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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Oligodendrocytes derived in the laboratory from stem cells have been proposed as a treatment for acute and chronic injury to the central nervous system. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor alpha (PDGFRalpha) signaling is known to regulate oligodendrocyte precursor cell numbers both during development and adulthood. Here, we analyze the effects of PDGFRalpha signaling on central nervous system (CNS) stem cell-enriched cultures. We find that AC133 selection for CNS progenitors acutely isolated from the fetal cortex enriches for PDGF-AA-responsive cells. PDGF-AA treatment of fibroblast growth factor 2-expanded CNS stem cell-enriched cultures increases nestin(+) cell number, viability, proliferation, and glycolytic rate. We show that a brief exposure to PDGF-AA rapidly and efficiently permits the derivation of O4(+) oligodendrocyte-lineage cells from CNS stem cell-enriched cultures. The derivation of oligodendrocyte-lineage cells demonstrated here may support the effective use of stem cells in understanding fate choice mechanisms and the development of new therapies targeting this cell type.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1549-4918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Culture Media, Serum-Free, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Oligodendroglia, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18403757-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Efficient serum-free derivation of oligodendrocyte precursors from neural stem cell-enriched cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural