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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Nurr1 has been implicated as a transcription factor mediating the endogenous neuroprotective mechanism against stroke. We examined the in vivo and in vitro properties of a new human embryonic carcinoma Ntera-2 cell line carrying the human Nurr1 gene (NT2N.Nurr1). Adult Sprague-Dawley rats underwent experimental stroke initially and 14 days later were assigned randomly to receive stereotaxic transplantation of NT2N.Nurr1 cells or infusion of vehicle into their ischemic striatum. Transplantation of NT2N.Nurr1 cells promoted significant attenuation of behavioral impairments over a 56-day period after stroke, characterized by decreased hyperactivity, biased swing activity, and neurologic deficits, as well as significant reduction in ischemic striatal cell loss compared to vehicle-infused stroke animals. Transplanted NT2N.Nurr1 cells survived and expressed neuronal phenotypic markers in the ischemic striatum. In vitro results showed that cultured NT2.Nurr1 cells were already negative for nestin even before retinoic acid treatment, despite strong nestin immunoreactivity in NT2 cells. This indicates Nurr1 triggered a rapid commitment of NT2 cells into a neuronal lineage. Indeed, NT2.Nurr1 cells, at 4 weeks into RA treatment, displayed more abundant tyrosine hydroxylase positive cells than NT2 cells. Parallel ELISA studies showed further that cultured NT2N.Nurr1, but not NT2N cells, secreted glial cell derived neurotrophic factor. The present study shows efficacy of NT2N.Nurr1 cell grafts in ischemic stroke, with in vitro evidence suggesting the cells' excellent neuronal differentiation capability and ability to secrete GDNF as likely mechanisms mediating the observed therapeutic benefits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0360-4012
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1240-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Stroke, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17335085-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Transplantation of post-mitotic human neuroteratocarcinoma-overexpressing Nurr1 cells provides therapeutic benefits in experimental stroke: in vitro evidence of expedited neuronal differentiation and GDNF secretion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.