Abstract:
:To date, it remains poorly understood whether astrocytes can be easily reprogrammed into neurons. Mash1 and Brn2 have been previously shown to cooperate to reprogram fibroblasts into neurons. In this study, we examined astrocytes from 2-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats, and found that Brn2 was expressed, but Mash1 was not detectable. Thus, we hypothesized that Mash1 alone could be used to reprogram astrocytes into neurons. We transfected a recombinant MSCV-MASH1 plasmid into astrocytes for 72 hours, and saw that all cells expressed Mash1. One week later, we observed the changes in morphology of astrocytes, which showed typical neuronal characteristics. Moreover, β-tubulin expression levels were significantly higher in astrocytes expressing Mash1 than in control cells. These results indicate that Mash1 alone can reprogram astrocytes into neurons.
journal_name
Neural Regen Resjournal_title
Neural regeneration researchauthors
Ding D,Xu L,Xu H,Li X,Liang Q,Zhao Y,Wang Ydoi
10.4103/1673-5374.125326subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-01-01 00:00:00pages
25-32issue
1eissn
1673-5374issn
1876-7958pii
NRR-9-25journal_volume
9pub_type
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