Name: Application of Live Mitochondria Staining in Cell-Sorting to Purify Hepatocytes Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn to purify human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes using live mitochondria staining and FACS without genetic modification. This method achieves 97% purity and enhances cell viability for regenerative medicine applications.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology grant number [23390072].

This study used commercially obtained human iPS cells (253G1 strain) (see Table of Materials).
1. Maintenance of human iPS cells
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	<li>Maintain human iPS cells in feeder-free conditions in AK02 medium on culture dishes coated with 0.25 &#181;g/cm2 iMatrix-511 (see Table of Materials).</li>
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2. Hepatic differentiation of human iPS cells in 2D cultures
NOTE: Refer to Figure 1A for the daily schedule of hepatic differentiation. Throughout the process, use 6-well culture plates and add 2 mL of the designated wash or culture medium to each well. Maintain the cell culture condition at 100% humidity, 5% CO2, and 20% O2 at 37 &#176;C.
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	<li>Coat each well of a 6-well plate with 1 mL of basement membrane matrix (diluted 1/25 in PBS (-)), and incubate at 37 &#176;C for 1 h.</li>
	<li>Passage human iPS cells onto the coated dish at a density of 20,000-30,000 cells/cm&#178; using AK02N medium supplemented with 10 &#181;M ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632) (see Table of Materials). Replace the medium without Y-27632 the following day and culture for an additional 2 days.</li>
	<li>Wash the cells once with RPMI-1640 medium. Initiate endoderm differentiation by replacing the medium with RPMI-B27-Glu (RPMI-1640 + 2% B27 Insulin + 1% Dipeptide L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine) supplemented with 3-6 &#181;M CHIR-99021 and 100 ng/mL Activin A for 24 h (see Table of Materials).</li>
	<li>Replace the medium with RPMI-B27-Glu supplemented with 50 ng/mL Activin A for 24 h.</li>
	<li>To induce hepatic progenitor differentiation, replace the medium with RPMI-B27-Glu supplemented with 1% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for 5 days.</li>
	<li>To promote hepatocyte maturation, switch to hepatocyte maturation medium: Leibovitz&#39;s L-15 medium containing 10 &#181;M hydrocortisone 21-hemisuccinate, 8.3% tryptose phosphate broth, 100 nM dexamethasone (DEX), 50 &#181;g/mL sodium-L-ascorbate, 0.58% insulin-transferrin-selenium (ITS), 8.3% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 2 mM Dipeptide L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, and 100 nM N-Hexanoic-Try-Ile-(6)-amino Hexanoic amide (Dihexa) (see Table of Materials).</li>
	<li>Change the medium every 2 days for 20 days. Sort the cells approximately 27 days after initiating differentiation.</li>
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3. Cell preparation for purification of human iPS cells-derived hepatocytes
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	<li>Wash hepatic differentiated cells with 2 mL PBS (-) per well.</li>
	<li>Add 1 mL enzyme solution per well, which includes 0.1% collagenase, 0.083% trypsin, 10 &#181;M ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632), 20 nM ciclosporin A, and 50 &#181;g/mL sodium-L-ascorbate in Ads buffer (116 mM NaCl, 12.5 mM NaH2PO4, 20 mM HEPES, 5.4 mM KCl, 5.6 mM glucose, and 0.8 mM MgSO4; pH 7.35) (see Table of Materials). Detach cells from the plates by horizontally rotating at 37 &#176;C for about 2 h.</li>
	<li>After confirming that cells are detached and rounded under a microscope, disperse them into single cells by gentle pipetting, and collect them in a 50 mL tube.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge cells at 200 x g for 5 min at 18 &#176;C to pellet them. Remove the supernatant using an aspirator.</li>
	<li>Stain the mitochondria of the cells by dispersing them in 5 mL of hepatocyte maturation medium containing 100 nM TMRM (tetramethylrhodamine, methl ester) (see Table of Materials). Incubate for 30 min at 37 &#176;C while protecting from light by wrapping in aluminum foil.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the cells at 200 x g for 5 min at 18 &#176;C to pellet them. Remove the supernatant.</li>
	<li>Resuspend the cells with 1-5 mL of cold Ads buffer containing 2% FBS.</li>
