WO2019050015A1 - 網膜組織を含む細胞凝集体及びその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a sphere-like cell aggregate including a nerve retina and a method for producing the same, particularly covering a core including a nerve retina and at least a part of the surface of the core continuously or intermittently And a covering portion including the above.
- NR neuroretinal
- RPE retinal pigment epithelial
- RPE cells from pluripotent stem cells for example, a method of obtaining RPE cells from retinal progenitor cells induced in a medium containing a retinoic acid receptor antagonist is known (Patent Document 3).
- Patent Document 3 a method of obtaining RPE cells from retinal progenitor cells induced in a medium containing a retinoic acid receptor antagonist.
- retinal tissue including both NR and RPE cells there is no known method for producing retinal tissue including both NR and RPE cells in a state where both NR and RPE cells are correctly localized in the same manner as retinal tissue in the living retina.
- Non-patent Document 2 transplantation of a cell mixture of retinal progenitor cells and RPE cells
- Patent Document 4 transplantation of RPE cell-retinal progenitor cell adherents in which retinal progenitor cells were adhered to RPE cell sheet
- Non-patent Document 2 a mixture of non-adherent cells is used, and in Patent Document 1, retinal precursor cells attached to RPE cell sheets are not closely attached to each other, and function as retinal tissue. It is not a possible condition. Therefore, in any case, long-term survival after transplantation is not expected to be good.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a cell aggregate containing retinal tissue suitable for transplantation, in particular neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells, and a method for producing the same.
- the present inventors can obtain sphere-like cell aggregates according to the present invention in which RPE cells are adhered to the cell aggregates, It was found that good engraftment was observed when a cell sheet physically cut out from the aggregate was transplanted to a retinal degeneration nude rat, and the present invention was completed.
- a sphere-like cell aggregate comprising: a core including a nerve retina; and a covering which covers at least a part of the surface of the core continuously or intermittently.
- a neural retinal layer including at least a photoreceptor layer is formed, and the photoreceptor layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of photoreceptors, photoreceptor precursors, and retina precursors.
- Cells which are contained in the photoreceptor layer, are continuously present in the tangential direction of the surface of the core; (2) The covering portion includes retinal pigment epithelial cells in contact with each other, (3) The cell aggregate does not contain lens, vitreous body, cornea and blood vessels, and (4) the retinal pigment epithelial cells do not constitute a continuous epithelial structure with the neuroretinal layer. Sphere-like cell aggregates. [2] The spherical cell aggregate of [1], wherein an extracellular matrix is further present between the photoreceptor layer in (2) and retinal pigment epithelial cells covering at least a part of the photoreceptor layer.
- a sphere-like cell aggregate (cell aggregate of nerve retina) including nerve retina, (I) In the cell aggregate of the nerve retina, the nerve retina is present on the surface of the cell aggregate, and (II) a nerve retina layer including at least a photoreceptor layer is formed in the nerve retina.
- Preparing a cell aggregate of neural retina wherein the photoreceptor layer contains one or more cells selected from the group consisting of retinal progenitor cells, photoreceptor precursor cells and photoreceptors, Preparing retinal pigment epithelial cells; Contacting the cell aggregate of the neural retina and the retinal pigment epithelial cells; A method for producing a sphere-like cell aggregate according to any one of [1] to [3]. [5] The method according to [4], wherein the presence ratio of Chx10 positive cells in the neural retina in the cell aggregate of the neural retina is 20% or more. [6] The production method of [4] or [5], wherein the contacting is performed in the presence of an adhesion factor in the contacting step.
- [7] The method for producing [6], wherein the adhesion factor is an extracellular matrix.
- the extracellular matrix is one or more extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid, laminin, type IV collagen, heparan sulfate proteoglycan and entactin.
- a test substance is brought into contact with the spherical cell aggregate of any of [1] to [3] or a part of the cell aggregate, and the test substance is the spherical cell aggregate or the spherical cell aggregate
- a method for evaluating toxicity or efficacy of a test substance which comprises assaying an effect on cells contained in [14]
- a retinal pigment epithelial cell, retinal cell or retinal tissue disorder or retinal tissue comprising the spherical cell aggregate of any of [1] to [3] or a part of the cell aggregate Therapeutic agents for injury-based diseases.
- a retinal pigment epithelial cell comprising transplanting an effective amount of the spherical cell aggregate of any of [1] to [3] or a part of the cell aggregate to a subject requiring transplantation.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a spherical cell aggregate according to any one of [1] to [3] or a part of the cell aggregate.
- [18] A part of a sphere-like cell aggregate physically cut out from the sphere-like cell aggregate of any of [1] to [3].
- the production method of [20] wherein a part of the spherical cell aggregate is a cell sheet containing retinal pigment epithelial cells and neural retina.
- a cell aggregate that is suitable for transplantation can be engrafted for a long period at an appropriate position where each retinal cell should be present in the living body, in particular, a cell aggregate including neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells.
- a collection and a method of manufacturing the same can be provided.
- mice Microscopic observation results (A, B, C, D) in which retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and neural retina (NR) were differentiated by differentiation induction from human ES cells (A ', B', C) It is a figure which shows ', D').
- Method (A) for adhering NR of the Example 2 to RPE cells and microscopic observation results (B, C, D) after 1 hour of adhesion and on the day after adhesion (B ', C', D) 'Is shown.
- the sphere-like cell aggregate comprises a core portion including a nerve retina, and a covering portion covering at least a part of the surface of the core portion continuously or intermittently.
- the features of (1) to (4) of (1) In the neural retina, a neural retinal layer including at least a photoreceptor layer is formed, and the photoreceptor layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of photoreceptors, photoreceptor precursors, and retina precursors.
- the covering portion includes retinal pigment epithelial cells in contact with each other, (3)
- the cell aggregate does not contain the lens, vitreous body, cornea and blood vessels, and (4) the retinal pigment epithelial cells do not constitute a continuous epithelial structure with the neuroretinal layer.
- Sphere-like cell aggregate means a cell aggregate having a near spherical shape and a steric shape.
- a nearly spherical three-dimensional shape is a shape having a three-dimensional structure, and when projected onto a two-dimensional surface, it is formed, for example, by combining a plurality of spherical shapes exhibiting a circular shape or an elliptical shape, and a plurality of spherical shapes. (For example, when projected in two dimensions, it indicates a shape formed by overlapping two to four circular or elliptical shapes).
- the core portion of the aggregate has a vesicular layered structure, and is characterized in that the central portion is dark and the outer edge portion is brightly observed under a bright field microscope.
- the "cell aggregate” (Cell Aggregate) is not particularly limited as long as a plurality of cells adhere to each other to form a three-dimensional structure, and for example, cells dispersed in a medium such as a medium are It refers to a mass formed by aggregation or a mass of cells formed through cell division. Cell aggregates also include those that form a specific tissue.
- the core of the cell aggregate comprises a neural retina.
- Retinal tissue Retinal tissue or Retinal organoid
- Retina retinal tissue, which does not include the retinal pigment epithelial layer among the retinal layers described later, and means a tissue including the neuroretinal layer inside the retinal pigment epithelial layer.
- Retinal pigment epithelial cells and / or a structure for the peripheral region of the ciliary body may be included in a partial region of the "core portion of cell aggregate".
- a part of the continuous interface (formed by neural retina) forming to the external environment of cell aggregate is constituted by retinal pigment epithelial cells, and further neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells
- the peripheral region of the ciliary body includes the cell aggregate disclosed in WO 2013/183774 (FIG. 12A).
- Retinal cell means a cell constituting each retinal layer in a living retina or a precursor cell thereof.
- photoreceptor cells (rod photoreceptors, cone photoreceptors), horizontal cells, amacrine cells, interneurons, retinal ganglion cells (ganglion cells), bipolar cells (rod bipolar cells, cone bipolar) Cells), cells such as Muller glial cells, retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, ciliary body peripheral cells, precursor cells of these (eg, photoreceptor precursors, bipolar precursor cells, etc.), retina progenitor cells, etc. Is not limited to these.
- cells constituting the neural retinal layer include photoreceptors (rod photoreceptors, cone photoreceptors), horizontal cells, amacrine cells, interneurons, retinal ganglion cells ( Cells such as ganglion cells), bipolar cells (rod bipolar cells, pyramidal bipolar cells), Mueller glial cells, and precursors of these cells (eg, photoreceptor precursors, bipolar precursor cells, etc.).
- mature retinal cells means cells that can be contained in human adult retinal tissue, and more specifically, photoreceptors (rod photoreceptors, cone photoreceptors), horizontal cells, amacrine cells, intervened Differentiated cells such as nerve cells, retinal ganglion cells (ganglion cells), bipolar cells (rod bipolar cells, pyramidal bipolar cells), Muller glial cells, retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, ciliary body peripheral cells Means
- Immature retinal cells refers to precursor cells (eg, photoreceptor precursors, bipolar precursors, retinal precursors, etc.) whose differentiation into mature retinal cells is determined.
- the photoreceptor precursor cells horizontal precursor cells, bipolar precursor cells, amacrine precursor cells, retinal ganglion cell precursors, Muller glial precursor cells, retinal pigment epithelial precursor cells, respectively, photoreceptor cells, horizontal cells, bipolar cells , Amacrine cells, retinal ganglion cells, Muller glial cells, precursor cells whose differentiation to retinal pigment epithelial cells is determined.
- Retinal precursor cells means any immature precursor such as photoreceptor precursor cells, horizontal cell precursor cells, bipolar cell precursor cells, amacrine cell precursor cells, retinal ganglion cell precursor cells, Muller glial cells, retinal pigment epithelial precursor cells, etc. It is a precursor cell that can differentiate into various retinal cells, and finally, photoreceptors, rod photoreceptors, pyramidal photoreceptors, horizontal cells, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, retinal ganglion cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells Etc. are precursor cells that can differentiate into any mature retinal cells.
- the “photoreceptor cell” is present in the photoreceptor layer of the retina and has a role in absorbing light stimulation and converting it into an electrical signal.
- photoreceptors There are two types of photoreceptors: cones that function in the light and rods (or rods) that function in the dark.
- the photoreceptors differentiate from photoreceptor precursors and mature. It is a person skilled in the art whether or not the cell is a photoreceptor or photoreceptor precursor cell, for example, cell markers (Crx and Blimp expressed in photoreceptor precursor cells, recoverin expressed in photoreceptors, mature photoreceptors), for example.
- the photoreceptor precursor cells are Crx positive cells and the photoreceptors are rhodopsin, S-Opsin and M / L-Opsin positive cells.
- retinal pigment epithelial cells means epithelial cells present outside the neural retina in the living retina. It is a person skilled in the art whether cells are retinal pigment epithelial cells or not, for example, expression of cell markers (RPE65, Mitf, CRALBP, MERTK, BEST1 etc.), presence of melanin granules (blackish brown), intercell It can be easily confirmed by the characteristic cell morphology of tight junction, polygons and paving stones, etc. Whether a cell has the function of retinal pigment epithelial cells can be easily confirmed by the ability to secrete cytokines such as VEGF and PEDF. In one embodiment, the retinal pigment epithelial cells are RPE65 positive cells, Mitf positive cells, or RPE65 positive and Mitf positive cells.
