Effects of estrogen on Survival and Neuronal Differentiation of adult human olfactory bulb neural stem Cells Transplanted into Spinal Cord Injured Rats
Author | Hany E, Marei |
Author | Asmaa, Althani |
Author | Ahmed, Abd-Elmaksoud |
Author | Mohamed, Kassab |
Author | Amany, Farag |
Author | Samah, Lashen |
Author | Carlo, Cenciarelli |
Author | Thomas, Caceci |
Author | Shymaa, Rezk |
Available date | 2019-03-12T07:53:14Z |
Publication Date | 2019-03-08 |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/571950 |
Citation | Effects of estrogen on Survival and Neuronal Differentiation of adult human olfactory bulb neural stem Cells Transplanted into Spinal Cord Injured Rats Hany E Marei, Asmaa Althani, Ahmed Abd-Elmaksoud, Mohamed Kassab, Amany Farag, Samah Lashen, Carlo Cenciarelli, Thomas Caceci, Shymaa Rezk bioRxiv 571950; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/571950 |
Abstract | In the present study we developed an excitotoxic spinal cord injury (SCI) model using kainic acid (KA) to evaluate of the therapeutic potential of human olfactory bulb neural stem cells (h-OBNSCs) for spinal cord injury (SCI). In a previous study, we assessed the therapeutic potential of these cells for SCI; all transplanted animals showed successful engraftment. These cells differentiated predominantly as astrocytes, not motor neurons, so no improvement in motor functions was detected. In the current study we used estrogen as neuroprotective therapy before transplantation of OBNSCs to preserve some of endogenous neurons and enhance the differentiation of these cells towards neurons. The present work demonstrated that the h-GFP-OBNSCs were able to survive for more than eight weeks after sub-acute transplantation into injured spinal cord. Stereological quantification of OBNSCs showed approximately a 2.38-fold increase in the initial cell population transplanted. 40.91% of OBNSCs showed differentiation along the neuronal lineages, which was the predominant fate of these cells. 36.36% of the cells differentiated into mature astrocytes; meanwhile 22.73% of the cells differentiated into oligodendrocytes. Improvement in motor functions was also detected after cell transplantation. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
Subject | Neuronal Differentiation neural stem Cells Spinal Cord |
Type | Article |
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