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Repair of spinal cord injury by chitosan scaffold with glioma ECM and SB216763 implantation in adult rats

Journal

JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 103, Issue 10, Pages 3259-3272

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35466

Keywords

SCI; ECM; SB216763; neural stem cells

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81070992]
  2. Six Talents Peak in Jiangsu Province [2014-WSW-028]

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The loss of spinal cord tissue and the cavity formation are major obstacles to the repair of spinal cord injury (SCI). In the study, the scaffold of chitosan+ECM+SB216763 was fabricated and used for the repair of injured spinal cord injury. First, the biocompatibility of the scaffold was analyzed and results showed that the scaffold had a good compatibility with the neural stem cells. Especially, the processes of differentiated neural stem cell embedded in the scaffold were found in the experiment. At the same time, we also investigated the effect of scaffold on the differentiation of neural stem cell. The results showed that the scaffold of chitosan+ECM+SB216763 could significantly promote the differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes relative to those in other groups. In order to probe the application of scaffold in vivo, the rat models of spinal cord hemisection were set up and scaffolds were implanted into transected gap. Then the electrophysiology and BBB score were evaluated and results showed that the amplitude, latency period and BBB score in chitosan+ECM+SB216763 group were dramatically better than those in other groups. In addition, the differentiation of neural stem cells into nerve cells was also assayed and the results revealed that the number of neural stem cells differentiating into neuron, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in chitosan+ECM+SB216763 group was significantly bigger than those in other groups. All these data suggested that the scaffold of chitosan+ECM+SB216763 would be a promising medium for the repair of injured spinal cord. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 103A: 3259-3272, 2015.

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