不同生长底物对培养背根神经节细胞的影响(简报)

发育期细胞和细胞外基质(extracellular matrix,ECM)之间的相互作用调节着细胞的功能,包括细胞的迁移、细胞骨架的构建、细胞的增值和分化。神经元“移居”体外后,失去了在体内所依托的组织学关系,必须黏附于一个固相表面才能生存,所以神经元只有在包被基质的培养器皿上才能存活,对于分离的神经元来说,能否尽快粘附到生长基质上是影响神经元体外存活的因素之一。许多研究证明     

不同诱导剂体外诱导大鼠BMSC分化为神经元样细胞的实验研究

目前,国内外针对骨髓基质细胞（BMSC）在体外分化成神经元样细胞所采用的诱导剂主要有抗氧化剂和生长因子等。其中β-巯基乙醇是国内外公认的抗氧化剂,大量的体外实验证明其能诱导骨髓基质细胞分化为神经元样细胞。     

大鼠骨髓基质干细胞的分离培养与向神经元样细胞诱导分化的实验研究

目的 探讨大鼠骨髓基质干细胞的提取、分离培养和体外扩增的最佳条件,研究其在体外培养中定向诱导分化为神经元样细胞的可能。方法 通过密度梯度离心和贴壁培养法从成年大鼠骨髓中分离骨髓基质干细胞,进行培养扩增,观察其生长特性;用2-巯基乙醇(β-mercaptoethanol,β-ME)对传代细胞诱导分化,并通过免疫细胞化学染色鉴定分化细胞的类型。结果 原代培养时形成由基质干细胞组成的细胞集落,细胞集落14d时接近融合,传代后,细胞体积变大,约5～7d传代一次。β-ME诱导后,70％以上的细胞在形态上呈神经元样,免疫细胞化学染色呈NSE阳性,GFAP阴性,说明诱导分化的细胞为神经元,而不是星形胶质细胞。结论 骨髓基质干细胞在体外培养条件下生长良好,并可连续传代;在β-ME作用下可被诱导分化为神经元样细胞。     

回转器旋转对体外培养的鸡胚神经元的影响

用回转器旋转研究重力改变对体外培养的鸡胚神经元的影响。结果发现在回转器里经过７－９小时的处理后,神经元的形态和行为发生明显改变。只有６．３％的神经元呈现两极型的运动形态,而对照组正常培养的细胞运动形态的神经元占３４．２％。某些细胞的突起出现异常,呈现扭曲的形状。在培养基质上的神经元伸出许多丝状突起,丝状突起的末端锚定在周围的细胞上或锚定在培养基质上。经过重力改变处理的细胞重新放在相差显微镜下观察,结果显示神经元的运动活性降低,许多细胞没有观察到明显运动的迹象。     

Neuritin诱导大鼠骨髓基质细胞分化为神经元样细胞的电生理研究

目的:探讨神经营养因子Neuritin诱导大鼠骨髓基质细胞分化为神经元样细胞的电生理特性.方法:应用膜片钳技术,采用全细胞记录方式,对由Neuritin诱导的大鼠骨髓基质细胞进行诱导前后的电生理功能测定.结果:分化后的神经元样细胞较诱导前细胞的膜特性[静息膜电位(RMP)膜电容(Cm)串联电阻值(RS)]有了显著改变(p＜0.01).分化后细胞记录到K+电流,包括两种成分:外向延迟整流K+电流和内向整流K+电流.结论:骨髓基质细胞经过Neuritin诱导能够向功能性神经元方向分化.     

神经元周围基质网络在调节认知功能及阿尔茨海默病中的作用

神经元周围基质网络(perineuronal nets,PNNs)是一种特殊的细胞外基质结构,具有调节突触可塑性、稳定突触和保护神经元免受氧化应激损害等多种复杂功能.PNNs参与认知的发展过程,包括编码、巩固和更新记忆,在神经可塑性和记忆调节中发挥着重要作用,而认知功能障碍是阿尔茨海默病(Alzheimer's dis...     

神经妥乐平体外诱导大鼠骨髓基质细胞分化为神经元样细胞

目的探索神经妥乐平(NT)体外诱导大鼠骨髓基质细胞(bone marrow stromal cells,rMSCs)分化为神经元样细胞的可行性,以期为临床应用MSCs治疗神经系统疾病奠定基础。方法取一月龄SD大鼠骨髓,分离出MSCs进行培养、扩增、纯化。用NT诱导MSCs分化为神经元样细胞。用神经元特异性烯醇化酶(NSE)、神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白(GFAP)免疫细胞化学染色鉴定阳性细胞。结果MSCs经诱导后胞体变圆,伸出细长突起,呈神经元样形态。免疫组化鉴定显示(31.50±7.32)%的细胞表达NSE阳性,(45.30±9.38)%的细胞表达GFAP阳性。结论MSCs在体外可被NT诱导分化为神经元样细胞。     

