Review Article

Biological Effects of Culture Substrates on Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Table 1

Summary of culture substrates used for culturing undifferentiated hPSCs.

NameCommercial name (if any, only major)Material typeReferences

Gelatinous protein mixtureMatrigel (Corning)Crude extract secreted by EHS mouse sarcoma cells[9, 28]
Geltrex (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Cultrex BME (Trevigen)

LamininExtracted protein[9]

Laminin-511LN511 (Biolamina)Recombinant protein[29, 30]

Laminin-521LN521 (Biolamina)Recombinant protein[31, 32]
rhLaminin-521 (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Laminin-E8 fragmentiMatrix-511 (Nippi)Recombinant protein[33, 34]

VitronectinVitronectin XF (Stem Cell Technologies)Extracted or recombinant protein[3538]

Truncated vitronectinVTN-N (Thermo Fisher Scientific)Recombinant protein[39]

FibronectinExtracted protein[4042]

Collagen type IExtracted protein[20, 43]

Nanofibrous gelatin Processed gelatin[44]

Customized spider silk proteinRecombinant protein, containing vitronectin motif[45]

Peptide-acrylate surfaces (PAS)Synthemax (Corning)Synthetic polymers with peptides[46]

PMEDSAHSynthetic polymer[47]

Synthetic substrates displaying heparin-binding peptidesSynthetic polymers with peptides[48]

Polyvinylalcohol-co-itaconic acid hydrogels grafted with aoligopeptide derived from vitronectin (KGGPQVTRGDVFTMP)Synthetic polymers with peptides[49]

UV/ozone radiation Modification of typical cell culture plastics[50]

Hydrogel interfaces of aminopropylmethacrylamide (APMAAm)Synthetic polymers[51]

Human E-cadherin-Fc chimeric proteinRecombinant protein[31, 52]