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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2009

Intracerebral transplantation of neural stem cells combined with trehalose ingestion alleviates pathology in a mouse model of Huntington's disease.

Chia-Ron Yang, Robert K Yu

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chia-Ron YangInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
Robert K Yu
Augusta University · US

Funding

Spingoglycolipids of normal and pathological brainsR01NS011853 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1985 to 2010
$3.5M
ROLE OF GLYCOLIPIDS IN EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPATHYR01NS026994 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1988 to 2012
$3.3M
NINDS NIH HHS NS 11853NINDS NIH HHS NS26994NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS011853NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present investigation examined the neuroprotective benefits for combined trehalose administration with C17.2 neural stem cell transplantation in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease (HD), R6/2. C17.2 neural stem cells have the potential of differentiating into a neuronal phenotype in vitro and have been shown to be effective in the treatment of a variety of lysosomal lipid storage disorders in the nervous system. In this study, we transplanted these cells into the lateral ventricle of R6/2 transgenic mice in order to examine the efficacy of using these cells for correcting the accumulated polyglutamine storage materials in HD. To improve efficacy, animals were fed with a diet rich in trehalose, which has been shown to be beneficial to retard aggregate formation. The combined treatment strategy not only decreased ubiquitin-positive aggregation in striatum, alleviated polyglutamine aggregation formation, and reduced striatal volume, but also extended life span in the R6/2 animal model. Behavioral evaluation showed that the combination treatment improved motor function. Statistical analysis revealed that the combination treatment was more effective than treatment with trehalose alone on the basis of the above biochemical and behavioral criteria. This study provides a strong a basis for further developing an effective therapeutic strategy for HD.

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Administration, OralAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBody WeightCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalHand StrengthHumansHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMaze LearningMiceMice, TransgenicMicroarray AnalysisMotor ActivityNerve Tissue ProteinsHTT protein, humanHuntingtin ProteinNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamineTrehalose

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PMID18683244
PMCPMC3895944
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