BACKGROUND: Cell therapy and exercise training may be options for spinal cord regeneration. Our objective was to evaluate the functional effects of autologous bone marrow stem cell (CD45(+)/CD34(-)) transplantation in acute spinal cord injury in exercise training and in sedentary rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-five adult male Wistar rats underwent spinal cord contusion by Impactor (NYU). Locomotor rating scale was performed every 48 hours for 48 days. Animals with scores < or = 12 were randomly divided into 4 groups: sedentary without parenchymal cell infusion; sedentary with parenchymal cell infusion; swimming training without parenchymal cell infusion; and swimming training with parenchymal cell infusion. Bone marrow stem cells were isolated by puncture-aspiration of the bone marrow and density gradient (d = 1.077). The animals underwent a 60-minute swimming session 6 times/week supporting an overload of 3% of body weight for 6 consecutive weeks. Comparisons between the groups in relation to differences between the beginning to the end of scores used the nonparametric Bonferroni test and post-hoc Mann-Whitney U test to identify significance. RESULTS: Forty-two rats that obtained scores < or = 12 underwent therapy with 9 animals in each of the 4 groups as completors (n = 36). There was significance (P < or = .008) for sedentary without parenchymal cell infusion vs swimming training with parenchymal cell infusion. CONCLUSION: The combination of bone marrow stem cell therapy (CD45(+)/CD34(-)) and exercise training resulted in significant functional improvement in acute spinal cord injury.
BACKGROUND: Cell therapy and exercise training may be options for spinal cord regeneration. Our objective was to evaluate the functional effects of autologous bone marrow stem cell (CD45(+)/CD34(-)) transplantation in acute spinal cord injury in exercise training and in sedentary rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-five adult male Wistar rats underwent spinal cord contusion by Impactor (NYU). Locomotor rating scale was performed every 48 hours for 48 days. Animals with scores < or = 12 were randomly divided into 4 groups: sedentary without parenchymal cell infusion; sedentary with parenchymal cell infusion; swimming training without parenchymal cell infusion; and swimming training with parenchymal cell infusion. Bone marrow stem cells were isolated by puncture-aspiration of the bone marrow and density gradient (d = 1.077). The animals underwent a 60-minute swimming session 6 times/week supporting an overload of 3% of body weight for 6 consecutive weeks. Comparisons between the groups in relation to differences between the beginning to the end of scores used the nonparametric Bonferroni test and post-hoc Mann-Whitney U test to identify significance. RESULTS: Forty-two rats that obtained scores < or = 12 underwent therapy with 9 animals in each of the 4 groups as completors (n = 36). There was significance (P < or = .008) for sedentary without parenchymal cell infusion vs swimming training with parenchymal cell infusion. CONCLUSION: The combination of bone marrow stem cell therapy (CD45(+)/CD34(-)) and exercise training resulted in significant functional improvement in acute spinal cord injury.
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