Stem Cell Research (Oct 2022)

Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line (DHMCi009-A) from an individual with TUBB2A tubulinopathy

  • Julian Schröter,
  • Hanna Syring,
  • Gudrun Göhring,
  • Stefan Kölker,
  • Thomas Opladen,
  • Georg F. Hoffmann,
  • Steffen Syrbe,
  • Sabine Jung-Klawitter

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64
p. 102879

Abstract

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TUBB2A tubulinopathy is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental delay, epilepsy, and less frequent malformations of cortical development compared to other tubulinopathies. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a male subject harboring the heterozygous de novo TUBB2A variant c.[743C>T] (p.[Ala248Val]) were reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using the CytoTune™-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit (Invitrogen). Generated iPSCs showed a normal karyotype, expression of pluripotency markers, spontaneous in vitro differentiation in all three germ layers, and are a suitable human disease model to analyze pathomechanisms underlying TUBB2A tubulinopathy and potential therapeutic targets.

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