Experimental study on heterograft of glomus cells of carotid body for hemiparkinsonian rats.
To observe the effects of heterograft of glomus cells of carotid body on hemiparkinsonian rat models, rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced lesions of the right dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra received intrastriatal glomus cells heterograft. Apomorphine-induced rotation was monitored for 30 min at various time points after grafting. The striata were cut and examined for dopamine content by HPLC and for immunohistochemical staining of tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons (TH+) at the end of the experiments. The results showed that apomorphine-induced rotational behavior was significantly reduced for 12 weeks and the dopamine contents were significantly elevated after grafting (P < 0.01), and TH+ cells survived better. The present study demonstrates that intrastriatal heterograft of glomus cells within carotid body in rats with 6-OHDA-elicited lesions could reduce apomorphine-induced rotational behavior and elevate the dopamine contents and numbers of TH+ cell surviving within striatum, and can serve as a new and effective alternative for Parkinson disease.
Cao
Xuebing
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Department of Neurology, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
Sun
Shenggang
S
Tong
E'tang
E
D000818:Animals; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
D004298:Dopamine