Chen Taibang,Zhao Jianhua,Wang Yongfei,Wang Zhong,Guo Qiaonan.Dendritic cells promote neural stem/progenitor cells differentiation through NT-3 up-regulating p-ERK1/2 in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(23):2368-2372.
Chen Taibang,Zhao Jianhua,Wang Yongfei,Wang Zhong,Guo Qiaonan.Dendritic cells promote neural stem/progenitor cells differentiation through NT-3 up-regulating p-ERK1/2 in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(23):2368-2372.DOI:
Dendritic cells promote neural stem/progenitor cells differentiation through NT-3 up-regulating p-ERK1/2 in vitro
Objective To observe the effect of dendritic cells (DCs) on neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) differentiation in vitro
and to explore the possible mechanism of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in NSPCs differentiation regulated by DCs. Methods Primary NSPCs and DCs generated from SD rats were separately cultured and then co-cultured by using transwell chambers
respectively. There are five experimental groups including a NSPCs group
a DCs group
a NSPCs/DCs group
a NSPCs+NT-3 group and a NSPCs/DCs+anti-NT-3 group. After incubation for 24
48 and 72 h
ELISA was used to detect the NT-3 content in cell supernatant of each group. After 7 d
fluorescence immunocytochemistry was used to detect NSPCs differentiation
and Western blot assay was used to detect the expression of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases (p-ERK1/2) of NSPCs. Results The ELISA results showed that the NT-3 content in the cell supernatant of the NSPCs/DCs group was significantly increased compared with the NSPCs group
DCs group and NSPCs/DCs+anti-NT-3 group (P0.05). Seven days after induction of differentiation
the proportions of β-tubulin-Ⅲ-positive cells in the NSPCs/DCs group and NSPCs+NT-3 group were significantly higher than those of the NSPCs group and NSPCs/DCs+anti-NT-3 group (P0.05)
while the proportions of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive cells in the NSPCs/DCs group and NSPCs+NT-3 group were significantly lower than those of the NSPCs group and NSPCs/DCs+anti-NT-3 group (P0.05). The Western blotting results showed that the levels of p-ERK1/2 in the NSPCs/DCs group and NSPCs+NT-3 group were significantly higher than those in the NSPCs group
DCs group and NSPCs/DCs+anti-NT-3 group (P0.05). Conclusion Co-culture of DCs and NSPCs can significantly promote NSPCs to differentiate into neurons. Activation of MEK-ERK signaling pathway may contribute to the differentiation of NSPCs into neurons
which is mediated by increased NT-3 binding to its specific receptor TrkC in co-culture system.