Journal: European cells & materials
Article Title: DESIGNER FAT CELLS: ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF CRISPR-CAS9 GENOME-ENGINEERED INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS
doi: 10.22203/eCM.v046a09
Figure Lengend Snippet: Leptin KO PDiPSCs were cultured in expansion or adipogenic media for 14 days. ( a ) Timeline of culture conditions. ( b ) All groups were stained with Oil Red O and Days 5, 9, and 14 are shown here. Red stain indicates lipid content in cells. The yellow arrows point to lipid-containing cells. Scale bar is 200 μm. ( c ) All Groups were stained with BODIPY/DAPI BODIPY, green, stains for lipids and DAPI, blue, stains nuclei. Scale bar is 100 μm. ( d ) WT and leptin KO PDiPSCs were collected at various timepoints for gene expression characterization. Pparg, Adip , and Lep , were target genes evaluated. Values represent fold change ± SEM ( n = 3 ). Letters represent significance (A p < 0.05, WT adipogenic media; B p < 0.05 leptin KO expansion media; C p < 0.05 leptin KO adipogenic media) from WT PDiPSCs expansion media control. In an effort to restore adipogenic differentiation, murine leptin was added to the culture media as a supplement. ( e ) Leptin KO PDiPSCs with leptin added were cultured in expansion or adipogenic media and for 14 days and were stained with Oil Red O and days 5, 9, and 14 as shown here. Scale bar is 200 μm. ( f ) The same groups as ( e ) were stained with BODIPY/DAPI. Scale bar is 100 μm. ( g ) Lipid content of the PDiPSCs (leptin KO and leptin KO with leptin added) was measured at day 14 using the BODIPY images. Bars represent lipid content (%) ± SEM ( n = 3 ). Asterisks represent significance (* p < 0.01) compared with the leptin KO PDiPSCs in adipogenic media. ( h ) Cells from leptin KO with and without leptin added were collected at various timepoints for gene expression characterization, day 9 is shown here. Pparg, Apn , and Lep , were target genes evaluated. Values represent fold change ± SEM ( n = 3 ). Asterisks represent significance (** p < 0.0001 , *** p < 0.00001) compared with the leptin KO PDiPSCs expansion media control. ( i ) For 9 days, Leptin KO PDiPSCs were treated with adipogenic media and supplemented with varying doses of leptin. Samples were fixed and stained with Oil Red O. 1,000 ng/mL of leptin added to culture media displays the highest concentration of lipid-containing cells. Scale bar is 200 μm. All statistics were run using a 2-way ANOVA with Sidak’s post-hoc test. SEM, standard error of the mean.
Article Snippet: Leptin knockout PDiPSCs in culture were supplemented with 1,000 ng/mL of murine leptin (498-OB-05M; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), a concentration that was determined after performing a leptin dose analysis.
Techniques: Cell Culture, Staining, Gene Expression, Control, Concentration Assay