IPSC Differentiation into Posterior Primitive Streak and Nephrogenic Intermediate Mesoderm

Begin by washing the induced pluripotent stem cells or iPSCs on the membrane matrix coated 6-well plate with two milliliters DPBS. Aspirate the DPBS using a pipette. Next, add one milliliter of the commercially available cell detachment solution to detach the iPSCs.

Then place the cell into an incubator at 37 degrees for five minutes. Now pipette one milliliter of mTeSR onto the iPSCs, ensuring that the cells have separated from the plastic surface. Centrifuge these cells at 400g for three minutes at room temperature.

Resuspend the cell pellet, then count the cell numbers using a hemocytometer. Next seed a range of cell densities on a 6-well plate that has been coated with a membrane matrix. Culture these with mTeSR supplemented with 10 micromolar Rho-kinase inhibitor.

Culture the plates overnight in a carbon dioxide incubator set at 37 degrees Celsius. The next day aspirate the mTeSR and wash the cells with two milliliters of DPBS. Next, add two milliliters of stage 1 medium to the cells.

Then place the cells in a 37 degrees Celsius incubator for four days. On day four, remove the stage 1 medium and wash the cells with two milliliters of DPBS. Then add two milliliters of stage 2 medium to the cells before incubating the cells as before.

From day zero to day four, iPSCs rapidly expanded and took on rhomboid or triangular shapes. The confluence reached 90 to 100%and accumulated evenly until day seven. Upon suspension culture, the aggregates spontaneously form nephron structures after dissociating on day seven.