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Cytokines Induce Monkey Neural Stem Cell Differentiation through Notch Signaling

Wang M., Yu L., Zhu LY., He H., Ren J., Pan J.

Animal Study on Spinal Cord Injury, published in Biomed Res Int (2020) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Biomed Res Int (2020)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
32509845
PMCID
PMC7244951
DOI
10.1155/2020/1308526
Citations
10

Abstract (original English)

The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) has a limited ability to renew the damaged cells after a brain or spinal cord injury whether it is nonhuman primates like monkeys or humans. Transplantation of neural stem cells (NSCs) is a potential therapy for CNS injuries due to their pluripotency and differentiation abilities. Cytokines play an important role in CNS development and repair of CNS injuries. However, the detailed cytokine signaling response in monkey neural stem cells is rarely studied. In our previous research, we isolated NSCs from the adult monkey brain and found the effects of cytokines on monkey NSCs. Now, we further analyzed the regulation mechanisms of cytokines to the proliferation of monkey NSCs such as bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4), BMP4/leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), or retinoic acid (RA)/Forskolin. The data showed that BMP4 inhibited cell proliferation to arrest, but it did not affect the stemness of NSCs. BMP4/LIF promoted the astrocyte-like differentiation of monkey NSCs, and RA/forskolin induced the neuronal differentiation of monkey NSCs. BMP4/LIF and RA/forskolin induced monkey NSC differentiation by regulating Notch signaling. These results provide some theoretical evidence for NSC therapy to brain or spinal cord injury in regenerative medicine.

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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BrainCells, CulturedAnimalsMacaca fascicularisTretinoinCytokinesSignal TransductionCell ProliferationMaleReceptors, Notch
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