- retinal cells can be confirmed by the presence or absence of expression of a retinal cell marker (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "retinal cell marker").
- retinal cell marker hereinafter sometimes referred to as "retinal cell marker”
- the presence or absence of expression of retinal cell markers, or the proportion of retinal cell marker-positive cells in the cell population or tissue can be easily confirmed by those skilled in the art. For example, it can be confirmed by dividing the number of specific retinal cell marker-positive cells by the total cell number by a technique such as flow cytometry using a commercially available antibody, immunostaining, or the like.
- Rx As a retinal cell marker, Rx (also referred to as "Rax”) expressed in retinal progenitor cells, PAX6 and Chx10, Crx and Blimp 1 expressed in photoreceptor precursors, recoveryin expressed in photoreceptors, expressed in bipolar cells Chx10, PKC ⁇ and L7, TuJ1 and Brn3 expressed in retinal ganglion cells, calretinin expressed in amacrine cells, calbindin expressed in horizontal cells, rhodopsin expressed in mature photoreceptors, Nrl and rhodopsin expressed in rod photoreceptors, Rxr-gamma, S-Opsin and M / L-Opsin expressed in pyramidal photoreceptors, GS and GFAP expressed in Mueller glial cells, RPE65 and Mitf expressed in retinal pigment epithelial cells, expressed in ciliary edge cells And Rdh10 and SSEA1.
- Positive cell is meant a cell expressing a particular marker on or in the cell surface.
- Chx10 positive cell means a cell expressing Chx10 protein in the nucleus.
- a neural retinal layer including at least a photoreceptor layer is formed.
- the “retinal layer” means each layer constituting the retina, and more specifically, a retinal pigment epithelial layer, photoreceptor layer, outer limiting membrane, outer granular layer, outer plexiform layer, inner granular layer, inner plexiform layer, Ganglion cell layers, nerve fiber layers and inner limiting membranes can be mentioned.
- Neuro-retinal layer means each layer constituting a neuro-retinal, specifically, photoreceptor layer, outer limiting membrane, outer granular layer, outer plexiform layer, inner granular layer, inner plexiform layer, ganglion cell Layers, nerve fiber layers and inner limiting membranes can be mentioned.
- the "photocell layer” is a kind of retinal layer or neuroretinal layer and is formed on the outermost side of the neural retina, and photoreceptors (rod photoreceptors, pyramidal photoreceptors), photoreceptor precursors and retina precursors. It means the retina layer containing many cells.
- the photoreceptor layer in the core nerve retina includes at least one or more cells selected from the group consisting of at least photoreceptors, photoreceptor precursors and retina precursors (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "photoreceptors etc.”),
- the photoreceptors include rod photoreceptors and cone photoreceptors, and photoreceptors etc. are 70% or more, preferably 80% or more based on the number of nuclei, with respect to all cells present in the photoreceptor layer. More preferably, it occupies 90% or more.
- the photoreceptor layer in the nerve retina of the core part is formed at least on the outermost side of the aggregate core part, and the photoreceptor layer may be formed also on the inside.
- the above-described photoreceptors and the like are present continuously in the tangential direction of the surface of the core portion, that is, they adhere to each other, and the photoreceptors and the like are present continuously in the tangential direction of the surface of the core portion. It forms a photoreceptor layer.
- the tangential direction means a direction tangential to the surface of the core portion (neural retina) of the sphere-like cell aggregate, that is, a direction in which visual cells and the like in the visual cell layer are aligned. Or it is a horizontal direction.
- a cluster of retinal pigment epithelial cells is further contained in the same aggregate, and a ciliary rim-like structure is provided in the boundary region of the neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells described above. It may be a bubble-shaped aggregate (Non-patent Document 1).
- the ciliary rim-like structure is a structure similar to the ciliary rim.
- the “ciliary marginal zone (CMZ)” is, for example, a tissue which exists in the living retina at the boundary region between a neural retina and a retinal pigment epithelium, and a tissue stem cell (retinal stem cell) of the retina. It is possible to cite an area that includes.
- the ciliary rim is also called ciliary margin or retinal margin, and the ciliary rim, ciliary rim and retinal rim are equivalent tissues.
- the peripheral region of the ciliary body is known to play an important role in retinal progenitor cells to retinal tissue, supply of differentiated cells, maintenance of retinal tissue structure, and the like. Examples of marker genes at the periphery of the ciliary body include Rdh10 gene (positive), Otx1 gene (positive) and Zic1 (positive).
- the covering portion of the spherical cell aggregate covers continuously or intermittently at least a part of the surface of the core portion of the cell aggregate, and here, the surface of the core portion of the spherical cell aggregate Means the surface of the outermost photoreceptor layer present on the surface of the core nerve retina.
- the covering portion preferably covers 30% or more, more preferably 50% or more of the surface area of the core portion.
- Continuously covering the surface of the core portion means that the covering portion exists as one continuous mass on the surface of the core portion, and intermittently covering the surface of the core portion
- the covering portion is present as two or more continuous masses or layers on the surface of the core portion, which means that the respective continuous masses are not connected to each other. In the case where the covering portion intermittently covers the surface of the core portion, it is preferable that each continuous mass continuously covers 10% or more, or 20% or more of the surface area of the core portion.
- the covering comprises retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in contact with one another, wherein RPE cells also comprise retinal pigment epithelial progenitor cells.
- RPE cells “contact each other” means that one RPE cell is in contact with another RPE cell in the coating, and an independent single RPE cell not in contact with the other RPE cells is the coating Do not configure
- Extracellular matrix means biopolymers that constitute the outer space of cells, cell adhesion proteins such as fibronectin, vitronectin and laminin, fibrous proteins such as collagen and elastin, fragments of these proteins, hyaluronic acid And glucosaminoglycans such as chondroitin sulfate or proteoglycans.
- extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid, laminin, collagen type IV, heparan sulfate proteoglycan and entactin.
- hyaluronic acid e.g., laminin 511-E8 fragment, laminin 521-E8 fragment.
- laminin 511-E8 fragment e.g., laminin 511-E8 fragment, laminin 521-E8 fragment.
- a living retina including a fetal retina includes a lens, a vitreous body, a cornea and a blood vessel, whereas a spherical cell aggregate of the present invention is characterized in that it does not include a lens, a vitreous body, a cornea and a blood vessel.
- a “lens” is a tissue that acts as a lens that focuses light on the retina by refracting light that enters the eye from the outside.
- the partial structure of the lens includes a lens epithelium, a lens nucleus, a lens capsule, and the like.
- the precursor tissue of the lens includes lens placode, lens vesicles and the like.
- the lens placode is a lens precursor tissue consisting of a thickened epidermal ectoderm cell layer. In embryonic development, contact with the epidermal ectoderm of the eye capsule results in the thickening of the contact area.
- Lens vesicles are vesicles formed by invagination of the lens placode.
- the presence of the lens, its partial structure, or its precursor tissue can be confirmed by the expression of a marker.
- Markers of the lens, its partial structure, or its precursor tissue include, but are not limited to, L-Maf (lens precursor tissue), ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ crystallin (lens), and the like.
- the "vitreous body” is a transparent jelly-like tissue that is located behind the crystalline lens and fills the lumen, and has the function of dispersing external force while maintaining the shape of the eye.
- the vitreous is made of water and proteins (collagen). The presence of the vitreous can be confirmed by its jelly-like shape.
- the "cornea” is a transparent watch-like tissue that occupies approximately 1/6 of the anterior layer of the outer layer of the eye wall.
- the partial structure of the cornea includes corneal epithelium, Bowman's membrane, corneal stroma, Descemet's membrane, corneal endothelium and the like.
- the cornea is usually composed of five layers consisting of corneal epithelium, Bowman's membrane, corneal stroma, Descemet's membrane, and corneal endothelium, sequentially from the body surface side. The presence of the cornea, its partial structure, or its precursor tissue can be confirmed by the expression of a marker.
- Pan-cytokeratin (corneal epithelial precursor tissue), E-cadherin (corneal epithelial precursor tissue), cytokeratin 3 (corneal epithelium), cytokeratin 12 (corneal epithelium) as a marker of the cornea, its partial structure or its precursor tissue ), Cytokeratin 14 (corneal epithelium), p63 (corneal epithelium), ZO-1 (corneal epithelium), PDGFR- ⁇ (corneal parenchyma, corneal endothelium or precursor tissue thereof), Pitx2 (precursor tissue of corneal stroma and corneal endothelium) And ABCG2 (corneal parenchyma and precursor tissue of corneal endothelium) and the like.
- cells eg, horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells
- the inner layer the part excluding the outermost photoreceptor layer
- Number of cells and ganglion cells.
- it is 80% or less, 70% or less, 60% or less, or 50% or less, for example, as compared with the number of cells present in the inner layer of the human fetal retina.
- a sheet structure having a two-dimensional thickness is obtained, but a three-dimensional spherical cell aggregate can not be obtained.
- an optical cup artificially produced by inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells (eg, Nature. 2011 Apr 7; 472 (7341): 51-6) is known, but this optical cup is a cell. A hole is formed in part of the aggregate, and the tissue is divided by the void.
- the retinal pigment epithelial cells in the covering portion do not constitute a continuous epithelial structure together with the neuroretinal layer.
- epithelial structure means a layered structure formed by epithelial tissue
- continuous epithelial structure means that the epithelial structure is formed from one continuous epithelial tissue. That is, the retinal pigment epithelial cells in the covering portion of the spherical cell aggregate and the neuroretinal layer constituting the neural retina in the core portion do not have continuity as epithelial tissue. Whether it is a continuous epithelial structure or not can be confirmed by those skilled in the art by observing the state of tissue and the state of cell arrangement under a microscope.
- the living retina has an epithelial structure consisting of a neural retina on the inner side and retinal pigment epithelial cells on the outer side, and two large and small inner and outer epithelial tissues overlap.
- the epithelial structure is formed by folding one continuous epithelial tissue.
- the fetal retina is an epithelium in which neural retina-ciliary body-RPE is continuous as a single epithelial sheet.
- an artificially produced Optical cup also has a continuous neural retina and RPE as a single epithelial sheet.
- the spherical cell aggregates of the present invention comprise mammalian cells.
- the spherical cell aggregate of the present invention preferably comprises rodent (eg, mouse, rat) or primate (eg, human, monkey) cells, and more preferably comprises human cells.
- the sphere-like cell aggregate of the present invention is a disease based on retinal pigment epithelial cells, damage to retinal cell or retinal tissue or damage to retinal tissue (in particular, photoreceptor retinal pigment epithelial cells are simultaneously damaged or damaged) Spherical cell aggregates for use in the treatment of
- the spherical cell aggregates of the present invention can be transplanted into a subject (eg, a mammal) requiring transplantation, and the transplantation can improve visual function.