星形胶质细胞的生物学功能

人类大脑由两类细胞组成:一类是神经元,另一类是神经胶质细胞。神经胶质细胞的数量约为神经元的10倍,但其作用长期以来一直被认为仅限于在神经元之间充当填充物,填满大脑中的剩余空间,同时为神经元提供营养。但近年来认识到神经胶质细胞的主要成员星形胶质细胞能够感知外界刺激,它的反应选择性甚至高于相邻神经元。神经元的反应活动很多都要经过星形胶质细胞的介导才能完成。本文介绍了星形胶质细胞在神经调制、突触调节和神经血管系统偶联方面的一些新进展,以期在不久的将来对星形胶质细胞的功能有更深入的了解,并能应用于临床实践。     

柯萨奇B_3病毒感染体外培养神经元和星形胶质细胞的研究

为探讨柯萨奇B3病毒（CVB3）对体外培养神经元和星形胶质细胞的敏感性,用新中Balb／C鼠,生后24h内作为实验动物,摸索出体外纯培养神经元和星形胶质细胞的2种方法。纯培养神经无取材P／J‘脑皮质,用Balb／C鼠尾胶原作为生长基质,经阿糖胞书处理后,神经元特异性烯醇化酶（NSE）免疫织化鉴定,其纯度为85％～90％。纯培养星形胶质细胞取材于大脑皮质,用大鼠尾胶原作为牛长基质,经基述贴壁及传代培养处理后,胶质原纤维酸性蛋白质（GFAP）免疫组化鉴定其纯度为95％。100Th地。的C啊马分别感染可进行实验的纯培养的神经元和星影…     

Tenascin与中枢神经再生

Ｔｅｎａｓｃｉｎ (简称ＴＮ)是细胞外基质 (ｅｘｔｒａｃｅｌ ｌｕｌａｒｍａｔｒｉｘ ,ＥＣＭ )糖蛋白中一类具有重要生物活性的蛋白质分子 ,包括众多不同的ＴＮ蛋白成员 ;这些ＴＮ蛋白均主要来源于神经胶质细胞 ,故又称胶质细胞源性细胞外基质糖蛋白。近来研究表明 ,ＴＮ蛋白与中枢神经系统 (ｃｅｎｔｒａｌｎｅｒｖｏｕｓｓｙｓｔｅｍ ,ＣＮＳ)的发生、发育和再生具有密切关系 :ＴＮ蛋白可与神经元表面的细胞识别分子发生特异性配体受体式结合 ,进而产生一系列针对神经元及其突起的生物学效应 ,并最终影响神经系统 (特别是ＣＮＳ)的再生…     

Studies on the action of nerve growth factor. III. Role of RNA and protein synthesis in the process of neurite outgrowth.

Chick embryo dorsal root and sympathetic ganglia cultured on untreated tissue culture plates exhibited a dependence upon both RNA and protein synthesis for the expression of nerve growth factor-mediated neurite outgrowth. Neurite outgrowth was no longer dependent upon RNA synthesis, but remained dependent upon continued protein synthesis when ganglia were cultured in plasma clots, or on either collagen or poly-l-lysine coated plates. Nerve growth factor-induced neurite outgrowth was dependent upon the presence of either microexudates, which may play an important role as functional components of the substratum across which neurites migrate, or exogenous substrata such as collagen, fibrin, or poly-l-lysine.     

Placode and neural crest-derived sensory neurons are responsive at early developmental stages to brain-derived neurotrophic factor

The response of embryonic chick nodose ganglion (neural placode-derived) and dorsal root ganglion (neural crest-derived) sensory neurons to the survival and neurite-promoting activity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was studied in culture. In dissociated, neuron-enriched cultures established from chick embryos between Day 6 (E6) and Day 12 (E12) of development, both nodose ganglion (NG) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons were responsive on laminin-coated culture dishes to BDNF. In the case of NG, BDNF elicited neurite outgrowth from 40 to 50% of the neurons plated at three embryonic ages; E6, E9, and E12. At the same ages, nerve growth factor (NGF) alone or in combination with BDNF, had little or no effect upon neurite outgrowth from NG neurons. The response of NG neurons to BDNF was dose dependent and was sustainable for at least 7 days in culture. Surprisingly, in view of a previous study carried out using polyornithine as a substrate for neuronal cell attachment, on laminin-coated dishes BDNF also sustained survival and neurite outgrowth from a high percentage (60-70%) of DRG neurons taken from E6 embryos. In marked contrast to NG neurons, the combined effect of saturating levels of BDNF and NGF activity on DRG neurons was greater than the effect of either agent alone at all embryonic ages studied. Under similar culture conditions, BDNF did not elicit survival and neurite outgrowth from paravertebral chain sympathetic neurons or parasympathetic ciliary ganglion neurons. We propose that primary sensory neurons, regardless of their embryological origin, are responsive to a "central-target" (CNS) derived neurotrophic factor--BDNF, while they are differentially responsive to "peripheral-target"-derived growth factors, such as NGF, depending on whether the neurons are of neural crest or placodal origin.     

