Name: reprogramming mature cells into stem cells
Uploaded: 2019-03-11T09:21:22.000Z
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- [Narrador] Las células
madres pluripotentes, iPSC,

son células maduras
diferenciadas, como las de la piel

que se reprograman en el laboratorio

para que sean similares a las
células madre embrionarias

no diferenciadas.

Es decir, se dividen y son pluripotentes,

y pueden producir cualquier
tipo de célula del cuerpo.

Por ejemplo, las células retinales

pueden usarse para reparar
tejido retinal dañado.

Para crear iPSC, se toman
células maduras de un paciente,

como fibroblastos cutáneos,

y se ponen en un cultivo.

Luego, los genes para
factores de transcripción

se envían por vectores virales
al núcleo celular

donde se incorporan al genoma.

Los factores de transcripción
se convierten en genes

que se expresan mediante
células madre embrionarias,

eso las desdiferencia, lo cual ocasiona

un estado pluripotente.

Las células ya pueden
dividirse y, lo ideal,

es que puedan controlarse

para producir células
específicas en un cultivo.

Las células nuevas se
trasplantan al paciente

para tratar el daño o enfermedad

con un riesgo mínimo de rechazo

pues se crearon de las
mismas células del paciente.

Hamazaki, Takashi, Nihal El Rouby, Natalie C. Fredette, Katherine E. Santostefano y Naohiro Terada. "Revisión concisa: investigación con células madre pluripotentes inducidas en la era de la medicina de precisión". Stem Cells (Dayton, Ohio) 35, no. 3 (marzo de 2017): 545–50. [<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.2570" target="__blank">Fuente</a>].

células madre pluripotentes inducidas

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Las células madre son células indiferenciadas que se dividen y producen diferentes tipos de células. Normalmente, las células que se han diferenciado en un tipo celular específico son posmitóticas,es decir, ya no se dividen. Sin embargo, los científicos han encontrado una manera de reprogramar estas células maduras para que se "desdiferencian" y regresen a un estado proliferativo no especializado. Estas células también son pluripotentes como las células madre embrionarias,capaces de producir todo tipo de células y, por lo tanto, se denominan células madre pluripotentes inducidas (iPSC). Las iPSC son potencialmente valiosas en medicina, porque un paciente que necesita un tipo de célula particular,por ejemplo, alguien con una retina dañada debido a la degeneración macular, podría recibir un trasplante de las células requeridas, generadas a partir de otro tipo de célula en su propio cuerpo. Esto se llama trasplante autólogo y reduce el riesgo de rechazo del trasplante que puede ocurrir cuando se trasplantan tejidos entre individuos. <h4>El proceso</h4> Para crear iPSC, se cultivan células maduras, como fibroblastos de la piel o células sanguíneas de una persona. Luego, los genes de múltiples factores de transcripción se introducen en las células mediante un vector viral y las proteínas de los factores de transcripción se expresan mediante la maquinaria de la célula. Luego, los factores de transcripción activan muchos otros genes que expresan las células madre embrionarias, devolviendo a las células a un estado indiferenciado, proliferativo y pluripotente. Todavía se está estudiando si las iPSC son realmente equivalentes a las células madre embrionarias, pero parecen ser similares y pueden producir células de las tres capas germinales del cuerpo. Al igual que con otros tipos de células madre, los científicos están aprendiendo cómo promover la diferenciación de tipos de células específicas de las iPSC de manera eficiente, de modo que los tipos de células necesarios puedan producirse en cantidades adecuadas. <h4>Ensayos clínicos iniciales</h4> El primer ensayo clínico trasplantó células de retina derivadas de iPSC a pacientes con degeneración macular relacionada con la edad. Desde entonces, se han aprobado varios ensayos clínicos de iPSC para el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Parkinson, enfermedades cardíacas y lesiones de la médula espinal. Las células extraídas de pacientes y convertidas en iPSC también se utilizan para estudiar sus enfermedades en el laboratorio. En general, las iPSC proporcionan otra fuente de células madre para la investigación científica.

Células madre pluripotentes inducidas

Las células madre son células indiferenciadas que se dividen y producen diferentes tipos de células. Normalmente, las células que se han diferenciado en una célula específica ...

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reprogramming mature cells into stem cells

Reprogramming mature cells into stem cells lets scientists turn specialized cells back into an unspecialized state. These cells are called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs. Like embryonic stem cells, iPSCs are pluripotent, which means they can form all cell types.

To make iPSCs, researchers start with mature cells such as skin fibroblasts or blood cells. The cells are grown in culture, and genes for several transcription factors are delivered with a viral vector. The cells then make those transcription factor proteins, which switch on other genes that are active in embryonic stem cells and return the cells to a proliferative, undifferentiated, and pluripotent state.

iPSCs may be useful in medicine because they can come from a patient’s own body. For example, cells needed to repair a damaged retina in age-related macular degeneration could be made from that same patient’s cells. This autologous transplantation lowers the risk of transplant rejection that can happen when tissue is moved between different people.

Scientists are still studying whether iPSCs are truly equivalent to embryonic stem cells, but they appear to be similar and can produce cells from all three germ layers. Researchers are also working on ways to direct iPSCs to become specific cell types in efficient amounts. Early clinical trials have used iPSC-derived retinal cells for macular degeneration, and other trials have been approved for Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, and spinal cord injury. Patient cells turned into iPSCs are also helping scientists study disease in the lab.

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