PMID- 23485057 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130826 LR - 20220330 IS - 1743-1328 (Electronic) IS - 0161-6412 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Apr TI - Transplantation of differentiated bone marrow stromal cells promotes motor functional recovery in rats with stroke. PG - 320-8 LID - 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000151 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of transplantation into rats with stroke of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). MATERIALS AND METHODS: MSCs were harvested from 6-week-old Sprague-Dawley male rats, and transplanted into adult Sprague-Dawley male rats with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. At 48 hours after stroke, the adult rats, weighing 250-280 g, were injected via the tail vein with 1x10(7) MSCs or MSCs induced by BDNF (BDNF-MSCs) suspended in 1 ml phosphate-buffered saline. All animals underwent the neurological function test for 14 days. Infarct volume and blood-brain barrier permeability assay were assessed on day 14 post-middle cerebral artery occlusion. Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining were used to detect the protein expression of neuron-specific enolase (NSE). RESULTS: Both BDNF-MSCs and MSCs produced improvement in neurological deficits compared with vehicle controls on day 14 (P<0.05). In particular, the group transplanted with BDNF-MSCs exhibited significant recovery of motor function compared with the group transplanted with MSCs alone (P<0.05). Both BDNF-MSCs and MSCs, but particularly the former, reduced infarct volume, improved blood-brain barrier dysfunction, reduced serum NSE levels, activated the NSE activity, and inhibited neuronal apoptosis in the ischemic boundary zone. CONCLUSIONS: BDNF-MSCs might contribute to the motor function improvement partly by reducing neuronal damage via upregulating the NSE expression level and inhibiting neuronal apoptosis. FAU - Huang, Wen AU - Huang W AD - Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China. hwen1229@yahoo.com.cn FAU - Mo, Xuean AU - Mo X FAU - Qin, Chao AU - Qin C FAU - Zheng, Jinou AU - Zheng J FAU - Liang, Zhijian AU - Liang Z FAU - Zhang, Cheng AU - Zhang C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Neurol Res JT - Neurological research JID - 7905298 RN - EC 4.2.1.11 (Phosphopyruvate Hydratase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cell Differentiation/physiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - *Motor Activity MH - Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/biosynthesis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Recovery of Function MH - Stroke/pathology/*surgery EDAT- 2013/03/15 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2013/03/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/03/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000151 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurol Res. 2013 Apr;35(3):320-8. doi: 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000151.