中国组织工程研究 ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1): 23-30.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.01.004

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RhoA基因沉默联合脐带间充质干细胞移植脑损伤大鼠功能的恢复

冯士军,韩建国   

  1. 包头医学院第一附属医院神经外科,内蒙古自治区包头市 014010
  • 收稿日期:2012-10-05 修回日期:2012-12-05 出版日期:2013-01-01 发布日期:2013-01-01
  • 作者简介:冯士军★,男,1971年生,汉族,2012年包头医学院毕业,硕士,副主任医师,主要从事脑损伤研究。qxy20110824@163.com

Treatment of traumatic brain injury in rats by RhoA gene silencing combinedwith umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation

Feng Shi-jun, Han Jian-guo   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2012-10-05 Revised:2012-12-05 Online:2013-01-01 Published:2013-01-01
  • About author:Feng Shi-jun★, Master, Associate chief physician, Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China qxy20110824@163.com

摘要:

背景:研究认为Rho激酶可致使神经生长锥塌陷,对神经修复具有抑制作用。
目的:脐带间充质干细胞移植同时联合RNAi介导的RhoA基因沉默,观察两者对脑损伤大鼠恢复的影响。
方法:健康Wistar大鼠84只,采用液压颅脑损伤仪,给予253.312 5-303.975 kPa液压冲击力,制成重型液压颅脑损伤模型,随机分成为对照组,脐带间充质干细胞移植组,联合组(脐带间充质干细胞移植联合RhoA基因沉默)。CM-Dil标记的脐带间充质干细胞移植后采用改良神经功能损伤评分系统(mNSS)评价大鼠神经功能恢复情况,在创伤性脑损伤后21-28 d进行Morris水迷宫试验。4周后处死并行全脑冷冻切片苏木精-伊红染色及荧光显微镜观察CM-Dil标记的脐带间充质干细胞的存活和分布情况,采用RT-PCR检测各组损伤区脑组织RhoA基因的表达量。
结果与结论:移植后1,2,3,4周,大鼠神经学缺损评分脐带间充质干细胞移植组低于对照组(P < 0.05),联合组明显低于对照组(P < 0.01)。Morris水迷宫试验各组平均逃避潜伏期均逐渐缩短, 联合组3-5 d时平均潜伏时间较脐带间充质干细胞移植组缩短(P < 0.05),较对照组明显缩短(P < 0.01);联合组穿越平台次数及在目标象限游泳距离与总距离百分比均高于对照组和脐带间充质干细胞移植组(P < 0.05)。移植4周后,脑组织冰冻切片和苏木精-伊红染色切片中的神经元数量和CM-Dil阳性细胞数联合组多于脐带间充质干细胞移植组,脐带间充质干细胞移植组多于对照组(P < 0.05);联合组RhoA mRNA表达水平较对照组和脐带间充质干细胞移植组显著降低(P < 0.05)。提示脐带间充质干细胞移植可明显改善重型颅脑损伤后大鼠的神经学功能,联合应用RhoA基因沉默有协同效果。

关键词: 干细胞, 脐带脐血干细胞, RhoA, 基因沉默, 脐带间充质干细胞, 间充质干细胞, 移植, 脑损伤, Morris水迷宫试验, 神经功能, CM-Dil标记, 干细胞图片文章

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that Rho kinase can lead to collapse of nerve growth cone and exhibits an inhibitory effect on nerve repair.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells combined with RNAi-mediated RhoA gene silencing on recovery of traumatic brain injury in rats.
METHODS: Eighty-four healthy Wistar rats were prepared into models of traumatic brain injury by 253.312 5- 303.975 kPa hydraulic pressure impact force. Then traumatic brain injury models were randomly divided into control group, umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group and umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation+RhoA gene silencing group (combination group). After transplantation of CM-Dil-labeled umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, rat neurological function was evaluated through the use of a modified neurological severity scores. At 21-28 days after traumatic brain injury development, the Morris water maze test was performed. After 4 weeks, following sacrifice, the whole rat brain was frozen, sliced, stained with hematoxylin-eosin and finally the survival and distribution of CM-Dil-labeled umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were observed under fluorescent microscope. RhoA gene expression in the injured region in each group was detected using RT-PCR.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: At 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after traumatic brain injury, the modified neurological severity scores were significantly lower in the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and the scores were significantly lower in the combination group than those in the control group (P < 0.01). Morris water maze test results showed that the mean escape latency was gradually shortened in each group. The mean escape latency across 3-5 days after traumatic brain injury development in the combination group was significantly shorter than that in the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group (P < 0.05) and in the control group (P < 0.01). The number that rats crossed the platform and the percentage of swimming distance in the target quadrant to total distance were significantly higher in the combination group compared to the control group and the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group (P < 0.05). At 4 weeks after cell transplantation group, the number of neurons and CM-Dil-positive cells in the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group was significantly lower compared to the combination group but it was significantly higher compared to the control group (both P < 0.05). RhoA mRNA expression in the combination group was significantly lower compared to the control group and umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation group (P < 0.05). These findings suggest that umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation can greatly improve the neurological function of rats with traumatic brain injury, and it exhibits better effects after combined with RhoA gene silencing.

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