Human Glial Progenitor Cells Effectively Remyelinate the Demyelinated Adult Brain

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Title: Human Glial Progenitor Cells Effectively Remyelinate the Demyelinated Adult Brain
Authors: Martha S. Windrem, Steven J. Schanz, Lisa Zou, Devin Chandler-Militello, Nicholas J. Kuypers, Maiken Nedergaard, Yuan Lu, John N. Mariani, Steven A. Goldman
Source: Cell Reports, Vol 31, Iss 7, Pp - (2020)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Biology (General)
Subject Terms: glial progenitor, oligodendrocyte progenitor, neural stem cell, demyelinating disease, cuprizone, leukodystrophy, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
More Details: Summary: Neonatally transplanted human glial progenitor cells (hGPCs) can myelinate the brains of myelin-deficient shiverer mice, rescuing their phenotype and survival. Yet, it has been unclear whether implanted hGPCs are similarly able to remyelinate the diffusely demyelinated adult CNS. We, therefore, ask if hGPCs could remyelinate both congenitally hypomyelinated adult shiverers and normal adult mice after cuprizone demyelination. In adult shiverers, hGPCs broadly disperse and differentiate as myelinating oligodendrocytes after subcortical injection, improving both host callosal conduction and ambulation. Implanted hGPCs similarly remyelinate denuded axons after cuprizone demyelination, whether delivered before or after demyelination. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of hGPCs back from cuprizone-demyelinated brains reveals their transcriptional activation of oligodendrocyte differentiation programs, while distinguishing them from hGPCs not previously exposed to demyelination. These data indicate the ability of transplanted hGPCs to disperse throughout the adult CNS, to broadly myelinate regions of dysmyelination, and also to be recruited as myelinogenic oligodendrocytes later in life, upon demyelination-associated demand.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2211-1247
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124720306112; https://doaj.org/toc/2211-1247
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107658
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e1de419a98cd45748915eb59ead661be
Accession Number: edsdoj.1de419a98cd45748915eb59ead661be
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22111247
DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107658
Published in:Cell Reports
Language:English