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US 12,324,817 · App. 17/086,397 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Method of inducing dedifferentiation of somatic cells with small molecules to prepare rejuvenated mesenchymal stem cells and uses thereof

Inventors: Min Hu (Yunnan, CN); Yanjiao Li (Yunnan, CN); Junyuan Hu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN ALPHA BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,324,817
App. No.
17/086,397
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A preparation method and applications of rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts, where the rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts are prepared from normal fibroblasts by inhibiting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. The rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts are prepared by treating the target cells with a small molecular combination, a cytokine combination or a recombinant protein combination. This application further provides an application of the rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts in the reprogramming or rejuvenation of cells, tissues, organs and organisms.

Claims (20)

1. A method of preparing rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts, comprising:

treating fibroblasts sequentially with a first composition and a second composition;

wherein the first composition comprises high glucose DMEM (HG-DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and a first small molecule mixture consisting of WNT/β-catenin agonist CHIR99021, histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor valproic acid (VPA), cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) agonist Forskolin, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β inhibitor Repsox; and

the second composition comprises HG-DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS and a second small molecule mixture consisting of HDAC inhibitor VPA, TGF-β inhibitor Repsox, WNT/β-catenin agonist CHIR99021, cAMP agonist Forskolin, retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonists AM580 and TTNPB, histone methyltransferase (HMT) inhibitor EPZ004777, ascorbate, protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Go 6983, Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-27632, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125;

wherein the fibroblasts are treated in the first composition for 5 days, and the fibroblasts are treated in the second composition for 7 days.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fibroblasts are derived from a connective tissue of a mammal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the connective tissue is blood, skin, bone marrow, heart, blood vessel, muscle, urine, liver, kidney, digestive tract, lung, bone, cartilage, adipose, placenta or umbilical cord.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the mammal is human, monkey, mouse, pig, rat, dog, cattle, sheep, goat, horse, tree shrew or rabbit.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first small molecule mixture consists of 0.05-10 mM of VPA, 1-15 μM of CHIR99021, 0.5-10 μM of Repsox, and 3-50 μM of Forskolin.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second small molecule mixture consists of 0.05-10 mM of VPA, 1-15 μM of CHIR99021, 0.5-10 μM of Repsox, 3-50 μM of Forskolin, 1-50 μM of SP600125, 1-20 μM of Go 6983, 1-25 μM of Y-27632, 0.02-1 μM of AM580, 0.5-15 μM of EPZ004777, 0.2 mM of ascorbate, and 0.2-20 μM of TTNPB.

7. A method of preparing rejuvenated and regenerative fibroblasts, comprising:

treating fibroblasts sequentially with a first composition and a second composition;

wherein the first composition comprises HG-DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS and a first small molecule mixture consisting of ROCK inhibitor Y-27632, ascorbate, HMT inhibitor EPZ004777, cAMP agonist Forskolin and TGF-β inhibitor Repsox; and

wherein the second composition comprises HG-DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS and a second small molecule mixture consisting of HDAC inhibitor VPA, WNT/β-catenin agonist CHIR99021, TGF-β inhibitor Repsox, cAMP agonist Forskolin, PKC inhibitor Go 6983, ROCK inhibitor Y-27632, RAR agonists AM580 and TTNPB, HMT inhibitor EPZ004777, and ascorbate;

wherein the fibroblasts are treated in the first composition for 9 days, and the fibroblasts are treated in the second composition for 7 days.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first small molecule mixture consists of 1-25 μM of Y-27632, 0.2 mM of ascorbate, 0.5-15 μM of EPZ004777, 3-50 UM of Forskolin and 0.5-10 μM of Repsox.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second small molecule mixture consists of 0.05-10 mM of VPA, 1-15 μM of CHIR99021, 0.5-10 μM of Repsox, 3-50 μM of Forskolin, 1-20 μM of Go 6983, 1-25 μM of Y-27632, 0.02-1 μM of AM580, 0.5-15 μM of EPZ004777, 0.2 mM of ascorbate and 0.2-20 μM of TTNPB.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the fibroblasts are derived from a connective tissue of a mammal.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the connective tissue is blood, skin, bone marrow, heart, blood vessel, muscle, urine, liver, kidney, digestive tract, lung, bone, cartilage, adipose, placenta or umbilical cord.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the mammal is human, monkey, mouse, pig, rat, dog, cattle, sheep, goat, horse, tree shrew or rabbit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2026
From: SHENZHEN ALPHA BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
To: YUNNAN JICI INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 074614/0863 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2025
From: HU, MIN; LI, YANJIAO; HU, JUNYUAN
To: SHENZHEN ALPHA BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071160/0235 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810407290.X · May 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019085401 · May 1, 2019
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