The mission of the Plateforme de reprogrammation de cellules - iPSC is to offer consultations, trainings and a highly technological and scientific support for the CHU Sainte-Justine researchers and external collaborators and clients as well in their projects involving iPSC.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) were discovered in 2006 in mice and in 2012 using human cells. iPSC can be derived from any somatic cell using 4 transcription factors encoding Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc, can be expanded for unlimited time and differentiated into several cell types of the organism. The capacity of iPSC to grow for unlimited time confers them a great potential in multiple disease modeling and drug development. In addition, iPSC represent a very promising tool for regenerative medicine based on the replacement of pathological cells with healthy cells.
Moreover, the combination of iPSC and gene editing technologies (using divers system as CRISPR-Cas9) permits among other possibilities the creation of specific pathological cells difficult to isolate directly from patients as well as patient iPSC-derived isogenic control cells.
Services
- Somatic cell reprogramming (fibroblasts or peripheral blood cells) or immortalized cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)
- Generation of 4 individual clones per line
- Characterization of generated iPSC using immunofluorescence for pluripotency markers (SSEA4, Tra1-60, Sox2- OCT4)
- Mutations screen on iPSC generated clones by sequencing (only on cells with a described mutation)
- RT-PCR detection of the SeV
- Karyotype by G-Banding (done by Cell Line Genetics)
- 2X nanopore sequencing (done by la méta-plateforme en génomique intégrée)
- iPSC thawing and expansion
- iPSC basic culture training
- iPSC differentiation into several cell-types including lung and neural progenitor cells, endothelial cells, hepatic cells, fibroblasts and myoblasts (a preliminary consultation is necessary for the preparation of an estimate budget)
- iPSC gene editing (done in collaboration with the gene editing team of the core facility)
Service request
Please contact the platform manager to organize a brief consultation in order to discuss your project and get a personalized quote prepared based on your specific needs in terms of cell reprogramming.
Preview of cell reprogramming
Preview of iPSC gene editing
Equipment
- CytoTune™-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit (Life Technologies)
- Reprogramming plasmids OCT3/4, Sox2, KLF4, Lin28, c-Myc (Addgene)
- iPSC control cell lines derived from either fibroblasts or peripheral blood mononuclear cells and amniotic fluid
- Antibodies for the detection of the main pluripotency markers as well as for cell-type specific markers upon differentiation
- Multiple factors and cytokines necessary for multiple specific differentiation induction
- Human stem cell, PBMC and fibroblasts nucleofection kit (Lonza)
Team
Manager
Basma Benabdallah, PhD
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.6531
basma.benabdallah.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Scientific director
Nicolas Dumont, PhD
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.7876
nicolas.dumont.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Scientific co-director
Anthony Flamier, PhD
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.7627
anthony.flamier.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Technical Specialist
Sylvie Pinto, M.Sc
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.7618
sylvie.pinto.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Specialized Technician
Célia Kassouri, M.Sc
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.7618
celia.kassouri.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Head of Core facilities
Valérie Villeneuve, PhD
+1 (514) 345-4931, ext.2786
valerie.villeneuve.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Financial Partners
- Fondation Charles-Bruneau
- Azrieli Foundation
- Réseau de thérapie cellulaire, tissulaire et génique du Québec (ThéCell)
- National Research Council of Canada