	<li>Count the cell number using a 0.4% Trypan blue solution and a cell count plate.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the cells at 200 x g for 5 min at 4 &#176;C to pellet them. Remove the supernatant.</li>
	<li>Dilute an anti-ALCAM antibody (primary antibody, see Table of Materials) at a 1:50 ratio in Ads buffer, and add 100 &#181;L of the diluted antibody per 106 cells. Stain the cells for 50 min on ice. Prepare cells that are not stained with the primary antibody as a negative control.</li>
	<li>Wash the cells with cold Ads buffer containing 2% FBS twice.</li>
	<li>Dilute an Alexa Fluor 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (secondary antibody, see Table of Materials) at a 1:100 ratio in Ads buffer, and add 100 &#181;L of the diluted antibody per 106 cells. Stain the cells for 30 min on ice. Stain cells that were not stained with the primary antibody using the secondary antibody.</li>
	<li>Wash the cells with cold Ads buffer containing 2% FBS twice.</li>
	<li>Resuspend the cells in Ads buffer and filter them through a snap cap cell strainer (35 &#181;m mesh) just before sorting by FACS to remove large cell clumps and debris.</li>
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4. FACS analyses and sorting of human iPS cells-derived hepatocytes
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	<li>Set up the FACS machine for cell sorting following the manufacturer&#39;s instructions (see Table of Materials). 
	NOTE: Use an 85 &#181;m or 100 &#181;m nozzle size and an ND filter of 2.0 for hepatocytes. Use the FITC channel for detecting Alexa Flour 488 for ALCAM and the PE channel for detecting TMRM fluorescence for mitochondria.</li>
	<li>Adjust the FSC (forward scatter) and SSC (side scatter) voltages to properly visualize the cell population.</li>
	<li>Adjust the voltages of the FITC and PE fluorescent channels. Start with unlabeled cells and center the cell population at the bottom of each channel plot. Ensure labeled cells are appropriately positioned within the plot.</li>
	<li>Use a common gating strategy to eliminate doublets: Gate the major FSC-A vs. SSC-A population (Figure 2A), followed by FSC-H vs. -W, and then SSC-H vs. -W (Figure 2B,C).</li>
	<li>Gate the TMRMhi and ALCAM+ population (P2 in Figure 2E) to sort hepatocytes. Gate the TMRMhi and ALCAM- population (P1 in Figure 2E) to sort non-hepatocytes. Collect sorted hepatocytes and non-hepatocytes in 15 mL collection tubes containing hepatocyte maturation medium.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the collection tube containing the sorted cells at 200 x g for 5 min at 18 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Remove the supernatant and resuspend the cells in hepatocyte maturation medium.</li>
	<li>Seed the cells on mitomycin C-treated mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) or gel-like basement membrane matrix with hepatocyte maturation medium supplemented with 10 &#181;M Y-27632 and 20 nM ciclosporin A. Culture the cells in a 37 &#176;C CO2 incubator for 5 days.</li>
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5. Immunocytochemistry for detection of human iPS cells-derived hepatocytes
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	<li>Wash the cells cultured for 5 days after sorting with PBS (-).</li>
	<li>Fix the cells with 4% paraformaldehyde for 5 min at room temperature.</li>
	<li>Wash the cells with TBS-T buffer (1x TBS with 1% Tween 20) twice to remove the paraformaldehyde.</li>
	<li>Incubate the cells with 0.1% Triton X-100 diluted TBS-T buffer for 5 min at room temperature.</li>
	<li>Wash the cells with TBS-T buffer twice to remove Triton X-100.</li>
	<li>Add commercially available blocking solution (see Table of Materials) to the cells for 30 min at room temperature.</li>
	<li>Add primary antibodies against albumin (hepatocyte marker) and human nuclear antigen (hNA, see Table of Materials), diluted 1:50 in blocking solution.</li>
	<li>Incubate the cells at 4 &#176;C overnight. Wash the cells with TBS-T buffer twice.</li>
	<li>Add secondary antibodies: Alexa Fluor 488 donkey anti-rabbit IgG and Alexa Fluor 546 donkey anti-mouse IgG, diluted 1:100 in blocking solution (see Table of Materials).</li>
	<li>Incubate the cells at room temperature for 30 min. Wash the cells with TBS-T buffer twice.</li>
	<li>Evaluate hepatocyte purity by counting albumin-positive and hNA-positive cells under a fluorescence microscope. Calculate the percentage of albumin-positive cells per hNA-positive cell for both the P1 and P2 populations.</li>
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Purification of Human iPSC-Derived Hepatocytes by Mitochondrial-ALCAM Sorting

