摘要
Ciliaryneurotrophicfactoristheonlyknownneurotrophicfactorthatcanpromotedifferentiationofhippocampalneuralprogenitorcellstoglialcellsandneuronsinadultrats.Thisprocessissimilartospontaneousdifferentiation.Therefore,ciliaryneurotrophicfactormaybeinvolvedinspontaneousdifferentiationofneuralstemcells.Toverifythishypothesis,thepresentstudyisolatedneuralprogenitorcellsfromadultmaleratsandculturedtheminvitro.Resultsshowedthatwhenneuralprogenitorcellswereculturedintheabsenceofmitogenfibroblastgrowthfactor-2orepidermalgrowthfactor,theyunderwentspontaneousdifferentiationintoneuronsandglialcells.Westernblotandimmunocytochemicalstainingshowedthatexogenousciliaryneurotrophicfactorstronglyinducedadulthippocampalprogenitorcellstodifferentiateintoneuronsandglialcells.Moreover,passage4adulthippocampalprogenitorcellsexpressedhighlevelsofendogenousciliaryneurotrophicfactor,andaneutralizingantibodyagainstciliaryneurotrophicfactorpreventedthespontaneousneuronalandglialdifferentiationofadulthippocampalprogenitorcells.Theseresultssuggestthatthespontaneousdifferentiationofadulthippocampalprogenitorcellsismediatedpartiallybyendogenousciliaryneurotrophicfactor.
出版日期
2013年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
