Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (36): 5426-5431.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.36.016

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Comparative analysis of the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of rats with different ages

Xie Qiang1, Wang Fei1, Zhou Guo-ping1, Zhang Hui2, Ma Jin-xian1   

  1. 1Second Ward of the Department of Neurological Surgery, 2Second Ward of the Department of Otolaryngology, Nanyang Central Hospital, Nanyang 473000, Henan Province, China
  • Revised:2016-07-17 Online:2016-09-02 Published:2016-09-02
  • About author:Xie Qiang, Master, Attending physician, Second Ward of the Department of Neurological Surgery, Nanyang Central Hospital, Nanyang 473000, Henan Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Cerebral hemorrhage can activate the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Through continuous differentiation and proliferation, endogenous neural stem cells can gradually replace aging and damaged neurons, thus protecting the brain structure.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the difference of the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus of rats with different ages.
METHODS: Ninety-six adult rats and 96 aged rats were randomly divided into normal group (n=18 per group), sham operation group (n=12 per group) and cerebral hemorrhage group (model group, n=66 per group), respectively. Cerebral hemorrhage models were made in the two model groups in which, the rats were subjected to cerebral hemorrhage for 6, 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days, respectively. Then, brain tissues were collected to measure brain water content. BrdU/NeuN and BrdU/GFAP double staining were performed at 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 days after surgery to calculate the number of positive cells.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: For both adult and aged rats, the brain water content was significantly higher than that in the normal group and sham operation group (P < 0.05), while in the normal and sham operation groups, the brain water content was significantly lower in the aged rats than the adult rats ( < 0.05). The number of bilateral BrdU-positive cells in the adult and aged model groups was significantly higher than that in the corresponding normal and sham operation groups ( < 0.05), and moreover, the positive cell number at the hemorrhage side was significantly higher than that at the opposite side (P < 0.05). In addition, the number of BrdU-positive cells at the hemorrhage side in the adult rats was significantly higher than that in the aged rats at different time after cerebral hemorrhage ( < 0.05). Results from immunohistochemical double staining showed that the BrdU/NeuN and BrdU/GFAP expression in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of adult rats with cerebral hemorrhage was significantly higher than that of normal adult rats. All these experimental results show that there are a few neural stem cells proliferating in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of normal rats, and the proliferation ability is stronger in the adult rats than the aged rats. Cerebral hemorrhage can significantly strengthen the proliferation of neural stem cells in the dentate gyrus in the adult rats compared with the aged rats.

 

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: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, Hippocampus, Tissue Engineering

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