Stem Cell Research (May 2020)

Generation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell line (ZJUi005-A) from a patient with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) carrying a novel hemizygous mutation in PLP1 gene

  • Bei Liu,
  • Lang Chen,
  • Jian Sun,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Min Chen,
  • Yeqing Qian,
  • Yanlin Wang,
  • Kai Yan,
  • Linxiao Hou,
  • Yingzhi Huang,
  • Dan Zhang,
  • Yuming Xu,
  • Jialing Yu,
  • Jin Zhang,
  • Minyue Dong

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45

Abstract

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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare X-linked leukodystrophy caused by mutations in the proteolipid protein 1 gene (PLP1) which is specifically expressed on the myelin sheath of oligodendrocytes. We established an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line (ZJUi005-A) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of an 18-year-old male PMD patient with a novel hemizygous c.437T>C mutation in PLP1 gene using episomal reprogramming plasmids. The ZJUi005-A iPSC line carried the PLP1 mutation, expressed pluripotency markers, exhibited normal karyotype and showed differentiation potential in vitro.