STAR Protocols (Sep 2020)

Generation of Human Neutrophils from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Chemically Defined Conditions Using ETV2 Modified mRNA

  • Aditi Majumder,
  • Kran Suknuntha,
  • David Bennin,
  • Lucas Klemm,
  • Vera S. Brok-Volchanskaya,
  • Anna Huttenlocher,
  • Igor Slukvin

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
p. 100075

Abstract

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Summary: This protocol describes a rapid and efficient feeder-, serum-, and xeno-free method for neutrophil generation from hiPSCs using ETV2 modified mRNA (mmRNA), which directs hematoendothelial programming of hiPSCs. Hematoendothelial progenitors were cultured with GM-CSF, FGF-2, and UM171 to expand myelomonocytic progenitors, followed by treatment with G-CSF and retinoic acid agonist Am580 to induce neutrophil maturation. This protocol is suitable for generating functional neutrophils from iPSCs to interrogate the role of genes in a neutrophil development and function.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Brok-Volchanskaya et al. (2019).