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Effect of Laminin on Neurotrophic Factors Expression in Schwann-Like Cells Induced from Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells In Vitro

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The Schwann-like cells can be considered as promising in stem cell therapies, at least in experimental models. Human adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are induced into Schwann-like cells (SC-like cells) and are cultured on either a plastic surface or laminin-coated plates. The findings here reveal that laminin is a critical component in extracellular matrix (ECM) of SC-like cells at in vitro. The survival rate of SC-like cells on a laminin matrix are measured through MTT assay and it is found that this rate is significantly higher than that of the cells grown on a plastic surface (P < 0.05). Schwann cell markers and the myelinogenic ability of SC-like cells at the presence versus absence of laminin are assessed through immunocytochemistry. The analysis of GFAP/S100β and S100β/MBP markers indicate that laminin can increase the differentiated rate and myelinogenic potential of SC-like cells. The expression levels of SCs markers, myelin basic proteins (MBP), and neurotrophic factors in two conditions are analyzed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The findings here demonstrated that gene expression of SCs markers, MBP, and brain-derived neurotrophic factors (BDNF) increase significantly on laminin compared to plastic surface (P < 0.01). In contrast, the nerve growth factor (NGF) expression is downregulated significantly on laminin-coated plates (P < 0.05). The obtained data suggest that production of neurotrophic factors in SC-like cell in presence of laminin can induce appropriate microenvironment for nerve repair in neurodegenerative diseases.

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The authors are grateful to the Iranian Council of Stem Cell Technology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences for financial support (Grant No. 193070).

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  1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81744-176, Iran

    Giti Zarinfard & Shahnaz Razavi

  2. Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71345-1731, Iran

    Giti Zarinfard & Mina Tadjalli

  3. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Mohammad Kazemi

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Zarinfard, G., Tadjalli, M., Razavi, S. et al. Effect of Laminin on Neurotrophic Factors Expression in Schwann-Like Cells Induced from Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells In Vitro. J Mol Neurosci 60, 465–473 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-016-0808-6

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