- a subject eg, a mammal
- mammals of interest include humans, mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, cats, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, goats, monkeys and the like.
- spherical cell aggregates may be stored in a medium necessary to maintain the viability of the spherical cell aggregates.
- the “medium necessary for maintaining the viability” includes a medium, a physiological buffer solution and the like, but is not particularly limited as long as a cell population containing retinal cells such as retinal progenitor cells survives, If it is a trader, it can select suitably.
- One example is a medium prepared using a medium usually used for culturing animal cells as a basal medium.
- basal medium for example, BME medium, BGJb medium, CMRL 1066 medium, Glasgow MEM (GMEM) medium, Improved MEM Zinc Option medium, Neurobasal medium, IMDM medium, Medium 199 medium, Eagle MEM medium, ⁇ MEM medium, DMEM medium, A medium that can be used to culture animal cells, such as F-12 medium, DMEM / F12 medium, IMDM / F12 medium, Ham's medium, RPMI 1640 medium, Fischer's medium, or a mixed medium thereof can be mentioned.
- the sphere-like cell aggregate of the present invention can also be transplanted after being minced to an appropriate size using a forceps, a knife, scissors or the like.
- a forceps a knife, scissors or the like.
- examples include sheet agents containing neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells (also referred to as cell sheet or NR-RPE cell sheet).
- one cell sheet (for example, 300 ⁇ m in diameter and 50 ⁇ m in height) cut out from one cell aggregate is transplanted from one to a plurality of sheets according to the area of the area where the photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells are denatured Can be mentioned.
- a person skilled in the art can select the number of cell sheets according to the area of degeneration and death.
- Transplantation is performed, for example, by a method of implanting under the retina using a needle, or by implanting a part of the eye with an incision site from the incision site to the injury site or a lesion site.
- photocells induced after transplantation mean photoreceptors induced to differentiate from engrafted retinal progenitor cells or photoreceptor precursor cells in the eye of a subject.
- transplantation in the present specification means that the transplanted cells survive in the living body for a long time (eg, 30 days or more, 60 days or more, 90 days or more) and adhere and stay in the organ.
- a long time eg, 30 days or more, 60 days or more, 90 days or more
- contact rate refers to the ratio of the length of the photoreceptor layer of the transplanted retinal tissue in contact with the retinal layer containing the host-side bipolar cell to the major axis of the transplanted retinal tissue.
- engraftment means a state in which transplanted cells engraft and perform their original function in vivo.
- the term "functional engraftment rate" as used herein means the proportion of cells that have achieved functional engraftment among the transplanted cells.
- the functional engraftment rate of the transplanted photoreceptors can be determined, for example, from the above contact rate.
- the functional engraftment rate of transplanted photoreceptors is 10% or more, preferably 20% or more, more preferably 40% by transplanting the above-mentioned spherical cell aggregate
- the content is more preferably 50% or more, further preferably 60% or more.
- the living retina has a very complicated layer structure and functions only when the cells present in the retinal layer are present in an orderly and orderly manner.
- the above-mentioned sphere-like cell aggregate has a neuroretinal layer including at least a photoreceptor layer, in which the photoreceptors etc. adhere and are continuously present, and further, retinal pigment epithelial cells are present in the covering portion It has a structure very similar to that of the living retina. Therefore, by transplanting the present spherical cell aggregate, as a substitute for a damaged retina or retinal pigment epithelial cell in the living body, both the photoreception function by the photoreceptor and the photoreceptor protection function of the retinal pigment epithelial cell etc.
- spherical cell aggregates are cell aggregates suitable for transplantation.
- the present spherical cell aggregate can be manufactured by the manufacturing method described later, and can be said to be superior to a living retina in that the necessary amount can be provided in a timely manner to a patient requiring transplantation.
- a method of producing sphere-like cell aggregates comprises the steps of preparing sphere-like cell aggregates (cell aggregates of nerve retina) including nerve retina, and preparing retinal pigment epithelial cells. Contacting neural retinal cell aggregates and retinal pigment epithelial cells.
- cell aggregate of neural retina means a sphere-like cell aggregate containing a nerve retina.
- the nerve retina is present on the surface of the cell aggregate.
- a nerve retina exists with a thickness on the surface of a cell aggregate of a nerve retina, and forms a boundary in a continuous plane with the external environment. The interface facing the external environment is dominated by photoreceptors, and inner layer cells and retinal progenitor cells are present inside. The cells constituting these retinal layers adhere to each other and exist continuously.
- the sphere-like cell aggregate containing the neural retina corresponds to the core part of the sphere-like cell aggregate including the core part and the covering part described above.
- a neuroretinal layer including at least a photoreceptor layer is formed in the neuroretina, and the photoreceptor layer contains one or more cells selected from the group consisting of photoreceptors, photoreceptor precursors and retina precursors. doing.
- the proportion of Chx10 positive cells in the neural retina is 20% or more, preferably 30% or more, and more preferably 40% or more.
- Chx10 positive cells include retinal progenitor cells and photoreceptor precursor cells.
- Cell aggregates of neural retina are preferably derived from pluripotent stem cells.
- Pluripotent stem cells can be cultured in vitro and divided into all cells (tissues derived from triderm (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm)) which constitute a living body excluding placenta. It refers to a stem cell having a pluripotent ability (pluripotency), including embryonic stem cells.
- Pluripotent stem cells can be derived from fertilized eggs, cloned embryos, germ stem cells, tissue stem cells, somatic cells and the like.
- pluripotent stem cells include embryonic stem cells (ES cells: Embryonic stem cells), EG cells (Embryonic germ cells), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells: induced pluripotent stem cells) and the like.
- ES cells embryonic stem cells
- EG cells Embryonic germ cells
- iPS cells induced pluripotent stem cells
- Multi-lineage differentiating stress enduring cells obtained from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and GS cells produced from germ cells (eg testis) are also included in pluripotent stem cells.
- Embryonic stem cells were first established in 1981 and have been applied to the generation of knockout mice since 1989. Human embryonic stem cells were established in 1998 and are being used for regenerative medicine.
- Embryonic stem cells can be produced by culturing the inner cell mass on feeder cells or in a medium containing LIF (leukemia suppressor). Methods for producing embryonic stem cells are described, for example, in WO 96/22362, WO 02/101057, US 5,843, 780, US 6,200, 806, US 6, 280, 718 and the like. Embryonic stem cells can be obtained from designated institutions, or commercially available products can be purchased. For example, human embryonic stem cells KhES-1, KhES-2 and KhES-3 are available from Kyoto University, Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Science. A human embryonic stem cell, Rx :: GFP strain (derived from KhES-1 strain), is available from National Research and Development Corporation RIKEN. Mouse embryonic stem cells EB5 cell line and D3 cell line are available from National Research and Development Corporation RIKEN and ATCC, respectively.
- LIF leukemia suppressor
- a nuclear transfer embryonic stem cell which is one of the embryonic stem cells, can be established from a cloned embryo produced by transferring a somatic cell nucleus to a nucleus-removed egg.
- EG cells can be produced by culturing primordial germ cells in a medium containing mSCF, LIF and bFGF (Cell, 70: 841-847, 1992).
- the "induced pluripotent stem cell” in the present invention is a cell in which pluripotency is induced by reprogramming somatic cells by a known method or the like.
- differentiated somatic cells such as fibroblasts or peripheral blood mononuclear cells, etc. are Oct3 / 4, Sox2, Klf4, Myc (c-Myc, N-Myc, L-Myc), Glis1, Nanog, Sall4.
- pluripotency is induced by reprogramming by expression of any of a plurality of combinations of genes selected from reprogramming gene group including lin28, Esrrb and the like.
- Preferred combinations of reprogramming factors include (1) Oct3 / 4, Sox2, Klf4, and Myc (c-Myc or L-Myc), (2) Oct3 / 4, Sox2, Klf4, Lin28 and L-Myc (Stem Cells, 2013; 31: 458-466) can be mentioned.
- the induced pluripotent stem cells were established in mouse cells by Yamanaka et al., 2006 (Cell, 2006, 126 (4), pp. 663-676). The induced pluripotent stem cells were established also in human fibroblasts in 2007, and possess pluripotency and self-replication ability as in embryonic stem cells (Cell, 2007, 131 (5), pp. 861-872; Science , 2007, 318 (5858), pp. 1917-1920; Nat. Biotechnol., 2008, 26 (1), pp. 101-106).
- induced pluripotent stem cells can be derived from somatic cells by addition of a compound (Science, 2013, 341, pp. 651-) 654).
- an established artificial pluripotent stem cell for example, 201B7 cells, 201B7-Ff cells, 253G1 cells, 253G4 cells, 1201C1 cells, 1205D1 cells, 1210B2 cells established at Kyoto University.
- Human induced pluripotent cell lines such as 1231 A3 cells, are available from Kyoto University.
- Ff-I01 cells and Ff-I14 cells established at Kyoto University can be obtained from Kyoto University as established induced pluripotent stem cells.
- somatic cells used in producing induced pluripotent stem cells, but tissue-derived fibroblasts, hematological cells (eg, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), T cells), liver Cells, pancreatic cells, intestinal epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells and the like.
- tissue-derived fibroblasts eg, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), T cells
- hematological cells eg, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), T cells
- liver Cells eg, pancreatic cells, intestinal epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells and the like.
- the means for expressing the genes is not particularly limited.
- an infection method using a virus vector eg, retrovirus vector, lentivirus vector, Sendai virus vector, adenovirus vector, adeno-associated virus vector
- plasmid vector eg, plasmid vector, episomal vector
- Gene transfer method for example, calcium phosphate method, lipofection method, retronectin method, electroporation method
- gene transfer method using RNA vector for example, calcium phosphate method, lipofection method, electroporation method
- direct injection of protein A method for example, a method using a needle, a lipofection method, an electroporation method
- a method using a needle, a lipofection method, an electroporation method and the like can be mentioned.
- induced pluripotent stem cells When producing induced pluripotent stem cells, they can be produced in the presence of feeder cells or in the absence of feeder cells (feeder free). When producing induced pluripotent stem cells in the presence of feeder cells, induced pluripotent stem cells can be produced in the presence of an undifferentiated maintenance factor by a known method.
- the medium used to produce the induced pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells is not particularly limited, but a maintenance medium for known embryonic stem cells and / or induced pluripotent stem cells or feeder-free artificial ones. Media for establishing pluripotent stem cells can be used.
- the medium for establishing feeder-free induced pluripotent stem cells includes, for example, Essential 8 medium (E8 medium), Essential 6 medium, TeSR medium, mTeSR medium, mTeSR-E8 medium, Stabilized Essential 8 medium, StemFit medium, etc.
- a feeder free medium can be mentioned.
- induced pluripotent stem cells can be achieved, for example, by gene transfer of four factors, Oct3 / 4, Sox2, Klf4, and Myc, to a feeder-free somatic cell using a Sendai virus vector. Stem cells can be generated.
- the pluripotent stem cells used in the present invention are preferably embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells, more preferably induced pluripotent stem cells.
- the pluripotent stem cells used in the present invention are mammalian pluripotent stem cells, preferably rodent (eg, mouse, rat) or primate (eg, human, monkey) pluripotent stem cells, More preferably, they are human or mouse pluripotent stem cells, more preferably human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) or human embryonic stem cells (ES cells).
- rodent eg, mouse, rat
- primate eg, human, monkey pluripotent stem cells
- iPS cells human induced pluripotent stem cells
- ES cells human embryonic stem cells
- multipotent stem cells include hematopoietic stem cells, neural stem cells, retinal stem cells, and tissue stem cells such as mesenchymal stem cells (also referred to as tissue-derived stem cells, tissue-specific stem cells or somatic stem cells).
- Cell aggregates of neural retina can be obtained by inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. Differentiation induction is performed in WO 2011/055855, WO 2013/077425, WO 2015/025967, WO 2016/063985, WO 2016/063986, WO 2017/183732, PLoS One. 2010 Jan 20; 5 (1): e8763. , Stem Cells. 2011 Aug; 29 (8): 1206-18. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 10; 111 (23): 8518-23, Nat Commun. 2014 Jun 10; 5: 4047 may be mentioned, but it is not particularly limited.
- cell aggregates of neural retina can be prepared by a method comprising the following steps (A), (B) and (C).
- C A step of further suspending and culturing the cell aggregate obtained in the step (B) in a medium containing a BMP signal transduction pathway agent.
- the TGF ⁇ family signal transduction pathway inhibitor refers to a substance that inhibits the signal transduction pathway, which is transduced by the TGF ⁇ family signal transduction pathway, that is, the Smad family, and specifically, a TGF ⁇ signal transduction pathway inhibitor (eg, SB431542, LY) -364947, SB-505124, A-83-01, etc.), Nodal / Activin signal transduction pathway inhibitors (eg, SB431542, A-83-01, etc.) and BMP signal transduction pathway inhibitors (eg, LDN 193189, Dorsomorphin, etc.) Can be mentioned. These materials are commercially available and available.
- a TGF ⁇ signal transduction pathway inhibitor eg, SB431542, LY
- Nodal / Activin signal transduction pathway inhibitors eg, SB431542, A-83-01, etc.
- BMP signal transduction pathway inhibitors eg, LDN 193189, Dorsomorphin, etc.
- Sonic hedgehog (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Shh") signal transduction pathway agents are substances capable of enhancing signal transduction mediated by Shh.
- Shh signal transduction pathway agents include PMA (Purmorphamine), SAG (Smoothened Agonist), and the like.
- the concentrations of the TGF ⁇ family signal transduction pathway inhibitor and the sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway agent may be such concentrations that can induce differentiation into retinal cells.
- SB431542 is usually used at a concentration of 0.1 to 200 ⁇ M, preferably 2 to 50 ⁇ M.
- A-83-01 is usually used at a concentration of 0.05 to 50 ⁇ M, preferably 0.5 to 5 ⁇ M.
- LDN 193189 is usually used at a concentration of 1 to 2000 nM, preferably 10 to 300 nM.
- SAG is usually used at a concentration of 1 to 2000 nM, preferably 10 to 700 nM.
- PMA is usually used at a concentration of 0.002 to 20 ⁇ M, preferably 0.02 to 2 ⁇ M.
- the above-mentioned feeder-free medium containing an undifferentiated maintenance factor may be used as the medium.
- a suitable matrix may be used as a scaffold in order to provide a pluripotent stem cell with an alternative scaffold for feeder cells.
- a matrix that can be used as a scaffold laminin (Nat Biotechnol 28, 611-615, (2010)), laminin fragment (Nat Commun 3, 1236, (2012)), basement membrane preparation (Nat Biotechnol 19, 971-) 974, (2001)), gelatin, collagen, heparan sulfate proteoglycan, entactin, vitronectin, and the like.
- the culture time of pluripotent stem cells in step (A) is not particularly limited as long as the effect of improving the quality of cell aggregates formed in step (B) can be achieved, but usually 0.5 to 144 hours. is there. In one embodiment, it is preferably 2 to 96 hours, more preferably 6 to 48 hours, still more preferably 12 to 48 hours, still more preferably 18 to 28 hours (eg, 24 hours).
- Preparation of serum free medium and formation of cell aggregates can be performed as described above.
- the medium used in step (B) comprises a sonic hedgehog signaling pathway agent.
- Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway agents those described above can be used at the concentrations described above.
- the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway agent is preferably contained in the culture medium from the start of suspension culture.
- the medium may be supplemented with a ROCK inhibitor (eg, Y-27632).
- the culture time is, for example, 12 hours to 6 days.
- a BMP signaling pathway agent is a substance that can enhance the signaling pathway mediated by BMP.
- BMP signaling pathway agents include BMP proteins such as BMP2, BMP4 or BMP7, GDF proteins such as GDF7, anti-BMP receptor antibodies, or BMP partial peptides.
- BMP2 protein, BMP4 protein and BMP7 protein are available, for example, from R & D Systems, and GDF7 protein is available, for example, from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- the medium to be used includes, for example, a serum free medium or serum medium (preferably, serum free medium) to which a BMP signaling pathway agent has been added.
- Serum-free media, serum media can be prepared as described above.
- the concentration of the BMP signal transduction pathway agent may be a concentration capable of inducing differentiation into retinal cells.
- a concentration of about 0.01 nM to about 1 ⁇ M, preferably about 0.1 nM to about 100 nM, more preferably about 1 nM to about 10 nM, more preferably about 1.5 nM (55 ng / mL) Add to the medium as
- the BMP signaling pathway agonist may be added after about 24 hours from the start of suspension culture in step (A), and added to the medium within several days (for example, within 15 days) after the start of suspension culture. It is also good.
- the BMP signaling pathway agent is added to the culture medium from day 1 to day 15, more preferably day 1 to day 9, most preferably day 3 after suspension culture starts Do.
- the concentration can be adjusted to about 1 to 10 nM and cultured in the presence of BMP4, for example, for 1 to 12 days, preferably for 2 to 9 days, and more preferably for 2 to 5 days.
- the concentration of BMP4 can be exchanged once or twice or a part or all of the medium with the medium containing BMP4.
- the concentration of BMP4 can be reduced stepwise.
- Culture conditions such as culture temperature and CO 2 concentration in the above steps (A) to (C) can be set as appropriate.
- the culture temperature is, for example, about 30 ° C. to about 40 ° C., preferably about 37 ° C.
- the CO 2 concentration is, for example, about 1% to about 10%, preferably about 5%.
- retinal cells of various differentiation stages can be produced as retinal cells contained in cell aggregates of neural retina. That is, a retinal system in a cell aggregate of neural retina comprising various proportions of immature retinal cells (eg, retinal progenitor cells, photoreceptor precursors) and mature retinal cells (eg, photoreceptors) Cells can be produced.
- immature retinal cells eg, retinal progenitor cells, photoreceptor precursors
- mature retinal cells eg, photoreceptors
- step (B) and / or step (C) can also use the method disclosed in WO 2017/183732. That is, in step (B) and / or step (C), cell cultures of neural retina can be formed by suspension culture in a medium further containing a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor.
- the Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibitor to be used in step (B) and / or step (C) is not particularly limited as long as it can suppress Wnt-mediated signal transduction, and proteins, nucleic acids, low molecular weight compounds Or the like. Signals mediated by Wnt are transmitted through Wnt receptors present as heterodimers of Frizzled (Fz) and LRP5 / 6 (low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5/6).
- Wnt signaling pathway inhibitors include Wnt or a substance that directly acts on Wnt receptor (anti-Wnt neutralizing antibody, anti-Wnt receptor neutralizing antibody, etc.), expression of Wnt or gene encoding Wnt receptor Substances that inhibit (eg, antisense oligonucleotides, siRNA etc.), substances that inhibit the binding of Wnt receptor to Wnt (soluble Wnt receptor, dominant negative Wnt receptor etc., Wnt antagonists, Dkk1, Cerberus protein etc.), Substance that inhibits physiological activity caused by signal transduction by Wnt receptor [CKI-7 (N- (2-aminoethyl) -5-chloroisoquinolin-8-sulfonamide), D4476 (4- [4- (2, 3-Dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-6-yl) -5- (2-pyridinyl)- H-Imidazol-2-yl] benzamide), IWR-1-endo (IWR1
- Wnt signaling pathway inhibitors CKI-7, D4476, IWR-1-endo (IWR1e), IWP-2 and the like are known Wnt signaling pathway inhibitors, and commercially available products and the like can be appropriately obtained.
- IWR1e is used as a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor.
- the concentration of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in step (B) may be a concentration capable of inducing the formation of a good cell aggregate.
- the medium is adjusted to a concentration of about 0.1 ⁇ M to about 100 ⁇ M, preferably about 0.3 ⁇ M to about 30 ⁇ M, more preferably about 1 ⁇ M to about 10 ⁇ M, still more preferably about 3 ⁇ M.
- a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor other than IWR-1-endo it is desirable to use a concentration that exhibits Wnt signaling pathway inhibitory activity equivalent to the concentration of IWR-1-endo.
- the timing at which the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added to the medium is preferably earlier.
- the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is usually within 6 days, preferably within 3 days, more preferably within 1 day, more preferably within 12 hours, more preferably from step (B) from the start of suspension culture in step (B).
- the medium is added at the start of suspension culture in. Specifically, for example, addition of a basal medium to which a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor has been added, or exchange of a part or all of the basal medium with the basal medium can be performed.
- the period during which the cells obtained in step (A) are allowed to act on the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in step (B) is not particularly limited, but preferably after addition to the culture medium at the start of suspension culture in step (B) It is allowed to act until the end of step (B) (immediately before the addition of the BMP signal transduction pathway agent). More preferably, as described later, after completion of step (B) (that is, during the period of step (C)), exposure to a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is continuously continued. In one aspect, as described later, after step (B) (that is, during step (C)), the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is continuously caused to act until the retinal tissue is formed. It is also good.
- any of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitors described above can be used as the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor, but preferably the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor used in the step (B) and The same type is used in step (C).
- the concentration of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in step (C) may be a concentration capable of inducing retinal progenitor cells and retinal tissue.
- the medium is adjusted to a concentration of about 0.1 ⁇ M to about 100 ⁇ M, preferably about 0.3 ⁇ M to about 30 ⁇ M, more preferably about 1 ⁇ M to about 10 ⁇ M, still more preferably about 3 ⁇ M.
- a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor other than IWR-1-endo it is desirable to use a concentration that exhibits Wnt signaling pathway inhibitory activity equivalent to the concentration of IWR-1-endo.
- the concentration of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in the medium of step (C) is preferably 50 to 150, more preferably 80, when the concentration of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in the medium of step (B) is 100. More preferably, it is ⁇ 120, more preferably 90-110, which is equivalent to the concentration of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor in the medium of the second step.
- the addition time of the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor to the medium is not particularly limited as long as aggregate formation including retinal cells or retinal tissue can be achieved, but it is preferable to be as early as possible.
