中国组织工程研究 ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (11): 1564-1569.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.11.007

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自然衰老过程中小鼠海马神经发生的改变

刘品月1,晋贞超1,邓小兰1,袁 莉1,郑 敏1,王亚平1,王 健2,姜 蓉1   

  1. 1重庆医科大学干细胞与组织工程研究所,重庆市 400016;2重庆医科大学附属第二医院神经内科,重庆市 400016
  • 收稿日期:2016-01-13 出版日期:2016-03-11 发布日期:2016-03-11
  • 通讯作者: 姜蓉,高级实验师,重庆医科大学干细胞与组织工程研究室,重庆市 400016
  • 作者简介:刘品月,女,1989年生,河南省尉氏县人,汉族,2015年重庆医科大学毕业,硕士,主要从事神经干细胞生物学研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31100985);重庆市自然科学基金(CSTC2010BB5096)

Changes of mouse hippocampal neurogenesis during aging

Liu Pin-yue1, Jin Zhen-chao1, Deng Xiao-lan1, Yuan Li1, Zheng Min1, Wang Ya-ping1, Wang Jian2, Jiang Rong1
  

  1. 1Institute of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; 2Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • Received:2016-01-13 Online:2016-03-11 Published:2016-03-11
  • Contact: Jiang Rong, Senior experimentalist, Institute of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • About author:Liu Pin-yue, Master, Institute of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31100985; Chongqing Natural Science Foundation, No. CSTC2010BB5096

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文题释义:
自然衰老:人体在生长发育达到成熟后,随年龄的增加,细胞的增殖分化能力和生理功能逐步下降,维持机体内环境稳定能力与应激能力下降,从而导致组织器官结构、功能衰退的不可逆的生理过程。随着机体进入衰老进程,在外表上表现为白发增多、皮肤褶皱;在行为上表现为行动迟缓,步履蹒跚;在中枢神经系统则表现为记忆力减退、学习能力下降。

海马神经发生:传统的研究认为,神经元是高度分化的细胞,人出生后就不会再有新的神经元出现,并且神经元处在一种连续不断地死亡且永不复生增殖的过程,直至消亡殆尽。但后续研究发现,成年哺乳动物脑内海马和侧脑室下区的神经干细胞可以不断的增殖分裂产生新的神经元,这个过程叫做“神经发生”。海马齿状回神经干细胞在分化的同时向颗粒细胞层(GCL)进行了短距离的迁移,这些神经干祖细胞最终在颗粒层成熟并参与到神经回路中,这个过程即为海马神经发生。

 

背景:多篇文献报道在衰老期海马神经发生出现障碍,最终导致学习记忆能力的减退。但是究竟哪个环节的改变导致这种减退的发生并不明确。
目的:了解衰老过程中小鼠海马齿状回颗粒下层神经发生的改变。
方法:选取3个年龄组的小鼠,免疫组织化学法观察海马齿状回颗粒下层神经干细胞(nestin+)、成神经细胞(Doublecortin+,DCX+)和增殖细胞(PCNA+)的个数;反转录PCR观察海马衰老相关基因p19Arf、p21Cip1/ Waf1 mRNA的表达。

结果与结论:老年组与青年组和中老年组相比PCNA+细胞、nestin+细胞与DCX+细胞数量明显减少;p19Arf、p21Cip1/Waf1mRNA表达明显增强。结果说明,衰老小鼠海马齿状回颗粒下层细胞增殖减少,神经干细胞数量减少,向神经元方向分化减少,颗粒下层区神经发生下降可能与增殖相关基因表达增加相关。提示自然衰老过程中海马组织神经发生的下降可能与p19Arf-Mdm2-p53-p21Cip1/Waf1信号通路中p19Arf、p21Cip1/Waf1的表达上调有关。 

ORCID: 0000-0002-8390-3090(刘品月)

关键词: 组织构建, 组织工程, 衰老, 海马, 神经发生, 颗粒下层, 国家自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Abnormal hippocampal neurogenesis during aging has been reported to result in learning and memory dysfunction. But its mechanism is unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the changes of mouse neurogenesis in the hippocampal subgranular zone during aging.
METHODS: C57BL/6 mice 2, 6 and 20 months of age were used. Immunochemistry was used to count the number of neural stem cells (nestin+), neuroblasts (Doublecortin+, DCX+), and proliferative cells (proliferating cell nuclear antigen+, PCNA+) in the hippocampal subgranular zone. mRNA expressions of aging-related genes, p19Arf and p21Cip1/Waf1, in the hippocampus were detected by reverse transcription-PCR.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the young and middle age groups, the number of PCNA+ cells, nestin+ and DCX+ cells in the hippocampal subgranular zone of the aged group decreased dramatically; the expression of p19Arf and p21Cip1/Waf1 mRNA increased in the aged group. Proliferation activity, the number of neural stem cells and neuronal differentiation all decreased. These findings indicate that the decline of hippocampal neurogenesis may be associated with increased expression of aging-related genes p19Arf and p21Cip1/Waf1 in the p19Arf-Mdm2-p53-p21Cip1/Waf1pathway.