The invention belongs to the field of
biotechnology medicine, and particularly relates to a method for inducing astrocytes to be reprogrammed into neurons, which comprises the following steps:
cutting mouse brain tissues into pieces, adding
protease for
digestion, filtering, inoculating, and culturing in a constant-temperature
incubator. And after the cells reach the standard, carrying out passage, taking third-generation astrocytes, digesting and resuspending, carrying out
virus infection, and recording infection conditions and MOI of a well-growing group. The method comprises the following steps of: performing
cell starvation treatment, firstly adding a CMV-dcas9-VPR-
mCherry virus, then adding a U6-gRNA-EGFP
virus for overexpression of Ngn2, Prdx2 and Sod1 genes, and selecting a proper
neuron culture solution for culture according to
induction time; the overexpressed Ngn2 can convert astrocytes into mature neurons with normal electrophysiological functions. The additional overexpression of Prdx2 and Sod1 can improve the
reprogramming efficiency, accelerate the speed and promote the maturation of neurons. The mechanism is that
ferroptosis can be reduced along with
ferroptosis Prdx2 and Sod1 in the process, so that the
reprogramming efficiency and the long-term
survival rate are improved.