Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 71-76.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.01.013

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Adipose mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of traumatic brain injury

Zhu Jun-qing, Hong Jun, Cui Jian-zhong, Wang Kai-jie   

  1. Tangshan Gongren Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Tangshan 063000, Hebei Province, China
  • Online:2017-01-08 Published:2017-03-15
  • About author:Zhu Jun-qing, Associate chief physician, Tangshan Gongren Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Tangshan 063000, Hebei Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Clinical and animal studies have confirmed that transplanted mesenchymal stem cells can migrate to the area of brain injury, and exert a certain therapeutic effect on traumatic brain injury.
OBJECTIVE: To study the therapeutic effect of adipose mesenchymal stem cells on the local damage induced by traumatic brain injury in rats.
METHODS: According to the literatures, the brain injury model of Sprague-Dawley rats was made by brain freezing injury. After successful modeling, the rats were randomly divided into three groups: model rats in experimental group were administrated with transplantation of adipose mesenchymal stem cells via the tail vein at 2 days after modeling; model rats in control group given the same amount of normal saline; and normal rats in normal group given no treatment. Morris water maze test was used to evaluate the recovery of neurological function in rats. The isolated and cultured adipose mesenchymal stem cells were observed under an inverted microscope. The distribution of these cells in the injured brain and the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) were detected by immunohistochemistry method.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Morris water maze test results showed that compared with the control group, the average escape latency of rats decreased rapidly in the experimental group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05), while the escape latency of rats in the experimental group was gradually close to that in the control group. Immunohistochemical findings showed that Brdu-labeled adipose mesenchymal stem cells were accumulated and distributed unevenly in the injured cerebral cortex. In the control group, there was no BrdU immunofluorescence staining in the rat brain tissues. Western blot test results showed that: compared with the control group, the BDNF and GDNF levels in the hippocampus of rats were significantly higher in the experimental group (P < 0.05), but compared with the normal group, the BDNF level in the hippocampus of rats was significantly increased, and the GDNF level in the cortex decreased significantly in the control group (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that adipose mesenchymal stem cells can migrate to the damaged area of rats, and promote the secretion of BDNF and GDNF in the injured brain, which may be one of the mechanisms by which adipose mesenchymal stem cell transplantation improves neurological functional recovery of 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: Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Stem Cell Transplantation, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

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