Allan M Goldstein1, Ryo Hotta1, Lily S Cheng1,2, Hannah K Graham1, Wei Hua Pan1,3, Nandor Nagy1,4, Alfonso Carreon-Rodriguez1,5. 1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA, 02114, USA. 2. Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. 3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 280 Chongqing S Rd, Huangpu, Shanghai, China. 4. Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Tuzolto St. 58, Budapest 1094, Hungary. 5. Laboratorio de Genética y Biomarcadores, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av Universidad 655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Enteric neurospheres derived from postnatal intestine represent a promising avenue for cell replacement therapy to treat Hirschsprung disease and other neurointestinal diseases. We describe a simple method to improve the neuronal yield of spontaneously formed gut-derived neurospheres. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Enteric neurospheres were formed from the small and large intestines of mouse and human subjects. Neurosphere size, neural crest cell content, cell migration, neuronal differentiation, and neuronal proliferation in culture were analyzed. The effect of supplemental neurotrophic factors, including glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and endothelin-3, was also assessed. RESULTS: Mouse small intestine-derived neurospheres contained significantly more P75-expressing neural crest-derived cells (49.9 ± 15.3% versus 21.6 ± 11.9%, P < 0.05) and gave rise to significantly more Tuj1-expressing neurons than colon-derived neurospheres (69.9 ± 8.6% versus 46.2 ± 15.6%, P < 0.05). A similar pattern was seen in neurospheres isolated from human small and large intestine (32.6 ± 17.5% versus 10.2 ± 8.2% neural crest cells, P < 0.05; 29.7 ± 16.4% versus 16.0 ± 13.5% enteric neurons, P < 0.05). The addition of GDNF to the culture media further improved the neurogenic potential of small intestinal neurospheres (75.9 ± 4.0% versus 67.8 ± 5.8%, P < 0.05) whereas endothelin-3 had no effect. CONCLUSIONS: Enteric neurospheres formed from small intestine and supplemented with GDNF yield an enriched population of neural crest-derived progenitor cells and give rise to a high density of enteric neurons. Copyright Â
BACKGROUND: Enteric neurospheres derived from postnatal intestine represent a promising avenue for cell replacement therapy to treat Hirschsprung disease and other neurointestinal diseases. We describe a simple method to improve the neuronal yield of spontaneously formed gut-derived neurospheres. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Enteric neurospheres were formed from the small and large intestines of mouse and human subjects. Neurosphere size, neural crest cell content, cell migration, neuronal differentiation, and neuronal proliferation in culture were analyzed. The effect of supplemental neurotrophic factors, including glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and endothelin-3, was also assessed. RESULTS:Mouse small intestine-derived neurospheres contained significantly more P75-expressing neural crest-derived cells (49.9 ± 15.3% versus 21.6 ± 11.9%, P < 0.05) and gave rise to significantly more Tuj1-expressing neurons than colon-derived neurospheres (69.9 ± 8.6% versus 46.2 ± 15.6%, P < 0.05). A similar pattern was seen in neurospheres isolated from human small and large intestine (32.6 ± 17.5% versus 10.2 ± 8.2% neural crest cells, P < 0.05; 29.7 ± 16.4% versus 16.0 ± 13.5% enteric neurons, P < 0.05). The addition of GDNF to the culture media further improved the neurogenic potential of small intestinal neurospheres (75.9 ± 4.0% versus 67.8 ± 5.8%, P < 0.05) whereas endothelin-3 had no effect. CONCLUSIONS: Enteric neurospheres formed from small intestine and supplemented with GDNF yield an enriched population of neural crest-derived progenitor cells and give rise to a high density of enteric neurons. Copyright Â
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