- a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added to the culture medium at the start of step (C). More preferably, after the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added in step (B), the medium is continuously contained in step (C) (that is, from the start of step (B)). More preferably, after the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added at the start of suspension culture in step (B), it is continuously contained in the medium also in step (C).
- a BMP signaling agent eg, BMP4
- the period during which the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is allowed to act is not particularly limited, but preferably, suspension culture initiation in step (B) is started when Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added at the start of suspension culture in step (B)
- the time is a point of 2 days to 30 days, more preferably 6 days to 20 days, 8 days to 18 days, 10 days to 18 days, or 10 days to 17 days (eg, 10 days).
- the period during which the Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is allowed to act is calculated from the start of suspension culture in step (B) when Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor is added at the start of suspension culture in step (B)
- the point is preferably 3 to 15 days (eg, 5 days, 6 days, 7 days), and more preferably 6 days to 10 days (eg, 6 days).
- the cell aggregate of neural retina obtained by the method described above is cultured in a serum-free medium or serum medium containing a Wnt signaling pathway agonist and / or an FGF signaling pathway inhibitor for a period of about 3 to 6 days ( After the step (D), the hair is grown by culturing for about 30 to 60 days in a serum-free medium or serum medium free of a Wnt signaling pathway agonist and an FGF signaling pathway inhibitor (step (E)). It is also possible to produce neural retinas that include body rim-like structures.
- the cell aggregate of neural retina obtained in the steps (A) to (C), 6 to 30, and 10 to 20 days after the start of suspension culture of the step (B) Day 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20) from the cell aggregates of the neural retina By the steps (D) and (E), it is possible to manufacture a neural retina including the ciliary edge like structure.
- the Wnt signaling pathway agent is not particularly limited as long as it can enhance Wnt-mediated signal transduction.
- Wnt signaling pathway agents for example, GSK3 ⁇ inhibitors (eg, 6-Bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (BIO), CHIR99021, Kenpaullone) can be mentioned.
- GSK3 ⁇ inhibitors eg, 6-Bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (BIO), CHIR99021, Kenpaullone
- CHIR 99021 a range of about 0.1 ⁇ M to about 100 ⁇ M, preferably about 1 ⁇ M to about 30 ⁇ M can be mentioned.
- the FGF signaling pathway inhibitor is not particularly limited as long as it can inhibit FGF-mediated signal transduction.
- FGF signaling pathway inhibitors include SU-5402, AZD4547, BGJ398 and the like.
- SU-5402 it is added at a concentration of about 0.1 ⁇ M to about 100 ⁇ M, preferably about 1 ⁇ M to about 30 ⁇ M, more preferably about 5 ⁇ M.
- Cell aggregates of neural retina can be produced by the methods described above, but are not limited thereto.
- the retinal pigment epithelial cells are preferably derived from pluripotent stem cells. Methods of preparing retinal pigment epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells are described in WO 2012/173207, WO 2015/053375, WO 2015/053376, WO 2015/068505, WO 2017/043605, Stem Cell Reports, 2 (2), 205-218 (2014) and Cell Stem Cell, 10 (6), 771-785 (2012), but not limited thereto. It is also possible to prepare aggregates of retinal pigment epithelial cells by modifying the method described in WO 2016/063985 described above. Retinal pigment epithelial cells may be prepared as a cell sheet or cell suspension.
- pluripotent stem cells can be used as a modification of the method described in WO 2016/063985, in the absence of feeder cells, 1) TGF ⁇ family signal transduction pathway inhibitor one day before differentiation induction and sonic hedge Treat with the Hog signaling pathway agent, and 2) culture under the condition that the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway agent is not treated at the initiation of differentiation induction. Thereafter, the above-described steps (B) and (C) are performed. Furthermore, it is preferable to advance the start time of the step (D). Specifically, step (D) is started around 9 days after the start of suspension culture in step (B) (example: after 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 days). Thereafter, the above-described step (E) may be performed.
- the retinal pigment epithelial cells may be further cultured to have polygonal or cobble-like cell morphology prior to contact with neural retinal cell aggregates.
- the medium in this case is not particularly limited, but can be replaced with a maintenance medium for retinal pigment epithelial cells (hereinafter sometimes referred to as RPE maintenance medium) and further cultured.
- RPE maintenance medium a maintenance medium for retinal pigment epithelial cells
- Culturing with the RPE maintenance medium is not limited as long as colonies of retinal pigment epithelial cells are formed, but for example, culturing is carried out for about 5 to 20 days while changing the whole medium at a frequency of once every three days or more.
- a person skilled in the art can easily set the culture period while confirming the form.
- Maintenance media for retinal pigment epithelial cells are described, for example, in IOVS, March 2004, Vol. 45, No. 3, Masatoshi Haruta et al., IOVS, November 2011, Vol. 52, No. 12, Okamoto et al., Cell Science 122 (17), Fumitaka Osakadar et al., Ebruary 2008, Vol. 49, No. 2, those described in Gamm et al. Can be used.
- a person skilled in the art can also prepare a cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells by an ordinary method such as pipetting from the aggregate or cell sheet of retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by the above-mentioned method.
- a cell dissociating enzyme such as Tryple select (manufactured by Thermo fisher) for about 15 to 30 minutes, and then pipetted.
- Suspensions can be prepared. It may be through a mesh such as a cell strainer.
- Cell sheet refers to a monolayer or multilayer structure composed of single or multiple cells having biological binding in at least two-dimensional directions.
- the cell sheet can be produced by cutting out the adherent cultured cells or cell aggregate using a tweezer, a knife, scissors or the like.
- Cell suspension refers to a solution comprising a plurality of cells of the same or different type in suspension.
- the majority eg, 50% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, 90% or more, or 95% or more
- the majority eg, 50% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, 90% or more, or 95% or more
- the majority eg, 50% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, 90% or more, or 95% or more
- Some other cells may be present as cell aggregates and the like.
- the cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells can be prepared, for example, by dispersing retinal pigment epithelial cells produced as a cell sheet or cell aggregate into single cells.
- the dispersing method is not particularly limited, but may be a method well known to those skilled in the art, for example, chemical treatment with cell dissociating enzyme (eg: Tryple (trademark) select, Thermo Fisher Co.) etc. or physical treatment with cell scraper etc. It can be dispersed.
- the method for bringing the cell aggregates of neural retina into contact with retinal pigment epithelial cells is not particularly limited as long as the cell aggregates of neural retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells can be adhered, for example, A method of adhering retinal pigment epithelial cells to cell aggregates of neural retina that has been cultured with a suspension of epithelial cells and sunk to the bottom of the plate, or a method of contacting cell aggregates of neural retina to a retinal pigment epithelial cell sheet Furthermore, the method etc. which utilize an osmotic pressure difference are mentioned.
- a method of culturing cell aggregates of neural retina with a cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells, and attaching retinal pigment epithelial cells to cell aggregates of neural retina sunk to the bottom of a culture vessel such as a plate It is preferable to carry out in a low-adhesion container so that the epithelial cells adhere to the culture container, thereby not inhibiting the adhesion to the cell aggregate.
- a container to be used a method of confining cells in a small space by using a small plate of a well (eg, a plate having a well bottom area of about 0.1 to 2.0 cm 2 in flat bottom conversion), a small centrifuge, etc. A tube etc. are mentioned.
- the shape of the small plate of the well when the well is viewed from the side may be a flat bottom structure or a structure in which the outer peripheral portion is high and the inner convex portion is recessed. Examples of the shape of the bottom include U bottom, V bottom, M bottom, and flat bottom.
- the bottom of the small plate of the well is the bottom of the cell non-adherent surface, preferably Prime surface (manufactured by Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.) or the like.
- the surface of the incubator was artificially treated (for example, superhydrophilic treatment such as MPC polymer, protein low adsorption treatment, etc.) for the purpose of reducing the adhesiveness with cells. We can use things.
- the cell aggregate of neural retina by a method of precipitating and adhering to the bottom of the well so that retinal pigment epithelial cells adhere to the whole surface of the cell aggregate of neural retina.
- the concentration of the cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells and the culture period for adhesion can be easily set by those skilled in the art by confirming adhesion and proliferation of RPE cells.
- the adhesion of retinal pigment epithelial cells to the surface of cell aggregates of neural retina can be confirmed, for example, by microscopic observation or immunostaining.
- the proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial cells adhered to the surface of cell aggregates of neural retina can be confirmed, for example, by microscopic observation or immunostaining.
- the concentration of the cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells is 1 ⁇ 10 4 cells or more, preferably 1 ⁇ 10 5 cells or more per well.
- the culture period for adhesion is 1 day to 60 days, preferably 3 days to 30 days.
- an adhesion factor for example, extracellular matrix
- Culture of neural retinal cell aggregates and retinal pigment epithelial cells may be performed in the presence of an adhesion factor.
- a cell aggregate of neural retina or a cell of neural retina is adhered on adherent cultured retinal pigment epithelial cell sheet.
- sinking and attaching a cell sheet of a neural retina obtained by cutting out an aggregate under its own weight or by superposing a mesh.
- an adhesion factor for example, extracellular matrix
- a method utilizing osmotic pressure difference is established, for example, by contacting and culturing neural retinal cell aggregates and retinal pigment epithelial cells in a medium containing methylcellulose.
- cell aggregates of neural retina including neural retina are floated in a medium containing 0.1% to 20% (eg 3%) of methylcellulose, and the medium is adjusted to 1000 cells / ⁇ L to 1,000,000 cells / ⁇ L.
- a small amount (1 ⁇ L to 10 ⁇ L, for example 3 ⁇ L) of retinal pigment epithelial cells suspended in the medium is slowly exhaled toward cell aggregates of neural retina in a medium containing methylcellulose.
- a droplet of a medium containing retinal pigment epithelial cells is formed around cell aggregates of neural retina, and culture with a medium containing methylcellulose is carried out by culturing for a fixed time (for example, about 1 hour).
- a fixed time for example, about 1 hour.
- the difference is that only the medium in the droplets diffuses to the external fluid, and adhesion is promoted by the aggregation of retinal pigment epithelial cells around cell aggregates of neural retina.
- hydrogel etc. can also be used.
- the medium used in the above-mentioned three contacting methods is not particularly limited, but, for example, a medium used for culturing retinal cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells or neural retina (eg, DMEM / F12 medium, Neurobasal medium These mixed media, RPE maintenance media, etc. are mentioned. Moreover, it is more preferable to include the adhesion factor mentioned later.
- the adhesion factor means a substance having an effect of adhering cells to each other, and is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include the above-mentioned extracellular matrix, artificial hydrogel and the like.
- the adhesion factor does not have to be a single isolated substance, and includes, for example, preparations from organisms or cells such as matrigel, intercellular photoreceptor matrix, serum and the like.
- Matrigel is a basement membrane preparation from Engelbreth Holm Swarn (EHS) mouse sarcoma. Matrigel is described, for example, in US patent No. It can be prepared according to the method disclosed in 4829000, or commercially available products can be purchased.
- the main components of matrigel are laminin, type IV collagen, heparan sulfate proteoglycan and entactin.
