Rikako Sawada1,2, Akiko Nakano-Doi1,3, Tomohiro Matsuyama3, Nami Nakagomi4, Takayuki Nakagomi1,3. 1. Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. 2. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan. 3. Department of Therapeutic Progress in Brain Diseases, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. 4. Department of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: CD44, an adhesion molecule in the hyaluronate receptor family, plays diverse and important roles in multiple cell types and organs. Increasing evidence is mounting for CD44 expression in various types of stem cells and niche cells surrounding stem cells. However, the precise phenotypes of CD44+ cells in the brain under pathologic conditions, such as after ischemic stroke, remain unclear. METHODS: In the present study, using a mouse model for cerebral infarction by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion, we examined the localization and traits of CD44+ cells. RESULTS: In sham-mice operations, CD44 was rarely observed in the cortex of MCA regions. Following ischemic stroke, CD44+ cells emerged in ischemic areas of the MCA cortex during the acute phase. Although CD44 at ischemic areas was, in part, expressed in stem cells, it was also expressed in hematopoietic lineages, including activated microglia/macrophages, surrounding the stem cells. CD44 expression in microglia/macrophages persisted through the chronic phase following ischemic stroke. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that CD44 is expressed in stem cells and cells in the niches surrounding them, including inflammatory cells, suggesting that CD44 may play an important role in reparative processes within ischemic areas under neuroinflammatory conditions; in particular, strokes. 2020 Stem Cell Investigation. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: CD44, an adhesion molecule in the hyaluronate receptor family, plays diverse and important roles in multiple cell types and organs. Increasing evidence is mounting for CD44 expression in various types of stem cells and niche cells surrounding stem cells. However, the precise phenotypes of CD44+ cells in the brain under pathologic conditions, such as after ischemic stroke, remain unclear. METHODS: In the present study, using a mouse model for cerebral infarction by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion, we examined the localization and traits of CD44+ cells. RESULTS: In sham-mice operations, CD44 was rarely observed in the cortex of MCA regions. Following ischemic stroke, CD44+ cells emerged in ischemic areas of the MCA cortex during the acute phase. Although CD44 at ischemic areas was, in part, expressed in stem cells, it was also expressed in hematopoietic lineages, including activated microglia/macrophages, surrounding the stem cells. CD44 expression in microglia/macrophages persisted through the chronic phase following ischemic stroke. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that CD44 is expressed in stem cells and cells in the niches surrounding them, including inflammatory cells, suggesting that CD44 may play an important role in reparative processes within ischemic areas under neuroinflammatory conditions; in particular, strokes. 2020 Stem Cell Investigation. All rights reserved.
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