Neuron survival in vitro is more influenced by the developmental age of the cells than by glucose condition

The objective of this study was to determine whether the sensitivity to varying glucose conditions differs for the peripheral and central nervous system neurons at different developmental stages. Ventral horn neurons (VHN) and dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRG) from rats of different postnatal ages were exposed to glucose-free or glucose-rich culture conditions. Following 24 h at those conditions, the number of protein gene product 9.5 positive (PGP⁺) DRG neurons and choline acetyltransferase positive (ChAT⁺) VHN were counted and their neurite lengths and soma diameters were measured. For both DRG and VHN, the highest number of cells with and without neurite outgrowth was seen when cells from postnatal day 4 donors were cultured, while the lowest cell numbers were when neurons were from donors early after birth and grown under glucose-free conditions. The length of the neurites and the soma diameter for VHN were not affected by either glucose level or age. DRG neurons, however, exhibited the shortest neurites and smallest soma diameter when neurons were obtained and cultured early after birth. Our results indicate that survival of neurons in vitro is more influenced by the developmental stage than by glucose concentrations.     

Distinct molecular interactions mediate neuronal process outgrowth on non-neuronal cell surfaces and extracellular matrices

We have compared neurite outgrowth on extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents to outgrowth on glial and muscle cell surfaces. Embryonic chick ciliary ganglion (CG) neurons regenerate neurites rapidly on surfaces coated with laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN), conditioned media (CM) from several non-neuronal cell types that secrete LN, and on intact extracellular matrices. Neurite outgrowth on all of these substrates is blocked by two monoclonal antibodies, CSAT and JG22, that prevent the adhesion of many cells, including neurons, to the ECM constituents LN, FN, and collagen. Neurite outgrowth is inhibited even on mixed LN/poly-D-lysine substrates where neuronal attachment is independent of LN. Therefore, neuronal process outgrowth on extracellular matrices requires the function of neuronal cell surface molecules recognized by these antibodies. The surfaces of cultured astrocytes, Schwann cells, and skeletal myotubes also promote rapid process outgrowth from CG neurons. Neurite outgrowth on these surfaces, though, is not prevented by CSAT or JG22 antibodies. In addition, antibodies to a LN/proteoglycan complex that block neurite outgrowth on several LN-containing CM factors and on an ECM extract failed to inhibit cell surface-stimulated neurite outgrowth. After extraction with a nonionic detergent, Schwann cells and myotubes continue to support rapid neurite outgrowth. However, the activity associated with the detergent insoluble residue is blocked by CSAT and JG22 antibodies. Detergent extraction of astrocytes, in contrast, removes all neurite- promoting activity. These results provide evidence for at least two types of neuronal interactions with cells that promote neurite outgrowth. One involves adhesive proteins present in the ECM and ECM receptors on neurons. The second is mediated through detergent- extractable macromolecules present on non-neuronal cell surfaces and different, uncharacterized receptor(s) on neurons. Schwann cells and skeletal myotubes appear to promote neurite outgrowth by both mechanisms.     

Laminin and fibronectin modulate inner ear spiral ganglion neurite outgrowth in an in vitro alternate choice assay

Extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules have been shown to function as cues for neurite guidance in various populations of neurons. Here we show that laminin (LN) and fibronectin (FN) presented in stripe micro-patterns can provide guidance cues to neonatal (P5) inner ear spiral ganglion (SG) neurites. The response to both ECM molecules was dose-dependent. In a LN versus poly-L-lysine (PLL) assay, neurites were more often observed on PLL at low coating concentrations (5 and 10 microg/mL), while they were more often on LN at a high concentration (80 microg/mL). In a FN versus PLL assay, neurites were more often on PLL than on FN stripes at high coating concentrations (40 and 80 microg/mL). In a direct competition between LN and FN, neurites were observed on LN significantly more often than on FN at both 10 and 40 microg/mL. The data suggest a preference by SG neurites for LN at high concentrations, as well as avoidance of both LN at low and FN at high concentrations. The results also support a potential model for neurite guidance in the developing inner ear in vivo. LN, in the SG and osseus spiral lamina may promote SG dendrite growth toward the organ of Corti. Within the organ of Corti, lower concentrations of LN may slow neurite growth, with FN beneath each row of hair cells providing a stop or avoidance signal. This could allow growth cone filopodia increased time to sample their cellular targets, or direct the fibers upward toward the hair cells.     

