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Comparative study of methods for administering neural stem/progenitor cells to treat spinal cord injury in mice.

Abstract：

:To investigate potential cures for spinal cord injury (SCI), several researchers have transplanted neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) into the injured spinal cord by different procedures, including intralesional (IL), intrathecal (IT), and intravenous (IV) injection. However, there are no reports quantifying or comparing the number of cells successfully transplanted to the lesion site by each procedure in vivo. The purpose of the present study was to determine the optimal method of cell transplantation to the SCI site in terms of grafted cell survival and safety. For this purpose, we developed mouse NS/PCs that expressed a novel Venus-luciferase fusion protein that enabled us to detect a minimum of 1,000 grafted cells in vivo by bioluminescence imaging (BLI). After inducing contusive SCI at the T10 level in mice, NS/PCs were transplanted into the injured animals three different ways: by IL, IT, or IV injection. Six weeks after the transplantation, BLI analysis showed that in the IL group, the luminescence intensity of the grafted cells had decreased to about 10% of its initial level, and appeared at the site of injury. In the IT group, the luminescence of the grafted cells, which was distributed throughout the entire subarachnoid space immediately after transplantation, was detected at the injured site 1 week later, and by 6 weeks had gradually decreased to about 0.3% of its initial level. In the IV group, no grafted cells were detected at the site of injury, but all of these mice showed luminescence in the bilateral chest, suggesting pulmonary embolism. In addition, one third of these mice died immediately after the IV injection. In terms of grafted cell survival and safety, we conclude that the IL application of NS/PCs is the most effective and feasible method for transplanting NS/PCs into the SCI site.

journal_name

Cell Transplant

journal_title

Cell transplantation

authors

Takahashi Y,Tsuji O,Kumagai G,Hara CM,Okano HJ,Miyawaki A,Toyama Y,Okano H,Nakamura M

doi

10.3727/096368910X536554

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-01 00:00:00

pages

727-39

issue

eissn

0963-6897

issn

1555-3892

pii

ct0081takahashi

journal_volume

pub_type

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Comparative study of methods for administering neural stem/progenitor cells to treat spinal cord injury in mice.