ArticleStem cell research & therapy2020
Neocortical tissue recovery in severe congenital obstructive hydrocephalus after intraventricular administration of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
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- Neuroinflammatory pathways and potential therapeutic targets in neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus.Pediatric research · 2025Review
- Research priorities for improving cognitive and neuropsychological outcomes in hydrocephalus.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2024Review
- Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Prevent Steroid-Induced Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head by Modulating Cellular Autophagy.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Ventricular-subventricular zone stem cell niche adaptations in a mouse model of post-infectious hydrocephalus.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Generation of Periventricular Reactive Astrocytes Overexpressing Aquaporin 4 Is Stimulated by Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Therapeutic strategies to recover ependymal barrier after inflammatory damage: relevance for recovering neurogenesis during development.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Hydrocephalus: historical analysis and considerations for treatment.European journal of medical research · 2022Review
- Identification of key molecular biomarkers involved in reactive and neurodegenerative processes present in inherited congenital hydrocephalus.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn obstructive congenital hydrocephalus, cerebrospinal fluid accumulation is associated with high intracranial pressure and the presence of periventricular edema, ischemia/hypoxia, damage of the white matter, and glial reactions in the neocortex. The viability and short time effects of a therapy based on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) have been evaluated in such pathological conditions in the hyh mouse model.
methodsBM-MSC obtained from mice expressing fluorescent mRFP1 protein were injected into the lateral ventricle of hydrocephalic hyh mice at the moment they present a very severe form of the disease. The effect of transplantation in the neocortex was compared with hydrocephalic hyh mice injected with the vehicle and non-hydrocephalic littermates. Neural cell populations and the possibility of transdifferentiation were analyzed. The possibility of a tissue recovering was investigated using
resultsFour days after transplantation, BM-MSC were found undifferentiated and scattered into the astrocyte reaction present in the damaged neocortex white matter. Tissue rejection to the integrated BM-MSC was not detected 4 days after transplantation. Hyh mice transplanted with BM-MSC showed a reduction in the apoptosis in the periventricular neocortex walls, suggesting a neuroprotector effect of the BM-MSC in these conditions. A decrease in the levels of metabolites/osmolytes in the neocortex, such as taurine and neuroexcytotoxic glutamate, also indicated a tissue recovering. Under high TNFα level condition in vitro, BM-MSC showed an upregulation of cytokine and protein secretion that may explain homing, immunomodulation, and vascular permeability, and therefore the tissue recovering.
conclusionsBM-MSC treatment in severe congenital hydrocephalus is viable and leads to the recovery of the severe neurodegenerative conditions in the neocortex. NMR spectroscopy allows to follow-up the effects of stem cell therapy in hydrocephalus.
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