Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (36): 5843-5847.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.36.019

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Liu Zhen-hua, Studying for doctorate, Chief physician, Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial

Liu Zhen-hua1, Wang Shi-jun2   

  1. 1Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Sleep Medicine Center of Shandong Province, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China; 2College of Integrative Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China
  • Online:2015-09-03 Published:2015-09-03
  • Contact: Wang Shi-jun, M.D., Professor, Doctoral supervisor, College of Integrative Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China
  • About author: Liu Zhen-hua, Studying for doctorate, Chief physician, Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Sleep Medicine Center of Shandong Province, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In recent years, cell transplantation therapy is widely used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease with satisfactory outcomes.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the proliferation and differentiation of transplanted neural stem cells in Parkinson’s disease rats, thereby providing a new theoretical basis for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

METHODS: Neural stem cells from the brain tissues of rats were isolated and cultured in vitro using collagenase digestion method. Unilateral rat model of Parkinson’s disease was made by 6-hydroxydopamine method, and the successful rat models were divided into model group and cell transplantation group, with seven rats in each group. The rats in the model group were given 4 mL normal saline at the damaged striatum, and those in the cell transplantation group were injected 5 μL green fluorescent protein-labeled neural stem cells (1×109/L) into the damaged striatum.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After cell transplantation, the positive area of tyrosine hydroxylase was significantly lower in the cell transplantation group than the model group. Compared with the model group, the expression level of Ptx3 mRNA was significantly higher in the cell transplantation group at 7, 14, 28 days after cell transplantation and the expression of SHH mRNA was significantly higher in the cell transplantation group at 14 and 28 days after cell transplantation. However, there was no difference in the expression of Nurrl mRNA between the two groups. These findings indicate that neural stem cells injected into the damaged striatum of rats can differentiate into dopaminergic neurons, which bring a breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Neural Stem Cells, Parkinson Disease, Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, Dopamine

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