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Due to their functions in nutrient metabolism and detoxification, hepatocytes possess a relatively large number of mitochondria compared to other cell types15. ALCAM is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily and plays a role in cell adhesion and migration. It is expressed in various cell types, including hepatic, epithelial, lymphocytic, myeloid, fibroblast, and neuronal cells16. By utilizing a combination of the mitochondria-based method and the ALCAM antibody, human i...

Embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (ES and iPS, respectively) are considered promising cell sources for regenerative therapies. However, the efficiency of differentiating these cells into specific target cell types can vary, even when using the same cell line, protocol, and experimenter1,2,3,4. This variability may be attributed to the high sensitivity of human ES/iPS cells to their environment. Therefore, it is currently difficult to consistently obtain pure target cells. To achieve highly safe regenerative medicine, it is crucial to eliminate proliferative cells and undifferentiated stem cells in therapeutic cells, and advanced purification technology for target cells is essential5,6,7.
A cell sorter is a device that instantaneously analyzes individual cells and sorts live cells of interest based on the fluorescent signal strengths, offering a promising solution. This can be accomplished through antibody staining of cell type-specific surface markers or by utilizing cell type-specific reporter gene expressions. Using this technique, there are several reports on methods for purifying pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes8,9,10 and hepatocytes11,12. Hattori et al. developed an innovative mitochondrial purification method using a cell sorter13. Taking advantage of the fact that cardiomyocytes have high energy demands through mitochondrial activity, staining the cells with the live mitochondria-indicative dye TMRM (tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester) can be used to label and highly purify cardiomyocytes by FACS from human ES cell-derived embryoid bodies containing various cell types. The absence of tumorigenicity was confirmed by teratoma formation assays with the purified cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, Yamashita et al. unexpectedly discovered a method to purify hepatocytes from human ES cell-derived embryoid bodies by isolating fractions with high mitochondrial activity and ALCAM-positive expression14. The rationale for this method is that hepatocytes also have a relatively high number of mitochondria due to their high consumption of ATP for nutrient metabolism and detoxification15, and hepatocytes express ALCAM, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, which plays a role in cell adhesion and migration16.
Previous highly purifying methods for pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes required genetic modifications, and non-genetic purification methods had low efficiency17. The mitochondrial non-genetic method holds merit for achieving high purity. When hepatic progenitor cells are needed, CD133 and CD13- or Dlk1-based methods18,19 can be chosen. Although the accuracy of genome editing technology has advanced, the potential risk of unforeseen genomic changes (e.g., carcinogenesis) cannot be entirely eliminated. Methods based on mitochondrial activity, without involving genetic modification, can be free from such risks.
As a result of examining various mitochondrial indicators in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, TMRM was observed to disappear completely within 24 h, whereas other dyes remained for at least 5 days13. Moreover, it is important to note that TMRM and JC-1 did not impact cell viability when assessed with the 3-(4,5-dimethyl-thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, while other dyes demonstrated varying effects on cell viability13. TMRM demonstrates higher safety.
To date, several two-dimensional (2D) differentiation methods have been developed as more efficient approaches for inducing differentiation compared to three-dimensional (3D) embryoid body formation. This is because step-wise differentiation-inducing compounds or cytokines can be uniformly administered to cells on a 2D plane, rather than in a 3D space. In this study, the previously reported method20 was modified to induce differentiation into human iPS cell-derived hepatocytes. Here, the details of the procedures for the up-to-date 2D differentiation and purification of hepatocytes derived from human iPS cells are described.

