Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 619-631Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22789
Keywords
spinal cord injury; transplantation; stem cells; olfactory mucosa
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- Spinal Research
- Medical Research Council
- Wings for Life
- Chief Scientific Office of Scotland
- Wellcome Trust
- MRC [MR/J004731/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Chief Scientist Office [CZB/4/592] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/J004731/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Olfactory mucosa is a source of cells for transplant-mediated repair of spinal cord injury (SCI) and is currently being assessed in clinical trials. We previously reported that olfactory mucosa can generate two types of sphere-forming cells with stem cell-like properties. Here we have assessed the repair potential of these cells in a rodent SCI model. Sphere-forming cells transplanted into a dorsal column injury integrated with the host spinal cord, filling the injury cavity, but showed no evidence of differentiation in vivo. Moreover, transplants supported robust axonal regeneration, particularly when suspensions of smaller spheres, rather than large aggregates, were transplanted. However, tract-tracing of dorsal column fibers showed that regenerating axons did not extend beyond the transplant. These observations show that undifferentiated olfactory spheres, though capable of supporting axonal regeneration, do not show any advantage over olfactory ensheathing cells isolated from adult olfactory tissue. In addition, olfactory spheres induced a greater astrocytic hypertrophy at the injury site than previously observed for purified olfactory ensheathing cells. (c) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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