- the inter-photocell matrix is a general term for an extracellular matrix existing between retinal cells such as photoreceptors in a living retina, and includes, for example, hyaluronic acid.
- the intercellular matrix can be collected from the living retina by those skilled in the art, for example, by placing the retina in distilled water, and expanding and separating it, and commercially available ones can also be purchased.
- the adhesion factor is preferably an extracellular matrix, and further, the extracellular matrix is one or more extracellular matrices selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid, laminin, type IV collagen, heparan sulfate proteoglycan, entactin Is preferred. It may also be contacted with the extracellular matrix in the presence of other components such as growth factors such as EGF.
- extracellular matrix Matrigel (registered trademark), iMatrix 511 (registered trademark) and the like can be mentioned.
- the concentration of extracellular matrix in the contact step varies depending on the size of the cell aggregate of neural retina and the number of cells of retinal pigment epithelial cells, but can be easily set by those skilled in the art by confirming the adhesion and proliferation of RPE cells. It is.
- an existing product Becton Dickinson (BD)
- BD Becton Dickinson
- iMatrix 511 a concentration of 0.1 to 5 ug / ml.
- culturing may be performed to adhere the cell aggregate of neural retina to retinal pigment epithelial cells.
- culture may be continuously carried out in the above medium containing an adhesion factor, or constant in the above medium containing an adhesion factor.
- the culture may be continued by changing to a medium containing no adhesion factor.
- neural retinal cell aggregates or retinal pigment epithelial cell sheet may be coated with an adhesion factor.
- cell aggregates of neural retina or retinal pigment epithelial cell sheet may be cultured in the above-mentioned medium containing an adhesion factor.
- a person skilled in the art can set culture time appropriately, but culture may be performed for about 10 minutes to 5 hours (eg, 10 minutes to 60 minutes). After culture, the cells may be washed with a medium such as PBS.
- the production start date is shifted. Just do it.
- the retinal pigment epithelial cells are aggregates or a cell sheet, the aggregate or cell sheet is subjected to a cell dissociation enzyme treatment and / or pipetting operation prior to contacting with the cell aggregate of neural retina. It may be dissociated into a cell suspension of retinal pigment epithelial cells and then contacted.
- the two adhere to each other to form spherical cell aggregates comprising a core portion and a covering portion.
- the retinal pigment epithelial cells cover the entire surface of the cell aggregate of neural retina and / or the retina so that the two become more adherent. It is preferable to further culture the pigment epithelial cells so that they have polygonal or cobble-like cell morphology.
- the medium to be used is not particularly limited as long as the above object can be achieved, but it is a medium used for culturing retinal cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells or neural retina (eg DMEM / F12 medium, Neurobasal medium, mixed medium thereof, RPE maintenance medium etc.).
- DMEM / F12 medium a medium used for culturing retinal cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells or neural retina
- those skilled in the art confirm the state of cell adhesion and the proportion of retinal pigment epithelial cells on the surface of cell aggregates of neural retina under a microscope, and the cells of retinal pigment epithelial cells are polygonal or stone-like. It can be confirmed that the form is shown, and the culture days can be set by confirming the shape. After carrying out the contact step described above, for example, culture may be performed in a range of about 1 day to 100 days (5 days to 50 days).
- the reagent for evaluating toxicity or efficacy of a test substance of an embodiment of the present invention comprises the spherical cell aggregate of an embodiment of the present invention or a part of the cell aggregate, and is an embodiment of the present invention
- the method for evaluating the toxicity or efficacy of a test substance according to the present invention comprises bringing the test substance into contact with the spherical cell aggregate according to one embodiment of the present invention or a part of the cell aggregate, and the test substance is the spherical cell aggregate or the sphere Assaying the effect on cells contained in the dendritic cell aggregates.
- iPS cells are produced from human patients with diseases based on disorders of retinal tissue, particularly diseases based on hereditary disorders, and spherical cell aggregates are produced by the method of the present invention using these iPS cells.
- the spherical cell aggregates can reproduce in vitro the damage of retinal tissue that is responsible for the disease that the patient suffers from. Therefore, according to the present invention, the test substance is brought into contact with the sphere-like cell aggregate produced by the production method of the present invention, and the effect of the test substance on the sphere-like cell aggregate or cells contained in the sphere-like cell aggregate Providing a method for evaluating the toxicity or efficacy of the substance, which includes examining
- the therapeutic agent according to one embodiment of the present invention is based on damage to retinal pigment epithelial cells, retinal cells or retinal tissue, or retinal tissue damage comprising spherical cell aggregates or a part of the cell aggregates. It is a therapeutic agent for diseases (in particular, severe cases where photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells are simultaneously damaged or damaged).
- a therapeutic method includes transplanting an effective amount of a spherical cell aggregate or a part of the cell aggregate to a subject requiring transplantation, retinal pigment epithelial cells, retinal cells Alternatively, it is a method for treating a disease based on damage to retinal tissue or damage to retinal tissue (in particular, severe cases in which photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells are simultaneously damaged or damaged).
- the pharmaceutical composition of one embodiment of the present invention contains the spherical cell aggregate according to the present invention or a part of the cell aggregate as an active ingredient.
- the pharmaceutical composition according to one embodiment of the present invention is a disease based on retinal pigment epithelial cells, damage to retinal cell or retinal tissue or damage to retinal tissue (in particular, photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells are simultaneously damaged or damaged) It is useful as a therapeutic agent for severe cases).
- retinal tissue Diseases based on disorders of retinal tissue include, for example, macular degeneration which is an ophthalmologic disease, age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, corneal disease, retinal detachment, central serous chorioretinosis, pyramidal dystrophy, pyramidal disease Body dystrophy etc. may be mentioned.
- the damaged state of retinal tissue includes, for example, a state in which photoreceptors are degeneratively dead.
- the therapeutic agent or the pharmaceutical composition of one embodiment of the present invention may comprise an effective amount of a spherical cell aggregate or a part of the cell aggregate, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- the effective amount of spherical cell aggregate for transplantation varies depending on the purpose of administration, administration method, and condition of administration subject (sex, age, body weight, medical condition, etc.), for example, 1 ⁇ 10 5 , 1 as cell number It may be 10 6 or 1 10 7 .
- physiological aqueous solvents saline, buffer, serum-free medium, etc.
- a medicine containing tissues or cells to be transplanted may be blended with preservatives, stabilizers, reducing agents, tonicity agents, etc. which are usually used.
- the therapeutic agent or the pharmaceutical composition of one embodiment of the present invention is a cell suspension by suspending the spherical cell aggregate according to the present invention or a part of the cell aggregate in a suitable physiological aqueous solvent. It can be produced as a suspension. If necessary, cryopreservation agents may be added, cryopreserved, thawed at the time of use, washed with buffer, and used for transplantation medicine.
- the spherical cell aggregates of the present invention can be minced to an appropriate size using forceps, a knife, scissors or the like, and cut out and used for implanting a part of the aggregates.
- a cell sheet may be mentioned.
- a part of the sphere-like cell aggregate of one embodiment of the present invention is a part of the sphere-like cell aggregate of the present invention, for example, obtained by physically excising from the sphere-like cell aggregate of the present invention it can.
- the shape of a part of the spherical cell aggregate may be non-spherical regardless of the shape.
- a part of a sphere-like cell aggregate is a cell aggregate comprising a neural retina and a coating containing retinal pigment epithelial cells in contact with each other, covering the neural retina continuously or intermittently covering at least a part of the surface, for example, the retina It may be a cell sheet containing pigment epithelial cells and neural retina.
- the method for producing a part of the sphere-like cell aggregate of one embodiment of the present invention includes the step of physically excising a part of the sphere-like cell aggregate of the present invention.
- the step of cutting can be carried out by a usual method, for example, a method of cutting into an appropriate size using tweezers, a knife, scissors or the like.
- Example 1 Differentiation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Cells and Neural Retina (NR)> Human ES cells genetically modified to carry a Crx :: Venus reporter gene (Kh-ES1 strain, Cell Stem Cell, 10 (6), 771-785, (2012)), “Scientific Reports, 4, 3594 (2014)
- the feeder-free medium is StemFit medium (trade name: AK03N, manufactured by Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.), and Laminin 511-E8 (trade name, manufactured by Nippi Co., Ltd.) as a scaffold for replacing feeder cells. Was used.
- human ES cells KhES-1 strain
- PBS PBS
- TrypLE Select trade name, manufactured by Life Technologies
- human ES cells dispersed into single cells were seeded on a plastic culture dish coated with Laminin 511-E8, and cultured under feeder-free conditions in StemFit medium in the presence of Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor, 10 ⁇ M) .
- the number of seeded human ES cells dispersed in the single cell is 1 per well. .2 x 10 4 cells.
- the medium was replaced with StemFit medium not containing Y27632.
- the medium was changed once in every one or two days with StemFit medium not containing Y27632.
- the cells were cultured until one day before becoming subconfluent.
- the human ES cells one day before the subconfluent are subjected to the following two conditions: (1) in the presence of SAG (Shh signal transduction pathway agonist, 300 nM), or (2) SAG and SB431542 (TGF beta signaling pathway inhibitor In the presence of 5 ⁇ M), the cells were cultured under feeder-free conditions for 1 day (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Precondition treatment).
- SAG Shh signal transduction pathway agonist, 300 nM
- SB431542 TGF beta signaling pathway inhibitor
- Precondition-treated human ES cells are washed with PBS, treated with TrypLE Select in a cell dispersion, dispersed into single cells by pipetting, and then dispersed into single cells. Suspend in 100 ⁇ L of serum-free medium at 1.2 ⁇ 10 4 cells per well of an adhesive 96-well culture plate (trade name: PrimeSurface 96-well V-bottom plate, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.) at 37 ° C. Suspension culture was carried out at 5% CO 2 .
- gfCDM + KSR serum-free medium
- Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor, final concentration 20 ⁇ M) was added to the above serum-free medium.
- SAG Shh signal transduction pathway agonist, 30 nM was examined with and without addition.
- the final concentration of foreign human recombinant BMP4 is 1 50 ⁇ L of medium containing 5 nM was added.
- the cells thus prepared were half exchanged with serum-free medium (gfCDM + KSR) on days 3, 6, 9, 15, and 18 after the start of suspension culture.
- serum-free medium gfCDM + KSR
- the aggregate on the 15th or 18th day after the start of the suspension culture is transferred to a 90 mm low adhesion culture dish (Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.), Wnt signaling pathway agonist (CHIR99021, 3 ⁇ M) and FGF signaling pathway inhibitor (SU5402) , 37 ° C. in serum-free medium (DMEM / F12 medium 1% N2 Supplement to the medium was added) containing 5 [mu] M), with 5% CO 2, and cultured for 3-4 days.
