scholarly journals Significant Improvement of Acute Complete Spinal Cord Injury Patients Diagnosed by a Combined Criteria Implanted with NeuroRegen Scaffolds and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifeng Xiao ◽  
Fengwu Tang ◽  
Yannan Zhao ◽  
Guang Han ◽  
Na Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Sensory Level ◽  
Human Umbilical Cord ◽  
Motor Functions ◽  
Cord Injury

Stem cells and biomaterials transplantation hold a promising treatment for functional recovery in spinal cord injury (SCI) animal models. However, the functional recovery of complete SCI patients was still a huge challenge in clinic. Additionally, there is no clinical standard procedure available to diagnose precisely an acute patient as complete SCI. Here, two acute SCI patients, with injury at thoracic 11 (T11) and cervical 4 (C4) level respectively, were judged as complete injury by a stricter method combined with American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nerve electrophysiology. Collagen scaffolds, named NeuroRegen scaffolds, with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were transplanted into the injury site. During 1 year follow up, no obvious adverse symptoms related to the functional scaffolds implantation were found after treatment. The recovery of the sensory and motor functions was observed in the two patients. The sensory level expanded below the injury level, and the patients regained the sense function in bowel and bladder. The thoracic SCI patient could walk voluntary with the hip under the help of brace. The cervical SCI patient could raise his lower legs against the gravity in the wheelchair and shake his toes under control. The injury status of the two patients was improved from ASIA A complete injury to ASIA C incomplete injury. Furthermore, the improvement of sensory and motor functions was accompanied with the recovery of the interrupted neural conduction. These results showed that the supraspinal control of movements below the injury was regained by functional scaffolds implantation in the two patients who were judged as the complete injury with combined criteria, it suggested that functional scaffolds transplantation could serve as an effective treatment for acute complete SCI patients.

Dual-enzymatically cross-linked gelatin hydrogel enhances neural differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and functional recovery in experimental murine spinal cord injury

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghao Yao ◽  
Jinrui Li ◽  
Junni Zhang ◽  
Shanshan Ma ◽  
Luyu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Neuronal Differentiation ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Neural Differentiation ◽  
Human Umbilical Cord ◽  
Gelatin Hydrogel ◽  
Cord Injury

A dual-enzymatically cross-linked gelatin hydrogel is proposed to undergo direct neuronal differentiation of hUC-MSCs for promoting regeneration of spinal cord injury mice.

scholarly journals CD157 in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells mediates mitochondrial production and transfer to improve neuronal apoptosis and functional recovery after spinal cord injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Heyangzi Li ◽  
Simin Cai ◽  
Shi Bai ◽  
Huabo Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Mitochondrial Transfer ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Abstract Background Recent studies demonstrated that autologous mitochondria derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) might be valuable in the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the mechanisms of mitochondrial transfer from BMSCs to injured neurons are not fully understood. Methods We modified BMSCs by CD157, a cell surface molecule as a potential regulator mitochondria transfer, then transplanted to SCI rats and co-cultured with OGD injured VSC4.1 motor neuron. We detected extracellular mitochondrial particles derived from BMSCs by transmission electron microscope and measured the CD157/cyclic ADP-ribose signaling pathway-related protein expression by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting assay. The CD157 ADPR-cyclase activity and Fluo-4 AM was used to detect the Ca2+ signal. All data were expressed as mean ± SEM. Statistical analysis was analyzed by GraphPad Prism 6 software. Unpaired t-test was used for the analysis of two groups. Multiple comparisons were evaluated by one-way ANOVA or two-way ANOVA. Results CD157 on BMSCs was upregulated when co-cultured with injured VSC4.1 motor neurons. Upregulation of CD157 on BMSCs could raise the transfer extracellular mitochondria particles to VSC4.1 motor neurons, gradually regenerate the axon of VSC4.1 motor neuron and reduce the cell apoptosis. Transplantation of CD157-modified BMSCs at the injured sites could significantly improve the functional recovery, axon regeneration, and neuron apoptosis in SCI rats. The level of Ca2+ in CD157-modified BMSCs dramatically increased when objected to high concentration cADPR, ATP content, and MMP of BMSCs also increased. Conclusion The present results suggested that CD157 can regulate the production and transfer of BMSC-derived extracellular mitochondrial particles, enriching the mechanism of the extracellular mitochondrial transfer in BMSCs transplantation and providing a novel strategy to improve the stem cell treatment on SCI.

scholarly journals Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes an Alternative Pathway of Macrophage Activation and Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1614-1625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideaki Nakajima ◽  
Kenzo Uchida ◽  
Alexander Rodriguez Guerrero ◽  
Shuji Watanabe ◽  
Daisuke Sugita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Macrophage Activation ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
Cord Injury

Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells promotes functional recovery in a model of chronic spinal cord injury

Neuroscience ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 335 ◽  
pp. 221-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomonori Morita ◽  
Masanori Sasaki ◽  
Yuko Kataoka-Sasaki ◽  
Masahito Nakazaki ◽  
Hiroshi Nagahama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Intravenous Infusion ◽  
Chronic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

Intracerebroventricular Delivery of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a Promising Therapy for Repairing the Spinal Cord Injury Induced by Kainic Acid

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Nishida ◽  
María F. Zappa Villar ◽  
Carolina N. Zanuzzi ◽  
María S. Sisti ◽  
Agustina E. Camiña ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Kainic Acid ◽  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Human Umbilical Cord ◽  
Cord Injury
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