PMID- 20043890 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100519 LR - 20100215 IS - 1872-6240 (Electronic) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1317 DP - 2010 Mar 4 TI - A long-term observation of olfactory ensheathing cells transplantation to repair white matter and functional recovery in a focal ischemia model in rat. PG - 257-67 LID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.061 [doi] AB - Trials of neuroprotection in ischemic stroke mainly concern gray matter protection, with little information on white matter damage. Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are capable of providing continuous neurotrophic factor and of promoting growth and remyelination of damaged axons. We evaluated OECs for the repair of white matter after transplantation in middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) rat. OECs were cultured from the olfactory bulbs of adult green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing transgenic rats and transplanted into peri-infarct basal ganglia imminently after reperfusion. The mortality, neurological score, and function were record everyday until 56 days. At 24 h and 56 days, the infarction volume, the Luxol-fast blue (LFB) staining, and Neurofilament (NF) immunohistochemistry and Western blot were performed to assess the demyelination and remyelination in white matter. OECs transplantation reduced the infarct volume, decreased mortality, and improved neurological deficits in 56 days after MCAO. LFB marked myelin, NF-positive immunohistochemistry, and Western blot indicated that the remyelination and axon regeneration in OEC transplanted rat were significant. In conclusion, OECs can protect the white matter from ischemic injury, but the potential mechanisms of transplanted OEC-mediated recovery need further studies to identify. CI - 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Shi, Xianzhong AU - Shi X AD - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China 100191. FAU - Kang, Yali AU - Kang Y FAU - Hu, Qin AU - Hu Q FAU - Chen, Chunhua AU - Chen C FAU - Yang, Lei AU - Yang L FAU - Wang, Ke AU - Wang K FAU - Chen, Lin AU - Chen L FAU - Huang, Hongyun AU - Huang H FAU - Zhou, Changman AU - Zhou C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100104 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Axons/pathology/physiology MH - Basal Ganglia/pathology/physiopathology/surgery MH - Brain Ischemia/pathology/physiopathology/surgery MH - Demyelinating Diseases/pathology/physiopathology/surgery MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/pathology/*physiopathology/*surgery MH - Male MH - Myelin Sheath/pathology/physiology MH - Nerve Fibers, Myelinated/pathology/*physiology MH - Nerve Regeneration/physiology MH - Neuroglia/physiology/*transplantation MH - Olfactory Bulb/physiology/*transplantation MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Rats, Transgenic MH - Recovery of Function/*physiology MH - Time Factors MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2010/01/02 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/21 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/02 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/12/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/01/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/21 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-8993(09)02759-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.061 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2010 Mar 4;1317:257-67. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.061. Epub 2010 Jan 4.