PMID- 35628525 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220531 LR - 20220716 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 10 DP - 2022 May 20 TI - Water-Soluble, Alanine-Modified Fullerene C(60) Promotes the Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells. LID - 10.3390/ijms23105714 [doi] LID - 5714 AB - As carbon-based nanomaterials, water-soluble C(60) derivatives have potential applications in various fields of biomedicine. In this study, a water-soluble fullerene C(60) derivative bearing alanine residues (Ala-C(60)) was synthesized. The effects of Ala-C(60) on neural stem cells (NSCs) as seed cells were explored. Ala-C(60) can promote the proliferation of NSCs, induce NSCs to differentiate into neurons, and inhibit the migration of NSCs. Most importantly, the Ala-C(60) can significantly increase the cell viability of NSCs treated with hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). The glutathioneperoxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities and glutathione (GSH) content increased significantly in NSCs treated even by 20 muM Ala-C(60). These findings strongly indicate that Ala-C(60) has high potential to be applied as a scaffold with NSCs for regeneration in nerve tissue engineering for diseases related to the nervous system. FAU - Ren, Haiyuan AU - Ren H AD - Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. FAU - Li, Jinrui AU - Li J AD - Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China. FAU - Peng, Ai AU - Peng A AD - Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. FAU - Liu, Ting AU - Liu T AD - Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. FAU - Chen, Mengjun AU - Chen M AD - School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan 250002, China. FAU - Li, Hongguang AU - Li H AD - Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaojing AU - Wang X AD - Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. LA - eng GR - 21875129/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - ZR2021MH205/Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220520 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Fullerenes) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - Alanine/pharmacology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Fullerenes/pharmacology MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology MH - *Neural Stem Cells MH - Water/pharmacology PMC - PMC9146176 OTO - NOTNLM OT - H2O2 OT - NSCs OT - differentiation OT - fullerene C60 derivatives OT - proliferation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/01 06:00 PMCR- 2022/05/20 CRDT- 2022/05/28 01:23 PHST- 2022/04/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/28 01:23 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms23105714 [pii] AID - ijms-23-05714 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms23105714 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 May 20;23(10):5714. doi: 10.3390/ijms23105714.