Differentiation of transplanted fetal liver stem cell antigen-positive cells into neural cells in mice / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study whether stem cell antigen-positive(Sca-1 + )cells from fetal liver can differentiate into neural cells. Methods Sca-1+ cells from male fetal liver were isolated with a magnetic cell sorting kit and transplanted into lethally irradiated female mice (2?103 cells/mouse). The donor cells and their characteristics in recipient brains were identified and detected by FISH and immunohistochemistry double-staining analysis at 2, 4, 6 months after transplantation. Results There existed many male cells in brains of female recipients, including white and gray matters, for brain, midbrain, the ependyma of the ventricular system, and the choroid plexus of the lateral ventri cle. Immunochemistry revealed that the Y chromosome-positive cells expressed many neural specific markers, including Neu N, TuJ-1 , NF-M, GFAP and so on. Statistic analysis showed that ratio of Y chromosome positive cells in brain was (4. 5 ? 0. 5) %, ratio of both Y chromosome and NeuN posi live cells (1. 2 ? 0. 3) %. ratio of both Y chromosome and GFAP positive cells (1. 0 ? 0. 2) %. There was no difference between the ratios of Y chromosome-positive cells in brains 2,4, and 6 month after transplantation. Conclusion Sca-1 + cells from fetal liver, the most of which are regarded as hemato-poietic stem cells, can differentiate into neural cells and astrocytes in the brains of adult mice and survive more than 6 months.