Formation of calyx-like contacts preferentially on appropriate target neurons in culture

The availability of culture systems for both Edinger Westphal and ciliary ganglion neurons has made it possible to examine the interactions in culture between two populations of vertebrate neurons that synapse in vivo. In the chick, Edinger Westphal neurons provide the sole presynaptic input to the ciliary ganglion and, through this projection, are responsible for the control of lens curvature (accommodation), iris constriction, and possibly smooth muscle function in the choroid layer of the eye. When embryonic chick Edinger Westphal and ciliary ganglion neurons were combined in culture and stained for enkephalin-like immunoreactivity to visualize Edinger Westphal terminals, stained calyx-like contacts were observed that resemble the calyciform terminals formed between Edinger Westphal processes and ciliary neurons in the ciliary ganglion in vivo. Although stained calyx-like contacts could also be found in Edinger Westphal-alone and ciliary ganglion-alone cultures, many more were observed when the two cell types were cultured together. The increase depended specifically on the ciliary ganglion neurons since substitution of either dorsal root ganglion or sympathetic ganglion neurons for them in the cocultures did not increase the number of calyx-like contacts staining positive for enkephalin over those present in cultures of Edinger Westphal neurons alone. When Edinger Westphal neurons were grown simultaneously with dorsal root and ciliary ganglion neurons, calyx-like contacts with enkephalin-like immunoreactivity were found to terminate preferentially on the latter. These findings suggest that vertebrate neurons can form morphologically specific contacts preferentially on appropriate target cells in culture in the absence of many of the potential cues present in the intact tissue.     

Neurite outgrowth from hippocampal neurons is promoted by choroid plexus ependymal cells <Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis>

Choroid plexus ependymal cells (CPECs) were known to promote axonal growth when choroid plexus is grafted into the adult rat spinal cord. The present study was carried out to examine whether CPECs promote axonal outgrowth from neurons derived from the CNS in vitro. Hippocampal neurons were cocultured on CPEC monolayers. After 24 h, neurite extension was evaluated using various parameters in comparison with cultures grown on poly-L-lysine (PLL)-coated plates and cocultures grown on astrocyte monolayers. The primary neurite length and total neurite length were longest in the cocultures with CPECs. The number of primary neurites and the number of branches were larger in the cultures with CPECs than in the cultures on PLL-coated plates, but almost the same as in the cocultures with astrocytes. Next, we examined whether the neurite extension-promoting effect occurring within 24 h is due primarily to contact with the CPECs or to factors secreted by CPECs into the culture medium. The CPEC monolayers were killed by ethanol fixation, and neurons cultured on them. The neurons extended long neurites with elaborate branching, as in the case of cocultures grown on living CPECs. On the other hand, CPEC-conditioned medium exhibited less promoting effect on neurite outgrowth from hippocampal neurons. These results indicate that CPECs have a capacity to promote neurite outgrowth from CNS neurons in vitro, and that surface plasma membrane-bound components of CPECs strongly contribute to the enhancement of neurite outgrowth in the present coculture system.     

Enhanced neurite outgrowth of rat neural cortical cells on surface-modified films of poly(lactic-<Emphasis Type="Italic">co</Emphasis>-glycolic acid)

Neural cortical cells, isolated from prenatal rat cerebra, were grown on surface-modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid, 65:35) (PLGA) films coated with poly-D-lysine (PDL) with either laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN) or collagen (CN). Immunocytochemistry showed that the isolated cells were highly immunopositive for both neurofilament and MAP-2 with well-organized neurites and somatodendritic localization. The presence of PDL with LN or FN on the PLGA films was essential for increased neural cell growth. Also, PLGA films coated with either PDL/LN or PDL/FN mixtures had higher neurite outgrowth and regular differentiation.Revisions requested 30 September 2004; Revisions received 10 November 2004     

K252a Modulates the Expression of Nerve Growth Factor-Dependent Capsaicin Sensitivity and Substance P Levels in Cultured Adult Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurones

Abstract: K252a, an inhibitor of trk phosphorylation and nerve growth factor signal transduction in PC12 cells, blocked nerve growth factor-induced responses in cultured adult rat dorsal root ganglion sensory neurones. The nerve growth factor-dependent appearance of capsaicin sensitivity and accumulation of the neuropeptide substance P were inhibited when dorsal root ganglion neurones were grown in the presence of low concentrations (100 n M ) of K252a. At higher concentrations (3 µ M ), however, K252a stimulated the development of capsaicin sensitivity and the accumulation of substance P even in the absence of nerve growth factor. By using a wide dose range, therefore, we showed that K252a could either inhibit or mimic nerve growth factor's actions on sensory neurones. These results may explain the apparent paradox in the literature that some groups show a blocking effect of K252a on nerve growth factor-dependent survival of dorsal root ganglion sensory neurones, whereas others report that K252a can substitute for nerve growth factor or other trophic factors and promote neuronal survival.