以微流体技术构建纹状体神经元流道图案的形态学研究

在以微流体技术加工的聚乙烯亚胺(polyethyleneimine,PEI)及层粘连蛋白(laminin,LN)混合物材料上,培养纹状体神经元图案式黏附、生长,为制备神经芯片打好基础.以微流体印刷方法在硅片上微加工四种不同的黏附底物:LN、带正电荷的多聚赖氨酸(poly-L-lysine,PLL)、PEI和PEI+LN...     

热损伤对大鼠纹状体神经元凋亡的影响

目的:探讨热损伤对原代培养的大鼠纹状体神经元凋亡的影响.方法:对原代培养的大鼠纹状体神经元进行43℃热损伤40 min后,用共聚焦激光扫描显微镜(LSCM)观察神经元细胞内Ca2 浓度的变化、神经元线粒体膜电位的变化,TUNEL法检测热损伤前后纹状体神经元凋亡的变化.结果:热损伤使纹状体神经元内Ca2 浓度明显升高,线粒体膜电位明显降低(P＜0.01);热损伤后纹状体神经元凋亡增多.结论:热损伤可能通过增加细胞内钙离子浓度、降低细胞线粒体膜电位而诱发大鼠纹状体原代培养神经元凋亡.     

鼠胚中脑多巴胺神经元的体外发育及靶细胞对其影响

１４天大鼠胚中脑腹侧神经元在体外进行分散培养,用抗酪氨酸羟化酶血清（ＴＨ）检测多巴胺（ＤＡ）神经元。培养２４小时即可见ＴＨ阳性神经元,３天后数量开始增加,高峰出现在１４天左右,此后逐渐减少。ＴＨ阳性神经元胞体随培养时间的延长渐增大,核浆比例减少,表明神经元趋向成熟。收集培养液用高效液相色谱一电化学仪（ＨＰＬＣ－ＥＣ）测定其中ＤＡ递质的含量,在培养最初的７２小时内其浓度极低,至１５天时为初７２小时的５０余倍,此后开始下降,与ＤＡ神经元的形态发育同步。将中脑腹侧多巴胺神经元与其靶细胞纹状体神经元共培养时．ＴＨ阳性神经元数明显增加．培养液中的ＤＡ浓度均为同期中脑腹侧神经元单纯培养时的一倍,ＴＨ活性也较单纯培养时为高,表明靶细胞能明显提高ＤＡ神经元的存活能力。     

新生SD大鼠皮质神经元的体外培养和鉴定

目的：建立高纯度的新生SD大鼠皮质神经元原代培养方法。方法：取24h内的新生SD大鼠皮质,用木瓜酶和DNaseⅠ共同消化,5％胎牛血清终止消化,吹打分离组织获得单细胞悬液,进行细胞计数,用无血清DMEM／F12种植培养,4h后换成用无血清Neurobasal配制的维持培养液继续培养,尼氏小体染色和免疫荧光法鉴定神经元的纯度。结果：培养第10d,神经元胞体饱满,结构清晰完整,光晕明显,折光性强,可见粗长的树突和轴突,相邻细胞形成紧密网状联系,神经元纯度达到96％以上。结论：经改良和优化,无须添加阿糖胞苷抑制胶质细胞的生长即能够获得生长状态良好、高纯度的神经元。     

培养大脑皮层神经元的新方法-睾丸支持细胞的应用

实验将睾丸支持细胞(Sertoli细胞,SCs)与神经元共培养,以观察SCs的促生长与营养作用。结果显示2h时神经元的贴壁率明显增加(68%vs 0:P<0.01),从而提高了体外培养神经元的存活量,而且贴壁神经元的胞体面积以及突起数目也明显大于对照组(174.85±105.18 vs 96.59±41.63,2.53±1.79 vs 1.36±0.54:P<0.01)。实验结果证实使用SCs与神经元共培养是一种可以获得大量目的神经元的简便易行的新方法。     

体外培养的鸡胚神经元迁移的光镜和扫描电镜的研究

用鸡胚神经细胞为材料,建立神经细胞体外培养技术,相差显微镜观察到鸡胚神经元可以沿着神经胶质细胞纤维运动。扫描电子显微镜揭示体外培养神经元与胶质细胞的关系。     

移植的5—羟色胺能神经元跨软脊膜迁入大鼠脊髓的研究

本文对移植的5-HT神经元从蛛网膜下腔跨软脊膜迁移进入脊髓作了初步研究。将含有5-HT细胞的胚胎中缝核组织小块或神经细胞悬浮液作为移植物,以5-HT免疫组织化学方法跟踪移植细胞,结果如下:(1)在低胸水平横切脊髓,10d后,横断脊髓内的5-HT纤维消失。(2)横切脊髓(方法同上)后,立即将中缝核组织小块移植在胸腰段脊髓的蛛网膜下腔,一月后.在横断脊髓内出现5-HT阳性神经元和纤维。5-HT纤维能在灰白质内延伸。(3)脊髓横断后,若以中缝核的细胞悬浮液代替组织小块,作上述移植,则在移植区附近的灰质内出现大量的5-HT阳性神经元。这些神经元在灰质内的分布范围与神经细胞悬浮液在蛛网膜下腔的移植范围相一致。迁入神经元能在灰质内重新形成5-HT阳性纤维网。(4)经上述移植后,灰质内出现的5-HT阳性纤维随远离细胞体而变得稀疏。白质内的5-HT阳性纤维远比灰质内稀少。本实验结果表明:移植在脊髓蛛网膜下腔的脑干5-HT细胞能跨软脊膜迁移进入脊髓。     

氯胺酮对培养神经元无氧与再灌损伤保护作用机理的研究

采用１６－１８ｄ胎龄的大鼠皮层细胞分离培养,分别观察无氧再灌和谷氨酸对皮层神经元的影响以及氯胺酮的保护作用。结果如下：培养１２ｄ的细胞先置于缺氧环境中５ｈ,再灌０－２４ｈ后,随着无氧再灌时间延长,ＬＤＨ漏出增加。外源性谷氨酸也引起ＬＤＨ的漏出增加。无氧再灌和谷氨酸处理前,于培养液中加入氯胺酮,则ＬＤＨ漏出量均明显低于对照组。结果表明,无氧和再灌及过量谷氨酸均造成皮层神经元严重损伤,氯胺酮对上述损伤皆有明显的保护作用。以上结果说明谷氨酸兴奋毒性与ＮＭＤＡ受体在缺血性脑损伤过程起着至关重要的作用。     

电针对脑缺血神经元凋亡影响的形态学研究

为了探讨针刺治疗“脑卒中”的机制,本研究以大鼠一侧大脑中动脉栓塞后再灌注为动物模型,分别以ＴＵＮＥＬ法和ＰＩ染色法观察电针改善脑缺血性神经元凋亡的情况。结果显示：①局灶性脑缺血能诱导神经元凋亡：缺血侧凋亡神经元数目明显多于对照侧,差异非常显著;②电针能明显抑制神经元凋亡：电针治疗组缺血侧梗塞区凋亡神经元数目明显减少。本文表明电针能抑制脑缺血性神经元凋亡。     

缺氧对体外培养大鼠海马神经元Bcl—2表达的影响

采用免疫组化方法,观察缺氧对体外培养大鼠海马神经元Bcl-2表达的影响。结果显示,缺氧2h时Bcl-2免疫反应阳性神经元的平均光密度较缺氧前明显增强,但缺氧4h和重新恢复供氧后24—72h时,Bcl-2免疫反应阳性神经元的平均光密度又逐渐减弱。缺氧后Bcl-2免疫反应阳性神经元数和阳性率亦随神经元存活数的下降而逐渐减少。本结果提示,缺氧早期Bcl-2免疫染色阳性神经元的免疫反应增强可能是脑细胞在缺氧条件下的自我保护机制,Bcl-2可能对海马神经元缺氧损伤具有一定调控作用。     

PDMS well platform for culturing millimeter‐size tumor spheroids

Multicellular tumor spheroids are widely used as in vitro models for testing of anticancer drugs. The advantage of this approach is that it can predict the outcome of a drug treatment on human cancer cells in their natural three‐dimensional environment without putting actual patients at risk. Several methods were utilized in the past to grow submillimeter‐size tumor spheroids. However, these small models are not very useful for preclinical studies of tumor ablation where the goal is the complete destruction of tumors that can reach several centimeters in diameter in the human body. Here, we propose a PDMS well method for large tumor spheroid culture. Our experiments with HepG2 hepatic cancer cells show that three‐dimensional aggregates of tumor cells with a volume as large as 44 mm³ can be grown in cylindrical PDMS wells after the initial culture of tumor cells by the hanging drop method. This is a 350 times more than the maximum volume of tumor spheroids formed inside hanging drops (0.125 mm³). © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 29:1265–1269, 2013     

Mitochondrial permeability transition and calcium dynamics in striatal neurons upon intense NMDA receptor activation

Deregulation of the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis by NMDA receptor activation leads to neuronal cell death. Induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPT) by Ca2+ is a critical event in mediating cell death. In this study, we used fluorescent Ca2+ indicators to investigate the effect of high concentrations of NMDA on cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]c and [Ca2+]m, respectively) in cultured striatal neurons. Exposure to NMDA resulted in an immediate, sustained increase in [Ca2+]c followed by a secondary increase in [Ca2+]c. This second increase of [Ca2+]c was prevented by pretreatment with N-methyl-valine-4-cyclosporin (NMV-Cys). Exposure of neurons to NMDA also resulted in an increase in [Ca2+]m that was followed by a precipitous decrease in the rhod-2 signal. This decrease followed the time frame of the secondary increase in [Ca2+]c. Preincubation of the neurons with NMV-Cys prevented the decrease in rhod-2 fluorescence. These dynamic changes in the rhod-2 signal and [Ca2+]m in response to NMDA were confirmed by using confocal microscopy. The presented results indicate that MPT can be detected in living neurons using fluorescent Ca2+ indicators, which would allow the study of the physiological role of MPT in cell death.     

Neuroprotection of striatal neurons against kainate excitotoxicity by neurotrophins and GDNF family members

Neurotrophic factors are regarded as potential therapeutic tools in neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we analysed the protective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and neurturin against the excitotoxic damage induced by kainate in striatal neurons in vitro and in vivo. Our results show that the decrease in the number of cultured striatal calbindin-positive neurons induced by kainate was prevented by treatment with any of these factors. To characterize their protective effects in vivo, cell lines overexpressing brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor or neurturin were grafted into the striatum. We found that the numbers of striatal projection neurons (calbindin-positive) and striatal interneurons (parvalbumin- or choline acetyltransferase-positive) were differentially decreased after kainate lesion. These neurotrophic factors prevented the loss of striatal projection neurons and interneurons with differing efficiency: brain-derived neurotrophic factor was the most efficient, whereas neurturin was the least. Our findings show that brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and neurturin have specific neuroprotective profiles in striatal neurons and indicate that they are specific modulators of the survival of distinct subsets of striatal neurons in pathophysiological conditions.     

Immunohistochemical analysis of the adaptation of adult guinea-pig cardiomyocytes in long-term cultures and in cocultures with cardiac neurons: A novel model for studies of myocardial function

In this study, we used laser confocal scanning microscopy and immunofluorescent markers to describe the establishment of long-term cultures of adult guinea-pig cardiomyocytes and their cocultures with adult intrinsic cardiac neurons. We have also investigated the effect of plating density on the adaptation of the myocytes in culture. Providing that the preparation of freshly isolated cardiomyocytes consists mostly (> 80%) of rod-shaped, Ca-tolerant, and quiescent cells and these are plated under optimal conditions and density (105/cm2), these myocytes have the following characteristics: (1) they remain elongated with regular ultrastructural characteristics and quiescent for several days; (2) within 10-14 days, they reestablish their intercellular contacts and resume contractile activity, which becomes synchronous all through the confluent layers; (3) they retain their regular myofibrilar striation all through the adaptation to culture conditions without any sign of dedifferentiation or redifferentiation; (4) these characteristics are lost when the cells are plated at too low (< 104/cm2) or too high (2 × 105/cm2) a density and they exhibit signs of dedifferentiation; (5) the adult ventricular myocytes appear to retain their ability to express atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), as indicated by immunoreactivity to anti-ANP antibody; (6) this activity seems to be directly related to the surface area of the myocytes in contact with the substrate (i.e. to the stretch of the myocytes); (7) the intrinsic cardiac neurons grow intricate networks of neurites, which form a free-ending type of contact with the cocultured myocytes.abstract typed in here; if it is more than one paragraph use Long-term cultures of adult guinea-pig ventricular myocytes, alone or in their cocultures with cardiac neurons in which both are fully active functionally, provide a valuable experimental model which opens new possibilities for studying the cellular and molecular regulation of myocardial function under acute or chronic effects of various intrinsic and/or extrinsic factors, including neuroregulation.     

细胞微系统技术及其应用

细胞微系统技术研究是目前细胞生物学、微系统科学及药物筛选等学科交叉领域的一个研究热点,其综合利用了微系统平台技术,将细胞的培养、观测和分析在微系统平台上完成,丰富了细胞研究方法,为细胞研究提供了一个全新的研究平台。现对目前细胞微系统研究中几种典型的方法,如立体微结构模型、软光刻、微流体、芯片毛细管电泳、微电极等进行综述,并阐述其在细胞生物学、生命科学等领域相关研究中的应用。     

Dissociated neurons of the pupal blowfly antenna in cell culture

Primary cell cultures are useful for studying the function of neurons in a simplified and controlled environment. We established a primary culture of antennal cells from pupal blowflies in order to investigate olfactory receptor neurons. In cultures, neuron-like cells were identified on the basis of morphology and immunocytochemical characterization with anti-HRP staining. Neuron-like cells showed variety in the extension pattern of neurites. Many neuron-like cells extended a single prominent long process, which reached about 200 mum after four days, and several short ones. However, some neuron-like cells differentiated in other ways; some exhibited bipolar or multipolar processes, distinct from intact olfactory receptor neurons. The size of cell bodies of neuron-like cells as divisible into two groups; approx. 7 mum diameter and 10-15 mum diameter. Neuron-like cells in culture will provide a good model for electrophysiological analysis and for developmental studies of olfactory receptor neurons.