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. 2019 Jul 29;13(3):1–14. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i3.34732

Table 1.

The level of spontaneous dysfunctional (DDR+) telomeres in rat embryonic fibroblasts (rEFs) and cultured in vitro pluripotent stem cells of rat: embryonic stem cells (rESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (riPSCs).

Cell lines; passage No. of metaphases in % with Meta-TIFs Avr. No. of Meta-TIFs per metaphase No. of metaphases in % with 5 and more Meta-TIFs of chromosome type
Total Chromatid type Chromosome type Total Chromosome type
rEFs
RWF1, 6 100 57 48 3.60 (2–10) 0.68 0
RWF1, 29 100 59 71 2.66 (1–10) 1.31 12
RWM1, 5 100 72 18 4.53 (2–17) 0.07 3
RWM1, 25 72 72 65 3.83 (0–18) 1.86 9
RNFM1; 9 95 81 28 1.46 (0–8) 0.54 4
RNFM1, 23 92 72 32 3.79 (0–15) 1.05 11
RNFF1, 9 93 80 31 1.46 (0–5) 0.31 0
RNFF1, 26 86 52 65 4.81 (0–19) 1.88 12
RNFF1, 41 98 71 89 10.20 (0.30) 4.32 30
rEFs; 5–9 #97±1.80 72±5.60 *#31±6.20 2.76±0.77 *0.40±0.13 *1.75±1.03
rEFs; 23–29 87±5.90 64±2.0 *58±8.90 3.77±0.44 *1.52±0.20 *11.0±0.70
rESCs
RES6; 10 92 92 29 0.90 (0–5) 0.04 1
RES27; 10 82 67 42 1.12 (0–5) 0.18 2
RES27; 42 100 41 97 14.41 (1–27) 5.47 52
RES28; 9 77 62 37 0.72 (0–3) 0.20 5
RES28; 28 96 77 84 3.55 (0–9) 0.51 9
rESCs; 9–10 #84±3.80 74±8.0 36±3.30 ##0.91±0.l0 0.14±0.04 2.7±1.04
riPSCs
NF13; 6 90 75 43 3.05 (0–13) 0.89 2
NF13; 15 100 56 88 12.36 (1–22) 3.59 33
QV28; 4 96 73 66 3.77 (0–15) 1.94 12
QV28; 15 96 57 69 4,96 (0–25) 2.12 13
MR39; 6 78 73 57 1.77 (0–5) 0.39 9
MR39, 22 91 67 89 7.97 (0–43) 3.17 31
riPSCs, 4–6 88±5.30 **74±0.70 **#55±6.70 ##2.86±0.58 **1.07±0.46 7.7±2.97
riPSCs, 15–22 95±2.60 **60±3.50 **82±6.50 8.43±2.15 **2.96±0.43 25.7±6.37

* and ** – mark indicators differing significantly (P≥0.95) on early stages and prolonged cultivation of rEFs and riPSCs, correspondingly. # – marks indicators differing significantly (P≥0.95) on early stages of cultivation of rEFs and rESCs, rEFs and riPSCs also, correspondingly. ## – marks indicators differing significantly (P≥0.95) on early stages of cultivation of rESCs and riPSCs. The results are presented as mean ± SD.