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Dynamics of morphological changes after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells in rat brain provoked by stroke

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The study of the dynamic of morphological changes in the brain after ischemic stroke is very important for the preclinical trial of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy for this widespread disease. Experiments were carried out in inbred Wistar-Kyoto rats. MSCs were isolated, expanded in culture, and labeled with the vital fluorescent dye PKH-26. Animals were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), followed by an injection of 5 × 106 rat MSCs into the tail vein on the day of MCAO. Control group animals received PBS injection (negative control). Animals were sacrificed at 1, 2, 3, and 5 days and 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after the operation. MSCs were revealed in the brain on the third day after transplantation as being distributed around brain vessels both in the ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheres. This pattern of distribution remained unchanged throughout six weeks of observation. It was demonstrated that the inflammation process and scar formation in the cell therapy group were progressing at a rate 25–30% faster than in the control group. MSC transplantation stimulated endogenous stem cell proliferation in the subependimal zone of lateral ventricles (subventricular zone). In addition, MSC injection caused a neuroprotecting effect; most penumbra neurons retained their structure in cell therapy group, whereas in control group, animal penumbra neurons died or showed signs of serious damage.

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Abbreviations

MCAO:

middle cerebral artery occlusion

MSC:

mesenchymal stem cell

GFAP:

glial fibrillar acid protein

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  1. Trans-Technologies, Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. N. Zinkova, I. B. Sokolova, E. V. Shvedova, A. A. Bilibina, P. V. Kruglyakov & D. G. Polyntsev

  2. State Institute of Experimental Medicine of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    E. G. Gilerovitch

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Original Russian Text © N.N. Zinkova, E.G. Gilerovitch, I.B. Sokolova, E.V. Shvedova, A.A. Bilibina, P.V. Kruglyakov, D.G. Polyntsev, 2007, published in Tsitologiya, Vol. 49, No. 6, 2007.

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Zinkova, N.N., Gilerovitch, E.G., Sokolova, I.B. et al. Dynamics of morphological changes after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells in rat brain provoked by stroke. Cell Tiss. Biol. 1, 482–490 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990519X0706003X

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