Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line (CSC-46) from a patient with Parkinson's disease carrying a novel p.R301C mutation in the GBA gene

Publication date: Available online 26 December 2018Source: Stem Cell ResearchAuthor(s): Nadja Gustavsson, Ana Marote, Yuriy Pomeshchik, Kaspar Russ, Carla Azevedo, Margarita Chumarina, Stefano Goldwurm, Anna Collin, Luisa Pinto, António J. Salgado, Oxana Klementieva, Laurent Roybon, Ekaterina SavchenkoAbstractMutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have been associated with the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). An induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line was generated from a 60-year old patient diagnosed with PD and carrying a new mutation variant p.R301C in GBA. Using non-integrating Sendai virus-based technology, we utilized OCT3/4, SOX2, c-MYC and KLF4 transcription factors to reprogram skin fibroblasts into iPSCs. The generated iPSC line retained the mutation, displayed expression of common pluripotency markers, differentiated into the three germ layers, and exhibited normal karyotype. The iPSC line can be further used for studying PD pathogenesis.
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