Soluble factors from neocortical astrocytes enhance neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells from adult rat hippocampus on micropatterned polymer substrates.
Soluble factors from neocortical astrocytes enhance neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells from adult rat hippocampus on micropatterned polymer substrates.
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来自新皮质星形胶质细胞的可溶性因子增强了成年大鼠海马神经祖细胞在微图案聚合物基底上的神经元分化。
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10.1002/jbm.a.32242
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2009
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Sakaguchi,DonaldS
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Oh,Jisun;Recknor,JenniferB;Recknor,JustinC;Mallapragada,SuryaK;Sakaguchi,DonaldS
Rat adult hippocampal progenitor cells (AHPCs) are self-renewing, multipotent neural progenitors that have the ability to differentiate into neurons and glia. Previously, we demonstrated that coculture of AHPCs with postnatal day 2, type 1 cortical astrocytes on laminin-coated micropatterned polymer substrates facilitates selective neuronal differentiation of the AHPCs (Recknor et al., Biomaterials 2006; 27: 4098–4108). Under this condition, multidimensional cell–cell and/or cell–extracellular matrix interactions, as well as possible soluble factors released from astrocytes provided spatial and temporal control selectively enhancing neuronal differentiation and neurite alignment on topographically different regions of the same substrate. To investigate the potential role of astrocyte-derived soluble factors as cues involved in neuronal differentiation, a noncontact coculture system was used. Under control conditions, 14% of the AHPCs were immunoreactive (IR) for the neuronal marker, class III b-tubulin (TUJ1-IR). When cocultured in physical contact with astrocytes, neuronal differentiation increased significantly to about 25%, consistent with our previous results. Moreover, under noncontact coculture conditions using Transwell® insert cultures, neuronal differentiation was dramatically increased to 64%. Furthermore, neurite outgrowth from neuronal cell bodies was considerably greater on the patterned substrate when compared with the nonpatterned planar substrate under noncontact coculture conditions. Taken together, our results demonstrate that astrocyte-derived soluble factors provide cues for specific neuronal differentiation of AHPCs cultured on micropatterned substrates. In addition, a suppressive influence on neuronal differentiation appears to be mediated by contact with cocultured astrocytes. These results provide important insights into mechanisms for controlling neural progenitor/stem cell differentiation and facilitate development of strategies for CNS repair. Ó 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 91A: 575–585, 2009