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EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: CHARACTERIZATION SERIES

Isolation and Characterization of Novel Rhesus Monkey Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

^aOregon National Primate Research Center,
^eDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and
^fDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA;
^bStem Cell Program, Genomics Research Center, and Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan;
^cCytogenetics Laboratory, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, Wisconsin, USA;
^dCell Line Genetics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Key Words. Embryonic stem cells • Chimera • Karyotype • Rhesus monkey • Transcriptome

Correspondence: Don Wolf, Ph.D., Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA. Telephone: 503-690-5326; Fax: 503-533-2494; e-mail: wolfd{at}ohsu.edu; or Shoukhrat M. Mitalipov, Ph.D., Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA. Telephone: 503-614-3709; Fax: 503-533-2494; e-mail: mitalipo{at}ohsu.edu

Received March 3, 2006; accepted for publication May 25, 2006.
First published online in STEM CELLS EXPRESS   June 1, 2006.



ESCs are important as research subjects since the mechanisms underlying cellular differentiation, expansion, and self-renewal can be studied along with differentiated tissue development and regeneration in vitro. Furthermore, human ESCs hold promise for cell and tissue replacement approaches to treating human diseases. The rhesus monkey is a clinically relevant primate model that will likely be required to bring these clinical applications to fruition. Monkey ESCs share a number of properties with human ESCs, and their derivation and use are not affected by bioethical concerns. Here, we summarize our experience in the establishment of 18 ESC lines from rhesus monkey preimplantation embryos generated by the application of the assisted reproductive technologies. The newly derived monkey ESC lines were maintained in vitro without losing their chromosomal integrity, and they expressed markers previously reported present in human and monkey ESCs. We also describe initial efforts to compare the pluripotency of ESC lines by expression profiling, chimeric embryo formation, and in vitro-directed differentiation into endodermal, mesodermal, and ectodermal lineages.

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