Nerve regeneration remains a challenge. Patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-differentiated neural stem cells (NSCs) provide a promising hope. Zinc is closely involved in central nervous system development and metabolism, but its role on iPSC neural differentiation is elusive and zinc detection methods in live cells are limited. In this study, intracellular zinc was detected in real time by a zinc fluorescent chemosensor and was shown to be increased during the iPSC neural induction process. iPSC neural differentiation was promoted with the addition of zinc chloride (ZnCl) and inhibited with the addition of zinc chelator ,,0,0-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine, indicated by western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis of NSC marker Nestin expression and measurement of neurite-like structures. Mechanistically, the phosphorylation level of ERK1/2 and STAT3 was changed with the zinc level, suggesting that zinc may affect the neural differentiation of iPSCs through ERK-STAT signaling. In conclusion, our study shows the important role of zinc in iPSC neural differentiation and suggests a new idea for iPSC-derived NSC application in nerve regeneration.
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