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Transplantation of bioreactor-produced neural stem cells into the rodent brain.

Abstract
The development of new cell replacement strategies using neural stem cells (NSC) may provide an alternative and unlimited cell source for clinical neural transplantation in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Huntington's disease. The clinical application of neural transplantation using NSC will therefore depend upon the availability of clinical grade NSC that are generated in unlimited quantities in a standardized manner. In order to investigate the utility of NSC in clinical neural transplantation, undifferentiated murine NSC were first expanded for an extended period of time in suspension bioreactors containing a serum-free medium. Following expansion in suspension bioreactors, NSC were still able to differentiate in vitro into both astrocytes and neurons after exposure to brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), suggesting that bioreactor expansion does not alter cell lineage potentiality. Undifferentiated bioreactor-expanded NSC were then transplanted into the rodent striatum. Immunohistochemical examination revealed undifferentiated bioreactor-expanded NSC survived transplantation for up to 8 weeks and expressed the astrocytic immunohistochemical marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), suggesting that the host striatal environment influences NSC cell fate upon transplantation. Moreover, no tumor formation was observed within the graft site, indicating that NSC expanded in suspension bioreactors for an extended period of time are a safe source of tissue for transplantation. Future studies should focus on predifferentiating NSC towards specific neuronal phenotypes prior to transplantation in order to restore behavioral function in rodent models of neurodegenerative disease.
AuthorsM McLeod, M Hong, A Sen, D Sadi, R Ulalia, L A Behie, I Mendez
JournalCell transplantation (Cell Transplant) Vol. 15 Issue 8-9 Pg. 689-97 ( 2006) ISSN: 0963-6897 [Print] United States
PMID17269440 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
  • Ki-67 Antigen
Topics
  • Animals
  • Bioreactors
  • Brain (surgery)
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival
  • Female
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (analysis)
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Ki-67 Antigen (analysis)
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Neurons (chemistry, cytology, transplantation)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Stem Cell Transplantation (methods)
  • Stem Cells (chemistry, cytology)
  • Time Factors

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