Pancreatic human islets and insulin-producing cells derived from embryonic stem cells are rapidly identified by a newly developed Dithizone

Abstract We developed an optimized Dipheylthiocarbazone or Dithizone (DTZ) with improved physical and chemical properties to characterize human islets and insulin-producing cells differentiated from embryonic stem cells. Application of the newly formulated iDTZ (i stands for islet) over a range of t...

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Autores principales: Bashar Khiatah, Meirigeng Qi, Youjun Wu, Kuan-Tsen Chen, Rachel Perez, Luis Valiente, Keiko Omori, Jeffrey S. Isenberg, Fouad Kandeel, Jiing-Kuan Yee, Ismail H. Al-Abdullah
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/78b909345c634e4cbdad967487951c3c
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Sumario:Abstract We developed an optimized Dipheylthiocarbazone or Dithizone (DTZ) with improved physical and chemical properties to characterize human islets and insulin-producing cells differentiated from embryonic stem cells. Application of the newly formulated iDTZ (i stands for islet) over a range of temperatures, time intervals and cell and tissue types found it to be robust for identifying these cells. Through high transition zinc binding, the iDTZ compound concentrated in insulin-producing cells and proved effective at delineating zinc levels in vitro.