- DMEM / F12 medium 1% N2 Supplement to the medium was added
- Example 2 Adhesion of NR to RPE Cells 1 RPE cells and NR prepared as in Example 1 were treated with serum medium (NucT0 medium and NucT2 medium 1) containing no Wnt signaling pathway agonist and FGF signal transduction inhibitor from day 40 after suspension culture start respectively
- the medium mixed at 1: 3 may be described as NucT1 medium, where NucT2 medium means Neurobasal Medium (manufactured by Thermo fisher) in 10% FBS, B27 supplement w / o V. A. (Thermo fisher) Company), L-Glutamine, Taurin, and T3 (meaning a medium to which T3 was added). From the 60th day after the start of the floating culture, long-term culture was performed in a serum medium (NucT2 medium) containing no Wnt signaling pathway agonist and no FGF signaling inhibitor.
- NucT2 medium Neurobasal Medium (manufactured by Thermo fisher) in 10% FBS, B27 supplement w /
- RPE cells on day 80-90 and NR on day 50-120 after suspension culture start were respectively prepared and treated as follows (FIG. 2A).
- RPE cells After washing with PBS (manufactured by Thermo fisher), perform enzyme treatment with Tryple select (manufactured by Thermo fisher) for 15 to 30 minutes, pipetting to a single cell, and use a 40 ⁇ m cell strainer (Cell strainer). After passage, it was suspended in Nuc medium.
- NR NR was collected in a tube, coated with iMatrix 511 (manufactured by Nippi) or Matrigel (manufactured by BD) for 15 to 60 minutes, and washed with PBS.
- the NR and RPE cells prepared as described above were seeded on a low adhesion PrimeSurface (registered trademark) 96V plate (manufactured by Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.). One hour after seeding, observation was performed using a microscope and a fluorescence microscope. As a result, it was confirmed that RPE cells single-celled around NR were sunk and collected at the bottom of the well (FIG. 2B, B ′). Moreover, when it wash
- MITF positive RPE cells were localized on the surface of CRX positive photoreceptor precursor cells (Fig. 4I, J).
- NR can be attached to separately prepared RPE cells and NR-RPE cell sheet in which RPE cells are localized on NR can be prepared.
- Example 3 Adhesion of NR to RPE Cells 2 RPE cells and NR prepared as in Example 1 were treated respectively with serum medium (NucT0 medium and NucT2 medium containing no Wnt signaling pathway agonist and FGF signaling inhibitor) from day 40 after suspension culture was initiated : Cultivation in NucT1 medium mixed in: 3.
- NucT2 medium Long-term culture up to the 59th day in 10% FBS, B27 supplement w / o V. A., L-Glutamine, Taurin, T3 added medium in Neurobasal Medium) did. From the 60th day after the start of the floating culture, long-term culture was performed in a serum medium (NucT2 medium) containing no Wnt signaling pathway agonist and no FGF signaling inhibitor.
- NR 50 to 120 days after the start of suspension culture, NR was added and suspended in serum medium containing 3% methylcellulose (manufactured by Sigma aldrich) using a pipette.
- serum medium containing 3% methylcellulose manufactured by Sigma aldrich
- approximately 10 aggregates of RPE cells from 80 to 90 days after the start of suspension culture are collected, washed with PBS, enzyme-treated with Tryple select (manufactured by Thermo fisher) for 15 to 60 minutes, and pipetted It became single cell by doing.
- the single-celled RPE cells were passed through a 40 ⁇ m Cell strainer (Falcon), centrifuged at 800 rpm, and the supernatant was removed.
- FIG. 5A, B After 10 ⁇ L of the medium was added, 3 ⁇ l was collected and excreted toward NR in a serum medium containing 3% methylcellulose (manufactured by Sigma aldrich) (FIG. 5A, B). Observation with a microscope and a fluorescence microscope within 1 hour confirmed that single-celled RPE cells were attached to NR (FIG. 6C, C ′). After 13 days of adhesion, when observed with a microscope and a fluorescence microscope, it confirmed that it adhered on NR (FIG. 6D, D ').
- Example 4 Transplantation and Engraftment Confirmation of NR-RPE Cell Sheet
- the NR-RPE cell sheet prepared in Example 2 was cultured in Nuc T2 medium and then cultured for 5 and 50 days (Fig. 7A, A ', D, D').
- the cultured NR-RPE cell sheet was simultaneously excised from NR and RPE cells (FIG. 7B, B ′, C, C ′, E, E ′, F, F ′).
- FIG. 7B, B ′, C, C ′, E, E ′, F, F ′ When observed with a microscope and a fluorescence microscope, it is observed that RPE cells adhere when observed from the outside, and when observed from the inside, almost no RPE cells are observed, and the fluorescence of CRX :: Venus could be well confirmed. Therefore, it was possible to cut out with polarity in the NR-RPE cell sheet.
- the NR-RPE cell sheet excised as described above was transplanted under the retina of a retinal degeneration rat, which is a model of photoreceptor degeneration, using a syringe. After 5 months of transplantation, ocular tissues were paraformaldehyde fixed (PFA fixed) and replaced with sucrose. Tissue sections were prepared using a cryostat ( Figure 8G, G '). When the sections were observed under a microscope and a fluorescence microscope, there was an RPE layer on RPE of Host, and CRX :: Venus positive photoreceptor Rosette was confirmed thereon (FIG. 8G, G ′).
- Rhodopsin antibody (trade name: Anti RetP1 antibody, manufactured by Sigma).
- human cells in tissue sections and RPE cells are prepared using human cytoplasmic marker-specific mouse monoclonal antibody (trade name: Stem121, manufactured by TaKaRa) and anti-RPE65 antibody (trade name: RPE65 Antibody, manufactured by Millipore), respectively. Were stained to evaluate the graft after transplantation.
- the stained tissue was subjected to fluorescence observation using a confocal microscope (trade name: TCS SP8, manufactured by Leica). As a result, it was found that photoreceptors were Rhodopsin-positive, and matured without problems even in photoreceptors co-transplanted with RPE cells (FIG. 9H).
- observation of the sections stained with Stem121 and RPE65 shows that the lower RPE65 positive RPE layer is Stem121 negative, so it is a Host RPE cell, while the RPE65 positive RPE layer on the upper side is Since it was Stem121 positive, it turned out that it is RPE layer derived from Graft (FIG. 10I).
- CRX :: Venus positive photoreceptor rosette was observed just above the RPE layer derived from Graft.
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[1]神経網膜を含むコア部と、上記コア部の表面の少なくとも一部を連続的に又は断続的に覆う被覆部とを備える、スフェア状細胞凝集体であって、
(1)上記神経網膜において、少なくとも視細胞層を含む神経網膜層が形成されており、上記視細胞層は少なくとも視細胞、視細胞前駆細胞及び網膜前駆細胞からなる群から選択される1以上の細胞を含み、上記視細胞層に含まれる細胞が上記コア部の表面の接線方向に連続して存在しており、
(2)上記被覆部は、互いに接触する網膜色素上皮細胞を含み、
(3)上記細胞凝集体は、水晶体、硝子体、角膜及び血管を含まず、かつ
(4)上記網膜色素上皮細胞は、上記神経網膜層とともに連続する上皮構造を構成していない
ことを特徴とするスフェア状細胞凝集体。
[2](2)における視細胞層と、該視細胞層の少なくとも一部を覆う網膜色素上皮細胞との間に、さらに細胞外マトリクスが存在する、[1]のスフェア状細胞凝集体。
[3]細胞外マトリクスが、ヒアルロン酸、ラミニン、IV型コラーゲン、ヘパラン硫酸プロテオグリカン及びエンタクチンからなる群から選択される1又は複数の細胞外マトリクスである、[2]のスフェア状細胞凝集体。
[4]神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体(神経網膜の細胞凝集体)であって、
(I)上記神経網膜の細胞凝集体において、上記神経網膜は上記細胞凝集体の表面に存在しており、かつ
(II)上記神経網膜において少なくとも視細胞層を含む神経網膜層が形成されており、上記視細胞層には網膜前駆細胞、視細胞前駆細胞及び視細胞からなる群から選択される1以上の細胞が存在している、神経網膜の細胞凝集体を調製する工程と、
網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する工程と、
上記神経網膜の細胞凝集体及び上記網膜色素上皮細胞を接触させる工程とを含む、
[1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体の製造方法。
[5]上記神経網膜の細胞凝集体における上記神経網膜におけるChx10陽性細胞の存在割合が20%以上である、[4]の製造方法。
[6]接触工程において、接着因子の存在下で接触させる、[4]又は[5]の製造方法。
[7]接着因子が細胞外マトリクスである、[6]の製造方法。
[8]細胞外マトリクスが、ヒアルロン酸、ラミニン、IV型コラーゲン、ヘパラン硫酸プロテオグリカン及びエンタクチンからなる群から選択される1又は複数の細胞外マトリクスである、[7]の製造方法。
[9]神経網膜の細胞凝集体及び網膜色素上皮細胞の少なくとも一方が、多能性幹細胞由来である、[4]~[7]のいずれかの製造方法。
[10]網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する工程において、網膜色素上皮細胞が、細胞シート又は細胞懸濁液として調製される、[4]~[8]のいずれかの製造方法。
[11]接触工程の後に、網膜色素上皮細胞が多角形又は敷石状の細胞形態を有するまでさらに培養する、[4]~[10]のいずれかの製造方法。
[12][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体を含有してなる、被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価用試薬。
[13][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部に被験物質を接触させ、被験物質が該スフェア状細胞凝集体又は該スフェア状細胞凝集体に含まれる細胞に及ぼす影響を検定することを含む、被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価方法。
