scholarly journals Efficacy of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation in dogs with chronic spinal cord injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-215
Author(s):  
Katsutoshi Tamura ◽  
Noritaka Maeta

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is relatively common in dogs and is a devastating condition involving loss of sensory neurons and motor  neurons. However, the main clinical protocol for the management of SCI is surgery to decompress and stabilize the vertebra. Cell transplantation therapy is a very promising strategy for the treatment of chronic SCI, but extensive preclinical and clinical research work remains.Aim: The aim of this study is to confirm the effect of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) transplantation for chronic SCI in dogs.Methods: We tested the treatment efficiency of chronic SCI in 12 dogs using BM-MNC transplantation. Neurological evaluation used the Texas Spinal Cord Injury Scale (TSCIS). Concurrently, we characterized the transplanted cells by evaluation using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, flow cytometry, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Result: All dogs had a pre-transplantation TSCIS score of 0. Two animals did not show any improvement in their final TSCIS scores. The remaining 10 dogs (83.4%) achieved improvement in the final TSCIS scores. Five of them (41.7%) regained ambulatory function with a TSCIS score greater than 10. We determined that canine BM-MNCs expressed hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) mRNA at higher levels than other cytokines, with significant  increases in HGF levels in cerebrospinal fluid within 48 hours after autologous BM-MNC transplantation into the subarachnoid space of the spinal dura matter in dogs.Conclusions: BM-MNC transplantation may be effective for at least some cases of chronic SCI. Keywords: Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell, Cell therapy, Spinal cord injury.

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Nishida ◽  
Masanari Nakayama ◽  
Hiroshi Tanaka ◽  
Masahiko Kitamura ◽  
Shingo Hatoya ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Suzuki ◽  
Namiko Ishikawa ◽  
Kaoru Omae ◽  
Tatsuya Hirai ◽  
Katsunori Ohnishi ◽  
...  

Spinal Cord ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
H S Chhabra ◽  
K Sarda ◽  
M Arora ◽  
R Sharawat ◽  
V Singh ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Heyangzi Li ◽  
Simin Cai ◽  
Shi Bai ◽  
Huabo Cai ◽  
...  

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.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 786-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Chuan Li ◽  
Cheng Fan Zhong ◽  
Gui Bin Deng ◽  
Rong Wei Liang ◽  
Chun Ming Huang

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 729-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael Abo El-Kheir ◽  
Hala Gabr ◽  
Mohamed Reda Awad ◽  
Osama Ghannam ◽  
Yousef Barakat ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-153
Author(s):  
Pradipta Tripathy ◽  
Chidananda Dash ◽  
Aurobind Rath ◽  
S. Chakraborty ◽  
Jagannath Sahoo ◽  
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