A computer-guided design tool to increase the efficiency of cellular conversions

S Jung, E Appleton, M Ali, GM Church… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nature communications, 2021nature.com
Human cell conversion technology has become an important tool for devising new cell
transplantation therapies, generating disease models and testing gene therapies. However,
while transcription factor over-expression-based methods have shown great promise in
generating cell types in vitro, they often endure low conversion efficiency. In this context,
great effort has been devoted to increasing the efficiency of current protocols and the
development of computational approaches can be of great help in this endeavor. Here we …
Abstract
Human cell conversion technology has become an important tool for devising new cell transplantation therapies, generating disease models and testing gene therapies. However, while transcription factor over-expression-based methods have shown great promise in generating cell types in vitro, they often endure low conversion efficiency. In this context, great effort has been devoted to increasing the efficiency of current protocols and the development of computational approaches can be of great help in this endeavor. Here we introduce a computer-guided design tool that combines a computational framework for prioritizing more efficient combinations of instructive factors (IFs) of cellular conversions, called IRENE, with a transposon-based genomic integration system for efficient delivery. Particularly, IRENE relies on a stochastic gene regulatory network model that systematically prioritizes more efficient IFs by maximizing the agreement of the transcriptional and epigenetic landscapes between the converted and target cells. Our predictions substantially increased the efficiency of two established iPSC-differentiation protocols (natural killer cells and melanocytes) and established the first protocol for iPSC-derived mammary epithelial cells with high efficiency.
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