RRC ID 11815
Author Nakano-Doi A, Nakagomi T, Fujikawa M, Nakagomi N, Kubo S, Lu S, Yoshikawa H, Soma T, Taguchi A, Matsuyama T.
Title Bone marrow mononuclear cells promote proliferation of endogenous neural stem cells through vascular niches after cerebral infarction.
Journal Stem Cells
Abstract Increasing evidence shows that administration of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) is a potential treatment for various ischemic diseases, such as ischemic stroke. Although angiogenesis has been considered primarily responsible for the effect of BMMCs, their direct contribution to endothelial cells (ECs) by being a functional elements of vascular niches for neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) has not been considered. Herein, we examine whether BMMCs affected the properties of ECs and NSPCs, and whether they promoted neurogenesis and functional recovery after stroke. We compared i.v. transplantations 1 x 10(6) BMMCs and phosphate-buffered saline in mice 2 days after cortical infarction. Systemically administered BMMCs preferentially accumulated at the postischemic cortex and peri-infarct area in brains; cell proliferation of ECs (angiogenesis) at these regions was significantly increased in BMMCs-treated mice compared with controls. We also found that endogenous NSPCs developed in close proximity to ECs in and around the poststroke cortex and that ECs were essential for proliferation of these ischemia-induced NSPCs. Furthermore, BMMCs enhanced proliferation of NSPCs as well as ECs. Proliferation of NSPCs was suppressed by additional treatment with endostatin (known to inhibit proliferation of ECs) following BMMCs transplantation. Subsequently, neurogenesis and functional recovery were also promoted in BMMCs-treated mice compared with controls. These results suggest that BMMCs can contribute to the proliferation of endogenous ischemia-induced NSPCs through vascular niche regulation, which includes regulation of endothelial proliferation. In addition, these results suggest that BMMCs transplantation has potential as a novel therapeutic option in stroke treatment.
Volume 28(7)
Pages 1292-302
Published 2010-7-1
DOI 10.1002/stem.454
PMID 20517983
MeSH Animals Bone Marrow Transplantation* Cell Proliferation* Cerebral Infarction / metabolism Cerebral Infarction / pathology Cerebral Infarction / surgery* Male Mice Neurogenesis Neurons / cytology* Neurons / metabolism Stem Cells / cytology* Stem Cells / metabolism
IF 6.022
Times Cited 99
WOS Category BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY CELL & TISSUE ENGINEERING CELL BIOLOGY
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Mice RBRC00267