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US 11,859,175 · App. 16/082,926 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Cell reprogramming method using physical stimulation-mediated environmental influx

Inventor: Soon Hag Kim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: STEMON INC.
C12N13/00C12N5/067C12N5/0623C12N5/0656C12N5/0658C12N2521/10C12N2523/00C12N2529/00
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Patent No.
US 11,859,175
App. No.
16/082,926
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a cell reprogramming method using a physical stimulation-mediated environmental influx, and more specifically, by subjecting differentiated or non-differentiated cells to physical stimulation which can promote an environmental influx, such as ultrasonic waves, laser or heat shock, without the introduction of a reprogramming-inducing factor or a chemical substance to the differentiated cells, the cells can be reprogrammed with just the imposition of an external environmental influx into pluripotent cells or arbitrary differentiated cells having a different expression type from the differentiated or non-differentiated cells, and as such an inducement has a simple and effective production process, the possibility of an autogenic cell therapy can be made greater.

Claims (10)

1. A cell reprogramming method comprising:

subjecting a mixture of human dermal fibroblasts (HDF) and a culture medium to ultrasonic waves treatment having an output intensity of 0.5 W/cm 2 to 3 W/cm 2 for 1 to 5 seconds which promote an environmental influx for a cell reprogramming, wherein the ultrasonic waves treatment induces damage of the cell membrane which is recovered 2 hours after being subjected to the ultrasonic waves treatment; and

culturing, immediately after the ultrasonic waves treatment, the mixture subjected to the ultrasonic waves treatment for a predetermined time to obtain reprogrammed cells,

wherein the culture medium is any one of a hepatocyte differentiation-inducing medium, an adipocyte differentiation-inducing medium, or a neuronal cell differentiation-inducing medium,

wherein the ultrasonic treatment promotes the environmental influx without introduction of a reprogramming inducing factor other than any one of the differentiation-inducing medium,

wherein the reprogrammed cells are any one of neurons expressing any one of PAX6, Nestin, Sox1, Sox2, MAP2, TuJl, GFAP or O4; hepatocytes expressing any one of AFP, HNF1a, HNF4a, CK18 or ALB; or adipocytes stained with oil red O and expressing any one of Pparc2, C/ebpa, aP2 or Fabp4.

2. The cell reprogramming method of claim 1 , wherein the environmental influx includes an intracellular influx of genetic materials, chemicals, small molecules, exosomes, or extracellular vesicles containing exosomes released from differentiated or non-differentiated cells subjected to the ultrasonic waves treatment; or culture medium components.

3. The cell reprogramming method of claim 1 , further comprising:

subjecting the culture medium to the ultrasonic waves treatment having an output intensity of 1 W/cm 2 to 20 W/cm 2 for 1 to 20 minutes before mixing the HDF with the culture medium.

4. The cell reprogramming method of claim 1 , wherein the mixture subjected to the ultrasonic waves treatment is cultured for 1 to 20 days by a suspended culture or monolayer culture method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: KIM, SOON HAG
To: STEMON INC.
Reel/Frame 046809/0008 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0029611 · Mar 11, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0071852 · Jun 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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