[14][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を含有してなる、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療薬。
[15][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部の有効量を、移植を必要とする対象に移植することを含む、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療方法。
[16]網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療における使用のための[1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部。
[17][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を有効成分として含有する、医薬組成物。
[18][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体から物理的に切り出されてなる、スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部。
[19]網膜色素上皮細胞及び神経網膜を含む細胞シートである、[18]のスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部。
[20][1]~[3]のいずれかのスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部を物理的に切り出す工程を含む、スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部の製造方法。
[21]上記スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部が、網膜色素上皮細胞及び神経網膜を含む細胞シートである、[20]の製造方法。
本発明の一実施形態のスフェア状細胞凝集体は、神経網膜を含むコア部と、上記コア部の表面の少なくとも一部を連続的に又は断続的に覆う被覆部とを備えるものであり、以下の(1)~(4)の特徴を有する:
(1)上記神経網膜において、少なくとも視細胞層を含む神経網膜層が形成されており、上記視細胞層は少なくとも視細胞、視細胞前駆細胞及び網膜前駆細胞からなる群から選択される1以上の細胞を含み、上記視細胞層に含まれる細胞が上記コア部の表面の接線方向に連続して存在しており、
(2)上記被覆部は、互いに接触する網膜色素上皮細胞を含み、
(3)上記細胞凝集体は、水晶体、硝子体、角膜及び血管を含まず、かつ
(4)上記網膜色素上皮細胞は、上記神経網膜層とともに連続する上皮構造を構成していない。
本発明の一実施形態のスフェア状細胞凝集体の製造方法は、神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体(神経網膜の細胞凝集体)を調製する工程と、網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する工程と、神経網膜の細胞凝集体及び網膜色素上皮細胞を接触させる工程とを含む。
以下、神経網膜の細胞凝集体およびその製造方法について説明する。なお、「神経網膜の細胞凝集体」とは、神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体を意味する。
(I)神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体(神経網膜の細胞凝集体)において、神経網膜は細胞凝集体の表面に存在している。例えば、神経網膜は神経網膜の細胞凝集体の表面に厚みを持って存在しており、外環境に対して連続的な面で境界を形成している。外環境に面している境界面は視細胞が多数を占めており、その内側に内層の細胞や網膜前駆細胞が存在している。これら網膜層を構成する細胞は互いに接着し連続的に存在している。その内部には空洞、若しくは整然と並んだ層構造が形成されていない空間があるため、その境目に明瞭な影が観察され、上皮構造を形成していることが確認される。神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体は、上述したコア部と被覆部とを備えるスフェア状細胞凝集体のコア部に相当する。
(A)多能性幹細胞を、フィーダー細胞非存在下で、1)TGFβファミリーシグナル伝達経路阻害物質及び/又はソニック・ヘッジホッグシグナル伝達経路作用物質、並びに2)未分化維持因子を含む培地で培養する工程、
(B)無血清培地中で浮遊培養することによって細胞凝集体を形成させる工程、
(C)工程(B)で得られた細胞凝集体を、BMPシグナル伝達経路作用物質を含む培地中でさらに浮遊培養する工程。
網膜色素上皮細胞は、多能性幹細胞由来であることが好ましい。多能性幹細胞から網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する方法はWO2012/173207号、WO2015/053375号、WO2015/053376号、WO2015/068505号、WO2017/043605、Stem Cell Reports, 2(2), 205-218 (2014)及びCell Stem Cell, 10(6), 771-785 (2012)に開示されている方法が挙げられるが、特に限定されない。また、上述したWO2016/063985に記載の方法を改良することで網膜色素上皮細胞の凝集体を調製することも可能である。網膜色素上皮細胞は、細胞シート又は細胞懸濁液として調製されてもよい。
神経網膜の細胞凝集体と網膜色素上皮細胞とを接触させる方法は、神経網膜の細胞凝集体と網膜色素上皮細胞が接着可能な限り特に限定されないが、例えば、神経網膜の細胞凝集体を網膜色素上皮細胞の懸濁液と共に培養し、プレートの底に沈んだ神経網膜の細胞凝集体に網膜色素上皮細胞を接着させる方法、又は、網膜色素上皮細胞シートに神経網膜の細胞凝集体を接触させる方法、さらに、浸透圧差を利用する方法等が挙げられる。
本発明の一実施形態の被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価用試薬は、本発明の一実施形態のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を含有してなり、本発明の一実施形態の被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価方法は、本発明の一実施形態のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部に被験物質を接触させ、被験物質が該スフェア状細胞凝集体又は該スフェア状細胞凝集体に含まれる細胞に及ぼす影響を検定することを含む。
本発明の一実施形態の治療薬は、スフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を含有してなる、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患(特に視細胞及び網膜色素上皮細胞が同時に障害又は損傷されている重症例)の治療薬である。本発明の一実施形態の治療方法は、スフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部の有効量を、移植を必要とする対象に移植することを含む、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患(特に視細胞及び網膜色素上皮細胞が同時に障害又は損傷されている重症例)の治療方法である。本発明の一実施形態の医薬組成物は、本発明に係るスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を有効成分として含有する。本発明の一実施形態の医薬組成物は、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患(特に視細胞及び網膜色素上皮細胞が同時に障害又は損傷されている重症例)の治療薬として有用である。
本発明の一実施形態のスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部は、本発明のスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部であり、例えば本発明のスフェア状細胞凝集体から物理的に切り出すことによって得ることができる。スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部の形状は問わず、スフェア状でなくてもよい。スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部は、神経網膜とその表面の少なくとも一部を連続的に又は断続的に覆う、互いに接触する網膜色素上皮細胞を含む被覆とを備える細胞凝集体であり、例えば網膜色素上皮細胞及び神経網膜を含む細胞シートであってよい。
Crx::Venusレポーター遺伝子を持つように遺伝子改変したヒトES細胞(Kh-ES1株、Cell Stem Cell,10(6),771-785,(2012)を、「Scientific Reports,4,3594(2014)」に記載の方法に準じてフィーダーフリー条件下で培養した。フィーダーフリー培地としてはStemFit培地(商品名:AK03N、味の素社製)、フィーダー細胞に代わる足場としてLaminin511-E8(商品名、ニッピ社製)を用いた。
実施例1のようにして作成されたRPE細胞とNRを、それぞれ浮遊培養開始後40日目以降Wntシグナル伝達経路作用物質及びFGFシグナル伝達阻害物質を含まない血清培地(NucT0培地とNucT2培地を1:3で混合した培地:以下、NucT1培地と記載する場合がある。なお、NucT2培地とは、Neurobasal Medium(Thermo fisher社製)に10%FBS、B27 supplement w/o V.A.(Thermo fisher社製)、L-Glutamine、Taurin、T3が添加された培地を意味する。)で59日目まで長期培養した。当該浮遊培養開始後60日目以降Wntシグナル伝達経路作用物質及びFGFシグナル伝達阻害物質を含まない血清培地(NucT2培地)で長期培養した。
RPE細胞:PBS(Thermo fisher社製)で洗浄後、Tryple select(Thermo fisher社製)で酵素処理を15~30分間行い、ピペッティングすることでシングルセル化し、40μmのセルストレーナー(Cell strainer)に通した後、Nuc培地に懸濁させた。
NR:NRをチューブに回収し、iMatrix511(ニッピ社製)又はMatrigel(BD社製)でコーティングを15~60分実施し、PBSで洗浄した。
実施例1のようにして作製されたRPE細胞とNRを、それぞれ浮遊培養開始後40日目以降Wntシグナル伝達経路作用物質及びFGFシグナル伝達阻害物質を含まない血清培地(NucT0培地とNucT2培地を1:3で混合したNucT1培地で培養。NucT2培地:Neurobasal Mediumに10%FBS、B27 supplement w/o V.A.、L-Glutamine、Taurin、T3が添加された培地)で59日目まで長期培養した。当該浮遊培養開始後60日目以降Wntシグナル伝達経路作用物質及びFGFシグナル伝達阻害物質を含まない血清培地(NucT2培地)で長期培養した。
実施例2で作製したNR-RPE細胞シートをNuc T2培地にてコンジュゲートさせてから5日間及び50日間培養した(図7A、A’、D、D’)。上記培養したNR-RPE細胞シートをNRとRPE細胞を同時に切り出した(図7B、B’、C、C’、E、E’、F、F’)。顕微鏡及び蛍光顕微鏡で観察したところ、外側から観察するとRPE細胞が接着していることが観察され、内側から観察すると、RPE細胞はほとんど観察されずCRX::Venusの蛍光がよく確認できた。よって、NR-RPE細胞シートにおいて極性をもって切り出すことができた。
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- 神経網膜を含むコア部と、前記コア部の表面の少なくとも一部を連続的に又は断続的に覆う被覆部とを備える、スフェア状細胞凝集体であって、
(1)前記神経網膜において、少なくとも視細胞層を含む神経網膜層が形成されており、前記視細胞層は少なくとも視細胞、視細胞前駆細胞及び網膜前駆細胞からなる群から選択される1以上の細胞を含み、前記視細胞層に含まれる細胞が前記コア部の表面の接線方向に連続して存在しており、
(2)前記被覆部は、互いに接触する網膜色素上皮細胞を含み、
(3)前記細胞凝集体は、水晶体、硝子体、角膜及び血管を含まず、かつ
(4)前記網膜色素上皮細胞は、前記神経網膜層とともに連続する上皮構造を構成していない
ことを特徴とするスフェア状細胞凝集体。 - (2)における視細胞層と、該視細胞層の少なくとも一部を覆う網膜色素上皮細胞との間に、さらに細胞外マトリクスが存在する、請求項1に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体。
- 細胞外マトリクスが、ヒアルロン酸、ラミニン、IV型コラーゲン、ヘパラン硫酸プロテオグリカン及びエンタクチンからなる群から選択される1又は複数の細胞外マトリックスである、請求項2に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体。
- 神経網膜を含むスフェア状の細胞凝集体(神経網膜の細胞凝集体)であって、
(I)前記神経網膜の細胞凝集体において、前記神経網膜は前記細胞凝集体の表面に存在しており、かつ
(II)前記神経網膜において少なくとも視細胞層を含む神経網膜層が形成されており、前記視細胞層には視細胞、視細胞前駆細胞及び網膜前駆細胞からなる群から選択される1以上の細胞が存在している、神経網膜の細胞凝集体を調製する工程と、
網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する工程と、
前記神経網膜の細胞凝集体及び前記網膜色素上皮細胞を接触させる工程とを含む、
請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体の製造方法。 - 前記神経網膜の細胞凝集体における前記神経網膜におけるChx10陽性細胞の存在割合が20%以上である、請求項4に記載の製造方法。
- 接触工程において、接着因子の存在下で接触させる、請求項4又は5に記載の製造方法。
- 接着因子が細胞外マトリクスである、請求項6に記載の製造方法。
- 細胞外マトリクスが、ヒアルロン酸、ラミニン、IV型コラーゲン、ヘパラン硫酸プロテオグリカン及びエンタクチンからなる群から選択される1又は複数の細胞外マトリクスである、請求項7に記載の製造方法。
- 神経網膜の細胞凝集体及び網膜色素上皮細胞の少なくとも一方が、多能性幹細胞由来である、請求項4~8のいずれか1項に記載の製造方法。
- 網膜色素上皮細胞を調製する工程において、網膜色素上皮細胞が、細胞シート又は細胞懸濁液として調製される、請求項4~9のいずれか1項に記載の製造方法。
- 接触工程の後に、網膜色素上皮細胞が多角形又は敷石状の細胞形態を有するまでさらに培養する、請求項4~10のいずれか1項に記載の製造方法。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を含有してなる、被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価用試薬。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部に被験物質を接触させ、被験物質が該スフェア状細胞凝集体又は該スフェア状細胞凝集体に含まれる細胞に及ぼす影響を検定することを含む、被験物質の毒性又は薬効評価方法。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を含有してなる、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療薬。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部の有効量を、移植を必要とする対象に移植することを含む、網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療方法。
- 網膜色素上皮細胞、網膜系細胞若しくは網膜組織の障害又は網膜組織の損傷に基づく疾患の治療における使用のための請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体又は当該細胞凝集体の一部を有効成分として含有する、医薬組成物。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体から物理的に切り出されてなる、スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部。
- 網膜色素上皮細胞及び神経網膜を含む細胞シートである、請求項18に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部。
- 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載のスフェア状細胞凝集体の一部を物理的に切り出す工程を含む、スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部の製造方法。
- 前記スフェア状細胞凝集体の一部が、網膜色素上皮細胞及び神経網膜を含む細胞シートである、請求項20に記載の製造方法。
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