title: Isolation, characterization, and genetic profiling of subpopulations of olfactory ensheathing cells from the olfactory bulb.
abstract: Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) play a crucial role during neurogenesis of primary olfactory neurons. Transplantation of OECs is considered as a promising new therapy for central nervous system repair. Nevertheless, OECs are constituted of distinct subpopulations and their role during neurogenesis is not clearly understood. In particular, OECs from the olfactory bulb (OB) constitute a heterogeneous, but not yet isolated and characterized, population of cells. In our study, flow cytometry analyses of primary OB cultures, based on cell surface expression of low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (p75), reveal the presence of two distinct populations of OECs. Indeed, some of them express a high level of p75 (P75High) and the other a low level of p75 (P75Low). Effects of OB microenvironment were assessed, and we were able to show that fibroblasts mediate the induction of these two populations through the secretion of soluble factors. To characterize P75High and P75Low OECs, cells were sorted based on their differential expression of p75. Microarray analyses revealed that P75High OECs overexpress genes implicated in modulation of extracellular matrix and cell sorting, whereas P75Low OECs overexpress genes involved in regulation of the inflammatory response and axonal guidance. These results permit, for the first time, to isolate the two distinct subpopulations of OECs from OB, and suggest their specific role during neurogenesis.
authors.affiliation: UPRES EA 3830, Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, University of Rouen, Rouen, Normandy, France.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Honoré
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Corre
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Derambure
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Normand
authors.forename: Célia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duclos
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guérout
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D046228:Microarray Analysis; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D020800:Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020800:Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens