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ArticleNeuroglia (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Unique Astrocyte Cytoskeletal and Nuclear Morphology in a Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Rostral Migratory Stream.

Erin M Purvis, John C O'Donnell, D Kacy Cullen

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Article in Neuroglia (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin M PurvisCenter for Brain Injury and Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 105E Hayden Hall/3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6316-6521
John C O'DonnellCenter for Brain Injury and Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 105E Hayden Hall/3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
D Kacy CullenCenter for Brain Injury and Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 105E Hayden Hall/3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Philadelphia VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Tissue Engineered Rostral Migratory Stream for Directed Neuronal ReplacementR01NS117757 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CULLEN, DANIEL KACY · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Transplantable Micro-Tissue Engineered Neural Networks to Restore the Nigrostriatal Pathway in Parkinson's DiseaseI01BX003748 · VA · PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI CULLEN, DANIEL KACY · 2017 to 2022
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Translational Modeling of Brain Injury Rehabilitation to Maximize Recovery.IK2RX003376 · VA · PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI John Charles O'Donnell · 2021 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX003748NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS117757RRD VA IK2 RX003376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural precursor cells (NPCs) are generated in the subventricular zone (SVZ) and travel through the rostral migratory stream (RMS) to replace olfactory bulb interneurons in the brains of most adult mammals. Following brain injury, SVZ-derived NPCs can divert from the RMS and migrate toward injured brain regions but arrive in numbers too low to promote functional recovery without experimental intervention. Our lab has biofabricated a "living scaffold" that replicates the structural and functional features of the endogenous RMS. This tissue-engineered rostral migratory stream (TE-RMS) is a new regenerative medicine strategy designed to facilitate stable and sustained NPC delivery into neuron-deficient brain regions following brain injury or neurodegenerative disease and an in vitro tool to investigate the mechanisms of neuronal migration and cell-cell communication. We have previously shown that the TE-RMS replicates the basic structure and protein expression of the endogenous RMS and can direct immature neuronal migration in vitro and in vivo. Here, we further describe profound morphological changes that occur following precise physical manipulation and subsequent self-assembly of astrocytes into the TE-RMS, including significant cytoskeletal rearrangement and nuclear elongation. The unique cytoskeletal and nuclear architecture of TE-RMS astrocytes mimics astrocytes in the endogenous rat RMS. Advanced imaging techniques reveal the unique morphology of TE-RMS cells that has yet to be described of astrocytes in vitro. The TE-RMS offers a novel platform to elucidate astrocyte cytoskeletal and nuclear dynamics and their relationship to cell behavior and function.

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astrocytecell morphologycytoskeletonnuclear morphologynucleusrostral migratory streamtissue engineering

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PMID36776937
PMCPMC9910099
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