期刊
BIOMATERIALS
卷 33, 期 10, 页码 2858-2871出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.12.033
关键词
Tissue engineering; Stem cell; Stroke; MRI; F-19; Extracellular matrix
资金
- NIBIB [1 P20 EB007076-01]
- UK Medical Research Council [G0802552]
- European Union [201842-ENCITE]
- NIH [P41 EB001977]
- British Heart Foundation
- MRC [G0802552] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0802552] Funding Source: researchfish
Transplantation of human neural stem cells (hNSCs) is emerging as a viable treatment for stroke related brain injury. However, intraparenchymal grafts do not regenerate lost tissue, but rather integrate into the host parenchyma without significantly affecting the lesion cavity. Providing a structural support for the delivered cells appears important for cell based therapeutic approaches. The non-invasive monitoring of therapeutic methods would provide valuable information regarding therapeutic strategies but remains a challenge. Labeling transplanted cells with metal-based H-1-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents affects the visualization of the lesion cavity. Herein, we demonstrate that a F-19-MRI contrast agent can adequately monitor the distribution of transplanted cells, whilst allowing an evaluation of the lesion cavity and the formation of new tissue on H-1-MRI scans. Twenty percent of cells labeled with the F-19 agent were of host origin, potentially reflecting the re-uptake of label from dead transplanted cells. Both T-2- and diffusion-weighted MRI scans indicated that transplantation of hNSCs suspended in a gel form of a xenogeneic extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffold resulted in uniformly distributed cells throughout the lesion cavity. However, diffusion MRI indicated that the injected materials did not yet establish diffusion barriers (i.e. cellular network, fiber tracts) normally found within striatal tissue. The ECM bioscaffolcl therefore provides an important support to hNSCs for the creation of de novo tissue and multi-nuclei MRI represents an adept method for the visualization of some aspects of this process. However, significant developments of both the transplantation paradigm, as well as regenerative imaging, are required to successfully create new tissue in the lesion cavity and to monitor this process non-invasively. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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