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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2017

Cell-Cell Connection Enhances Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation of Rat Embryonic Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells.

Qian Jiao, Xingxing Li, Jing An, Zhichao Zhang, Xinlin Chen, Jing Tan, Pengbo Zhang, Haixia Lu, Yong Liu

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017. 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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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qian JiaoInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Xingxing LiInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Jing AnInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Zhichao ZhangInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Xinlin ChenInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Jing TanInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Pengbo ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an, China.
Haixia LuInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Yong LiuInstitute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science CenterXi'an, China.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNQingdao University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-cell interaction as one of the niche signals plays an important role in the balance of stem cell quiescence and proliferation or differentiation. In order to address the effect and the possible mechanisms of cell-cell connection on neural stem/progenitor cells (NSCs/NPCs) proliferation and differentiation, upon passaging, NSCs/NPCs were either dissociated into single cell as usual (named Group I) or mechanically triturated into a mixture of single cell and small cell clusters containing direct cell-cell connections (named Group II). Then the biological behaviors including proliferation and differentiation of NSCs/NPCs were observed. Moreover, the expression of gap junction channel, neurotrophic factors and the phosphorylation status of MAPK signals were compared to investigate the possible mechanisms. Our results showed that, in comparison to the counterparts in Group I, NSCs/NPCs in Group II survived well with preferable neuronal differentiation. In coincidence with this, the expression of connexin 45 (Cx45), as well as brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) in Group II were significantly higher than those in Group I. Phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and JNK2 were significantly upregulated in Group II too, while no change was found about p38. Furthermore, the differences of NSCs/NPCs biological behaviors between Group I and II completely disappeared when ERK and JNK phosphorylation were inhibited. These results indicated that cell-cell connection in Group II enhanced NSCs/NPCs survival, proliferation and neuronal differentiation through upregulating the expression of gap junction and neurotrophic factors. MAPK signals- ERK and JNK might contribute to the enhancement. Efforts for maintaining the direct cell-cell connection are worth making to provide more favorable niches for NSCs/NPCs survival, proliferation and neuronal differentiation.

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cell-cell connectionMAPKneuronal differentiationNSCs/NPCsproliferation

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