Stabilization of mouse haploid embryonic stem cells with combined kinase and signal modulation

Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 16;7(1):13222. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13471-4.

Abstract

Mammalian haploid embryonic stem cells (haESCs) provide new possibilities for large-scale genetic screens because they bear only one copy of each chromosome. However, haESCs are prone to spontaneous diploidization through unknown mechanisms. Here, we report that a small molecule combination could restrain mouse haESCs from diploidization by impeding exit from naïve pluripotency and by shortening the S-G2/M phases. Combined with 2i and PD166285, our chemical cocktail could maintain haESCs in the haploid state for at least five weeks without fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) enrichment of haploid cells. Taken together, we established an effective chemical approach for long-term maintenance of haESCs, and highlighted that proper cell cycle progression was critical for the maintenance of haploid state.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Cycle / genetics
  • Cell Division
  • Cell Line
  • Flow Cytometry
  • G2 Phase
  • Haploidy
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Ploidies
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction* / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction* / genetics

Substances

  • Protein Kinases