Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (45): 7285-7289.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.45.013

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Dopamine content in the stratum of Parkinson’s disease rats after transplantation of tyrosine hydroxylase-modified human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells

Fan Zhi-gang, Qiao Lei   

  1. Department of Physiology, Henan Medical College, Zhengzhou 451191, Henan Province, China
  • Online:2014-11-05 Published:2014-11-05
  • About author:Fan Zhi-gang, Master, Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Henan Medical College, Zhengzhou 451191, Henan Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Stem cell therapy is superior to drug therapy for recovery of patient’s physiological mode, and cell transplantation therapy is becoming a trend.

 
OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes in dopamine content in the stratum of Parkinson’s disease rats after transplantation of tyrosine hydroxylase-modified human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: After identification by enzyme digestion, pEGFP-C2-TH plasmid was transfected into the fourth generation of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells by electroporation method, and then transfected cells were injected into the right cerebral ventricle of Parkinson’s disease rats (experimental group). PBS injection was performed in the control group. Migration of dopamine in the brain tissue of rats was observed, and the content of dopamine was detected by high performance liquid chromatography.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: At 8 weeks after cell transplantation, the cells gradually migrated to the ventricles; after 12 weeks, the cells migrated to the cortex, and expressed tyrosine hydroxylase antigen. Meanwhile, the content of dopamine was significantly higher in the experimental group than the control group (P < 0.05). These results reveal that the intraventricular transplantation of tyrosine hydroxylase-modified human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells has obvious therapeutic effect on Parkinson’s disease rats.

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Key words:  cord blood stem cell transplantation, Parkinson disease, tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, dopamine

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