Transplantation of human olfactory ensheathing cells elicits remyelination of demyelinated rat spinal cord.
Human olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) were prepared from adult human olfactory nerves, which were removed during surgery for frontal base tumors, and were transplanted into the demyelinated spinal cord of immunosuppressed adult rats. Extensive remyelination was observed in the lesion site: In situ hybridization using a human DNA probe (COT-1) indicated a similar number of COT-1-positive cells and OEC nuclei within the repaired lesion. The myelination was of a peripheral type with large nuclei and cytoplasmic regions surrounding the axons, characteristic of Schwann cell and OEC remyelination. These results provide evidence that adult human OECs are able to produce Schwann cell-like myelin sheaths around demyelinated axons in the adult mammalian CNS in vivo.
Kato
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Honmou
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Uede
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Hashi
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Kocsis
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D000818:Animals; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D048429:Cell Size; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015342:DNA Probes; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000637:transplantation* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009832:Olfactory Nerve / Q000637:transplantation* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
C076223:COT1 protein, S cerevisiae; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins