| Literature DB >> 27865878 |
Chuanlong Gu1, Heyangzi Li1, Chao Wang1, Xinghui Song2, Yuemin Ding3, Mingzhi Zheng4, Wei Liu5, Yingying Chen1, Xiaoming Zhang1, Linlin Wang6.
Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to irreversible neuronal loss and ultimately leads to paralysis. Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have been demonstrated to be an effective approach to treat SCI. The present study was designed to investigate the role of BMSCs in rats with spinal cord injury and in oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) treated motor neurons. The results demonstrated that BMSCs could improve locomotor function and decrease expression of pro-apoptotic transcription factor C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and apoptosis after SCI. Furthermore, co-culture with BMSCs or conditioned medium from BMSCs could also decrease the expression of CHOP and apoptosis in post-OGD motor neurons, supporting that BMSCs exerts protective effects by decreasing the expression of CHOP in injured motor neurons. Our findings provide a potential novel mechanism for BMSCs treatments in patients with SCI. Copyright ÂEntities:
Keywords: Apoptosis; Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; C/EBP homology protein; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Spinal cord injury
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27865878 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.11.032
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046