Effects of transplantation of neural stem cells modified with glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene on Caspase-3 expression in rats with transient cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury / 中国组织工程研究
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
;
(53): 9677-9680, 2009.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-404491
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is few studies addressing the long-playing dynamic observation of cysteinyl aspartate specific protease 3 (Caspase-3) expression following cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effect of transplantation of the neural stem cells (NSCs) modified with gene of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) on expression of Caspase-3 in adult Sprague Dawley rats with transient cerebral ischemia.DESING Randomized controlled animal study.MATERIALS Sixty Sprague Dawley rats were divided randomly into normal control group (N, n =5), ischemia/reperfusion group (IR, n=5), neural stem cell group (NSCs, n=25) and NSCs modified with gene of GDNF group (GDNF/NSCs, n =25). Several clean neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats were selected to harvest NSCs.METHODS:
With the exception of normal control group, models of transient cerebral ischemia were created by modified suture method in other groups. At day 3 following reperfusion, 20 μL NSC suspension containing (4.0-5.0)×10~5 NSCs was infused into rats of the NSC group via right lateral ventricle. An equal volume of GDNF-modified NSC suspension was injected into rats of the GDNF/NSC group. 20 μL saline was infused into the rats of the ischemia/reperfusion group. Animals were anesthetized and sacrificed at week 1 following ischemia/reperfusion in the normal control and ischemia/reperfusion groups. Animals were anesthetized and sacrificed at weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 following ischemia/reperfusion in the NSC and GDNF/NSC groups, 5 rats in each time point.MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The strept avidin-biotin immunostaining method was used to observe the distributive characteristics of Caspase-3 in the hippocampus and frontal parietal cortex.RESULTS:
Immunohistochemical method (SP) showed that positive capase-3 products expressed in nucleus, cytoplasm and partial neurite. In hippocampus, number of Caspase-3-positive cells was decreased in NSC and GDNF/NSC groups. With the exception of at 1-week reperfusion, number of Caspase-3-positive cells was significantly lessened in the GDNF/NSC group compared with the NSC group at other time points (P < 0.05). In frontoparietal cortex, number of Caspase-3-positive cells was reduced in the NSC and GDNF/NSC groups over time. Except 1 and 2 weeks following ischemia/reperfusion, number of Caspase-3-positive cells was significantly lessened in the GDNF/NSC group compared with the NSC group (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION:
Transplanting NSCs modified with gene of GDNF can improve remarkably neural function by deceasing Caspase-3 expression and reducing the nervous cell apoptosis. The transplantation of NSCs modified with gene of GDNF obtained better outcomes compared with NSC transplantation.
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Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Prognostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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