کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4332502 1292901 2006 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Dynamic behavior of cells within neurospheres in expanding populations of neural precursors
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Dynamic behavior of cells within neurospheres in expanding populations of neural precursors
چکیده انگلیسی

Large-scale expansion of neural stem and progenitor cells will be essential for clinically treating the large number of patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Other applications of neural stem cell technology include further research in areas such as neural development or drug testing. Neural stem cells can be grown in vitro as tissue aggregates known as neurospheres, and in the current study, experiments were performed to determine the spatial arrangement and behavior of the cells within the neurosphere structure. A protocol utilizing sulfonated lipophilic fluorescent dyes was developed to effectively label populations of neural stem and progenitor cells without compromising cell density during culture. Cells retained the labels for at least 7 days. Using the labeling protocol, we discovered that the cells within the neurospheres were mobile and, moreover, the cells on the periphery of the neurospheres could migrate into the center of the neurospheres. Most important, the mixing time of two merging neurospheres was observed to be the same order of magnitude as the neural stem cell doubling time (∼20 h). This study is the first to show that the neurosphere system is dynamic, and these results will serve as a stepping stone to more in-depth studies of the neurosphere microenvironment.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain Research - Volume 1107, Issue 1, 30 August 2006, Pages 82–96
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