title: Isolation, characterization and gene modification of fetal neural stem/progenitor cells from cynomolgus monkey.
abstract: Successful isolation and expansion of neural stem/progenitor cells from cynomolgus monkey (cm-NSPCs), may not only help to increase our understanding of NSPCs, but also provide an important translational tool for preclinical trials. Here we initially isolated NSPCs from aborted fetal cynomolgus monkey brain, and expanded them in adherent culture system. Then we demonstrated that cultured cm-NSPCs were almost bipolar cells proliferated in clump-like structure, expressed typical markers for NSPCs, and could differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. After transduction with lentivirus, 70-80% of cm-NSPCs expressed enhanced green fluorescent protein and the stemness was unaffected. This study provided basis for obtaining large numbers of cm-NSPCs, and efficient transduction of them with exogenous genes, which would facilitate cell-based therapies in nonhuman primate models, and might help to investigate the mechanism of central nervous system development and/or controlling neural regeneration.
authors.affiliation: Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bao-Feng
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiu-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bruce T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Lahn
authors.forename: Andy Peng
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus / Q000166:cytology*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000235:genetics; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016086:Lentivirus / Q000235:genetics; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000196:embryology*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000235:genetics; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins