Airi Kumasaka1, Kaoru Kanazawa2, Hanako Ohke2, Ikumi Miura3, Yoshihide Miura4. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. 2. Department of Dental Anesthesiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Kanazawa, Japan. 3. School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan. 4. Department of Dental Anesthesiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Kanazawa, Japan. ymiura@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transplantation of bone marrow or adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for various neurological disorders has yielded promising results in models of focal cerebral ischemia. Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are a type of MSC. In serum-free culture, they can form neurospheres that contain nestin-positive neuronal progenitor cells. We hypothesized that transplantation of dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells would ameliorate outcomes of global cerebral ischemia, the pathophysiology of which is known to resist conventional treatments. We also hypothesized that transplantation of dental pulp-derived cells would provide some neuroprotection in this pathology due to the presence of DPSCs. METHODS: Using adult rats, ischemia was induced by two-vessel occlusion of both carotid arteries in combination with systemic hypotension. Allogeneic dental pulp cells from juvenile rats were cultured in advance in serum-free medium to obtain neurospheres. Dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells or dental pulp-derived cells were intravenously administered at 3 h after ischemic insult, with normal saline as a control. Animals were observed for 14 days after ischemia. Neurological outcome was assessed using the water-maze test and neuromotor test. Histological outcome was measured by counting the percentage of dead neurons in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 regions. RESULTS: Transplantation of both dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells and dental pulp-derived cells significantly improved survival rate and water-maze test results. Neurosphere cell transplantation was related to significantly better neuromotor test and histological outcomes, as indicated by the reduced percentage of dead neurons in CA1. CONCLUSIONS: Transplantation of dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells ameliorated outcomes of global cerebral ischemia. It was also demonstrated that dental pulp-derived cell administration provided some neuroprotection.
BACKGROUND: Transplantation of bone marrow or adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for various neurological disorders has yielded promising results in models of focal cerebral ischemia. Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are a type of MSC. In serum-free culture, they can form neurospheres that contain nestin-positive neuronal progenitor cells. We hypothesized that transplantation of dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells would ameliorate outcomes of global cerebral ischemia, the pathophysiology of which is known to resist conventional treatments. We also hypothesized that transplantation of dental pulp-derived cells would provide some neuroprotection in this pathology due to the presence of DPSCs. METHODS: Using adult rats, ischemia was induced by two-vessel occlusion of both carotid arteries in combination with systemic hypotension. Allogeneic dental pulp cells from juvenile rats were cultured in advance in serum-free medium to obtain neurospheres. Dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells or dental pulp-derived cells were intravenously administered at 3 h after ischemic insult, with normal saline as a control. Animals were observed for 14 days after ischemia. Neurological outcome was assessed using the water-maze test and neuromotor test. Histological outcome was measured by counting the percentage of dead neurons in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 regions. RESULTS: Transplantation of both dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells and dental pulp-derived cells significantly improved survival rate and water-maze test results. Neurosphere cell transplantation was related to significantly better neuromotor test and histological outcomes, as indicated by the reduced percentage of dead neurons in CA1. CONCLUSIONS: Transplantation of dental pulp-derived neurosphere cells ameliorated outcomes of global cerebral ischemia. It was also demonstrated that dental pulp-derived cell administration provided some neuroprotection.
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Dental pulp; Dental pulp stem cells; Global cerebral ischemia; Neurosphere; Rat
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