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Achón Buil B, Rentsch NH, Weber RZ, Rickenbach C, Halliday SJ, Hotta A, Tackenberg C, Rust R. Beneath the radar: immune-evasive cell sources for stroke therapy. Trends Mol Med 2024; 30:223-238. [PMID: 38272713 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment paradigm for stroke patients with remaining neurological deficits. While allogeneic cell transplants overcome the manufacturing constraints of autologous grafts, they can be rejected by the recipient's immune system, which identifies foreign cells through the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system. The heterogeneity of HLA molecules in the human population would require a very high number of cell lines, which may still be inadequate for patients with rare genetic HLAs. Here, we outline key progress in genetic HLA engineering in pluripotent stem and derived cells to evade the host's immune system, reducing the number of allogeneic cell lines required, and examine safety measures explored in both preclinical studies and upcoming clinical trials.
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- Beatriz Achón Buil
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for iPS cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1501 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Salahi S, Mousavi MA, Azizi G, Hossein-Khannazer N, Vosough M. Stem Cell-based and Advanced Therapeutic Modalities for Parkinson's Disease: A Risk-effectiveness Patient-centered Analysis. Curr Neuropharmacol 2022; 20:2320-2345. [PMID: 35105291 PMCID: PMC9890289 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x20666220201100238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder, is currently considered a challenging issue since it causes substantial disability, poor quality of life, and mortality. Despite remarkable progress in advanced conventional therapeutic interventions, the global burden of the disease has nearly doubled, prompting us to assess the riskeffectiveness of different treatment modalities. Each protocol could be considered as the best alternative treatment depending on the patient's situation. Prescription of levodopa, the most effective available medicine for this disorder, has been associated with many complications, i.e., multiple episodes of "off-time" and treatment resistance. Other medications, which are typically used in combination with levodopa, may have several adverse effects as well. As a result, the therapies that are more in line with human physiology and make the least interference with other pathways are worth investigating. On the other hand, remaining and persistent symptoms after therapy and the lack of effective response to the conventional approaches have raised expectations towards innovative alternative approaches, such as stem cell-based therapy. It is critical to not overlook the unexplored side effects of innovative approaches due to the limited number of research. In this review, we aimed to compare the efficacy and risk of advanced therapies with innovative cell-based and stemcell- based modalities in PD patients. This paper recapitulated the underlying factors/conditions, which could lead us to more practical and established therapeutic outcomes with more advantages and few complications. It could be an initial step to reconsider the therapeutic blueprint for patients with Parkinson's disease.
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- Sarvenaz Salahi
- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research, Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
- Experimental Cancer Medicine, Institution for Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhu H, Sun T, Wang Y, Wang T, Ma C, Wang C, Liu C, Guo Y. [Directed differentiation of porcine induced pluripotent stem cells into forebrain GABAergic neuron progenitors]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2021; 41:820-827. [PMID: 34238733 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2021.06.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish an efficient protocol for directed differentiation of miniature-swine induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into GABAergic progenitors in a chemically defined system. OBJECTIVE We adopted a two-stage protocol for inducing the differentiation of porcine iPSCs. In the first stage, embryoid bodies (EBs) derived from porcine iPSCs after 3 days of suspension culture were induced in neural induction medium (containing SB431542, DMH1 and FGF2) till day 12 to differentiate into primitive neuroepithelia cells (NECs). In the second stage, the primitive NECs were induced in neural induction medium (containing Pur and B27) to obtain neural rosettes, which further differentiated into GABAergic neuron progenitors on day 21. After labeling with CM-DiI, the progenitor cells were stereotactically transplanted into the substantia nigra (SN) of 6-OHDA-lesioned PD model rats, and the cell survival, migration and differentiation in vivo were observed. OBJECTIVE Porcine iPSCs could be passaged stably on the feeder cell layer and expressed the pluripotent stem cell markers OCT4, Nanog, SSEA1and TRA-160. Karyotype analysis demonstrated the absence of contamination by cells from other species. On day 12 of induced differentiation, the cells formed adherent colonies containing NECs in the form of neural rosettes, which expressed the neuroepithelial markers PAX6, SOX2 and Nestin and the neurite marker beta Ⅲ Tubulin (Tuj1). After induction for 21 days, the NECs differentiated into GABAergic neural progenitors highly expressing NKX2.1 and FOXG1. Eight weeks after transplantation, the iPSCs-iGABA progeniters survived in the striatum of the PD rats, where they differentiate into GABAergic neurons and TH+ neurons and significantly improved dyskinesia of the rats. OBJECTIVE The miniature-swine iPSCsderived GABA progenitors may serve as promising donor cells for neural grafting for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- H Zhu
- School of Laboratory Medicine Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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Weng SJ, Chen CFF, Huang YS, Chiu CH, Wu SC, Lin CY, Chueh SH, Cheng CY, Ma KH. Olfactory ensheathing cells improve the survival of porcine neural xenografts in a Parkinsonian rat model. Xenotransplantation 2019; 27:e12569. [PMID: 31777103 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) features the motor control deficits resulting from irreversible, progressive degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the nigrostriatal pathway. Although intracerebral transplantation of human fetal ventral mesencephalon (hfVM) has been proven effective at reviving DA function in the PD patients, this treatment is clinically limited by availability of hfVM and the related ethical issues. Homologous tissues to hfVM, such as porcine fetal ventral mesencephalon (pfVM) thus present a strong clinical potential if immune response following xenotransplantation could be tamed. Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are glial cells showing immunomodulatory properties. It is unclear but intriuging whether these properties can be applied to reducing immune response following neural xenotransplantation of PD. METHODS To determine whether OECs may benefit neural xenografts for PD, different compositions of grafting cells were transplanted into striatum of the PD model rats. We used apomorphine-induced rotational behavior to evaluate effectiveness of the neural grafts on reviving DA function. Immunohistochemistry was applied to investigate the effect of OECs on the survival of neuroxenografts and underlying mechanisms of this effect. RESULTS Four weeks following the xenotransplantation, we found that the PD rats receiving pfVM + OECs co-graft exhibited a better improvement in apomorphine-induced rotational behavior compared with those receiving only pfVM cells. This result can be explained by higher survival of DA neurons (tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity) in grafted striatum of pfVM + OECs group. Furthermore, pfVM + OECs group has less immune response (CD3+ T cells and OX-6+ microglia) around the grafted area compared with pfVM only group. These results suggest that OECs may enhance the survival of the striatal xenografts via dampening the immune response at the grafted sites. CONCLUSIONS Using allogeneic OECs as a co-graft material for xenogeneic neural grafts could be a feasible therapeutic strategy to enhance results and applicability of the cell replacement therapy for PD.
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- Shao-Ju Weng
- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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The Effect of Sertoli Cells on Xenotransplantation and Allotransplantation of Ventral Mesencephalic Tissue in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111420. [PMID: 31718058 PMCID: PMC6912403 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Intra-striatal transplantation of fetal ventral mesencephalic (VM) tissue has a therapeutic effect on patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Sertoli cells (SCs) possess immune-modulatory properties that benefit transplantation. We hypothesized that co-graft of SCs with VM tissue can attenuate rejection. Hemi-parkinsonian rats were generated by injecting 6-hydroxydopamine into the right medial forebrain bundle of Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. The rats were then intrastriatally transplanted with VM tissue from rats or pigs (rVM or pVM), with/without a co-graft of SCs (rVM+SCs or pVM+SCs). Recovery of dopaminergic function and survival of the grafts were evaluated using the apomorphine-induced rotation test and small animal-positron emission tomography (PET) coupled with [18F] DOPA or [18F] FE-PE2I, respectively. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) examination was used to determine the survival of the grafted dopaminergic neurons in the striatum and to investigate immune-modulatory effects of SCs. The results showed that the rVM+SCs and pVM+SCs groups had significantly improved drug-induced rotational behavior compared with the VM alone groups. PET revealed a significant increase in specific uptake ratios (SURs) of [18F] DOPA and [18F] FE-PE2I in the grafted striatum of the rVM+SCs and pVM+SCs groups as compared to that of the rVM and pVM groups. SC and VM tissue co-graft led to better dopaminergic (DA) cell survival. The co-grafted groups exhibited lower populations of T-cells and activated microglia compared to the groups without SCs. Our results suggest that co-graft of SCs benefit both xeno- and allo-transplantation of VM tissue in a PD rat model. Use of SCs enhanced the survival of the grafted dopaminergic neurons and improved functional recovery. The enhancement may in part be attributable to the immune-modulatory properties of SCs. In addition, [18F]DOPA and [18F]FE-PE2I coupled with PET may provide a feasible method for in vivo evaluation of the functional integrity of the grafted DA cell in parkinsonian rats.
