Grafting neural stem cells improved the impaired spatial recognition in ischemic rats

被引:117
作者
Toda, H
Takahashi, J [1 ]
Iwakami, N
Kimura, T
Hoki, S
Mozumi-Kitamura, K
Ono, S
Hashimoto, N
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Neurosurg, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
[2] Toyama Chem Co Ltd, Res Labs, Toyama 9308508, Japan
关键词
neural stem cells; ischemia; cell transplantation; differentiation; water maze test; hippocampus;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02331-X
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
To determine the possible therapeutic potential of neural stem cells (NSCs) introduced into the damaged central nervous system, we grafted adult hippocampus-derived NSCs into the hippocampus of rats with transient global ischemia. Transient four-vessel occlusion yielded 90-95% losses of pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal CA1 region. In this region, 1-3% of the grafted cells survived; and 3-9% of them expressed NeuN, a neuronal marker. Rats with more than 120 NeuN-positive cells showed partial improvement of impaired spatial learning in a water maze test. These results suggest that NSCs grafted in the ischemic brain are able to differentiate into neurons and to improve spatial recognition. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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