analyzed by ELISA. For control groups, a conditioned medium collected by adding a new medium to the placenta-derived stem cells (hereinafter, referred to as undifferentiated stem cells) cultured a medium containing no ascorbic acid and hydrocortisone and culturing the new medium for 2 days to 4 days, and a conditioned medium collected by adding a new medium to epidermal cells and culturing the new medium for 2 days to 4 days were used. As the ELISA kit, DTP00B (available by R&D system, Minneapolis, Minn.) for TSP, ELH-Nidogen 1 (available by Raybiotec, Norcross, Ga.) for Nidogen 1, MBS262463 (available by Mybiosource) for TRANCE, and ELH-IL15RA (available by Raybiotec, Norcross, Ga.) for IL-15R alpha were used and performed according to the manufacturer's instructions. The absorbance was measured for all cytokines by using a microplate reader Epoch (available by BioTek Inc.) at a wavelength of 450 nm, and the measured absorbance were analyzed by using the Gen5 (2.00) software.

[0078] Table 3 shows the results of measuring the concentrations of TSP, Nidogen-1, TRANCE, and IL15R alpha in the conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells. In other words, it was confirmed that the conditioned medium of the differentiated epidermal progenitor cells contained Nidogen, TSP, and the like. FIG. 6 shows the concentrations of Nidogen-1 contained in the stem cell-derived epidermal progenitor cell conditioned medium, the conditioned medium of the undifferentiated stem cells, and a typical conditioned medium of epidermal cells. As shown in FIG. 6, the amount of Nidogen-1 in the conditioned medium of differentiated epidermal progenitor cells was more than 10 times higher than that in the conditioned medium of the undifferentiated stem cells and a typical conditioned medium of epidermal cells.

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Concentration No. Cytokine (pg/ml) Signal intensity 1 TSP 63.65 5,886,805 2 Nidogen-1 15180 413,625 3 TRANCE 29 100,065 4 IL-15R alpha 19 51,270