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Cell therapy for Parkinson′s disease is coming of age: current challenges and future prospects with a focus on immunomodulation. Gene Ther 2019; 27:6-14. [DOI: 10.1038/s41434-019-0077-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ebrahimikia Y, Darabi S, Rajaei F. Roles of stem cells in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. THE JOURNAL OF QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.29252/qums.22.4.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Villadiego J, Romo-Madero S, García-Swinburn R, Suárez-Luna N, Bermejo-Navas A, Echevarría M, Toledo-Aral JJ. Long-term immunosuppression for CNS mouse xenotransplantation: Effects on nigrostriatal neurodegeneration and neuroprotective carotid body cell therapy. Xenotransplantation 2018; 25:e12410. [PMID: 29932254 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of long-term immunosuppressive treatments on neural transplantation has been controversial during the last decades. Although nowadays there is a consensus about the necessity of maintaining a permanent state of immunosuppression to preserve the survival of cerebral grafts, little is known about the effects that chronic immunosuppression produces both on the neurodegenerative process and on transplants function. METHODS Here, we establish a new immunosuppressive protocol, based on the discontinuous administration of CsA (15 mg/kg; s.c.) and prednisone (20 mg/kg; s.c.), to produce long-term immunosuppression in mice. Using this treatment, we analyse the effects that long-term immunosuppression induces in a chronic 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6,-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model of parkinsonism and on the neuroprotective and neurorestorative anti-parkinsonian actions exerted by rat carotid body (CB) xenografts. RESULTS This protocol preserves the survival of rat CB xenotransplants maintaining the general wellness of the grafted mice. Although permanent immunosuppression does not prevent the MPTP-induced cell death of nigral neurons and the consequent degeneration of dopaminergic striatal innervation, allowing for its use as Parkinson's disease (PD) model, it reduces the microglial activation and slightly declines the striatal damage. Moreover, we reported that chronic administration of immunosuppressant drugs does not alter the neuroprotective and restorative anti-parkinsonian actions of rat CB xenografts into parkinsonian mice. CONCLUSIONS This new immunosuppressive protocol provides a new murine model to assay the long-term effects of cerebral xenografts and offer a pharmacological alternative to the commonly used genetic immunodeficient mice, allowing the use of genetically modified mice as hosts. In addition, it will permit the experimental analysis of the effects produced by human CB xenografts in the chronic PD murine model, with the final aim of using CB allografts as an option of cell therapy in PD patients.
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- Javier Villadiego
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Spain
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Mine Y, Momiyama T, Hayashi T, Kawase T. Grafted Miniature-Swine Neural Stem Cells of Early Embryonic Mesencephalic Neuroepithelial Origin can Repair the Damaged Neural Circuitry of Parkinson's Disease Model Rats. Neuroscience 2018; 386:51-67. [PMID: 29932984 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although recent progress in the use of human iPS cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic progenitors is remarkable, alternatives are essential in the strategies of treatment of basal-ganglia-related diseases. Attention has been focused on neural stem cells (NSCs) as one of the possible candidates of donor material for neural transplantation, because of their multipotency and self-renewal characteristics. In the present study, miniature-swine (mini-swine) mesencephalic neuroepithelial stem cells (M-NESCs) of embryonic 17 and 18 days grafted in the parkinsonian rat striatum were assessed immunohistochemically, behaviorally and electrophysiologically to confirm their feasibility for the neural xenografting as a donor material. Grafted mini-swine M-NESCs survived in parkinsonian rat striatum at 8 weeks after transplantation and many of them differentiated into tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cells. The parkinsonian model rats grafted with mini-swine M-NESCs exhibited a functional recovery from their parkinsonian behavioral defects. The majority of donor-derived TH-positive cells exhibited a matured morphology at 8 weeks. Whole-cell recordings from donor-derived neurons in the host rat brain slices incorporating the graft revealed the presence of multiple types of neurons including dopaminergic. Glutamatergic and GABAergic post-synaptic currents were evoked in the donor-derived cells by stimulation of the host site, suggesting they receive both excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs from host area. The present study shows that non-rodent mammalian M-NESCs can differentiate into functionally active neurons in the diseased xenogeneic environment and could improve the parkinsonian behavioral defects over the species. Neuroepithelial stem cells could be an attractive candidate as a source of donor material for neural transplantation.
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- Yutaka Mine
- Department of Neurosurgery and Endovascular Surgery, Brain Nerve Center, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama 230-8765, Japan; Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Department of Clinical Research, Tochigi Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Utsunomiya 320-8580, Japan
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- Division of Cerebral Structure, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; Department of Pharmacology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo 152-8902, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Padovan CS, Jahn K, Birnbaum T, Reich P, Sostak P, Strupp M, Straube A. Expression of Neuronal Markers in Differentiated Marrow Stromal Cells and CD133+ Stem-Like Cells. Cell Transplant 2017; 12:839-48. [PMID: 14763503 DOI: 10.3727/000000003771000183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Bone marrow stromal cells, which normally give rise to bone, cartilage, adipose tissue, and hematopoiesis-supporting cells, have been shown to differentiate in vitro and in vivo into neural-like cells. In this study, we examined the expression of neuronal and glial markers in human marrow stromal cells under culture conditions appropriate for neural stem cells, and compared the unsorted cell population to bone marrow CD133+ stem-like cells using immunofluorescence, Western blot, and functional patch-clamp analysis. Overall, the expression of the early neuronal marker β3-tubulin was most pronounced in the presence of DMEM/F12 and neurotrophin 3 (NT3) or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), when marrow stromal cells were cultured onto fibronectin. Electrophysiological examination, however, could not show fast sodium currents or functional neurotransmitter receptors in differentiated marrow stromal cells. CD133+ mesenchymal stem-like cells, but not CD34+/CD133– cells, generally showed a higher expression of neuronal markers than did unsorted marrow stromal cells, and differentiated CD133+ cells more resembled neuron-like cells.
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- Claudio S Padovan
- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.
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Martin C, Melchior B, Nerrière-Daguin V, Naveilhan P, Soulillou JP, Brachet P. β1 Integrin as a Xenoantigen in Fetal Porcine Mesencephalic Cells Transplanted into the Rat Brain. Cell Transplant 2017; 14:527-36. [PMID: 16355564 DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Xenografts of fetal porcine mesencephalic cells implanted into the rat striatum are generally rejected within several weeks. The fetal donor mesencephalon predominantly consists of neurons, but also contains microglial and endothelial cells, which are more immunogenic. In the present work, we investigated the occurrence of donor endothelial cells in grafts of porcine mesencephalic cells implanted into the rat striatum. Pig endothelial cells were monitored by immunochemical methods, using a monoclonal antibody (mAb) that recognizes a peptidic epitope of the porcine β1 integrin, and isolectin IB4, for the staining of the Galα1,3Gal epitope. The analysis also involved the detection of the pig hyaluronate receptor CD44, and the cell adhesion molecule CD31. The anti-β1 integrin mAb revealed endothelial-like cells in grafts of porcine mesencephalic cells as soon as 1 week after implantation. A similar staining pattern was obtained with the IB4 lectin. Unlike aortic endothelial cells, these pig brain-derived endothelial-like cells were not recognized by the anti-CD44 antibody. They also failed to express the CD31 adhesion molecule, a fact which suggests that they remained poorly mature, even in grafts maintained during 45 days in immunosuppressed rats. Interestingly, a strong expression of β1 integrin immunoreactivity was noticed in a large proportion (80%) of the cells freshly dissociated from the fetal pig mesencephalic tissue. The immunoreactivity decreased progressively after transplantation of the cells into the rat brain. This observation suggests that dissociated neuroblasts are capable of a temporary expression of β1 integrin. This molecule is known to participate in the process of cell sorting and migration in the developing brain. Hence, its expression could be the hallmark of a rescue mechanism triggered by the disruption of the cell/matrix interactions during the dissociation of the fetal mesencephalon. This disruption might account for part of the dramatic cell death process that occurs during the manipulation of the donor tissue.
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- Caroline Martin
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 643, Nantes, France
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Hoornaert CJ, Le Blon D, Quarta A, Daans J, Goossens H, Berneman Z, Ponsaerts P. Concise Review: Innate and Adaptive Immune Recognition of Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Cell Transplants in the Central Nervous System. Stem Cells Transl Med 2017; 6:1434-1441. [PMID: 28244236 PMCID: PMC5442707 DOI: 10.1002/sctm.16-0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Over the last 30 years, numerous allogeneic and xenogeneic cell grafts have been transplanted into the central nervous system (CNS) of mice and men in an attempt to cure neurological diseases. In the early studies, human or porcine embryonic neural cells were grafted in the striatum of animals or patients in an attempt to replace lost neurons. Although the immune-privileged status of the brain as a recipient organ was widely accepted, it rapidly became evident that CNS-grafted allogeneic and xenogeneic cells could be recognized and rejected by the immune system, resulting in poor neural graft survival and limited functional recovery. Since then, the CNS transplantation field has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of studies in which allogeneic and xenogeneic neural or mesenchymal stem cells (NSCs or MSCs, respectively) are transplanted, predominantly aiming at providing trophic stimulation and promoting endogenous repair of the brain. Interestingly, in many recent NSC and MSC-based publications functional improvement was used as the principal measure to evaluate the success of cell transplantation, while the fate of transplanted cells remained largely unreported. In this review, we first attempt to understand why primary neural cell isolates were largely substituted for NSCs and MSCs in cell grafting studies. Next, we review the current knowledge on the immune mechanisms involved in the recognition and rejection of allogeneic and xenogeneic cellular grafts in the CNS. Finally, we propose strategies to reduce graft immunogenicity and to improve graft survival in order to design improved cell-based CNS therapies. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:1434-1441.
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- Chloé J Hoornaert
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Aron Badin R, Vadori M, Vanhove B, Nerriere-Daguin V, Naveilhan P, Neveu I, Jan C, Lévèque X, Venturi E, Mermillod P, Van Camp N, Dollé F, Guillermier M, Denaro L, Manara R, Citton V, Simioni P, Zampieri P, D'avella D, Rubello D, Fante F, Boldrin M, De Benedictis GM, Cavicchioli L, Sgarabotto D, Plebani M, Stefani AL, Brachet P, Blancho G, Soulillou JP, Hantraye P, Cozzi E. Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Translational Approach to Assess the Role of Local and Systemic Immunosuppression. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:2016-29. [PMID: 26749114 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 11/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Neural transplantation is a promising therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases; however, many patients receiving intracerebral fetal allografts exhibit signs of immunization to donor antigens that could compromise the graft. In this context, we intracerebrally transplanted mesencephalic pig xenografts into primates to identify a suitable strategy to enable long-term cell survival, maturation, and differentiation. Parkinsonian primates received WT or CTLA4-Ig transgenic porcine xenografts and different durations of peripheral immunosuppression to test whether systemic plus graft-mediated local immunosuppression might avoid rejection. A striking recovery of spontaneous locomotion was observed in primates receiving systemic plus local immunosuppression for 6 mo. Recovery was associated with restoration of dopaminergic activity detected both by positron emission tomography imaging and histological examination. Local infiltration by T cells and CD80/86+ microglial cells expressing indoleamine 2,3-dioxigenase were observed only in CTLA4-Ig recipients. Results suggest that in this primate neurotransplantation model, peripheral immunosuppression is indispensable to achieve the long-term survival of porcine neuronal xenografts that is required to study the beneficial immunomodulatory effect of local blockade of T cell costimulation.
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- R Aron Badin
- MIRCen, CEA UMR 9199, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- CORIT (Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation), Padua, Italy
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France.,CHU de Nantes, Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR913, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR913, Nantes, France
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- MIRCen, CEA UMR 9199, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France
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- INRA Physio Reproduction Femelle CR de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- INRA Physio Reproduction Femelle CR de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- MIRCen, CEA UMR 9199, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- CEA, I²BM, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Orsay, France
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- CORIT (Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation), Padua, Italy
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- CORIT (Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation), Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Transplant Infectious Disease Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France.,CHU de Nantes, Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1064, Nantes, France
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- MIRCen, CEA UMR 9199, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- CORIT (Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation), Padua, Italy.,Transplant Immunology Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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Current status of neuronal cell xenotransplantation. Int J Surg 2015; 23:267-272. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cell therapy for Parkinson's disease: Functional role of the host immune response on survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neuroblasts. Brain Res 2015; 1638:15-29. [PMID: 26239914 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, whose cardinal pathology is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Current treatments for PD have side effects in the long term and do not halt disease progression or regenerate dopaminergic cell loss. Attempts to compensate neuronal cell loss by transplantation of dopamine-producing cells started more than 30 years ago, leading to several clinical trials. These trials showed safety and variable efficacy among patients. In addition to variability in efficacy, several patients developed graft-induced dyskinesia. Nevertheless, they have provided a proof of concept that motor symptoms could be improved by cell transplantation. Cell transplantation in the brain presents several immunological challenges. The adaptive immune response should be abolished to avoid graft rejection by the host. In addition, the innate immune response will always be present after transplanting cells into the brain. Remarkably, the innate immune response can have dramatic effects on the survival, differentiation and proliferation of the transplanted cells, but has been hardly investigated. In this review, we analyze data on the functional effects of signals from the innate immune system on dopaminergic differentiation, survival and proliferation. Then, we discussed efforts on cell transplantation in animal models and PD patients, highlighting the immune response and the immunomodulatory treatment strategies performed. The analysis of the available data lead us to conclude that the modulation of the innate immune response after transplantation can increase the success of future clinical trials in PD by enhancing cell differentiation and survival. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: PSC and the brain.
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Chiu CH, Li IH, Weng SJ, Huang YS, Wu SC, Chou TK, Huang WS, Liao MH, Shiue CY, Cheng CY, Ma KH. PET Imaging of Serotonin Transporters With 4-[(18)F]-ADAM in a Parkinsonian Rat Model With Porcine Neural Xenografts. Cell Transplant 2015; 25:301-11. [PMID: 25994923 DOI: 10.3727/096368915x688236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. Apart from effective strategies to halt the underlying neuronal degeneration, cell replacement now offers novel prospects for PD therapy. Porcine embryonic neural tissue has been considered an alternative source to human fetal grafts in neurodegenerative disorders because its use avoids major practical and ethical issues. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of embryonic day 27 (E27) porcine mesencephalic tissue transplantation in a PD rat model using animal positron emission tomography (PET) coupled with 4-[(18)F]-ADAM, a serotonin transporter (SERT) imaging agent. The parkinsonian rat was induced by injecting 6-hydroxydopamine into the medial forebrain bundle (MFB) of the right nigrostriatal pathway. The apomorphine-induced rotation behavioral test and 4-[(18)F]-ADAM/animal PET scanning were carried out following 6-OHDA lesioning. At the second week following 6-OHDA lesioning, the parkinsonian rat rotates substantially on apomorphine-induced contralateral turning. In addition, the mean striatal-specific uptake ratio (SUR) of 4-[(18)F]-ADAM decreased by 44%. After transplantation, the number of drug-induced rotations decreased markedly, and the mean SUR of 4-[(18)F]-ADAM and the level of SERT immunoreactivity (SERT-ir) in striatum were partially restored. The mean SUR level was restored to 71% compared to that for the contralateral intact side, which together with the abundant survival of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) neurons accounted for functional recovery at the fourth week postgraft. In regard to the extent of donor-derived cells, we found the neurons of the xenografts from E27 transgenic pigs harboring red fluorescent protein (RFP) localized with TH-ir cells and SERT-ir in the grafted area. Thus, transplanted E27 porcine mesencephalic tissue may restore dopaminergic and serotonergic systems in the parkinsonian rat. The 4-[(18)F]-ADAM/animal PET can be used to detect serotonergic neuron loss in PD and monitor the efficacy of therapy.
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- Chuang-Hsin Chiu
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Handreck A, Mall EM, Elger DA, Gey L, Gernert M. Different preparations, doses, and treatment regimens of cyclosporine A cause adverse effects but no robust changes in seizure thresholds in rats. Epilepsy Res 2015; 112:1-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Roberton VH, Rosser AE, Kelly CM. Neonatal desensitization for the study of regenerative medicine. Regen Med 2015; 10:265-74. [DOI: 10.2217/rme.14.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cell replacement is a therapeutic option for numerous diseases of the CNS. Current research has identified a number of potential human donor cell types, for which preclinical testing through xenotransplantation in animal models is imperative. Immune modulation is necessary to promote donor cell survival for sufficient time to assess safety and efficacy. Neonatal desensitization can promote survival of human donor cells in adult rat hosts with little impact on the health of the host and for substantially longer than conventional methods, and has subsequently been applied in a range of studies with variable outcomes. Reviewing these findings may provide insight into the method and its potential for use in preclinical studies in regenerative medicine.
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- Victoria H Roberton
- Brain Repair Group, Sir Martin Evans Building, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- Brain Repair Group, Sir Martin Evans Building, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
- Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB, UK
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Mathieux E, Nerrière-Daguin V, Lévèque X, Michel-Monigadon D, Durand T, Bonnamain V, Ménoret S, Anegon I, Naveilhan P, Neveu I. IgG response to intracerebral xenotransplantation: specificity and role in the rejection of porcine neurons. Am J Transplant 2014; 14:1109-19. [PMID: 24612827 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Xenogenic fetal neuroblasts are considered as a potential source of transplantable cells for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, but immunological barriers limit their use in the clinic. While considerable work has been performed to decipher the role of the cellular immune response in the rejection of intracerebral xenotransplants, there is much still to learn about the humoral reaction. To this end, the IgG response to the transplantation of fetal porcine neural cells (PNC) into the rat brain was analyzed. Rat sera did not contain preformed antibodies against PNC, but elicited anti-porcine IgG was clearly detected in the host blood once the graft was rejected. Only the IgG1 and IgG2a subclasses were up-regulated, suggesting a T-helper 2 immune response. The main target of these elicited IgG antibodies was porcine neurons, as determined by double labeling in vitro and in vivo. Complement and anti-porcine IgG were present in the rejecting grafts, suggesting an active role of the host humoral response in graft rejection. This hypothesis was confirmed by the prolonged survival of fetal porcine neurons in the striatum of immunoglobulin-deficient rats. These data suggest that the prolonged survival of intracerebral xenotransplants relies on the control of both cell-mediated and humoral immune responses.
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- E Mathieux
- INSERM, UMR 1064, Center for Research in Transplantation and Immunology, Nantes, France; CHU de Nantes, Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation, ITERT, Nantes, France; LUNAM Université, Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France
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Neto SC, Salti A, Puschban Z, Stefanova N, Nat R, Dechant G, Wenning GK. Cell fate analysis of embryonic ventral mesencephalic grafts in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50178. [PMID: 23209667 PMCID: PMC3510255 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Evidence from carefully conducted open label clinical trials suggested that therapeutic benefit can be achieved by grafting fetal dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons derived from ventral mesencephalon (VM) into the denervated striatum of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. However, two double-blind trials generated negative results reporting deleterious side effects such as prominent dyskinesias. Heterogeneous composition of VM grafts is likely to account for suboptimal clinical efficacy.We consider that gene expression patterns of the VM tissue needs to be better understood by comparing the genetic signature of the surviving and functioning grafts with the cell suspensions used for transplantation. In addition, it is crucial to assess whether the grafted cells exhibit the DAergic phenotype of adult substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). To investigate this further, we used a GFP reporter mouse as source of VM tissue that enabled the detection and dissection of the grafts 6 weeks post implantation. A comparative gene expression analysis of the VM cell suspension and grafts revealed that VM grafts continue to differentiate post-implantation. In addition, implanted grafts showed a mature SNpc-like molecular DAergic phenotype with similar expression levels of TH, Vmat2 and Dat. However, by comparing gene expression of the adult SNpc with dissected grafts we detected a higher expression of progenitor markers in the grafts. Finally, when compared to the VM cell suspension, post-grafting there was a higher expression of markers inherent to glia and other neuronal populations.In summary, our data highlight the dynamic development of distinctive DAergic and non-DAergic gene expression markers associated with the maturation of VM grafts in vivo. The molecular signature of VM grafts and its functional relevance should be further explored in future studies aimed at the optimization of DAergic cell therapy approaches in PD.
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- Sonya Carvalho Neto
- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Kang EJ, Lee YH, Kim MJ, Lee YM, Kumar BM, Jeon BG, Ock SA, Kim HJ, Rho GJ. Transplantation of porcine umbilical cord matrix mesenchymal stem cells in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2011; 7:169-82. [PMID: 22081626 DOI: 10.1002/term.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present study compared mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord matrix (UCM-MSCs) with bone marrow (BM-MSCs) of miniature pigs on their phenotypic profiles and ability to differentiate in vitro into osteocytes, adipocytes and neuron-like cells. This study further evaluated the therapeutic potential of UCM-MSCs in a mouse Parkinson's disease (PD) model. Differences in expression of some cell surface and cytoplasm specific markers were evident between UCM-MSCs and BM-MSCs. However, the expression profile indicated the primitive nature of UCM-MSCs, along with their less or non-immunogenic features, compared with BM-MSCs. In vitro differentiation results showed that BM-MSCs had a higher tendency to form osteocytes and adipocytes, whereas UCM-MSCs possessed an increased potential to transform into immature or mature neuron-like cells. Based on these findings, UCM-MSCs were transplanted into the right substantia nigra (SN) of a mouse PD model. Transplantation of UCM-MSCs partially recovered the mouse PD model by showing an improvement in basic motor behaviour, as assessed by rotarod and bridge tests. These observations were further supported by the expression of markers, including nestin, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), neuronal growth factor (NGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), at the site of cell transplantation. Our findings of xenotransplantation have collectively suggested the potential utility of UCM-MSCs in developing viable therapeutic strategies for PD.
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- Eun-Ju Kang
- OBS/Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Kang EJ, Lee YH, Kim MJ, Lee YM, Mohana Kumar B, Jeon BG, Ock SA, Kim HJ, Rho GJ. Transplantation of porcine umbilical cord matrix mesenchymal stem cells in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/term.504 [epub ahead of print]] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju; Republic of Korea
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- OBS/Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju; Republic of Korea
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- OBS/Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju; Republic of Korea
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- OBS/Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju; Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju; Republic of Korea
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Khoo MLM, Tao H, Meedeniya ACB, Mackay-Sim A, Ma DDF. Transplantation of neuronal-primed human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in hemiparkinsonian rodents. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19025. [PMID: 21625433 PMCID: PMC3100305 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have shown promise in in vitro neuronal differentiation and in cellular therapy for neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson' disease. However, the effects of intracerebral transplantation are not well defined, and studies do not agreed on the optimal neuronal differentiation method. Here, we investigated three growth factor-based neuronal differentiation procedures (using FGF-2/EGF/PDGF/SHH/FGF-8/GDNF), and found all to be capable of eliciting an immature neural phenotype, in terms of cell morphology and gene/protein expression. The neuronal-priming (FGF-2/EGF) method induced neurosphere-like formation and the highest NES and NR4A2 expression by hMSCs. Transplantation of undifferentiated and neuronal-primed hMSCs into the striatum and substantia nigra of 6-OHDA-lesioned hemiparkinsonian rats revealed transient graft survival of 7 days, despite the reported immunosuppressive properties of MSCs and cyclosporine-immunosuppression of rats. Neither differentiation of hMSCs nor induction of host neurogenesis was observed at injection sites, and hMSCs continued producing mesodermal fibronectin. Strategies for improving engraftment and differentiation post-transplantation, such as prior in vitro neuronal-priming, nigral and striatal grafting, and co-transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells that promote neural regeneration, were unable to provide advantages. Innate inflammatory responses (Iba-1-positive microglia/macrophage and GFAP-positive astrocyte activation and accumulation) were detected around grafts within 7 days. Our findings indicate that growth factor-based methods allow hMSC differentiation toward immature neuronal-like cells, and contrary to previous reports, only transient survival and engraftment of hMSCs occurs following transplantation in immunosuppressed hemiparkinsonian rats. In addition, suppression of host innate inflammatory responses may be a key factor for improving hMSC survival and engraftment.
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- Melissa L. M. Khoo
- Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Intracerebral xenotransplantation: recent findings and perspectives for local immunosuppression. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2011; 16:190-4. [DOI: 10.1097/mot.0b013e32834494b5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Bjugstad KB, Lampe K, Kern DS, Mahoney M. Biocompatibility of poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels in the brain: An analysis of the glial response across space and time. J Biomed Mater Res A 2010; 95:79-91. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Michel-Monigadon D, Bonnamain V, Nerrière-Daguin V, Dugast AS, Lévèque X, Plat M, Venturi E, Brachet P, Anegon I, Vanhove B, Neveu I, Naveilhan P. Trophic and immunoregulatory properties of neural precursor cells: benefit for intracerebral transplantation. Exp Neurol 2010; 230:35-47. [PMID: 20470774 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Intracerebral xenotransplantation of porcine fetal neuroblasts (pNB) is considered as an alternative to human neuroblasts for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. However, pNB are systematically rejected, even in an immunoprivileged site such as the brain. Within this context, neural stem/precursor cells (NSPC), which were suggested as exhibiting low immunogenicity, appeared as a useful source of xenogeneic cells. To determine the advantage of using porcine NSPC (pNSPC) in xenotransplantation, pNB and pNSPC were grafted into the striatum of rats without immunosuppression. At day 63, all the pNB were rejected while 40% of the rats transplanted with pNSPC exhibited large and healthy grafts with numerous pNF70-positive cells. The absence of inflammation at day 63 and the occasional presence of T cells in pNSPC grafts evoked a weak host immune response which might be partly due to the immunosuppressive properties of the transplanted cells. T cell proliferation assays confirmed such a hypothesis by revealing an inhibitory effect of pNSPC on T cells through a soluble factor. In addition to their immunosuppressive effect, in contrast to pNB, very few pNSPC differentiated into tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons but the cells triggered an intense innervation of the striatum by rat dopaminergic fibers coming from the substantia nigra. Further experiments will be required to optimize the use of pNSPC in regenerative medicine but here we show that their immunomodulatory and trophic activities might be of great interest for restorative strategies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Interaction between repair, disease, & inflammation."
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Minocycline Promotes Long-Term Survival of Neuronal Transplant in the Brain by Inhibiting Late Microglial Activation and T-Cell Recruitment. Transplantation 2010; 89:816-23. [DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181cbe041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hill AJ, Zwart I, Tam HH, Chan J, Navarrete C, Jen LS, Navarrete R. Human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells do not differentiate into neural cell types or integrate into the retina after intravitreal grafting in neonatal rats. Stem Cells Dev 2009; 18:399-409. [PMID: 18665766 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2008.0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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This study investigated the ability of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from full-term human umbilical cord blood to survive, integrate and differentiate after intravitreal grafting to the degenerating neonatal rat retina following intracranial optic tract lesion. MSCs survived for 1 week in the absence of immunosuppression. When host animals were treated with cyclosporin A and dexamethasone to suppress inflammatory and immune responses, donor cells survived for at least 3 weeks, and were able to spread and cover the entire vitreal surface of the host retina. However, MSCs did not significantly integrate into or migrate through the retina. They also maintained their human antigenicity, and no indication of neural differentiation was observed in retinas where retinal ganglion cells either underwent severe degeneration or were lost. These results have provided the first in vivo evidence that MSCs derived from human umbilical cord blood can survive for a significant period of time when the host rat response is suppressed even for a short period. These results, together with the observation of a lack of neuronal differentiation and integration of MSCs after intravitreal grafting, has raised an important question as to the potential use of MSCs for neural repair through the replacement of lost neurons in the mammalian retina and central nervous system.
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- Andrew J Hill
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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The search for a curative cell therapy in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Sci 2007; 265:32-42. [PMID: 17936303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Revised: 09/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, characterised by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, and typically treated by dopamine replacement. This treatment, although very effective in the early stages of the disease, is not curative and has side-effects. As such there has been a search for a more definitive treatment for this condition, which has mainly concentrated on replacing the lost neurons with neural grafts. Possible cell sources for replacement range from autologous grafts of dopamine secreting cells to allografts of fetal ventral mesencephalon and neural precursor cells derived from fetal tissue or embryonic stem cells. Some of these cells have been the subject of clinical trials, which to date have produced disparate outcomes. Therefore, whilst cell therapies remain a promising treatment for PD, there is need for further refinement of the techniques involved in this experimental procedure, before any new trials in patients are undertaken.
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Wang XJ, Liu WG, Zhang YH, Lu GQ, Chen SD. Effect of transplantation of c17.2 cells transfected with interleukin-10 gene on intracerebral immune response in rat model of Parkinson's disease. Neurosci Lett 2007; 423:95-9. [PMID: 17673368 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2007] [Revised: 06/15/2007] [Accepted: 06/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Currently, regulation of immune response after grafting has become a hot topic in Parkinson's disease (PD) transplantation research. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an important regulator of immune system. Presently, we transplanted c17.2 neural stem cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-Hygro-IL-10 vector (IL-10-c17.2 cells) or Mock-c17.2 cells (c17.2 cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-Hygro vector) into the brains of 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned PD model rats. From days 10 to 60 after grafting, double immunohistochemistry showed that IL-10 expression was detected in IL-10-c17.2 cells in vivo. Further immunohistochemistry analyses revealed that intracerebral cellular (ED1 and CD8) and humoral (C3 and IgM) immune responses were down-regulated in the rats treated with IL-10-c17.2 cells compared with controls treated with Mock-c17.2 cells. The reduction in ED1 immunostaining in the rats treated with IL-10-c17.2 cells remained significant until day 60 after transplantation. Our results suggest the potential application value of IL-10 in the transplantation treatment of PD.
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- Xi-Jin Wang
- Department of Neurology & Neuroscience Institute, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, PR China
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Kim DE, Tsuji K, Kim YR, Mueller FJ, Eom HS, Snyder EY, Lo EH, Weissleder R, Schellingerhout D. Neural stem cell transplant survival in brains of mice: assessing the effect of immunity and ischemia by using real-time bioluminescent imaging. Radiology 2007; 241:822-30. [PMID: 17114629 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2413050466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To use bioluminescent imaging in a murine transplant model to monitor the in vivo responses of transplanted luciferase-gene-positive neural progenitor cells (NPCs) to host immunity and ischemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS All animal studies were conducted according to institutional guidelines, with approval of the Subcommittee on Research Animal Care. Cranial windows were created in all animals, and all animals underwent NPC (C17.2-Luc-GFP-gal) transplantation into the right basal ganglia. An observational study was performed on C57 BL/6 (n = 5), nude (n = 4), and CD-1 (n = 4) mice, with bioluminescent imaging performed at days 7, 11, and 14 after transplantation. A study on the effects of ischemia was performed in a similar manner, but with the following differences: On day 9 after transplantation, the C57 BL/6 mice underwent 18 minutes of transient forebrain ischemia by means of temporary bilateral carotid occlusions (n = 6). A control group of C57 BL/6 mice underwent sham surgery (n = 6). Bioluminescent imaging was performed on the ischemic animals and control animals at days 7, 9, 11, and 14. Repeated-measures analysis of variance or Student t test was used to compare the means of the luciferase activities. RESULTS In vivo cell tracking demonstrated that (a) C17.2-Luc-GFP-gal NPCs survived and proliferated better in the T-cell deficient nude mice than in the immunocompetent C57 BL/6 or CD-1 mice, in which progressive immune mediated cell loss was shown, and (b) transient forebrain ischemia appeared, unexpectedly, to act as a short-term stimulus to transplanted NPC growth and survival in immunocompetent mice. CONCLUSION Immune status and host immunity can have an influence on NPC graft survival, and these changes can be noninvasively assessed with bioluminescent imaging in this experimental model.
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- Dong-Eog Kim
- Department of Neurology, DongGuk University International Hospital, Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do, Korea [corrected]
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Bakshi A, Shimizu S, Keck CA, Cho S, LeBold DG, Morales D, Arenas E, Snyder EY, Watson DJ, McIntosh TK. Neural progenitor cells engineered to secrete GDNF show enhanced survival, neuronal differentiation and improve cognitive function following traumatic brain injury. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 23:2119-34. [PMID: 16630059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04743.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We sought to evaluate the potential of C17.2 neural progenitor cells (NPCs) engineered to secrete glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) to survive, differentiate and promote functional recovery following engraftment into the brains of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats subjected to lateral fluid percussion brain injury. First, we demonstrated continued cortical expression of GDNF receptor components (GFRalpha-1, c-Ret), suggesting that GDNF could have a physiological effect in the immediate post-traumatic period. Second, we demonstrated that GDNF over-expression reduced apoptotic NPC death in vitro. Finally, we demonstrated that GDNF over-expression improved survival, promoted neuronal differentiation of GDNF-NPCs at 6 weeks, as compared with untransduced (MT) C17.2 cells, following transplantation into the perilesional cortex of rats at 24 h post-injury, and that brain-injured animals receiving GDNF-C17.2 transplants showed improved learning compared with those receiving vehicle or MT-C17.2 cells. Our results suggest that transplantation of GDNF-expressing NPCs in the acute post-traumatic period promotes graft survival, migration, neuronal differentiation and improves cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury.
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- Asha Bakshi
- Traumatic Brain Injury Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Yan J, Xu L, Welsh AM, Chen D, Hazel T, Johe K, Koliatsos VE. Combined immunosuppressive agents or CD4 antibodies prolong survival of human neural stem cell grafts and improve disease outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis transgenic mice. Stem Cells 2006; 24:1976-85. [PMID: 16644922 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a target for cell-replacement therapies, including therapies based on human neural stem cells (NSCs). These therapies must be first tested in the appropriate animal models, including transgenic rodents harboring superoxide dismutase (SOD1) mutations linked to familial ALS. However, these rodent subjects reject discordant xenografts. In the present investigation, we grafted NSCs from human embryonic spinal cord into the ventral lumbar cord of 2-month-old SOD1-G93A transgenic mice. Animals were immunosuppressed with FK506, FK506 plus rapamycin, FK506 plus rapamycin plus mycophenolate mofetil, or CD4 antibodies. With FK506 monotherapy, human NSC grafts were rejected within 1 week, whereas combinations of FK506 with one or two of the other agents or CD4 antibodies protected grafts into end-stage illness (i.e., more than 2 months after grafting). The combination of FK506 with rapamycin appeared to be optimal with respect to efficacy and simplicity of administration. Graft protection was achieved via the blockade of CD4- and CD8-cell infiltration and attenuation of the microglial phagocytic response from the host. Surviving NSCs differentiated extensively into neurons that began to establish networks with host nerve cells, including alpha-motor neurons. Immunosuppressed animals with live cells showed later onset and a slower progression of motor neuron disease and lived longer compared with immunosuppressed control animals with dead NSC grafts. Our findings indicate that combined immunosuppression promotes the survival of human NSCs grafted in the spinal cord of SOD1-G93A mice and, in doing so, allows the differentiation of NSCs into neurons and leads to the improvement of key parameters of motor neuron disease.
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- Jun Yan
- Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross Building, Room 558, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Shamekh R, Newcomb J, Mallery J, Cassady CJ, Saporta S, Cameron DF, Sanberg PR, Willing AE. Survival of rat or mouse ventral mesencephalon neurons after cotransplantation with rat sertoli cells in the mouse striatum. Cell Transplant 2006; 14:551-64. [PMID: 16358409 DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Transplanting cells across species (xenotransplantation) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease has been considered an option to alleviate ethical concerns and shortage of tissues. However, using this approach leads to decreased cell survival; the xenografted cells are often rejected. Sertoli cells (SCs) are testis-derived cells that provide immunological protection to developing germ cells and can enhance survival of both allografted and xenografted cells. It is not clear whether these cells will maintain their immunosuppressive support of cografted cells if they are transplanted across species. In this study, we investigated the immune modulatory capacity of SCs and the feasibility of xenografting these cells alone or with allografted and xenografted neural tissue. Transplanting xenografts of rat SCs into the mouse striatum with either rat or mouse ventral mesencephalon prevented astrocytic infiltration of the graft site, although all transplants showed activated microglia within the core of the graft. Surviving tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons were observed in all conditions, but the size of the grafts was small at best. SCs were found at 1 and 2 weeks posttransplant. However, few SCs were found at 2 months posttransplant. Further investigation is under way to characterize the immune capabilities of SCs in a xenogeneic environment.
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- R Shamekh
- Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa 33612, USA
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Harrower TP, Tyers P, Hooks Y, Barker RA. Long-term survival and integration of porcine expanded neural precursor cell grafts in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Exp Neurol 2006; 197:56-69. [PMID: 16246328 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2005] [Revised: 06/30/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Porcine fetal neural tissue has been considered as an alternative source to human allografts for transplantation in neurodegenerative disorders by virtue of the fact that it can overcome the ethical and practical difficulties using human fetal neural tissue. However, primary porcine neural xenografts are rejected while porcine expanded neural precursor neural cells (PNPCs) seem to be less immunogenic and thus survive better [Armstrong, R.J., Harrower, T.P., Hurelbrink, C.B., McLaughin, M., Ratcliffe, E.L., Tyers, P., Richards, A., Dunnett, S.B., Rosser, A.E., Barker, R.A., 2001a. Porcine neural xenografts in the immunocompetent rat: immune response following grafting of expanded neural precursor cells. Neuroscience 106, 201-216]. In this study, we extended these observations to investigate the long-term survival of such transplants in immunosuppressed rats. Unilateral 6 OHDA lesioned rats received grafts into the dopamine denervated striatum of either primary porcine fetal neural tissue dissected from the E26 cortex or cortically derived neural stem cells which had been derived from the same source but expanded in vitro for 21 days. All cortically derived neural stem cell grafts survived up to 5 months in contrast to the poor survival of primary porcine xenografts. Histological analysis demonstrated good graft integration with fibers extending into the surrounding host tissue including white matter with synapse formation, and in addition there was evidence of host vascularization and myelinated fibers within the graft area. This study has therefore shown for the first time the reliable long-term survival of grafts derived from porcine expanded neural precursors in a rat model of PD, with maturation and integration into the host brain. This demonstrates that such xenografted cells may be able to recreate the damaged circuitry in PD although strategies for dopaminergic differentiation of the porcine neural precursor cell remain to be refined.
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- T P Harrower
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2PY, UK.
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Kuan WL, Barker RA. New therapeutic approaches to Parkinson's disease including neural transplants. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2005; 19:155-81. [PMID: 16093408 DOI: 10.1177/1545968305277219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder of the brain and typically presents with a disorder of movement. The core pathological event underlying the condition is the loss of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway with the formation of alpha-synuclein positive Lewy bodies. As a result, drugs that target the degenerating dopaminergic network within the brain work well at least in the early stages of the disease. Unfortunately, with time these therapies fail and produce their own unique side-effect profile, and this, coupled with the more diffuse pathological and clinical findings in advancing disease, has led to a search for more effective therapies. In this review, the authors will briefly discuss the emerging new drug therapies in PD before concentrating on a more detailed discussion on the state of cell therapies to cure PD.
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- W-L Kuan
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Cambridge University, UK
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Weiss ML, Medicetty S, Bledsoe AR, Rachakatla RS, Choi M, Merchav S, Luo Y, Rao MS, Velagaleti G, Troyer D. Human umbilical cord matrix stem cells: preliminary characterization and effect of transplantation in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease. Stem Cells 2005; 24:781-92. [PMID: 16223852 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 467] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The umbilical cord contains an inexhaustible, noncontroversial source of stem cells for therapy. In the U.S., stem cells found in the umbilical cord are routinely placed into bio-hazardous waste after birth. Here, stem cells derived from human umbilical cord Wharton's Jelly, called umbilical cord matrix stem (UCMS) cells, are characterized. UCMS cells have several properties that make them of interest as a source of cells for therapeutic use. For example, they 1) can be isolated in large numbers, 2) are negative for CD34 and CD45, 3) grow robustly and can be frozen/thawed, 4) can be clonally expanded, and 5) can easily be engineered to express exogenous proteins. UCMS cells have genetic and surface markers of mesenchymal stem cells (positive for CD10, CD13, CD29, CD44, and CD90 and negative for CD14, CD33, CD56, CD31, CD34, CD45, and HLA-DR) and appear to be stable in terms of their surface marker expression in early passage (passages 4-8). Unlike traditional mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult bone marrow stromal cells, small populations of UCMS cells express endoglin (SH2, CD105) and CD49e at passage 8. UCMS cells express growth factors and angiogenic factors, suggesting that they may be used to treat neurodegenerative disease. To test the therapeutic value of UCMS cells, undifferentiated human UCMS cells were transplanted into the brains of hemiparkinsonian rats that were not immune-suppressed. UCMS cells ameliorated apomorphine-induced rotations in the pilot test. UCMS cells transplanted into normal rats did not produce brain tumors, rotational behavior, or a frank host immune rejection response. In summary, the umbilical cord matrix appears to be a rich, noncontroversial, and inexhaustible source of primitive mesenchymal stem cells.
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- Mark L Weiss
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
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Cummings BJ, Uchida N, Tamaki SJ, Salazar DL, Hooshmand M, Summers R, Gage FH, Anderson AJ. Human neural stem cells differentiate and promote locomotor recovery in spinal cord-injured mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:14069-74. [PMID: 16172374 PMCID: PMC1216836 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507063102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 542] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We report that prospectively isolated, human CNS stem cells grown as neurospheres (hCNS-SCns) survive, migrate, and express differentiation markers for neurons and oligodendrocytes after long-term engraftment in spinal cord-injured NOD-scid mice. hCNS-SCns engraftment was associated with locomotor recovery, an observation that was abolished by selective ablation of engrafted cells by diphtheria toxin. Remyelination by hCNS-SCns was found in both the spinal cord injury NOD-scid model and myelin-deficient shiverer mice. Moreover, electron microscopic evidence consistent with synapse formation between hCNS-SCns and mouse host neurons was observed. Glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytic differentiation was rare, and hCNS-SCns did not appear to contribute to the scar. These data suggest that hCNS-SCns may possess therapeutic potential for CNS injury and disease.
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- Brian J Cummings
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Robichon R, Jaafar A, Terqui M, Brachet P, Peschanski M. Pig xenografts to the immunocompetent rat brain: Survival rates using distinct neurotoxic lesions in the nigrostriatal pathway and two rat strains. Exp Neurol 2005; 194:333-40. [PMID: 16022861 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Revised: 12/01/2004] [Accepted: 12/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Porcine foetal neurons for xenotransplantation in Parkinson's disease (PD) is an alternative source to human fetuses. One of the obstacles facing brain xenotransplantation is the existence of an immune response, which prevents long-term graft survival. Experimental results concerning the survival time of porcine foetal neurons implanted into the brain of immunocompetent rats have been quite different from one study to another, suggesting an effect on graft survival of uncontrolled experimental parameters. To identify such parameters, we have first analyzed the survival of porcine foetal nigral neurons at 5 and 10 weeks after implantation into the striatum of immunocompetent rats having different types of brain lesion affecting cells (quinolinic acid) or projections to the striatum (MPP+, 6-OHDA). In a second experiment, graft survival was analyzed in two strains of recipient rats (female Sprague-Dawley and male Lewis rats) in conditions of ipsilateral dopaminergic denervation using 6-OHDA. The characteristics of surviving grafts were assessed by measuring the graft volume, the number of TH+ neurons, the size of TH+ neurons soma, and CD5+ cell infiltration. Long-term survival (> or = 10 weeks) of porcine neurons could be observed in all experimental models. However, there was no significant difference in graft survival rates and characteristics of the surviving grafts between the lesioned groups, or between Sprague-Dawley and Lewis rats. Altogether, results were highly variable within groups of grafts exposed to similar experimental procedures at both 5 and 10 weeks post-grafting. We conclude that the distinct neurotoxins and host rat strains used in our experimental design are not major factors influencing the rejection time-course of primary neural xenografts.
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- R Robichon
- INSERM/UPVM U 421, Plasticité cellulaire et Thérapeutique, Faculté de Médecine, 8 rue du General Sarrail, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Factors affecting neuronal cell xenotransplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2005. [DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000174043.67944.6d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Micci MA, Pattillo MT, Kahrig KM, Pasricha PJ. Caspase inhibition increases survival of neural stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2005; 17:557-64. [PMID: 16078945 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00702.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation is a promising tool for the restoration of the enteric nervous system in a variety of motility disorders. Post-transplant survival represents a critical limiting factor for successful repopulation. The aim of this study was to determine the role of both immunological as well as non-immune-mediated mechanisms on post-transplant survival of NSC in the gut. Mouse CNS-derived NSC (CNS-NSC) were transplanted into the pylorus of recipient mice with and without the addition of a caspase-1 inhibitor (Ac-YVAD-cmk) in the injection media. In a separate experiment, CNS-NSC were transplanted in the pylorus of mice that were immunosuppressed by administration of cyclosporin A (CsA). Apoptosis and proliferation of the implanted cells was assessed 1 and 7 days post-transplantation. Survival was assessed 1 week post-transplantation. The degree of immunoresponse was also measured. The addition of a caspase-1 inhibitor significantly reduced apoptosis, increased proliferation and enhanced survival of CNS-NSC. CsA-treatment did not result in improved survival. Our results indicate that caspase-1 inhibition, but not immunosuppression, improves survival of CNS-NSC in the gut. Pre-treatment with a caspase-1 inhibitor may be a practical method to enhance the ability of transplanted CNS-NSC to survive in their new environment.
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- M-A Micci
- Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0764, USA
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Eventov-Friedman S, Katchman H, Shezen E, Aronovich A, Tchorsh D, Dekel B, Freud E, Reisner Y. Embryonic pig liver, pancreas, and lung as a source for transplantation: optimal organogenesis without teratoma depends on distinct time windows. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:2928-33. [PMID: 15710886 PMCID: PMC548800 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0500177102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Pig embryonic tissues represent an attractive option for organ transplantation. However, the achievement of optimal organogenesis after transplantation, namely, maximal organ growth and function without teratoma development, represents a major challenge. In this study, we determined distinct gestational time windows for the growth of pig embryonic liver, pancreas, and lung precursors. Transplantation of embryonic-tissue precursors at various gestational ages [from E (embryonic day) 21 to E100] revealed a unique pattern of growth and differentiation for each embryonic organ. Maximal liver growth and function were achieved at the earliest teratoma-free gestational age (E28), whereas the growth and functional potential of the pancreas gradually increased toward E42 and E56 followed by a marked decline in insulin-secreting capacity at E80 and E100. Development of mature lung tissue containing essential respiratory system elements was observed at a relatively late gestational age (E56). These findings, showing distinct, optimal gestational time windows for transplantation of embryonic pig liver, pancreas, and lung, might explain, in part, the disappointing results in previous transplantation trials and could help enhance the chances for successful implementation of embryonic pig tissue in the treatment of a wide spectrum of human diseases.
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Medicetty S, Bledsoe AR, Fahrenholtz CB, Troyer D, Weiss ML. Transplantation of pig stem cells into rat brain: proliferation during the first 8 weeks. Exp Neurol 2005; 190:32-41. [PMID: 15473978 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2003] [Revised: 05/04/2004] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Previous work indicated that pig umbilical cord matrix (pUCM) cells are a type of primitive stem cell and that these cells could be recovered after central or peripheral injection into rats that did not receive immune suppression therapy. To determine the safety and proliferation potential of pUCM cells after brain transplantation, approximately 150 pUCM cells were transplanted into the brains of rats that previously received a striatal injection of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). The pUCM cells were previously engineered to express enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP); in this way, the graft cells were identified. The rats did not receive immune suppression therapy. There were no postsurgical complications and the animals thrived following transplantation. At 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks after transplantation, two rats were sacrificed and the morphology, size and number of graft cells, and the percentage of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive graft cells were determined. The size distribution of the grafted pUCM cells was unimodal and normal, and the average size increased significantly over the 2- to 8-week survival period. The number of pUCM cells increased from approximately 5400 cells at the 2-week survival period post-transplantation to approximately 20,000 cells at the 8-week survival period. There was an increase in the percentage of TH-positive pUCM cells from approximately 1% at the 2-week survival period to approximately 6% at the 8-week survival period. There was no evidence of a significant host immune response at any time; for example, no accumulation of CD-4, CD-8, CD-11b, CD-161 cells in the transplantation site. These results suggest that pUCM cells engraft and proliferate without requiring immune suppression. These findings also suggest that a subset of pUCM cells can differentiate into TH-positive cells within 8 weeks after transplantation into the 6-OHDA lesioned rat brain.
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- S Medicetty
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5602, USA
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Sumitran-Holgersson S, Brevig T, Widner H, Holgersson J. Activated porcine embryonic brain endothelial cells induce a proliferative human T-lymphocyte response. Cell Transplant 2004; 12:637-46. [PMID: 14579932 DOI: 10.3727/000000003108747118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Transplantation of allogeneic embryonic neural tissue is a potential treatment for patients with Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. The supply of human donor tissue is limited, and alternatives such as the use of animal (e.g., porcine) donor tissue are currently being evaluated. Before porcine grafts can be used clinically, strategies to prevent neural xenograft rejection must be developed. Knowledge on how human T lymphocytes recognize porcine embryonic neural tissue would facilitate the development of such strategies. To investigate the ability of porcine embryonic brain microvascular endothelial cells (PBMEC) to stimulate human T-cell proliferation, PBMEC were immuno-magnetically isolated and cocultured with purified human CD4 or CD8 single-positive T cells. PBMEC had a cobblestone-like growth pattern and expressed the endothelial cell markers CD31 and CD106. PBMEC stimulated with the supernatant of phytohemagglutinin-activated porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells or porcine IFN-gamma, but not nonstimulated PBMEC, induced proliferation of both CD8 and CD4 T cells as assessed by [3H]thymidine incorporation. Flow cytometric analyses showed that the degree of CD8 and CD4 T cell proliferation correlated with the expression levels of class I and II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens, respectively. PBMEC expressed a CTLA-4/Fc-reactive molecule, most likely CD86, suggesting that these cells are able to deliver a costimulatory signal to the T cells. Human TNF-alpha, but not human IFN-gamma, induced class I, but not class II, MHC expression on PBMEC. Within a neural graft or the regional lymph nodes, PBMEC might stimulate human T cells via the direct pathway, and should therefore be removed from the donor tissue prior to transplantation.
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- Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital AB, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Mirza B, Krook H, Andersson P, Larsson LC, Korsgren O, Widner H. Intracerebral cytokine profiles in adult rats grafted with neural tissue of different immunological disparity. Brain Res Bull 2004; 63:105-18. [PMID: 15130699 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Revised: 01/23/2004] [Accepted: 01/30/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To understand graft rejection in cell based therapies for brain repair we have quantified IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12p40, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha mRNA levels using real-time PCR, at days 4, 14, and 42 post-transplantation, in rats engrafted with syngeneic, allogeneic, concordant and discordant xenogeneic neural tissues. In addition, in the discordant xenografts immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were applied to detect local expression of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-10 and TGF-beta. Allografts remained non-rejected but expressed IL-1beta, TNF-alpha and IL-4 transcripts but not IL-12p40 and IFN-gamma. Xenografts demonstrated distinct cytokine profiles that differed from syngeneic and allogeneic grafts. Non-rejected discordant xenografts contained higher levels of TNF-alpha transcripts and lower levels of IL-2 transcripts than the rejected ones at day 42. Discordant xenografts displayed a stronger and earlier expression of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha, followed by T-helper 1 and T-helper 2 associated cytokine expression. The number of cells expressing mRNA encoding TNF-alpha and TGF-beta was significantly increased over time in the discordant group. In conclusion, the immunological disparity of the implanted tissue explains survival rates and is associated with different cytokine profiles. In allografts, a chronic inflammatory reaction was detected and in xenogeneic grafts a delayed hypersensitivity like reaction may be involved in rejection.
