Journal: iScience
Article Title: AMPK-p38 axis converts human pluripotent stem cells to naive state
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115569
Figure Lengend Snippet: Naive conversion with AICAR (A) Naive conversion protocol using AICAR. PXGL; PD0325901 (1 μM), XAV939 (2 μM), Go6983 (2 μM), and human LIF (10 ng/mL) in Ndiff227 medium. (B) Flow cytometry analysis of EOS-GFP, SUSD2, CD75, and CD57 expression (day 14). (C) Appearance of EOS-GFP-positive cell clusters induced by AICAR (day 14). (D) EOS-GFP-positive naive-like colony after expansion in PXGL (day 14 + 14p). (E) Flow cytometry analysis of EOS-GFP, SUSD2, and CD75 expression (day 14 + 21p). (F) RT-qPCR analysis of sorted SUSD2 + CD75 + cells and parental primed human ESCs (H9-EOS). AICAR, day 14 + 13p; VPA, day 9 + 4p. Error bars: SD of technical triplicates. (G) Immunostaining for OCT4, NANOG, KLF17, and TFE3 of primed and AICAR-induced cells. AICAR, day 14 + 14p. (H) AICAR-treated cells showed increased TMRE fluorescence, as detected by both flow cytometry (PE channel) and fluorescence microscopy. Scale bars: 100 μm in (C, D, and H) and 50 μm (G). AICAR, day 14 + 16p. See also and and .
Article Snippet: Primed H9 human ESCs were obtained from WiCell (WA09).
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Immunostaining, Fluorescence, Microscopy