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ArticleStem cells translational medicine2014

Overexpression of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule improves the migration capacity of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte precursors.

Marcin Czepiel, Lasse Leicher, Katja Becker, Erik Boddeke, Sjef Copray

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Article in Stem cells translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Chemical mutagenesis of a GPCR ligand: Detoxifying "inflammo-attraction" to direct therapeutic stem cell migration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  7. Induced Stem Cells as a Novel Multiple Sclerosis Therapy.Current stem cell research & therapy · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcin CzepielDepartment of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Lasse LeicherDepartment of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Katja BeckerDepartment of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Erik BoddekeDepartment of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sjef CoprayDepartment of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands j.c.v.m.copray@umcg.nl.
University of Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell replacement therapy aiming at the compensation of lost oligodendrocytes and restoration of myelination in acquired or congenital demyelination disorders has gained considerable interest since the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Patient-derived iPSCs provide an inexhaustible source for transplantable autologous oligodendrocyte precursors (OPCs). The first transplantation studies in animal models for demyelination with iPSC-derived OPCs demonstrated their survival and remyelinating capacity, but also revealed their limited migration capacity. In the present study, we induced overexpression of the polysialylating enzyme sialyltransferase X (STX) in iPSC-derived OPCs to stimulate the production of polysialic acid-neuronal cell adhesion molecules (PSA-NCAMs), known to promote and facilitate the migration of OPCs. The STX-overexpressing iPSC-derived OPCs showed a normal differentiation and maturation pattern and were able to downregulate PSA-NCAMs when they became myelin-forming oligodendrocytes. After implantation in the demyelinated corpus callosum of cuprizone-fed mice, STX-expressing iPSC-derived OPCs demonstrated a significant increase in migration along the axons. Our findings suggest that the reach and efficacy of iPSC-derived OPC transplantation can be improved by stimulating the OPC migration potential via specific gene modulation.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell MovementCoculture TechniquesDemyelinating DiseasesDisease Models, AnimalImmunohistochemistryInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesNeural Stem CellsOligodendrogliaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSialyltransferasesCMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialosyl sialyltransferaseNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesSialyltransferasesCell transplantationDifferentiationOligodendrocytePluripotent stem cellsRemyelination

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PMID25069776
PMCPMC4149301
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