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- Bilal Mirza
- Section for Neuronal Survival, Department of Physiological Sciences and Neuroscience, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, BMC-A10, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.
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Uchida K, Okano H, Hayashi T, Mine Y, Tanioka Y, Nomura T, Kawase T. Grafted swine neuroepithelial stem cells can form myelinated axons and both efferent and afferent synapses with xenogeneic rat neurons. J Neurosci Res 2003; 72:661-9. [PMID: 12774306 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neuroepithelial stem cells derived from the swine mesencephalic neural tube were examined regarding their eligibility for neural xenografting as a donor material, with the aim of evaluating myelinated axon formation and both types of synaptic formation with xenogeneic host neurons as part of possible neural circuit reconstruction. The mesencephalic neural tube tissues were dissected out from swine embryos at embryonic days 17 and 18 and were implanted immediately into the striatum of the Parkinsonian model rat. The swine-derived grafts had many nestin-positive rosette-forming, neurofilament-positive, and tyrosine hydroxylase-positive cells in the rat striatum. Electron microscopic study revealed both efferent and afferent synaptic formations in the donor-derived immature neurons or tyrosine hydroxylase-positive donor cells in the grafts. Myelinated axons, both positive and negative for swine-specific neurofilament antibody, were mingled together in the graft. These results indicated that implanted neuroepithelial stem cells could survive well and divide asymmetrically into both nestin-expressing precursors and differentiated neurochemical marker-expressing neurons in the xenogeneic rat striatum, with the help of an immunosuppressant. Donor-derived immature neurons formed both efferent and afferent synapses with xenogeneic host neurons, and donor-derived axons were myelinated, which suggests that implanted swine neuroepithelial stem cells could possibly restore damaged neuronal circuitry in the diseased brain.
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- Koichi Uchida
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Larsson LC, Corbascio M, Pearson TC, Larsen CP, Ekberg H, Widner H. Induction of operational tolerance to discordant dopaminergic porcine xenografts. Transplantation 2003; 75:1448-54. [PMID: 12792495 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000058807.45320.a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Porcine embryonic neural tissue transplanted intracerebrally could potentially relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease if the immune response toward the graft could be overcome. However, conventional immunosuppressive treatments have proven inefficient in preventing rejection. An alternative is blocking the costimulatory signals for lymphocyte activation. Treatment with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 immunoglobulin (CTLA4Ig) and anti-CD40L has been successful in preventing rejection of xenografts in some experimental studies, but not all. Lymphocyte function antigen (LFA)-1 is an important costimulatory molecule for CD8+ T cells, and we hypothesize that blockade with anti-LFA-1 may enhance the efficacy of CTLA4Ig and anti-CD40L therapy. METHODS C57BL/6 mice received intracerebral transplants of ventral mesencephalic tissue from embryonic porcine donors. CTLA4Ig, anti-CD40L, and anti-LFA-1 were administered every other day on days 0 to 8, and the transplants were studied after 4 to 6 weeks. Grafts were histologically analyzed for size, survival of dopaminergic nerve cells, and immune responses. Recipients were challenged with cultured glia cells of donor origin or an allogeneic skin graft to evaluate tolerance induction. RESULTS Mice treated with all three substances had large grafts containing high amounts of dopamine cells but a low degree of immune response. Grafts in recipients challenged with glial cells showed an increased immunologic activity but were not rejected. Triple-treated mice showed a normal rejection process of the allogeneic skin grafts. CONCLUSION After a short course of costimulation blocking therapy, discordant neural xenografts demonstrate long-term survival, withstand immunologic challenge, yet maintain host-versus-graft reactivity. Anti-LFA-1 complements CTLA4Ig and anti-CD40L in the induction of operational tolerance to these xenografts.
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- Lena C Larsson
- Section for Neuronal Survival, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, Sweden
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Horvath-Arcidiacono JA, Tsuyuki S, Mostowski H, Bloom ET. Human natural killer cell activity against porcine targets: modulation by control of the oxidation-reduction environment and role of adhesion molecule interactions. Cell Immunol 2003; 222:35-44. [PMID: 12798306 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(03)00082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Xenotransplantation, especially using porcine sources, has been proposed as a means to alleviate the shortage of human organs for transplantation. NK cells appear to be important mediators of the xenogeneic immune responses, including the human anti-pig response. Having previously established the redox regulation of NK cell activity against tumor target cells, we now report that the interaction of human NK cells with porcine target cells is also regulated by redox. Thiol-deprivation strongly diminished the capacity of IL-2-activated human NK cells to kill porcine endothelial cells. This inhibition correlated with reduced proliferation and interferon (IFN)-gamma production by IL-2-activated NK cells. For fresh NK cells, pretreatment with diethyl maleate (DEM), which was used to deplete intracellular thiols, reduced lysis of porcine and human targets. Because many adhesion molecules exhibit interspecies recognition, we further investigated whether changes in expression of adhesion molecules might explain our observations. DEM treatment reduced the expression of CD11b and CD29 on fresh NK cells. Monoclonal antibody blocking studies showed that the combination of mAb to CD11b and CD18 reduced lytic activity against both PAEC as well as K562, although other qualitative differences were observed between the porcine and human target cells. These findings suggest that the oxidative stress-induced downregulation of CD18 may be important in modulating cytotoxic activity of fresh NK cells against PAEC and K562 targets through reduced formation of the CD11b/CD18 heterodimer. Thus, the appropriate manipulation of redox status may provide a means to enhance survival of non-human animal tissues in humans through modulation of adhesion molecule expression/interactions.
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- Judith A Horvath-Arcidiacono
- Laboratory of Immunology and Virology, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Modo M, Rezaie P, Heuschling P, Patel S, Male DK, Hodges H. Transplantation of neural stem cells in a rat model of stroke: assessment of short-term graft survival and acute host immunological response. Brain Res 2002; 958:70-82. [PMID: 12468031 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03463-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The use of progenitors and stem cells for neural grafting is promising, as these not only have the potential to be maintained in vitro until use, but may also prove less likely to evoke an immunogenic response in the host, when compared to primary (fetal) grafts. We investigated whether the short-term survival of a grafted conditionally immortalised murine neuroepithelial stem cell line (MHP36) (2 weeks post-implantation, 4 weeks post-ischaemia) is influenced by: (i) immunosuppression (cyclosporin A (CSA) vs. no CSA), (ii) the local (intact vs. lesioned hemisphere), or (iii) global (lesioned vs. sham) brain environment. MHP36 cells were transplanted ipsi- and contralateral to the lesion in rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) or sham controls. Animals were either administered CSA or received no immunosuppressive treatment. A proliferation assay of lymphocytes dissociated from cervical lymph nodes, grading of the survival of the grafted cells, and histological evaluation of the immune response revealed no significant difference between animals treated with or without CSA. There was no difference in survival or immunological response to cells grafted ipsi- or contralateral to the lesion. Although a local upregulation of immunological markers (MHC class I, MHC class II, CD45, CD11b) was detected around the injection site and the ischaemic lesion, these were not specifically upregulated in response to transplanted cells. These results provide evidence for the low immunogenic properties of MHP36 cells during the initial period following implantation, known to be associated with an acute host immune response and ensuing graft rejection.
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- Michel Modo
- Neuroimaging Research Group-Neurology P042, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Neural transplantation has emerged as an efficacious experimental treatment for CNS disorders, especially Parkinson's disease. However, logistical and ethical issues impede large-scale clinical trials. To this end, alternatives to human fetal cells as donor cell grafts have been examined, including xenografts, stem cells, genetically engineered cells, immortalized cell lines, or paraneural cells that secrete specific neurotrophic or growth factors. Accumulating evidence also suggests that exogenous treatment with neurotrophic or growth factors, immunosuppressants, free radical scavengers, and anti-apoptotic agents can enhance survival and functional effects of the grafts. This article will review recent studies demonstrating the potential of these alternative cell graft sources and novel drugs for treating Parkinson's disease.
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- Cesario V Borlongan
- Department of Neurobiology and Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 30912, USA.
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