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Neural stem cell phenotype of tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the circumventricular organs and central canal of adult mouse brain.

ABSTRACT: Tanycyte is a subtype of ependymal cells which extend long radial processes to brain parenchyma. The present study showed that tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, subfornical organ and central canal (CC) expressed neural stem cell (NSC) marker nestin, glial fibrillar acidic protein and sex determining region Y. Proliferation of these tanycyte-like ependymal cells was promoted by continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of fibroblast growth factor-2 and epidermal growth factor. Tanycytes-like ependymal cells in the CC are able to form self-renewing neurospheres and give rise mostly to new astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Collagenase-induced small medullary hemorrhage increased proliferation of tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the CC. These results demonstrate that these tanycyte-like ependymal cells of the adult mouse brain are NSCs and suggest that they serve as a source for providing new neuronal lineage cells upon brain damage in the medulla oblongata.

SUBMITTER: Furube E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neural stem cell phenotype of tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the circumventricular organs and central canal of adult mouse brain.

Furube Eriko E Ishii Haruna H Nambu Yuri Y Kurganov Erkin E Nagaoka Sumiharu S Morita Mitsuhiro M Miyata Seiji S

Scientific reports 20200218 1

Tanycyte is a subtype of ependymal cells which extend long radial processes to brain parenchyma. The present study showed that tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, subfornical organ and central canal (CC) expressed neural stem cell (NSC) marker nestin, glial fibrillar acidic protein and sex determining region Y. Proliferation of these tanycyte-like ependymal cells was promoted by continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of fibroblast growth factor- ...[more]

PMID: 32071335

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The circumventricular organs (CVOs) are blood-brain-barrier missing structures whose activation through lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a starting point for TLR-driven (Toll-like receptors) neuroinflammation. The aim of this study was to evaluate in the CVO area postrema (AP), subfornical organ (SFO), and median eminence (ME), the inflammatory response to two TLR4 agonists: LPS from Escherichia coli (EC-LPS), the strongest endotoxin molecule described, and LPS from Porphyromonas gingivalis (PG-LPS), a pathogenic bacteria present in the periodontium related to neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative/psychiatric diseases. The response to LPS from the cyanobacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides (RS-LPS), a TLR4 antagonist with an interesting anti-inflammatory potential, was also assessed. METHODS:LPSs were intraperitoneally administered to Wistar rats and, as indicatives of neuroinflammation in CVOs, the cellular localization of the nuclear factor NF-κB was studied by immunofluorescence, and microglia morphology was quantified by fractal and skeleton analysis. RESULTS:Data showed that EC-LPS increased NF-κB nuclear translocation in the three CVOs studied and PG-LPS only induced NF-κB nuclear translocation in the ME. RS-LPS showed no difference in NF-κB nuclear translocation compared to control. Microglia in the three CVOs showed an ameboid-shape after EC-LPS exposure, whereas PG-LPS only elicited a mild tendency to induce an ameboid shape. On the other hand, RS-LPS produced a markedly elongated morphology described as "rod" microglia in the three CVOs. CONCLUSIONS:In conclusion, at the doses tested, EC-LPS induces a stronger neuroinflammatory response than PG-LPS in CVOs, which might be related to their different potency as TLR4 agonists. The non-reduction of basal NF-κB activation and induction of rod microglia by RS-LPS, a cell morphology only present in severe brain injury and infections, suggests that this molecule must be carefully studied before being proposed as an anti-inflammatory treatment for neuroinflammation related to neurodegenerative/psychiatric diseases.

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Neural stem cell phenotype of tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the circumventricular organs and central canal of adult mouse brain.

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Neural stem cell phenotype of tanycyte-like ependymal cells in the circumventricular organs and central canal of adult mouse brain.

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