PMID- 24919714 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150721 LR - 20181202 IS - 1743-1328 (Electronic) IS - 0161-6412 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jan TI - Transplanted hUCB-MSCs migrated to the damaged area by SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling to promote functional recovery after traumatic brain injury in rats. PG - 50-6 LID - 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000399 [doi] AB - Transplanted human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) have exhibited considerable therapeutic potential for traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, how hUC-MSCs migrating to the injury region and the mechanism of hUC-MSCs promoting functional recovery after TBI are still unclear. In this study, we investigated whether stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) was involved in the hUC-MSCs migration and the possible mechanisms that might be involved in the beneficial effect on functional recovery. In vitro experiments demonstrated that SDF-1 induces a concentration-dependent migration of hUC-MSCs. Furthermore, pre-treatment with the CXCR4-specific antagonist AMD3100 significantly prevented the migration of hUC-MSCs in vitro. We found that the expression of SDF-1 increased significantly around the damaged area. Transplanted hUC-MSCs were localized to regions where SDF-1 was highly expressed. Additionally, our results showed that hUC-MSCs-treated animals showed significantly improved functional recovery compared with controls. In hUC-MSCs-transplanted group, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells were decreased and BrdU-positive cells were significantly increased compared with control group, more of BrdU-positive cells co-localized with GFAP. These suggest that SDF-1 plays an important role in the migration of hUC-MSCs to the damaged area and hUC-MSCs are beneficial for functional recovery after TBI. FAU - Ma, Jianhua AU - Ma J FAU - Liu, Ning AU - Liu N FAU - Yi, Bo AU - Yi B FAU - Zhang, Xiaochong AU - Zhang X FAU - Gao, Bing Bing AU - Gao BB FAU - Zhang, Yesen AU - Zhang Y FAU - Xu, Ruxiang AU - Xu R FAU - Li, Xin AU - Li X FAU - Dai, Yiwu AU - Dai Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140612 PL - England TA - Neurol Res JT - Neurological research JID - 7905298 RN - 0 (CXCL12 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) RN - 0 (Cxcr4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Brain/drug effects/pathology/physiopathology MH - Brain Injuries/pathology/physiopathology/*therapy MH - Cell Movement/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CXCL12/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/drug effects/pathology/*physiology MH - Neurogenesis/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, CXCR4/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Recovery of Function/physiology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - SDF-1/CXCR4 OT - Traumatic brain injury, OT - hUCB-MSCs, EDAT- 2014/06/13 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/22 06:00 CRDT- 2014/06/13 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000399 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurol Res. 2015 Jan;37(1):50-6. doi: 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000399. Epub 2014 Jun 12.