<table><tbody><tr><td>253G1 human iPS cell line</td><td>RIKEN BioResource Research Center</td><td>HPS0002</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4% paraformaldehyde</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>163-20145</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Activin A Solution, Human, Recombinant</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>18585</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Anti-Nuclei Antibody, clone 235-1</td><td>Chemicon</td><td>MAB1281</td><td>Antibody against human nuclear antigen</td></tr><tr><td>B-27 Supplement (50x), serum free</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>17504044</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>BD FACSAria III</td><td>BD Biosciences</td><td></td><td>Cell sorter</td></tr><tr><td>CHIR-99021</td><td>MedChemExpress</td><td>HY-10182&amp;nbsp;</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ciclosporin A</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>035-18961</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Collagenase</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>034-22363</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Corning Matrigel Growth Factor Reduced (GFR) Basement Membrane Matrix</td><td>Corning</td><td>354230</td><td>Gel-like basement membrane matrix</td></tr><tr><td>CultureSure Y-27632</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>036-24023</td><td>ROCK inhibitor</td></tr><tr><td>Dexamethasone</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>047-18863</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>047-29353</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Donkey anti-Goat IgG (H+L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 488</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>A-11055</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Donkey anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 546</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>A10036</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 488</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>A-21206</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Falcon 5 mL Round Bottom Polystyrene Test Tube, with Cell Strainer Snap Cap</td><td>Corning</td><td>352235</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fetal Bovine Serum</td><td>Biowest</td><td>51820-500</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GlutaMAX Supplement</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>35050061</td><td>Dipeptide L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine</td></tr><tr><td>Human/Mouse/Rat/Canine ALCAM/CD166 Antibody</td><td>R&amp;amp;D Systems</td><td>AF1172</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hydrocortisone 21-hemisuccinate sodium salt</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>H2270</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>iMatrix-511 silk</td><td>Nippi</td><td>892021</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>ImmunoBlock</td><td>KAC</td><td>CTKN001</td><td>Blocking solution</td></tr><tr><td>ITS-G Supplement(&amp;times;100)</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>090-06741</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Leibovitz&#039;s L-15 Medium</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>128-06075</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>N-Hexanoic-Try-Ile-(6)-amino Hexanoic amide (Dihexa)</td><td>Toronto Research Chemicals</td><td>H293745</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Polyclonal Rabbit Anti-Human Albumin</td><td>Dako</td><td>A0001</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurate (Tween 20)</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>28353-85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>RPMI-1640</td><td>FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation</td><td>189-02025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sodium L-Ascorbate</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>03422-32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>StemFit AK02N</td><td>REPROCELL</td><td>RCAK02N</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBS (10x)</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>12748-31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tetramethylrhodamine, methyl ester (TMRM)</td><td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td><td>T668</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Triton X-100</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>28229-25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Trypan Blue Solution</td><td>NACALAI TESQUE, INC.</td><td>20577-34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TRYPSIN 250</td><td>Difco</td><td>215240</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tryptose phosphate broth solution</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>T8159</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

application of live mitochondria staining in cell-sorting to purify hepatocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells

Application of Live Mitochondria Staining in Cell-Sorting to Purify Hepatocytes Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Human embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have potential applications in cell-based regenerative medicine for treating severely diseased organs due to their unlimited proliferation and pluripotent properties. However, differentiating human ES/iPS cells into 100% pure target cell types is challenging due to their high sensitivity to the environment. Tumorigenesis after transplantation is caused by contaminated, proliferating, and undifferentiated cells, making high-purification technology essential for the safe realization of regenerative medicine. To mitigate the risk of tumorigenesis, a high-purification technology has been developed for human iPS cell-derived hepatocytes. The method employs FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting) using a combination of high mitochondrial content and the cell-surface marker ALCAM (activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule) without genetic modification. 97% &plusmn; 0.38% (n = 5) of the purified hepatocytes using this method exhibited albumin protein expression. This article aims to provide detailed procedures for this method, as applied to the most current two-dimensional differentiation method for human iPS cells into hepatocytes.

The timeline of the processes inducing human iPS cells to differentiate into hepatocytes through 2D culture (Figure 1A) and representative cell features (Figure 1B) are shown. Approximately on differentiation day 12, cells began to exhibit polygonal cell shapes and round nuclei, characteristic of hepatocytes. Some hepatocytes also displayed multinucleation.
FACS analysis was performed using the cells on differentiation day 27. To iden...

Hepatocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells can be purified through cell sorting, using a combination of mitochondrial and activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM, also known as CD166) staining.

Human embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have potential applications in cell-based regenerative medicine for treating severely ...

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Learn to purify human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes using live mitochondria staining and FACS without genetic modification. This method achieves 97% purity and enhances cell viability for regenerative medicine applications.

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