title: Astrocytic endogenous glial cell derived neurotrophic factor production is enhanced by bone marrow stromal cell transplantation in the ischemic boundary zone after stroke in adult rats.
abstract: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) facilitate functional recovery in rats after focal ischemic attack. Growing evidence suggests that the secretion of various bioactive factors underlies BMSCs' beneficial effects. This study investigates the expression of glial cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the ischemic hemisphere with or without BMSC administration. Adult male Wistar rats were subjected to 2 h of middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by an injection of 3 x 10(6) BMSCs (n = 11) or phosphate-buffered saline (n = 10) into the tail vein 24 h later. Animals were sacrificed seven days later. Single and double immunohistochemical staining was performed to measure GDNF, Ki67, doublecortin, and glial fibrillary acidic protein expression as well as the number of apoptotic cells along the ischemic boundary zone (IBZ) and/or in the subventricular zone (SVZ). BMSC treatment significantly increased GDNF expression and decreased the number of apoptotic cells in the IBZ (P < 0.05). GDNF expression was colocalized with GFAP. Meanwhile, BMSCs increased the number of Ki-67 positive cells and the density of DCX positive migrating neuroblasts (P < 0.05). GDNF expression was significantly increased in single astrocytes collected from animals treated with BMSCs, and in astrocytes cocultured with BMSCs after OGD (P < 0.05). Our data suggest that BMSCs increase GDNF levels in the ischemic hemisphere; the major source of GDNF protein is reactive astrocytes. We propose that the increase of GDNF in response to BMSC administration creates a hospitable environment for local cellular repair as well as for migrating neuroblasts from the SVZ, and thus contributes to the functional improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chopp
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000503:physiopathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000637:transplantation*
chemical_list: C000714848:Dcx protein, rat; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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