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ArticleStem cell reports2021

Isolation of neural stem and oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from the brain of live rats.

Freyja McClenahan, Christina Dimitriou, Christos Koutsakis, Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos, Asterios Arampatzis, Paraskevi Kakouri, Michaela Kourla, Sofia Oikonomou, Evangelia Andreopoulou, Melina Patsonis and 4 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Freyja McClenahanWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK.
Christina DimitriouLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Christos KoutsakisLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Dimitrios DimitrakopoulosLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Asterios ArampatzisWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK.
Paraskevi KakouriLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Michaela KourlaLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Sofia OikonomouLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Evangelia AndreopoulouLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Melina PatsonisLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Danai-Kassandra MeriLab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Rana-Tahir RasoolWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK.
Robin Jm FranklinWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK.
Ilias KazanisWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Lab of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece. Electronic address: ikazanis@upatras.gr.
University of Patras · GRUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17230Medical Research Council MR/L022656/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 203151/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postnatal brain neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs) cluster in anatomically inaccessible stem cell niches, such as the subependymal zone (SEZ). Here, we describe a method for the isolation of NSPCs from live animals, which we term "milking." The intracerebroventricular injection of a release cocktail, containing neuraminidase, integrin-β1-blocking antibody, and fibroblast growth factor 2, induces the controlled flow of NSPCs in the cerebrospinal fluid, where they are collected via liquid biopsies. Isolated cells retain key in vivo self-renewal properties and their cell-type profile reflects the cell composition of their source area, while the function of the niche is sustained even 8 months post-milking. By changing the target area more caudally, we also isolate oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) from the corpus callosum. This novel approach for sampling NSPCs and OPCs paves the way for performing longitudinal studies in experimental animals, for more in vivo relevant cell culture assays, and for future clinical neuro-regenerative applications.

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AnimalsBrainCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCerebrospinal FluidCorpus CallosumHumansLiquid BiopsyMaleNeural Stem CellsOligodendrocyte Precursor CellsRatsRats, Long-EvansRats, Sprague-DawleyRats, WistarStem Cell Nichecerebrospinal fluidependymal cellliquid biopsyneural stem cellsneuraminidaseneurogenesisoligodendrocyte progenitor cellsstem cell nichesubependymal zoneventricular-subventricular zone

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PMID34560001
PMCPMC8514974
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