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Gene editing of CD34+ progenitor cells from single blood donor waste bags to create cultured early erythroid cells for study of blood group knock-outs
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Ingår i: Vox Sanguinis. - : Wiley. - 1423-0410 .- 0042-9007. ; 115:Suppl. s1, s. 363-363
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Many blood group antigens are carried by red cell surface proteins, thefunctions of which are not yet fully characterized or in some cases completelyunknown. By investigating red cells with naturally-occurring blood group variants,much has been learnt about the underlying molecules. However, interindividualvariation affecting other molecules than the one(s) of interest may confound orotherwise hamper such studies. As an alternative, a reductionistic approach whereonly a single factor differs between test and control cells significantly facilitatesinterpretation of functional studies. Using various siRNA, shRNA and various gene-editing tools blood group expression can be manipulated and useful modelsdeveloped. Applying the latter on primary hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells(HSPCs) can be challenging.Aims: We evaluated a protocol for gene editing of CD44 using a CRISPR/Cas9hybrid system on HSPCs isolated from blood donation leukocyte waste bags fromsingle donors to develop a model for study of blood group molecular function inerythropoiesis.Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were from anonymizedleucocyte waste bags obtained after whole blood unit processing in the Reveosautomated blood component system. Cells were harvested following Lymphoprepgradient separation and CD34+HSPCs enriched and collected using magnetic beads.CD34+cells were cultured in 2-phase culture medium to generate erythroid cellsfrom HSPCs (Vidovic, Vox Sang 2017). For CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, a short guideRNA (sgRNA) targeting CD44 was designed and cloned into the lentiCRISPR v2vector (Addgene plasmid #52961). A non-targeting sgRNA cloned into the vectorwas used as control. Lentivirus particles were produced in the human 293T cell lineas described previously (Galeev, Methods Mol Biol 2017). Equal number of CD34+cells were transduced 24 hours after collection using RetroNectin following theRetroNectin-Bound Virus (RBV) Infection Method according to manufacturer’sprotocol. Cells were transduced at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 10 with atarget transduction efficiency of 20–30%. Cells were cultured at 37°C, 5% CO2 for72 hours in phase I culture medium and then electroporated with Cas9 mRNA usingthe ECM 830 Electroporation System as described previously for cord blood-derivedCD34+cells (Backstrom, Exp Hematol 2019). GFP+CD44-edited cell frequencieswere monitored by flow cytometry at day 7 of the HSPC expansion phase and atday 14 of the erythroid expansion-differentiation phase using antibodies againsterythroid-specific cell surface markers GPA and Band3 in addition to CD49d toassess the erythroid development stage.Results: We tested the above protocol and observed that the frequencies of editedcells lacking CD44 expression within the GFP+population at day 7 of culture were10–25% while the edited frequencies were increased at day 14 of culture to 60–80%within the GFP+cells. Whilst this stage corresponds to erythroblasts, earlier or laterstages can be tested.Summary/Conclusions: The previously established hybrid system for CRISPR/Cas9gene editing in cord blood-derived CD34+HSPCs, which combines lentiviraldelivery of the sgRNA with transient delivery of Cas9 mRNA by electroporation, isalso applicable to primary human adult HSPCs from Reveos-processed single-donorwhole blood donation, resulting in a traceable high-yield gene-editing system tostudy blood group function and erythroid development
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- Olsson, MIT, et al.
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Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions : Evidence from 37 Countries
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Ingår i: Political Psychology. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - 0162-895X .- 1467-9221. ; 44:6, s. 1163-1192
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.
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