Soft substrates promote direct chemical reprogramming of fibroblasts into neurons

重编程 再生医学 细胞生物学 谷氨酸的 细胞外基质 胶质瘢痕 细胞骨架 机械转化 再生(生物学) 神经科学 生物 干细胞 生物化学 细胞 星形胶质细胞 中枢神经系统 受体 谷氨酸受体
作者
Ziran Xu,Yan Li,Pengdong Li,Yingying Sun,Shuang Liu,Yin Wang,Xijing He,Jinying Xu,Zhixiang Xu,Lisha Li,Yulin Li
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期刊:Acta Biomaterialia [Elsevier]
卷期号:152: 255-272 被引量:6
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DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2022.08.049
摘要

Fibroblasts can be directly reprogrammed via a combination of small molecules to generate induced neurons (iNs), bypassing intermediate stages. This method holds great promise for regenerative medicine; however, it remains inefficient. Recently, studies have suggested that physical cues may improve the direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into neurons, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be further explored, and the physical factors reported to date do not exhibit the full properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Previous in vitro studies mainly used rigid polystyrene dishes, while one of the characteristics of the native in-vivo environment of neurons is the soft nature of brain ECM. The reported stiffness of brain tissue is very soft ranging between 100 Pa and 3 kPa, and the effect of substrate stiffness on direct neuronal reprogramming has not been explored. Here, we show for the first time that soft substrates substantially improved the production efficiency and quality of iNs, without needing to co-culture with glial cells during reprogramming, producing more glutamatergic neurons with electrophysiological functions in a shorter time. Transcriptome sequencing indicated that soft substrates might promote glutamatergic neuron reprogramming through integrins, actin cytoskeleton, Hippo signalling pathway, and regulation of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition, and competing endogenous RNA network analysis provided new targets for neuronal reprogramming. We demonstrated that soft substrates may promote neuronal reprogramming by inhibiting microRNA-615-3p-targeting integrin subunit beta 4. Our findings can aid the development of regenerative therapies and help improve our understanding of neuronal reprogramming. First, we have shown that low stiffness promotes direct reprogramming on the basis of small molecule combinations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on this type of method, which may greatly promote the progress of neural reprogramming. Second, we found that microRNA (miR)-615-3p may interact with integrin subunit beta 4 (ITGB4), and the soft substrates may promote neural reprogramming by inhibiting miR-615-3p targeting ITGB4. We are the first to report on this mechanism. Our findings will provide more functional neurons for subsequent basic and clinical research in neurological regenerative medicine, and will help to improve the overall understanding of neural reprogramming. This work also provides new ideas for the design of medical biomaterials for nerve regeneration.
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