Abstract
Neural stem cells/neural progenitor cells (NSCs/NPCs) residing in the neurogenic regions of the brain play a crucial role in brain development, brain plasticity, and brain repair. Recent progress in NSC/NPC research has advanced our understanding of the NSC/NPC niche and signaling networks controlling NSC/NPC proliferation and differentiation. However, the natural behavioral of NSCs/NPCs in response to physiological and pathological changes inside and outside the brain remains poorly understood. This chapter has summarized recent findings concerning NSC/NPC activity in the early stage of cortical brain ischemia and the hematopoietic stem cell growth factors in regulating NSC/NPC proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, future directions for NSC/NPC research are also discussed in this chapter.
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Abbreviations
- Ara-C :
-
Cytosine-β-d-Arabinofuranoside
- bFGF :
-
Basic fibroblast growth factor
- bHLH :
-
Basic helix-loop-helix
- BDNF :
-
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
- BrdU :
-
Bromodeoxyuridine
- EGF :
-
Epidermal growth factor
- EMVs :
-
Exosomes and microvesicles
- G-CSF :
-
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
- GFAP :
-
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
- GFP :
-
Green fluorescent protein
- LTP :
-
Long-term potentiation
- Ngn1:
-
Neurogenin 1
- NSCs/NPCs :
-
Neural stem cells/neural progenitor cells
- OB :
-
Olfactory bulb
- RMS:
-
Rostral migratory stream
- RT-PCR :
-
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- SCF :
-
Stem cell factor
- SGZ :
-
Subgranular zone
- SHRs :
-
Spontaneously hypertensive rats
- SVZ :
-
Subventricular zone
- TuJ1 :
-
Neuron-specific class iii beta-tubulin
- VEGF :
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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This work was partially supported by The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), R01 NS060911.
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NSCs/NPCs do not reside in an “isolated” microenvironment in the brain, the factors or molecules produced by other organs or systems may also regulate the proliferation and differentiation of NSCs/NPCs. Hematopoietic growth factors, SCF and G-CSF, are produced by bone marrow stromal cells and fibroblasts (Heinrich et al. 1993; Watari et al. 1994) to govern bone marrow stem cell survival, proliferation and differentiation . The findings provided in this chapter supports that SCF and G-CSF are also involved in cell fate determination and commitment of NSCs/NPCs. This observation leads to the insight that the physiological and pathological changes in other systems may also affect NSC/NPC proliferation and differentiation in the CNS . In fact, the precise role of NSCs/NPCs in the setting of brain injury remains poorly understood. Our research data suggest that the early reaction of NSCs/NPCs in the condition of cortical brain ischemia is self-protective: escaping away from the area suffering from ischemic injury. Cell-cell interaction and communication play a key role in directing the migrating NSCs/NPCs to flee. In addition, focal brain ischemia-induced the increase in proliferation of NSCs/NPCs during the 1st week after brain ischemia appears to be critical for neuroprotection . Further clarification of the contribution of brain ischemia-induced NSC/NPC amplification in brain protection is critically important because it will provide crucial evidence needed to assist in developing new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of stroke.
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Zhao, LR. (2015). Neural Stem Cells in Response to Microenvironment Changes Inside and Outside of the Brain. In: Zhao, LR., Zhang, J. (eds) Cellular Therapy for Stroke and CNS Injuries. Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11481-1_2
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